Piotr F.
Joined on 04/26/03
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Gorgeous Watch, Not very useful though..

Pros: Killer looks, rather scratch resistant, good fit for smaller and medium sized wrists.
Cons: Not very accurate, not very useful for anything other than watch, stop watch, countdown timer and date.
Overall Review: Despite all the gripes I have, the watch is filling me with joy - so 5 stars all around. The watch is loaded with cool gadgets like barometer, altimeter, thermometer and compass features -- none of which are very useful unless you are ready to feed it pre-populated data. The challenge is that if you are traveling from place to place, you have to look up the reference altitude pressure and true north offset. You are better off packing a handheld GPS. Here is why: Compass - unless you know your true north offset to your position you will be off by few degrees. It gets worse if you are traveling across the country. Great tool for your back yard adventures, not so great if you are a traveler. Temperature - the sensor is less than a centimeter away from your skin so most of the time it will tell you your body temperature instead of the outside temperature. I guess if you keep it away from your body it might be useful... MIGHT. Barometer - similar to the compass, you need to know your reference altitude or pressure to be useful. Great feature for your in-town adventures but that's about it. Altimeter - same issue as barometer. Meh. Digital watch - not so accurate. In a course of a month, the watch had to be corrected twice -- first time it was off by 40 seconds and then second correction was offsetting 20 second lag. So in a month, we have 1 min inaccuracy. I've seen better. Back light - decent, no complaints. "All Black" with "negative display" -- great. wait. not just great - awesome. Really cool looking and surprisingly visible. I've seen reviews complaining about it -- I just can't figure out why. Clearly visible in bright light (Texas sun tested) and in dark conditions. The muted display is half of charm. Other gripes -- storm alarm. Useless. Unless you want to be woken up in the middle of the night for no reason. Unless it's a "true storm" don't expect to be using this feature. Middle button -- annoyingly placed to switch features from time to barometer and compass each time you bend your hand. It could have been placed in a 45 degree position but no, suunto wanted it dead smack in the center. Actually, this is my biggest gripe about the watch. Glass -- perfect. I stick my hands into computers (read: sharp edges) and into other tight spots and yet I have to see a scratch on the glass even though I banged it many times where I was certain I would see some damage. Now taking the above into consideration -- the watch still gets 5 stars cause it's a looker. I'd love to see its little brother -- without the useless features for half the price so that I can give everyone in the family an awesome gift. Would I buy it again? Umm.. probably, I definitely don't regret the looks, but I am disappointed with the inaccurate watch and useless features.
Poor value for your dollar

Pros: quality display, charger plug located on top instead on the bottom of the screen (you won't believe how logical this actually is)
Cons: Pool quality of build, multiple users feature is blocked by lenovo
Overall Review: I bought 2 of these for my 2 kids thinking I would solve my multiple tablet / OS issue and be able to control what they have access to. No luck. Lenovo does not allow the multiple user feature on this device. Furthermore, one of the 2 i bought at the same time arrived with a display problem out of the box. The rest of the features are meh -- the tablet is rather heavy and it does what other tablets do. The only good thing I can say about it is that the charging port is located on top of the device so you can have it plugged in while you are using it without bending wires or using special right angle usb plugs.
Good but not perfect

Pros: PoE.... Good resolution.... PoE.... Decent management options, compatible with open source solutions.... PoE, on board SD card, decent night vision quality.
Cons: Tacky branding on the face of the camera sure to attract attention, Normal viewing angle not designed to accept aftermarket wide angle adapters, no way for automated or bulk collection of recordings from SD cards, h.264 compression is anything but quality.
Overall Review: Bought 3 for my office and I love the POE setup - very easy to deploy, access live feed and setup. The built-in management interface offers good options but suffers from some major omissions such as the ability to download stored recordings in bulk remotely. The other gripe I have (and this applies to most of the cameras out there) is that the lens can not accept any aftermarket adapters to broaden the field of view. While most of the time the default viewing angle is ok, mounting them in confined spaces (like a tiny storage room 10 x 6) gives you partial coverage. Finally, as mall gripe -- the branding on the front of the camera is annoying - tacky lettering instead of plain white shell that could blend with white ceilings. One word about the h.264 which I was expecting to give good results with higher resolutions... The onboard compression is sub-par in terms of quality and I ended up using the mpeg4 format for the recordings and even live viewing. And finally the motion recording scheduling -- well, it's not very flexible. If you're looking to allow motion triggered recording your options are: ALWAYS/NEVER, Mon - Sun with only one set of hours for all days (same hours every day) -- overall not very flexible setting. But hopefully someone from trendnet will read this review and sneak a new set of schedules and the bulk download option into a firmware upgrade... All that aside, it's a great product for the price - haven't seen one that did the job better for this price, and yes, I would buy one again, but I would buy one at a time to ensure that the lens coverage fits the solution.
Somewhat Disappointed...

Pros: Plenty of power for your POE needs, fast..
Cons: Not rack mountable -- not even as an option
Overall Review: I am Zyxel fan - all my networking gear is zyxel so when I ventured into a POE IP cameras I naturally looked for zyxel switch to power them. I thought i found the perfect switch -- plenty of power, front mounted ports, built in power supply.. perfect. on the pictures it has even the mounting holes for the mounting brackets exactly like the 16 port gigabit switch or the zywall firewalls... ...except that it doesn't come with mounting brackets, not even as an option. The casing is pre-drilled, but this is a desktop switch. Unless you make your own, you won't be able to adapt any existing brackets. Contacted zyxel asking about the feasibility to adapt this rack mount option -- the answer I got is that I should have went with a higher model that is rack mountable. Yeah, zyxel products are generally well priced and a bargain compared to other brands but what does it really hurt to add 2 brackets to make this switch rack mountable? Seriously zyxel?
Sweet

Pros: Fits like a glove in a 5.25 space, comes with cables -- just one sweet cage
Cons: umm.. the looks? Styling resembles the industrial iStarUSA server cases with cheap-o looking reflective stickers.
Overall Review: Super awesome gadget for your server needs. So many uses, so little time! I put that in my "Frankenstein" server using a iStarUSA server case and a supermicro mobo and it's a winning combo. All drives, detected, all drives running without any issues. Big kudos to the mfg for including the SATA cables.
Mop mop mop. all day long..

Pros: Solid, easy to fill tank, comes with 2 sets of 2 pads each, does not flood the floors, has a handy scrubbing brush. Good surface coverage (the pad is large enough) and the mop is heavy enough to provide enough friction to scrub floors.
Cons: I wish the handle twisted 90 degrees for compact storage (but show me one mop that does that)
Overall Review: ... mop mop mop, while I sing this song.... Got it to replace my cheap-o shark and this mop is soooo much better. See the pros - my thoughts on this products ae all there. Let's see how long it lasts, but for now, it's a win.
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Dishonest and unresponsive
BEWARE - DISHONEST SELLER. Purchased "refurbished" ORIGINAL UNLOCKED phone only to receive what can barely pass as used phone with scratches in a generic box and off brand cables. The phone was not unlocked - it was locked to AT&T. This was not ORIGINAL UNLOCKED phone either - original unlocked HTC phones are not branded for a specific network. Returned item to the seller at my own cost before the return deadline only to be charged restocking fee after even though I contested the restocking fees it in writing with the seller. Overall I ended up at ~40 bucks out of pocket. When I contacted Newegg customer service they were absolutely terrible and useless at taking ownership at resolving this issue - overall I would think twice about purchasing from this seller and newegg marketplace overall.
Thumbs up!
Got my Suunto watch quickly without any surprises. Happy customer. Thank you!
Superb Transaction!
Super fast shipping, great price on a great item. Thank you!
