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Archive for May, 2010

The vendor sent the wrong book. I had to mail it back and am waiting for a credit on my credit card for the expense of mailing it back. I have not yet received the book I ordered.
Schwinn RS 5 0

I have gone through about 5 vacuums in the past 7 years. I have a combo of hard wood floors, tile, and carpet and rugs. I was nicely suprised that it had so much sucking power! Low pile rugs are a problem with this vacuum because it just sucks the rug up. Great on carpets and high pile rugs though. Not good on hard surfaced floors. As I was vacuuming the hard floors debris start to fly under the vacuum and hit me in the leg…ouch! I even adjusted the floor setting to bare floors and in between to see if it would help…nope. Using the attachments work better for sucking up things on the hard floors. Cord is a bit short and the vacuum in heavy. The main hose is a bit tough and doesn’t reach to far without the vacuum falling over. So far, I like the vacuum for the carpets but not for the hard floors. I have mixed reviews about this one…not completely happy but not completely dissapointed. If I were to give hoover advice I would say make the cord longer, the vacuum less heavy, the hose more flexible, and make it better on hard floors. I would give hoover kudos on the price and the suction power that it has. If you ONLY have carpet and high pile rugs I would highly suggest this vacuum!
RAM Mounting Systems RAM

I have a wonderful dog who sheds like crazy. Since I got the FURminator, he doesn’t drop fur with each step — and my friends aren’t covered with fur when they leave my house now. GREAT tool.
Coby DJ Style High

My Passport Essential 640GB

I bought this to use in a GoPro Helmet Hero HD video camera. At 720p and 60fps settings, the card won’t keep up with the camera even though some Class 4 cards I’ve used will. I’m going to have to relegate this card to still camera use. I had good luck with the Sandisk 16gb video card which is only rated at Class 4. SanDisk SDSDHV-016G-A15 16GB Video HD SDHC Card (Black)
Fieldpiece ACH4 Current Clamp

I know people are going to show up at my house with pitch forks, but I really wasn’t into this book. The idea of someone constantly watching me, even when I’m sleeping, is not love to me but stalking. I also found the story rather predictable.
Danielle Earthly Chic Oval

I am still amazed every time I use the fulminator by how much hair it removes! This may be the first summer that we don’t have to shave our dog because of her mats.
Groomaster Small Oval Soft

Secular Humanism

ive only used this vacuum a few times so far, but its been great. i couldnt justify a 5 star because of the minimal usage so far. I never want to get another bagless … i had a bagless dirtdevil and the filters (which i had to change about every 2-3 months MAX. i dont have any kids – 1 dog 1 cat ) were about $25 a piece! a lot of these bagless have multiple filters youre suppose to replace. Amazon has a 9pack of bags for this vacuum for $7.75

Pros: good suction, easy to use, overall feel like i am getting the carpet rid of dirt and dander, CHEAP

Cons: cord is a little short, attachment hose a bit short, seems a little heavy

I do notice it does tend to spit stuff back at me when im using it on the vinyl on anything but the barefloor setting … i know (DUH) its a barefloor, use the barefloor setting! but it gets annoying changing the heights multiple times for one vacuum session.

I ultimatly bought this vacuum due to the overwhelming reviews and one of the reviews i read stated that this vacuum was in consumer reports and came out neck in neck with the $300 vacuums. i checked it out, that is exactly correct. as of now, i would buy this vacuum over again and recommend it.
Botkier Trigger Cosmetic Bag

I have been using GPS units (mostly Garmin) for the past several years. The mounting system I have been using has been the suction cup windshield mount that comes with the GPS unit. Now as you likely already know, the suction cup is an easy way to mount your GPS for convenient viewing while driving, and you can still pop your GPS unit out of the bracket for security reasons or for pedestrian navigation. If you have more that one car to share the GPS with, then it is convenient to have one suction cup mount and bracket for each car.

A recent change to Friction Mount by Garmin:
We recently has car service that involved the front windshield. This meant we were not to mount or apply anything to the windshield for 2 weeks. Oh, what do do?? We actually drove away from the auto shop using the “passenger manual hold” technique! I needed to find an option that would allow for clear viewing of the GPS at eye level, without the suction cup or assistance of a stunt-human holding it up in front of me while I drove!

So I ordered the Garmin Portable Friction Mount on Amazon.com- It’s fantastic!! The base is made out of black “ballistic nylon” filled with a material that gives the base some weight. (Think small, heavy beanbag for your dash) There are 4 “petals” to the base, which serve to add friction to the unit, preventing slipping and sliding while you drive around. There is a stem coming out of the base that has the universal socket end that you simply snap your GPS bracket onto.

The Good:
The unit is great! You simply snap your GPS in and place the unit anywhere on your dash. The GPS stays put in all but the most enthusiastic driving. When we park the car, we simply grab the GPS off the dash and either place the whole thing on the passenger floorboard (out of sight) or we pop the GPS unit out of the bracket and take it with us. The cost for this base was quite reasonable.

Bonus:
Over the years of using GPS units, I have experienced two things that are common with the form
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