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Monday, 29 November 2010

Flat-plug - flat plug, flat-plug

It amazes me that GE promotes the technical specs of this extension cord without presenting the actual features of the cord:

1) The cord has three outlets at the end, two on one side of the output block and one on the other side. That makes the cord useful for a typical computer power block on one side with two standard plugs on the other.

2) The wiring is 16AWG so the entire cord can handle 1625 watts.

3) As others have mentioned, the plug itself is polarized, as are the outlets. You therefore need to be certain that your wall socket is also polarized as the plug will not fit into older outlets as typically found in older homes.

4) As pictured, the plug itself is angled 45°. The line will therefore leave the outlet at an angle rather than running straight down, up, or sideways from the outlet. I'm not certain as to why this is good, but it avoids any possibility of having the line run across the other wall outlet. The plug is about as flush with the outlet as possible so that you can push a table or desk against the wall without bending the plug.

5) The cord comes with a plastic cover latched across one side. You'll need a flat blade or screwdriver to pry this out without breaking a fingernail.

6) The entire assembly is white.

Nice extension cord with a 6' length - fairly short for an extension cord but perfect to bring a floor-level outlet up to, say, your desktop. GE 50360 Wall Hugger Extension Cord (6 Feet)

I bought this because my wife recently bought a lamp for her dresser, but when it was plugged into the outlet behind her dresser, the dresser couldn't be pushed flush against the wall, because the plug stuck out about 1½ inches.

So we bought this, and that solved the problem.

It's a polarized plug, meaning one blade is taller than the other. It would be nice if they offered a 3-prong (grounded) model, but I didn't really need that.

The wall hugger feature is great - nice to not have a big plug sticking far out from the wall, and the rotating feature means you can make it go whatever direction is most convenient. I wouldn't buy any other extension cord now.

I bought this because we have the plugs for lamps behind our couches, and when we have to move our couches to clean behind them, the plugs get bent or unplugged.

These worked great in solving this problem. - Flat-plug - Flat Plug - Snug-plug - Low-profile-plu'

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Speakerphone - corded telephone, big button phone

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This corded phone was a replacement for a GE corded phone that I have grown to dislike. This set up of this Uniden phone was easy, it was easy to understand and again, the sound quality is excellent! I always have one "corded" phone in the house -- it is great in a power outage because it still works. The light on the side lights up when an incoming call is coming in -- you can have the volume all the way down but with this light, you will still know a call is coming in (the light should get your attention if you're in the same room as this phone). I would recommend this to family/friends. It is a great phone at a great price. Uniden Big Button Desktop Corded Phone (CEZ260)

I needed a simple phone for my home land line on my desk. It shares a FIOS connection with my desktop computer and replaces an almost new ATT instrument that never worked well and cost three times the price of this instrument. This instrument is plug and play, has a great movable screen, functional and easy volume controls in speaker and handset modes and buttons I can key with work gloves on. Not many functions, but they are easy to intuit and I was up on the operating step in about five minutes. It sits on a platform 10" above my desk. My monitor shares the platform so when I'm at my computer I can see both displays easily and decide whether or not to take an incoming call or use the computer as a phone book. It does not interfere with computer operation as did the ATT. I'd like it in black but having it in white makes it stand out from the other black equipment on the desk. Apparently rugged, nice design for not so young eyes, ears and fingers. A real bargain at the price I paid.

This phone is a very good phone for sound quality and for the large numbers. I replace this phone with a LLnox sound phone which was OK but no ID caller. This ID caller is also very large and easy to read at a distance. This phone has a ease menu and easy to use. I Recommend this for OLDER people if they have trouble hearing or seeing. Amazon Price is as good as FRY's if they keep the free shipping.

This is a great corded phone. Large, easy to read LCD display. The ringer has off, low, and high. It also has a yellow bar that flashes on an incoming call in case you have the ringer off. The sound on the speakerphone is good and you can adjust the volume. As with most speakerphones, only one person talks at a time. It has 3 one-touch memory keys, a 10 number phonebook memory and a 75 Caller ID memory. You need 4 AA batteries for receiving and storing Caller ID records and for storing saved numbers. I recommend buying a longer handset cord. This phone would get a 10 out of 10 if it had a backlit LCD display. Otherwise, I give it a solid 9. No regrets about buying it.

We were very pleased with this phone. The large numbers and easy to use design was icing on the cake as it's best feature was the very clear and high quality speakerphone. We have recommended it to others.

If you live in an area that requires dialing 11 digits for local calls (i.e. the Chicago area and New York) , this phone has NO ability to return calls from a Caller ID list. There is no provision for adding the "1" before the number is dialed. Even my 8 year old Uniden cordless phone has that feature. If I had known, I would not have bought the model CEZ260. What were they thinking?

I replaced a very basic, no-frills or features AT&T corded phone, which had perfect, crystal clear sound quality, with this Uniden phone because I wanted a speaker phone and Caller ID. The speaker phone did not work AT ALL! I could not be heard by anyone, and when I did a test by trying to leave a voicemail on my cell phone, all you could hear were little clicks. Even using the handset, the call quality was much worse than the old AT&T phone and made an annoying pulsing sound in the background. Very disappointed.

I have naclar degeneration, no central vision and only 20/400 peripheral vision. Needed a phone which would help my affliction and thought this would do. Large numbers and buttons were okay but the sreen was useless. As a whole, the phone is 50-50 unit, supposedly good all the way but didn't quite cut it. I am totally disappointed and sorry I bought it and won't give it even 50% approval. - Speakerphone - Corded Telephone - Caller Id - Big Button Phone'

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Pencil Sharpener - pencil sharpener, x-acto

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I'm taking an art class for grad school and needed a nicer sharpener. Had two cheap ones I hated. The reviews seem to heavily favor a couple of Panasonic models, but nobody seems to have them in stock. The next highest rated sharpener was this one, and it had a couple positive reviews, so I ordered it.

Pros:

Weight: Doesn't get pushed back when you stick a pencil in it.

Weight II: The motor is heavy. It takes up about half the volume of the box. It feels like a substantial device.

Motor: Steady and reasonably quiet. Not jerky or wobbly. Doesn't strain during sharpening.

Sharpener: Shaves evenly and smoothly and won't eat pencils unnecessarily fast. Produces nice, long points.

Fit: Standard Prismacolor pencils fit neatly in the hole and won't wobble during sharpening. Seems to be manufactured with rather tight tolerances.

Cons:

Sucker feet: They prevent lift, but not sliding. They should have used regular rubber feet.

Static: The plastic has a tendency to get a static charge and makes shavings cling to the outside when you empty the shaving tray. Wipes up without much trouble.

Summary:

Pros easily outweigh the cons. It performs the way you'd expect a high quality sharpener to perform. I can't imagine I'd be significantly happier with a competing product. X-Acto 1744 Heavy-Duty Electric Pencil Sharpener, Black, 1 Unit

I was a little hesitant to go with this brand as I had never heard of it. Also, at the the time of purchase, this product had only 9 reviews, although all were largely positive.

However, after reading "Truth and Justice's" review, I decided to try this one out. The sharpener is everything he/she said it was. By far, this is the most powerful sharpener I have ever used in my life and I have been in numerous office environments.

To address the complaint of one reviewer that the sharpener eats the entire pencil, let me explain my experience. I just got through a stack of about 30 pencils and my experience is this is dependent on the brand/quality of the pencil. For most pencils, this was not a problem at all and the sharpening came to a natural conclusion.

For a few varieties, it did eat up a lot of pencil, but i realized after a while that the pencils were sharpened long before and I did not always need to get that sense of completion. I would just take the pencil out after a few seconds. As I mentioned previously, this thing is a machine, and if you keep the pencil in there, it will keep sharpening it until you have nothing left. I view this as part of the positive experience.

I highly recommend this unit.

So far this has been an awesome pencil sharpner. I received it quickly. Most important it is durable, when I first received it all my kids were excited to use it. And of course one of them put the eraser end in first...but I was able to pull out the metal piece and it works just fine. Worth the money, wish I would have bought this before I bought the others.

When I was a kid, we had a boston electric pencil sharpener.

So you can imagine my happiness/surprise when I saw "Xacto by Boston" on the box. I felt better about my purchase already, because Xacto means nothing to me, really, as far as pencil sharpeners go. Seeing as how I had just spent a small fortune on a pencil sharpener, I needed something to make me feel better but I had already gone through several manual and one battery powered sharpener and I really needed something as good as the ol' Boston we had when I was a child.

Other interesting details from the box:

1) This supposedly has a receptacle size 7. The largest is a 10.

2) On a scale of 1 to 4, this one is rated for "heavy" use (a 3). The only higher usage is "continuous" (a 4).

3) It has a whopping 2 year guarantee.

4) The box also says "Auto-reset prevents motor burnout". we already used this feature. My kids sharpened about 50 pencils IN A ROW. it was soooo satisfying for them to see a perfectly sharpened pencil emerge each and every time they sharpened (even my wife's friend came by and wanted to sharpen a few). But, they overheated the poor sharpener. it stopped running. Sho nuff, the next day after it had cooled down it was ready for action again!

Overall, i have to say I was VERY unhappy to spend $40 to get a good sharpener, but this one has every indication of lasting a long, long, time.

I would rate this a definite BUY, once you gag down the almost $40 price tag. I wish I had bought it to begin with!

I teach 1st grade and we go through lots of pencils a day. I have had 2 other electric sharpeners and was tired of one side of the pencil never getting sharp enough to expose the whole lead at the end. Kids were picking at the wood all the time trying to get their pencils to work. I researched pencil sharpeners and relied mostly on reviews so I wanted to let all the teachers out there know, this sharpener is my favorite. It is quick and pencils are sharp all the way around and life in 1st grade is all good!!

I use an electric pencil sharpener every single day of my life, for hours at a time. The one I've relied on for years -- a "lesser" X-Acto model -- started to grind and break lead, so I figured I'd splurge and buy a top-of-the-line X-Acto model. This is not, however, top-of-the-line.

1) The blades do not sharpen the pencil. Sure, they hone it into a sharp-looking cone like all pencil sharpeners do -- but they leave a substantial flat end to the point which is, by any draughtsman's standard, not at all "sharp." Maybe this defect was a problem only with the one I bought, but for $40 I would have expected that its main usage would have at least been tested. It is NOT a "sharpener."

2) Most importantly, however, the actual blades are recessed so far into the guts of this machine that you have to reserve 3-4" of pencil to hold before the blades even engage. I frequently use pencils down to 1" or less before I ditch them, so that means I'm losing 1/3 of the life of each pencil. The sharpener I'm replacing (and to which I'm returning, after I return THIS clunker) engage almost immediately upon insertion of the pencil itself.

Yes, this review sounds insane. But if sharp pencils are your life, then don't buy this extremely poorly-designed deep-action pencil-wasting "blunter." - High School - Pencil Sharpener - Professional - X-acto'

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American Made - packaging, shipping

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I like this package tape it is almost 2 inches wide, thus wide enough to cover well were the box ends meet, and comes off the roll easy. ***DO NOT LET CHILDREN UNDER 12 USE THIS*** Why 4 stars because the red plastice guide has a very sharp metal edge for cutting the tape. It is easy to cut your finger ( I cut mine). So be carelful when using. I would still buy this again, but be more careful when using. Scotch Sure Start Shipping Packaging Tape with Dispenser, 1.88 Inches x 38.2 Yards, 1 Roll with Dispenser (3450S-RD) - Scotch - Packaging - Shipping - Tape'

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Comfortable Underwear - pettipants, comfortable underwear

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This slip is the perfect length for knee length skirts. I wear a 10/12 and ordered a large to be on the safe side. A medium would probably have been perfect, but the large is fine. Comfortable, and well-made slip. I got it for a great price too! Only Hearts Women's Second Skin 16 Inch Half Slip - 2173,Nude,Large - Comfortable Underwear - Pettipants'

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Proactive - proactiv, blemish control

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Proaciv is a highly effective acne treatment brand but, here's the catch - you have to keep at it. Firstly, it takes a few weeks before you see significant results. This is the case for any acne treatment product really - you just HAVE to be consistent and give it time. So, folks looking for a quick solution to their problem (i.e. - clearing up your skin in time for prom or a wedding, for example) will be disappointed.

Secondly, it is not a magic potion capable of "curing" acne. Once you stop using the product, your acne will return unless you take active steps to maintain the health of your skin. It is often believed that merely using a product can be the only change made to help your skin. Clear skin is about more than just using the right brands.... having clear skin is about understanding skin.

Overall, I'd say use this product if you can afford to consistently buy it. If you can't, understand the ways to help keep your skin healthy since, if you don't take those steps, it is HIGHLY likely be disappointed once you stop using Proactiv. Proactiv Solution 4-pc. Acne Treatment System

Proactiv is GREAT, but this configuration will leave you very disappointed. The sizes are small for the price and you might as well buy the "Mega" Supersized bottles instead for an additional $10. There is no way that the sizes in this configuration would last for 60 days of use. This ad is misleading.

You'll find a better deal right here on Amazon, just search for "Super Size Proactiv" and you'll find it, and get much larger sizes with free shipping (usually).

Conclusion: Proactiv is Recommended! (but buy another configuration).

We got this product for our 17 year old son last year. He asked for it for XMas 2010. Not only did we get it for him for XMas, we also purchased it for our 13 year old son. This is a good product so far as we can tell.

Well, 6 weeks into using the Proactiv system, we have seen about a 50% improvement in my son's skin. This is much better than after 3 months of doctor's topical cream prescriptions and a tetracycline prescription which did nothing at all to the acne on his cheeks. We are hoping that in another month's time we will see even 25% more improvement. There was so much damage that I think it is just going to take some time to repair the scarring/brown and red marks on the cheeks. The 2 month supply has been quite worth the money, although he is out of step 1-the Cleanser already...but he may have used 2 much of it at times. He still has step 2 & 3 which should last another 2-3 weeks. He will probably continue to use this system for quite sometime. Just as a side note on purchasing...I have found a Proactive kiosk in the mall which sells the 2 month system for pretty much the same price, just in case you can't wait for the shipping.

I tried this product out of desperation. I'm in my late 20's and have had moderate acne since I was a teen and nothing ever really works long term. I really wanted to give this a treatment a solid chance so I made sure I followed the directions exactly. I washed my face twice a day with step one and followed it with step two each time. During the day I would use their super light moisturizer and did the mask 3 times each week (putting it on all over my face and letting it set for 20 minutes before rinsing). I used the product precisely for two weeks and didn't have very good results. My small bumps that didn't come to a head were minimized so I could see this working for someone with mild acne. I still continued to get new white heads and large red pimples the entire time. My skin was very sensitive during this time but I expected it to be, but hoped it would ease up over time, it didn't.

I also tried using the refining mask as spot treatment as many other people recommended that to be the most effective way to use the system. I was not happy with the results with this. I tried putting it on at night as the last step of the system and it would make the white heads larger the next day and the larger red pimples more inflamed. But again I could see this working for someone with mild acne but not moderate to intense acne.

I think their automatic re-ordering is rather shady as there is no way to opt out of the automatic re-ordering when placing your first order. I tried to go in right away to post-pone my re-ordering options and it wouldn't allow me to do soon until product was delivered (which they delivered to the wrong address-my billing address-yet they sent to invoice to the shipping address). I pushed the date back as far as it would go 16 weeks as I didn't want them sending me new product right away (it defaulted to 2 weeks from when my initial order was place, but my kit was supposed to last 90 days!). They do not allow you to cancel your account online, you have to call their customer service line. I called at 7pm and got a live person rather quick and I explained my dissatisfaction with the product and that I wanted to cancel the account. She stated she would cancel the account but wouldn't give me any sort of cancellation number. I asked if I would receive notice of the cancellation and was told I would be mailed one, but haven't received it yet. My card hasn't been charged yet for additional shipments (as I've heard happen to other people) but I'll be watching it for the next 16 weeks to see if they try to continue my account. I was also disappointed that I wasn't offered any kind of refund or option to send the product back for a partial refund as their ads and web site state they offer this. I'm out $40 for a 30 day supply (after shipping) which isn't awful, but not cheap for something that didn't work for me.

So I'm going back to the dermatologist to try again. So overall I could see this working for mild acne but for people with moderate acne or worse, I wouldn't buy it/sign up for their program. If you have a friend who has this product I would try theirs first to see if it works for you before investing. - Proactive - Proactiv - Blemish Control - Acne'

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Pumps

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FYI this battery pak uses 10 AA batteries (not 8), but I think it is more powerful than my old battery pak. It also says it's for the Pump in Style Advanced on the pak, but it works with my Pump In Style backpack/traveler. This does not come with the microfiber case (in product description). I didn't need one, but I didn't want people ordering to expect one! VERY VERY fast shipping!! Pump In Style Battery Pack

I went without a battery pack and relied on my plug instead. It made it very difficult to pump when I needed a outlet and privacy. The battery pack works great and seams to have more force than when I use an outlet, only slightly. It actually helps me pump faster!

Maybe mine was defective, but I used 8 batteries and it died halfway through one sitting. I bought a vehicle adapter and a manual pump and I've used those instead. Pumping in the car is not my preferred option, but it will do.

I'm pretty sure that the description of this says that it should last for 30 pumps, but I think the batteries in mine lasted for about 6 pumps before it started to really slow down. With fresh batteries, this battery pack works great and I can't tell the difference between using the battery pack and plugging the pump into the wall.

Great for limited use as batteries could get expensive if you're using the battery pack exclusively.'

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