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I purchased this a week ago to go along with my new car, and I’ve had nothing but bad luck.

1 – It constantly struggles to pick up a satellite signal, sometimes it takes 20 minutes, and I live in New York City, it should have NO problem acquiring a signal.
2 – Unit has frozen at least once a day.
3 – Upon attempting to install the updates/register it on the first day I got it, the device froze WHILE updating, and then refused to boot up. Removed the battery, tried powering it on, kept receiving a “Kernel Error” message. It took about an hour to get it to start up again.
4 – Every time I power it up, all the settings are undone and I have to start over — Preferences/favorites are still saved however.
5 – This is an awful GPS and I don’t know how Garmin could get away with selling it.
Garmin nüvi 855 4

Great device. I would really like to be able to access the raw data- the readings of coordinates and time and elevation and heart rate so I could plot them as I need. I’ve heard of some freeware that could do this, but Garmin really should take the lead here. Also, it seems from the highly erratic speed/pace data that some smoothing is in order… a single errant point (common in GPS receivers, especially those with antennaes being waved around) can cause distortions in speed calculations. But these can be smoother out using averages over several points. Another reason I’d like access to the data. Ok, I’m a geek, but there’s great information wasted here! And in the interest of full disclosure- I’m a GRMN stockholder.
Garmin nüvi 1300LM 4

As I was going to South Africa using a new Panasonic camcorder, I wanted extra back up space to store videos should I need it. The card arrived in plenty of time and in good shape.
Thomastik Vision Solo 4

Although they haven’t changed the model number it appears the device currently shipping no longer has a reset button on the front. That button would reset the device to zero for today, like if you wanted to measure a particular hike.

If you look at the product picture that Amazon has, that is a correct representation. However, if you look at the user pictures, or google for a manual you see that previously the product had four buttons on the front, one of which was that reset button.

I’m guessing some people were pressing that button by mistake and losing part of their day’s activities so Omron decided to remove it. That’s fine, except now if you want to reset the display to zero you have to stick a pin in the reset hole on the back, and then enter all your data again…time, stride length, weight.

Does this matter. To me it’s a pain in the neck, but to most of the people who use the device it may be just fine since what they really want is to measure their total activity for each day, not a particular walk.

(Of course for a single walk, you just look at the display before you leave and subtract that reading when you are done.)

Seems like Omron could have designed a different reset button that was harder to press by accident instead of eliminating it entirely.

Whatever, it’s not a huge deal, I just thought people should be aware of this.

Aside from that the device seems fine, and that is covered by lots of other reviews, so I won’t repeat them. I just gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because of my own needs. I also think they should have changed the model number when they removed that button.
LYD 4 Channel Wireless

I wanted a brush. Meaning something to remove fur not cut it off. I gave my short haired (and frequently shedding) kitty a bald spot. So I know it wasn’t just removing the already shed hair. Otherwise he’d be bald every time I bath him. It explains the mountains of fur in the commercials but was very disappointing. I suppose if you want to thin out your pet’s fur it could be useful, if you have a regular comb hand for after wards.
Voigtlander Micro 4 3

What can I say it really sucks, a good thing with vacs. Works well so far exactly what I expected it to do from description and cust. reviews. Slightly smaller bags than 19-22 lb. vacs, but I expected that. It cleans well so it is easy to keep vaccing to a min. amt. of crude after going over in the beginning very thoroughly. Stick vac works well for quick pick ups. Have spare belts on hand. Cost of bags, belts and filters reasonable unless I discover in the future that it eats belts, blows out bags or filters at some awful rate. At about a month tho things are going well & bag only changed once. Small house. Tools are adequate, would have liked better upholstery one than it has, but for just under $70, it’s still a very good vac. Could not justify buying higher end model at $250 & up, up, looked at other options in retail stores & they functionally, & tool wise were no better than this one, just a few spiffier things like retractable cords, perks not on a basic, model. This one had great reviews from about 1500 people on Amz. alone, can’t say the same for more expensive models. So thanks Hoover.
Jargar 4 4 Violin

I tried leaving no stars for this book, because this book doesn’t deserve one, but it wouldn’t let me, so I was forced to leave one.
This book certainly is a sign of our times. It shocks me that parents would even think that this book would be an accurate account of what God would preach. All I can say is that any Christian knows better than to believe this garbage. By the looks of the ratings of this book, there isn’t too many Christians reading it and unfortunately, many, many young people are reading it believing it as truth. Very sad!
Lenzner Goldbrokat 4 4

The Kindle eBook Reader – wireless 3G, White – 2nd Generation device met or exceeded my expections. It is remarkably easy to read even in direct sunlight. It appears to be very well made and the layout of the controls makes using it intuitive. The ebooks download very quickly, and the available book selections are numerous. Cost of the ebooks is reasonable. I’ve had and used mine for about 2 months and plan to add to my library as soon as I’ve read the ones I downloaded. I chose the wireless 3G 2nd Generation Kindle (white) even though it was more expensive than the newly released, cheaper Wi-Fi model. This was based on hands-on usage and convenience. No regrets.
4 pk CHARS Brand

Works great, I used this for my T2i DSLR and I get better video compression. Has never failed me as of this writing.
D Addario Helicore 4

I bought one of these for the office at my work. People are constantly coming in and out and because it is an industrial building there is lots of dirt and mud tracked in. This vacuum is nothing fancy but after using it for a couple of months it is still working great. It really has great suction and works like a charm. If you are looking for something inexpensive that works well this is the one.
Star Wars Stickers 4