Pros: Just a real nice, well made BNC (male) to RCA (female) adapter. I bought 10 and they were only $0.58 each. Pretty hard to go wrong for such a handy little adapter.

Cons: The only cons of the adapters themselves is that the BNC part doesn't turn with the same 'feel" on all the adapters but, within reasonable limits. DX puts their SKU lable on each adapter and wraps it around the RCA part so the lable has to be peeled off each adapter individually. I guess they could have bagged the adapters and posted a single SKU lable on the bag.

Other Thoughts: Good adapters to have around. I bought them to use with a video surveillance card I bought at DX but, got extras for the junk drawer.

Bottomline: Pretty hard to go wrong with this item at the price DX is selling it.

Pros: There are some real plusses for this little flashlight. It's very bright and the zoom feature is very nice and easy to use. Some might consider the massive-ness of the light to be a plus but, I think it could (and should) be smaller (in diameter) and lighter. The machining and finish are good. I also own a CREE C3 and, this light an the C3 are quite a bit different. This light has very little side spill but, concentrates the light better. For some applications this one is better and for others the C3 is better. I would recommend having both since their respiective optics don't really allow a single light to have both characteristics.

Cons: The light is a lot fatter than it needs to be and the extra metal also adds unnecessary weight. The battery compartment, for example has some "fins" inside and the battery is still a very loose fit.
My light came with a big chunk of plastic flashing in the head that was stuck to the plastic lens (big enough to cast a dark shadow). I was able to remove and clean the lens and blow out the head and it's okay but, that's just sloppy assembly practice.
The sliding action for the zoom is not real smooth but, it's okay. The threads for the tailcap are also kind of rough but, again, okay.
The zooming lens is plastic and there are NO glass optics so DX should change the item headline to indicate plastic optics.

Other Thoughts: When I first turned the light on and zoomed to the maximum "throw" position, I couldn't figure out why the light pattern was a square...til I realized that it's actually focussing right on the LED die. That makes the throw very strong and can easily be seen 100 meters away (and, also 3 or 4 meters even in daylight). If the beam is pointed to the night sky it can also be very easily and strongly seen in the air.

Bottomline: It's a nice little flashlight but, I wish it were a little more compact. When you don't want or need much side spill, this light is a good choice and the zooming feature is very nice.

Pros: This small little DC/DC converter solves the power loss/heat problems associated with a resistor or series pass type voltage regulator. My use is to drop a 12V battery on my scooter down to about 4V to light a white LED for use as the headlight. My current plan is to use the DX R2 module (350 mA) for the light. In tests, the R2 gets HOT (even at the 5V Hobbywing output). With no heat sink, it gets hot enough to cut in the thermal cutout (LED flashes). Meanwhile, the Hobbywing unit just barely gets warm! I ended up putting a diode in series with the R2 module and it still gets hot but, not hot enough to cut out (although I'll probably need more heat sinking in the scooter light assembly). The Hobbywing is extremely simple to hook up and has a little red indicator LED for operation. It's small and seems to be well-built.

Cons: The only con I can think of is that there's limited mounting facilities for the unit. The whole thing is enclosed in a plastic sleeve. Oh, yeah, and it's a good hobby shop price but, maybe a little expensive for a DX item.

Other Thoughts: Probably the easiest way to secure it is with a small clip or clamp. A single hole, drilled through the middle of it so it could be mounted with one screw might be a good design feature.

Bottomline: To drop some voltage without the heat or power loss, this is a great solution.

Pros: When I first got this light it had the "blinking problem". I was able to do the repair (see below). The light is pretty good with 2 AA cells but, it's a LOT better when the extension tube is removed and the single, rechargeable 14500 Li-ion battery is used. This is a very bright light and I like the beam pattern. I like the texture on the clicky button rubber cap (makes it easy to feel which end is which in the dark) and the fact that it's recessed to prevent accidental turn-on in your pocket or pack.

Cons: Has build quality issues. First, it uses solder on the regulator board for contact purposes when the segments are screwed together. Very bad design practice. Second, the barrel barely makes contact to the solder when screwed down tight (the blinking problem). Third, there is no seal between the lens and the body so, as noted in another review, it makes the other O-rings pretty much worthless.

Other Thoughts: My fix for the blinking was to fabricate a ring from a piece of bare wire (I used stainless bus wire of about 24 gage) that slips into the barrel and forms an interface between the light pill and the screw-in center section barrel and forces a better contact.

Bottomline: Now that the flashlight is stable and I'm using the 14500 battery (protected cell), this is a kick-a** little light. I'm still trying to figure out an easy way to put a seal between the glass and the barrel to completely seal the light up. I get about half an hour of steady light from the 14500 battery but, it's rechargeable so, I keep the second one charged and and ready so it works out fine.

Pros: This is a tiny, simple tuner that clips onto the headstock of a guitar. Since it uses vibrations transmitted through the guitar rather than a microphone (like most tuners seem to be), it's not affected much by ambient sounds.
When you turn it on, the LEDs cycle which gives a nice operational check.
The tuner comes with a CR1032 battery which seems to last well and is cheap and easy to find. The Dollar Tree, here in town sells the 3-pack for a buck and DX sells them even cheaper.
Actually, it's not often that I give such high marks to DX products but, this little guy warrants it.

Cons: Sometimes I need to reposition the tuner on the guitar when tuning some strings. A minor thing.

Other Thoughts: The tuner has a switch to tune a semitone flat. Not sure what the usefulness of that is. Perhaps it's good for tuning a guitar for people who sing off key???

Bottomline: I never put my guitars away. I just lean them against something when I'm done so, it's convenient for me to leave the tuner (and, usually) the capo (KKU 01233) clipped onto the headstock.

Pros: I had purchased the charger and had omitted a set of 14500 batteries I had intended to buy. I ordered 14500 (00975), 18650 (05790) and LIR123A (00822) batteries (which arrived today so I was finally able to try out the charger. The 14500 and 18650 batteries fit okay (although the protected 18650's were a tight fit) and they seem to charge in a reasonable time. I don't know if the protection circuits in the batteries or the cut-off in the charger stopped the charging.

Cons: The LIR325A batteries are too short for the charger and wont make contact. Also, the contacts for the "crosswise" batteries were recessed so I'm not sure what the thinking was in the design of this charger. The user photo shows the contacts bent out to connect to the batteries. I guess I don't know why an LIR123A and CR123A would be different lengths but, the charger spec says it will charge CR123A but the LIR123A is substantially too short to bridge from one contact to the other. Rather disappointing that the charger wont handle all the batteries (the user photo showed a different battery).

Other Thoughts: The overall build looks decent enough but the "crosswise" connectors seem fragile and, as noted, not sure why they are recessed. Also the crossways contacts are not marked for polarity. Again, I notice that one user marked his unit with a felt pen in the user photos.

Bottomline: I probably would have ordered the cheaper charger if I had known that it wouldn't fit all the batteries.

Pros: Really good, bright little self-contained LED module. These single, high-power lights are orders of magniude brighter than the multi-LED lights...no matter how many LEDs they have. This module operates over wide voldtage range (current about 400 mA). With the deep, textured reflector it makes a good bright spot with a nice side spill.

Cons: Only tried it up to about 13 V (vehicle battery) and it gets pretty warm. Question operation at 18 V unless there's a very good heat sink. There's limited mounting options for applications other than as a 'drop-in' for a flashlight but, with a little thought, not too bad.

Other Thoughts: If DX keeps lowering the price on this module, how long before they start paying US to order it??? I sent one to my uncle and, while dinking around with it, applied 12 V with wrong polarity to it and now the light is dim when used at 12 V (but, still full power at 6 V). I guess something must have blown up in the regulator...be careful about polarity!

Bottomline: We want to try putting a couple in series for 12 V operation to try to keep the heat down on each module (while giving more light). We're hoping the regulators will allow the series connection without any problems.

Pros: For about $16 ($18 and change when I bought it), the EasyCAP is an excellent bargain for those who just want to display up to 4 video cameras plus an audio channel and have some sort of capture capability for both the video and still pictures. It also provides a time stamp and a user customizable channel identifier. The EasyCAP also includes both video signal loss and motion alarms that actually work very well (and have adjustable sensitivity).

Cons: This product suffers the same shortcomings as most products of this nature. The hardware is excellent but, the software package is weak. The EasyCAP connects easily to both the computer and video/audio devices. The software basically does its job but, is poorly thought out and tested. As a result, beyond doing the basic tasks, the software either doesn't support what you want to do or its features simply don't work.
One feature that's touted but does not work is the e-mail notification feature. I can't get it to connect to my ISP's mail server (I use a local ISP rather than one of the internet big boys so, it should work).
The user guide is okay for the initial setup but is essentially worthless for explaining usage of the EasyCAP. It does little more than parrot the words you can see in the various panels on the screen.

Other Thoughts: Unless someone can track down, kidnap and chain, zhong kai ran to a desk and convince him(?) to continue refining the software, I suspect it will never improve. The software has the look and feel of a quickie, contract job by some free-lance programmer or perhaps a computer science major doing a side job for tuition. There are even typos in the software seen on the screen and the usual "Asian English" we've become resigned to.

Bottomline: Is anybody out there continuing to update and support this fine little piece of hardware with some better and more useful software?

Pros: This is essentially the same light I spent $15 for about 10 years ago. It's so simple it's hard to improve it. The button on the outer case pushes the LED leads against the battery inside to light it up. The natural apring of the LED lead breaks the contact when the button is released.

Cons: One of the 10 lights came weak. Don't know if it's the LED or the battery. Will discard the defective one and they rest are still only 50 cents each.

Other Thoughts: I just like having a light close at hand and the way I do this is to have lots of cheap lights all over the place. That's where these are. If you've an "orderly" person, you may not find that a very satisfactory solution but, for us slobs...it's gread.

Bottomline: Hard to beat this light at 10 for less than $5 (not to mention the free shipping). Good party gifts and stocking fillers.

Pros: Basically works. USB drive function a big plug and no drivers needed. Has a solid feel. I think some users are missing the point with the blud recording LED. It's on the opposite side than the lense so unseen. But, I find it handy when holding the pen up since I use it as sort of a "viewfinder" to tell me where the lense is pointing on the other side of the pen. The full-size USB connector at least allows a general purpose cable to be used and allows the pen to be plugged directly into USB ports.

Cons: It is reather fat but, not unreasonably so. It does again bring up one of my pet peeves. I thought the whole idea of AVI was to provide a generic, interleaved AV stream that could easily be read by anyone. Instead, it seems like everybody and his dog is using the AVI extension for every AV stram permutation they can come up with (MJPEG, compressed AVI (in this pen), etc.). Of course only the audio stream played until I downloaded the codecs recommended by another user. I believe the sound issues are in the digitizer (other opinions?). Sompler sounds record clearer and cleaner than complex ones. It's a fatal flaw since we can't control that aspect.

Other Thoughts: The frame rate is slow. Again, there are supposed fixes but, I haven't tried them yet. I did download the K-Lite codec pack, recommended by another reviewer and can see both video AND hear audio now. There needs to be more direct info given to buyers, by DealExtreme, about these fixes. I see the price is down $3 from when I ordered it a month ago...wonder if there's a price guarantee......

Bottomline: It's still a fun toy for about $20. I've spent more for less but, still I do wish it was a little more "complete" (came with all the codecs and upgrades, etc. needed).

Pros: For an item with a per-unit-cost of about a buck and a quarter, this is a pretty nicely made little item. All metal and the buttons have a solid feel (and work). The laser, while not a real tight beam, is pretty strong. The LED is okay for close work. The unit is smaall and compact.

Cons: The LED is physically quite small and suffers in brightness. For example, the LEDs in the 10-oack of keychain lights (SKU 1253) are much brighter.

Other Thoughts: Unfortunatly, due to the laser, this item would tend to be a great gift for the very kind of jackass that's most likely to abuse it but, it's still a fun little item.

Bottomline: At least as good as a tie for dad's birthday and, with the free shipping, a cheap gift for dad AND just about any 3 other friends or relatives that seem to like to fidget with stuff (more likely, 2 for friends plus one for yourself, right?).