Ghlargh

Pros:

It does work.

Cons:

It does NOT use an AAA battery but uses four AG3 cells and an electronic circuit instead of the older AAA electromechanical unit.
The designer of this thing probably never saw a real pack of gum, it is not very realistic.
The packet says "shock" and "pull here" on it, clear give-aways.

Other Thoughts:

This gag could work a lot better if stuck inside a real pack of gum.

Bottomline:

Don't waste your money, grab the shocking pen or the cigarette lighter instead.
sku 8566 or 8573.

Pros:

It looks and works just like a normal cheap lighter.
The electrical shock can be turned off to "demonstrate" that it is just a normal lighter.
The shock is not large enough to hurt, but it is very annoying and induces an allmost irresistable reflex to let go of the button.

Cons:

The bottom conductor is rather small, a full metal casing insulated around the button would be better.
The "metal" parts are just copper-chromed plastic meaning that the metal finish will rub off with time.
The shock may be too weak for some.

Other Thoughts:

I managed to get 4 people shocked in few hours with this, and noone suspected a thing.

Bottomline:

This is the most convincing shock gag since the shoching ballpoint pen, noone who hasn't seen this thing before will suspect it as being a shock gag.

Pros:

Great bright light.
Easily replaced batteries.
The swich on the ones i recieved is fairly hard to activate meaning it is not likely to turn on in your pocket.

Cons:

The switches are probably hard to work for someone without a lot of finger strength.

Other Thoughts:

The narrow beam makes this more useful at a distance than the regular 5mm LED keychain flashlights.

Bottomline:

At $3.50 for 5 lights, you really can't go wrong.

Pros:

Fairly accurate, Cheap, Small,
Handles heavy weights for it's size.

Cons:

Somewhat skewed mounting of the plate, it is not straight on the base and it is mounted too high so the protective lid pushes on it.
It is not absolutely steady, it can change as much as half a gram up or down without outside interference.

Other Thoughts:

I bought this for putting coins in paper tubes at the local student organisation, it's small size and high capacity makes it perfect for this task.

Bottomline:

Great cheap small scales, buy one if you handle coin tubes, it makes the job a breeze.

Pros:

Great narrow beam for lighting objects at a distance or lighting up near objects brightly.
Very bright with fresh batteries.
Has no regulator circuit to break down. Has dual brightness with series resistor.

Cons:

Has no regulator so brightness will drop fairly steeply as battery starts to discharge and then level off.
Too narrow beam to use at close range or as a normal worklight.

Other Thoughts:

Does work with the longer protected 18650 cells.

Bottomline:

Great torch for guard duty or other circumstances where you would like to light up small objects brightly at a distance.

Pros:

It works and should keep working for a long time.
Would make a good "eternal" beacon for use in near completely dark environments such as basements.
Could serve as an emergency reading light for short texts or short distance work light in absolute darkness, at least it works for me after getting used to the darkness.

Cons:

Fairly expensive.
Does not have many uses.

Other Thoughts:

This really gives you a new perspective to the size of atoms, this little tube has to be continously struck by at least thousands of beta particles (electrons) every second to keep it glowing, and this goes on with a half-life of over 12 years. That's a heck of a lot of atoms.

Bottomline:

Pretty useless, but still cool for it's uniqueness, i do not regret my purchase, but one is enough, i will not get any more.

Pros:

Cheap novelty items to give away as gifts or use as decoration.

Cons:

These dice are not perfectly balanced and should not be used where random results are wanted.

Other Thoughts:

Also great as ammo for your slingshot...

Bottomline:

Great as novelties, not as great for games.

Pros:

Cheap christmas light net using unfocused LEDs.
Several more or less irritating flashing or fading modes.

Cons:

"continuous" glow is actually switched at 100Hz (2*50Hz mains frequency), making it slightly irritating if it moves around.

Other Thoughts:

Mine arrived with one LED shorted out, this is a fairly usual occurrence with modern high intensity LEDs, i simply replaced the LED and left it at that.

Bottomline:

Buy one, buy many, these are great.

Pros:

Cheap and quite powerful 1W LED torch (for the 2 minutes it worked).
Uses easily available AA batteries.
Very high quality aluminum casing for the price.

Cons:

Very cheap construction, there is no regulatory circuits, the switch unit only concists of a single ferrit with two coils and a weak transistor. Not completely unlike the joule thief at http://www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/joule.htm

Other Thoughts:

My torch worked for about 2 minutes, then it started fluttering and died.
I would probably have gotten a replacement if i had sent it in, but being a tinkerer i broke it apart to see how it was made. At this price i don't really care about getting a replacement.

Bottomline:

Had i known of the very shoddy construction of the switching circuit i would have ordered a more expensive torch, like the SAIK RC-A2 or SAIK RC-A3.

Pros:

Surprisingly cheap concidering what every other supplier charges for solder paste.
Works like a dream.

Cons:

Hard to dispense a small enough ammount without using a syringe.

Other Thoughts:

This stuff is fantastic for soldering SMD with hot air, or multi-pad SMD with iron, but you really need to test out it's properties on something cheap before you try to solder something expensive, it is really easy to use too much and get shorts under your components.

Bottomline:

Buy this if you solder SMD, it is just fantastic to work with.

Pros:

It's cheap

Cons:

This solder is of inferior quality, it doesn't wet or flow properly, and it conducts heat badly leading to it coming off in chunks sticking to your iron rather than melting uniformly and flowing out over the solder area.
In short, it act as the typical solder found in cheap asian made electronics, wich should not come as a surprise when you think about it.
Allso, the info says 0.3mm while the wire i got was 0.4mm, but it's the same brand and product line.

Other Thoughts:

This solder works worse than pure tin wire wich makes you wonder why it was made in the first place, or maybe there are impurities in the metals that makes it this bad.

Bottomline:

Buy your solder at your local electronics store if you need it, this stuff will only have you pulling your hair out in frustration.

Pros:

Cheap enough to buy a bunch and put everywhere. The shock is just enough to be unpleasant but not enough to hurt. The pen is silent.

Cons:

Uses crappy AG3 button cells that may arrive dead. (My pens worked fine after i replaced the batteries, didn't work at all at first because the batteries that came with the pens were dead.)

Other Thoughts:

The original ones used an AAA cell and a self-oscillating flyback coil that provided a good jolt and the battery lasted forever, these made a very tell-tale noise however.
The new ones uses an electronic oscillator that needs a higher voltage, so they come with four AG3 button cells that drain fast. They do however not make any sound.

Bottomline:

Grab a bunch of these, but get some more AG3 battery cells too.