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Pros:

- Useful little device for those who want to know their pulse, before/after/during exercising etc.
- From what I can tell, the device seems quite accurate and gives consistant readings, for a pulse rate you would expect.
- It comes with a lanyard so you can keep it around your neck until you want to test your pulse.
- Easy to use, just press 'pulse' and then hold your thumb or forefinger on the sensor until it beeps.

Cons:

It has a funny plastic film on the front which may peel off with general use.

Other Thoughts:

Whilst it is useful for use whilst exercising, it doesn't necessarily replace more accurate (and expensive) equipment for proper testing.

Bottomline:

Useful and interesting to have.

Pros:

- The laser is of a much higher build quality than I was expecting. It has a nice (heavier than I expected) weight to it, which I like.
- It's just so bright! I don't know the exact output power, or even an approximation of the output, as this is my first proper laser.
- It DOES burn, but at close range and only some black materials, for example the black foam padding inside the case it came in.
- It takes ordinary AAA batteries and seems to have a reasonable runtime.
- The batteries it came with seem reasonable.

Cons:

- The case was slightly different to the one shown in the picture, but that's not really an issue.
- There's the obvious hazards, so great care should be taking using one of these, and thought should be taken about where you point it.

Other Thoughts:

I bought this laser after it dropped in price, and was cheap enough to buy just to 'play around' with.

Bottomline:

A worthwhile buy at this price.

Pros:

- It accepts a fairly large range of lights. I've been able to use it with my UF C2, my Aurora AK-3 P7 and the 9 LED lights.
- It's pretty strong plastic and can accept being stretched appart for a large bodied light.
- It's cheap, well cheaper than having to buy seperate bike lights.
- Easily adjustable using the screw, and the plastic pad which can be removed, depending on handle bar size.

Cons:

Maybe it could be a little cheaper.

Other Thoughts:

I use one to hold a 9 LED light on and one to hold one of my more powerful lights on.
So with that combination I can be seen well and see the road well (9 LED light is aimed up towards the cars and UF C2 is aimed at the road).

Bottomline:

These are really useful for using your flashlight as a bike light, and allowing you to easily clip it on and off your bike.

Pros:

- Really bright for the size.
- It has an Orange peel reflector.
- It runs on one AA, rather than 3x AAA, which is much better, as AA's are much cheaper and last longer.
- Well made with a good finish.
- A hand strap is included.
- It came in a cardboard box.
- Really good value, I shall be getting more of these from DX!

Cons:

None

Other Thoughts:

Useful to keep in the car and in many other places, with a couple of AA batteries spare.

Bottomline:

Get one, you won't regret it. These things are really so handy.
Friends are always amazed how bright it is.

Pros:

- By far the best price on the internet/ that can be found locally.
- These picks are really good quality, and very well made.
- There are lots of them and I counted more than 31.
- They come with the tension wrenches shown in the pictures.
- There are some for automobile locks as well as lots for cylinder locks etc.
- The handles are really comfortable to hold and fit well.
- Made from good quality metal.

Cons:

None

Other Thoughts:

The case could fit all the picks if you lay them in a specific way, however it could do with being slightly bigger.

Bottomline:

A really good set to get.
Whether you're new to this game or an expert, they're worthwhile to have.

Pros:

- Really cheap, compared to the price locally.
- Individually packaged, so they will stay clean and fresh.
- All of them worked and had a decent readings on the multimeter.
- Reputable brand.

Cons:

None that I can think of.

Other Thoughts:

I used these in my remotes for my remote controlled power sockets, and they work well.
23A batteries are made up from lots of smaller batteries inside, wired in series.

Bottomline:

Get them if you need them, as they are much more expensive bought locally (well in the UK).

Pros:

- It comes with 2 remotes, and the remotes both have 3 AG13 batteries in them.
- The alarm has a mounting bracket with it, and that has a swivel ball and socket joint, so you can direct the alarm sensor at what you want.
- It's really loud!!
- It has a DC input option.

Cons:

A red LED stays on all the time in the alarm, so that may drain power a little quicker.

Other Thoughts:

To arm you just press the button on the remote, a green light will light up on the alarm and you will be given about 10 seconds to get out of it's range. After this the light goes out and it is active.
If you enter the room, the red light goes on and if you don't disarm the alarm with the remote within a certain time, then it will sound.

Bottomline:

A cheap, effective way to protect a garage, a shed or an outhouse.

Pros:

- The colours are fairly stylish and it looks a cool gadget.
- My friend who I gave this too really likes it. :)
- You don't need much sun to get it moving about.
- The petals flap, and the flower head sways at the same time.
- The flowed head is removed for shipping, so don't worry about it being snapped off. All you have to do is clip it back in.
- There is a switch at the bottom to lock it in the stationary postition, so if the flower is annoying you, you can stop it.

Cons:

None

Other Thoughts:

A fun gift to give to someone. :)

Bottomline:

Get it and it will make you smile.

Pros:

- My first set of digital calipers, and these are really well made.
- Price is really good, as these are sold for much more locally.
- They came in a nice, protective carry case with foam surround. This means they are well protected when I'm not using them.
- They can measure interior and exterior dimensions which is good, as well as being able to measure depths of holes etc.
- The digital display is accurate and has the same readings as the ruler.
- The battery will last for a long time in these (according to the manual).
- They have a data port, so could be connected to the computer with relevant cables and software.
- Useful tool to have!

Cons:

None

Other Thoughts:

I used them to help me assemble a weights bench, by enabling me to sort out which bolts went in where by measuring them.

Bottomline:

Useful for loads of tasks, one that everyone who does DIY should have in their collection.

Pros:

- It's really big! Well bigger than I was expecting, and that's before it's put into the water.
- It comes in a plastic packet with a card top, there are instructions on this.
- It's really random.

Cons:

- None really so far, well I guess if any maybe the price is a bit more than I would normally pay for something like this.

Other Thoughts:

This thing should get huge when put into water and left to expand, although I haven't done it yet.

Bottomline:

If you need a gold fish which will expand by 600% or so then you know where to get it!

Pros:

- Reasonably cheap.
- The build quality is fairly reasonable (I haven't opened it up to check insides though).
- The LED is really bright.
- It has a key ring clip to attach to your keys (be careful that your keys don't damage or crack the solar panel if you keep them in your pocket together).
- The solar panel is big for the size of the product, and hopefully means it charges well.
- Nice silicon/ rubber feel and is easy to grip.

Cons:

None so far.

Other Thoughts:

I hope the solar panel is a genuine on and not just a sticker.
Only time will tell though.

Bottomline:

Cool novelty little light.

Pros:

- Great build quality.
- Bright on high!
- Strobe is blinding, as expected.
- SOS is SOS not SOSOSOSO
- The body can be taken appart in 5 pieces.
- The o-rings are lubricated, and in places there are 2 x o-rings.
- Aluminium heatsink is good.
- Really nice grips and well balanced.
- Good for self defence.
- Battery spring contacts have got nice covers which have a protruding contact on the end of them. Looks much better than the ones in the pictures.
- No place for hand strap, but ok for a torch of this size.
- Compared with 3 other torches: Romisen lumileds 'something', my C2 Q5, and a Ultrafire WF-502B, and the size of the hotspot, and the spill was so so much bigger than all of the others. Expected for a P7. The spill is really big! :)

Cons:

- Modes are: MEDIUM-LOW-HIGH-STROBE-SOS, rather than: HIGH-MEDIUM-LOW-STROBE-SOS, but that's not really a problem.
- Not HAIII, but knew it wouldn't be.

Other Thoughts:

- Larger head than expected.
- There is room for improvement with increasing thermal heatsinking, by putting thermal grease and aluminium foil in between the pill and the inside of the head of the light.

Bottomline:

Great light.
Would buy it again.

Pros:

- Great little pouch included, which holds all the knives snuggly.
- Ribbons on all of the knives, not just on two like is shown in the picture.
- The blades are sharpened well, and the tip is pointy enough to go into wood.
- Great present for friends and anyone who has an interest in this sort of thing.
- The Chinese symbols are a nice touch in this instance.
- The blade has a nice finish.

Cons:

Maybe a con could be that they were smaller than expected, although I should have realised when looking at the dimensions.

Other Thoughts:

Great fun to play around with, and an ideal present.

Bottomline:

A worthwhile buy :)

Pros:

- Lot's of dice (I haven't counted them, but it seems like there are around 100).
- Reasonably cheap.

- Variety of colours.

- The dots are all quite clear on the dice.
- They roll well.

- As there are so many, it doesn't matter if you lose a few if you are playing a game.
- They have numbers 1-6 on them, in Dice format, which is always a plus.
- Fun to play with on a rainy day.

Cons:

A bit smaller than expected.

Bottomline:

If you need lots of mini dice, these are ideal and are fairly cheap.

Pros:

- Allows you to connect laptop to TV (ideal for watching films).
- Can use it to connect Laptop to stereo system too.
- Colour coded tips.
- Great price, much cheaper than locally.

- Worked as it was supposed to.

Cons:

- Maybe the length could be considered a con, although I knew it when I bought it, so it's not a proper con.

Other Thoughts:

Useful if you need to connect it to a projector for a slide presentation/ to play a video.

Bottomline:

Does what it's supposed to.

Pros:

- Great little lights which are reasonably cheap to buy, and much cheaper than you would get them, if they sold them in England.

- They are really bright considering how small they are.
- Energy efficient and will give you a fair few hours of light.
- Could read by the light, if they were close by and bunched up.
- Runs on common AA batteries which is really good!
- They have 3 modes: ON / OFF / FLASHING.
- The wires look quite cool as they are translucent.
- There is shrink wrapping around the LEDs.
- Safer than normal mains lights.

Cons:

None

Other Thoughts:

I bought them for a friend, and they were really pleased with them!

Bottomline:

Worthwhile getting these.

Pros:

- Individually packed, so there won't be any shorting out during shipping.
- The packet allows you to tear one section off, so the the rest remain sealed and you don't lose them.
- They have a good amount of charge in them in comparison to other cheap button cells.
- Useful standard type battery for lots of applications and for different types of gadgets. I bought these for use in one of the LED flashing battons.
- Reasonably cheap for what they are.

Cons:

None so far, well maybe they could be a little cheaper.

Bottomline:

If you need AG13 batteries, you can get them here, and they are cheaper than locally.

Pros:

- Cheap.
- Nice variation of modes ranging from strobe to fast flashing to different sequences to slow flashing to on (not in that order).
- Has a lanyard attached to it, so you can hang it around your neck at parties etc.
- Runs on 3 AG13 button cells.
- Perfect for parties.

Cons:

None, well maybe each LED could be a RGB one, so there would be more variation in the pattern.

Other Thoughts:

You change mode by depressing the yellow switch.

Bottomline:

Buy one if you need it for a party.
They are cheaper than glowsticks, as they can be reused.

Pros:

- Various flashing patterns it cycles through.
- Red/ green/ blue (3 die) LED's which will output red, green and blue and a mixture of the colours.
- Heat shrink around where the LED is soldered to the wire.
- Runs of 3xAA batteries.
- Compartment door seems pretty strong, unlike what other reviews said.
- On/off switch.
- Colours don't cycle through to eachother at the same time on all LEDs (could be a con for some).
- Good value!

Cons:

- The on/off switch has 'On/ Flash/ Off' written next to it, when in fact there are only two settings- random flash, off. It wasn't much of a con for me though.

Other Thoughts:

-Useful lights for various applications.
-Safer to use then normal christmas lights- ideal for leaving unattended.

Bottomline:

If you need some christmas lights/flashing LED lights then these are worth getting if you want them battery powered.

Pros:

- Small item.
- Easy to install (just peel off the backing off the two parts and stick them close to each other on dry, dust free, clean surfaces across a window/door/cupboard/draw gap).
- It's loud.
- Takes regular batteries.
- Useful for protecting your hotel room from intruders whilst you sleep.
- Can put it on your pool gate to alert if your child opens it.
- Could be used to protect medicine cupboard.

Cons:

None

Bottomline:

Cheap and effective way to protect things.
Don't expect it to replace a full burglar alarm system though.

Pros:

- Hides where it came from (ideal for presents, nosey flatmates, dropshipping to others).
- The label looks quite cool and is a silvery colour.
- It doesn't slow packaging time down.
- It's easy to add to your order.
- It's cheap!
- Makes your package look more unobtrusive.

Cons:

- None really, well maybe the fact that if people search the name on the label in a search engine, it can link back to DX.

Bottomline:

Worthwhile adding to your order for anything from sending gifts to dropshipping to customers.

Pros:

- Large display make it easy to read.
- It has all the needed modes.
- Auto off function, so the battery won't be drained if you forget to turn it off.
- Has a built in stand, so you can prop it up.
- Comes with the 9V battery.
- Large (good for bench work, but maybe not so good to be carried around).

Cons:

- The leads were a little short.
- It probably didn't need to be that big.
- No backlight (but I knew that before buying it).

Bottomline:

Good, high spec meter, worthwhile buy.

Pros:

- Easy to use lighter.
- Well built with nice black coating. The paint looks much better than it does in the pictures (it's no as rough as shown).
- The hinge opens quite far (much more than 90 degrees).
- Sparks and lights well.
- It's fun to flip the lid open and close it again.
- Marked team pistol at the bottom, on a small brass plate.

Cons:

None really, well the instructions were in Chinese, but that wasn't a problem as I knew how to use it.

Other Thoughts:

A stylish lighter with the quality near other leading brands (and much much cheaper!)
Mine came in the orange and grey case.

Bottomline:

Great lighter!

Pros:

- Useful set to replace flints/ wick of lighter (zippo compatible).
- Good quality flints which spark every time.
- The wick looks good (and yes it's one folded up not three wicks as I first thought), although I haven't used it yet.

Cons:

There aren't really any, although I guess the packaging could be better, and designed so that you can get one flint out without having to open them all (I cut a slit with a knife around the flint I wanted to use to get it out).

Other Thoughts:

The package is much smaller than expected, for some reason I thought it would be bigger (this isn't a bad thing though).

Bottomline:

It's worth getting!
Good quality and overall a good replacement. :)

Pros:

- Great design, which really impresses people.
- Well built, and it feels pretty solid. The bits are attached together with bolts which are tightened using a an allen key.
- The blade is sharp and has a nice shape to it.
- It has good movement to it and a good spring.
- The storage pouch isn't that bad, and could be used to hole a small flashlight too.
-The knife has a belt clip on.

Cons:

- It is camoflage grey/black which isn't what it is shown as in the photo's. However it looks pretty good.

Other Thoughts:

Be careful when closing it as the end lever bit is close to the end of the blade - I have a small cut to show for putting my finger too far forward.
The blade has the markings:
USA SABER
Columbia
ShuangRong Company

Bottomline:

A great quality knife with clever mechanism.

Pros:

- Very cheap compared to similar items in the shops in the UK.
- Nice and compact.
- Plastic casing is reasonably strong.
- Doesn't seem to effect the sound quality.
- Allows to pairs of headphones to listen to a film on a laptop/ music on MP3 player.

Cons:

- Sometimes a little stiff to put jacks into it.

Other Thoughts:

I've used two of these to plug a 5.1 speaker systems into an older sound card which is designed for 2.1 and they work fine.

Bottomline:

Buy a couple, they will no doubt be useful for a lot of things.

Pros:

- The main pro for this is it's price.
- Good, flexible cable.
- Strong moulded ends.
- Useful for extending headphones, plugging in speakers behing the computer and many other things.
- Doesn't seem to degrade the signal- although I have no way of measuring this.

Cons:

- The connection can sometimes be a crackly if moved.
- Things plugged into it don't plug all the way in. There's about a mm sticking out.

Other Thoughts:

Great for use with the computer, MP3 player, getting the headphones to reach the stereo/ tv.

Bottomline:

It's worth the money, but it may not last as long as better quality (more expensive) cables.

Pros:

- Bright dropin.
- Easily installed into the flashlight.
- Works with the Ultrafire UV flashlight, converting it into a bright light.
- Good tint, nice and white.
- It accepts both 18650's and CR123A's which is good.
- Seems just as bright on 18650's as CR123A's (although 2 x 3V CR123A's were used instead of 2 x 3.7V CR123A's).
- Single moded.

Cons:

I don't think I can find any.

Bottomline:

It's a worthwhile upgrade for any flashlight which can fit it.
The R2 is one of the most efficient LED emitters, so will be getting more light per battery.

Pros:

- It has quite a few tools on it.
- Strong, it won't bend easily.
- Stainless steel - so it won't rust.
- Smaller than expected.
- Reasonably cheap.
- A packet of two means you can keep one and give one away.
- Comes with faux leather pouch/wallet for each tool.

Cons:

- Knife edge/ saw blade could be dangerous if you pick it up from the wrong side.
- Limited use for some of the tools.

Other Thoughts:

- A little tool to carry in your bag when camping.

Bottomline:

It's good value for money, especially considering you get two.
It's quite light, but strong at the same time.

Pros:

- I bought this as a host for the R2 dropin, the UV module was easyily replaced with it.
- The seals all seem good.
- Compact light.
- Solid feel to it.
- Glass lens and OP reflector.
- Takes grey protected trustfire 18650's (although quite snug).
- Has a clip on it.
- The UV light is good and much brighter than normal UV LEDs.

Cons:

The only con I can really see is that it doesn't have a hole for a lanyard at the tail of the light (however there is a hole in the clip which you could thread one through).

Other Thoughts:

I think a lanyard should be included with this, and a hole made for it to fit in.

Bottomline:

A great light, well build and suitable for the R2 dropin. Recommended.