Advantages: excelent at hair removal, shape, case, and battery
Disadvantages: none

...The NORELCO 5855 XL is one of the best electric razors that i have ever owned, it has an excelent rechargeable battery that doesn't go dead after a few uses, and it has a meter that lets you know how many charges it has left. It also remover the hair much better than my previous razors (braun, remington, panasonic). I have never had a better razor, or used a better one. The 5855 xl also comes with an excelent leather travel case that is very nice when you go on a trip or just overnight.... Read review

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Advantages: Looks, picture quality, interchangeable lenses, price
Disadvantages: Bulky and heavy - uncomfortable to hold for extended periods

...In the realm of MiniDV, Canon's XL1 has acquired a God-like following, and not without reason. The XL1 is, at least in the semi-professional stakes, a king of the camcorder world; you will feel humbled to even be in the presence of one. Let's start with outward appearances. You cannot fail to love the design of the XL1. It looks more like a professional film camera than a camcorder, with its massive lens, futuristic black and white body and extending microphone. This baby looks so much more professional than others in its price range such as the VX2000, and this will convince clients that your production, be it wedding video or short film, will be of top quality. This camcorder produces excellent images because of its 3 CCDs, tiny devices that separate light coming through the lens into red, green and blue components. Most consumer... Read review

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Advantages: great dance music
Disadvantages: not enough of it

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Advantages: Lightweight, plus free car vacuum given just for trying product
Disadvantages: Way too expensive, and stair vacuum awkward and difficult to use

...Suffering from a bad back I decided to give the Oreck XL a try. It arrived on time with all it's bits and pieces. It is remarkably light and powerful, and if it were'nt so damn expensive I would keep it, as it's so easy to use, however, you can't use it on stairs or furniture - it has no attachments, which is probably why, if purchased, they give you free of charge the small black cannister vacuum, which has many attachments. This is also very powerful, but requires further bag replacements, and is unbeleivably awkward and difficult to use, especially on stairs and hard to reach areas. So, even with this machine, I would still be inclined to get my old heavy hoover out to do these areas. I would happily pay around £140 for this Oreck XL, but it's more than double that - so I will be returning it after the 15 day trial period. Hope... Read review

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Advantages: superb image quality
Disadvantages: weight

...The canon XL1 is without a doubt an excellent camera, though this is no reason to make a hurried buy. In my experience this camera is very suitable for specific purposes, but not for others. There are plenty of reviews telling you the good points about this camera, to which there are many, and the specs speak for themselves. But here are some things you may not have considered about it's suitability for specific purposes: 1) It's weight. The XL1 is a fairly heavy camera of substantial size, much bigger than it's fellow prosumer camera's. This does make it a sturdy, robust piece of equpment but it does make long day shoots at different locations very tiring. So consider: Are you buying a camera mainly for location shoots or will most of its time be spent in a studio? Will most of your work be shot handheld or tripod based... Read review

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Advantages: Nothing offensive
Disadvantages: None

...Fireball XL5 I had vague memories of this from when I was a child (I was born 1964) and so I guess must have watched repeats but watching the DVDs brought the series back clearly. Fireball XL5 was the fore runner of Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds. This was on tv in 1962, and Contained 39 episode. Synopsis: Set one hundred years into the future, it is the year 2063, and the 300ft spaceship, fireball XL5 is out in space protecting sector 25. Aboard the spaceship is colonel Steve Zodiac, the sexy blonde doctor Venus and the transparent robot called Robert. At the end of most missions Robert the Robot would announce his catchphrase, "on our way 'ome", due to his inability to pronounce the letter 'H'. Also aboard was Professor Matt who was a navigation mathematics genius, who had his own navigation bay on the ship. Another odd... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use for beginner, built in 16:9 field of view
Disadvantages: Heavy in prolonged use (3.545Kg), quite short battery life

...Canon suggests that the XL2 provides "unprecedented flexibility" for the digital camcorder user. So, how good is the XL2? Straight out of the box the camera seems impressive. The build quality is good and each camera component feels strong and well built. The supplied user manual leads you through the step-by-step assembly of the camera although some of the stages are not explained very clearly. However, the connection of each of the camera's components to the main body is very logical and could be undertaken without using the manual. Once assembled the camera does feel quite heavy with the centre of gravity leaning slightly towards the front of the camera. Initially this is not a problem but with prolonged hand-held use the camera can start to feel a little too heavy. The camera provides 3 1/3" progressive CCD sensors... Read review

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Advantages: Bigger Screen, Easy to use, subscribe to speed camera services and many more
Disadvantages: Can lose satellite signal from time-to-time

...Following the huge success of the original TomTom One, the team have got together and come up with this, 'The TomTom One XL'. My dad used to travel fully equipped with the original TomTom One and found it to be very benficial. The device was so easy to use but my old man has stumpy sausage fingers so he found it a little difficult when typing addresses, post codes etc. Then the TomTom One XL came along boasting a bigger screen with all the advantages of the original. Well the outcome was how you'd expect it to be with a TomTom, success, success, success. The bigger screen allowed the old man to navigate the device even easier than the original. For you to get a better idea here are some of the advantages; -although the this is the XL version, the device remains as slim as ever which means you can carry just about wherever you want... Read review

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Advantages: Interchangable lens, manual focus ring, shoulder mount, stereo sound
Disadvantages: Tape mechanism can be heard on some recordings

...The Canon XL1S is not your average camcorder. Its a 3CCD, Mini DV camcorder with interchangable lens facility, broadcast quality recording and enhanced manual functions - this camcorder is for users with professional needs. It comes with a standard 20x Optical Zoom lens but can be modified and tuned to your own taste if need be with the use of the additional lenses available. The lens is sorted with Optical image Stabilizer which for a camera of such size is very useful and will always come in handy when using a 20x optical zoom. Lenses like the XL Extender 1.6x , 3X wideangle zoom lens and not forgetting the XL Adapter making it compatible with the 35mm EOS EF Lenses. Other accessories include microphone adaptor shoulder pads giving the facility to add XLR input microphones for voice overs on recording or additional sound. Also... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent picture quality, flexible controls, ease of use, affordable
Disadvantages: Can get a little heavy as it only has a partial shoulder rest.

...It is difficult to fully understand how such a fantastic camcorder could be sold at such a reasonable price. The Canon XL1 offers users superb picture quality, excellent audio, and enough options to make nearly every camera operator happy. All this is fitted into a small carriable and affordable package. The canon XL1 comes with a huge range of options to capture exactly the shot you want. At first these may all seem a bit complex, but amatuers will find find the controls easy to use with only a little practice and there are also many different automatic options to allow you complete freedom. Nearly all of the manual options can be turned invividually to automatic inlcuding, focus, apature, iris, white balance, stereo audio balance. This allows more flexibility when filming and give the operator freedom to take full creative... Read review

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