Ideal for ridge walkers

Advantages: Cheap, relativly light
Disadvantages: Leash comes off

...Hi, Having doing hillwalking and low grade rock climbing for a number of years i though i would take the plunge into winter walking. Last year i bought myself a pair of Grivel G10 crampons and the above axe. The axe is 60cm in length with a wrist lensh on the shaft. The axe head is study and joined to shaft with an eyelet rivet, the same as most axes of this type. The shaft of the axe sounds hollow giving it it's light weight. This does not mean that it is weak, as I used it once as as a hanhold, jaming the axe horizontal across the top of two boulders and hauling myself up on it, the shaft did not bend and their is no sign of cracking. The shaft appears to have a protective coating on it that also allows for extera grip by having loads of small raised bubbles on it. The head of the axe, is quit tough, and has not been...

emilne82 13.07.2006 · Read review
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Double Oven 60cm Gas Cooker

Advantages: Easy to clean and very smart looking.
Disadvantages: Oven racks quite difficult to pull out. No oven light.

...I purchased this cooker in white. I paid £269.95 but most suppliers seem to be selling it for £500+ so I think perhaps mine was priced wrongly as it certainly seems more like a £500 cooker than a cheaper model. It is a very smart looking cooker and easy to keep clean. It has double glass panels to both ovens which are extremely easy to wipe clean as is the smoked glass lid. The burners are very neat looking and the pan supports keep even the smallest of pans stable. Being 60cm the oven is a generous size and the hotplate easily accommodates four full size pans at once. I find the grill very fast and when only cooking on one shelf the top oven is more than adequate. The self cleaning oven really does self clean. The shelves in the main oven are a bit difficult to remove but I think this may just be due to it being new. The oven does...

Titch47 11.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Belling G744 Gas Cooker

Dishin' It Up

Advantages: Everything, no faults what so ever
Disadvantages: None at all in 2 years

...I fail to see the reason for BskyB issuing two different sizes of their 'free' digital minidish, but they seem to have gotten the features and reliability right in both models so what the heck. Before i moved house two years ago i took out a Sky digital subscription for £40 per month, which included access to all of sky's standard channel's. including the sports and movie channels and also included a free sky Minidish and Digibox. In this instance i was supplied with a 60cm model, which was installed FOC by the sky digital engineer whom came to activate my services. The engineer was only here for a matter of 20 minutes, and in this time he installed the dish and box and setup all of the services that my new installation had to offer. This is the only time that i clapped eyes on a sky engineer for 2 years, which is a true indication...

RAF_Reviewer 26.05.2005 · Read review
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Neff D96M5 60cm silver chimney hood

Advantages: stylish, inexpensive, functional and practical
Disadvantages: maybe a bit noisy

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jupiter28 19.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Neff D96M5

DishWash and Go

Advantages: Delay start function
Disadvantages: Bit pricey

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BloodySpike 31.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Bosch SHV 55M03 60CM

Fisher & Paykel stainless steel double drawer dishwasher.

Advantages: Double drawer, independent operating untis in one applicance. Removeable trays - easy to clean.
Disadvantages: Needed replacement parts within the first two years of is life which I had to pay for.

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MBM123 03.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Fisher and Paykel DD 6603SS Stainless Steel 60cm Dishwasher

Bosch SMS50E02GB dishwasher.

Advantages: See review.
Disadvantages: None.

...My easy to open wallet strikes again, this time in the form of a dishwasher. Although, this one was more necessary, my old one was sort of falling to bits (literally). Look and Design Nothing too fancy, it's a white box with an opening door and some buttons on said door, exactly what you would expect a dishwasher to look like. It's of a reasonable size, being 84.5 cm high, 60 cm wide and 60 cm deep, and easily fits into my kitchen, which is fairly average. Function It is very easy to use, all the buttons are pretty much self explanatory as are the program modes which are Prerinse, Quick Wash 45°C, Economy 50°C, Auto Daily 45°C-65°C and Intensive 70°C. It also has a really useful half load button, so if you need some stuff washed but you haven't managed to fill the dishwasher, you can use this, it...

anakha6 03.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bosch SMS50E02GB

All hail the Ice Queen

Advantages: cheaper than expected, performs really well, large storage space, well built
Disadvantages: needs second large bottle rack rather than the 2 small ones in door compartment

...It's very hard to get excited about a fridge freezer it really is. This review could be the shortest on record if I just said that the fridge chills food and the freezer, guess what, freezes food. I will go on however and tell you all about my Indesit BAAN 12, the beautiful white goddess that now stands in the corner of my kitchen. It cost me £249.99 from Argos and I consider this a fair price for a fride freezer. I had expected to pay upwards of £300. For you rmoney you get a fridge freezer that falls into energy efficiency class 'A+', that stands 175cm tall, 60cm wide and 65.5cm deep. Like most models, the door opens from the left to right. The fridge has 5 shelves, a veg crisper tray, an egg rack and within the door compartment 3 bottle sections of varying sizes. If you like to store a lot of wine like me you'll find that...

belgian.waffle 28.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Indesit BAAN 12

Bosch WAE28364GB Classixx 6 1400 Express - Good buy

Advantages: Easy to use, fast spin, wide opening door, economy.
Disadvantages: Difficult to move into position without wheels - might be typical of most modern machines ?

...There were some key factors that influenced choiceof this machine. 1. Had to fit into the space available - some large capacity machines are up to 60cm deep. 2. Reliability - replacing a Zanussi machine that had lasted 20 years ! (time will tell on this, but Bosch were offering a 2 year guarantee). 3. Value for money. 4. Efficient use of water and electricity. 5. Variable spin speed and 1400 spin to speed up drying of towels. So far the machine has met our expectations in every way. It was described as 57cm deep, however the top of the machine is only 53cm deep - the front then gently curves outward to a depth of 57cm so does not look out of place even if not pushed right back under the worktop. Installation was easy except that there are no wheels on the machine so it was VERY difficult to slide into position over our cushioned...

briantheecowarrior 14.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bosch WAE 28364 GB

Lop those high branches with these

Advantages: easy to use
Disadvantages: none

...Today let me tell you about a pair of loppers that I use on butterfly conservation work parties. These are the Spear and Jackson 22 inch anvil lopper. Spear and Jackson make really good blades and these are a very good pair of loppers indeed. *Handles. These loppers have a shiny aluminum handle quite thick this has black non slip rubbery grips on the end. The grips make it easy and comfortable to hold these loppers. The length of these loppers is 22 inch/60 cm. When holding these loppers they feel substantial yet light. *Blades. The blades are made of steel which has been hardened and tempered they are PTFE coated. All this makes them very strong durable and they are rust resistant. These blades have a bypass action A bit like scissor action. This pair of loppers should last a long time. *Cut. These loppers cut very well...

mumsymary 02.08.2009 · Read review
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