Kuschall Compact wheelchair - a good compromise

Advantages: Fairly lightweight and maneuverable. Superbly compact.
Disadvantages: Folding chairs will never achieve the performance of rigid lightweights.

...Anyone who uses a wheelchair and lives in somewhat cramped conditions will understand the need for a folding wheelchair. Generally, ultralight, high-performance wheelchairs take up a lot of space, so many users opt for folding chairs instead. However, many folding chairs are heavy, bulky and difficult to self-propel effectively. The Compact is none of these things. I am very satisfied with the Kuschall Compact, on the whole. For a folding chair, the Compact's performance is very good. It is light, at 7.5kg without its removable parts, and fairly maneuverable, although not as maneuverable as a sports/ultralight chair. It copes well with corners, long distances and small hills. I, personally, find it comfortable to sit in, although need to move around after sitting in it for a few hours. From my perspective, having a folding chair is...

lilwatchergirl 21.08.2009 · Read review
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Energizer Compact Recharger

Advantages: Quick Charge
Disadvantages: LED lights

...Hi today I will be reviewing an Energizer Compact Recharger. I bought this from Asda a whole back now and got 4 free 2500 mAh batteries with it. This plugs into a mains socket. I find to charge 2 batteries it takes around 2 hours for them to last 4 days in an Xbox 360 controller. I have never used it for charging 4 batteries but you have the option of doing this on the reverse side of the device. The charger that I have is different from the picture shown in that it has 2 AA slots on the front and 2 on the reverse side. It has 2 red LED lights on the front. One shows if the front batteries are charging and the other shows if the back ones are charging. I usually use this overnight to charge my batteries because it means they are always ready for the morning and are fully charged as well. One complaint I have about this is...

coolguymcd 24.08.2009 · Read review
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Compact Stylish

Advantages: Compact, easy to clip to clothing, simple to use/set up
Disadvantages: sound could be a little louder

..., AAC, AIFF, Audible, MP3 formats. Finally I would recommend this mp3 for all the active people out there, its compact and solid, I have dropped my own serveral times and it stood the test, my only gripe I have it that the sound is not as loud as I would like<maybe this is a good thing for my ears> I now seen the ipod shuffles come in many colours and there is now a 2 gig version available. It cannot be knocked for price, im also starting to see more and more assessories becoming available which is only a good thing, if your,ve never had an mp3 player before this is the one for you to start on, so come on, join the 2nd generation!...

MILLSY99 13.08.2007 · Read review
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Flymo Turbo Compact 330 Vision

Advantages: powerful, efficient, easy to manouvre
Disadvantages: needs all the spacers to cut the grass low enough

...I bought this to replace my old Flymo 300 plus which after 7 years had finally collapsed, largely due to my mowing over a tree branch which broke the impeller. I decided to go for a bigger mower and am very pleased with the Turbo Compact 330 Vision which is Flymo's replacement for the old TC 330 Compact. It floats across the lawn beautifully and picks up a lot more grass than my old one. It doesn't pick up as much as a rotary but if your lawn is average sized or an odd shape a rotary isn't really suited anyway and I can't say that the bits it does leave are either noticeable or a problem. If anything it's too good at hovering and needs all 3 spacers fitting between the blade and impeller to get the lawn as close cropped as I like but having said that it doesn't need to be any closer so is not actually a problem if you're not comparing...

Muddy250 31.07.2003 (16.08.2003) · Read review
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Proton Persona Compact GLI (or any other Compact / Satria)

Advantages: Everything!!!
Disadvantages: Cost of Mitsubishi parts, and high insurance- but well worth it!

...This is an amazing car. I have a Proton Compact GLi 1.3 12v I have had mine 20 months now, and he hasn't put a foot wrong (touch wood). He is fast - can out accelerate any other 1.3 we have found, and to be honest, can give most 1.6's a run for their money. They look amazing, and come in a nice range of colours (mine is dark metalic blue.) I had had a Mini based Kit car for 2 years, and a Classic Mini for a year. Sadly, I had to get something bigger, so bought a Corsa B 1.4 LSi (had it for about a year) - nice enough car, but very sluggish, and poor handling, after this, I decided to sell both the Corsa and The Mini (Still keeping the kit car.) I looked around all sorts of cars. I wanted something bigger, faster, better handling, and better looking than the Corsa. I looked at MG- ZR's, Honda Civics, Rover 200's and 25's...

Nic-Nic 27.10.2009 · Read review
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Road Angel Compact - REVIEW - A must have

Advantages: Detects most cameras
Disadvantages: Not 100% accurate.

...The road angel compact is one of the leading brands of speed camera detectors. Plugged into a cigarette lighter, the unit sits in a cradle (attached to windscreen by suction pads). The Road Angel Compact detects: Gatso TruVelo SPECS Watchman Speedcurb DS2 (and a few others). There is also the option to enable accident blackspots, schools, railway crossings and mobile cameras. The system works by synchronization with the road angel server (online). The user pays a subscription of £3.99 a month to access updates. I find that once a week is sufficient. The database is updated constantly - each user having the ability to add a new camera, or indeed delete one, which is then uploaded to the server during synchronization. The Road angel compact looks great. Sitting neatly in the cradle, the neon blue screen gives it style...

johnny12345 22.06.2007 · Read review
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Facefinity Compact

Advantages: Covers well, good value for money
Disadvantages: Would like more shades available

...I bought this compact foundation about a month ago and find it works really well. The gold case it comes in is really nice looking and a sponge is given to apply the foundation. The foundation covers well and does not make you break out in spots. Though if you have dry skin I recommend you apply cream to your face ten minutes before you apply as it does not look good with dry skin. It lasts a long time so it is worth the money. Compared to most foundations this is the best as I have tried many. I bought the palest shade available as I have very pale skin and it does not look orange like some foundation does. However I think they could do with more shades of this foundation. I think £13 is quite cheap considering you do not need to buy anything else to go with it like fininshing powder. Would recommend. This review is also...

Therese100 17.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Max Factor Facefinity Compact

compact gorgeousness

Advantages: lovely silver compact with mirror, great coverage
Disadvantages: quite small amount of powder, less than adequate sponge applicator, not very long lasting

...'t comment on how good the darker shades are as I am very fair myself. First impressions were good, it came in a lovely silver compact, with a handy mirror. The applicator sponge was available separately which I found a bit odd, but was priced very cheaply (not sure if this is still the case as I havent needed a refill for a while). The actual powder itself was a little on the small side, especially for the price but I was satisfied that it would do the job well enough to warrent the extra cost. When using the product at home I was quite impressed, although I have since found that it is better to apply with a brush than the less than adequate sponge. It gives great coverage and helps my foundation stay on well. I find the compact ideal to pop in my handbag and take out with me, and I do reapply during the day so maybe it's not...

lizngaz 13.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Ruby and Millie - Compact Powder

A very nice compact camera

Advantages: Good photo quality - standardized batteries and memory type
Disadvantages: Noise at ISO 400 and above

...the central joystick button (also named Function selection). A menu will allow you to easily set ISO mode, bracketing, White Balance mode, shutter mode resolution and other settings. Focusing can be automatic (9 points are available) or manual. You can decide to have fixed focus position or use the intelligent camera system. Focusing is fast, also when you are in the darkness a special red light allow the camera to focus quickly. The picture format like all other compact digital cameras is 4:3 instead of the 3:2 of SLR cameras. The flash is quite good for such a compact camera and according to Canon its range is from 0,5m to 3,5m (wide) or 2,5m (telephoto). For my needs it is sufficient, somebody complained because the charge time is somewhat slow (around 10s due to the decision to use only 2 AA batteries). That is of course not good if you...

dsantachiara 28.09.2008 · Read review
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Flymo vision compact 350 a great wee lawn mower reccomended

Advantages: Light weight and compact easy to use
Disadvantages: none

...I bought this lawnmower last year. I dont have a big lawn so i thought this would be perfect for me. I had a petrol one before and it was just to big and clumsy so it was time for a change: Advantages: Its very light and easy to use and it comes with a tool and extra spacers to adjust the blade height. The blade is metal which is good because a number of years ago i had a flymo with plastic blades and i had to continually replace them. It really holds alot of grass for such a compact lawn mower and it has a perspex view to let you know when the box is full. It also is so easy to manouvre around the lawn, my back garden has alot of things to go around and this is where its so much better than the big petrol mower. Disadvantages: None that i can think of apart from the cutting width isnt that big but i guess if you want a bigger...

trevn74 25.06.2009 · Read review
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