Cycling on the Edge

Advantages: Many many functions, training centre info
Disadvantages: Info overload, price, rubbish standard map

...My other half is what you'd call a keen cyclist - he cycles about 25 miles a day commuting to work, and frequently goes on weekend training rides too. He's got a couple of cycle computers that show things like the time, distance, speed, and similar, but had been hankering after a Garmin cycle computer to replace them ever since he found out about them! Finally, he took the plunge and shelled out £250 on the Garmin Edge 305 with cadence and heart rate monitor (cadence is RPM for your feet while pedalling, by the way). It arrived a couple of weeks ago and after playing with it for a short while was promptly installed on one of his bikes. The 305 does absolutely tons of different stuff, and to be honest to me seemed to measure more things than you could possibly ever want to know about your riding speed and style. Heart rate monitor...

xalala 28.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Garmin Edge 305CAD

  "Edge"ing your bets.

Advantages: Flexibility, Features, Size, Motivation
Disadvantages: Cost

...attached to the fork and it still had something attached to a spoke and it still counted the number of wheel revolutions. But this time it was electronic rather than mechanical. A wire ran from the sensor on the fork to a display unit on the handlebars and it showed me my current speed as well as the time I'd been traveling and the distance I had covered. A later upgrade dispensed with the wire from the sensor on the fork to the display, relying instead on wireless communications. And then came the Garmin Edge 305. It doesn't have wires. In fact, it doesn't even need a sensor on the wheel - instead it relies on the Global Positioning System of satellites to track your position, distance, speed, time and altitude. But it doesn't stop there. Oh no, that wouldn't be complicated enough for the modern world. Not content with the usual statistics...

LegendaryMrDude 10.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Garmin Edge 305CAD

Gotta have a Garmin Edge 205

Advantages: wireless, accurate, can analyse data, water proof - Excellent
Disadvantages: Sometimes a loss of GPS signal, still quite expensive

..., average wind speed, max temperature, average temperature and an o/s map of the route (you can even view the map on Google earth for an enhanced view). The vast amount of information is aimed at professional athletes, and whilst it is not that much use to me I find it really interesting and it is very easy to compare different rides of the same route. The Edge 305 has a heart rate belt, as well as an optional cadence sensor, which will even give the users heart rate information and show the heart rates at different stages of the route so you can not only see how steep the hill was, but also how hard your heart was pumping as you were going up it!! The Edge 205 does not have this function but I am not overly fussed since I have a Suunto T3 heart rate belt and monitor which I bought before the Edge. MBA saves your routes and posts them...

yackers1 28.04.2008 · Read review
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Garmin 305

Advantages: All you could need in a watch
Disadvantages: none

...The Garmin Fore runner 305 has been a life saver for me.. if you are a runner and want to track your progress, train against a vitual partner or simple see how far or fast you are running. then i would advise you get this watch. it is light weight are to be honest when you are running you do not really realise that it is there. i use it on every run i do. even if its just a slow recovery run then i will use the heart rate monitor , pace and distance to make sure it is slow and i am not working harder than I should be. i would say that this is well worth the money and perfect for any runner needing a new watch for sporting purposes....

gaza91 20.09.2008 · Read review
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Life On The Edge

Advantages: Makes for lighter work
Disadvantages: None at all

...I have had to give in and buy a pair of long handled edging shears, for as long as I can remember I have always knelt down to trim the edges of my lawn but lately I have found that the constant pressure on my knees and back means that I am taking more than my fair share of Ibuprofen which is not a good thing. After scouring the local garden centres and hardware stores I then took a look at the prices on the Internet, Garden suppliers wanted just over £30 for the Wilkinson's Sword edging shears, a seller on eBay was asking just under £30 and good old Amazon was offering the edging shears for just £27.50 ? so no contest, the deal on the Amazon website won hands down. The Wilkinson's Sword edging shears measure thirty nine inches from the tip of the handles to the bottom of the blades, this allows you to cut your lawn edging...

Sarahjh1 14.07.2009 · Read review
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Mirrors Edge

Advantages: Nice effort at a new concept
Disadvantages: Riddled with bugs and flaws

...Mirrors Edge is a fine game, Don't let me say it's not. But Mirrors Edge is a perfect example of a good game overcome with flaws. The idea and plot are original and very compelling, the kind of plot that would make a good movie and gameplay that challenges the tide of mainstream mediocrity that is poured forth from Game manufacturers these days. The first Person aspect Of the game is a welcome break; such games that allowed such ranges of movement include Assassins Creed, notably a third person experience. Mirrors edge made the brave attempt to put their game into first person to make the experience more personal, to put the player in the characters shoes. However this bravery is not without its problems, occasionally you will be faced with a nice, free flowing movement area only to jump to a ledge and have to search for your next...

m4tt_king 12.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mirrors Edge (Xbox 360)

Hard Jagged Edge

Advantages: Smooth ballads, Vocals
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker links

...**Introduction** Hard is the fourth album from Jagged Edge released in 2003. The album features collaborations with the likes of Big Boi from Outkast aswell as Street Katz And Woonie on the remix of "They aint J" and Major Damage on Girls Gone Wild. 1. They Ain't JE This is the introduction to the album, the track is about having confidence in yourself that you have something that other people can't offer. As I mention later this original version isnt as good as the remix. That is a shame. 2. Walked Outta Heaven This track has a gorgeous feel to it. It starts softly then the beat comes in and showcases their distinctive Jagged Edge ballad. Superb vocals all around and one of their best songs. The vocal harmonies are amazing. 3. Girls Gone Wild Featuring Major Damage This track is about meeting some girl on spring...

jcneil 12.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Hard - Jagged Edge

Living Life On The Mirror's Edge!

Advantages: Original Gameplay, Clean And Crisp Visuals And Plenty Of Fun.
Disadvantages: Weak Story, Steep Learning Curve And High Difficulty Level.

...=Mirror's Edge Xbox 360= Are you brave enough to take a leap of Faith into the unknown? *Introduction* Mirror's Edge is an original and unique new title, heavy influenced by both 'Parkour' and 'Free Running'. Parkour (a French word, literally translated means-the art of 'Movement') is a type of urban sport which founding principles are for a human to get from A to B, in the shortest time possible-with no tools. The runners movements are also a huge issue, and 'flowing' is considered a fundamental part of the discipline. It is far better to get from A to B in smooth and rhythmic like motions, then it is to stop, start and not be at all fluent. Parkour is almost always done in a 'urban environment', usually one with small buildings, drain-pipes, steps and several different sized furnishings. Almost anywhere from...

Subtone 08.01.2009 · Read review
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The Edge of Dreadful

Advantages: Some of the things you love about Bridget Jones are still here
Disadvantages: It feels as if Fielding is trying too hard to go one better

...Whenever something is a huge sales success, it inevitably spawns a sequel. This isn't always a good thing and more sequels are a bad idea than are good ones. After all, sequels are difficult things. With a sequel, the fans what more of the same quality and all the things that made the original so popular, but if you replicate the original too closely, those same fans complain that it's exactly the same as the original. More often than not, you discover that you can't win with a sequel and they're better avoided. With "Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason", Fielding has been careful not to fall into the trap of making a sequel too similar to the original. Part of the reason for this is that Bridget's life is moving on from the end of the previous year, rather than from the beginning. So she's now settled into the job she gained part way...

Soho_Black 16.12.2005 · Read review
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A taste of life on the Edge

Advantages: Tastes like gin and tonic
Disadvantages: ...so why not have a gin and tonic?

...What goes into an alcopop? Manufacturers rarely disclose their ingredients on the label, so how do you know you're not drinking moonshine brewed by hillbillies in a rusty tin bath that will make you go blind after a couple of chugs? I exaggerate, of course, but it is reassuring to see the Gordon's logo on a bottle of Edge and know that whatever else may be lurking in the bottle, the gin is top quality. And what a fine bottle. Slightly squat with a wide body, angular shoulders and a hint of green in the glass, this is a bottle that says 'Hi there, I'm going to refresh you while simultaneously making you look cool'. The label is a plain non-gimmicky black and white job, with a yellow flash at the neck and base denoting lemon flavour and a green for lime. Sorry, that's 'crisp' lemon and 'sharp' lime. The most prominent feature is...

Worrals 28.10.2002 · Read review
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