Battery flattery

Advantages: reassurance of Nikon brand
Disadvantages: generic equivalents are cheaper

...This battery uses Li-ion technology which has been a great relief to me as I am the world's least disciplined battery charger, slapping batteries into chargers at any old state of charge. You can imagine that back in the days of NiCads and their dreaded memory effect, my batteries soon became useless. These are much more user-friendly. I would say that a spare battery like this is absolutely essential. On my Coolpix 4500 you get very little warning of imminent battery failure, it just tells you it's run out and shuts down. These only seem to take about 3-4 hours to charge and they're quite small. A nice feature of this battery is that Nikon provide a small snap-on plastic terminal cover so there's no risk of the spare shorting and discharging in your bag or pocket. It's best not to lose this cover because the terminals of this...

baublebag 08.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Nikon EN EL1 Lithium Ion

You are charged with...

Advantages: Its a battery
Disadvantages: Its a battery

...value, replace the battery). Unlike in a sex toy, having a poor battery will not affect the usage. It will simply be a case of getting fewer pictures per charge, and not a continuous 'weaker' vibration throughout. The quality of pictures is not affected, neither is the memory (as this is usually dependent on the size of the memory card instead). When it comes to replacing a battery, steer well clear of second hand ones, even if they do seem to be half of the price. Second hand batteries will also have a short charge capacity. It is just like someone buying your old battery and expecting it to work like brand new. In general terms, the more you spend on a battery, the longer it will last. This Nikon battery cost me fifty quid, and is worth every penny. It has got Li-ion technology and can hold 1400mAh of power (sounds good, doesn...

somebodyrandom 12.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of Nikon EN EL3 Lithium Ion

Top Spark

Advantages: Battery life, price
Disadvantages: N/A

...This Nikon Battery was supplied with my Nikon D80 camera, which I purchased several months ago. Size & Weight The dimensions are 5.5cm in length, 3.7cm in width and 2cm in height, which is perfectly fine, it isn't especially large and it isn't especially small. I can't tell you the weight exactly but it isn't too heavy and won't noticeably weigh your camera down. Price The price is approximately £20 but you can find it for less if you look about a little bit - using a price comparison website is the best way to do so. For a battery such as this, £20 is more than reasonable, in my eyes at least. Battery Life I have heard of several complaints that this battery life is appalling and only lasts for a very short amount of time, but I have experienced nothing of the sort and I've heard of many more people in my...

cornzee 23.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Nikon EN EL3a Lithium Ion

Little Battery Will Work For Years

Advantages: Cheap, Years of use
Disadvantages: None

...The Maxell CR2032 battery can be used in a variety of devices, from watches to keyless entry and calculators. I bought this battery a few days ago for my calculator. I have a sharp calculator and a few days ago the battery went dead. So I went out to the local market and bought one. The actual battery is small in size, only 20mm in diameter and 3.2mm in height. The battery is clearly marked positive (+) and negative (-). Even for any reason its not marked or you cant see it very well, negative (-) is the ring side and positive (+) is the flat side. Main functions and features: - Multi purpose battery used in variety of devices - Cheap to buy - 3V - 20.0mm diameter - 3.2mm height Overall Maxell CR2032 batteries are very useful and are used in so many different devices. These batteries are also extremely cheap to buy...

Surj1 20.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Maxell CR 2032 - Battery CR2032 Li 220 mAh

A Battery Life Less Ordinary

Advantages: Great longevity
Disadvantages: Awkward and annoying

...The big problem with the battery of a PSP is that unlike the main competition (GBA, NDS) which have great battery life, the PSP does not; in fact you'll get barely more than 2 hours out of it. With this in mind I was quite intrigued by the powermaster battery that offers considerably more charge for your pound. Plus's often come with minus's and the first minus is the size of this battery; in short it's a damn size bigger than the one that comes as standard. So much bigger its sticks out considerably more too. This forms part of issue number two, it's now more awkward to hold. Once you got used to the size of the standard battery having this big monster sticking out the back comes as quite a shock. Shocks go hand in hand with annoyance, the battery pack now feels loose so loose that you often actually pull the battery off by accident...

sghawken 26.10.2006 · Read review
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CanoScan LiDE 100 - I Love My LiDE

Advantages: Fabulous quality for scanned documents, both colour and B&W
Disadvantages: Somewhat slow when scanning at highest resolutions

...I bought my CanoScan Lide100 for home use earlier this year (2009) after having used the CanoScan Lide 25 at work for 3 years or so. Having used it for several months now, I thought it was time I shared my views on how it fares as a flatbed scanner. Anyone who really knows me will know that I'm obsessed with taking photos and have 1000s of digital photos stored online and I really wanted to scan in my old photos pre-digital era and wanted a decent scanner mainly for this reason. WHAT IS IT? The LiDE is a lightweight flatbed scanner, i.e. a device that can optically scan text or images when the original document is placed on the glass platen. If you?ve never used a scanner before, imagine photocopying a sheet of paper or photo but instead of the photocopy coming out on a physical sheet of paper, it comes up on your PC as...

anonymili 24.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon CanoScan LiDE 100

Upgrade to a vibrating phone cheaply

Advantages: Feel your phone whenever you are
Disadvantages: It can shoot your phone across a hard surface and does make a bit of a noise.

...I had, which was a slim line one, thinner than the standard 5110/6100 battery. It was also Li-Ion which meant I did not have to run it down every time I wanted to charge it. The battery cost £15 plus delivery, sorry can not remember the online shop but it was based in America. But I have found www.cellsavers.co.uk do them for £13.99 plus delivery is free at the moment....

JamesMoore 19.03.2001 (13.12.2001) · Read review
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Review of Nokia 5110/6110 Li-Ion vibrating Battery

Nice in principle, crap in practice

Advantages: Light, makes the phone a lot better physically
Disadvantages: Noisy vibration, battery life is rubbish

...I saw this battery at a computer fair, and i thought it would make a nice addition to my 5110. I picked it up, and on feeling it's weight, had to buy it. Got it home, charged it up and rang it from my home phone. On discreet, the vibration is noisier than the phone on 'personal' tones. I was appalled as to how noisy it was. i was not to be put off by its loudness, however, so i thought the battery life may be a lot better than the standard NiMH cell. Again, i was proved wrong by this awful accessory as the battery life is about 2 days with this battery: the standard 1 is about 5 days to 1 week. So, all in aleft with is a short-life, noisy-on-silent phone. it does have one saving grace: my phone is now lighter than the 3210. Kiss my ass 3210 owners !!!!...

chrislowery 13.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Nokia 5110/6110 Li-Ion vibrating Battery

Saxo 1.1 Forte

Advantages: nimble with good performance for its engine size, fun handling
Disadvantages: Steering takes getting used to, basic interior, basic equipment

...of performance, the 1.1 is a little slow. If you know how to get the best out of an engine this isnt a problem and you will soon find yourself moving briskly, keeping things on the boil with a few more frequent gear changes than usual. My advice here, get one with a rev counter or if you are impatent dont be tight and get one with a bigger engine! I would reccommend the 1.4 Furio or 1.6 VTR (8v) if you want anything that has all-round performance. Fuel Even driven hard on motorways or back lanes it will always give around 45mpg. On a long careful drives we achieve 50mpg easilly. handling is its best quality - lots of FUN. Dont forget the VTR/VTS performance models are considered amongst the best handling cars around. It is beautifully balanced. My only critisism of the car here is that the ride can get 'bouncy' at times on rough roads...

b3rtie 04.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of Citroen Saxo 1.1

Scrumptious Salmon en Croute

Advantages: Delicious pastry and filling
Disadvantages: Expensive and only available at Tesco

...My boyfriend and I recently invited some friends round for dinner and as we were looking around our local Tesco's for something tasty to dish up, we came across Tesco's Finest Salmon en Croute. Packaging Tesco's Finest Salmon en Croute comes in a cardboard box which is decorated in the same sort of style as other Tesco's Finest products. The box is black and grey in colour with Tesco's Finest written across the front. Salmon en Croute is also written across the front and there is a large picture of the product when it is cooked splashed across the front also. There is also a product description on the packaging which states 'Prime salmon fillet. Butter enriched puff pastry. Spinach and lemon sauce.' Once you open the box, there are two Salmon en Croute's inside which sit on a plastic tray. Cost Each packet contains two...

daylehall 09.08.2008 · Read review
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