Advantages: Cheap, quick and lasts ages in the cuboard!
Disadvantages: None that could outsides its brilliant value

...Chicken instant noodles is a brilliant idea and to be quite frank a life saver. Students like myself are skint and this product is by far inflation busting! The the best thing about this product is that it is plain and will go with almost anything as it is chicken. The reason why I say that this is a good thing is because you can add ingreients to it that are lying around the house to make it more nutritional, filling and to ones personal preferneces. Plus it packed full of carbohydrates, so its releases energy slowy and keeps you going for a while. Ontop of this the noodles takes seconds to cook which is always a plus when you are starving. I recomend this product if you are on a low budget like myself!... Read review

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Advantages: Very quiet, displays washing time
Disadvantages: Cannot wash nappies at all

...We had to get a washer dryer, primarily to be able to dry nappies on those days when there is no way they will dry outside. The washing cycles are brilliant with a timer to tell you how long the selected options will take and if you set it to a saver option it will tell you the shortened time. But the drying options..... Auto, seems to take forever and changes the amount of time left from 2.5 hours to 3 hours. We have given up on that option. The minimum time you can set is one hour, and the invements are 1, 2 and 3 hours only. It may well save energy but if you want to just tumble some nearly dry clothes you can't with this. After 3 months of trial and repair the machine is going back to Hotpoint as it cannot wash nappies clean. It leaves stains, smells and bits stuck to them all the time. We are now having to wash the nappies 3... Read review

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Advantages: you will have more money
Disadvantages: saving can be difficult

...with using this money saving method. Haggle with the supplier and claim that you had an offer from a competitor available for today only that was better than their initial quote. 9/10 times they will comeback with a better offer; again saving you money. I view parting with any money is hardly friendly. It is always a business transaction. Shop around and regularly change suppliers in all service providers. I was fortunate to save £360.00 per annum on energy suppliers by putting electric and gas with the same supplier, earlier this year. The biggest time saver and money saver is to never ring up a customer service phone line. The customer service system is installed especially to detract any monetary fee problems or service problems you may have. Send an email to your supplier instead that including your own terms and conditions and legal... Read review

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Advantages: Nice design, easy to use, economy feature, numerous functions for different washes
Disadvantages: None

..., Reduce Creases, Rinse Hold, Set and Forget Drying, 180 mins Timed Drying, High and Low Heat Settings , B Energy, A Wash, B Spin Efficiency I usually wash my clothes on a 50 deg wash, this normally takes with time saver mode 57 min and washes the clothes brilliantly. Drying wise, I would say it dries the clothes really well you have a choice with the button to set the timer. I should say I am a compulsive washer about 3-4 loads a week and theres only my boyfriend and I, and to date I have never ever had any problems with it. I would recommend Hotpoint to anyone, so much so that I bought the other appliances to match. I do have to say that from delivery to after care was magnificient. I have to admit they do look after their customers.... Read review

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Advantages: WAP, screen saver, addictive games, calculator, alarm
Disadvantages: small keys can make texting tricky

...I bought this phone on offer for £49.99 and I have to say it was extremley good value for money. The phone is small and stylish - silver with a blue screen, but as the buttons are quite small I sometimes find texting difficult. The phone has 199 spaces in the directory, and you also have the choice of whether to save names and number to the phone or to the sim card. Another feature I liked is that you can save numbers under different categories, such as Colleagues, Customers, Family, Friends, VIP etc... There is a relativley large number of ring tones, and a feature that lets you compose your own. There is also vibrate mode, silent mode, and volume control. There is an energy saving mode on this phone as well as features such as currency converter, time and date setting -which can be displayed as a digital or a analogue clock... Read review

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Advantages: Smells great, Doesn't leave white flakes falling from armpits.
Disadvantages: None

...This product is a 150ml aerosol spray and the smell is Lavender, Ylang Ylang and Patchouli (Anti-Stress). The aerosol spray is an anti-perspirant deodrant and is purple in colour with a purple lid. The smell of the deodrant is very nice it is a nice smell. Throughout the day you can smell the deodrant on you and on the hottest days you may need to spray more on and the deodrant does't leave the white flaky powder that some deodrants do. and you can use the deodrant after shaving as it is non-sting. The directions for use are: Shake the can well before use and hold can 6inches (15cm) from armpit and spray for a few seconds. The price i paid was £1.16 from Savers and it was cheaper than anywhere else like Superdrug and Boots where it is about £1.99. There are 2 other aromatherapy deodrants in this range which are Jasmine and Rose... Read review

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Advantages: Great capacity
Disadvantages: No tumble dry facility.

...I bought the Hotpoint WMA50 last christmas as it was the best for my budget when I was looking for a washing machine for my new house and I must say I wasn't disappointed with my purchase. With a stylish exterior, coming in both silver and white - the latter a must have if you have stainless stell surfaces in you kitchen like me - the WMA50 certainly looks the part and with a >6KG loading capacity, a 1000rpm spin speed and an A energy rating it does more than look pretty. The machine is easy to use with all the 20 pre-set programs (Though so fdar I've only used 4!). It also features a few handy additional buttons, that are a god-send at times. These are mini-load, time saver and extra rinse all of which are useful shortcuts if like me you just want to set the wash on the usual 40c wash and forget about it. I've had no problems so... Read review

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Advantages: Quiet, Massive wash capacity
Disadvantages: None

...I recently purchased this washing machine from Dixions for ₤401.93. It has a massive 7.5kg drum and has 1600RPM spin which is variable. Functions ********** It has 16 different washes including: Hand wash Cycle Quick wash Cycle Woolmark Cycle Anti crease Duvet Cycle Bed and Bath Cycle And many more It also has: Half load function Overflow protection Rinse hold A variable spin speed Variable temperature Time saver Button And a time delay function Child Lock It has a digital display which allows you to see haw long is left until the wash has finished, it also has an electronic programme selector so there are no dials to turn. Energy Efficiency ***************** Energy Rating A+ Wash Performance A Spin Performance B Although the spin performance is only B rated it does have a massive 1600RPM spin which means it will take less... Read review

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Advantages: Helps prevent flat batteries; achieves longer battery life
Disadvantages: None

.... I still park my car outside so I am glad of the extra reassurance I will have this coming winter from my solar-powered battery saver. At about 16 inches long, 4 inches wide and a depth of less than an inch, it sits easily on top of my dashboard, its solar panel absorbing energy when in daylight and trickle-charging the battery as it does so through the cigar lighter. I can leave it plugged into the cigar lighter at all times as it will neither overcharge nor drain the battery. If your car does not have a cigar lighter all is not lost. The battery saver comes with instructions for directly connecting to the battery, although, depending on the location of your battery, the approx 3 foot lead gives limited options for where you place your solar panel. I found it a little strange that the wiring is coloured white for positive and black... Read review

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Advantages: Very quiet, energy efficient, clear display, lots of wash and dry options
Disadvantages: None

...I was looking for a new machine to replace our noisy and inefficient Servis washing machine, so I thought it would be a fab idea to buy a washer dryer, as it saves space and time by having one machine do two things - one after the next! This Hotpoint has a 6kg dry capacity - it can wash 6kg of clothes and if you want to wash and dry in the same run, then you must limit this load to 5kg - it will wash a 5kg load and dry it all in one go without having to take some out and then put it on the dryer mode! This machine has numerous number of options, which allow you to change the spin speed, change the temp of the wash and a very useful mini load and time save options. The mini load option according to the instruction manual saves you 50% time and energy and the time saver saves you a further 30% or so - so this machine is efficent in time... Read review

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