A GR8 Way to Knit?
Advantages: Can produce some great items
Disadvantages: A bit difficult for kids on their own
...My daughter is very much into arts and crafts so at Christmas time most people try to give her presents to suit this talent she has. This year she was give the GR8 Gear Knitting Machine (which was bought from Argos at £19.99). We'd heard about this from a friend who told us how easy it was to use and what super results it produced. Now we can see for ourselves.
The Product
The knitting machine arrived in a box with 2 balls of wool (not very nice wool, a bit rough and scratchy!) and an instruction booklet with instructions on how to produce a scarf, leg warmers, a bag and a hat. The knitting machine was pretty much ready to use after attaching the legs and the handle. Once made up the knitting machine, which is purple with pink legs and handle can best be described as looking a bit like a little cauldron without the base...
lel1969
22.01.2008 (07.02.2008) ·
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GR8 art...... GR8 toy!
Advantages: Can be complete entirely by the child.
Disadvantages: Are a buggar to pick out of the carpet!
...After visiting Toys r us to spend my daughters copious amounts of birthday money she picked the product I will now review, much to my dismay. We have had previous experience with this product and it has taken me almost twelve months to finally rid myself of the tiny balls that are included in the set, that when coming into contact with anything with a little moisture in it, they dissolve and stick to pretty much anything they come into contact with, hence the reason it's taken me twelve months to get them out of my daughters carpet!
The product I will now review is "GR8 ART- Bindeez magic beads, jewellery pack"
It has been noted that I may spend a little too much time describing the packaging that these products come, I have taken this on board but am always worried someone may read my reviews, go out to purchase a product on my...
sarahbarrow
23.07.2008 ·
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Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer
Advantages: Some very realistic synthetic sounds at an affordable price.
Disadvantages: Requires a lot of fine tuning.
...Background:
I bought this pedal in Japan for £290. The Roland GR-20 is renowned for it's value for money. For this price you get:
The GR-20 Synthesizer
GK-3 Dedicated Pickup + Cable (to connect the GK-3 to GR-20)
Power Supply Unit
Short Guitar Lead
Instruction Manuals
Warranty
Screws, tapes etc... to attach GK-3 to your guitar
The pedal is very versatile and also comes with an in-built tuner.
Installation:
The GK-3 needs to be installed on your guitar before you can use the pedal. Ideally the GK-3 should be around 1mm away from your strings and should not be installed further than 1cm away from the bridge.
The GK-3 has two main parts. The main body, which has the up/down buttons (to scroll through the patches) and a volume knob, and the pickup itself.
The pickup can either be installed using screws...
Darkhodge
29.10.2005 ·
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JVC GR D53
Advantages: Home filming, clear picture
Disadvantages: price maybe !
...JVC GR D53
This mini DV camcorder, has very good picture and sound quality. The images are very clear when filmed with this camera it has an image resolution that is very high. The camera it self is a good sizes and weight.
Zoom
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It has a 16x optical lens this lets you zoom in (basically take close up shots from where you are standing) on your subject with and still maintain a very high quality picture the 700x digital zoom also helps the integrity of filming quality that allows you to film close ups from an even further distance out.
Picture Stabilizer
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The camcorder has a stabilizer system that is built in to stop pictures shaking so that filming is always smooth and maintaining its clarity and precision.
Night...
may31980
05.09.2005 ·
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same camcorder diffrent name? GR-D247
Advantages: light, easy to use and cheap
Disadvantages: the little blue saftey button and the flimsey cover
...Now we had been looking for a light and easy to use camera that we would be able to take with us on holidays we looked on here to find reviews and saw the GR-D240 but could only find the GR-D247 which seems to be the same as the GR-D240.
The advantages that I can see are:
•It's a lot smaller than anticipated which is great its about the size of your palm (6.4 x 8.4 x 14.6 cm),
•Its very light (half a kilo all in), for something so small it seems to have a very big screen (2.5 inch),
•Great sound the microphone seems to pick up all the sounds around.
•You can either have the camera on manual or on auto this is great
•The zoom is great to and very easy to use
The disadvantages that I have been able to see are:
•The motor comes up very loud when you play back the footage on the camera...
panther_hafsa
24.04.2006 ·
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George Foreman GR10 - Fast Worker
Advantages: Cooks quickly and easy to clean
Disadvantages: Pretty small and flimsy plastic clasp of bun warmer
...The George Foreman GR10 is a great invention and probably one of the most frequently used appliances in my kitchen. It is godsend for those people without a microwave as it cooks from frozen and if timed correctly the food is cooked well and not dry at all. The grill has a floating hinge which means cooking thicker portions of meat is easy and foods cook quickly since the grill heats up fast. The grill is easy to clean but best done when it is still slightly warm before the fat sticks in the grooves. You get a drip tray and scraper which are both easily washable.
It is not perfect however and while this small version is a neat size I would really only recommend this it when cooking for 1-2 people. The bun warmer on top of the actual grill itself is ok but I've only ever really used it once or twice and find it more of a novelty...
girlgrey
23.05.2007 ·
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JVC GR-D740EK
Advantages: light, compact easy to use, excellent optical zoom
Disadvantages: no external mic or light no remote
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polar_king
14.07.2008 ·
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A good solid machine
Advantages: A good solidly built lawnmower
Disadvantages: It isn't a hover
...Having just had a dreadful experience with a brand new Flymo that fell apart the second time I used it I was determined to buy something much more robust to replace it. A quick look round my local B&Q store resulted in me spotting a Black and Decker Rotary mower, the GR3800, at a reduced price of £88 which was £30 cheaper than the Flymo (although admittedly not a hover) and it looked fairly solidly built so I bought it.
Out of the Box
The mower was well packed and it did require a little bit of putting together in that the handle needed to be fixed in place and the cable hooks installed. That wasn't too much of a challenge and it was soon ready for use. The machine has a grass box that fits on the back of the machine which fits firmly in place and is very effective in terms of gathering the clippings. There is provision...
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04.08.2009 ·
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George Foreman GR10005
Advantages: easy to use, easy to clean, cooks almost anything
Disadvantages: would be better if it had a timer, but still easy to operate
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Mattletcher
07.09.2007 ·
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