Musto Snug - a hardcore tester reports!

Advantages: Washes well, keeps you warm and looks ok too
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

...I spend a lot of time outdoors, both through work and in my leisure time, so the approx. £100 investement for my Musto was well worth it. I have had it since xmas 2006 and it has been treated pretty badly throughout that time! I am a large animal and equine vet and wear my coat for work most days, so it really has had a tough time! This means my coat has to be relativly smart but also practical in any situation. In the last year it has been used to pad the floor under lame horses, as a foal blindfold and, more than once, to mop up blood! It has washed well everytime (in my normal washing machine) and dries within 24hours inside. I would think it has been washed over 25 times since I have had it. All the zips are still perfect and there is no signs of wear and tear at all. Despite all the washing, it has never let in the rain yet! That...

sk0680 23.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Musto Snug Blouson

mpx200 - The first consumer Windows Smartphone?

Advantages: Fantastic Features, Looks cool, PDA functionality
Disadvantages: Battery Life, Lack of Bluetooth and Camera

...I am a gadget guy. If you look at the other reviews by me, both under 'memorekz' as I write here, and 'memoreks' which I used to use, you'll see that I love my gadgets. However, this puts me in a position that I am somewhat more technically savvy than most, and will put the time in to understand and explore all the features of the gadgets I purchase. One of these techy gadgets that I purchased in Dec 03 was the Motorola MPX200 Smartphone. Having used an Orange SPV for the year before, I decided to chop the SPV (The original Windows Smartphone) in for an MPX200. The MPX200 was Motorola's first foray into the Windows Smartphone world, with previous phones concentrating on either proprietary or linux-based operating systems. The MPX200 is a clam-shell phone, which are extremely popular in the US. In the UK and Europe...

memorekz 15.07.2004 · Read review
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Motorola MPX220 - Needs a decent camera

Advantages: Processor, Features, Memory, Reception, Keypad
Disadvantages: Camera,Can be temperamental (Windows), Quiet earphone

...This phone is the successor to the MPX200 smartphone - a potentially great phone which lacked some important features: most noteably bluetooth and a camera. Now the new MPX220 includes these features, and more... The MPX220 is a clamshell phone with two colour screens: one inside, and one out. The main screen is pretty average. It is a bit on the small side compared to some of the newer smartphones, but the quality is good and the picture is usually fairly sharp. To my surprise, the external screen is actually quite useful. Apart from showing the time, date, battery and reception, it can show a caller's ID and picture, and can be used as a mirror for the camera when the phone is closed! I have found that call quality overall is good, and I very rarely find myself with low reception. One slight problem is that the earphone is...

will01404 28.09.2005 · Read review
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Snug Protection in a Weatherproof Jacket.

Advantages: Practical, warm and weatherproof
Disadvantages: Pricey but worth it.

...Expect to pay around £150 for these jackets with a new styling update and colour due this autumn. The key features are: Waterproof, breathable, windproof, MPX Light coated 'peach' shell, soft to the touch yet water shedding. A high collar with roll-away hood Polartec 200 fleece lining, the original and the best with no pilling and a unique snug feel. Two-way full length zip protected by storm flaps and drainage channel The inevitable cargo pockets. Fleece lined handwarmer pockets, a must for reviving those chilly hands and something not so often found in weatherproof jackets. Zipped, inner security pocket, useful for the phone and credit cards etc Drawstring in waist to keep out the draughts, and so much better than the bumfreezer blouson styling. Machine washable too.... I have been so addicted to these deck coats, that...

suehome 30.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Musto Snug Stormbeater

MOTOROLA MPX 200 (MORE THAN A PHONE)

Advantages: ALL THE FEATURES - TONNES OF THEM
Disadvantages: THE BATTERY LIFE

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penguin1052 17.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Motorola MPx220

it really is a snug blouson

Advantages: snug, good range of colours, good fit
Disadvantages: quite pricy,

...Expect to pay around £100 for this coat. I used to sail but now my time is spent mostly riding and looking after horses and i adore my SNUG blouson! Apart from being very fashionable in both sailing and riding the coat is extremely warm for both sports. The coat is only showerproof so not much use on extremely rainy days however, it is windproof and does an excellent job. The coat comes in several colours and also available with inner lining colour and outershell combinations. I practically live in my coat as it looks good with jeans, jodhpurs and i have been spotted wearing this with denim skirts..... i think that this is the best blouson around and is well made and of course has musto's reputation of excellent products to support it....

hhuk 21.02.2008 · Read review
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  BABY bags Pole Position with the MPX chassis!

Advantages: complete travel system, versatile, secure, comfortable, easy to manoeuvre
Disadvantages: initial expense, can be a bit bulky to store

...Deciding which pushchair or pram to buy for your baby may sound like an easy task to those unaware of the advances in the world of baby transport. Do you want an MPX chassis? A Sportline chassis? Does it have a sports suspension? Pneumatic tyres? ABS? (or a brake!) A classic line? Front swivel wheels? Do you want it to be a pram, a pushchair? a cot too? And transport your car seat? Next, you’ll be thinking can I have 17-inch Oz alloys! I think you get the picture now. These were all the sorts of questions I was posed with when I went to buy my first travel system for my baby one year ago. As you can see from the product name 3 in 1 means it performs a multifunction job; it can be used as a carrycot, pram, pushchair and if you buy the matching car seat this too can form part of a travel system as it can be clipped on/off into...

Connoisseur_Haggler 20.08.2003 (25.08.2003) · Read review
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now thats a smart phone

Advantages: windows mobile phone beats any nokia
Disadvantages: poor battery life

...when buying a mobile phone I usually just get a cheap nokia or sony ericsson, something reliable, as long as I can stay connected with my friends and family I was happy, but my old phone broke so I decided to buy a new phone which was more professional and business like. I have heard about this new breed of phone, the SMARTPHONE, so I did some research on the internet and decided upon the MPX200, and the price was fantastic. £200 from CarphoneWarehouse. And you get a lot for your £200. the ability to browse full internet (html pages) view video clips and listen to MP3's via windows media player, chat to friends on MSN messenger to name but a few. You can also fully sychronise Microsoft outlook on your mobile so you can transfer all your contacts and meetings onto your mobile, which I have found is very handy. You can just set your self...

tottenham123 17.06.2004 (23.06.2004) · Read review
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Review of Motorola MPx200

Puts the "Smart" into Smartphone

Advantages: Looks, Clear screen, "Links" Golf! (wow)
Disadvantages: Poor battery, Voice dialling useless

...I was first introduced to Windows smartphones when a work colleague got himself an Orange SPV200. After taking a good look at the features I was sold on everything but the appearance (it's a silver and black brick!). "Now if only someone would make a clamshell version of that", I seem to recall thinking. Well someone did, and it's the MPX200! We'll take a look at the "Windows for Smartphone" operating system first, as it is relevant for all phones which use it (a bit like PC's using windows are all similar). The system on the MPX200 is Smartphone 2002, which doesn't support Bluetooth. Later phones use 2003, which does. The OS (operating system) gives you a "home" page, rather like a desktop on a PC - in fact much more like the desktop on a Windows PDA device. A scrollable list of icons at the top of the screen shows the most...

DaveHarden 20.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Motorola MPx220

A good idea, badly executed.

Advantages: Nice looking, fairly robust
Disadvantages: Dreadful battery life. Badly designed software. Overly complicated.

...I bought this phone over a year ago, because I wanted a mobile that was: - stylish - could be used as an MP3 player - could be used to surf the Internet (GPRS/WAP) - could interface with Outlook - was reliable - had a decent battery life The Motorola MPX-200 fails on nearly ALL of the above.... as you can guess, I'm pretty hacked off with it! ON THE PLUS SIDE: Well, it looks great - shiny black case, silver keys, compact... it look a well engineered, solid phone. The screen is huge, with great colours and resolution. It interfaces seamlessly with Windows XP, and especially Outlook via USB. The sound quality from the MP3 is good. And... errrmmm... that's about it. AND THE CONS: The battery life! It simply will not hold a charge for longer than 24 hours. I am not a huge user of the phone, but any sustained use...

coopuk 29.11.2004 · Read review
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