Vax U91-P3: A Simple but Efficient Cleaner

Advantages: A great cleaner with no unwanted frills.
Disadvantages: None so far.

...Due to constant problems with a recently purchased Hoover vacuum cleaner, we decided to forget it and opt for a Vax Power 3 ? a small and light vacuum cleaner without any of the bells and whistles that seemed to be on most other more expensive makes. This machine is easy and light to use for my wife who suffers from arthritis and when I think carefully about vacuum cleaners, I have to ask myself who uses these extra funny attachments like turbo brushes as I have never found that they work at all. In fact, I have found that standard non-moving attachments do a much better job. We owned one of those orange Vax Aqua Vacs back in the 1980s (remember them?) and even now it is still working as well as ever but we prefer an upright vac. I keep the Aqua Vac in the garage to clean my car with ? it is great for sucking up water too. So...

derek-j-a 25.09.2009 (27.09.2009) · Read review
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Forza Motorsport 3 races out the other competition

Advantages: Brilliant graphics,Realistic car handling,Addictive,400 + Cars, 100 + Track variations
Disadvantages: Multiplayer is disappointing, Long loading times, Extra cars are on second disk it takes up 1.9GB

...I am a gamer and have been looking forward to playing this game so I collected my pre order from Game last week. Pros and Cons Pros Best graphics seen on an Xbox racing game The cars handling is realistic Easy to pick up and play Very addictive Car customization is great Over 400 cars to choose from More than 100 track variations Cons Does not have the wow factor that original Forza Motorsport had The extra cars and tracks are on a second disk some users could have problems installing the content from the disk Multiplayer could be better Long loading times My opinion Forza Motorsport 3 is developed by Turn 10 Studios. It?s this third installment into the Forza gaming series. The first thing that you will notice about Forza 3 is how good the game looks, I was disappointed with the graphics in Forza 2 and knew that they...

doubleheman 05.11.2009 (06.11.2009) · Read review
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99p red balloons go buy

Advantages: Everything is 99p
Disadvantages: The long queues

...Retailer - 99p stores 99p red balloons go buy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Store owner, Nadir Lalani ?s clever ideology of bringing the 99p Store to the High Street is a piece of marketing genius, as the 99p is a DNA force that magnifies the need for bargains that have been in-built in the human psyche since we were in African tribes. Making 99p Stores more than just picking up a bargain, but being part of what we already are collectors of tat. We are inundated with media storms of credit crunching, greed and total mayhem amongst our authoritarians. Nothing is shock worthy anymore. News items of waste and bamboozle mismanagement sweeps the UK. I was laughing out loud at the docile mincing bobbies (Police) who filled up their patrol cars with the wrong fuel, costing the taxpayer over £1 Million a year, many are doing this...

1st2thebar 12.06.2009 (06.07.2009) · Read review
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The Sims 3

Advantages: can leave property without going to load screen, graphics updated
Disadvantages: hard to control, too complicated, too basic

...Genre: Simulation Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Electronic Arts Redwood Shores The Sims 3 The new and improved Sims game where you can now explore your neighbourhood without a blue loading sign popping up on screen. Did we really need the luxury of having your sims walk arround the neighbourhood themselves? In my opinion I think not. If I am honest with you, on the previous Sims games, when you orderd your sims to leave there home plot a blue loading screen would appear. Now this screen would annoy me so much and felt as though it was taking forever. After playing both the Sims 2 & the Sims 3 I would prefer the blue loading screen back. The game now i feel is to complicated. Installing the game was very straight forward no problems at all, I knew i would have to make some space for it, 6.1GB of hard disk to be exact...

Danii_Wilson01 16.06.2009 (17.06.2009) · Read review
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The Sims 3

Advantages: Seamless, traits, Sims are better looking
Disadvantages: Hard to keep track of, game play more complicated

..., etc etc. This does add a whole new realm of gameplay to it, though it takes some getting used to. You can't actually see inside all of the community lots, however with some such as the library or the gym you can. You are also able to buy more specific things now - for example, there is a book shop so you can buy a specific book, or you can buy specific ingrediants to make different meals. It's easy to move from one Sim to the next, although having Sims in various places around the neighborhood obviously makes it harder to keep track of them than if they were all sitting around the house. There is no lag whatsoever however. You can literally follow your Sim as they run to the grocery store or the beach, with no loading screens or anything like that. Oddly, Sims 3 actually runs much faster on my laptop than Sims 2 did! The actual...

hi_nicola 05.06.2009 · Read review
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The Sims 3 - The Best One Yet?

Advantages: New careers; personality traits; Great graphics and speed on my laptop
Disadvantages: Lack of choices within Create-A-Sim; Could be slow on some users PC's/laptop's

...So, The Sims 3. If you're here, you've probably played The Sims before, and are thinking about buying the latest game. Or maybe you're someone who has never played any of The Sims games before and are interested about it. I hope to give you a detailed review weighing up both advantages and disadvantages of the product, which will hopefully guide you into making a decision on whether to purchase it for yourself or not. A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFO From what I believe, the very first edition of The Sims (which I will abbreviate to "TS"), was released in 2002. It was fairly simple compared to what we have now in 2009, but nevertheless, still an amazing game even by today's standards! There have been three "base" games - The Sims 1 (TS1), The Sims 2 (TS2) and now The Sims 3 (TS3). You could get various "expansion packs" for both TS1...

Sonic4290 19.08.2009 · Read review
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Clean you carpets the upright way

Advantages: Easy to use, cleans up well, good price if you can find it
Disadvantages: looks a little fragile, can be pricey from certain stores

...I recently wrote a review regarding a rather tragic vacuum cleaner, by those wanna-be boffins at Hoover, which I had the misfortune of actually owning, and, after to many months of pure hell which is hovering the carpets, I decided enough was enough and ?accidentally? broke the small red spawn of the devil, dropping it down the stairs, (with the help of my right foot). Anyway, I had borrowed a friends vacuum cleaner previously and was quite impressed with it, even though I had vowed never to use uprights again, but when I found the same cleaner at such a bargain price I decided to go against my vows and purchase the rather colourful looking Vax U91-P3 power 3. When I got it home the box looked a little small, being 560 by 290 by 440 mm and weighing in at 9.1kg (gross), but as I had already bought a similar styled boxed cleaner before...

blissman70 25.07.2009 · Read review
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Pliko P3 is fit for purpose

Advantages: Good price, does birth to 3, folds up easily-ish, can attach car seat
Disadvantages: Bit heavy, hard to push one handed,

...I bought the Pliko P3 as I like the idea of the Viaggo car seat being able to clip straight onto it, but after that stage being left with a perfectly useful umbrella folding one-hand one foot see your toddler right through sort of push chair. I checked I could hold a large baby in one hand and fold up the pushchair in the other; that it would fit easily into the boot of both our cars (Toyota Avensis and Celica) and that I thought it would see us through the whole pushchair stage without having to go out and buy a cheaper more lightweight one at sixth months as so many people do. I have now got a second child who uses it, aged one year. The Good Things * For a new born baby you can lie it flat, so if you have a summer baby as we did you can use it in place of a pram. this saves buying a bit bulky pram attachment...

sadoldbag 23.01.2008 · Read review
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P is for Prisons... or is it Pontins???

Advantages: Deterrent for some...????
Disadvantages: No deterrent for some criminal...???

...Prisons (starts with a 'P' doesn't it..? ) ? The question is are they a deterrent or a badge of honour..? I have read a few reviews about prisons in the UK being to soft in the 21st century so I thought, after leaving a comment or two on others reviews, I thought I'd offer my personal opinion about the prisons of today compared to the prisons of.. Let's say a quarter of a century ago? (Caution?this could be a little bit of a rant). Firstly, I am of the opinion that, in certain cases, the wrong people are being sent to the already overcrowded prison? People who fail to pay their council tax for instance have more chance of going to prison than a burglar or a violent offender? a person who defrauds an insurance company is more likely to serve a longer sentence than a joy rider who takes a life?. And so on? (*my opinion of course...

blissman70 05.12.2008 · Read review
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P. & O. My Favourite Cruise-line

Advantages: See lots of different places without packing and unpacking
Disadvantages: Too much food if you have no willpower.

...P & O have had such bad press lately I thought I would write down my experiences with this company since 1980. The first cruise with P.& O. was on the Canberra in 1980, visiting several countries in the Mediterranean. We went with a couple of friends and had a wonderful time, feeling and being treated like royalty. It took us two years to save for this trip and it was worth every penny. The excitement of leaving Southampton with "You are Sailing" played by a live military band, drinking champagne and throwing streamers over the side, will always stay in my memory, as will as getting a twenty-one gun salute as we arrived at Gilbraltar. In those days there were, I think, 90% of people over 55, but that didn't bother us. We did our own thing, like livening things up in the Maridian Lounge (we called it the Maridian Morge) all...

Youngatheard60 25.01.2005 · Read review
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