Flip out and Flop down

Advantages: Nice concept
Disadvantages: Not tough enough for toddlers

...Thomas and friends flip out sofa My reasons for purchase I bought my son the Thomas pull out sofa when we moved into out home when he was just over a year old. At the time he was Thomas mad and I thought he could have it downstairs as a seat but also as he got older it would work as a fold out bed if any of my friends with young children stayed. Availability I purchased mine from Argos for £19.99 but it is also is available at Amazon for £20.49 and am now £24.99 at Argos. What is it? It is an inflatable sofa that has a removable cover that can be machine washed .It has Thomas and his friends on the cover. Size Height26, Width68, Depth105cm Inflation was easy enough though exhausting as I didn?t have a pump at the time. The sofa folds up like a normal sofa bed although isn?t as sturdy as...

Wisemind 30.10.2009 · Read review
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My Happy Feet

Advantages: Comfort, stability, shock absorbing sole.
Disadvantages: Only available in one colour.

...Avon's Claim Avon claim that these flip flops help to stabilise feet to improve posture and enhance your natural walking motion, helping to tone legs while you walk, and that the shock absorbing sole cushions feet. My Experience I had heard a lot of praise for the brand Fitflops this year, but the price of £36-£50 put me off. This sounded to me like Avon's cheaper take on this increasingly popular footwear. I am lucky that I have a very helpful Avon representative, who is happy to honour their returns policy, so having nothing to lose, I asked her if I could try a pair. When they arrived they surpassed my expectations for comfort, and have been the only footwear I have worn these past couple of summer months, when among other activities I have had long shopping trips and been busy tidying my garden...

luckyarchers 04.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Avon Toning Flip Flops

I'll be fit before I flop!

Advantages: smart casual footwear that will help you stay fit
Disadvantages: expensive

...I'm pretty much always on a quest to keep fit and to keep in shape but it's not always easy with the demands of a young family. I even have my own treadmill at home as I have found it virtually impossible to get to the gym on a regular basis. There are some days though when I simply don't have the time to take a significant run which is why, when I first heard about fitflops, they appealed to me so much. Fitflops are described by the makers as 'the flip flop with the gym built in!' They claim that while you are doing all the things that you would normally do, just by wearing fitflops, you will be giving yourself a workout that includes: increase leg, calf and gluteal muscle activity, improve your posture, mimic the gait of walking barefoot walking but with more muscle load, improve muscle tone, strengthen the muscles in the feet, leg...

kingfisher111 26.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of FitFlop

  Can These FitFlops Succeed Where All Else Failed?

Advantages: Attractive; very comfortable; absorbs shock; exercises muscles from the inside, improving circulation; gives feet support
Disadvantages: Fairly expensive; feet exposed to the elements

...Find FitFlops? I had an e-mail from www.Boots.com offering me 600 extra points if I spent £60 in one purchase. I thought I wouldn't find anything I wanted but I looked on the site anyway. Down in the corner of the web-page was a picture of a pair of shoes called FitFlops ~ "How intriguing," I thought, as I clicked on the little picture to see more. At £36 per pair, they are not exactly inexpensive (and compared to flip-flops available at beach resorts for 99p to £3.99 per pair, possibly exorbitant!). But, I cannot wear ordinary flip-flops, as they give me no support and hurt between my toes and across the top of the foot, being MOST uncomfortable, even on sandy beaches; these appeared to have a shaped sole and a more substantial upper than anything else I had seen. I read the hype. FitFlop ~ "It's the flip flop...

jesi 10.09.2008 (06.09.2008) · Read review
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Review of FitFlop

refreshing Reef

Advantages: fruity, easy to drink
Disadvantages: the colour, too easy to drink

...So what tipple do you think makes a Duskmaiden tipsy? Well actually I like a wide variety of alcoholic drinks depending on my mood. When I want something refreshing and fruity I often to\urn to Reef. Yes I know it is a teenyboppers drink but I do quite like it!! So when I was in Kwik Save doing a mini shop I was delighted to see a new flavour of Reef. Great I thought. Something noice to drink and something I can review fir Ciao (well I think that of any product from Rice Pudding to Washing Up Liquid!) The new flavour in question is Pear and grape by the way. \What is Reef? Reef is one of those dastardly Alco pops that corrupts teenagers and turns them in to junior alcoholics. No seriously Reef started of, as a still variety of Hooch b at Hooch seems to have disappeared of the face of the planet. It is a bottled vodka and fruit...

duskmaiden 29.09.2003 · Read review
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Review of Vodka Reef

Reef Schmeef

Advantages: An okay vocal performance from John Rhys-Davies.
Disadvantages: An appalling waste of pixels.

...After his parents are scooped up by a net, young fish Pi has to relocate to the reef where he meets beautiful Cordelia. But shark bully Troy also has his eye on her and will go to any lengths to get her. Soon Pi finds himself in the unenviable position of having to protect the girl and the entire reef. Luckily there?s a venerable old turtle on hand to help. Computer-generated animation has come a long way in the past ten years, but you wouldn?t know it to look at this shoddy pile of drivel. It?s hard to believe there were three directors working on it, the quality is so appalling. Most of the animation was farmed out to a studio in South Korea, where it is cheaper and quicker to produce. Now that may be a bonus when you?re making something like ?The Simpsons?, where time is of the essence so your topical gags still work and you...

afy9mab 11.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Reef (DVD)

The Fit Flop

Advantages: Incredibly comfortable
Disadvantages: Pricey!

...I first saw these mentioned in one of those glossy womens magazines. "The shoe with the built in gym! Tone your legs while you walk!" Needless to say, I flicked the page over and thought nothing of it. Just an advertising gimmick for some very expensive flip flops. But the thought stayed in my mind. I had recently started a job where I was working on my feet a lot, and so started experiencing a lot of pain in the heels and balls of my feet. The idea of the fit flop sounded similar to MTBs, and so I went onto the fit flop site to have a look at what all the fuss was about. Having read the reviews, I was no more convinced that the Fit Flop would tone my legs while I walked, or help me lose weight, but from what people were saying, it would help with my foot pain. Of course I couldn't wear flip flops at work for health and safety reasons...

kiara5162 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of FitFlop

Reef One Biorb 30litres (tropical)

Advantages: Easy to use, Good looking and great value for Money.
Disadvantages: The leaflet says add your fish after 24 hours of treating the water, I would say 2 weeks!

...Well I always wanted to keep tropical fish and one day I decided to fulfill this dream. The biorb from reef one is enabling many people to beable to keep fish easily and with the least fuss possible. You can be sure keeping your fish in here will, with common sense, allow them to lead a healthy longterm life. The package includes everything which you will need. The biorb system, Ceramic media (rocks), An external air pump, Water conditioner/ Treatment, Even a trial sachet of fish food!, and if you brought the tropical aquarium you get the adjustable Water heater and a thermometer. This is a great enviroment to keep fish as it has an effective filteration system, infact three; 1.Chemical-When setting up and making water changes, you add a sachet of water conditioner, which lasts for 3 weeks at a time. 2. Biological -This is about 100...

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Review of Reef One Biorb

Off Armageddon reef.

Advantages: great read
Disadvantages: nothing

...Off Armageddon reef. = A superb sci-fi novel and a gripping read. Humanity has been made almost completely extinct by the ferocious alien race called the Gbaba. They hate humans with a fierce fervour. Hunting them down if one should be found anywhere in the universe. But some humans have escaped. During a battle a few brave souls sacrificed their live to cover up the small escaping ship which fled the massacre just in time. These humans are now on an uncharted planet but they are unaware of their past. Before landing their robot P.I.C.A. (a kind of body guard) hypnotised them all to forget about gbaba and has instilled in them the hatred of technology. The reason for this is that if the gbaba pick up any traces of technology on a planet they swoop in and destroy everything. However the P.I.C.A. also has another...

MaldivesHoliday 11.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Off Armageddon Reef - David Weber

Off Armageddon Reef - Fantastically Detailed Novel

Advantages: Gripping Read
Disadvantages: None

...Off Armageddon Reef. David Weber. Synopsis: It is the twenty-fifth century and the Gbaba have almost succeeded in making humanity extinct. Had they known that even one human being remained alive then they would have hunted them down and finished the task. Admiral Pei and his crew desperately give up their lives to insure that a few human beings get away in secret from the Gbaba. It was called operation Ark and created a refuge for humanity without the betraying high-tech spoor which, if detected, would bring the deadly Gbaba scout ships to them. It was decided that the sleeping colonists would have false memories implanted. But the colony's administrator, Langhorne, and the colony's psychologist, Bedard, programmed them into believing that operation ark's command staff were Gods!! There were many among the command...

Maximus-Qualitus 28.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Off Armageddon Reef - David Weber