A Horrible Fax Machine!

Advantages: ... it's a fax machine
Disadvantages: EVERYTHING

...I warn my readers that this could be a raging review since I just threw this fax machine into the bin. Not only it costed me more than £30 two years ago but for the little times I've needed it it hardly worked properly. This morning I was trying to send a fax and the paper kept jamming into the rolls... but let's proceed in order. This Olivetti Fax-Lab is one of those product that you always see in offer (and for a reason), a couple of years ago they costed even up to £60-£70 but I found mine with a 40% discount so, since I often needed to fax documents and stuff like that, I bought it without second thoughts Later on I found out that I didn't need to fax documents SO often to justify purchasing a fax machine but still, it has been useful sometimes. But most of the times it was dreadful (read problems later on) THE MACHINE...

EVIT 29.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Olivetti FAX-LAB 100

eFax.com - Definately the best free fax service

Advantages: Free fax number, no need to have a dedicated fax line
Disadvantages: None

...eFax.com is definately the best free fax to e-mail service around today. I presently have two free fax numbers with them. One is a USA fax number and one is a UK fax number. Since I do business with some companies in the States it works out cheaper for them to send me faxes on a local USA fax number. They are incredibly fast. Just to test it out I sent a fax to my own number and checked my e-mail after just 30 seconds and presto it was in my Inbox. It's really easy to download the viewer from their site. Another plus point is that you can send this fax as an e-mail to others or save as a file just at the click of a button. If the person your sending the fax to my e-mail has the software then you send the message as it is. If they don't then you send it with the viewer. It gives you both options. They have many...

vinodgm 06.06.2001 · Read review
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Review of eFax

No Fax Machine - No Problem

Advantages: Free - Easy - Quick - Reliable
Disadvantages: Requires a 380k download to read faxes

...Believe it or not, there are still people out there who use fax machines and do not have email! What do you do when someone insists on sending you a fax – dust off your old fax machine, plug it in and hope it still works? Not any more; there is a free alternative that allows you to receive faxes direct to your email box. eFax.com give users a FREE 0870 (Normal national rate) fax number; faxes are sent directly to any email address you nominate. The file arrives – normally within a couple of minutes of having been sent - as an attachment in .efx format and with each A4 page being only around 15K it takes seconds to download. The quality is better than on a normal fax machine. Using the simple eFax Messenger software (380k free download), the fax can be read on screen or printed out to hard copy – no more...

john.sw 14.12.2000 (13.06.2001) · Read review
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Review of eFax

Great Machine!

Advantages: Quick Work-Out, Cheaper than Power Plates, Great Results
Disadvantages: Only tones your body, doesnt keep you fit.

...This machine is simply a must if you want to tone yourself up and not have the hassle of going to the gym for hours each week! I bought one of these off Ebay, and now so glad i did. Its simply an amazing piece of kit. My Personal Experience At first i thought, surely this machine cant be as good as i've been reading all over the net, people must be exagerating and just trying to sell the machine. How wrong i was.... The first time i used this, i trained at level 10 (ranges from 1-20) thinking i can take it at that level no problem, and sure enough i was ok, i did a few different positions for my legs, stomache and arms. I trained for about 10 minutes, as i wanted to see how much this would actualy do, and sales reports tell me that 10minutes of using this machine is equivelent to 1 hour at the gym. Boy oh boy did i feel it...

Mark_K 27.03.2008 (28.03.2008) · Read review
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Review of Crazy Fit Vibration Massage Plate Exercise Machine

An average fax/modem

Advantages: Faster page downloads
Disadvantages: user manual not very good

...Information given on the box: - 56Kbps download speed - Specifications according to the latest modem standards V.92 - Send and receive faxes - For use with portable computers V.92 benefits: - Modem on hold: take phone-calls while online - Quick connect: Faster internet connection - New V.44 compression: downloads internet pages up to double speed Key benefits: Modem: - data compression - reliable error correction - completely compatible - CTR-21 European approved Fax: - Adjustable fax pages - send in groups - can be programmed beforehand - telephone/fax lists - print faxes on your computer Package contains: - PC Card V.92 Fax/modem - Fax and data communication software - Telephone cable and plug - Windows driver System requirements: - IBM PC or compatible (Pentium 166MMX) with PCMCIA port - 16MB RAM...

minichar 17.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sitecom Fax / Modem

Free Fax Machine

Advantages: Free, convenient
Disadvantages: None experienced

...Yes, its really true. If you have an e-mail account you can also benefit from a fax facility. All you need to do is sign up with www.yac.com. They will give you a free number - starting 0709 - (and which can also be used for voice calls and an answering service) which can be used for faxes. Your received faxes are sent on to you by e-mail and appear in a .tif file for you to save or print. The cost of sending faxes is not too high - about the same as calling a mobile phone so it is not prohibitive. One of the real beauties is that your fax is available 24/7/365 - no need for an extra line! If you have a fax driver for your PC's modem and a scanner you can completely dispense with the need for a fax machine. I have used the system for several months now and have found it to be excellent. Is this the end...

Kristian 06.03.2001 · Read review
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Review of eFax

The Non-hungry Fax machine

Advantages: Lots of memory
Disadvantages: Lots Read on....

...and outgoing faxes, the memory is very good. I have sent 4 faxes one after the other and the memory didn't go down past 95%. Also the ink cartridge (if set to standard quality) does last for quite a while and when it does come round to replacing it they are quite cheap. The shape of the machine is also well designed I can imagine it being easy to locate on any desk or work surface. So overall not really happy with the product but I suppose it does work, in one-way or another. This machine has also made me question the quality of the whole Sharpe brand....

jameslucjan 05.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sharp UX B30H

YOU WANT THE FAX

Advantages: Reliable brand, good after sale service
Disadvantages: Large amount of room taken up

...I haven?t been around that much lately, to share with you the benefit of my vast consumer experiences, although I do try and read and rate every few days, especially in the Telecommunications Category. And the other day, I noticed a little link inviting people to write about their Fax machines and so here I am once again. Now I must admit, I was caught off guard just a little bit by this CIAO request. I mean, in this WWW era of broadband and 512Mbs speeds and email being a common communication tool, even for the residential user, does anyone still use a Fax Machine regularly? Hmm, I thought not. However, there is always someone with a need to be fulfilled (I always knew I should have gone into Marketing), and therefore I decided to proceed with the submission of this opinion. The first problem I encountered when trying to...

helencbradshaw 01.04.2002 · Read review
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Review of Brother 1020E Plain Paper

This is a great machine and that's a fax!

Advantages: Great quality and speed. Excellent price. Wireless G networking.
Disadvantages: A little noisy when loading paper only.

...I was in the market for a new multi-function machine and with recent trips back and forwards to the nearest fax service at 50 pence per sheet, I thought a multi-function machine with fax will do just nicely. I searched the internet and found a few candidates but the Epson SX600FW with its recent price drop, features and decent priced ink, I decided it was the one. The price online at Tesco was £76 with free delivery to your nearest store so I decided I would purchase in a few days. The next day I went to a shopping centre which had a PC World store nearby so I thought I'd chance my luck. In I went and found the Epson at £99 reduced from £169. I asked a salesperson if they priced matched and it turned out they did and after checking the Tesco website they found it was £3 cheaper again so I took it away for £73. I had noticed in...

LawrenceP 08.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Epson Stylus SX600FW

Oh Brother, what a pile of poo

Advantages: looks like it could withstand a baseball bat attack
Disadvantages: tempremental, toner finisher is poor, cannot add up, copies at a snails pace

...I use this fax machine at work and it is the cause of so much stress and tension I thought I would let you all know how I was beaten by such a plain, dull and basically annoying machine that jams on a regular basis, smudges fax transmissions and forgets to send certain important pages at random. If you wanted to buy a Brother FAX 8360P and I would urge everyone reading not to it would cost around £230 and for that you get the fax machine, a network cable to hook it up to your LAN and a lead to plug it into the phone network to enable transmissions. We have had our Brother FAX 8360P for 6 months and the problems started pretty much straight away and the instruction manuals FAQ are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard, as it the manufacturers support. In theory the fax machi9ne should allow you to send and receive documents...

pearlywhites 29.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Brother FAX 8360P