Vango Venture 500

Advantages: Good Size, Brilliant Value, High Quality, Sturdy, Easy to Erect
Disadvantages: None that I can think of!

...I purchased my Vango Venture 500 towards the end of 2006. For the bargain price of £85.00 and I haven't looked back since! Numourus camping trips have bee happily spent in this tent and it will see many more! The frame consists of 2 large poles crossing over to make the main dome, and a 3rd smaller pole creating a loop for the porch area. Once erect, with all pegs and guide ropes in place the tent is extremely strong and stable. We have camped in strong winds and strong rain and it has stood strong throughout. As long as there are two of you, erecting the tent is a swift and easy process. Funnily enough you tend to erect it faster when its raining! And packing it back into the bag is an art the first time but you tend to remember how to do it from then onwards and it's easy enough. When packaged, the tent is relatively heavy...

PaulineLees 20.07.2007 (03.05.2008) · Read review
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  D500- A technophobe's guide

Advantages: fantastic features for such a small phone
Disadvantages: not entirely user friendly

...INTRODUCTION I have read some cracking reviews on this phone, and they even managed to persuade me to buy one. I've had mine for a few weeks now and I thought I'd let you know what I think of it. I have decided to write a technophobes guide to the phone. I don't really understand all that technical stuff and I think there are plenty of reviews covering that side of things that give all the technical info you need. So I'm going to let you know the main features, benefits and problems I have found in simple terms. I've broken it down into categories, so you can just look at the bits that interest you rather than trawling through all of it. I'll start off with a general overview of the phone. GENERAL OVERVIEW The D500 is a sleek little dark metallic grey mobile phone that opens with a slider instead of a flip up front. This is...

NATI 11.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of Samsung SGH D500

Samsung D500

Advantages: Quality camera, good memory and easy to use.
Disadvantages: None (that i can think of)

...Samsung D500 Well the Samsung D500 is quite an awesome phone; it has the ability to do pretty much whatever you want well excluding things like making a cup of tea of course. It has so much that you can do. There are thousands of people who have bought one of these phones, it can be used as a personal phone for yourself but there are also lots of companies out there who supply them to their employees because they are such good phones. I used to have one of these phones before I upgraded to a D600 which I will also be writing a review about. I had no trouble what so ever using this phone, and it allowed me to do everything I needed to, at the time it was the top of the range phone and I was quite chuffed with the value for money because it's such a great phone. Here are all of the features that can be used with the phone: •...

iamthebest1 29.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Samsung SGH D500

The LG Cookie KP500 is a good quality, touchscreen mobile

Advantages: Very good value for money, good build quality, good touchscreen, decent (3mp) camera
Disadvantages: Battery life (and meter) is not very good, camera does not have flash, limited games and apps

...I have had this mobile for about 7 months so far. It has been (one of the) best mobiles I have bought. It was very good value for money and the build quality is very good (although for some reason the pink version is more 'plasticky' than the black one). The features on the mobile are what you would expect on a mobile in the price range of the KP500; not too bad but could do with more applications and games. I have however had to send it back once for repair because of a software problem; whenever I went to the music player the mobile froze. This was solved by a firmware update. The 3 inch (not too big, not too small) touchscreen is also very good for what it cost; it is responsive but not as good as the iPhone. Another problem is the battery life. It drains rather quickly and the battery meter does not work very well. It will stay...

oli949 16.10.2009 · Read review
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Rover 214 Si 16 valve

Advantages: quality, power to insurance group ratio
Disadvantages: bit of an old man image

...I will have owned my 1998 Rover 214 Si for three weeks on Monday, and so far i have been loving it. I came accross it while trawling around second hand car garages looking for a 1.4 Ford Escort Osprey to replace my Fiesta Sapphire, which as it happens required a new engine. The brooklands green paint linked with a beige paisley patterned interior was a nice combination, if a little old manny. The curvy, rounded lines looked tidy, with the chrome grill and trim strips being nice details. Throw in the standard smoked rear light lenses, the discrete rear spoiler and deep front air scoop under the number plate and you've got a smart and sophisticated wee car. Standard equipment on the 200 is not bad, power steering, height adjustable steering wheel, drivers airbag, engine immobiliser, 60/40 split fold rear seats, tinted windows...

sandyedin 25.02.2005 · Read review
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It's a... it's a... It's a... SiN Episode?

Advantages: Cheap, value for money, decent but not outstanding gameplay
Disadvantages: Four year episodic story arc

...SiN was an unfortunate game. Released late in 1997, SiN was a very good FPS with good gameplay and some excellent innovative features. Sadly though, it was released around the same time as a little game called Half-Life and so didn't get the sales or following that it deserved. Following on from the events of SiN, Emergence appears to take place at least a few years down the line. John Blade awakens to find two people standing over him. One is a large chested lady called Elixis Sinclaire while the other is an Eastern European gentleman by the name of Viktor Radek. Elixis mentions something about a procedure but before anyone can start or explain anything there are sounds of a gunfight and your partner, Jessica Cannon, frees you. Leading you out of the laboratory, Jessica is concerned about your health and it appears that you...

TheDuke 13.08.2006 · Read review
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KP500

Advantages: Full Touch Functionality - QWERTY Keyboard Layout - 3MP Camera
Disadvantages: Lack of Customization - Handset Crashes Occasionally

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Izzy207 20.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of LG Cookie KP500

Classic 500SL

Advantages: Affordable luxury motoring
Disadvantages: Buyers beware!!!!

...Tomorrow is a sad day. I'm going to drive my much loved 500SL from Glasgow to Cheshire where it's new owner will be waiting. The car was new in 1988 and cost the lucky buyer over £40,000. After looking at many examples I eventually found this one and bought it in 2000. The car was in great condition having covered 68000 miles from new. Everything was right about the car, no rust, a full dealer history, a recent service and an enthusiatic owner. This review is for anyone considering buying an older car. It can be a great joy and relatively cheap but only if you're careful on day one. This model of Mercedes, known as the r107, was one of the most prestigous car of it's time. The build quality is superb and with proper care the car will go on for ever. My car has been a pleasure to own and I have been fortunate with the choice...

steven777 18.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Mercedes SL 500

Typical Toshiba

Advantages: Ease of use, memory capacity
Disadvantages: Quality, feel, value for money

...The Toshiba Satellite L500 is the same as most other toshiba laptops. It looks stylish and can do all the basic functions that you would want for a laptop. However, when you use it, you dont feel very comfortable because it feels very cheap. The keyboard is very flimsy and feels like it is about to break every time you type something and the mouse pad and buttons do not respond well. However, the number pad on the right hand side of the keyboard is great as it makes it so easy to type numbers. You can buy this laptop with a range of processors and sizes of harddrive so you can choose the one which suits you best. The display is actually very good but the battery life could have been improved. On my model it will last for a maximum of 2.5 hours on its lowest power setting. Overall, this laptop is reasonable at most things but not...

Ike120 27.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Toshiba Satellite L500

CB500 a great little machine

Advantages: Cheap, Reliable, Forgiving
Disadvantages: Not the best looker and lacking on power compared to other bikes.

...Honda CB500 a great little machine. I got my CB500 after a 'dry' spell because I had my license taken away and wanted something to get me back into riding. From the moment I first sat on it we just connected somehow and so the relationship began. The bike was a unfaired 2000 W plate and had been used as a race bike and had then been put back onto the road only to be involved in a front end crash which resulted in the following damage. Twisted yokes, bent forks, broken clocks, dented tank, scuffed plastics, broken mirors, broken indicators and a smashed headlight. Now being such a popular and reliable bike cheap parts were in abundance, the only hard part to come by was the instrument cluster. Honda sell them for over £600 new but you can get a second hand one for around £100. Scuffed plastics can be rubbed with wet/dry paper...

killcar5nbike2 26.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Honda CB500