Suck your air out and triple the storage

Advantages: Storage problems solved easily
Disadvantages: None!

...JML VacPac Vacuum Seal Storage Bags Why I bought them... A large quantity of bedding, clothes and other odds and ends that needed to be transported over two hundred miles from home to my narrowboat in readiness for my next cruise was causing me a real problem. Since retiring to enjoy my boat and freedom, my income has dwindled to nil and downsizing is the name of the game. My car has downsized too, now a little Ford KA, great for shopping but pretty useless for anything involving luggage or bulk. I needed a cheap way of cramming as much into the car as humanly possible, hiring a vehicle was out of the question so I came up with the idea of Vacuum Storage Bags as a method of transporting my gear. What they do.... The idea is that you pack your items for storage in the plastic bag and then seal it with the aid of a little...

brittle1906 21.03.2008 (09.04.2008) · Read review
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Review of Vacuum Storage Bags

Maximising Storage

Advantages: Brilliant way of using spare hard drives
Disadvantages: a tight fit, with little ventilation

...storage facility for the PC for minimal cost. The problem was that many such enclosures exist for IDE drives, but fewer for SATA. Imagine my delight when I came on this one by NEWlink which can be adapted to either type. And so, ladies and gents, I offer you a review which may just inspire some of you to realise how utterly easy it is to make use of your full potential when it comes to old disks.! WHERE ? """""""""""""" I spotted this particluar model in Maplin, Belfast. Well to be exact, I spotted it in the catalogue in Maplin in Belfast. I had spent quite a few minutes looking through all the enclosures that were on the shelves and none of them was for a SATA hard disk. I proceeded to check the catalogue and discovered one dedicated SATA enclosure is stocked by Maplin and also this dual purpose one. I duly filled out one...

trevorbrock 31.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of NEWlink USB 2.0 IDE & SATA Hard Drive Enclosure

Vaccum Storage Bags

Advantages: Space Saving Ideas for Home and Abroad
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...I love this idea, whoever thought this up is a genius. A lot of families have storage problems my main pain in the backside is lack of room for excess bedding that i keep spare for guests and what not, So this is magnificent, how the air can be sucked out of the bag with any pipe vacuum cleaner and reduce the size of package to less than a quarter of the size. Brilliant for duvets and pillows i might add and to top it all off it keeps all those bugs away and when you do unpack them they smell as good as the day you washed them and put the items in there. Excellent I would rate these to anybody you can even use them for going abroad and storing your much loved items and reducing space which we all know must happen when traveling on a plane think of the goodies you can bring back !! Although I have never tries them in my suitcase while...

funkychic123 14.08.2007 · Read review
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Akasa Integral External Storage Enclosure

Advantages: Quick way of expanding hard drive space or retrieving data from a damaged laptop.
Disadvantages: Can over heat if left on for serveral hours at a time.

...The Akasa Integral external storage enclosure, is a great device for individuals who wish to perhaps expand there laptop with more hard disc drive space, or perhaps for those who wish to retrieve the data from a damaged laptop, that still has a working hard drive. I found the device incredibly handy when my laptop crashed, and I had no way of accessing the data. All I did was remove the hard drive from the laptop and insert it into the storage enclosure device, and away I went, full access again to all my data, just by plugging it into another desktop or laptop. There?s no complicated software to install on the computer, just plug it In and you can access the data as if it was on a flash drive. There are no mains plugs involved, it use's a USB port from the desktop or laptop to power its self, and it also comes with a protective...

avenger7855 17.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Akasa Integral P2 AK-ENP2N-BK

TH7-II Raid - a classic & still up with the best

Advantages: reliable, very upgradable, fast and very over-clockable.
Disadvantages: no HT support, only USB 1.1, did anybody get built in LAN?

...and offers RAID support. No problems with installation - I used boxed Intel CPU's and the heatsink/fan units were easy to clip down. Just a matter of pushing two levers! I did scrape off the Intel thermal compound and added a thin layer of artic silver all over the top of the CPU. The Rambus rimms slotted in just like good old Dimms. They have built in heatsinks as they get quite hot. I used 4x 128mb rimms to keep costs down. This gave me 512mb of RAM. If you only use 2 rimms, you will need to use the C-Rimms (continuity rimms) to terminate the other 2 empty slots. These are included with the board. The Rambus memory is fast - equivalent to PC3200! You need to use matched pairs though and 128mb are the best value. 256mb isn't too bad but 512mb is very expensive. I disabled the built in sound immediately, and used a Creative SoundBlaster Live 5...

tomsmith500 05.05.2004 (06.12.2009) · Read review
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Review of Abit Socket 478 TH7-II-RAID - mainboard - ATX - i850

Storage For The Masses

Advantages: A decent capacity, pretty cheap, vertically mounted
Disadvantages: Not really all that portable, can be a bit noisy for a bedroom, it's grey!

..., there was a total refusal to write to it. So, do I recommend it? In a word - Yes! Whether it's for an extension of your current storage capabilities or as a back-up device it definitely does the job. If you're looking for a slim and sleek portable device then I can't recommend it, but as part of a stationary computer set-up then I definitely can. Oh, and it's also finally got my various files organised :)...

ayanayuk 18.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 320 GB

the thing that all girls need (storage)

Advantages: great for storing all the kids junk in
Disadvantages: it has none i can think of

...My seven year old daughters room was always really untidy as she had no where for all her pens and paper so it all ended up scattered all over her bedroom floor. I decided it was time to get her some storage boxes to keep all her junk in and i headed down to argos to see what i could find. As soon as i walked in the shop i noticed a storage unit and straight away decided it was perfect for my daughters room as it matched the colour of her room. When i got home with the storage unit my daughter came running to me and said mummy how did you know that i wanted this.She gave me a big kiss and went off to play while i unpacked it. THE CRAYOLA STORAGE SYSTEM *************************************** This storage system is perfect for those messy little girls as it contains five bright pink plastic drawers that are all made from quite...

yabbis21 21.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Crayola Hi-Five Plastic Storage Unit

What a Sucker!!

Advantages: Gives you loads of extra space, clear so you can see the contents inside
Disadvantages: None at all

...to see the light of day. We also have no space under our beds as we have ?seasonal? quilts, i.e. heavy weight ones for winter and lightweight ones for summer. These were using up an enormous amount of space which could be much better used for other things. For once in his life it was my brother who had the brain wave when he suggested some vacuum storage bags. He said he?d seen them advertised on the shopping channel. We had no time to wait for a delivery though so we decided to go out to the shops to see if we could find some. We have a (very small) branch of Lakeland Plastics near to where we live. So, we drove out to see if they sold any. They did ? but we underestimated the cost. Lakeland were selling them for £14.99 for a measly two bags. We reckoned we?d need about four times this amount and we simply didn?t have enough...

pennywa 30.10.2009 · Read review
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Cheap RAID card is perfect! (but slow)

Advantages: online capacity expansion, deals with hard disc problems better
Disadvantages: slow compared to software RAID

...Dead cheap raid 5 card compared to similar others (£50 cheaper). It also allows online capacity upgrades, which basically means you can expand the size of the RAID without destroying the data on the RAID. handy! The main reason for me getting a RAID 5 hardware solution rather than a software solution again, is the fact that even if one of the hard discs on a software RAID5 becomes slightly iffy, it drops it, and you have to rebuild!!! With hardware RAID5, it'll automatically recover, and will rebuild in the background. This fits into my PCI-33 slot, but can alos connect to a PCI64. mmmm tasty... It has LEDs on the card for RAID access, CRC, and Drive access (4 LEDS) and it has all the necessary connectors for external LEDS too! I nearly creamed myself with the thought of 6 blue LEDS connected externally to the RAID card. I would...

waga 30.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Intel RAID Controller SRCS14L

1GB but 16 HOURS MUSIC Storage

Advantages: Storage, user friendly
Disadvantages: What do I say, read the whole review

...the technical specs of Apple iPod Shuffle 1 Gb so that it's clear where lies the technical problems with this Apple?s tiny wonder (wonder it is) Here is the specs: PC interface(s) supported USB Flash memory installed 1 GB Integrated Digital storage None Weight 0.6 oz Dimensions (W x D x H) 1.6 in x 0.4 in x 1.1 in Body material Anodized aluminum Color Orange Available body colors Orang, Pink , Green , Blue Included accessories Docking station Software type Drivers & Utilities iPod Generation 2G Digital Player / Recorder Supported digital audio standards AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Audible Response bandwidth 20 - 20000 Hz Supported bit rate 8 - 320 Additional features Variable bit-rate compatible Audio Features Sound output mode Stereo Additional features USB 2.0 compatibility, Battery level indication CD System...

roktimdutta 15.06.2009 · Read review
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