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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Review of Vango Venture 500

The Perfect Travel Companion

Advantages: Cheap as anything, reliable, compact, good quality
Disadvantages: Can't complain at this price!

...There's nothing quite like being so pleased with a purchase that you can't wait to sit down and write a review to tell people all about how wonderful said purchase is. Ordinarily I'm one of those shoppers who always seems to have problems with their purchases; be they faulty, mis-described or simply a heap of junk. So you can imagine my delight at actually getting MORE than I bargained for from my brand new portable DVD player. ☆★☆WHY I CHOSE THIS PRODUCT☆★☆ Next month I'm taking my son on his first ever holiday to a caravan park in Essex. Whilst this might sound like a normal, everyday thing to do I'm actually very frightened. I've got to drive some 80 miles all on my own with my 20m old sat in the back who will inevitably decide to throw a paddy right when I'm close to tears struggling to...

Lizamabug 11.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Venturer PVS133 Portable DVD Player

Venturer CD1822. Not all that good?

Advantages: Portable and light
Disadvantages: Buzzing on sound

...The controls are simple and easy to operate. There is an AM/FM radio with stereo and a CD player. The Venturer looks good. But, looks can be deceptive. The Venturer has a built in aerial, which does away with the telescopic aerial favoured by most other radios. In theory. For sadly the lack of a real aerial also does away with any meaningful stereo reception, unless, perhaps, your house is very close to a transmitter. For if you are in an area of marginal signal strength you will have great difficulty with VHF/FM reception. The CD player is good and easy to operate. However, the problem is that there is a persistent and very annoying loud buzzing noise either through the built-in stereo loudspeakers or through the headphones. In short, I fear that I can't recommend the Venturer for listening to classical music, for example...

Martinscholes 01.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Venturer CD1822

Venturer DMS 7880

Advantages: Detachable CD Player
Disadvantages: Blue Light!

...The Venturer DMS 8770 is a handy, quite slim, useful little stereo system. The design is simple enough, two speakers on the sides then a detachable cd compartment that can be removed and used as a CD walkman. Underneath that is the controls and a lit up clock. I must admit this took me a while to get the hang of, I couldn't get it to play CDs and I couldn't get it to work as an alarm clock so I just had it there as an expensive clock. After a while of playing around it became more simple. Basically the standby button is the key to most things. Pretty stupid of me not to realise that I needed to turn the thing on first I know but it's me! Well firstly the CD player is good enough, I have had a couple of problems with it and only one speaker working occasionally but that may well be to damaged caused by me. As it can be used...

danfellowes 17.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Venturer DMS 8770

The Dyson Of Portable DVD Players

Advantages: Cheap and well designed
Disadvantages: You get what you pay for

...the little latch that keeps it shut. ------------------------------------------------------------- thank you to esatterthwaite for the following information: Hey i found the 9th innovation to Venturer DVD Player and the answer to why they made the battery plug in seperate from the regular power plug in- its so if the battery starts getting low, you just plug in the AC adaptor and then you can unplg the battery and continue watching the movie without missing a beat. Also if your using the AC adaptor and need move the DVD player just plug in the battery, unplug the adaptor and you are good to go! it works great, I've used this feature alot. Just to let you know I bought mine at Walmart in Perry, Utah USA for $198.76 and mine came with a car power adaptor. Check it out at this link. http...

C_W_Monkey 17.03.2004 (06.09.2004) · Read review
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Review of Venturer PS166W

Venture Leaington Spa - Very GOOD

Advantages: Great products, great experince, friendly and courteous staff
Disadvantages: Non really - products can be expensive at the top end

...I originally posted this in the wrong place - not very good with computers - sorry! Anyway.. Venture Portraits in Leamington Spa I've now been to Venture Leamington Spa and i can honestly say....... it was one of the best experiences i have ever had. The staff were very helpful and courteous, the session was brilliant, the shots were great and there was no pressure to buy at any point. I presumed with there being expensive pieces on show there would be, but the staff guided my family where needed and left us to it when we wanted as well. We've now got some great art pieces and i'm very proud. They are at the top end of the market, but you pay for what you get. If you want something cheap and very standard go elsewhere, if not visit this branch. I also have a few friends that have been. One did have a small problem with one...

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Review of Venture New Generation Portraits, Leamington Spa

watch CARS in your er.. car

Advantages: large screens, easy to use, decent quality
Disadvantages: need to hunt for best price - wiring could get caught

...Reason for buying ------------------------- I have to admit, a slight reason for this was for show, every since I got my little Fiat, I have done little bits to it to make it look a bit snazzier inside - such as the blue glow wire running down the side of the back seats. Trying to avoid the furry dice and massive subwoofer clichés, I am going with what I like. Hence the DVD player. Also when going on long journeys to relatives, the motorways can be a bit dull, especially at night, for the people sat in the back - so this was the main reason. Asked a few people on the cento club forum and someone suggested this setup from Halfords. Although I found the same product at Argos for a little less. (This was an offer before christmas - and since then the Argos price has gone up again, so may be best to hunt around still). Also...

exup35 02.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Venturer 7in Twin Screen DVD Player

ITV Player - Plays The Programmes You Miss

Advantages: ITV Any Time, Convenient
Disadvantages: Buffering Takes Time

...ITV Player follows in the footsteps of the BBC I-Player ? an online service offering the opportunity to watch the shows you have missed for up to 28 days after they are first aired. For those without a DVD recorder of a VCR this service offers an excellent opportunity to catch up. This service was a new experience for me and having read several reviews as to the poor quality of the programmes screened I wasn?t expecting an awful lot. However I made my way to ITV.co.uk and followed the link for ITV Player. The website is extremely accessible and very user friendly. The ITV Player link takes you to a sub site specifically adapted to allow the user to find the programme/show they wish to watch and then to watch it. I was seeking Wuthering Heights, Part 2 having seen Part 1 last Sunday evening. The show wasn?t available online...

carysb 06.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of ITV Player

The Player - The Supermen Lovers

Advantages: Starlight. No doubt about that!
Disadvantages: Well, there are some songs that none of us like...

...The year was 2001. Where I had no taste in modern music at all. (And I still don't to be honest). A 'French' house song reached number 2 in the UK Charts. The song was Starlight, and in all my life I had never heard a song as good as that could bring me in a happy mood. Considering that I think that Starlight is quite underrated, it didn't get enough fame - it only reached number 2. That made The Supermen Lovers a One Hit Wonder. But Starlight stayed in the top 10 European charts for an outstanding three weeks. But that still didn't give it enough attention. I think that people should reconsider that Starlight is a great pop song, it got me into more of The Supermen Lovers songs that I admire myself. Which is why The Player is the best album The Supermen Lovers has made, and the first as well. People who like Starlight might consider...

UKJaguar 08.07.2009 · Read review
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Much More Than A Music Player

Advantages: Fantastic crisp screen, easy to navigate
Disadvantages: no 3G connection, small screen size causes some problems

...I have wanted to buy myself a good MP3 player for a while but with so much choice on the market it was difficult to decide which one to buy. My family have owned several versions of the i-Pod nano over the years and we have always been happy with the performance. I was seduced by all of the additional features on the i-Pod touch, as well as being a music player you have video playback and many of the features of a PC in your pocket. I own the 3rd generation of i-Pod touch which was released in September 2009 and offers increased browsing speed and more features than previous models. The i-Pod touch itself is a sleek and stylish player which most people would be happy to carry around. It is only available in chrome but if you buy directly from an Apple store you can have your i-Pod personalised free. I would advise anybody who buys an i...

wigglylittleworm 23.10.2009 · Read review
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