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No way was u gonna pay $40 somtlething dollars for an iPhone charger, especially not one of those over priced ones from Apple. For about FIVE DOLLARS I get a TWO phone chargers because of this USB charger. Love it. Works great. Love it.

Bought this so my wife and I could both charge our HTC EVO phones in the car at the same time using the USB cable that comes with the phone - it works like a champ.

I lost (or parking guy stole it) my IPhone car charger and needed a replacement. Instead of shelling out $20 for a new one I bought two of these usb units. I simply plug in the USB cable from my regular (in wall) charger and it works great. At about $5 each, what's not to like?

we bought this so we could charge our phones in the car together. It's cheap and works great!

We end up having a lot of gadgets in our vehicles that need to be charged/powered. This charger definitely helps when you need more ports. I ordered two since they were a good price. I've been using a few weeks and it consistently works - can't ask for more!

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After finding that so many places no longer sold these and that many of the companies that used to make them no longer do, I was surprised to find a set like this. That being said, I was somewhat skeptical at first because I was purchasing these for work as a bit of a child deterrant so we could shut things off remotely and not have to physically unplug the machines, but also to make closing up at night a little bit easier, and was pleasantly surprised. Because of the technologies used, a fairly clear line of sight is required to shut off or turn on the plugged in devices, however in a small store like we have, that is not a problem at all. After nearly a month of use, there have been no problems at all and consider it money well spent!

Pros: * Value - 3 pack for a decent price * Works across the walls too Cons: * BIG size - I am puzzled why they can't make this small * All are not same and one of them requires to point towards the outlet

I purchased this for my disabled mother to be able to control 3 lamps in her living room. This worked like a charm at first. It's been about 2 weeks, and it no longer works. It will occasionally turn a light on or off, after 10-15 button presses, but only #2 and #3. #1 doesn't work at all. I've now ordered the Stanley 31164 Indoor Wireless Remote Control with Single Transmitter, White, 3-Pack...I'm hoping it will work longer.

this is a great product. there is no more bending over furniture or other hard to reach areas. This products remote even goes throuhg walls when in a differnet room and it comes with three wall units. only disappointing thing about this is that it only comes with one remote. overall very happy with this product.

It does what it claims. What else could you ask for? It's a big help for our lights with inconvenient switches or switches in another room. I would purchase it again.

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I use this to verify the edge of my blades and to that end this product performs flawlessly.

I work with small things like wires, contacts and connectors. The loupe is of great help to review things and the LEDs at the bottom is a great feature since it is always hard to illuminate things below the loupe. The loupe structure is made of alluminum (the case) and plastic which makes it very light weight, but at the same time I'm not sure how durable it will be with use.

This Product is great once you get it working. It requires 3 little button batteries ( $3-4 apiece ). The ones that came with it were dead and I assume they were there so you know what size battery to get since this unit is under $5 to begin with. When I first opened the battery compartment with the special tool that is provided a little piece of plastic fell out( Keep this piece !). At first I feared that something was broken but I believe the piece is a tiny shim to ensure good battery contact. The loupe works great and has a really good field of vision diameter.You can`t beat this for under $5. I have ordered 6 more of these and the batteries all worked and the battery compartment has an improved design.

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The music seemed to be much more powerful in the movie, when it was paired with the beautiful images of Africa. Without the images, it loses its punch. Now it's just good background music for when you want something quiet and not intrusive.

Simply superb! After a long time found a movie score so rich, lush, deep and beautiful. The composition is a vast canvas like the wilderness of the story and the warm melody added with the orchestration only heightens the mood. I will recommend it to everyone. It will haunt you long after you listen the album.

What an excellent cd. The music is beautifully haunting and keeps us very entertained. We had seen the movie a long time ago and recently got a chance to see it again. The composer has created a timeless piece of music that carries the listener to another time and place.

I was lucky enough to actually safari in Africa in the late 80's. With this CD I can close my eyes and remember the wonderful journey. Of course the movie provided visual benefits as well.

This movie is a classic and one never tires of the music. Took and amazing trip through Eastern Africa and visited areas where the movie was filmed.

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Love Colin. Great songs. Learning these on my guitar and always a hit at the campfire. This is one of his best. Go see him live!

Colin Hay is an amazing artist/musician. I love this CD and would recommend all of his work from the past to the present. I am now a total fan and would love him to come to my area.

I've had this album on my amazon wish list for a couple of years waiting for the price to drop.....and it never does. This indicates that there is a small but strong fan base for this artist. I remembered Men At Work from when the band was big and although they weren't really my thing, when the magazine Uncut got Paul McCartney to do a compilation CD it included a catchy song from this album, 'Going Somewhere.' I finally pulled the trigger and bought it hoping it would resonate. It didn't. In fact, I've played the thing four or five times now but find myself turning it off before it has completely spun through. Still not my thing, evidently even though I kind of knew it wasn't even before I bought it...very puzzling. So, when I sat in the barber chair last week having my haircut by Fred the punk rock barber, I asked him who he thought would buy an album by Colin Hay explaining that I had just done so because I remembered him from Men At Work, had heard a good song from the album and was curious to hear what he sounded like. Fred replied that most people probably bought the thing because they remembered Men At Work and were curious to hear what Colin Hay sounds like now. Fair enough. So, if you remember Colin Hay and wonder what he sounds like now you might want to buy the album that he just released (2009) and maybe pass on this one only because the former is more now. For everybody else. This is a guy strumming a box guitar and singing self composed songs about, I think, life. It isn't bad but it really isn't all that good. There are a couple of songs that are pleasant, 'Going Somewhere' being one, the others aren't memorable.

I just saw him in concert a few days ago and was awestruck. What a talent! I loved Men At Work growing up but didn't know if Colin's voice would still sound as good. Was I surprised. This album confirms the fact that Colin Hay is not an 80's has-been, but a truly underrated artist who continues to record beautiful and thought-provoking music.

This album is Colin's best collection. Several of the songs here can be found on his other solo albums, but in acoustic form they have a wonderful new sound and I find them much more enjoyable.

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The first Jamie Lidell album I heard was Jim, his clean, soulful 3rd Cd. It was start to finish a classic album, and quickly became one of my favorite albums of all time. His voice is unlike anything out there right now, and it is a crime that he is not an international sensation. So Compass had some pretty big shoes to fill. When I heard the title track, Compass, a month before the album released, I was impressed with his sound, but worried that the entire album might sound the same. I shouldn't have doubted. Compass starts off with "Completely Exposed". the heavy bass is never overwhelming and his amazing vocals seem to compliment the track. "Your sweet boom" starts off with Jammie's enhanced voice proclaiming "I want to synchronize with your boom". At first I felt that the production overwhelmed his vocals, but now I can safely say that he has almost made a new genre with the sound that he achieves on this track. "She needs me" finds Mr. Lidell channeling the old school soul that hasn't been seen since the late sixties, in one of the smoothest ballads I have heard in my life. "I wanna be your telephone" Is a kinetic record that allows Jamie to show off his production skills. "Enough's Enough" is his most mainstream song by far. It is a fast paced, upbeat, feel good song that you should be listening to right now. "The ring" has surprisingly become one of my favorite songs on this album. The sound is so funky I thought that I was listening to Parliament for a second. "You are waking" is a harder sound than most of his album, but never feels out of place. "I can love again" defies description. I don't have the imagination to adequately describe the sound achieved here, and there is no higher praise than that. "It's a kiss" embodies a love that can never be, and the longing that comes with it. "Compass" reflect the evolution that Jamie has undergone to reach the place he has musically. With meaningful lyrics and amazing production, it deserves to be the title track. "Gypsy blood" is one of the shorter tracks on the album, but is so musically dense that you wish it would last longer. "Coma Chameleon" is my least favorite track on the album simply because it is so different from the sound I am used to hearing. "Big Drift" is just as different as Coma Chameleon, but easier to digest somehow. "You see my light" is the shortest track on the album, and is also undeniably one of it's most powerful. Ironically enough Jamie's voice is so light he seems to fade away rather than stop singing. If you like Jamie Lidell than you will love this album. Though his sound is not as clean as his previous outings, the raw sound seems to fit him like a glove. This album is truly an instant classic.

If you were trying to compare someone to Jamie Lidell, you may have had a chance until he released this album. Multiply taught us that one track of an album can sound like it came from a different decade than all the rest. Jim taught us that maybe funk and soul aren't so different, and now this album takes us to an entirely different part of Jamie's psyche. The beats are earth shattering, the hooks are contagious, and the vocals are of another planet. Parts of this sound like Jamie recorded them in his basement and parts sound like production from the latest hip-hop studio in LA. Of course it sounds that way, Beck produced it and everyone knows he can't stay in one genre for a whole album. James Gadson plays drums on a lot of it, and the motown feel is unmistakable. Feist and Chris Taylor offer backing vocals, which hopefully gets some of those indi-hipsters listening to this. From the toe-tapping, Jackson 5-esque Enough is Enough, to the 808 break on completely exposed, this album keeps you grooving. By the time you get to the ballads like Compass and You See My Light, you will know that this man can sing, write and perform with the versatility of a young Stevie or Michael, and can sing circles around a Justin Timberlake or the other young wannabes cropping up in today's market. The gritty undertones, distorted vocal sounds, beatboxing and textures on which I can't even put my finger cut right through to the true heart of this album; Singing your heart out about loving and love lost. I'd like to see this album become the sound of the 2010s, so all you indi-hipsters, pay for it rather than waiting for a torrent. We need to fund this man so he can continue on this journey of soul.

There's no doubt about it-this music is definately the byproduct of a very restless musical personality. My first hearing of Jamie Lidell was on his previous album Jim, a well crafted R&B/funk album that presented Lidell,vocally and musically in a light that really set it all for his talents and within itself was diverse enough to keep things musically very interesting. So you can imagine my surprise these few years later to find Lidell has returned.....as Beck? Not by any means to knock Beck by any means since he has his brilliance Jamie Lidell has a totally different flavor and this album just doesn't keep his own distinct flavors as intact as the previous album. There is a lot of music here that has that strong funk groove of which he's proved more than capable of such as on...say "You Are Walking" and "The Ring". What happens here a lot of the times though is this very 1990's DIY approch that,to be honest was kind of done to death in it's day and whose time on occasion seems to have come to pass. There's a lot of fuzzed out vocals,almost to the point of being blunted and most of these songs possess little to sometimes no craft to them at all. He's trying to do a lot on this record and only on the heavily Minneapolis inspired "I Wanna Be Your Telephone" and the inspired jazz-funk of "Enough Is Enough" does enough of Jamie's own creative light shine through amidst all these overreaching (and sometimes all too obvious) attempts at being eclectic. Lidell's focus is still presented here but the sad part is he's all too often trying to hide it behind a series of studio effects that tend to distract from the songs. In the end it's definately not "pop" music in any sense of the word and is probably better digested whole than by illustrating the merrits of any of it's individual songs. Even though I'm sure many people would disagree his previous album to this worked far better to his writing,singing and musical style and the kind of sonic explorations that work so well for Moby and Beck just don't suit Jamie Lidell. True that may have been the world that spawned him but he expanded and if not properly guided in the future this could be the beginning of a period of Lidell musically treading water.

If you're not familiar with Jamie Lidell.....well, shame on you. "Multiply" was an interesting combination of 1/2 stripped-down, electronic-ish funk & 1/2 Stax soul. "Jim" was the "pop" album with Stevie Wonder-ish feelings "Compass" is the unpolished, raw masterpiece of funk and soul. If you have been waiting 10 years for the new D'Angelo album, buy this. If you have been mourning the retirement of Lewis Taylor, buy this. If you fantasize about Prince releasing stuff that actually sounds like Prince, buy this. "The Ring" is an emotional release of pain embedded in a nasty, tasty funk nugget. If nothing else, download this song. The rest of the album is amazing save for a couple of tracks - but it's not nearly as accessible as "Jim", like a Lewis Taylor album, you have to let the songs unfold, they may not grab you at :30 or even 1:00, but by the time the song is over, you'll be blown away.

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Quality does not reflect price.... EXCELLENT The concerns are eye restrain, low depth and images phase differences I would not really recommend as I've tried it with several 3D movies on my 32" Panasonic LCD with big disappointment but really works good on my other 42" Plasma

Not much to say, glasses shipped quickly and arrived on time. i mistakingly bought the wrong glasses (i don't own the polar express) so I do not know if they will work for that movie, but they work for my 3d needs. glasses smudge easily so be careful.

Polar Express 3D Glasses for 3 arrived as promised in perfect condition & performed as advertised.

Bought this triple pack in order to try out Nvidia's low cost 3d vision discover. Certainly took some amount of time to get used to the effect. Aside from the somewhat dorkiness of the glasses (look more like 1970's glass than modern shades), they work very well. I've been playing Resident Evil (4 & 5), Left 4 Dead (1 & 2), and few other games in 3d vision and it's an amazing and immersive effect. There are some downsides to the effect: 1. Desaturation: Most colors are still noticeable, but there is clearly alot of lost of color, due to the filters. 2. Ghosting: Because you can always still see some degree of the other eye's color in each eye, ghosting is very noticeable this way. These are both inherent to the effect, and not the glasses however. I can't compare them to other red/cyan glasses, since the last pair I used was in 1998 with red/blue (which really messed with the visible color spectrum). The work great once you get used to them though. I would not recommend these for long periods of time however. After about 2 hours, my brain is usually in melt down. Great glasses themselves though.

So disappointed. Busted them out again for Michael Jackson 3d bit at the 2010 Grammys, but same problem as other movies I tried these with. Ghosting in the left eye makes you want to put an eyepatch on. I went back to the paper ones that come in DVDs. Very comfortable to wear, but 3D effect is almost non existant due to the ghosting. Its like the tint isn't quite right, so its allowing both L + R images to come thru the one eye. Run away!

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I bought this broom from a local hardware store some years ago. It is so great that I decided to get another one for my house in the South. Everybody should have a broom like this. I use it with bleach and everything else. It just doesn't wear out. (Unfortunately,, the handle got lost in the mail and I will be ordering another one).

Wolf-Garten has a winner here - I recommend starting with steel telescoping handle (as I did) for most versatility. The broom is excellent quality - well-made attachment that is durable & rot-proof. Thrilled to have found this "system" for all my lawn/garden maintanance needs. Attaches really easily, snaps into place & stays there until you unattach it. Definitely recommend for quality & price.

Yes, it is just a broom attachment, you need to buy the handle seperately. It does a great job pushing all the gunk along, from dead bugs to leaves to dirt. I did not completely read the Amazon description, which is somewhat misleading, (the yellow casing of the red bristles is actually 14 and 1/2 inches wide; depth 2 inches), and I was expecting a full size push broom thing, like you see janitors use. I believe that size would be more appropriate for outdoor use. Anyway it does such a good job, and since it is smaller than I thought, I just might get another for use on hard floor surfaces in my home. I bought the aluminum handle which is ightweight. Both the handle and connection gizmo seem very sturdy, and I hope these qualities last over time.

Unless you want to sweep on your hands and knees, make sure you purchase the handle separately!

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Going green. Put them in all of my smoke detectors. Ansmann Rocks !!!

but there are some drawbacks. Unfortunately, 9V NiMH batteries only have about 1/3rd the capacity of a standard 9V alkaline. While that doesn't matter so much for my needs (it just means I swap batteries out more often, and I have plenty of warning that the battery is starting to run down) this could be a problem for uses where the equipment draws a lot of current--such as wireless mikes. These batteries aren't really 9V, they're only 8.4V. Depending on what they're being used for this may be an issue. Most equipment doesn't care, but I believe paintball guns (among other things) really want a 9V battery. The Ansmanns are slightly larger physically than a standard 9V. Again, this may make a difference; I've run across equipment where the Ansmanns just won't fit (though the same equipment is also picky about alkaline batteries). If most standard 9V alkalines are a tight fit, it's unlikely these will work. If you need a "true" 9V battery, or size may be an issue, the Powerex 9.6V battery is a good alternative. They're slightly smaller than a typical alkaline 9V battery so size isn't a problem, and they put out 9.6V so they will work in almost anything. The one drawback is that they don't have nearly as much capacity as the Ansmann batteries.