Epinions Recent Reviews for chretiensucks

Feels more expensive than it actually is

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:55:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - In our house, we have cordless phones strewn all over the place. Mostly 2.4 GHz phones and one older 900Mhz phone, they are located at various locations throughout the house and yet they eventually all end up congregating in the same area. That is...

i-Wake or Keep-a-Wake?

Tue, 8 May 2007 00:51:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Let’s just get one thing straight. I hate Ipod. But I don’t have any control over what my wife gets hence she’s got a black ipod video. My opinion? It’s a complete waste of money, but at the time that she bought it for herself over a...

Budget LCD Monitor

Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:37:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Yes, it’s 2006 and I still had a 15” CRT monitor it for my computer. Even though we had gone through several computers over the last 10 years, I never replaced our original monitor. Since I have a laptop from work, and my wife has her own...

Lots of fun for children and adults too!

Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:37:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - My three year old son is addicted to trains. For the longest time he’d carry a wooden Thomas with him everywhere he went (including the daycare). This train would run on wooden tracks. Problem with wooden tracks is that they don’t stay...

A Cash Cow for Little Tikes?

Mon, 4 Apr 2005 12:14:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - This bed has got to be a money making machine! And no, I don’t mean it is a money making machine for the consumer. It’s got to be a cash cow for Little Tikes. At least compared to other toddler beds. My wife and I decided to get Christopher a...

Portability without sacrificing quality

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:52:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - I know it’s been a while since my last review but between the dropping off and picking up the toddler off at Montessori and commuting to a job and employer I absolutely hate, there’s been very little time to spare. That being said, we still...

Some Roll but no Rock

Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:50:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - At the time of this writing, our son is just over a year old. He’s squirmy, active, energetic, and most of all, he wants to go everywhere. Enter Fisher Price’s Rock Roll and Ride Trike. Theoretically it is a toy which can adapt to a growing...

A few quirks

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 11:25:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Ah, summer. A beautiful time to enjoy the outdoors, use the patio, get mosquito bites and barbeque! After ignoring our paranoia of possibility of getting some sort of gastric-intestinal cancer from eating too many grilled foods, my wife and I figured...

At 70 something, still an architectural marvel

Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:53:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - After our recent trip to New York city, I started reading some reviews on the Empire State Building and thought I’d put in my two cents worth to save a lot of potential future visitors a lot of grief! More on that later – otherwise you may not...

2004 Pontiac Montana: Good thing it was only a rental

Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:18:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - In preparing for a 4 day trip to New York city with various family members, we decided to rent a minivan for the occasion. The company we rented from, had a fleet of 2004 Pontiac Montanas. Our model was the extended length model with only 6000 miles on...

Stay down darn it!

Thu, 27 May 2004 16:33:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - You can’t expect to make the perfect number of purchases for your first baby. So my wife and I were debating on whether we would need a playpen and a bassinette for our first child. In the end we opted to keep the Fisher Price Close to Me care...

Not perfect but close

Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:49:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - My wife and I never knew what to expect when our first baby would finally begin eating solids. But the term “messy eater” is definitely an understatement of our boy. One of the things registered for our baby shower was a Prima Pappa high chair...

Smooth as silk

Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:45:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - After my brother took an old Black and Decker jigsaw that I owned since I was 11 years old, I thought it would be time for me to purchase a new one. I didn’t want to spend an inordinate amount of money but I also didn’t want a poor quality...

Take this thing anywhere

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:55:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Trying to find something to stimulate your baby can sometimes be quite a daunting task. For those overachieving parents, their baby’s first few months is probably surrounded by all sorts of noise-making, reflective, colorful, fully and...

More warped plastics from Safety 1st

Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:18:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Due to an upcoming road trip to avoid our hellish winters, my wife went out to purchase a booster seat for our potential restaurant stops along the way. Enter the Safety 1st All-in-One reclining booster seat ideal for children from 3 to 48 months as...

Not adequate as a rear facing child seat, good otherwise

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:26:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - We were perfectly fine with our existing infant carrier/car seat. The large handle allowed us to easily remove our baby with the carrier from the car and into the house, or into our stroller which accommodates infant carriers, without waking him up...

Once the novelty is over...

Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:01:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Once upon a time two parents wanted a baby monitor with two receivers, especially since they have A LOT of stairs in their house. One receiver could be located in their family room while watching movies or playing video games, the other could be left in...

Meccano - Not like it used to be

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:59:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Memories Also known as Erector or the older Meccano, Brio has apparently purchased the rights to sell these metal construction sets as their own. In fact, many of the metal pieces are still stamped with the Meccano name (No need to get new presse...

American build quality?

Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:30:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Sometimes you can never get a break. First we got a portable bath tub by Safety 1st. See my review of it at h
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Quickly outgrown

Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:47:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Bath time is one of the few times our baby is always totally calm. The warm water probably reminds him of still being in the womb. I registered the Safety 1st portable bath tub for my wife's surprise baby shower. Being our first baby, I had no previous...

Great idea, poor execution

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:58:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Having our first baby has gotten me interested in things I would never even take notice of before. One of those things is baby swings. We registered for the Fisher Price portable baby swing at Babies 'R' Us. Sometimes you can never appraise the design...

2004 Lexus RX 330: Worth the money?

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:36:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Due to an impending baby on the way, we decided to give up our rusting 1988 Legend coupe and purchase an SUV in its place. We ended up buying a 2001 Acura MDX from my parents when they purchased their new Lexus RX330. See my review on the Acura MDX at...

Sony DCR-TRV19 Mini DV Camcorder: Ideal for point and shoot users

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:13:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - We just had the birth of our first baby in August. What does that mean? A propensity to spend money on things you would normally never buy. One of those things happen to be a digital camcorder. Although a Digital8 camcorder is almost half the price...

Hewlett Packard DeskJet 5550 Inkjet Printer: Great value for personal use

Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:39:29 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - After owning an HP Deskjet 500 for about 10 years, it finally died on us. We did such infrequent printing, that I just couldn't justify spending money on a new printer unless our existing one failed. Seeing as we owned a fairly high quality 4MP digital...

Best for light and small jobs only

Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:34:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author chretiensucks - Home ownership over the past few years has definitely got me making trips to Home Depot more often. One of the 'toys' I purchased was the Black & Decker 9.6V cordless/keyless drill. I was hell-bent on buying a Makita because I've had such great experien...