Epinions Recent Reviews for dongeeL

Reason for my final choice

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:44:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - 265WT was our family's 5th GPS, and no doubt the best decision of the five. With all our three cars having their own GPS I did not need another GPS. But I got so frustrated with my 4th purchase which was the only non-Garmin product, that i...

Night and Day improvement

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:27:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - As I subscribe to Netflix who let subscribers watch movies online instantly, I decided to add a little bit of quality to movie watching experience by replacing my cheap PC speakers with something better. As much as I wanted to go to the top of line...

Museum Piece that deserves once a week wax job

Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:38:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I bought an outgoing model of A4 one month before the introduction of the new 2009 model. The main reason for choosing an outgoing model was of course to save money on the deal, but the rationale behind not even wanting to wait for the new model...

Good value for money

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:35:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - Instead of buying an updated map for my aged Garmin at $100 plus, I figured it was a better decision to just to buy a new GPS unit which can be used for our new car as a dedicated unit. I liked my Garmin, but decided to try a Tom-Tom One because (1) it...

Apple's brilliance

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:56:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I was at my mom’s home over the Christmas break and saw a little desktop gadget that showed current plus forecasted weather for the next 3 days. The gadget gets the radio signal over the air and constantly updates current temperature with highs and...

Noise Canceling; 90% Passive, 10% Active

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:18:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I am particularly careful how I don’t turn up the music too loud so I could protect my hearing until I am 100. With my recent purchase of an MP-3 player, I wanted a new set of noise canceling earphones that can be used while walking around...

Life Essential for Drivers

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:34:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I've been hooked with GPS ever since I got my first such unit some 2 years ago. My old handheld device, still in use, has been an essential gadget. Thinking all drivers should have one, I bought this Garmin c330 to test out before giving it to my son...

Perfect vehicle except...

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:41:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I am against writing a car review based on a 30-minute test ride, because it takes a long time to learn a car's behavior. However, I am going to make an exception here. With both mine and my wife's car passing 6-year mark, I have been looking for at...

Hot and Great Smelling tasty coffee

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:39:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I bought this 4-cup coffee maker as a replacement for my 4-5 years old 4-cup coffee maker that suddenly died over the weekend. Considering this an emergency situation, I simply picked the better looking one of only two available at the store without...

Gotta have what you gotta have

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:07:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - There aren’t too many places you can buy this little gadget. I ran into a non-working display model at a computer store and got curious enough to do a little research on it before ordering it direct from the Nokia website. In spite of...

Comfortable Design with Style

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:30:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - This saddle came standard with my high end mountain bike. Saddles are very difficult to compare as people tend to stick with the saddle it came with the bike. Normally we adjust ourselves to whatever we get, and get used to it forever especially...

Best Headphone for blocking out Noise, But....

Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:24:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - Initially worried about the price, I had settled with a cheaper unit made by Sony (Sony makes a few models and I had chosen the cheapest one). Although it cancelled some of the humming noise especially while flying, it did not work too well and a pair...

Essential Toy

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:02:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - After getting lost in the woods while riding a bike well into the sunset, the quest for GPS began the very next day while hunger, thirst, fear, frustration, cold, etc. were still vivid. The objective was to get a handheld unit that could be used for...

2006 Audi A3: Must have car

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:13:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - Ever since I first read about the new A3 coming to the USA, I kept searching the web for new articles on A3. I could not wait until its debut in May 05, so I drove 500-600 miles up to Detroit Autoshow in January to see it for myself. And there it...

Safe to change to Digital

Fri, 8 Apr 2005 23:32:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I love photography, but my artistic talent went away with the purchase of a digital point & shoot camera in 2001. It was easier to just take a whole bunch of digital pictures without worrying about the outcome because they were free until developed...

Ford is right on track

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 02:28:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - Paying off my 5-year loan on my car last month got me in the mood of searching for a new car. Looking and dreaming is always fun, so although I might be six months to a year away from actually purchasing a new vehicle it is definitely time to think. My...

Unique? Yes. Useful? Maybe.

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:23:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - Updated at bottom.... A Suunto watch had been on my wishlist for more than 3 years, and the watch evolved during that time. Suunto Observer, because of its smaller size with the similar functions with other previous models, was my final choice...

Fun cutting grass?

Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:01:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I have owned gas, electric, and reel mowers in the past. The reel mower was doing an acceptable job through spring season, but the ideal rainfall and summer sun made my grass grow too fast for the reel mower to handle. After contemplating and...

2002 Ford Explorer 4WD: Moving Living Room for Two

Wed, 7 Jul 2004 18:49:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - (Updated review at the bottom...) Although I am not a truck person, an Explorer was assigned to me for work as a replacement car for a Ford Taurus, and I was not about to turn it down. As everything in life is relative, the Explorer was no exception...

Time Killer

Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:12:22 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - If you are reading this review, the chances are that you are looking for a used PDA, right? HP Jornada 540 is about two years old unit, and I just bought it from a friend as a replacement to my trusty but discontinued Apple Newton 2000 Message Pad. In...

Two Brains better than One?

Sun, 23 Feb 2003 02:33:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - After using Apple Newtons for years, I finally switched to a pocket PC. That was only because Apple does not make PDA's any longer (hope they come back).

My initial hesitation made me buy a temporary used PDA for testing purpose, and my...

Another Fool Proof Cooking Appliance

Tue, 24 Dec 2002 16:45:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - One evening last week, I walked into a Home Depot store to find parts needed to fix my leaky faucet, and happened to run into a box displaying the picture of a Rival Slow Cooker. The big letter in front of the box said “Special Buy, $19.99.”...

Thule 589 - Velo Vise: Functional, but a Noise Maker

Fri, 29 Nov 2002 10:48:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - My greatest hobby being the bike, my first consideration buying a car has always been whether or not a car can somehow carry a bike inside. Minivans and SUVs do that nicely, but I also happened to prefer small cars. This makes the selection a little...

Beautiful Lawn Starts with Clean Edges

Sun, 1 Sep 2002 06:40:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I stayed away from another garden power tool as long as I could. Manual tools, no matter how pre-historic they are, were my idea of gardening tools. I even bought a reelmower!

My recent move to Upstate South Carolina got me to deal with...

Brings back memories of DOS days

Sun, 5 May 2002 00:18:40 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dongeeL - I started to look for a good business calculator. Since I have been using HP calculators since high school days, my main criteria was to find a Reverse Polar Notation (RPN) calculator. This narrowed my search down to HP calculators again! For my...