Epinions Recent Reviews for webturtle

Amazing tent with great ease of use

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:08:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I sleep in a tent about 6 times a year, usually at 3-4 day festivals, and previously had a large 12x12 dome tent. Since its just me, and putting the dome tent up was nearly impossible alone and at my height (5'4") I needed to find something that would...

Multi function stove suitable for solo or couple campers

Thu, 11 May 2006 01:26:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I was looking for a portable stove to use both for cooking outdoors on my deck and camp cooking. Periodically, I like to pack up a picnic and go to a state park. I much prefer charcoal grilling but found that the half hour it took to fire up the coals,...

Cranberry Lake State Campground: Gorgeous, remote Adirondack NY lake campground

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:20:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - We were celebrating an anniversary and wanted peace, quiet, remoteness, a beautiful lake and an isolated camp site. Cranberry Lake State Campground in the Adirdondacks of upstate NY delivered on all of this. Located about a four hour drive from...

Woodland Valley State Campground: Catskill NY camping with a biblical plague theme

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:23:40 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - Every camper has one - the story of the camping trip that was so bad, it can't possibly get worse. This is ours, based in the Catskills of New York. We picked Woodland Valley State Campground based on web site descriptions, despite having never been...

Campmor Online Store: Camp and hiking gear galore, I love this store!

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:50:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I grew up in the woods, doing things that I never realized were "sporty," like camping, fishing, and hiking. So I was an adult before I realized just how much gear there really was to accumulate, and Campmor has become my weak spot. I've probably placed...

Quiet and Cozy Campground

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:27:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - We spent Memorial Day weekend, 2005, at Gilbert Lake, which is about a 15 minute drive from Oneonta, NY. Oneonta is accessed by I-88 - and the campground is near to Laurens, NY. Honestly, the only reason we ever go to this campground is because my sister...

Like going to the ocean

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:33:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - We went here for the weekend of the Sterling Renaissance Festival and the Oswego NY Harbor Fest this summer, outside of Syracuse, NY. I grabbed one of only two spots that were left and it was not the best situated but we really enjoyed some aspects of...

Easy Come, Easy Go

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:53:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - We had one camping trip this year in a house fly infested, caterpillar munched camp ground in the Catskills and swore for three days straight, while our neighbors sipped wine and ate cheese and crackers under their lovely screen houses. Well, that was it...

Great little notebook!

Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:06:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I'm a self employed graphic designer but did not need a laptop for designing or gaming, just something that I could do web surfing, email, administrative tasks and a LOT of writing on. After a few months research, I settled on the following customized...

Handspring Treo 600 Handheld: Amazing and incredibly useful device

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:09:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I wanted a device which would be a phone and PDA - allowing me to jettison my current two devices - and add web/email access, color screen and storage capabilities. Since an MP3 player was on my list for Christmas, I wanted that too. The Treo 600 did all...

Lots of features. A few annoyances.

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 15:17:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - This was not my first choice of phone systems - the one I had was fried during the big blackout of '03, because my house mate didn't put the answering machine/base on a surge protector. Sad to see it die, and out $130 investment, he bought the AT&T...

Illuminations.com: Wonderful products if the web site doesn't do you in!

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 15:01:16 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I have shopped at the Illuminations store in NYC and Santa Monica and LOVE the candles... I've gone to CA with a half empty suitcase just so I could stuff it full with Illuminations and come home (that was before I discovered a store in Manhattan!). So,...

Good starter camera

Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:56:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - This was a gift from someone without digital camera experience, who knew I was lost without my first...

Barely there

Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:13:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I have very light Eastern European genes, and usually burn to a painful lobster shade before getting...

A Dremel is Forever

Thu, 24 Jan 2002 02:56:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I received this Dremel as a Christmas present and it definitely ranks up there with one of the best presents ever. It took me a few moments to realize what it was, and a few more later on when I was first using it but now that I 'get it', I have thought...

Happy monitor, so far

Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:44:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I did enormous amounts of research on this monitor prior to purchasing it, and I'm wondering how I missed all these bad reviews because I saw dozens of raving happy customers for this particular monitor everywhere else I looked! I ordered it finally...

A Dust Bunnies Nightmare

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:14:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I have had the same old Sears vacuum since I first moved out on my own. The "beater bar technology" died a month after the warranty and I could never justify a new vacuum as long as the rest of it sucked. But eventually I had problems finding bags for it...

A weekend in The City

Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:07:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - New York City is a few hours away from where I live, and the one place everyone who visits me from out of town wants to go see. I personally didn't start visiting the city south of me until I was an adult - it always scared the daylights out of me, until...

My new best friend

Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:43:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - The hardest part of buying a PDA is just wading through all the options. I can't remember why I ended up with the Platinum visor other than it just had the right range of features and price to suit me. And I haven't regretted this decision one time in...

Love Hate Relationship

Fri, 22 Dec 2000 01:53:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I don't have an opinion on this expensive little thing because all the love and all the hate cancels each other out :)

I stalked the Nomad Jukebox for months before it was released... waited, poked at the Creative Labs web site for more...

Love my CuRVy

Fri, 22 Dec 2000 01:26:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I bought a 1998 Honda CRV in Feb 2000. It was my first "real" vehicle - I had a junker to learn on, followed by a sweet old Accord Hatchback that lost its life early when a drunk driver plowed into it (parked). I decided to go with something...

Ordered by Treadmill By Net

Sun, 2 Jan 2000 13:37:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I did a significant amount of research on treadmills before deciding to purchase a Smooth via Treadmill By Net. I was taking a gamble - after all, spending that much money online is scary enough, especially when what you are buying can't be tested or...

Well, I LIKED it :P

Thu, 18 Nov 1999 02:16:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I was a little astonished to find out how many people on this forum hated this movie so much... which just makes me have to say in public, I really liked it.

I knew it was based on "Wings of Desire" though I hadn't seen it. So I saw...

The best "real woman" mag

Wed, 17 Nov 1999 17:49:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I discovered Mode at a low time in my life... soon after the first true love of my life had woken up one day and decided he had to leave because he really did prefer tall skinny blonde women. After a lifetime of struggling with being a "short,...

Family Tree Maker Deluxe 5.0: Organize the nuts in your tree

Wed, 17 Nov 1999 16:17:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author webturtle - I've been playing around with geneaology since I was about 10, when my mom gave my dad a book to start the history in, for Christmas. I stole it away, and for the next 20 years added what I knew or found out to the book. Fast forward to 1999, and I have...