April 2004
Weird Al's Video Collection on DVD Review
Review by Product: • THE ULTIMATE VIDEO COLLECTION! (Weird Al) • What's Good: • All 24 videos, 5.1 Digital Sound • What's Bad: • Subtitles seem to have a delay • This collection should please any Weird Al fan with over 1 hour and 25 minutes of his videos. • The only complaint I could find was …
Line 6 Bass POD Guitar Effect Review
Review by Product: • Line 6 Bass POD Review (company site) • What's Good: • Everything you want built into one device. • What's Bad: • You have to be careful of your levels so you won't blow your amp up! • I used to have all these different guitar effects, switches and plugs. Then Line 6 came …
Lightning Audio 2 Fast and 2 Furious Car Studio Review
Review by Product: • Lightning Audio 2 Fast and 2 Furious Car Studio Package Review (company site) • What's Good: • Everything you need in one package. • What's Bad: • Trying to install it! • Excellent tight bass, and quality build. Everything you need is in the box (except tools!). The sound is …
Rockford Fosgate CD/MP3 Car Studio Review
Review by Product: • Rockford Fosgate CP/MP3 Car Studio Player (company site) • What's Good: • Rockford Fosgate Quality And Performance. • What's Bad: • You have to flip the panel open to put a CD in. • The 9120 is a shiny toy for big boys (and girls)! It has a very futuristic and sophisticated …
BOSS BR1180CD Digital Recording Studio Review
Review by Product: • BOSS BR-1180CD Digital Recording Studio Review (company site) • What's Good: • Fantastic piece of equipment for any songwriter. • What's Bad: • Not really suitable for recording (real) drums, as you can only input 2 mic's at once • The BR1180CD was the best solution for me …
Road Power Booster Cables Review
Review by Product: • Road Power Booster Jumper Cables (company site) • What's Good: • High-quality, adequate length, polar-Glo, color-coded • What's Bad: • Touching the Red and Black cables together • The Road Power Booster Cables or Jumper Cables may cost a little more, but the extra expense is …
Aldo Calf High Dress Boots for Women Review
Review by Product: • Aldo Calf High Dress Boots, Cocoa Brown, 3" Heel • What's Good: • No Zipper, pull on style, sexy look. • What's Bad: • Get a bit hot as they are synthetic, short wearing season. • My boots are the result of my weakness for new shoes, and the need for me to find something to …
Graco Leisure Sport 7420 Jogger Stroller Review
Review by Product: • Graco Leisure Sport 7420 Jogger Stroller • What’s Good: • Comfortable for child, dual adult cup & key holders • What’s Bad: • Hard to turn, bulky for a compact car • I have had the pleasure of owning the Graco Leisure Sport 7420 Jogger since January 2003. As my daughter was …
Tiffen MegaPlus 2x Telephoto Lens Review
Review by Product: • Tiffen MegaPlus 2x Telephoto Converter (company site) • What's Good: • Increases your camera's optical zoom by 2 times. • What's Bad: • Too big to carry around and must be used at max zoom. • I often feel the need for more zoom with my digital camera and the ability to get …
Sidi Rampa Mountain Bike Shoe Review
Review by Product: • Sidi Rampa Mountain Bike Shoe Review (company site) • What's Good: • Very snug fit, great value ($109 USD MSRP). • What's Bad: • Retention could be even better. • I've owned several different pairs of bike shoes over the years, but my current pair of Sidi Rampas have lasted …
Honda EU3000is Power Generator Review
Review by Product: • Honda EU3000is Power Generator (company site) • What's Good: • Reliable, quiet, electric start, multiple plug types, scalable. • What's Bad: • Heavy, a little pricey (~$2,500.00 CAD). • A few years back we here at silverorange began building up our technical infrastructure …
Brother IntelliFAX 770 Fax Machine Review
Review by Product: • Brother IntelliFAX 770 Fax Machine (at Amazon) • What's Good: • Nothing - oh, but it was fun to destroy • What's Bad: • Simply the worst peice of technology I've ever used. Cheap constrution, paper jams, wacky thermal toner rolls from hell. • When we finally broke down and …
IKEA Pöang Chair Review
Review by Product: • IKEA Pöang Chair (company site) • What's Good: • Strong, cheap (~$250 CDN), comfortable bounce. • What's Bad: • A little too reclined for working with a laptop. • When we moved into our new office last fall, I suddenly had a whole room to myself with plenty of space for a …
2002 Subaru Impreza WRX Review
Review by Product: • 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX (company site) • What's Good: • Handling, acceleration, comfort, base feature set, style, low maintenance. • What's Bad: • Price (36K Canadian), cupholders, tire wear. • I leased a 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX in September 2001. At this time, and it still …
Canon PowerShot S330 Review
Review by Product: • Canon Digital ELPH PowerShot S330 Review (company site) • What's Good: • Sturdy case, 3x optical zoom, picture quality, battery life • What's Bad: • A bit big and bulky (compared to newer cameras), low resolution (2.1 mega-pixels) • Tired of the constant mocking and verbal …
Koss PortaPro Headphones Review
Review by Product: • Koss PortaPro Headphones (company site) • What’s Good: • Great sound, low price (sub-$50US), durable, compact shape • What’s Bad: • Foam pads eventually wear down • I wanted a simple and affordable pair of headphones for my portable CD player (since stolen) and for music and …
Sennheiser HD580 Headphones and DSP-Pro Review
Review by Product: • Sennheiser HD580 Headphones and DSP-Pro Review (company site) • What's Good: • Very comfortable with excellent sound quality. • What's Bad: • DSP is useless, cord needs a retention system. • My twin brother has already reviewed his Grado SR-60 headphones here, so I thought …
Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical Review
Review by Product: • Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical (company site) • What's Good: • Simple, solid, reliable, low price ($15 - $25) - the best mouse I've owned • What's Bad: • Not as form-fitted as some of the more expensive models • As I stated in my earlier review of the much more expensive …
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer Review
Review by Product: • Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0A (company site - shows newer model than reviewed) • What’s Good: • Comfortable hand position • What’s Bad: • Cheap and flimsy feel, overpriced • I’m a firm believer that one should not skimp on the parts of a compter that you actually see …
American Apparel T-shirt Review
Review by Product: • American Apparel T-shirt Review (company site) • What's Good: • Nice seams, quality fabric, simple cut. • What's Bad: • A tad expensive. • I'm usually not one to talk about the latest fashion, and I've probably spent less than a hundred dollars in the last year on clothes …
Microsoft Streets and Trips 2004 Review
Review by Product: • Microsoft Streets and Trips 2004 (company site) • What's Good: • Fast, easy to use, route finding & planning, finding places. • What's Bad: • Missing some Canadian roads, could improve GPS tools, no ability to update data. • Ever since the day I found Microsoft Streets and …
Kodak DC3800 Review
Review by Product: • Kodak DC3800 Digital Camera (company site) • What's Good: • Very cheap, simple interface. • What's Bad: • No frills, very slow processing, questionable image quality. • I was the first silveroranger to extensively use a digital camera, a Kodak DC3400 that was subsequently …
2004 Toyota Echo Hatchback Review
Review by Product: • 2004 4dr Echo Hatchback (company site) • What’s Good: • Fuel economy, style, driver/passenger room • What’s Bad: • Tight on hatchback/trunk space, people will tell you it’s “cute” • I leased a 2004 four-door Echo Hatchback in September of 2003. The hatchback model of the …
U2 - Elevation Tour 2001 (Live from Boston) DVD Review
Review by Product: • U2 - Elevation Tour 2001 (Live from Boston) DVD (at Amazon) • What's Good: • Good cinematography, strong setlist, powerful performance • What's Bad: • Many fans say the Slane Castle concert is a better performance • Having seen the Elevation Tour in Montreal, I was curious …
Timbuk2 Bike Messenger Bag Review
Review by Product: • Timbuk2 Bike Messenger Bag (company site) • What's Good: • Sturdy, well built, excellent clasp. • What's Bad: • Strap could be more padded, uncomfortable when not filled. • I bought a custom Timbuk2 bike messenger bag two and a half years ago so that I could bike to work and …
Sierra Designs Meteor Light Tent Review
Review by Product: • Sierra Designs Meteor Light (company site) • What's Good: • Spacious height and length, ventilation, weather protection, door design. • What's Bad: • Not ultralight, no color choice. • Since my backpacking epic last fall I have been keenly researching and acquiring high …
Rustboy Book Review
Review by Product: • RUSTBOY - (re) Animating a Lifelong Dream • What's Good: • Beautiful hard covered book with full page colored illustrations. • What's Bad: • The film of topic is not yet released. • "Rustboy is a short film project created by Brian Taylor that started as a simple hobby but …
John Walsh Shuttle Pipes Review
Review by Product: • John Walsh Shuttle Pipes (3 drone) (company site) • What's Good: • Minimal air required, stable plastic reeds, perfect indoor volume, no maintenance required. • What's Bad: • Pricey, polypenco chanter could be more "polished". • Anyone who has spent time learning and playing …
Pentax Optio S Review
Review by Product: • Pentax Optio S (company site) • What's Good: • Tiny size, great images, easy interface. • What's Bad: • Poorly placed power button, low video quality, navigation button. • I had been eagerly awaiting the release of a good quality digital camera that is small enough to fit …
Grado SR-60 Headphones Review
Review by Product: • Grado Labs SR-60 Headphones (company site) • What's Good: • Easily portable, great quality for a reasonable price. • What's Bad: • Pads are warm after extended listening. • After my twin brother purchased a pair of Sennheiser 580 headphones I felt compelled to upgrade from …
Giro Havoc Helmet Review
Review by Product: • Giro Havoc Helmet (company site) • What's Good: • Light, great ventilation, stylish. • What's Bad: • Relatively expensive. • I've owned quite a few cycling helmets over the years and Giro's Havoc is my clear favourite so far. I went into Smooth Cycle last spring and was …
Nullsoft's Winamp 5 Review
Review by Product: • Winamp 5 (company site) • What's Good: • Stable, supports most media types, better interface than earlier versions. • What's Bad: • Interface is still skinned, AOL viral marketing. • Winamp3 undeniably sucked. Whereas version two was light and efficient, three was heavy …
Salon.com Premium Subscription Review
Review by Product: • Salon.com Premium Subscription • What’s Good: • Consistent and thorough articles • What’s Bad: • Having another password in your life, music and other side-benefits aren’t valuable • Salon Premium is a for-pay ($35US/year as of this writing) subscription for extra content …