September 2004
Wal-Mart Photo Centre Review
Review by Product: • Wal-Mart Canada PhotoCentre (company site) • What’s Good: • Easy to use, Good Price, Fast • What’s Bad: • Large orders are a pain, Sometimes unexpected results • I tend to take photos in high quantities but I'm perfectly content with viewing them on my computer and posting …
Minolta DiMAGE Xt Review
Review by Product: • Minolta DiMAGE Xt Digital Camera (company site) • What's Good: • Amazing industrial design, very fast, good interface. • What's Bad: • Lousy default settings, hard to keep in focus even in medium light. • This is my third digital camera, and I've reviewed my Kodak DC3800 …
MSR MIOX Purifier Review
Review by Product: • MSR MIOX Water Purifier (company site) • What's Good: • Size & Weight, treating large amounts of water, speed, no taste, coolness. • What's Bad: • Uses rare batteries, it's not a filter, slow to fully treat water. • The combination of being a sucker for new gizmos and a …
Zoom Airlines Review
Review by Product: • Zoom Airlines Flight (company site) • What's Good: • Very cheap international flights. • What's Bad: • Light luggage allowance, typical bad airline food. • I've flown several budget airlines in the past ten years (Ryanair, EasyJet, WestJet and even Greyhound Air) and when I …
BearVault Bear Canister Review
Review by Product: • BearVault Black Bear Resistant Food Cannister (company site) • What's Good: • Light, durable, transparent, black bear resistant. • What's Bad: • Expensive (~$80.00 USD). • This summer I had the pleasure of hiking numerous times in both the Adirondacks of New York and the …
Michelin Wildgripper Lite Tire Review
Review by Product: • Michelin Wildgripper Lite • What’s Good: • Light, fast, day-glo green. • What’s Bad • Low tread, expensive, day-glo green. • I just got back from a great ride out in the Don Valley here in Toronto around the Brickworks and figured my old Wildgripper Lite tires could use a …