Product Previews/Reviews

MeCam Personal HD Camera Review

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New review by me!

Link: http://blog.testfreaks.com/review/review-of-mecam-personal-hd-camera/

Quote:
"Our lives have become very social oriented and we’ve got cameras with us all the time anymore and we seem to be recording just about everything and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not personally. Today for review I’ve got the MeCam which resembles a big button that you might wear on your shirt or coat, but it’s really a 720p HD mini video camera so you can record life as you live it. The MeCam also has a 5mp still camera built-in along with infrared LEDs so it can work in low light situations and uses a standard microSD card for storage. The camera can be purchased in varying storage capacities and there are several different colors to pick from. Read on.. "

Product Previews/Reviews

Id America The new Spark Aluminum In-ear Headphones Review

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Yep… another new review by me…

Link: http://blog.testfreaks.com/review/review-of-id-america-the-new-spark-aluminum-in-ear-headphones/

Quote:
"Up for review today I have the ID America new Spark in-ear headphones and these feature an all aluminum construction with a great design making them aesthetically pleasing. The headphones have 8mm dynamic drivers in them that offer very good bass and decent highs for a  nice rounded sound from them. The new Spark headphone’s also have an in-line multifunction remote and microphone so you can not only control your music but you make and receive call as well while wearing the headphones. So read on… "

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Halite Video Purifier by Salt Labs Review

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New review by me!!  This is one of those products that I can highly recommend.. it just makes such a difference really..

Link: http://blog.testfreaks.com/review/review-of-halite-video-purifier-by-salt-labs/

Quote:
"Almost one year ago now I reviewed the DarbeeVision Darblet HDMI Video Processor and I thought it was a great device but one of my chief complaints was and still is that it’s rather ugly and apparently a company called Salt Labs agrees with me on this as they’ve sent me of the Halite Video Purifier based on the Darblet. The device is virtually the same as the Darblet but it just looks a whole lot better now. The Halite essentially reprocesses your video, any video, movies, games or TV and add further depth cues to it for enhanced depth and realism, and I found that it can make everything just look better overall. The Halite can improve video quality on lower resolution videos and one of the things I love about it is that it can bring things in the background more into focus. The Halite isn’t only for videos, but it does have a gaming mode so it can even enhance your gaming experience. Read on to learn more…"

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Id America TouchTone Portable Bluetooth Speaker Review

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It’s a new review by me!

 

Link: http://blog.testfreaks.com/review/review-of-id-america-touchtone-portable-bluetooth-wireless-speaker/

Quote:
"Up for review today I have the TouchTone Bluetooth speaker from Id America which features touch sensitive controls, hence the word touch in the name. The TouchTone is wireless over Bluetooth but it also has a line-in that uses a standard audio connector so you can even use it with non Bluetooth devices. The TouchTone can put out of total of four watts from the two speakers and that might not sound like much, but it is, this thing can get very loud but yet there’s very minimal distortion. Anyway, read on to learn more…"

Rants!

Amazon Delivery Guarantee Isn’t Really a Guarantee of Anything

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Don’t get me wrong here, I love Amazon, never had an issue with them until now. I’m a prime member and everything else. Washing machine broke, need  anew part, it’s $130 locally but only $90 on Amazon and I have a Prime membership so I get two day delivery. Placed the order on Thursday and they said delivery would be Saturday the 26th, that was fine with me as it was expected with Prime 2day delivery. I then get an email with a ‘Guaranteed’ delivery date of Friday the 26th and I think, hey that’s great, a day earlier. UPS gets here with another package but not the washing machine part. I find out later that it was ‘missed’. Tracking says:

The package was missed at the UPS facility, UPS will deliver on the next business day.

So I’m like damn, that sucks. Then I thought about it and I was curious as to what exactly ‘guaranteed’ means so I emailed Amazon and apparently it really doesn’t mean anything at all. I emailed them and explained the situation and order via Amazon because it was less expensive and that I was a Prime member so two days wouldn’t have been a big deal to wait.

I never really got an answer as to what the guarantee really is, this was the extent of it:

Estimated delivery date is considered to be an approximated delivery date and Guaranteed delivery date is a promised delivery on that particular date mentioned.

The email goes on and they ended up offering me one extra month of Prime membership for the inconvenience. That’s nice and all but it doesn’t get my clothes washed.

So I still don’t understand exactly what ‘guaranteed’ means. Everyone else where you see a guarantee it’s like the pizza is there in 30 minutes or less guaranteed or your money back, or the product comes with money back guarantee, or a guarantee about you’re satisfied or your money back. Etc, etc… I’m sure I could list more and I’m sure you know some too..

The point is that the Amazon guarantee delivery date isn’t really anything at all. If it doesn’t get delivered on the guaranteed date then oh well, wait an extra day or so then. That’s it. They don’t back it up with anything.

Today I check the tracking this morning and as of right now at 12:25pm it’s still not going to be delivered apparently

The last update on the tracking is last night at 11:25pm. Every other delivery I’ve gotten from UPS the tracking status will say ‘Out for Delivery’. This one just says ‘Destination Scan’ that’s marked last night and nothing at all for today.

I’m guessing that I might have been better off spending the $130 locally instead of trying to save $40, sure I’d be out the $40 but my washing machine would be working right now. ?!

 

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