Reviews:
Here are some reviews of equipment that I own and of services I've utilized. I shop a lot online -especially to support my hobbies of backpacking, trekking and camping. Most of the time, I've read online reviews written by others which helped me in my purchases. It is only fair that I should give back to the community, so that the chain of giving and receiving can go on. Sometimes the product is good but the merchant turns out to be a leech, so it is good to know about the service of the merchant too. Hope this helps you make a decision on your purchase(s).
Again a word of caution, and a disclaimer. In this age of litigation, all my reviews come across with no ill-will towards the merchants or manufacturers but are shared only in the spirit of open information sharing from one consumer to another prospective consumer. We need to watch each others backs! There are no fabricated tales or revenge stories here but only the truth. It is true that sometimes the service provider may turn over a new leaf or make amends and I leave that matter open to your discretion. You are advised to check the date of the original review as I shall not make any changes to the reviews as it is not practical to keep monitoring the merchants or their products. In case I find convincing proof of any change, I shall mention it in a footnote below the post, but will not go out of my way to acquire any current information on the product. This especially rings true for bad merchants or products as I won't be buying from them again.
Good & bad news does travel around by word of mouth and I am often advised by friends what to buy or what not to and from where. These posts are no different, the only difference being that they serve a wider audience 24 x 7 x 365 in most languages and in different time zones. Isn't technology neat? I have not received any product exclusively for review purposes from any manufacturer or merchant like some of the other sites which do so on a regular basis. Due to this, you won't find any destructive tests like stress tests or breaking point tests like at http://knifetests.com/ as to be honest, I can barely afford the equipment I buy. So rest assured that the reviews here are unbiased and fair to the reader.
Review: Hohner Golden Melody 10 hole diatonic harmonica
Its been a while since I played a harmonica, around 30 years at least. I remember the black Hero harmonica that dad had. In fact most of my friends who had harmonicas had Heros. Its quality was pretty good and I was surprised to find out a few days back that it was/is made in [...]
Review: Nikon Monarch ATB Team RT 8 x 42 (dielectric) binoculars
The most expensive of my camping purchases finally arrived. It was a long wait while I bought the essentials and kept postponing this purchase. I didn’t plan it this way -to make this my most expensive purchase, but as the years went by, so did my paycheck and of course I wanted something which would [...]
Review: Zebra Stainless Steel Billy Can
I currently have 4 cook pots that I use when trekking. Often I use them at home too! The Vargo Ti lite mug The Snowpeak Trek 900 Titanium The Montbell #3D Titanium cooker The Zebra 12cm “Billy Can” The Zebra has been my latest acquisition, and my first stainless steel cook pot as I prefer [...]
Review: HIS/HMS software : JK Technosoft
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Review: Disciple Extended Ops tactical pack MK II
I have been on the lookout for a smaller pack -smaller than my existing 80 liter rucksack. I had bought this on sale and red was the only colour available. A brightly coloured pack is not very suitable when trekking out in the wilderness, trying to observe the flora and fauna around you as in [...]
Review: Lowe Alpine TFX Tundra 65 + 15
Buying a backpack for me was a big decision. It was big because I was buying it online so I had no idea how big, heavy or good or well balanced the pack would be. True there were specifications and dimensions, but this was my first pack and I had no idea what to look [...]
Review: Bushbuddy Wood burning stove
My Bushbuddy stove is one of my oldest camping accessories. I somehow never managed to review it even after owning it for more than two years. In the space of that time, a few other reviews, an interview with its maker and other pictures on various forums have cropped up. This was however not the [...]
Review: D-Link DNS-323 NAS Box
NAS is finally getting cheap enough to fit the budget of big budget home owners and SOHO and SMB’s. With cameras, video recorders, movies and music all going digital, users now have huge amounts of data they want to protect optimally. With increased hard drive space being available at lower costs, redundant backup is slowly [...]
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