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Hama PC Tool Kit (Standard)

April 7th, 2008


Hama PC Tool Kit (Standard)
Customer Review: Well presented, good value, but a bit superfluous
POSITIVE SIDE: There is a decent variety of well-made tools presented here in a neat wallet and they should do for all but the most sophisticated p.c. tasks. They range from nut/bolt ’spinners’, 2 cross-head and 2 plain screwdrivers to tweezers and a ‘grab’ for reaching small parts which you may have dropped. I only bought the kit to change a soundcard, but it may well have future uses.

NEGATIVE SIDE: The nut/bolt ’spinners’ can probably be dispensed with, since most bolts holding p.c. cases together tend to have a crosshead incorporated. The tweezers were metal. Looks good, but a bad idea inside a p.c. Should have been plastic medical forceps. Similarly (but MUCH worse), there was a handle for holding the replaceable metal bits (like screwdriver tips) that can be fitted into power drills. In my kit, the handle and the bit were VERY magnetic - tut, tut. Good job I left it in the wallet. Well, there was no reason to put it in the p.c., since the end looked like it started off life as a miniature Allen key, but had been ground down so badly that it had precious little shape remaining. [By whom, I wonder?]

A large plastic “test tube” is included, presumably for momentarily storing VERY small parts (bit of a no-brainer, I think).

As it was, I managed the soundcard replacement with one cross-head screwdriver I already had, but the kit may well come in handy in the future, so I won’t write it off yet. I would ditch the magnetic tool and the nut spinners and incorporate a basic anti-static wrist band.

Customer Review: GRUNTFUTTOCK
EXCELLENT ITEM AND WILL USE AGAIN WHEN REQUIRED. IDEAL FOR HAPPY AMATEUR LIKE ME

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Grown-up’s garden chores are kid’s play with this scaled-down replica of the real thing. Sturdy steel body with smooth-finished hardwood handles. Features seamless steel tray with no-scratch edges and steel undercarriage, durable molded wheel and real wood wheelbarrow handles. Body measures 20″ x 16″ x 4″.
List Price: $41.99
Amazon Price: $39.55
Customer Review: Perfect size wheelbarrow for my 2 year old
This is a nice wheelbarrow. Great size, easy to use - lots of fun.
Customer Review: nice quaility wheelbarrow
I have a 6 y.o. boy and a 4 y.o. boy and they both enjoy this wheelbarrow. They’ve had plastic ones in the past that just didn’t hold up. It’s too small for my 6 y.o. but he still has fun with it. It fits the 4 y.o. pretty well but I wouldn’t recommend it for any older. Assembly was relatively easy. The parts didn’t line up quite right but were flexible enough to make it work.
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This is Datel’s official Hot Wire battery for the Sony PSP and PSP Slim which functions as a Pandora’s Battery (also known as a Jigkick or Tool Battery). This battery will make your PSP boot up from the Memory Stick in Service Mode. A separately available correctly formatted Memory Stick (a Magic Memory Stick) is required for flashing the firmware of your PSP. As well as the PSP Classic this battery will also fit the PSP Slim but is larger than the Slim battery so you will not be able to fit your battery cover. This battery takes 3 x standard AAA alkaline cells (supplied) which are inserted in its casing, and will last for approximately 1-2 hours use.
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Hama PC Tool Kit (Professional)

April 7th, 2008


Hama PC Tool Kit (Professional)
Customer Review: All the essentials
This is a very nice kit to start off with. The included screwdrivers and ratchet kit cover the common sizes found inside a PC, although bizarrely they’ve included more Torx bits than anything else. Picking up extra bits for the driver should be a piece of cake, though. The magnetic attachment for the ratchet is a godsend, frankly. The pliers and tweezers make light work of those fiddly motherboard headers and the wire trimmers may well come in handy. By far the best thing in the kit is the odd little three-prong grippy widget, which proves itself to be much better than pliers or tweezers at fishing small objects out of odd places.

My only real problems with the pack are the IC remover (beginners shouldn’t need one an experts know they shouldn’t use them) and the torch. I was hoping for a cheap-and-cheerful LED flashlight but instead there’s a translucent purple incandescent torch which looks like it came from a christmas cracker. I’ve got an LED light handy anyway, but a little bit of consideration would’ve rounded out the kit nicely.

Customer Review: Excellent for around the house not just for computers
I bought one of these when I was to have a go at building a PC but it has become indispensable around the house for all sorts of jobs - at this price you won’t regret it!

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Janspeed Mini Diy Maintenance - Modification - Restoration (Video Tape/PAL)
MODIFICATION - This video will show you the expert way to modify your Mini into a performance car, simply and economically. MAINTENANCE - A step by step guide will show you how the racing specialists rebuild an engine to extract its maximum potention and durability. RESTORATION: A fault finding procedure will look at all the problem areas of the mini including the bodywork. FUN - You will see what Minis are capable of doing in exciting race situations with some memorable moments with Paddy Hopkirk in the Classic Car Rally with his Cooper S. Janspeed engineering has been in the racing car business for 27 years. They are probably the most well known company involved in the tuning and racing of Minis. Their experience with the mini goes back to the legendary days of the Monte Carlo Rallies with the Cooper S’. This video is Jansepped’s tribute to the mini and they are joined by John Cooper, Paddy Hopkirk and David Vizard to celebrate the success of this now legendary little car with its 30 year history.

AeroGarden Replacement Grow Bulbs 2 pk.
Price: $19.99

Black & Decker Cordless Cutting Tool

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