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Fitbit Aria Review

Fitbit Aria

Fitbit Aria

Fitbit Aria Review: Smart Scale

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The Fitbit Aria Smart Scale is a recent addition to my dieting efforts.

At approximately 12.3 x 1.3 x 12.3 inches and weighing in at about 5 pounds, the Fitbit Aria is a necessary component in tracking any diet attempt.

Connecting to the Fitbit App (free smartphone app) via the WiFi in your house, it wirelessly uploads your information seconds after you weigh in.

Not only does it take measurements on weight, but it does body fat percentage and BMI calculations. All viewable and easily trendable via the website or phone app.

For me this seamlessness was indispensable as I hate to have to log anything if I can help it. This device in combination with the Fitbit One Activity Tracker and Fitbit App makes it extremely simple for me to keep it all together with minimal effort. With support for eight users, anyone in the family can use it as well. It’s uncanny how it detects the differences between people with no outside interference.

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Fitbit One Review

Fitbit One

Fitbit One

Fitbit One Review: Wireless Activity Tracker

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The Fitbit One Wireless Activity Tracker is an easy way to keep track of your daily activities.

I bought this product about 8 months ago and have used it every day.

I work in the steel industry and had been looking for a way to keep track of my activity while walking around work. The rubber case adds traction to the clip so that I can clip it to my shirt collar and not worry about losing it while I’m climbing cranes or doing other work. It stays put day and night there.

The push button on the top is very hardy and feels high quality for such a small device. Push the button to access the individual tracking elements such as a step counter, stair counter, miles walked, calories burned. Hold the button to activate the sleep tracker. When the sleep tracker is active, it looks at how much you roll around while you sleep and can differentiate between tossing and turning a straight out walking (back and forth from the bathroom for instance). My only issue with this is that I almost always forget to turn it off in the morning. Again, I clip this to my shirt collar at night (it pretty much stays there all day and night).

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Sabrent USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter Review

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Sabrent USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter

Sabrent USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter Review

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The Sabrent USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE adapter is a great tool for anything hard drive related. 

If you’ve had to attempt data recovery from hard drives, you’ll understand what a good tool this can be.

With this guy the days of popping cases on computers in order to plug in a hard drive are over!

It works with 2.5″ and 3.5″ IDE or SATA hard drives. It is a must have at 19.99 although they sell a newer version of the same device that supports USB 3.0 (check it out here).

-NoobCritic

Stephen King The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Audiobook Review

Stephen King The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Audiobook Review

Stephen King Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Audiobook Review

Stephen King The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Audiobook Review

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“The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

So begins Book I of Stephen King’s iconic fantasy series, The Dark Tower. Part sci-fi novel, part futuristic dystopia, part spaghetti Western, and part high fantasy vision, The Gunslinger tells the story of Roland Deschain, Mid-World’s last gunslinger, who is tracking an enigmatic magician known only as the man in black.

Following his quarry across the demon-infested Mohaine Desert, Roland confronts a mad preacher woman and her murderous flock, holds palaver with a speaking demon, and finally befriends a young boy from our world named Jake Chambers. Jake joins Roland on his quest, but while Roland travels with his young companion Jake, the man in black travels with Roland’s soul in his pocket. Read more

Philips Sonicare Review HX6732

Philips Sonicare

Philips Sonicare HX6732

Philips Sonicare Review HX6732

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I bought this toothbrush a while ago and have found that so far all the things this brush boasts have been true. In a matter of a few days my teeth felt better, and looked brighter… and this was only in a couple days.

I had bought this to help whiten my teeth after I had quit smoking. Man, did I pick correctly. Not only has it started whitening my teeth within a few days, but sometimes my gums would bleed a bit after brushing and flossing. I’ve noticed that they have almost completely stopped doing that.

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Microsoft Surface Review

Microsoft Surface Review

MS Surface RT with Touch Cover

MS Surface RT with Touch Cover

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I’ve been using the Microsoft Surface now for what seems to be a long time. I’ll start by saying that this is another one of the best technological pickups I’ve ever made. Apple’s iPad is a great tool too, don’t get me wrong, but when I started uncovering some of the latent ability of this Surface, it pretty much put Apple to shame.

I am a hardcore computer user, with many years under my belt as Director of an IT business and now as a Plant Operations Director. While I may not be the best out there, I’d put my experience level as ‘very advanced’.

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3Floyds Brew Pub Review

 

3Floyds Brewpub located in Munster, Indiana

3Floyds Brewpub located in Munster, Indiana

 3Floyds Brew Pub Review

3Floyds Brew pub…. Hmmm, how to put it best, great beer – overconfident attitude. That’s not to say that I dislike going there, just that the beer is the main attraction.

Ambiance

Their space is decorated with various forms of art, and filled with differing types of music, mostly metal and off the beaten path stuff. They project old, cult-classic type movies on a wall. Read more

Simmons Spotting Scope 20-60×60 Review

Simmons Spotting Scope

Simmons Spotting Scope

Simmons Spotting Scope 20-60×60 Review

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I stumbled across this little beauty one day when I was walking through Cabelas looking to purchase another box of clay pigeons. For some reason I looked up at the right moment and saw and endcap (these are probably designed for this express purpose) full of them. They were running a sale for $30 off the normal price of $99.99 and I couldn’t resist. Read more

www.SurplusAmmo.com Review

WWW.SurplusAmmo.com Review

A quick pic of the www.surplusammo.com

A quick pic of the www.surplusammo.com

SurplusAmmo.com, what can I say? They did exactly everything they said they were going to and came through splendidly. Read more

Hyskore DLX Precision Rifle Rest Review

Hyskore DLX Precision Rifle Rest Review

Hyskore DLX Shooters rest (pic from Cabelas website)

Hyskore DLX Shooters rest (pic from Cabelas website)

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I was at my local store looking to buy a rifle clamping device so that i could sight in my Mosin-Nagant, AK, and any other long gun i own when I came across this DLX Shooters rest. I was tossing it around between the Lead Sled Solo and this one when I noticed the DLX was on sale for $89.99. The price at that point made it worth my while to at least try and see what it could do. Read more