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Iron Gym Total Upper Body Workout Bar

It’s time you toughened up.
The Iron Gym Total Upper Body Workout Bar is just what you need.  Unlike expensive stair climbers or elliptical equipment, the bar doesn’t make a very good towel rack or place to hang your clothes.  It’s compact and useful — especially for apartment dwellers.
It doesn’t install permanently.  You can take it [...]

Leatherman 830850 Skeletool CX Multitool

A really great outdoor tool for those looking for something light yet functional. Weight and volume are kept to a minimum, making it ideal for almost any circumstance. There are a number of multitools of this sort available, but this is the best we have come across.
It’s capabilities are numerous, and it’s almost like an [...]

Samsung LN46A650 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color

The first thing to remark upon with the Samsung A650 TV is the picture quality. It’s outstanding. The colors are vibrant and defined, and the biggest thing for me personally is that the blacks are no longer “a bit grey-ish!”
Samsung uses what they call Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (SPVA) to ensure that the picture can [...]

Garmin nüvi 350 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator Gets the Job Done

As an everyday GPS unit that can fit into the palm of your hand, be fitted almost anywhere, even has a bicycle mode and works on planes (yes, we checked), you can’t get much better than the Garmin nuvi 350.
The best things come in small packages, apparently, and thats quite a fitting aphorism for this [...]

Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch Mini Laptop Delivers

The New Acer Aspire mini-laptop is aimed primarily at the business customer who wants something lighter to carry around, but still gives an extra-long battery life, reliability and sufficient operating ability.
The biggest appeal of this product is definitely its size and portability. It weighs in at just 2.2lb, which makes it easily amongst the lightest [...]