I could not be more pleased and satisfie

Reviewer Comments: Not given to laudatory excesses normally, but these Lagunas just might be the finest thing I’ve ever put on my feet! Am 65, retired and travel and walk/hike a lot, often to warm places. Also have feet that sweat a lot and swell some as the day goes on. Have never before had footwear of any kind, either sandals or expensive walking shoes that were more comfortable and that adapt comfortably and automatically during the day because of the stretchy laces. What a great idea by Keen!

I normally hesitate to order shoes online, because I’m somewhere between a 10 1/2 Wide and an 11 Medium. Well, these sandals fit me perfectly and my son who is an 11 Narrow only had to make a slight adjustment in the stretchy laces for them to fit him perfectly also.

Feel free to walk in the water at the beach. If they get dirty or the water is salty, just wear them into the shower, clean/rinse them and let them air dry overnight. Even when wet or damp they are perfectly comfortable. Am going to order two more pairs, a spare for me and another pair for my son. Thank you Keen and OnlineShoes!

Originally posted at Onlineshoes.com (legalese)

This machine is an absolute Joy to use!!

Reviewer Comments: It is difficult to quantify what makes the D3 so amazing. Yes, it has amazingly low noise, Yes, it has a “full-frame” sensor. Yes, it is rips off in-focus RAW frames like a machine gun. Yet none of these features are the reason that I love my D3. After spending a little time getting familiar with the settings and controls, I don’t have to think about the camera. I can focus on creative expression, how I want a shot to look, and make it happen. Whether it is making exposure adjustments, double exposures, switching between portrait and sports settings, the abundance of features on the camera you will actually USE, and intuitively. Having owned Nikon film cameras, and digital SLRs, I was already familiar with Nikon’s controls, but the D3 is on a whole new level of funcionality! Many will choose the D700 because it is much cheaper, and is full frame. But as any pro who owns one will tell you, the D3 is worth far more than the sum of its impressive features.

Originally posted at B&H Photo Video (legalese)

Must have for wavy hair!

Reviewer Comments: I’ve tried sooo many products to give my wavy hair some definition. I’ve never been wash-and-go with my hair. I’ve always either battled with it to straighten using a blow dryer and flat iron, or loaded it up with gel and used a diffuser to get it curly, then I’d have to go over the stubborn spots with a curling iron. I have long hair, almost to my waist. I foil regularly, so it’s quite processed and dry on the ends, and extremely prone to breakage.

I bought the travel size one to give it a whirl. I’d planned to use it like I do Frederick Fekkai’s Glossing Cream, when I straighten my hair.

On a weekend morning, I had drop in guests unexpectedly. I’d just gotten out of the shower, put this in my hair, and ended up having to run downstairs to open the door. By the time our guests left, my hair was at least half dry, so I ran upstairs to re-wet it and planned to get started on straightening it.

When I looked in the mirror, I did a double take. That COULD NOT be my hair!! It looked like the soft, beachy waves you see in the magazines, which no normal human on earth can reproduce. I was stunned. For the first in my life, my hair looked truly beautiful in its natural state, thanks to a nickel sized dollop of Jonathan’s No-Frizz Hydrating Balm.

It’s been about two weeks and I’ve only straightened my hair twice. I’m almost out of the travel sized tube, and am back here to buy the full sized one. I cannot rave about this enough.

Originally posted at beauty.com (legalese)

Smart mommy must have thought of this!!!

Reviewer Comments: These extenders are really great! I wish I had them for my 1st son. My new baby is a big guy. He just turned 3 months old the other day and is already over 14 lbs.! He’s not just chubby, but long too, so alot of his smaller onsies still fit his body, but don’t button. I have often just tucked them in.. which obviously doesn’t stay so well on a little guy! I’ve even used them with a onsie from an outfit and put it with a different pair of pants that are a little bigger. They work great and come with different size snaps to fit different brands, and obviously color doesnt matter if it goes under pants! -Definately worth it! And actually saves money since it makes the outfits last longer and you can use them for as long as they wear those kind of shirts… Which is quite awhile! Very good buy!

Originally posted at One Step Ahead (legalese)

WOW

Reviewer Comments: Wow - this dress is fantastic. I have literally not worn a dress in OVER 10 YEARS - just worn separates. The price looked good so I thought I’d try it and look for something feminine and flattering. (At least that’s what they say on What Not To Wear ) I actually waited a few days to try it on because I wasn’t that optimistic about it. I tried it on as I was about to start dinner, and have now interrupted making dinner to write this review! Very feminine, flattering, true to size. I had sneakers on when I tried it on and my daughters all said “Mom that is adorable on you!” I figured that if it was close enough I could always have it altered a bit, but there is no need to. OK, this review is probably getting too long, but this dress is great and a great buy.

Originally posted at Chadwick’s (legalese)

No More Clydesdale-Induced Tacos!!

Reviewer Comments: This IS the rim set for Clydesdales!!
Im not your typical 135-pounder bouncing through the woods like a springtime squirrel. I tip the scales at a solid 225 lbs. and I love charging across, over and down the mountains like a coal-loaded freight train.
I’ve destroyed my fair share of lesser rims and spent way too much time and money searching for the next set along the way.
I’ve had the Ryno Lites on now for more than a year with STELLAR PERFORMANCE. Mine came wih an XT hubset: which I think is the way to go.
They may not be the lightest wheels on the market, but I’m not the lightest rider either!
Even with all I’ve punished them with, they’re still straight and true. No fuss. No muss. I swear that I could ride over an IED and the only thing left would be these wheels!
Wish I had welded them to my bike years ago. I could have saved myself a bundle of cash and lots of time walking out of the woods with useless alum/steel tacos!

The Bottom Line: If you weigh more than 190 lbs., want to forget about trying to finesse your bike through technical rides, and enjoy riding your bike OUT of the woods,… These are your wheels.

Originally posted at Performance Bike (legalese)

Slightly uncommon use?

Reviewer Comments: I have a 530 at home, so when I was at a store and found an excellent deal on a 400 series, I couldn’t resist. The only problem was I didn’t really need another one for my house… so I decided to take it to work and see how it would do. The catch — I run a BMW / Mercedes repair shop. To my amazement, little patty does great. My only complaint is that he isn’t compatible with the virtual walls from my 530, so he often runs outside when the bay doors are open. I’m afraid one day he will get run over in the parking lot. Otherwise he’s great! I’ve made believers of the other guys in the shop.

Originally posted at iRobot (legalese)

Veloglide Changed My Life

Reviewer Comments: My job is teaching piano out of my one bedroom apartment. My passion is competitive cycling. When my Mom died in Aug 2005, I got the grand piano. Then in Nov 2005 when my parent’s house was sold I lost the storage space for my 4 bikes. My apartment consists of a kitchen, living room, small bedroom and bathroom. At one point I had 3 pianos and 4 bikes and piano students coming and going all afternoon. I was going NUTS. The one good thing was that I had 9 1/2- 10 foot ceilings. Dave [...] told me about VELOGLIDE in early Dec 2005 and I called up and Bill Ferron himself came down to Illinois and installed it on my bedroom ceiling, thereby saving my sanity AND allowing me the opportunity to aquire even more bikes…right now I have six hanging from my bedroom ceiling. I’m 5′4′ and the ceiling is just high enough so I can easily walk under my bikes and not too high for me to hang them up. Before VELOGLIDE I was tripping over my bikes…they were leaning against my desk, my bed, the fridge, you name it- the bikes were IN THE WAY. Now they are perfectly stored ..OUT OF THE WAY. The gliders allow me to easily push the bikes apart to extract one and then push them all together again to consolidate. Iv’e had the system for 2 and 3/4 years and it has worked PERFECTLY! You can hang 4 hooks from a rail and store lots of wheels too. AND from the handlebars of the hanging bikes I hang up washed bike clothes to dry. I love it! I cannot say enough superlatives about Veloglide…if you have bikes, this is ABSOLUTELY the BEST bike storage system ever invented.

Originally posted at Wheel & Sprocket (legalese)

A toy my kids battle over!

Reviewer Comments: There are three categories of toys in my house: Toys that no one cares about, toys the kids play with, but can be persuaded to share… and toys that are so loved, so enjoyed and coveted, that some kind of smackdown usually occurs over who gets to play with it. In this third category, resides The PlasmaCar. The PlasmaCar was hauled off a low shelf at [...] by my two year old son a few weeks back. It looked like a fairly standard ride-on toy. It wasn’t electric, there were no bells or horns, no fancy stickers. So I was a little perplexed. At home he has a Radio Flyer Tricycle, a Rallye Scooter and Power Wheels electric car, none of which he’s showed significant interest in. But within thirty seconds of trying the The PlasmaCar, he was thrilled, careening around corners in the store, narrowly missing shopping carts. The child who was otherwise shy and reserved, who clung to me like a drowning cat, was now hard to keep up with.We got it home, and that’s when my other two children really took notice. His six year old sister wanted a try, then his twin sister. Everyone loved it. Why? According to the manufacturer it makes use of “…that most inexhaustible of energy sources, kid-power, by harnessing the natural forces of inertia, centrifugal force, gravity, and friction.” If you’re like me, I just blinded you with science, but the point is that it’s been designed to propel kids forward in a way they’ve never tired. It has no pedals, needs no batteries, and is blessedly free of any annoying sounds. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio awarded this their Platinum Award and it seems like parents agree… check out the reviews. It’s been about a month now, and since I’ve only got one PlasmaCar (something I plan to remedy soon) I have to hide it and bring it out only when I feel strong enough to referee the ensuing brawl. I’m also happy to report that adults can actually fit on it, which means I can go cruising down the driveway as the kids watch from the sidelines shrieking, “My turn next!”

Originally posted at Buzzillions.com (legalese)

This is the Most Efficient Candle Ever

Reviewer Comments: We burn this candle on our kitchen table every night for dinner. It burns 3/4″ of wax an hour, is virtually dripless, and has an automatic snuffer when the candle burns low. There is NO MESS with this candle, and the ability to refill the wax is a plus. Every person who has come to visit has remarked on the uniqueness of the design. Most have since ordered their own. This is a candle that makes us feel safe to burn. The base is very stable. We give it 5 stars!!!

Originally posted at Gardener’s Supply Company (legalese)