My Sunday newspaper included a brochure for office supplies company Staples on the front of which was an offer for the Alcatel One Touch Pop C3 which they are selling SIM free for just £59.99. This looks a very reasonable price for this 4″ touchscreen display Android smartphone from the French company Alcatel. Slip your existing SIM card in and off you […]
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I really enjoy the videos made by electronics engineering video blogger Dave Jones posted on his EEVblog web site and the one below about a new SD card being launched by Sony really is worth watching. It seems Sony have come up with a ruse to part music lovers from their cash by launching a 64GB Sony Audiophile micro SD […]
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Looking at the Currys web site I see they are promoting the Hoover DYN8144D1X washing machine at a price of £269.99 which looks reasonable for a machine with an 8kg wash load and 1400rpm spin speed. As is common with Currys it looks like the Hoover DYN8144D1X is a model that is exclusive to them here in the United Kingdom […]
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As well as being a great source of replacement parts BuySpares make some very useful videos demonstrating how to carry out your own maintenance on your domestic appliances. A good example is the video below in which they demonstrate how to fit a replacement element in a fan oven. For the video they use a non original universal cooker element […]
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Lidl are advertising a ‘Tidy Home‘ range of offers on sale from Monday 2nd March 2014 and among the items on sale will be the VAX S2S-1 hard floor master steam mop. Lidl seems a bit confused as they call it a VAX S25-1 in one place instead of a S2S. This Vax steam mop seems to be fairly widely […]
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Looking to buy a SD memory card, microSD card, USB memory stick or similar? There are plenty on sale at a range of prices and it can be tempting to go for the cheapest available even if that is from an unknown source or a random seller on Ebay. The video from AintBigAintClever below shows why that could very easily […]
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Want to win a British made touchscreen Ebac S-Series washing machine? Well to promote the fact that Ebac, the UK company best known for dehumidifiers and water coolers are launching their new range of washing machines they are giving away a top of the range model. Enter here – But be quick as entries close on 31st March 2015.
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My web browser has just told me there is a new update for Adobe Flash Player it wants to install. I clicked to allow the update and it came up with a box giving details and asking to press ‘OK’ to continue. That was fair enough but what was not was the pre ticked box that if I had not […]
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I spotted Swan branded washing machines on sale on the Very mail order web site and decided to find out more. Swan used to be known for cookware such as frying pans and small kitchen electrical goods like kettles, not major appliances such as washing machines. It seems over time the Swan brand name has passed through various hands and […]
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Are British mains electricity plugs better than other the mains plugs of other countries? Well Tom Scott of tomscott.com does and has made the YouTube below to show why. No doubt there is a smidgen of patriotism going on here but it does illustrate just how well designed the BS1363 UK mains plug and socket are.
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