Month: March 2012

Where do I start? Two years ago, in the course of my job, I was testing some plugboxes on the school’s PAT tester, and one failed with an earth continuity problem. And it turned out, the plugbox, which carried the HPM brandname, was so poorly designed that the earth contacts became bent on plug insertion…

Surprisingly perhaps I haven’t rushed to join the e-music revolution. Until I got my phone with its music player a year or two back I didn’t own a device other than a computer that could play e-music. I always used a computer at home or at work to play music and videos. This is partly…

Garmin have a new eTrex range of low end hand held GPS units out. The eTrex 10 replaces the eTrex H (the one I currently have). At last USB is supported on these models. A few enhancements have been added to the 10 compared to the H while the price has been kept about the…

Repcos have had these vacuums on special at $99 in their March sale. This model appears to be at the bottom of the Vacmaster range. The US based company produces a number of models which appear to be solidly made and well designed. I couldn’t find this model on their website so it may be…

Canon recently announced the Powershot SX260 HS as the replacement for the SX230 (the GPS equipped superzoom compact with manual controls). This will probably be my next camera whenever it gets to NZ. It is interesting Canon have kept the 12.1 megapixel sensor. The lens has been increased to a 20x zoom and GPS is…