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INCREDIBLE DIVE WATCH
I've had this watch for about 5 years and it is by far the best watch I've owned. I had a Rolex Sea Dweller prior to this purchase and I stopped wearing the Sea Dweller and sold it because I liked this watch better...not to mention the Sea Dweller was a bit too flashy for me. This watch is heavy, but that I like. I've worn it scuba diving on about 100+ dives without an issue. You can't go wrong with this watch.

Nice Tag at a great price
I purchased this watch as a gift. I was a little hesitant that buying it through amazon instead of a jeweler would mean that I would recieve less, but the watch arrived with all the packaging and amenties that you would get with any Tag. The box is gorgeous. The watch is beautiful. There are a couple other styles available including one with a numbered divers bezel, however I like the simplicity of this watch. It was a big hit.

Tag Heuer - Anything else shall be said?
Excellent watch. A 10 years of marriage present for my wife. She loved it (and loved me too). A great watch, well finished, elegant, precise and quite beautiful, from the traditional Link Tag Heuer series. Sport can be elegant.

Quite nice for the price
This would be 5 stars if they had used sturdier packing material--Styrofoam just doesn't cut it for a 120-lb bike. When I opened the box it looked like a bomb had gone off inside. Surprisingly, nothing was broken. The tab at the back of the frame where the cross-piece attaches was bent, but when I attached the cross-piece it straightened out. Still, I count myself lucky.

The bike went together easily in about 20 minutes. Like others I found the seat and handlebar adjustment very stiff, but a little silicon spray fixed that.

I'm very pleased with the quality and solidity of the bike. Basically it feels like the twice as expensive bikes I ride at the gym. Like high-end bikes, it has a very solid feel with no sway in the frame, and maybe just a little in the seat and handlebars. I would've liked a fore-aft adjustment on the handlebars, but other than that, it has all the features I could want. Now we get to see how well it holds up over time.

Update: Okay, the saddle broke. One of the two rails bent. No problem for me, as I have plenty of old saddles laying around that are perfect for the spin bike. I am a big guy at 230 lbs, but still... I'm keeping the review at 4 stars for now, until something more important breaks.

A Great Bike for Strenous Workouts!
This is a wonderful spinning bike, just the one fits into my needs - no more gym membership fee and extra gas, but dripping sweat just the same! Shipping was fast and there was no damage on the parts. Most of the main components have been preassembled, so it only took me less than 30 min to set up with complete tools included. The bike is heavy weight and sturdy but easily moved because of the front wheel feature. The tension is easy to transit and gives me plenty of range to "race", and the handlebar does not have wiggly problem like some other brands. Plus, the seat can be adjusted up/down and back/forth, my wife is shorter and I am a tall guy, both of us can ride on the bike comfortably without problem. I am totally satisified with my purchase! I will use this beautiful bike for strenuous indoor workouts for a long time to come!!

Great buy
This bike is a great buy for the price. It is very substantial and the heavy weight lets you be able to get up out of the saddle without worrying about the bike tipping over. Assembly was easy. The seat is not very comfortable but we bought another one at a bike store and it wasn't too expensive. It's pretty easy to move even though it's a heavy bike. Adjusting the seat is a little tough. You have to use your whole weight to move up or down.

A Spinner bike that is Built to Last
Purchased the Phoenix 98623 Revolution exercise bike for my girlfriend, but I get to use it to. Love this bike. It is thoughtfully engineered, heavy duty where it counts, and will probably last a lifetime. Definitely worth the price. I know you can pay thousands for spinner bikes, but not sure what more I could ask for than this 0 wonder. My only complaint is that (like all spinners) the seat is a tad hard and uncomfortable, at least for me and my friend. We solved that by buying an inexpensive gel seat cover.

Phoeix cycle
Bike is just what we wanted. The only problem is it arrived with a badly bend support bracket...haven't contacted Amazon or Phoenix yet to try and replace it.

Good Product for the Price
+'s - Price Point, Big Display, Remote, Remote control storage slot in monitor, Speakers.
I spend so much time on my pc that I figured I owed it to my eyes to have the largest reasonable display.

I read other reviews. I have an ATI 4290 on-board graphics using the ATI catalyst software.
Out of the box I got my VGA connection to work with out an issue.
I am not a huge sound person so I decided to save desk space and use the built-in speakers and volume on the monitor.
To minimize cables I switched from VGA to HDMI and removed my speakers.

The product works fine (with HD picture and sound) but took a little configuring to balance and effectively use Windows 7, ATI Catalyst, and the Monitor's capabilities.

-'s - The ASUS Quick start documentation is weak. There is major room for improvement here.

Other thoughts -
If you have two video cables plugged in, you will have your computer thinking you have two displays. Windows will autodetect and configure accordingly.

After discovering the multicables issue, I completely removed my vga cable from the PC and rebooted.

I got the same "black border issue" described by other people. I also got an oversized view which meant the computer was giving me an image too big for the monitor.

I fixed the situation:
1 Open the ATI Catalyst Control Center software.
2. Click the 'Graphics' drop-down menu, then click on 'Desktops & Displays'.
3. Then click the small picture of a monitor at the bottom left of the window and click 'Configure'.
4. This will bring you to the 'DTV' options screen. From here you will see the 'Scaling Options' tab which is the 3rd tab from the left.
5. You can click 'Scaling Options' you will see the Underscan/Overscan slider to adjust/eliminate the black borders around the screen.
6. I set my slider to Zero.

I also needed to use the remote control's middle button in the 2nd row to resize the screen to a 16:9 aspect ratio HD picture. Many people are describing symptoms that are indicative of a default 4:3 aspect ratio. Use the remote to switch it for HDMI.

Used for video production
Overall a great monitor for the price.
If you want to have a good monitor and not pay a lot you will be happy with the ASUS.

Now I want to got eat a fish taco.

Notes:
Had to set the up the monitor to get the look I wanted.
Not noted in the manual: Had to set some video card settings to get it to go full screen

I have no idea why there are flowers on the bottom of the monitor.
In the low light of the edit bay they don't look like flowers.

Great monitor
I bought this a few weeks ago and so far I really like this monitor. The picture is sharp, the colors seem true, and in general it's a very high quality product.

I don't like the placement of the control buttons on the top because it means I have to stand up from my desk, but the inclusion of a remote makes that almost a non-issue.

Good product my client will buy more
Good product my client will buy more. Installed and setup effortlessly, client is very happy with monitor and price was good.

Clear, bright, crisp + Great Price
The ASUS MT276HE 27" monitor is a great value. The screen is bright and clear. The controls are easily understood, even intuitive. The speakers are very good for built-ins on a monitor. I just love the clicker which allows complete control over the screen, music, setting, etc. and is great when watching NetFlix online. There is a slot on the back of the monitor to stow the clicker, which is well done and quite cool. The screen is bigger than many of my TVs, so watching movies with a remote-controlled 27" monitor running on a Dell 1750 laptop is fun.

The only thing wrong with the monitor is the stand... I know, I know - a weak point to make. But the stand allows the monitor to sag this way and that a bit and is not well-engineered from a stability point-of-view.

It ran great right out-of-the-box with no setup required. It replaced a 27" Acer which was really quirky. Thus the Windows 7 ready features of quick start-up are appreciated.

SUMMARY: Great value, good product, clear, crisp... A+ You will not regret buying one.

Sent it back
I can only say one thing about purchasing the Roomba. Don't. I purchased the IRobot 560 and within 2 weeks it wasn't working. I was so disappointed.

560 Roomba is flat-out amazing
I originally bought the Roomba 560 for my mother who's getting older and having a hard time vacuuming. Long story short, it does a really great job of sucking up dirt and dust on all floor types, and does a good job transitioning from hardwood to carpet, or hardwood to rugs (even with fringe). And it can also handle very large rooms (>500sqft). HOWEVER, it will NOT cross onto a rug that has a black boarder. My mother's kitchen has 3 rugs, all with black boarders and black squares throughout, and for whatever reason the Roomba interprets black as a dip in the floor surface (akin to it not falling down stairs). It would vacuum all around the rugs, and climb onto rugs in the dining room that are cream-colored, and hall rugs that are dark red with patterns, but it won't cross a black line. So since it didn't serve my parent's needs, I brought it back to my apartment and it works like a charm, covering about 1100sqft in 45 minutes. I have it set to 3pm and every day it auto starts at 3pm sharp and cleans everything and returns to the base to recharge. It's fascinating to watch! It's fuzzy logic is incredible!

Some of the other reviews said it takes a while to clean out the dirt tray & filter, but it takes us less than 1 minute to slide out the tray, dump that, and then slide open the hinged filter and dump the second area. I suppose you could wash out the filter every time, but it really doesn't need that. We also don't empty the dirt tray every day (as some other reviews said was necessary), but we don't have kids or pets so we're not generating too much that needs to be vacuumed on a daily basis.

Bottom line; if you don't have rugs with black edges, I most certainly would suggest buying this thing -- it takes care of business. And it's really nice to have one less thing to do.

Nice vacuum!
I have to admit, I had my doubts after reading some of the reviews but after having my iRobot 560 for about 3 weeks now, my floors are spotless and I'm a very happy customer. I have it scheduled to clean daily when I'm not home and clean out the bin every few days (which only takes just a few seconds - they made it very simple). Just hoping it lasts over a year since the warranty ends at that time.

Beware! Roomba Treats Customers with Open Contempt
I wanted to alert potential buyers to the fact that iRobot treats their customers with open contempt.

I tried to buy a Roomba from iRobot website, but my purchase was rejected due to iRobot error. So I complained.

iRobot's reply was breathtaking:

"Once again our selection system proved flawless. We keep avoiding the pain in the a** customers."

This is no joke but an actual response to my complaint by iRobot's customer service. This is no malware either, as I checked, using WhoIs, that the website ([...]) actually belongs to iRobot.

This is an actual response from iRobot (Roomba manufacturers) service people, to a query in which I complained that my purchase had been rudely and groundlessly rejected. [Note: I have flawless credit history and all my credit cards work perfectly]

My message to any potential buyers is: BEWARE! These would be the people who you actually would have to deal with, should you ever require support for your Roomba. My experience makes me happy that my purchase was rejected, however erroneously.

P.S. After this experience I purchased Neato XV-11. I am very happy with this choice, and Neato went out of their way to assist the purchase process.

It broke in less than 6 months!
I WAS an IRobot fan. My first Roomba mas model 410, even though it was the cheapest model it worked fabulously well. Then I got a Scooba 380 and in the course of a year it broke 4 times. It kept going into the drying mode before completing the cleaning cycle. Every single replacement worked well for around 2 months and then it would break. In the final exchange I was so enraged for having paid 0 for this that I wanted instead of a replacement for another Scooba that would break, a Roomba. And guess what? In less than 6 months the Roomba 560 broke! It started to give the "Remove and Clean the Brushes" message. Brushes were clean, everything was checked and it kept on going with the same problem again and again. Nothing worked! End of story: These robots are a wonderful idea that doesn't work well.
Expensive toys that don't last long!
I WILL NEVER EVER AGAIN BUY ANOTHER IROBOT PRODUCT.

Poor quality, poor customer service.
Roomba #1:
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I bought my first Roomba from Target over 3 years ago and fell in love with it. The little guy does a pretty good job of cleaning. Then after a year or two, it started acting erratically and going in circles (I tried cleaning all its sensors, no luck).

Roomba #2:
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I wanted to save some money, so decided to get a more basic Roomba and went with the iRobot 110 Dirt Dog Workshop Robot. It's not a bad little machine, but it doesn't have the dust filters that other roombas have and doesn't seem to do as thorough a job of cleaning in my apartment. I can see why this is a shop robot. So I decided to get one more...

Roomba #3:
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I bought a Roomba 4235 on eBay, and it didn't work (caveat emptor!). It always had a flashing red status light, and replacing the battery didn't help, so I went with the last resort: calling customer service. It's a last resort for me because most customer service is bad. They treat you with suspicion and hostility, like every customer is calling to rip them off. Anyway, I'll save you the trouble of calling customer service if you have a similar problem:

1. Take the battery out and hold the power button down for 5 seconds. Good?

2. Okay, now put the battery back in and turn the power on. Nothing? Okay, buy a new Roomba.

Yes, that's literally what I was told to do. The lady I spoke with said it wasn't under warranty (and even if it was, that's still -40 for shipping round-trip), so the only option was to get a replacement unit. I thought maybe these would be cheaper units like OEM software that comes without the packaging or accessories, but alas, they didn't have a 4235 in stock, and she wanted to sell me a 4150 with NO ACCESSORIES for 0--basically the cost of a new Roomba. Upon prodding, I found out that NO ACCESSORIES meant no battery as well. Yeah, iRobot considers a battery as an accessory. Would you like an iRobot? Here ya go! Oh, you want to turn it on? That feature will cost you extra. Are you kidding me?

Roomba #4:
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While on the phone with iRobot, I decided to poke around online to see what new 4150s were going for... and a handfull of sites (eBay, craigslist, and a few odds & ends online retailers) were selling them for less than 0 with the battery, so I told them to cancel my order and that I'd be getting it online from someone else instead. It's a bad sign when the manufacturer can't compete with other retailers in price, especially when it comes to replacing a faulty unit.

I'm pretty tired of the run-around with this company. Either improve your quality, or lower your price. I'm considering going back to an upright vacuum. I think I can live with a few dustballs under my bed if it's going to cost me 0/year in junk technology to clean it. Thankfully there's the Neato XV-11 on the market to provide some competition. The Neato seems more advanced (it uses lasers to intelligently map out a room rather than Roomba's random bumping into things), but it also seems to be an expensive piece of technology at the moment. Still, the iRobot 610 Roomba is going for 0, and the Neaty for 0, so I'm not sure what exactly you're paying extra for with the Roomba. How is iRobot going to stay competitive against superior technology?

I don't know, but the honeymoon phase is over and this love affair is ending. I'm appealing to iRobot directly here: please take care of your loyal customers. We will pay you well and reward you with lots of referral business. Don't be cheap. I found a Roomba 4150 for 5 online, so you lost my business for and got a bad review in the process. Is the you saved really worth it?

good idea but company does not bacl product
the roomba cleans fairly good and saves work BUT THE CLEANING HEAD BREAKS EVERY 3 TO 4 MONTHS, ONCE YOUR YEAR WARRRENTY IS UP, YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY PAY FOR NEW EXPENSIVE CLEANING HEADS....IF ONLY THEY MADE A PRODUCT THAT WAS RELIEABLE OR THEY BACKED THE PARTS THEY KNOW ARE DEFECTIVEE. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY

A real good robot
This robot really does its work. My home now is clean all the day, I now never clean the room again.

Not A Goddess, but Definitely Works
Task: Started Roomba 610 in a 32 x 40 open area that includes kitchen, living and dining room, entry. Area has 3 rugs, chairs, coffee tables, end tables, speakers on the floor.
Preparation: a)Placed recharge station on a wooden part of the floor, so roomba is on a flat surface as it
approaches the recharge station. b) Moved dining room chairs from under the table and spaced them around the
room. Took less than 10 mins.

What doesn't work:
a) Roomba side brush tangles itself in fringe. If you tuck the fringe under, the
Roomba has difficulty climbing over the fringe end. Solution: Cut the fringe.
b) If there are too many small spaces the roomba needs to navigate into and out
of (e.g. a narrow sofa table between the sofa and the wall, accessible only from
under the sofa.) the roomba will use up some battery power maneuvering, and
the duration of the clean cycle will be shorter.
c) Too many speaker wires/cords: Roomba 610 is much better at detangling
itself than a friend's older model, but there is a limit.

What works: a) Cleaned a week's worth of debris and cat hair (two long haired cats) in less than an
hour, even kitchen floor debris (except for a big fat rubber band), toddled back to
recharge station and bleeped. Would have run longer but for maneuvering around chair
and table legs, over humps of rugs with fringe tucked under, etc.
b)Regular capacity debris bin was full. Took about five minutes to clean it, the filters
and the brush and roller area. Would have taken less time if I had checked out how to
re-insert the brush and roller before I popped them out.
c) Avoided stairs
d) bumps against obstacles gently, so will not remove antique table next time
e) really quiet. Much quieter than my bathroom exhaust fan. My cats dozed in the
window between bouts of following it around. I had a phone conversation (try that with
a regular vac!)
f) amused my cats and my neighbor

Worth the Extra $$? Hard to say. Programming ability is not helpful, since I have to set up the area (too many chairs, too much rug fringe) Comes with accessories. Two "Lighthouses" that either call the Roomba to the next room (lighthouse mode) when the first is cleaned, or erect an electronic barrier to keep it out of areas (virtual wall mode), plus extra brushes, rollers, filters etc and larger capacity bin, all neatly stored in a case. Seems to run longer than my friend's older model. I bought it for the capacity and so far, do not regret it.

gary
Love it. Our home is open to dust and dirt, and this keeps the floors very clean. We live on St. Croix (us virgin islands), where dust and dirt is an every day thing. So far it is great.

Roomba is still the best
I own two Roomba 560s and now the Neato XV-11. After watching the Neato produced videos, I was pretty enthusiastic. According to Neato, the XV-11 won't hit your furniture and will cover an entire room by doing the perimeter and then going back and forth across the room the way you'd normally vacuum. Neither claim is totally accurate.

1. The XV-11 WILL hit your walls and furniture: While the XV-11 doesn't hit walls and furniture nearly as often as the Roomba (which uses its bumper to detect when to change direction), the XV-11 WILL hit your furniture and other items from time to time when the laser is unable to "see" the item. This seems to happen most often with irregularly shaped objects, where the portion at the level of the XV-11's laser is farther out than the portion that the XV-11's bumper actually hits.

2. The XV-11 misses some portions of the room: While the XV-11 does do the perimeter and then attempts to cover the entire room by going back and forth, I found that the XV-11 created long, thin islands of missed areas as it went back and forth. As the XV-11 turns around to come back, it goes just a bit too far and thus leaves a long thin gap in between where it went down one way and where it comes back the other way. As a result, the Roomba, which bounces around randomly, seems to do a better job at covering an entire room.

3. The Roomba has better battery life: The XV-11 does finish the room much more quickly than the Roomba, but the Roomba's battery life is significantly better. My XV-11 did two rooms before needing to re-charge, and my Roomba can usually get through 3 or 4.

4. The Roomba picks up more dirt and dust: For a cleaning test, I had the XV-11 go over a room twice, and then sent the Roomba in. In a single run, the Roomba picked up more dust and dirt than the XV-11 had in the two prior passes combined.

Given that the Roomba is significantly cheaper and works better overall, if I had to pick one, I'd take the Roomba.

Best Vacuum Robot!
Used to own a Roomba, and quickly realized how very dumb it was; just bounced everywhere. The XV-11 methodically cleans the house, and does a good job of it. For me, its useful for keeping the pet hair down.

Best Vacuum Robot
I am the owner of 4 Roomba vacuum cleaner robots (4 different versions since September 2002) from IRobot. I received my Neato Robotic vacuum cleaner on the second week of August 2010 and my Roomba looks like toys compare to Neato Robotics. The vacuum is strong, my pet's hair doesn't get stuck in the brush (I didn't have to clean it once and I used to clean my Roomba brush after every run), it is fast (entire room in 10 minutes compare to 50 minutes with Roomba). It doesn't hit walls and furnitures like my Roomba does. This is what I called Automation at your service.

The Best and Smartest methodical robotic vacuum ever!!!!!!!
My Neato XV-11 is the most awesome robotic vacuum cleaner on the market today. With RPS technology, to a scheduler it really cleans my house methodically with out missing any spots. I know I sound like an infomercial but all of this is true, it has really good suction power and I never have to be at home to vacuum anymore. Just like the Jetsons Rosie the robot and the robot vacuum, the Neato makes me feel like i'm in the future!!!!!!!!!!!

Review by; Patrick Austin Eng

"I" Vacuum Frequently, Now That We've Got The NEATO XV-11: Watch My "Neato-Cam" Videos
Neatoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

On a scale of 1 to 10: my new, first-off-of the production line* Neato XV-11 Robotic All-Floor Vacuum Cleaner is an 11.

It's an understatement to say, I am thrilled with my Neato that arrived Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Who knew that vacuuming could be so much fun.

In the last few months, my wife and I noticed that she had been coughing a lot in the bedroom, so we (or I should really say she) did a deep clean of the bedroom: tumbled-dusted the curtains in the dryer; vacuumed under the bed (with our Oreck XL Pro Plus Vacuum that we also love for its light weight and deep cleaning); changed the bed liner (already hypo-allergenic); removed dust gathering magazines: you get the picture. While the bedroom felt much cleaner, she was still coughing intermittently. So, perhaps she needed to visit an allergist.

Then, "I" vacuumed the bedroom with my Neato XV-11 (including under the bed). I couldn't believe how much dirt was in the dirt bin. So, "I" immediately vacuumed the bedroom with Neato a second time, and, while not as much dirt, enough that I ran Neato two more times: four times in all.

The result: my wife no longer coughs in the bedroom. Period. That's huge! My wife agrees that Neato's best feature is its ability to vacuum under our bed (and do a deep clean of the carpets. (A close second is that "I" vacuum more more frequently!) We love that Neato does base boards, corners and cleans around bed legs and support posts. It just works!

It's fun to watch Neato vacuum. ("I am" vacuuming now.) Press the start button, and Neato comes alive. First, Neato starts out slowly to get the "lay of the land" and then - those nice, neat(o) rows that gives the carpet a "racked" look like a lawn that has been professionally cut. Plus, "I" can vacuum while we're out to dinner. In my home office, about the size of four bedrooms, Neato needs to re-charge once to complete the space. That said, Neato "knew" it needed to re-charge (in its charging based station); re-charged and remembered where it left off to finish the cleaning - all on its own. "I" vacuum frequently, now that we've got Neato.

To read more of my Neato XV-11 review (includes my 'Neato-Cam' video, please visit my blog: [...] (7/27/10)

*Disclosure: I won the first-off-the-production-line Neato XV-11 at the Last Gadget Standing competition at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by screaming the longest and loudest that I want the robotic vacuum cleaner.