Book Reviews and Money Saving Tips

It's blue, it is peppermint and does not taste bad.   It appears to freshen my breath.   I soaked my mouth guard in it and it gave the mouth guard a nice minty flavor too. I have no idea if it actually kills germs or prevents gingivitis.   Same as the 12 hour protection and plaque reduction, no one has complained about my breath since I have used it but no one complained before I used it either.   Plaque reduction probably is a very long term thing but one can only hope.   I like it better then the 800 pound listerine gorilla. ·                         12 hour protection ·                         Alcohol free ·                ...

This is one of those things that you won' think about until you need it.   I find the sound from my speaker phone on my S4 is adequate, no better than adequate.  I paired this puppy with my phone and had excellent clarity.   The recipient of my call said I sounded fine but with the "tunnel" sound that often occurs with speaker phones.  I successfully paired with the Bluetooth on my cell phone.  I was unable to get the speakerphone to pair with my Acer tablet.  This was somewhat surprising as I have a Logitech Bluetooth keyboard and a Logitech Bluetooth mouse successfully paired with the same tablet.   I even turned off my cell phone thinking it might be interfering but the documentation for the speakerphone states that up to eight devices can be connected but with only two simultaneously active.   Rebooted the tablet and the speakerphone several times to see if that was the issue.   I went to the Logitech...

10 Neodymium Magnets 1/2 x 1/8 inch Disc N48 Arrows show where magnets are attached to hold the new door.  At $8.00 on Amazon,these magnets are pretty darn cool.  The magnets are roughly the size of a Tums and they are strong!  They come in a stack and they are a bit difficult to separate.  6.1 pounds of pull doesn't sound like much but when you stick one of these puppies on a flat metal surface you either need very strong fingernails or be able to slide it off the surface on which you place it.   I'm a re-purposer, sometimes referred to as Rube Goldbergerish.   I was not happy with the back of my new grill being open to the world.   I took the side of an old computer tower, spray painted black and used it across the back of the grill.  Rather than purchasing hinges, I thought I would see if I could the metal on the grill cart with magnets.   Surprise, surprise, it worked just fine.   There is s...

             Batteries seem to be batteries regardless of the name or price.  I stay away from the no name battery.  The Maxell have given me good life in kids toys, tooth brushes and flashlights.   The Wii controller seems to blow through whatever battery it has in it so why pay an arm and a leg for the lithium.   The lithium batteries do last much longer but for the price differential these batteries are an excellent deal at $8.80 for 36 batteries at Amazon.   If reviewing a product, it may have been received free of charge. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.

Not Me The jeans fit exactly how I expected.   I had purchased what I thought was the same pair of jeans at Costco for ten dollars more than the price I got   at Amazon for   $26.40.    I tried to get all the correct numbers off of the label and order the exact same thing  at Amazon.   Levi has a very difficult to decipher part number.   They also have a wide range of colors.   If I am buying a new pair of jeans, I prefer them looking like new jeans, I will add the wear as I wear them.    The one I got from Amazon are the same color every where but on the thighs which have that slightly faded look.   Since they fit so well I kept them but I was disappointed that they were not exactly what I wanted.   However at the price I couldn't turn them down.   A plea to Levi, you have all kinds of labels and printing on the inside of the jeans,  how about putting a clear reorder number and or color name so if y...

A hair dryer review by a bald guy is somewhat amusing.  I bought this for my wife who luckily is not bald.  The dryer is quieter than her last one which was supposed to be quiet and certainly wasn't.   Quietness is very subjective while this is quieter I don't see how all you haired folks stand that noise for the length of time it takes to dry your hair.  This does a good job.   If reviewing a product, it may have been received free of charge. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.

This is a simple plastic strip with teeth on it.  You shove it into your dirty drain and it pulls out stuff that you really don't want me to describe.   The crap that comes out of the sink trap could star in it's own horror movie. The price is silly for what you get but since it works, it is hard to complain and it is only about $100.00 cheaper than have a plumber make a call.  At $5.00 at Amazon it really isn't priced too crazy.  If reviewing a product, it may have been received free of charge. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.