Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Normande Lighting GP5-803A LED Book Light with Magnifier, 4-Piece

I like the idea of this type of lamp, but I felt the title was a little misleading. It should not be called a "book light," as one certainly can't read a book with this.  This light with magnifier works well for reading brief texts that are too small to see otherwise, but let me emphasize brief.

You certainly can't read a book with this, as the light only covers very small portions of page. But for small pieces of text, this works well. The LED light is convenient and comfortable.

 The overall design is on the cheap side--the plastic is easily breakable and I found the battery compartment hard to open. Batteries are not included with the light, you have to purchase thems separately.

SMS Audio Street by 50 Cent Wired On-Ear Headphones - Black

As a music addict, I was looking forward to trying these out. My main impressions (both good and bad): Cons: The headphones are heavy and rigid to wear. Despite the soft cushions on the earcups, I felt that they pressed too hard and I felt like my ears were going to pop. Also, there's no active noise cancellation. Pros: Excellent sound quality. The headphones are attractively designed and come with a carry case and soft cleaning cloth. Thanks to their design, the headphones are foldable and fit well into the compact carrying case included with them. They also have a built-in microphone(in the event you want to interrupt your music to take a call), and hook up to pretty much anything--ipad, mp3 players, cd players, you name it. (The only requirement is that the audio device have a 3.5 mm stereo jack, but I can't think of one that doesn't).