I bought this for a small project I wanted to pursue and it worked very well. It doesn't take too long to heat up and it seems to be built solidly. It is slightly smaller than other irons I have used in the past and I found this to be an advantage, since soldering can be quite tricky at times!

Recommended if you are looking for a good, cheap soldering iron.

This is a great value, effective CPU cooling fan. The metal rings absorb and convect extra hot air and the fan is big an powerful. I can run my Q6600 at 34 degrees when browsing the net and 54 degrees whilst playing high-spec games such as Crysis. The lights are a nice touch too.

All in all a great product, thoroughly recommended!

Those taylors in Harrogate have certainly had the technique within their grasps for many years. The technique, that is, of making the perfect cup of tea. Being that they are one of the few remaining tea merchants in the United Kingdom, their cup suggests prestige over the mainstream brand.

Yorkshire Tea is perfect in the morning before work, during the day, during Corrie and as a night cap before bed. In fact, Yorkshire is just as versatile as the humble glass of Sheffield tap water! How the brew is made is a matter of great importance; the water must be boiling with vigor prior to pouring and must not have been boiled on a previous occasion. The bag should be brewed generously before squeezing it against the side of the mug and a few minutes should be left for it to cool before drinking, lest you burn your tea-tasting buds, rendering the ritual invalid.

The 480 pack is not perfect in terms of quantity, though opulent in quality.

We have all witnessed the triumphs of titles such as Civilisation and its sequels, but Civ City has nothing new to bring to the table. In fact, it appears to bring nothing to the table at all. Playability is a big issue with this game and despite its adequate visual quality it lacks any direction in the story mode and in free form.

I found one of the major issues to be the extent to which the player is able to zoom out; present also in Sim City Societies, this restriction makes it difficult to oversee large areas of land. Instead, you are locked onto a close-up whereever you go. The narration is terrible. Whatever action you take, your very irritating advisor pipes out with the most ridiculous, basic advice that a five year old wouldn't need. "You can't cite a town centre over water", really?

The tasks you are given in the story mode lack excitement and attention. Missions such as producing a certain ammount of olive oil to impress the emperor didn't captivate me at all.

I got bored of this game very quikly and will recede back to the classics such as Age of Empires and Pharoah. Not recommended.

Tropico employs tactical skills and sharp leadership and is by no means a walk in the park. The game sits level with Sim City in terms of the challenge of raising a stable income and pleasing your public.

In a nutshell, Tropico lands you on a small, barely inhabited island and relies upon you building a town in which your earn as much dosh as humanly possible through the maniplulation of trade, taxes and legislation. Certain aspects of gameplay can be modified on a sliding scale of government leniency, from relaitve freedom of speech and media, to absolute control of the peoples' minds and souls.

What I particularly enjoyed about this game was its capability to operate like titles aimed for younger audiences such as The Sims and Sim City, all the while having the scope to be a heavy-handed, almost criminal-orientated style of game. This is evident through the player's ability to have tourists or residents 'cancelled' at will by your military guard, or just locked up forever.

I tend to find that graphics are not a pressing issue for this genre of game. Yes, they are somewhat grainy and the texture resolution is minimal, but the fun comes from within the gameplay and not purely from the visuals (at least with Tropico).

Overall, I would definitely recommend this game for anyone who wishes to revisit a blast from the past. Hours of fun guaranteed!

Space... The final frontier for mankind, but not for the Celestron Astromaster 130EQ. I have always found that one can appreciate his/her existence on Earth with more poignance when looking into the depths of the universe.

With this telescope I looked back in time as I studied light coming from Venus on it's 584th day of its relative terrestrial orbit over the night sky, travelling at 35 kilometres per second around our star. My experience was uninterrupted as the telescope's legs stood sturdy all the while, whilst my legs trembled with excitement. Its heavy contruction meant that I could store it in my garden shed without fear that a burglar would carry it away soon after. The powerful lens made it easy for me to spy on the Messier 92 constellation, let alone the semi-naked woman three blocks down. The CD ROM contains an excellent image gallery bursting with high resolution photographs, higher resloution dare I say, than the pictures in my copy of Nuts! magazine.

I am extremely happy with this telescope and hope you will be too...

I and fellow flight simmers have been waiting for an A380 add-on since the day the aircraft was scheduled into service. This software quite faithfully replicates all that is gargantuan about the record-breaking airliner. It is easy to appreciate the power of the four Rolls Royce Trent 900's when taking the A380 down the runway and lifting its magnificent fuselage into the air.

What the product does lack, however, is the A380 cockpit atmosphere; there seems to be nothing exclusive to its real life counterpart other than the blue of the flight deck panels. The autopilot is basic at its best and the sound set is nothing above what you would hear from any default FS aircraft.

Criticisms aside, you get your money's worth since it is A LOT of fun to fly! I particularly enjoyed the eye candy such as exit stairs and baggage loaders. The selection of liveries is also good. Moreover there is no detremental impact on frame rates either.

Overall a great fun add-on which sufficiently replicates the A380 in all its glory. Thoroughly recommended!

That's one less minor inconvenience to deal with, since this watch automatically keeps the correct time. So what are you paying for that you wouldn't get on a run-of-the-mill digital watch? For a start, it's a Casio so you get immediate assurance that it will do the job properly. It's a G-Shock meaning that as long as you're not near a crusher yard it should survive the perils of everyday activities (unless you work in a crusher yard). Here's a short list of some of the cool features this watch has:

- It's part solar powered, resulting in increased battery life of up to 10 years.

- You can record the time and date instantly with the press of a button which actually comes in handy once in a while.

- Certain functions sleep when they're not needed which conserves even more power.

Overall this is a great watch and I would definitely recommend it!

I abstained from writing a review for this power supply for at least 9 months since the main issue with power supplies is their reliability. Having used the supply now for almost a year I have experienced no problems whatsoever. There isn't a great deal else that I can say other than that it gives my PC all the juice it needs.

I would recommend a couple of things to ensure that you PSU lasts for as long as possible:

- Connect you PC to a surge protector and RCD (if your mains doesn't have one fitted already)

- Make sure that your components' net power consumption doesn't exceed the PSU rating (630W is plenty for a quad core processor and one high-end graphics card). However if you intend to use multiple cards you will need at least 1000W)

Overall, from what I have experienced thus far, I would highly recommend this power supply.

Transporting cymbals for gigs or practices is very difficult without a cymbal bag. There is a large compartment for your ride cymbal(s) and a smaller section for your crashes. I have managed to pack up to 5 cymbals in the bag and it still remains fully intact.

This cymbal bag has made the process of moving my drum kit much easier over the years and I would recommend it to all drummers!