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We are buying a home and the previous owner was a chain smoker. We are repainting the walls and replacing the carpets and drapes. What else do we need to do in order to ensure that the smell of cigarette smoke doesn't return?
Any help is appreciated... |
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- Posted by ambergem(firstname.lastname@example.com) onWed, Jul 25, 01 at 18:59
Greetings, I was told that the ceiling gets the tar and nicotine the worst as the exhaled smoke finds its way up to the ceiling. We had professionals look at my MIL's house - a self-built beautiful ranch, imported wood floors, equisite, but the ceilings were ruined by smoke!!! They wanted alot of money to work on it (I'm not sure what they were going to use) to get the inbeded tar and nicotine out. Sorry not much help, but you may have to deal with the ceiling. |
- Posted by dianasdolls (My Page) on Mon, Jul 30, 01 at 7:11
I detest cigarette smoke myself. I forbid anyone to smoke in my home and avoid it when out if at all possible. I am allergic to it and have had to remove cigarette smoke from some purchases I've made online where the seller never mentioned they smoked. ambergem is right, you might want to re-sheetrock or repaint the ceiling, depending on the finish of the ceiling of course. If it's not a popcorn ceiling and is textured like the walls, repainting should be fine. Be sure to thoroughly clean any non-carpeted floors, such as wood or lineoleum. You may want to get the furnace ducts vacuumed out/cleaned (call a furnace place for a quote - ours was around $200). If any insulation was exposed to the living part of the house, such as an unfinshed room or non-sheetrocked garage, than it may need replaced to get rid of the smell. The best thing to use is your nose. You may look strange, but sniff everything in the house you're not sure about for cigarette smell. If it smells, clean or replace it. When you can't smell it anymore, then you should be completely free of the smell, permanently. Good luck! Diana |
- Posted by Marilyn(email@example.com) onFri, Aug 17, 01 at 11:02
I also bought a house from two chain smokers. I regret that I did. I am not bothered with the smell anymore. That eventually dissapates. But, they painted over all the nicotine walls. Also check the wall outlets. Darn hard to clean them, only recourse is replace them. I have not replaced ours yet, and it disgusts me everytime I look at them. I can't tell you how many rolls of paper it took to clean the kitchen cabinets. |
- Posted by Liz(firstname.lastname@example.com) onFri, Aug 17, 01 at 11:27
You can clean the outlet covers, soak them in hot water and bleach; provided they're not wood. If they are wood paint them. I'd use Kilz on the ceiling, covers the stains. A good airing out of the house should help too. You could try Ozium in the furnace registers and replace the filter. |
- Posted by grammyof14 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 29, 02 at 17:00
What about getting the smoke our of wood furniture, bought a piece online and it has that odor. Not bad mind you but enough. I don't allow smoking in "my" house |
Hi Kendall... I think you will be in pretty good shape when you are finished. Just one additional thought. If you have forced air heat, you may want to wipe out your cold air returns and heat vents, because the ciggy smoke circulates through and leaves residue. Grammy: You can take a damp cloth with a small amount of detergent and wipe your wood furniture for the hard surfaces. For the upholstery, rent a Rug Doctor carpet cleaner and use the furniture attachment with some ammonia in hte cleaning solution. That will do it. If the smell isn't too bad, just faint, you can mix 50/50 water and clear ammonia and lightly mist the cushions, etc. Sometimes that's enough to make it liveable. |
We were both heavy smokers and gave up the nasty habit 4 years ago because of the damage smoke did to the walls, wallpaper, furniture, etc. The constant expense of re-painting and decorating finally got to us!!! Anyhow, either your painters or the store you are buying paint (if a do-it-yourself job) from will know what you have to put on the walls prior to painting. The painter's hate the smell of it, but it sure works. We've always hired it done, so don't know the name of the product, but there are more than one. |
you need to seal in the smell like a waterstain-- use kilz/bullseye stuff as a primer after cleaning and before painting |
If smoke odors and stains bother you, why then would you even consider buying a house from a smoker? It should be obvious when you inspect the house if a smoker lived or lives there! After all, it's a buyers market and if enough people refuse to buy into these homes, it will force the owners to do the repairs themselves in order to sell. |
- Posted by kasefofane (My Page) on Wed, Aug 7, 02 at 14:32
In some places it's a seller's market and there isn't time to be picky! We just closed on a house we bought as an income property and it was only during repainting that we realized that you can't paint over years of smoke staining. After 24 hours it comes right through the new white ceiling paint to make it beige. No smell anymore but it is frustrating not to have white ceilings. |
I've experienced this same problem - three coats of latex-based ceiling paint, and the next day, you can see the brown bleading though. Disgusting. To paint over smoke stained surfaces, use a fast drying oil based primer/sealer, or better yet, a lacquer based primer/sealer, to seal the surface. "Kilz" is one good brand that comes to mind. However, use plenty of ventilation while applying as the odor is very strong (open all windows, and put fans in them to exhaust the air), don't stop painting once you start (or the paint will immediately dry on the brush or roller), and be prepared to throw away the rollers and brushes at the end of each day of painting - my painting experience indicates that lacquer based products are next to impossible to completely clean off of brushes - but the lacquer based products will stop any stain from bleeding through. Once dry, top coat with two coats of high quality latex paint - I use Benjamin-Moore. |
I had this problem when I purchased an SUV from a heavy smoker....I used febreeze heavy duty/deep cleaning to spray the entire cloth interior including the roof...I also used ammonia to clean the steering wheel and dash. This seemed to work, the car no longer smells, but I'm not sure how ammonia would work on wood or sheetrock.... |
Just a thought. After hearing what damage cigarette smoke does to a house, don't you wonder how anyone can suck that stuff into their lungs every day? |
- Posted by Nestor_Kelebay (My Page) on Sun, Sep 22, 02 at 2:06
Ken: This is my first time in this forum, and perhaps it's good that I read this post. I own a small apartment block, and I can tell you cigarette smoke is not hard to clean off of walls. The problem is that because it gets everywhere, you have to clean everywhere. Mr. Clean and water will remove it from the walls. Use a sponge mop the clean the ceiling with Mr. Clean and a squeegee on a pole to collect that dirty water so it drips onto the floor. Then use clean water to rinse with the sponge mop. I use a tool made especially for cleaning walls and ceilings called a Taski "Vertica" tool, which is basically a rubber squeegee that you can attach a vaccuum hose to to collect the liquids the squeegee wipes off. Once the walls and ceilings are clean, most of the remaining cigarette odor will be coming from the carpet, and you can remove that by shampooing. Cigarette smoke dissolves readily in water, which is why it'll stain latex paints. Launder the drapes. Also wipe off both sides of doors. You can tell cigarette smoke staining on walls because it will result in small brown drops forming on the walls about a foot from the ceiling. Removing cigarette smoke is hard only because it gets on everything so you have to clean everything, not because it's difficult to remove from a surface. |
One of the most difficult rooms to remove cigarette smell from is a bathroom, and the more area that's tiled, the worse it is to remove. Not because of the tile but because of the grout, especially if the grout was never sealed. My late husband was a heavy smoker and in particular used the main bathroom (which he completely tiled in brown and beige so that it "wouldn't show anything"!) as a major smoking room. Even after serious scrubbing, the bathroom still permanently smelled after almost a year of no one smoking in it! And if anyone was foolish enough to run a hot bath or a shower, the stench was unbearable because the steam just seemed to release it even more from the odor-saturated grout. I can't even describe how disgusting it was. For a tiled smokers' bathroom area, then, I would recommend nothing less than a rip-out of the walls. |
I had a similar problem and after trying just about every cleaning product known to mankind, I tried Formula 409 and it did an AMAZING job, especially on the woodwork. I highly recommend it for anyone facing a similar problem. |
- Posted by sycamore_guy (My Page) on Wed, Dec 4, 02 at 11:14
All I can say is good luck. Long ago we bought a house from chain smokers. Ripped out every carpet. Scubbed every hard surface with TSP (still available then). Sealed with Kilz. Painted or wallpapered. Tiled some floors. Five years later you could still smell a hint of smoke if the house was sealed up for a few days. We got the house at a good price, and sold it at a profit, but I suspect it STILL smells of smoke for whoever has it now. I think the smoke penetrated into the framing. |
The best way to hide/mask the smell of cigarette smoke is to sit down in your BIG easy chair and light up a BIG FAT Cigar. |
I'm amazed at all this. I smoked for 15 years in my current house and there was always smokers there. After quitting the smell dissipated fairly quickly and we've never had any problems. |
Johnbron - best anwser I've ever seen on this board! I long for the days of smoking the occasional cigar in my house (5 year old girl and 2 year old boy have put a stop to this). Mike K |
I'm amazed at all this. I smoked for 15 years in my current house and there was always smokers there. After quitting the smell dissipated fairly quickly and we've never had any problems.. You also may have lost your sense of smell, worm. |
Actually, I think that the smell of cigarette smoke is often MORE offensive to ex-smokers than non-smokers. I have no trouble smelling cigarette smoke. Anyway, if people say the smell is still there, I guess it is. I was just commenting that it's hard for me to believe that after more than a couple of months, it's still there. Especially after painting, etc. I guess I'm of no help here. |
- Posted by CindyBelleZ6NJ (My Page) on Mon, Apr 7, 03 at 18:07
All of these suggestions are good ones, here is one more-wash everything you can down with Simple Green, don't dilute it too much. Then do paint with a stain blocking primer first, like Kilz or Bin. |
I used a regular old everyday mop and light bleach solution to clean the ceilings of smoke. Worked great, didn't take long and no ladder to fall off! An old farmers trick is to put a drop of black paint in the white paint to keep it from yellowing, don't know if it will work in this situation. Also, try a drop of vanilla (real) in the paint, smells better than paint. |
- Posted by patricia43 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 13, 06 at 14:24
My kids bought a very run down (what was once an extremely gorgeous home) from a law professor and lawyer, both of whom were chain smokers. Had lived there almost 25 years and never mowed the lawn or cleaned the house. The curtains were rotted from nicotine and had been there since the 1960s, never cleaned, and rotted vegetables in the pantry. They cleaned with 409 and then used Kilz after removing 42 volunteer seedling trees from the yard, grinding stumps, taking down all the draperies, cleaning the pantry and then installed new appliances (the old ones no longer even worked). Their house after all this time and no smoking smells like a new clean Sonoma Williams store. No traces of nicotine, tobacco and no traces of unhappiness from the neighbors now. |
- Posted by hamptonmeadow (My Page) on Tue, Oct 3, 06 at 11:41
I am a smoker, and yes, why would we smoke when we know how bad it is for us? It's an addiction and one of the most difficult addictions to quit permanently. We sold our house and it had no smell because we used a product called ATMOSCLEAR. You can buy it at some Ace Hardware stores. I sprayed it on furniture, ceilings, floors, carpets, tile, drapes and just about everywhere but walls, which we primed with kilz and painted. Nobody could tell I smoked and the current owners don't know I was a smoker. The house smells fine. I asked them. I heard about this stuff from a car dealer, who said they used it to rid cars of smoke before selling them. It works! Good luck,really do try this stuff. I was so worried our new house would smell when we moved the furniture. The furniture does not smell. |
If the smell is so bad and the walls/ceilings/floors are ruined by the smoke, then your offer to buy should reflect the damage. It's amazing, though, how much we'll worry about smelling the old cigarette smoke, but not about all the chemicals we are inhaling in the new paint and carpet. Talk about carcinogens. But they smell good, so no complaints. There's something wrong in that, but that's for another post, I guess. Besides, even worse than old smoke odor is the smell of animal urine. We rented a house to people who had cats (they weren't suppossed to) and had to replace the carpet, paint, clean the ducts and bleach down the cement basement floors after they moved out. It was horrible. Never again. |
For painted walls and ceilings, and for hard (not wood or carpet) floors, clean them using TSP (tri-sodium phosphate, available at big home centers and most hardware stores.) Scrub well, watch the nicotine-stained water run down the walls, let dry thoroughly (days), and THEN prime. The smell can leach through primer if you don't wash the nicotine off the walls first. One thing to know: the house will stink like a seedy bar while the walls are wet. It's nasty. Open as many windows and doors as you can. (We did this for our first house, previously owned by chain-smokers, and it worked very well. We used Kilz brand primer after scrubbing with the TSP.) |
Don't neglect the closets. You could clean the whole house but if you forget the closet you'll be greeted with that stale smell every time you open the doors...for years! |
- Posted by chicoryflower (My Page) on Tue, Feb 20, 07 at 2:56
Why oh why would anyone think that ammonia and heavy duty chemical cleaners would be better for their lungs than stale old nicotine? |
- Posted by russmahogany (My Page) on Sat, Mar 10, 07 at 0:26
My brotherinlaw is a chain cigar smoker. I think this is just or more disgusting as cigarette smoke, whichmy sister-in-law claims to be allergic to, but she claims cigar smoke is not bad for you. I don't allow him to smoke those stinky things in my house but my wife (a non smoker and never has) says I'm being unreasonable. |
- Posted by pineviewplanter (My Page) on Sat, Mar 10, 07 at 12:58
I quit smoking 7 years ago... Now bear in mind this home is only 10 years old, so that means I smoked in it for 3 years. Well, we finally pulled out the carpet after steam cleaning it about a kazillion times... It would smell okay for a week or so, than here comes the ciggie stench again... When we pulled the carpet out we washed the wall, and ceiling down with a bit of vineger in warm water...with a couple of drops of Dawn mixed in. It worked better than anything else we tried. Then we painted over it with WalMart paint. The place smells soooo nice and clean and looks awesome too. I can no longer tolerate even the tiniest whiff of smoke... Horrid stench it is.. |
- Posted by nancy_in_mich (My Page) on Mon, Apr 16, 07 at 21:21
"Active oxygen" sounds like a marketing synonym for ozone. My first DH was a chemical engineer. One of the labs he worked in at grad school had ozone in it as part of a research project. He was required to wear a badge that monitored his exposure to ozone because after a certain amount of exposure, he would not be allowed back in that room. Ozone damages the lungs. It is the part of smog that makes people with breathing problems drop like flies. See the EPA link below about ozone generators used for air cleaners. Some hotels have taken to saying that all of their rooms are "nonsmoking rooms." They allow smoking in the rooms, but can use the ozone generator in the room for a few hours and claim that it cleaned out all of the cigarette smell. It is then renamed a "nonsmoking" room. We stayed in a room like this and the smell was not gone. I coughed all night. Just think about the staff at these hotels. They are in there with the ozone at high levels to remove the machines, to clean, prepare the rooms... and no one is protecting them or giving them information about their risk. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Ozone air cleaners.
Hi, i just found this forum, and it's been very useful! I need to fix up a rental house i own, which was smoked in for 3 years, then lived in by a family who also smoked dope, weren't too clean, and had 2 big sweaty hairy dogs. Problem: i wonder if i can just start with a good primer (like Bin) and skip the wall washing? Becuase these walls were spraytextured and extremely difficult (not even sure how to do so) to wash first. |
- Posted by chinacat_sunflower (My Page) on Mon, Dec 10, 07 at 14:13
1) thank you all for reminding me why I smoke out on the enclosed porch, and never in my own home (mind you, I'm a strict pack-a-week gal, so it's not such a hardship) 2)AlisonJ - Dogs don't sweat, they don't have sweat glands, and most of the tar from the dope stays in dope smoker's lungs - but there are two ways to clean a textured wall - one is by hosing it down heavily enough to aid in scraping the nasty stuff off the walls once and for all, and then raise the rent on the place to attract a better class of renter (there are clean hippies out there - messy, maybe, but not dirty) the other alternitive is an old fashioned, long-bristled scrub brush - you can find one cheap in the auto section of K mart or Big Lots, they have fairly soft bristles, and won't damage anything. mixing a dash of Z'out in with the Mr Clean (or other cleaner of your choice) will help break up things like smoke film, sweat, dog drool, and the like (we're talking a tablespoon in a 3 gallon bucket) sounds like a bother? |
- Posted by blue_velvet_elvis (My Page) on Mon, Dec 24, 07 at 7:48
I can 't find ATMOSCLEAR as anything other than a reference here or as an enviromental organization. It sounds encouraging though. DH is a smoker, he goes in his little smoking room and has a fan that directs the smoke outdoors built into the wall but sometimes the rest of our home smells like smoke as well. |
- Posted by Nicole Gourlie(firstname.lastname@example.com) onFri, Jan 7, 11 at 16:06
I moved into a fixer-upper house with smokers and pets (an extreme case) and tested many products from vinegar to toxic TSP. I ended up using QUICK N BRITE an all purpose environmentally safe cleaner and it out cleaned everything the cigarette smoke and tar off the walls so easily! It was so nice because there were no chemicals or fumes (Like TSP or Vinegar) We mixed a light solution of the concentrated Quick n Brite and sprayed it on the walls using a 3 gallon bug/weed sprayer then brushed it with a large push broom. We removed the carpet next so didn't have to worry about making a mess which was nice, but you could easily clean on a smaller scale with a spray bottle and scrub brushes if you had to worry about a mess! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Quick n Brite
- Posted by hpkgill(firstname.lastname@example.com) onFri, Apr 8, 11 at 13:00
i live in a townhouse in michigan where the weather changes every 20 mins but the ppl who moved next door smoke inside the house and everytime they smoke i am stuck with smell that i cant bear my mom gets sick. i dont know what to do.. its cold 9 months out of the year i cant open windows every day to keep the smell out and the smell in the basement is the worse i pick 1 day a week to wash laundry so that i dont get sick. its hell if anyone knows how to keep the smell out please let me know. the worse part is i work from home so i am home all day. |
"toxic TSP" TSP is one of the ultimate examples of the dose making the poison. TSP is used in vitamins as a source of phosphorous. Its ability to cause chemical burns when dissolved in hot water is a lot worse than its toxicity. |
- Posted by lynneblack (My Page) on Thu, Sep 22, 11 at 21:26
I agree about the ozone generator, I had a friend who managed a hotel and they used them in rooms all the time and said they work really well. I had a rental once where the tenants smoked, I primed and painted everything and cleaned and sealed grout and any porous surfaces, cleaned drapes and blinds and I did not detect any smoke odor even a year later |
my old home was from previous smokers, the smell wasn't too too bad, but it was rough at first. i just kept the windows open for a while and plenty of air fresheners |
I am a smoker, but I don't smoke in my apartment. Former smokers and never been smokers tell me my apt. doesn't smell of smoke. This is what I did 1: Washed down the walls. I couldn't wash the ceilings, because they're that cardboard cheap stuff. The ceiling in my kitchen has been painted over, but none of the others have. 2: Washed in hot water and bleach, or simply got rid of any and all curtains. Disposed of all blinds too. (They were cheap, so it didn't matter, if you have expensive blinds that are made of plastic you could probably wash them down with hot water. 3: Sniffed around my place a lot and ran around with a bottle of Dawn power dissolve. Honestly, that stuff worked fantastic for the little corners and things I found where the smell would linger. I also used several bottles cleaning all around my windows, in the little cracks, etc. I always made sure to do this on warm days so I could keep the windows open 4: Speaking of windows, when I was home, I lived without the AC, bought a bunch of cheap box fans, and ran them in reverse in every room I could. When I wasn't home, I ran the dehumidifier. The problem with cig. smoke is that it's sticky. (Smoke from various illegal substances is even worse, I know this because the people who lived here before us smoked a lot of that) The moment any moisture gets in, it mixes with any dried sticky smoke and hydrates it, making it much smellier. The humidifier dried it up. 5: Again, washed down the walls, after several months of "Fan when home, humidifier when not" 6: Scrubbed bathroom tile with Dawn power dissolve and then used a Clorox bleach pen on the grout. 7: Bought a shark floor steamer and washed the kitchen floor quite often. That eliminated the need for any harsh floor detergent. Distilled water works the best in one of those, and you can get a gallon of the stuff for about a buck. It worked wonderful, especially getting into the little cracks. 8: For the carpeted floors? (which is everything but the kitchen and bathroom) I knew that would be a problem, so I just went crazy on it. Made carpet freshener from baking soda. For every box, I mixed a half a teaspoon of cinnamon. Try this before you do it yourself, because some people find that even that little can make them sneeze. I took each room, one at a time, pulled the furniture out, sprinkled the carpet freshener liberally around the room and left it. Preferably, I did this when we were going out for a few hours. When I came home I vacuumed. Did this with each room about three times, then I would... 9: Rent a carpet steamer (Or, call a professional, but renting was cheaper) steam cleaned the carpets. 10: Continued to vacuum and use my home made freshener whenever possible. Didn't move all the heavy furniture out of the way anymore though, unless it was spring/fall cleaning. Just vacuumed as I normally do, but used the freshener. 11: Put boxes of baking soda into all closets and in cabinets. (after cleaning them, of course) Since doors and cabinets are kept shut, it's hard for them to be aired out. The baking soda helped a lot. Also, if I could I kept the doors open. The biggest problem? People who came over started griping that they could smell the cat's litter boxes, when they never had before. So, we learned to changed them the moment someone came over. (Not that we don't changed them a lot anyway, but we'd go to the extra effort) and also switched to a sawdust type litter that works better than any litter I've ever tried at covering up the smell with a natural scent (pine or cedar) No, I didn't use baking soda in the litter box, never found it helped all that much. I do put a layer of newspaper on the bottom though, to help absorb the urine. Since I use the newspaper for compost, (only for non edible gardening) I never felt guilty about using it for the cats. And, my cat box is 12 years old and the bottom looks brand new. |
- Posted by royalsmith (My Page) on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 7:55
you are described in your post that you are used repainting walls and replacing carpets, drapes. smell of cigarette badly effect to human health,so it can't avoid.Use baking soda on the fabric of furniture and carpets frequently.Use services of home disaster company for permanent solution. |
- Posted by desertdance (My Page) on Wed, May 8, 13 at 10:39
When we were young and energetic we bought a four plex. We never worked so hard in our lives, and the windows looked so bad with that yellow runny scum from the smoke. We used many of the things you all have suggested. For cook tops, grease kills grease! So lemon oil works great! Every morning in a previous home, I would wake up to the smell of smoke! It would waft into the shower window from my neighbor's house! Very hard to escape that stuff! |
- Posted by heidishappy (My Page) on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 8:52
Place a cup of vinegar in the problem room with a slice of WHITE bread on top. The nasty smell will disappear like magic! Wahlah! Now you can start over and incorporate your own smell...maybe fresh baked apple pie! |
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Posted: June 25, 2010 (Wrangell) - Representative Peggy Wilson, R-Wrangell, today issued the following statement regarding the enactment of House Bill 273, a bill completing the formation of the City and Borough of Wrangell by allocating more state land. The City and Borough of Wrangell was originally formed in May 2008 with a state land grant of 1952 acres. HB 273 increases that amount to 9006 acres, adding 7054 acres to the Borough's grant. The State bestows a general land grant entitlement to newly-formed boroughs, and has an established policy to assist in the formation of, and to provide for the long-term sustainability in operations, new local governments by furnishing land grants that will address the needs of residents. The new allocation includes areas such as Sunny Bay and Deer Island. Wilson says those two areas are important for economic development in the borough, and continues to be used by the Alaska Island Community Services program, the tourism industry, and the CBW community. These lands can go a long way in supporting our economy and quality of life ...
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"Superman Returns" producer Jon Peters allegedly fired two female employees -- one for refusing to have an abortion and the other for refusing his sexual advances -- according to two separate lawsuits filed Monday.
In the other suit, Blanca Hernandez says Peters hired her in July of 2005 and "systematically sexually harassed [Hernandez] on nearly a daily basis."
She claims Peters touched her on the "breasts and buttocks and waist", tried to push her into bed while he was naked, called her breasts "pillows" and asked "her to have sex in exchange for money." Hernandez says when she complained in July of 2006, she was axed. She says she was told if she reported Peters to authorities said "her and her daughter would be murdered."
Hernandez says after she filed a complaint against Peters with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, he falsely accused her of stealing a pricey $10,000 lamp.
Peters is a former hairdresser who inspired Warren Beatty's character in the hit film, "Shampoo." Last year another assistant, Shelly Morita, also sued Peters, claiming she was "harassed, verbally abused, and intimidated" so much she was forced to resign from her position. A rep for Peters could not immediately be reached for comment.


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The portable high-definition (HD) camera market has really taken off this year, thanks in part to the popular Flip brand cameras. One has to give credit where credit is due, and not many would argue that the Flip was in fact the camera to truly bring the portable HD craze into full effect.
Other companies have gotten into this niche market, bringing along with them their own innovations and improvements. One such company is Kodak perhaps the best company to tackle such a product. Honestly, who better to revolutionize this sector of the consumer video market than one of the worldwide leaders in imaging technology.
Kodak has not only taken what is great about portable HD cameras, but has added a slew of improvements that make owning such a device a no-brainer. Kodak's latest entry in the HD camera race is the oh-so-nice Zi8.
The Zi8 is a portable HD camera that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand and comes in three colors: black, pink and aqua. It features a 2.5 screen, replaceable and rechargeable battery, and an SDHC slot with support for up to 32GB of storage. You'll need plenty of storage space as the Zi8 shoots in 1080p at 30fps, 720p at 60fps, 720p at 30fps, along with standard-definition and 5-megapixel stills. With a 4GB card, and the latest firmware installed, you'll be able to record about 40 minutes of footage at 720p 30fps resolution.
Speaking of firmware, upgrading the Zi8 is incredibly easy with a download from Kodak.com. The wonderful thing about being able to upgrade the firmware is that Kodak can constantly make the Zi8 even better than it already is. For example, if there is a bug with the current version, they can easily issue a firmware upgrade to fix the problem. I would highly recommend upgrading the firmware as soon as you take the camera out of the box. Depending on when and where you get the Zi8, you may already have the latest firmware installed. If not, simply log on to Kodak.com to download and install the latest version. Kodak's site features easy to follow directions, allowing for complete tech beginners to upgrade with great ease.
The video quality produced by the Zi8 is simply amazing when you take into consideration it's size and low price (MSRP $179.99). The video is sharp with great color and contrast. The fact that it can capture 1080p is impressive. At 1080p resolution, video is simply gorgeous, although I'd recommend shooting at 720p 60fps if you're going to be moving around a lot while you record. If, like others, you plan on shooting a variety of different situations such as children playing sports, etc I would recommend enabling the camera's built-in image stabilization option. If, however, you plan on setting the camera on a tripod, the image stabilization should be turned off as it will conserve battery power.
In an enclosed environment, the built-in microphone performs as expected. However, if you're out on a windy day, forget about getting any usable audio. For such occasions it would be best to plug in an external microphone to the Zi8, which has a mic-in port built in to its side. Also on the side are HDMI and AV out ports which allow you to easily hook up the Zi8 to a television. If you own an HD television, make sure to use the HDMI cable to view your footage in all its HD glory.
On the other side of the Zi8 is a USB port that pops out with the flick of a finger, allowing you to easily connect the camera to your computer to download all your footage. You can either choose to use the included ArcSoft MediaImpression software to handle all your Zi8 transfer needs or simply drag-and-drop the .mov clips to a folder on your hard drive. Benefits of using MediaImpression include the ability to upload directly to YouTube, Facebook or Vimeo, and the ability to quickly convert your footage to other formats such as PSP and iPod.
Using the Zi8 is ridiculously simple with five clearly marked buttons on its backside. From left to right are the buttons: Settings, Trash, Record/Zoom, Camera, Playback. The settings menu allows you to change your camera from NTSC to PAL and vice-versa, adjust screen brightness and audio levels, enable and disable image stabilization and face detection, and properly format your SD card for usage in the Zi8. The red Record button/nub is front and center and also serves as the zoom control. When you've shot some footage, you can easily play it back by pressing the Playback button. Once viewed, you can decide if you want to keep the clip or not. If you decide it's not worth keeping you simply press the Trash button, confirm your selection, and it's gone.
Do you have creative, artistic children? Why not put one of these in their hands and allow them to express themselves through video. Who knows, you could be giving the gift of filmmaking to a future Spielberg. Sure, that's a one in a million situation but what isn't, is the fact that you will find yourself constantly using the Zi8, and most importantly, you'll be having fun while doing so; capturing life's greatest moments those that occur spontaneously with great ease.
With such a portable size, there's no reason why you wouldn't carry the camera with you wherever you go. In fact, I found myself in a situation worth recording while riding the bus. I casually sat in my seat, listening to music, when I noticed there were fire engines up ahead. Upon closer inspection I saw what the commotion was all about. A water pipe had burst, breaking the street and sending a huge four-story geyser into the air, flooding the immediate area. I quickly pulled out the Zi8 and captured it all on video, viewable here. As you can see, not only is this a great camera to capture your son's first steps, it can also serve as a way to document unplanned events.
After two weeks of usage, having recorded well over 500 minutes of footage in various locations, both in daylight and low-light conditions, I can highly recommend the Kodak Zi8. It delivers in quality and ease of use, all for a very affordable price. With the holidays coming up, the Zi8 would make for a great gift for anyone in your family. It's a product that people of all ages can use and enjoy.


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Tarte Cosmetics CEO and founder Maureen Kelly started Tarte in 1999, supposedly out of a need to create a cosmetics line that "would prove that glamour can be good for you." Well, to be honest, we didn't know that glamour could be bad for anyone, no matter who was selling it. In this case, good-for-you glamour is about the products being "natural." Of course, lots of women believe that natural ingredients are the only way to go because they're told, and unfortunately often believe, that the synthetic ingredients in cosmetic products are toxic and poisonous for your skin. That is a misguided belief!
Ironically, despite Tarte's attention-getting marketing concept, their products aren't any more natural or healthier than loads of other products. We take particular issue with the company's claim of being preservative-free, synthetic dye-free, and talc-free. Not only are these ingredients not a problem for most people, but also many of Tarte's products do contain them! What is that about? Didn't anyone at Tarte read their own ingredient labels?
We are beyond understanding how a cosmetics company can base their advertising on what their products do not contain, yet fail to realize, or just won't acknowledge, that their products in fact do contain them—the very ingredients they tell you are toxic or poisonous for your skin. We mean, really, if your products (in this instance Tarte products) do contain isododecane, imidazolidinyl urea, butylene glycol, parabens, PEG/PPG-18/18 dimethicone, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, that's the pot calling the kettle black. Whatever… if Tarte chooses to mislead and misinform the consumer it doesn't seem to matter, because many uninformed women won't notice the hypocrisy—they'll just accept Tarte's claims at face value.
Marketing hype and ingredient deception aside, the ingredients Tarte does leave out of its products are sulfates (though sulfates are rarely used in makeup products anyway, so it is a trait most makeup products share), phthalates, and synthetic fragrance (but "natural" fragrance isn't any better for skin). That's nice, but in the scope of things, not really all that special.
We appreciate that Tarte conveys their message without the "granola," antiglamour, or anti-elegance image that's characteristic of many "natural" lines. The trade-off is that you're going to pay extra for Tarte's glamorous image and packaging. Although there are a handful of products in the Tarte lineup worth the splurge, if you only shopped this line for cosmetics, your wallet would definitely be lighter—and there's no need to splurge to the point of incurring debt just to outfit your makeup bag with all things Tarte. After all, you aren't going to be applying the packaging to your skin.
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The site will feature the stories of Africa's resilient farmers, pastoralists, fishers and livestock producers – women and men who are adapting to the harsh realities of climate variability, extremes and change across the continent. It will highlight scientific innovation achieved through participatory action research involving those most affected as central agents of change. A central message emerging from these stories is that credible science and hard evidence cannot be divorced from the process of engaging social groups. Knowledge is in and of itself an evolutionary process – one that involves co-generation and co-learning. To catalyze behaviour change and build adaptive capacities, science must be harnessed in its biophysical and social context.
The site is being developed in phases. The current iteration features 10 stories from around Africa that demonstrate how communities are grappling with the adaptation challenge, demonstrating resilience. Additional stories emanating from the rich body of research supported by the CCAA will be posted to the site shortly.
The site will also feature stories and blogs from four African Climate Media Fellows supported by the CCAA, nominated by the African Network of Environmental Journalists (ANEJ). The four have extensive experience in reporting on climate change issues, and they will be providing a unique perspective on Africa's adaptation challenges from field visits as well as key conferences – including the 1st Climate Change and Development for Africa Conference (CCDA-I, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-17 October 2011) and the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP17, Durban, South Africa, 28 November to 9 December 2011).
The CCAA is also collaborating with award-winning A24 Media to produce a series of short films based on the adaptation stories featured on this site. The films are being shot on location in Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, and will be accessible for free download from this site. They will also be broadcast across Africa and beyond via 'Africa Journal', a weekly news magazine show produced by A24 Media.
This site has been developed in collaboration with and is hosted by AfricaAdapt, an independent bilingual network, supported by the CCAA, whose aim is to facilitate the flow of climate change adaptation knowledge for sustainable livelihoods between researchers, policy makers, civil society organizations and communities who are vulnerable to climate variability and change across the continent.
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If I were limited to carrying only a compact digital camera, I'd pick an ultrazoom every time. You aren't going to drop one in a shirt pocket, but being able to call up a lens focal range from wide angle to serious telephoto out of a single relatively small and light unit is just too much versatility to ignore.
Shooting Performance
The SX20 IS displayed a focus icon about 1.5 seconds after power up, and I could get off a first shot in about 2.5 seconds. Single shot-to-shot times (shoot, write, re-acquire focus and shoot) times were about 2.5 seconds with a SanDisk ExtremeIII 20MB/s card.
Shutter Lag (press-to-capture, pre-focused)
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Casio Exilim EX-FH20 | 0.02 |
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS | 0.02 |
Nikon Coolpix P90 | 0.03 |
Olympus SP-590 UZ | 0.03 |
AF Acquisition (press-to-capture, no pre-focus)
Camera | Time (seconds) |
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS | 0.40 |
Nikon Coolpix P90 | 0.56 |
Olympus SP-590 UZ | 0.57 |
Casio Exilim EX-FH20 | 0.59 |
Continuous Shooting
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Casio Exilim EX-FH20 | 30 fps? |
Nikon Coolpix P90 | 1.4 fps |
Olympus SP-590 UZ | 1.2 fps |
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS | 1.1 fps |
* Note: Continuous shooting framerates are based on the camera's fastest full-resolution JPEG continuous shooting mode, using the fastest media type available (300x CF, SDHC, etc.). "Frames" notes the number of captures recorded per burst before the camera stops/slows to clear the buffer.
? Note: The Casio Exilim FH20 has no continuous shooting capabilities at full resolution (9 megapixels). It is, however, capable of shooting at 30 fps at a slightly reduced 8 megapixels. Given this relatively high resolution, we have included the FH20's continuous shooting numbers in our comparison.
AF acquisition times were very good at wide angle and predictably slowed at telephoto, but the SX20 IS press-to-capture time of 0.40 seconds is one of the better results we've seen in a compact digital. Shutter lag leaves nothing to be desired (for a compact) at 0.02 seconds.
Continuous shooting rates at full resolution worked out to 1.1 fps and I quit counting when the SX20 IS reached 20 shots with no sign of slowing. While the camera wants to shoot all day in the continuous mode, there's a blackout of the screen for the first couple of shots in any sequence and once shots begin to display they lag one shot behind - trying to pan on a moving subject can become an exercise in guessing where to point the camera next, especially if you're filling the frame with the subject.
The flash range on the SX20 IS has increased over the SX10 IS (22 ft at wide angle - 12 at telephoto versus 17 ft and 9.2 ft, respectively) and recycle time is "7 seconds or less" versus "12 seconds or less" for the older camera. Canon's figures are based on auto ISO, but shooting in programmed auto at 80 ISO and normally lit conditions, the flash was ready to go again in 4.5 seconds at wide angle and 6.3 seconds at telephoto. I set up a worst case scenario and shot aperture priority at f/8, full telephoto and outside on a moonless night to encourage a full discharge - recycle time was a bit over 11 seconds. While the flash is recharging you'll get a flashing lightning bolt on the screen if you half push to try and focus for another shot (the camera will not allow you to shoot with the flash enabled and recharging), but as soon as the recharge is complete you'll get the focus icon if you're still holding the half push. Here's the flash serving as primary illumination for Simon and as fill for Bandit.
Canon rates battery life (CIPA standard) at 340 shots for alkalines and approximately 600 for NiMH, making the choice of power supply a simple decision.
Lens Performance
Canon's 20x zoom lens has a maximum aperture ranging from f/2.8 at wide angle to f/5.7 at telephoto - the wide end is as fast as the competition but the SX20 IS lags in aperture on the long end, where the other brands max out at f/4.5 or faster. That might be the low point for this lens - with identical ISO sensitivities the SX20 IS wide open can't match the faster shutter speeds the competition can generate at full telephoto. Faster is better for stopping action and helping keep images free from camera shake.
There is some barrel distortion present at wide angle along with some softness in the corners and a bit less on the edges of the frame - telephoto looks to be pretty clear of pincushion distortion and has less softness in the corners and edges. There can be chromic aberration (purple fringing) in some high contrast boundary areas, but enlargements in the 200 to 300% range are typically needed to call attention to this defect - the SX20 IS seems to handle this problem quite well.
The lens can focus from 0 to 3.9 inches in super macro mode, and 3.9 inches to 1.6 feet in macro mode (both at wide angle). Perhaps more interesting is the close focus distance at telephoto - 3.3 feet. That much lens that close can give you shots with an almost macro look to them, such as the cactus flowers that follow. I don't know about you, but macro and bees aren't in my vocabulary, so I was more than content to stand off a bit and shoot the flowers at 560mm. The original shots were then cropped to 12x8 inches, producing 287dpi and 248dpi files respectively that will still print nicely.
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The SX20 IS features "optical" image stabilization which has traditionally meant the movement of lens elements as a means to combat camera shake. Canon's press release also mentions the inclusion of "Motion Detection Technology" which on other Canon compacts has meant a function that included the automatic ramping up of ISO sensitivity. There's no mention of MDT in any of the user manuals (the short or long versions), but shooting options that allow you to establish the ISO (P or the manual modes) would ordinarily be the best way to try and avoid having the camera resort to MDT.
Video Quality
The SX20 IS had one of the better quality 720p HD videos I've come across in a compact, and the zoom function of the lens is available. The ability of the camera to switch to video from whatever shooting mode you're in by merely pushing the movie button is a nice feature, and while recording you can always use the shutter button to take a still picture - the camera will take the shot and then continue video capture with the still image capture process incorporated as part of the video.
Image Quality
Default images from the SX20 IS were color accurate and pleasing as to sharpness. Canon's "my colors" palette is available for manual shooting modes and offers 10 color and monochrome shooting options in addition to the default setting of "off." Here are the off, vivid, neutral and positive film color options:
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If you're still not happy with the images out of the camera, the eleventh option of the my colors palette, "custom color," permits adjustment of contrast, sharpness, saturation, red, green, blue and skin tones over a range of 5 settings (default is #3 for each). Here's a shot at the default values and a second with the contrast, saturation and sharpness all set to maximum values.
Maximum sharpness, contrast and saturation
Canon's i-contrast feature may be enabled to expand the apparent dynamic range of the camera by bringing out additional detail in darker portions of images while preserving highlights in the lighter portions. It is also available in the playback menu for post processing of images. Here's a shot with and without i-c.
Auto white balance did a good job outdoors ranging from cloudy to bright, as well as with flash and fluorescent light sources, but shot quite warm with incandescent. There are daylight, cloudy, tungsten (incandescent), fluorescent white and fluorescent H, flash and custom white balance settings available.
Auto White Balance, 3200K incandescent light
I stayed with the default evaluative metering method for all the shots in this review, but there are center-weighted and spot options available. Evaluative could lose some highlights on occasion in high contrast situations, but overall gave me no reason to switch to the other methods.
ISO noise performance is typical for the class and comparable with that of the major competitors - the 80 and 100 ISO crop shots look pretty indistinguishable from one another and 200 is very similar, with a bit of noise creeping in.
ISO 80, 100% crop |
ISO 100, 100% crop |
ISO 200, 100% crop |
ISO 400, 100% crop |
ISO 800, 100% crop |
ISO 1600, 100% crop |
Noise is becoming more prominent at 400, with 800 and 1600 predictably showing increasing effects. All the shots look pretty good at the small full-frame sizes - again, typical.
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My MacBok Air Loves this - Unbelievable Value,
This review is from: AmazonBasics 11.6-Inch Laptop Sleeve (Personal Computers)
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Firstly, this AmazonBasics 11.6-inch MacBook Air Sleeve is just that: a sleeve. It's not a case to travel with, there is no handle. However, there are many uses for a sleeve. It protects your computer on your desk at home or work when you are not using it. Furthermore, if the briefcase, messenger bag, or backpack you carry your computer in doesn't have quite as much padding as you would like in the computer compartment or it's not quite snug enough, the form fitting sleeve is perfect to add that extra protection for your cherished and costly device.
I love having the sleeve on my Macbook Air at my desk when not in use. This way I don't have to worry about a pen, or anything else with a sharp edge scratching it, etc. It's just that little protection when not in use. With the AmazonBasics sleeve priced so low. What's not to love? The quality? The quality is superb! Honestly, I have seen sleeves from other manufacturers easily costing 3x this much at the same quality level. The Air fits securely in the sleeve, it's not too tight and not too loose, as the description says "precise fit." It's perfect for the MacBoook Air. Furthermore, as long as you insert the computer all the way into the sleeve and carefully close the zipper, there is just enough space and cushion that we hopefully won't have to worry about the zipper coming into contact with the computer. Still, I wouldn't carry the sleeve with the computer's weight pushing down against the zipper. Naturally, still be careful with the computer in the sleeve. If you have an impact, the computer can certainly still be damaged. Overall, whether you use a sleeve to store your computer around the home or office, or use it as extra protection in computer bag, this sleeve won't let you down. The price is oh so right, and the quality is oh so good. Thanks Amazon. Highly Recommended!
41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
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By Don Juan "The Kid" (Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AmazonBasics 13.3-Inch Laptop Sleeve (Personal Computers)
Recently, I spent my hard earned money on a 13.3" Macbook Pro Mid 2012. I like to take care of my personal belongings, and this $1000 piece of machinery was no exception. So this began my search for a laptop sleeve. Wandering my local general stores (Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, etc.) I noticed a cheap laptop sleeve (as in cheap quality) was nearly $16! I was like HECK NO! So I jumped on Amazon (btw amazon is the best shoutout to all the hard workers running this website and service) and searched a laptop sleeve. After approximately 9.24 seconds of searching I came across this gem. COULD IT BE?!?? An affordable, durable, and classy laptop sleeve for under $10. Being the educated consumer I started to read reviews. I came across a few that said: Laptop Didn't Fit. This was it, this was the end, I built it all up to let myself down. But being the poor High-School student I am, I pocketed some of my parents lunch money and ordered it. When it got here I opened the package. You know the scene in Star Wars when Darth Vader removed his mask? That's what it was like, shocking, but beautiful. I unboxed it and immediately took my laptop out of my backpack (which was stored in a nice soft tee-shirt previous to this sleeve purchase) and tried to slip it in the case. Wow. The sleeve fit like a glove.
If you have a 13.3" Macbook Pro Mid 2012, I highly recommend this product. It protects your laptop very well and snug. No other sleeve is as affordable, fashionable, and durable as this one.
88 of 101 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An unintended bonus.....keep the styrofoam insert!,
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AmazonBasics, for anyone not familiar, is a return to reason and rational product design and pricing. Peripheral products like computer cables, batteries, cases etc. are deflated of overhyped claims, designed to serve their function in elegant simplicity and offered at an affordable price.
This laptop enclosure is appropriately called a Sleeve, because it correctly conveys it's main attribute of minimal bulk. It's for users who want to avoid scratches and cosmetic damage and offers a way to store or transport your laptop under your arm or nested in a larger bag. It's made of one neoprene sheet folded over, the sides are sewn/connected with what resembles the ballistic fabric often used in luggage, for durability and greater wear and give the case a width of about 5/8". The top is closed with a fine tooth zipper that curves around the outer edges 2" allowing it to be opened wide for easy access inside. Stitching, fit and finish, are all precise and convey efficient quality. My 11" MacBook air fits inside perfectly. The protection offered by the neoprene should absorb minor dinks and bumps without a problem. It is not, obviously, a laptop Otterbox, designed to withstand sledgehammer blows and falls off construction scaffolding. It offers similar protection of other cases I've purchased for 3 times the price and easily relieved my apprehension, considering the low price when I placed my order. There are no extra pockets or places to store any accessories. If it did, it would no longer be a Sleeve and would lose the slim, bulk-less profile which I wanted. So consider your needs and if prefer something more steroidal or Himalayan Sherpa-like. The Sleeve ships in minimally wasteful packaging like all AmazonBasic products but it does come with one of those bendy Styrofoam inserts inside. If you want an extra layer of protection, I realized and experimented with, leaving the Styrofoam in there. (Yes, there is enough room, it doesn't look ridiculous and it did offer much more protection!) I decided to dispose of the insert after a week, but if you're a rambunctious type or have your sofa and chairs sealed in plastic, it is viable. Don't let the low price scare you off. A very nice laptop Sleeve you'll probably be very happy with.
63 of 75 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice, but too big for a MacBook Pro Retina...,
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This sleeve seems to be very well made. The neoprene is sufficiently thick, and the zipper seems sturdy. However, it's much too loose for a 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 13.3". It is still usable, but the sleeve is a lot larger than what I would prefer.
37 of 47 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
High Quality Case; Doesn't Fit Lenovo Yogas,
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This review is from: AmazonBasics 13.3-Inch Laptop Sleeve (Personal Computers)
I bought this case for my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro. The build quality seems excellent and the protection seems very good for a sleeve, but only for laptops that truly fit into it; my Yoga 2 Pro did not. The corners stuck out at the top, providing no protection from bumps or drops, and rubbing against the zipper. We also tried it with an original series Yoga at work, but with no success there either.
The case is built well, such that it normally covers the inside of the zipper with foam/fabric to prevent rubbing, but at least for the two laptops we tried, it doesn't truly fit 13.3 inch computers.
54 of 72 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
At first I had my doubts, but I grew to like this,
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First off, what this is not. It is NOT a laptop bag. It is described with the word "sleeve" in the title, and that is a surprisingly accurate description.
Now I didn't think I was buying a laptop bag, but when it arrived, and I saw it just a sleeve, I thought "Well, this can't be the primary transport if I want to bring a mouse and a power brick and all that". So I was mildly disappointed in that. But I put my laptop in there, and to my surprise it worked well as a protective sleeve, hence the name. Once I got over the initial disappointment (which I admit was mostly self induced), I grew to like this. For those times when I am NOT taking all the stuff with me (power brick, mouse, etc), I can just carry this, and the overall package is lessened by not having my full laptop bag with me. There's some room in here, it's not a tight fit for me, and due to that, I can also put my iPad in here as well, and there's plenty of room. So it's a nice carrying bag (er, sleeve) for my laptop and iPad together (should I bring them both, which happens sometimes). If I do need the full laptop bag, I can put this entire sleeve inside the larger laptop bag as well, so in the end I ended up liking this a lot.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent sleeve - comparable to more expensive ones...,
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This review is from: AmazonBasics 11.6-Inch Laptop Sleeve (Personal Computers)
No more than it claims to be, but the AmazonBasics 11.6" sleeve is well-made, provides a modicum of protection, and is equal to if not better than equivalent sleeves that have sold and reviewed well for years on Amazon. My daughter uses the Case Logic 11.6 for her laptop and I prefer the quality of the Amazon Basics - the material seems to have a little more give. For those interested, it fits the Acer C720 Chromebook like it was made for it. The extra bit of flex in the material allowed me to keep the thin styrofoam insert that it ships with in the sleeve to add a bit more protection to the screen side of the C720 (I put the rear of the computer in first so the front faces the zipper - top of the computer facing the label on the sleeve). Highly recommended.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Amazon recommended to purchase this sleeve also and I purchased it ...,
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This review is from: AmazonBasics 14-Inch Laptop Sleeve (Personal Computers)
When I ordered "Lenovo Flex 2 14-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (59418276) Grey", Amazon recommended to purchase this sleeve also and I purchased it with the laptop but it's too small for "Lenovo Flex 2 14-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (59418276) Grey" and so hard to do zip. Because I live in Korea, not USA, I gave up my claim to Amazon. Do not purchase it with Lenovo product!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lightweight Quality Protection,
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Notice in the heading the phrase "lightweight". If you seek something beyond good lightweight protection this isn't your product. It's a "sleeve" and it is made of quality neoprene reinforced cellular foam in keeping with the lightweight nature of the MacBook Air it is meant to compliment. Do not buy this thinking if you drop your MacBook Air from chest level you will be protected.
Now that we've got that out of the way I can tell you I love this product. It fits perfectly, as it should, the MacBook 13.3" Air (all generations). It doesn't weigh much and is fantastic when you don't want to use a bag. Or, as I do I use it both to carry around my MacBook Air short distances and provide increased protection inside of my laptop bag when going between destinations. That tells you the profile is likely thin enough to use inside of your existing bag without taking up to much volume. I call this flexible use I truly appreciate. For a fantastic price Amazon has delivered an excellent product. The materials and the zipper are faultless unless you simply require a heartier level of protection. If you do there may be other sleeves, (at commensurately higher prices to be sure) you should look at...Maybe just get a bag instead. Anyway, another good offering from Amazon I love and can recommend within it's intended purpose.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Great product and price - but consider (up)sizing for Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro,
By George Borhegyi (Newton, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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I've got a few of these for my laptops, and they're fine products for a great price.
One quick note about my most recent purchase of the 13.3 inch for the NEW (late 2013 / 2014 model year) Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro -- you might want to upsize this case to the 14" one. The 13.3 inch case, which probably fit the old Yoga, is EXTREMELY tight on the Yoga 2 Pro. Tight to the point that the zipper stitching and fabric are stretched, the power button sometimes even gets pushed inadvertently, and the zipper scrapes the edge of the laptop. And, of course, stretching the material reduces the cushioning - which is the entire point of this case anyway. I would recommend upsizing to the 14-inch model; yes, it WILL be a bit loose for sure - so if that bothers you and makes you feel like the case is just plain wrong, then you might need to just go for a totally different solution, like the OEM sleeve or another case. But, if you're like me, you might be just fine with the roominess of the 14-inch case... and it makes the laptop feel nicely cushioned, as well; in fact, you can consider the extra room a little "love handle" equivalent... the neoprene chubbiness can be used to grab the bag by the edge if you really want to. Regardless, at least it's not stretched to the point of popping, nor does it scrape against the laptop this way. |
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I was wondering. I have alot of outdoor plants that would normally grow in the ground in pots. Such as, evergreen trees, weeping cherrie tree, some hardy winter cactus, even blue berry bushes. The reason being, I can stick them in full sun on my cement walkway all summer long. But when I winter them in these pots...What is the best way? Will they die if not bureid in the ground?
I did bury most under a pile of leaves and in the shade behind my garage, so the sun wouldn't keep warming them up till spring. I wonder if they will survive? What are your suggestions and does anyone else do this? Thanks alot . Mike |
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Burying the containers, or setting them directly on the soil and mulching heavily is a really good way to over-winter, especially since you are keeping them out of the sun. I think this way of protecting the plants is preferable to over-wintering in an unheated garage or out-building. When over-wintering by mulching, your biggest concerns are the roots drying out completely and/or rodents/deer damage. The drying out worries are pretty much eliminated if you bury the entire container, though. Plants will be almost as cold tolerant as their counterparts in the ground when you bury the containers, and mulched containers only a little less hardy than those buried. Al |
I group all of my pots together in between two of my raised beds, then mulch them in... so far, so good. I'm hoping everybody survived this past winter, but I won't know for certain until it's time to move the mulch and bring the pots out into the open. There are several methods for wintering over potted plants outdoors... I think the way you describe doing yours is a good one... I've also banked in plants by digging a shallow ditch, laying the pots on their sides in the ditch, and then covering the pots over with soil and mulch, leaving the plants sticking up on an angle out of the ditch. You can bury pots directly in the garden, up to their rims, and then just mulch over as you would any other garden plant... I'm sure there must be more methods of wintering over container plants... but I opted for the quick method of grouping and mulching this past season, due mostly to the fact that I was up to my eyeballs in bulbs that needed planting and other autumn garden chores! |
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I grow a lot of perennials in big 5 gallon buckets and usually I group them together like jodik. But since mine are mostly patio plantings I get the bunches as close to foundation walls as I can. I've had things come back well so far. Peace George |
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My experience with Bersa is they are built like a tank, durable, reliable, not ammo sensitive, and not sensitive to limp wristing.
Here's a video that is on the Bersa/Eagle website. The title reads "Bersa 1,000 shots - no jamming" with two rapid firing shooters (both firing right & left handed). A total of 86 (17+1) magazines are used with one Bersa Pro 9 HC. Water is poured on the gun at the 1020th round, 1173rd round and 1428th round. Before the video ends, the total reaches 1445 rounds and still showing the Bersa Pro 9 HC firing with a full magazine.
The Link:http://www.bersafirearmsusa.com/videos/test.html
Someone on the Bersa forum said they put 3,000 rounds through their Thunder 9 without cleaning and it was still going (not continuous like this video).
For those with questions regarding Bersa reliability and durability, hopefully this will be helpful. The video is kind of boring, but I found it interesting to watch how the brass would fly as they fired weak hand, rapid, etc.