Hi everyone it's Katey, and welcome to another deck review. And today I wanted
to talk about the incredible Monstarot or Little Monsters Tarot by Joanna
Nelson. Now this is such a gorgeous little deck that I've had for a couple
of months now, I bought it secondhand, which I'm very
happy about because the shipping to Australia was not cheap, but I am so, so
very glad that I do have it because I've fallen in love. Everything about this
deck just makes me happy and I've just really enjoyed working with it. So it
comes in this lovely two-part box which just has these really cute little
doodles on it as well as our Monstarot logo here. It's a two-part box,
it's very solid and sturdy, opens up like this, and in mine came this cute little
origami boat which features quite a lot in this deck you can see it on the front
of the box the book and in the deck as well. Then we get the little white book,
which we will talk about later, and of course the cards. The backing is
super cute, it is reversible and again we have these little origami boats that
come up so often in this deck with these little swirls and doodles. which I
just love. The card is slightly larger than a traditional size but they're
still very easy to manage and hold in the hands, the card stock is this lovely
not glossy but shiny slick cardstock and they're bendy without being flimsy. I
really really like this card stock I think it's very easy to shuffle, it
doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart in your hands, it's just- it's
sturdy, it's solid but flexible and easy to shuffle. The cards are borderless
which is just beautiful and these colours are just stunning. So we have this large
borderless card with just at the bottom simple white strip with the title of the
card making them very easy to read, the titles are very unobtrusive, I like it.
This deck is just adorable, in some ways it reminds me a little bit of the Hezicos
Tarot, has a similar feel similar sort of colour, palette that kind of soft
pretty pastels, although these are a little bit more vibrant and you know the
Hezicos is a fae world, a different world, and this deck would be little
monsters, these strange little creatures, it does feel a little otherworldly as
well although being very rooted in the Rider Waite Smith system there's
something very familiar about it as well. It's colourful, forthright, direct, and a
little bit cheeky at times, too, and quite playful I've found. With these
colours and these creatures the deck just feels really alive to me and that's part
of why it's so much fun to work with. Each of the little monsters, each of the
creatures they have their own distinct personalities you know there are all
different colours, different shapes, they have different smiles and little teeth
going on, and they all appear to be doing different things. But the deck still
feels very cohesive, I think Joanna has managed to create a
little world full of all these different monsters that have their own
personalities that are very individual but they come together to form a world
into which you can step and to experience. This deck has a sweet smile
but also has some teeth. I've found it to be very caring and tender when it needs to
be and quite encouraging too but I feel like it'll still give you a little nip
you know if you're kind of engaging in too much bullshit, if you're bullshitting
yourself this deck will kind of give you a little nip and push you in the right
direction. I've also found this deck to kind of really want to achieve win-win
scenarios and like it's not so much about you know just telling you how
difficult things are or what's going wrong, it's quite proactive, it wants to
you know find some solutions to your problems but it wants to do it in a
really positive way, not in a fluffy way, but just in a way that is very
productive and healthy. It wants to find a solution that is beneficial to all
parties and is most useful and most successful most satisfying to everybody,
which I think is a really cool thing, it's a very holistic deck, it has a way
of kind of helping me see the bigger picture and refocusing in on what's
important. Another thing I've noticed about this deck that I really really
like is the fact that in so many of them we have kind of one or two main monsters
but then we also have kind of a couple of other little companion monsters, it's
the best way I can think to describe them. It's very rare that we see a
monster or character all on its own in this deck, almost all of the cards have
multiple little creatures and they're often engaging with each other in really
kind of tender ways. They seem to be supporting each other, there is a
connection between each of the characters it feels like each of the
cards depict a symbiotic relationship of these harmonious relationships, as I said
this win-win approach, it feels like they demonstrating that in these images where
the monsters you know they want everybody to live in harmony they want
everybody to feel fulfilled they want you to reach your best potential but
they also want to reach it themselves. It basically feels like each of these
characters is working together and wants to work with you as well to create a
really beautiful world in which people can feel fulfilled, in which people can
all reach their potential. I know that sounds a little bit corny but that's
what it feels like with me working with this deck.
It feels really optimistic, uplifting, encouraging - it doesn't feel fluffy, if
anything it's the opposite, it's just very idealistic and it's not gonna
settle for second-best. Even though I was so drawn into this imagery when I first
saw it online when the deck was released I was a little concerned that it would
be a bit too much of a novelty, that it would be a bit too cheesy or kitschy,
basically that it wouldn't be a very solid reader, that it wouldn't really
kind of provide useful productive readings, that it might be a little bit
too fluffy or surface-level, but my experience has been almost exactly the
opposite, it's been a really really useful deck and it's become one that I
go to a lot. It's a very versatile deck for me and I find it brings a kind of
light to the situation without you know creating a fluffy narrative to it.
Interestingly this deck also makes me think of culture and how you know they
say that culture is to us like water is to a fish, it's all around us and yet
it's entirely invisible, it impacts so much of how we experience our world and
especially how we frame and understand it, and I feel like this deck is almost
an alien race, a benevolent alien race, who you know comes to earth and can
solve so many of our problems because you know they witnessed our our history
and our experiences but they're also you know removed and detached from you know
the heat of our experience and the weight of our history and so they can
you know provide solutions, whether that's you know to international
conflict or climate change in global warming, whatever it is you know having
that detachment allows them to just kind of see how something can be resolved in
a way that perhaps we aren't able to see, or we're not willing to.
And even though I'm talking big-scale here I think that's also applicable to
our own you know personal lives, on a personal level. These little monsters in
this Monstarot have a way about them that is kind and considerate and validating
but also detached. When they're helping me personally they're not weighed down
by my baggage, even though they're able to witness me and validate me, they're
not consumed by the experience of my past traumas, even if they can appreciate
my past in my history, they're not consumed by them or blinded by them.
They're not weighed down by my history and they also don't allow themselves to
be burdened by my baggage. And in that way I think they're almost the greatest
ally you could have, someone who can appreciate where you're coming from
without buying into your own shit and calling your own your own shit,
supporting you in a really productive way and pushing you to be the best you
can be without invalidating your pushing you too far. There's just kind of a
really neutral, balanced approach that this deck brings to readings, I think. It
just kind of presents things as they are, it shines a light on things so that we
can see them in their entirety and to then approach them in a way that you
know is uplifting, in a way that is productive and proactive, it has a very
bouncy sort of an energy to it that encourages the same from us. Given that
it's so very similar to the Rider Waite Smith as well it's very very easy to
read, if you know the Rider Waite Smith this deck is you know will be an easy
jump for you even if you're a beginner I think you can definitely learn with this
deck as well. It's perhaps not a symbol heavy as the Rider Waite Smith but
plenty of the symbols are still included, just in clever little ways. We do have
the artist signature in every card although it's kind of included in the
imagery and it doesn't bother me at all, I know that might be a bit of a bother
to some people but it's very unobtrusive, it just kind of looks like a little
extra detail in the card rather than you know an obtrusive signature. In some of
the cards even just like the plant life is alive all the rocks and we have a few
cards where mushrooms are anthropomorphised or trees even if they
don't have faces you know their branches look like hands they're doing things
with their hands, their branches. Sp even if there isn't directly another
monster in the card more often than not the plant life around it forms another
character. The images are quite simple in many ways I mean they're not completely
sparse but the backgrounds for example aren't overly detailed, which is
something I really really appreciate I don't have the greatest eyes and
sometimes cards that get too busy - the Shadowscapes is a very obvious example,
an extreme example - but sometimes I just struggle to make out different
details, whereas with these cards the monsters
are you know front and center we can really see what's going on with them and
what they're doing you know their facial expressions and body language all of that
sort of stuff without kind of those little background things getting in the
way and you know confusing the situation. In that way the deck becomes very clear
and easy to read as well. The little white book is perhaps one of my favourite
little white books I've ever read, it would be up there with the Fountain
Tarot for me and that is because I really like what is included. The writing
is quite small so that may be a little bit challenging for some people but that
is because there's so much included in here, it is still a little white book but
I think if this was published by Llewellyn they would pack in a bunch of
white space and note pages and make it a full-size guide book. Each card gets half
a page of information and we have very clearly at the top in bold the name of
the card and then we get three key words for every card making it you know easy
if you just want to have a quick look, a bit of a jog of the memory, and then we
have the artist's interpretation, so the artist explains what the art actually
includes which is part of why I like this so much, it actually describes
what's going on in the card which gives you some insight into why this
particular artwork was chosen. Then we have the card meaning which kind of just
expands on what this card actually means if it comes up in a reading, the
divinatory meaning, it's very direct language that is used as well which
makes it very very easy to read and to apply to your reading and to your life.
We do have one extra card or bonus card in this deck and it is the Illuminator,
which is such a pretty card, I love this colour, the colours that are used and how
you know it really lights up you can see the light in this darkness. The
Illuminator is a special wild card the guidebook says and will be exclusive to
the first edition, so any reprints of the deck won't
include this bonus card. And for the Illuminator the keywords that were given:
illumination, energy, shining the light of truth, and the artist's interpretation,
'The Illuminator stands tall on a mountain beneath the dark sky. He extends
out his hands to the sides and like magic, bursts of light appear and dance
into the form of an arch over him, shedding a bright glow and illuminating
his surroundings. Even in the darkest times, there exists within you, and inner
strength that can bring you hope when you need it. You are a magical being, able
to withstand intense trials and travel arduous journeys, in order to succeed. You
are more than enough. The energy within you will power you when all around you
falls away.' So a cute little bonus card that you can either choose to include in
your readings, either with that specific message that is provided in the little
white book, you might even choose to use it as the significator, or of course you
can leave it out of your readings entirely. So this is just, ultimately, a
very charming, darling little deck that I have had so much fun working with, I
think it's adorable, it's sweet, it's so pretty,
it's beautiful, but it's also just been a really good deck to read with, to work
with. I've done plenty of readings myself with this deck that have all been very
clear, easy to interpret, which can be sometimes a challenge when I'm reading
for myself, not always but every now and then you're tempted to kind of read what
you want rather than you know what the cards are really providing, with this
deck I find it very easy to just be somewhat detached and just get the
message that these little monsters are trying to give to me. When reading for
clients, I found this deck great as well again because it's quite forthright and
clear but there is this level of detachment, not so much because the
little monsters don't care, but more just because they're aware of this bigger
picture and so even though they honor the emotional experience that you're
having right now they're also able to you know detach from the hot emotions
that are too specific to this current moment and to kind of just draw you back
out to regain perspective a little. That's been how I've experienced this
deck anyway and it's been an absolute delight. So I do, I love this little deck
and I'm so very glad I decided to take the plunge and pick it up when it came
up for resale here in Australia on the Facebook group. I think this is a
fabulous Rider Waite alternative, just has such a fun presence and a great
personality, and it's just ultimately a very useable deck. So if you have this
deck I would love to hear what you think in the comments below, or of course if
you have any further questions that I haven't answered in this review please
feel free to ask and I would do my best to get back to you, and until next time
so much love, bye!
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Editorial Boards on Peer Review Journals - Duration: 3:54.
Hi there.
I am John Bond from Riverwinds Consulting and this is Publishing Defined.
Today I am going to talk about being an editorial board member on a peer review journal.
The editorial board of a journal provides direction, gives insight into new developments
in the field, is an advocate for the journal to the community, and, probably most notably,
provides peer review for submitted manuscripts.
Editorial boards can vary from perhaps a dozen professionals to more than a hundred.
They usually cover all areas of interest within the specialty of the publication.
Increasingly they come from the global community, unless the publication is geographically limited.
The board is headed up by an editor, or editor in chief, or one of many other titles.
Sometimes there might be senior editors or associate editors that help direct the publication
and perform the many duties necessary to run the journal.
The editor and editorial board serve at the behest of the publisher or association that
runs or owns the journal.
In most instances, the board serves in an advisory capacity and is not a voting board.
As I mentioned, the primary duty of editorial board members is to peer review manuscripts.
Thankfully this is done via sophisticated online manuscript tracking software.
The reviewer can leave detailed comments about the paper and then suggest if the manuscript
be accepted, rejected, or sent back for revision.
Most reviewers are not asked to edit or rewrite manuscripts, but more to focus on content.
A reviewer might be asked to review a few manuscripts a year, or sometimes many more
than that.
Timeliness of review is important to all publications.
Being on an editorial board is an unpaid position.
The position of editor and perhaps some other senior positions usually come with an honorarium.
Most members are asked to join the board as their career reaches prominence.
Some are recommended by others on the board.
The requirements usually for board membership are: having significant advancement in the
field, a track record in writing and perhaps editing, previous reviewing experience perhaps
on other journals or committees, and, if an association publication, being a member of
the association.
Some journals entertain self-nomination to a board.
Sometimes board members will serve a specific term of a few years.
Other times, it is at the discretion of the editor.
Change on an editorial board is a good thing.
It allows new ideas and new perspectives to keep the journal fresh.
Editorial board members are the backbone of the scholarly journal system.
They ensure the quality of the content and the integrity of the peer review system.
There has been much discussion about this uncompensated work.
Stay tuned to see if the industry moves towards a new model for compensation, versus simply
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Japan Sumo Association may review ban on women - Duration: 0:59.
The Japan Sumo Association says it's open to hearing opinions regarding a controversial
ban on women in the ring.
The association is facing some pretty strong backlash for kicking female first responders
out of the ring while they were trying to revive an official who had collapsed.
Sumo is closely linked to ancient Shinto rites; women aren't allowed in the ring, or dohyo,
because they're traditionally considered "ritually unclean."
After the women were ordered to leave, salt was thrown in the ring as an act of purification.
Just days later, a female mayor was banned from giving a speech in the ring.
Instead she had to speak beside it and said: "Female mayors are also humans.
I am frustrated that I cannot give this speech on the dohyo just because I am a woman."
The Sumo Association's board agreed Saturday to let women enter the ring in emergency situations
but has not overturned the ban outside of those circumstances.
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🌺 ZAFUL WOMEN'S TOPS & BLOUSES TRENDY CLOTHING (Lace, Floral, Pleated) REVIEW 👈 - Duration: 3:49.
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it it does have the shirring elastic on the sleeves and the waist and on the
neckline the collar it is a cotton polyester blend it can go with jeans you
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or you could really wear this all year
this is the V neck ruffle hem striped navy blue shirt they call it cerulean
but it's like a navy blue color I'm it is polyester it has the V collar on the
full sleeves but it has the little elastic so it's good I like the
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fluff here it has the little decorative ruffles around here and I like the to
keep it long and flowing you could really wear it with anything looks good
with jeans it would also look very good to dress it up
it has two nice pockets here to give it a little bit of detail on the front
flowy comfortable material I got one more top to try on to show you this is
the long sleeve pleated high-low lace blouse let me show you the back that's
the surprise bar open back I have jeans on now but I think this would look
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one's a little bit dressy it has the detailed lace sleeves and it has the the
two layer with the lace on top and the nice pleats in the back all three of
these are very stylish tops it's a range of different styles it's kind of nice
this is more of a little bit more elegant this is a great work top but
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The Adventure Pals Review | The Fun Never Ends, ADVENTURE PALS! | PC/Steam | Massive Monster - Duration: 10:01.
Have you ever played a game that
Captivated and hooked you within the first five minutes of hitting the start game button whether it was the artistic choices
the writing or humor or even a clever tutorial for me this was the adventure pals the adventure pals is a
cartoony action-packed hack and slash
platformer game with some RPG elements
sprinkled in there that can either be played solo or with a friend and local co-op mode the game was developed by massive monster and
Published by armored game studio, so let's begin our story with focusing on the story
I think what I admire most about this game is how?
Absolutely absurd and silly the premises sometimes we all need to unwind and play a game like this or at the very least
Experience it similar to unwinding by binge watching cartoons on a lazy weekend morning
It was obvious to me from the get-go that massive monster had to have been heavily inspired by cartoons like
adventure time or even gravity falls also
I could tell that developers liked the behemoth were the creators of Castle Crashers
battleblock theater and most recently pit people were a massive influence to them as well everything from their visuals down to their quick-witted humor when
I mentioned this in a tweet massive monster replied the behemoth are a massive inspiration to us
We also started out making games on Newgrounds, so it's awesome to be compared to them
They are just super awesome the mood and tone is set for us within the first two minutes of gameplay when your Poppa
leads you to a surprise birthday gift you travel through a
Well-designed little tutorial with a couple funny jokes in between until you finally arrive at your present a cake
He tells you that the gift is actually baked inside the cake and instead of blowing out the candles
He wants you to blow up
The cake with a bomb that he previously gave you after taking a few guesses as to what's inside the cake everything from a naughty
Dancer to a bean bag filled with kittens you blow up the cake and inside you discover your first pal a pet your app that
You named sparkles however soon after your birthday is ruined when an uninvited guest by the name of mr.
B shows up and dad NAB's your Poppa and like all great villains in the past mr.
B unveils all the details of his
Plans right then and there he is stealing all the old people across the world to turn them into hotdogs
Why because of raisins now the adventure truly begins you a young boy named Wilton and your pals?
Sparkles the giraffe and your best friend who is a pet. Rock appropriately named mr.
Rock set out on an insane and wacky adventure filled with hack and slash action
platforming bizarre and weird enemies and big bad bosses all in the name of friendship
Hot dogs and saving the world to me the two crucial
Fundamentals in any good platformer are tight and good controls and good level design
Fortunately for the adventure pals this game has both now
I heard some people say that the character felt a bit too floaty at times although floaty controls aren't inherently bad in all platformer games
Say for instance or in the blind forest
I can't say that I completely agree that the character feels floaty in the Avenger pals
I even tested out the control response time in a few instances
And found them to be fairly tight and while we're on the subject of controls
I admire that massive monster didn't over complicate things
And they just kept it simple along with tapping to jump you can also hold it down to get a bit higher off ground
Not a problem due to my super duper high Tech's spinny giraffe tongue thingy
so yeah tap to jump then press and hold it again to have sparkles your draft perform a
Helicopter move with her tongue. This seriously has to be one of my most favorite things about this game
There's also only one button for combat
But you can perform combos for maximum butt-kicking efficiency and lastly you have a button to access the items in your backpacks
Inventory and another to use set item
I found that the level design was really excellent first off the bright and colorful hand-drawn visuals make for awesome. Eye
Candy, but is not too distracting in every level
There are five separate stages if you're not too concerned with
Collecting everything you could finish each stage in about five to ten minutes
Or so the levels progressively get harder and harder as the game continues
And I found that they also became increasingly more confusing to navigate towards the end I can only assume that this is done on purpose
to drive completionists like myself insane obviously not
It's just good level design
Aside from branching paths found in each level in stage there are also plenty of and he's bearing a difficulty in
Brilliant obstacles to trip you up along the way
I can only hope that the devs come up with some sort of level editor like the one found in the behemoths battleblock theater
So fans like us can have non-stop adventure pals fun
Every level has a total of five cupcakes to collect one in each stage and one sticker pack hidden somewhere once you have a total
Of five cupcakes collected you can bring them to the cupcake King and he'll poop out an egg with a random cosmetic for either you
Or mr.. Rockin side also might. I have that the cosmetics you get from mr.
Rock are just so insanely adorable that I couldn't help
But just say Oh
Out loud almost
Every single time the stickers you find or for you're talking sentient sticker book aside from finding one in each level you could also purchase
Them from vendors that are scattered across the world by obtaining them from certain quests or winning them in the arena
And I played the Steam version of this game, so I don't know if this is just exclusive to Steam only
But there are lots of fun stickers for other amazing indie games like hollow Knight
And holy potatoes a weapon shop when defeating enemies you get both gold and XP by collecting enough XP
You'll eventually level up and have the choice between
Three random abilities and gold is used for a few different things found in every level art chests some chests are free and provide even
More gold in other chests you have to actually pay gold to open it
There's also other chests to be found like the kind that grants you certain combat attributes for example critical hit electricity fire damage
and there's even one that fires out Turtles from your sword side francese gold is used to purchase goodies from vendors like a
variety of different bombs
Potions and more although you can't buy new weapons your sword will change appearance each time you level up
We already discussed the story and some of the excellent level design
But how is the actual gameplay and overall mechanics to sum up the overall gameplay?
You need to continuously find rubies, which are found at the end of each level to pay a ransom to mr.
B aside from this there are various different quests and goals to accomplish throughout your adventure
And even fighting in the arenas at one point
I had to collect a bunch of berries for a laid back Fox and another time
I had to collect blueprints for a talking toast. I who was enslaved by a tyrant
Tyrannosaurus Rex and now they've created a secret underground group called the dough uprising I swear
I am
Making this stuff off that being said I found the gameplay to be very rewarding whether it was getting the next adorable
Cosmetic or obtaining the next quest I found that I was always curious to see what was next you will navigate the world by riding
On your pet traps back in traversing five distinct Maps in each map you can find levels as well as shops
Villages and secrets hidden about like I said there are five distinct worlds in total and each one brings new enemies
mechanics characters quest bosses and more and one thing I'd like to really highlight here in this review is the
Outstanding character design you can really tell how much love was poured into this game by the devs from just the characters alone each
individual character in NPC has their own look and attitude
You don't really spend that much time with the NPC's so the fact I became so enamored with them in such a short time
Really speaks to the overall design on your adventure
you'll meet a group of laid back boxes that are in a band a male man who eats his mail an
adorable insecure whale toast people a lazy tyrant t-rex king a
Fancy burrito in so many more adorable lovable and admire Balearic ters as the story progresses
You are introduced to more and more game mechanics the pacing of these mechanics are slow and steady
And I found that I wasn't too
Overwhelmed by them the game gives you enough time to master the last mechanics or obstacle before throwing a new one your way these
Mechanics vary from using your giraffe as a grappling hook shooting yourself out of a toaster
Sliding down a wire on your bum guiding a lost flying cat to its cat pad to activate mechanisms like locked doors using your giraffes
Helicopter tongue to propel you underwater and so many more fun and interesting mechanics
This is the type of game that you could play in short bursts or get lost in four hours
The gameplay starts off simple and quite easy to be honest
But as the game progresses the difficulty level becomes increasingly more challenging
It's not too Hardware casual gamers would put the game down in frustration
But also not too easy where hardcore gamers would grow bored and also I wanted to note that not once did I experience any bugs?
or technical problems while playing the adventure pals
This is a polished platformer with rewarding calm and tight controls overall I had a ton of fun playing this action-packed
Cartoony platformer I loved everything from the upbeat music and awesome sound design the excellent level design the story was
hilarious in silly and wacky
Adorable and lovable characters in fast action-packed gameplay if you are a fan of platformer games at all or even
behemoth style games or just a lover of cartoons in general I'd say give adventure pals a shot at the very least it might just
Make you laugh, or smile. I know it did that and then some for me
I give adventure pals 4 out of 5 stars
I am really looking forward to seeing what massive monster does next and I hope with all this positive feedback
They've been receiving about this game encourage them to do that sooner rather than later
Be sure to head over to the nerd stash com to read the full review
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I'm going to explain what the Hotel Tonight app is and how it works.
So if you only care about my price comparison tests you can go ahead and skip to [4:39].
And if you only want my final opinion about whether this app is worth using or not go ahead and skip to [6:14]
The video. With all of that said let's get started... Hotel tonight isn't
actually new; it's been around
since 2010. When it launched the premise was simple: the business model for a hotel is to sell all of their rooms at the highest
price the customers are willing to pay; but reality is a lot more complicated than that, and a lot of times hotels wind up with
unsold rooms. If a hotel has rooms that it wasn't able to sell by that last day
they would put them on Hotel Tonight and sell them off at a discount. From the hotel's perspective
it's better to sell the room for a little money than to have it go vacant and make no money. This
concept was not new in 2010. Priceline and
Hotwire had been allowing travelers to book hotel rooms for very cheap rates for almost a decade before.
However in the case of those two sites you are going in
completely blind. The exact hotel that you booked wasn't actually revealed until after you paid.
Hotel tonight took the surprise out of the equation by allowing you to book exactly the hotel that you want.
They started by allowing the same day or
"tonight" bookings as their name suggests, then they expanded to 7 days and now they've expanded it to 100 days.
So at the time that I'm making this video you can book a room through the Hotel Tonight app
almost three months in advance of your trip. Now, the downside to this is that Hotel Tonight
suffers from a lot of the same problems that Priceline and Hotwire have always had. For example all bookings are
prepaid and 100%
non-refundable. Hotel Tonight claims that this is necessary in order to offer these great rates. For you what this means is that if you can't
make your trip for whatever reason, you aren't getting your money back. The next big limitation is that Hotel Tonight only
guarantees rooms for two adults. The reason for this is that hotels are basically
unloading all of their leftover rooms after their primary customers have checked in. If the only rooms
they have left are the ones with one bed in them, then that's what you're getting. This could easily be a deal breaker for
families or anyone who needs to guarantee more than one bed. Now, some listings on Hotel Tonight will let you actually choose
how many beds you want in your room, but in my testing in Washington DC
almost all of the ones that I came across use the
"Selected by Hotel" option. The last caveat is that
Hotel Tonight
charges extra fees and they're kind of hidden. The way that you can find out what the fees are going to be is to book
your hotel almost all the way through. On the last screen you can tap the question mark next to "taxes and fees"
Hotel tax in Washington DC is 14.5%
so on a $300 booking like the one in this example,
that would be $43.50, but the reason why it's showing up as
$47.34 is because they're charging tax on top of Hotel Tonight's fees.
Which by my calculation is another $24.50. Now on the other hand
I also looked at rooms on here where there's almost no fee, so it's unclear to me
how Hotel Tonight comes up with these fees and why they're so inconsistent,
but the point
of all of this is just to say that you should always double-check that fee
before booking; because if the fee is really high than what looked like a really great deal might be a less of a great deal.
All right, with all the caveats out of the way
let's get into my testing... I ran this test on Tuesday March 6th, 2018
and I tested four different sets of dates: one night tonight;
two nights during the upcoming weekend; five nights a month out; and five nights about three months out. For each set of dates
I took the first five hotels that came up on the hotel tonight app and
then I compared it against the lowest rate that I could find on that hotel's website as if I were booking
directly, so that includes the non-refundable prepaid rates that the hotel offers as well. And for simplicity
I'm only comparing the advertised rates, not
Including the taxes and fees, so you really need to be careful about that when you're using this app for real. For the first test,
tonight, I found discounts on all five results ranging from a modest 7% to a fairly generous
33%. For the upcoming weekend test the results were quite a bit more mixed. Three of the hotels were discounted through the app,
one was exactly the same price as if you'd booked direct,
and one was actually more if you booked it through the app.
Testing a month out the results get even wilder, with one hotel being slightly more expensive
through the app and another being almost half price
through the app. And the same thing goes for the test for the dates three months out. The discounts ranged from a modest
10% to almost half off.
I was actually really surprised by these results,
so much, so that I wanted to run the tests again a week later and what I found were actually very similar results.
I won't spend time getting into it in this video, but if you want to see them
I will leave a link to a blog post in the description with all of this data.
And finally the moment of truth. Would I recommend this app?...
It depends. The biggest pro to the Hotel Tonight app is obviously the discounts. I was honestly shocked at how big some of these discounts
were, even when looking at dates pretty far into the future; however
I realized afterwards that my test is flawed because it's really not a true apples to apples comparison.
What I mean by that is that when I search for dates in Hotel Tonight it returned about 15 hotels each time,
but there are over a hundred hotels in Washington DC.
So say the last time you came to town you stayed at the Renaissance
and you absolutely loved it. If you open the app put in your dates,
and the Renaissance isn't on the list then you can't book it through the app.
But the two biggest cons in my opinion are that the rates are all non-refundable
and you don't get control over the type of room that you get. So my personal travel preference will continue to be booking refundable rates
directly with hotels. This gives you the maximum
flexibility in
planning your trip because remember if a rate drops after you've booked it or another hotel is running a sale,
you can always cancel your original booking and make a new one. And lastly, when you use any third party booking service
including Hotel Tonight, it can really complicate things if
anything goes wrong. On the other hand I can definitely see some value for some kinds of travelers,
I'm thinking specifically of the solo traveler or the couple
who doesn't need to guarantee that their room has more than one bed, or a last minute traveler who just doesn't care about the flexibility
of having a refundable rates. So if you do want to try it out
and it's your first time you can use the promo code
THACKSDC for $25 off your first booking.
And if you're watching this video because you're traveling to Washington DC and looking for tips and hacks for your trip,
you can subscribe to this channel by clicking on the Trip Hacks DC logo
which is popping up right now at the bottom of the screen, or you can click on the Capitol dome on the left side of
my head, that'll take you over to TripHacksDC.com where you can see the tours that I offer. Enjoy your trip!
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🍀 ABBA PATIO OUTDOOR SWING CANOPY - Porch, Deck, Yard Furniture REVIEW 👈 - Duration: 5:30.
take a look at this outdoor swing from ABBA patio it features two comfortable
seats and a canopy this is the Abba outdoor swing featuring and adjustable
canopy it has textaline fabric for the seat
and back which is water and fade resistant and UV treated it has a
durable powder coated steel frame this supports weight of up to 550 pounds
you're not that happy are you so it's great for two average-sized people
the storage bag on the side which comes on and off easily allows you to store
your cellphone water book whatever you need have it handy keep a drink right in
here yeah um so the canopy on top it's durable its adjustable and of course
that provides comfortable shade and shelter the we give you the dimensions
it's 5.3 feet long x 4.1 feet wide and the height is five point eight feet the
seat is three point six feet in length and the canopy size is five point two
feet long by four points one feet in width
so here's a closer look at the from the side and you see the storage bag
and they have a prepares to be yesterday plastic surround on the leg so they're
not just metal this knob on the side here even when you tighten it all the
way it allows a little bit of looseness so that that way you can adjust this
however you want you know based on like if you want to block the Sun it's coming
in a certain direction which is nice yeah I can even block the rain yeah
absolutely okay since you put it together how was it to assemble I did
have one helper it wasn't too bad though it does come in a box but it's pretty
straightforward you just put all the pieces together and screw him on it was
it wasn't too difficult at all so let's try it out and already I'm very much
appreciating this canopy because the Sun is right there without this nice canopy
I'd be blinded right now so nice little shade sit in here very comfortable to
relax articles take a nap in this thing I
really like that the seats are comfortable but they're also this nice
material which would be very easy to wash and is not going to wear in the
weather so it'll last along a long time
you guys get a new new patio yeah we just got that I really like it
it's got a really nice shade that signs right above and it's nice and cool down
here and the top is sprung so it's it's free-floating and it's nice and soft
seems pretty sturdy yeah I like it
I'm gonna try it out
oh it is yeah
nice sturdy construction you know some swings you sit on them you come in you
feel a move when you everything yeah solid it's not wobbling or anything and
I just love swinging the child sit down relax with the dog no nice summer day
watch the trees nothing better than sitting out in the swing was a nice iced
tea so this is the Abba patio swing with canopy check the description section
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NEW Parker DE Blades-99R and 22R Razors Shave & Review - Duration: 11:52.
Greetings Gents! I'm Geofatboy for ShaveNation.com Guess who's got their
own razor blades now? Parker just came out with these razor blades - their own
brand of razor blades. All it says on here is a five pack of stainless steel
blades. It says premium platinum since 1973.
Parker Safety Razor has been around that long so that's pretty good, pretty long
time to be around in the wet shaving industry! I read on the outer sleeve that
these blades are made in Turkey so you know where they come from. I thought it
might be a good idea to perform a shave with these new blades and see how they
are, see if they're sharp enough, see if they can remove my two days worth of
stubble without any kind of a problem. And what razor to use? I thought only
fitting that I would use a Parker razor, even better than that, I'll use two
Parker razors! This is the Parker 22R Gunmetal finish pretty sweet-looking
razor it's got a diagonal knurling on the handle and it's a butterfly or
twist to open style so it opens just by spinning the handle knob and the doors
the silo doors open and close. So this is considered more of a mild shaving
razor but then on the other hand we have this one, which is the 99R
which is considered a heavyweight razor more of an aggressive type shaving razor.
And this is also a butterfly or twist to open type - silo doors open when you twist
the knob at the bottom. I'll load a Parker blade into each one of these
razors and we'll have a shave and see how they perform. It's got the nice
plastic, the hard plastic case which is a plus as opposed to the paper case you
know the little cardboard paper case these are much nicer and I like the black
that's pretty sharp looking and it also has the slot in the back where you can
stow away your used razor blades so that there's no danger
when you throw them in the trash bin. Nice and easy, just slip slip it right
into the back here and it's gone. When you finish the pack you can just throw
it away and move on to your next pack. So I will remove one it helps, I don't know why,
it just helps when I lick my finger, it's easier to pull these blades out of
here. Two blades. So they're individually wrapped which is also nice and I will
open this up and let's have a look at the blade itself. There's not a lot of
glue on here sometimes you get a lot of glue on the blade, but not this is not
the case with these. So on the blade it says Parker Premium Platinum. Here's a
look at the blade itself. Same on both sides.
Parker Premium Platinum. Let's open the other one as well. You know these DE or
Double Edge razor blades they can be used in your safety razor like this or
they can be just snapped in half and also used in a shavette that razor, so you
get double duty on these blades. There's the other one. Let's pop this into the 99R
Doors are open, just slide it right over the top and close it up ready to
rock n roll with the shave. Now the 22R same deal just drop it right over
the slot close it up, ready to rock and roll with
this baby. Lock it down nice and tight. OK I'll warm
up the face and we'll get to the shave. Splash some water, I haven't taken a
shower so I'll apply my face cloth to warm up the beard.
I'll be using this Panta-Rei brush that was custom-made for me it's got a nice
seascape of Samos (Greece) and a church on one side. Swirl it in the shaving cream and
we'll go right to the face.
A little figure 8 method to smooth everything out. My favorite part of the shame right
here! Excellent! Let's Clear The Runways so we can see the sideburns. OK, as I said
I'll shave the left side with the Parker 22R the milder razor and I'll shave
the right side with the 99R the more aggressive shaving razor. Just temper it
under hot water to warm it up, and I'll start here. Just perpendicular tilt
slightly upward, find that angle, cut the sideburn. Not bad at all pretty
smooth! Sweet! Rinse that one off.
Now we'll try the 99R on the right side. OH- You can hear there's more
audible feedback, I get that right away because it's a little more aggressive
shaving. This razor has a much heavier feel to it. Here's a look at them
side-by-side they're about the exact same size but this one's heftier. Now on
the right side of the chin and the neck.
Very smooth one-pass very smooth. All right let's try the 22R - Excellent!
Also nice and smooth on the left side. We'll do the mustache area.
This one is more aggressive shaving but I have to say I like the comfort of the
22R. It feels really good and it's got a slot here where you can put your
thumb and forefinger and it's just very comfortable right there, let's rinse off.
And re-lather...
Today I'm using the tailor of Old Bond Street Coconut shaving cream, it's got an
excellent scent to it. If you like coconut you'll love it!
Against the grain on the left side- 22R.
and now we'll go across the grain...
Across the mustache area as well
Both heads are compact enough where it's easy to get under the nose.
Now the 99R.
And across the grain...
Across the mustache. All right let's rinse off see how it feels. A hot water
rinse, then cold water. All right now, you feel around, if you feel that your
close enough, you're good. If you feel like you need to be a little closer you can
lather up and perform one more pass and shave against the grain or
another pass across the grain in the opposite direction instead of ear-to-nose
go nose to ear. But I'm pretty damn smooth right there. Very impressed
with both razors and the blades. The blade itself, very smooth comfortable
shave, no nicks, no cuts, in either one of these razors. Just personal preference
whether you like a milder shaving razor you'd go with this 22R and if you
like a more aggressive shaving razor you'd go with this 99R. Again here's what
they look like side-by-side: same length give or take a couple millimeters. Both
great shaving razors. As far as long lasting, I'm not sure, I'll have to get a
few more shaves. But I'll see if I can get three, four, or five shaves out of
this blade and I can report back later on but so far so good! Let me just pat my
face dry. I'll show you something right here: If you have any type of irritation,
razor burn, anything like that, I've used this a couple times. I really like it.
This is Thayer's, it's the witch hazel but it's the medicated witch hazel.
So it says topical pain reliever, so it's made for little nicks and cuts. That's
exactly what it's used for. So wouldn't it just make sense that it would
be perfect for aftershave. If you suffer from any
type of irritation. So I'll put some of this, a few drops right into my palm and
just activate the ingredients rub it together and put that on. It goes on
nice and smooth not really a sting, just comfort. Its got a
nice light scent to it, but it's really good as far as cooling off and soothing
any irritation that you might have. So you may want to check this out Thayer's
Medicated Witch Hazel. Alright I hope you enjoyed the video. Thanks very much for
watching. Visit ShaveNation.com for all your shaving supplies. I'm Geofatboy
Have A Great Shave, Have A Great Day!
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Anytime Fitness Franchise Review and Cost - Duration: 8:49.
. What a great business - you just invest and sit back as the money
rolls in. But is that really the case? Today, lets take a critical look at the Anytime Fitness
Franchise.
So let me start by saying that there are owners that have done very well with their Anytime
Fitness Franchise. When the model works, it works well and you can have a relatively passive
business that provides predictable income.
Now that's the side you will hear from the franchise, but as always we like to give you
the other side of the story so you can make an educated decision.
Taken from their brand new 2018 FDD the cost to open an Anytime Fitness center will range
between $131,002 and $722,796. Keep in mind that number includes your operating capital
for the first 3 months, and assumes you will be leasing your gym equipment. If you buy
your equipment count on about $140,000 on top of that number. There is also the option
for an Anytime Fitness Express location which we won't cover today. You will pay a $549
monthly fee to Anytime Fitness, a general advertising fee of $300 monthly and you will
be required to invest between $8,000-$18,000 on a Grand Opening and Ramp up Program when
you first open up. You will pay a fee of 50 cents for each member of your club monthly
for the Anytime Health membership, to a maximum of $225 for a single location or $675 a month
if you have multiple locations. There is a global access fee of $249 per month. Training
suite fees are $149 per center.
So those are the fees, but how much can you make with an Anytime Fitness Franchise? The
2018 Item 19 financials in Anytime Fitness FDD provide suggested earnings for 500, 865
and 1150 member scenarios. The earnings BEFORE debt expense, depreciation, interest and taxes
are $9,900 for a 500 member location, and if you read the fine print that number assumes
you are working at the center yourself. If you have installed a manager from when you
opened you will not be making that amount. Next level is $99,800 for an 865 member location,
and these following numbers do assume you now have a a manager and $192,000 for an 1150
member location. Keep in mind that representation assumes that all members stay for a full year
with zero attrition or zero new ,members, which is not realistic. These numbers were
based on an estimated value of $371.90 per year per member, and a club size and approximate
cost related to 5000 sf But how many members will an average club have? Well if we look
again at the item 19 in the FDD we see Anytime Fitness gives the average of 697 monthly paying
members, and a median of 646. Pay per visit members average count was was 168 and median
was 101. The lowest membership in their system was 177 the highest was 3316. So essentially
these numbers paint the picture in your mind that the 697 paying members plus pay per visit
of 168 gives us the average of 865 members so we can expect $99,800. Pretty good right?
And if you are emotionally driven through the FDD thats the only number you will see.
But read the fine print more closely and there are other considerations you need to understand
such as paragraph 6 in the Item 19 relating to training income. This is important as certain
clubs who did not report personal training income of at least $1500 monthly were just
not included in the numbers. So underperforming PT locations were removed from the figures,
and remember franchisors have the ability to present these numbers to you any way they
like. Also remember this number is before debt expense, depreciation, interest and taxes.
As always make sure you have read and understand all the points in the FDD and have a competent
franchise lawyer advise you.
Now the growth of Anytime Fitness has been strong with almost 400 new locations opening
in the past 3 years. Litigation is almost zero which is really amazing for a franchise
of this size. But hold on 400 locations opening that sounds
like no locations have closed doesnt it? A quick Google of the words Anytime Fitness
Closed will prove otherwise Now one of the initiatives we conduct with our clients is
to contact people who closed their locations, their names will be listed in the FDD, and
ask them what happened. You dont just want to speak to franchisees who are doing well.
This is how we make an educated and balanced franchise buying decision, not by fixating
on only the positives. All franchises have some obstacles or negatives you need to be
aware of those and be confident you can overcome them.
Now if you are seriously considering buying a gym franchise I want to bring your attention
to the operational model for a second. Now the goal if you are seeking a truly passive
franchise which most people are with Anytime Fitness, is to hire someone to run your business
while you focus on other things. Now a gym franchise, keep in mind, is completely dependent
on the person you hire, much more so than say a hair salon by virtue of the client acquisition
process. So a hair Salon manager welcomes people and runs the store, and is a relatively
easy hire and even if you have to replace this person your customers still will walk
in and have their haircut. Your store success is not tied to any one individual and people
don't need to be sold a haircut.
With fitness however that manager will need to be very adept at client acquisition, at
selling. And if you can't find someone in the fitness industry, that is also good at
selling, your club is going to suffer. So if you are running passively, and you have
ongoing problems finding the right hire your store is going to suffer, and your passive
business just became a hands on headache.
We also found some negative feedback on unhappyfranchisee.com, and I'll post the link to that page down below
in the description box if you want to visit the page. Now keep in mind there are many
more happy franchisees than unhappy, but these comments provide us with some red flags that
can help direct our future research. Some complaints speak to the fact that actual ownership
may not be as easy as claimed, that corporate may be taking more than they should be, that
their real estate team are unqualified that Anytime Fitness did not properly disclose
earnings of other clubs and support is poor this owner suggests they are being forced
to pay $60,000 after only 5 years to remodel their club and are drowning in debt, and this
prospective franchisee suggesting Anytime Fitness did not allow them to speak to other
owners, and that the fees are ridiculous. There are over 81 comments both good and bad
and will certainly be of interest to anyone considering buying an Anytime Fitness franchise.
Don't forget to like and subscribe and if you need help finding and researching your
franchise purchase give the experts a call at http://www.franchise.city
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Earn Easy Commissions Review 2018| What Is It - Duration: 9:49.
okay good morning welcome to this quick review video on earn easy Commission's
so you may have heard about it you may have heard about a new free system where
everything is done for you excuse me and that would be about this it's titled earn easy commissions review
earn easy commissions review 2018
it's called earn easy Commission's and yes you can't earn money as a free
member however I do suggest that at some point that you upgrade but you can earn
as a free member up to $100 Commission's on the back end as you sign up others to
become a VIP partner so let's get right into basically earn easy Commission's is
a super simple very you know low-tech system that allows you to pretty much
focus on driving traffic the one thing I love about this system is it also pays
you to build your email list and there are several other things that are build your list with earn easy commissions
offered inside I won't reveal all of those in this particular video the the
basics are you can get paid one dollar per lead as people opt into your lead
capture page and that is actually built for you by the creators of this Chuck
the win is the guy that is running this program and it's just like I say it's
easy you know a lot of a lot of places claim that you can earn money as a free
member and you actually can't so with this system you actually can I'm
actually a paid member so I've got that unlock the doors to a lot more
opportunity to make a lot more money and one of those being that I'm getting I
get paid to build my email list which I thought was super cool because we've all
have heard you know the money is in the list and to get paid to build my own
list I thought was really really cool so I opted them to do that I will be
becoming a VIP member later on at the end of this week that will give me up to
$500 commissions as people sign up for VIP partners so you know you can't start
this for free if you're running low on money I would suggest that you do that
you know you can you make hundred dollar
Commission's on people to sign up is VIP partners and then you know as you start
generating sales you'll be able to join up become a VIP partner I will let you
know there's almost like six six or seven maybe even eight other income
streams inside the VIP partnership so definitely you want to you want to make
sure that you're you're maximizing as much opportunity for profit with the
system as you can because everything's done for you you know they're sending
out emails for you they're doing all the selling and telling rate right here
inside the system and so let's just do a quick walkthrough of the different
things you know you you get this how to get started video there is a Facebook
group and you will you join a Facebook group and Chuck is very active inside of
there there's another video on it's like forty two minutes so it's becoming a VIP
partners definitely you know worth your at worth your money and like I say I'm
gonna do another video on becoming a VIP partner I'm not going to discuss that in
this basic review video and then Chuck is going to walk us through how to scale
your business up to making 10k per month and here's some of the training that you
get the last video that's not up yet is actually going to be him taking I think
like twelve hundred dollars I think is what he said twelve hundred dollars for
paid traffic and he is going to start his system completely from scratch with
no leads and no sales no Commission's no anything and he's going to show us using
the various different income streams and traffic resources that are built inside
the system he's going to show us how to scale this up to making 10k per month so
you know you you get in here you've got the training to get you started you got
even some mindset and development you know and basically it's really as simple
as just making sure you're getting traffic to this link and doesn't get any
easier than that guy you know it just really really doesn't
I've been marketing online for about four years now and a lot of systems
claim to do what this one actually does you know I've been disappointed with
quite a few of the different programs and once I once I opted in you know you
actually literally had to had to purchase this or purchase that and it
was wasn't really free where you could actually earn money and like I said with
this one you actually can as people sign up of course they need to be upgrading
to the VIP partnership and you know you're getting the front end you're
getting $1.00 per lead if you do decide to join get response and click magic so
you get paid to build your list but as a free member you know you you can do
videos and you can share your link on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and
get people to sign up for this VIP partnership and boom you're making
hundred dollar Commission's and you haven't spent a dime so I mean it's a
no-brainer guys so I'm going to keep this video short what you get when you
join my team is I have my own free training group I have a free and I have
a paid of course in the paid group you're going to get a lot more in depth
I specialize in YouTube ranking videos and Facebook engagement inside my free
group I have a lot of things that will really truly help you really truly help you earn easy commissions review
you you know learn how to get your engagement on Facebook like you can see
right now I just made this post and I've already got this much engagement going
on a post that I haven't even begun to start responding to so as you can see
this is something that you're going to learn when you join my team also like I
say I specialize and I guarantee you will find this easy to earn easy income
review video somewhere within one of these first three spots but I'm going to
go through and show you stuff commissions and learn how to earn easy commissions in this review of it
let me see there let me get to the right one I wasn't prepared for this part of
the video but here you're gonna see here you see me in the first spot this spot
right here is my play list and then you see me here again you see me here so
this is what I'm going to teach you one of the things that I'm going to teach
you when you join my team is how to dominate the first page of something I
have spent the last year you know doing learning how to do this and it's just
something that I specialize in I've you know invested quite a bit of time and
here you'll see my videos just all up and down this page and like I say that's
that's something that I specialize in and it's super easy to get free traffic
using YouTube for your um let's see your ranking your YouTube videos and 2018
you're gonna see me on this one too so
here you'll see my first video you'll see my second video you'll see my third
video so like I say my fourth video you see me along with these times and I
don't have a lot of subscribers on my channel these people that six hundred
and eleven thousand I got a measly two hundred and eighty one and that means my
channel Authority it's pretty good and I'm going to teach you all of this
especially if you're someone that loves videos I also have a guy that's working
with me my co-founder and our paid training group and he specializes in
email and costs CPA and Cpl marketing so you know you're going to get access to a
lot of training the paid group is fifteen dollars per month right now
starting on June 1st that will be going up to either forty or fifty dollars per
month so that's what you're going to get when you join me
you're getting access to a wonderful system some great coaching and a great
team you know I'm definitely there for my team and all the stuff that you see
going on during this video is stuff you're gonna learn you know so go ahead
and click that link below put your information in the forum once you join
me get everything set up add me on Facebook be sure to subscribe to my
channel and send me a message letting me know just put a ICI or earn easy
commissions or anything let me know that you've joined me so I can get you at it
if you do not reach out to me I cannot help you so it would be a shame for you
to join and then you know you if specially if you're new to marketing I
really help a lot of new newbie marketers
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Bluedio T5 Active Noise Cancelling Headphones Review (2018) - Duration: 4:24.
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Sony WH-CH700N Review - Sony's Budget ANC Headphones - Duration: 8:22.
If you've been following the channel for a while you know I absolutely love the Sony
1000XM2 cause of their ANC performance.
But I know dropping $350 on a pair of headphones is a lot for some people.
So lets check out Sony's newest and cheapest ANC headphones the WH-CH700N and lets see
how the ANC on these guys stacks up with the ANC on the 1000XM2.
Ok, from here on out I'm going to be referring to these headphones as the 700N's.
These headphones come in either black, silver or blue color ways and they currently retail
for $199.99.
And like I mentioned earlier, the 1000XM2's usually retail for $350.
If you want to pick either of these headphones up I'll have links in the description below,
and if you use the links it really helps out the channel.
I suggest you check them out cause Sony headphones routinely go on sale so you might get lucky.
First lets go over what comes in the box cause I was genuinely surprised that these headphones
didn't come included with at least a carrying pouch.
Regardless, I still recommend you invest in a hardshell carrying case if you plan on traveling
a lot with these headphones.
These headphones do come included with a 3.5 millimeter audio cable and a short micro USB
cable for charging and thats it.
These headphones also have a lot in common with the Sony XB950N1… particularly when
it comes to the plastic body panels.
The plastic on the 700N's is more textured whereas the 1000XM2's plastic is completely
smooth.
The 700N's also have a stainless steel headband and synthetic leather on the ear cups which
is pretty standard issue for sony.
But they are very light weight coming in at just 234 grams.
Where as the 1000XM2's weigh in at 277 grams.
When it comes to fit compered to the 1000XM2's, the 700N's giveth and they taketh.
First up the 700N's fit very snug, but keep in mind I have a big head… but the 700N's
have the most clamping force out of sony's headphone line up, but they're not uncomfortable.
Since the ear cups pivot and swivel a good deal they are able to conform to most head
types.
The only bummer is that they don't fold up.
The padding on the 700N's also isn't as soft as the padding found on the 1000XM2's
but again they still manage to be comfortable.
But what I do like about the 700N's is their ear cup design… they're much roomier than
the ear cups on the 1000XM2's but they manage to stay very low profile.
They also do a slightly better job of preventing over heating.
These are boarder line Big Head Approved… but if you want a loser fit with a $200 budget
then you'll be better off with the Audio-Technica ANC700BT, link for that review up above.
If we look at the left ear cup you're going to see your noise cancellation button to toggle
ANC on or off, theres an easily accessible 3.5 millimeter audio jack for passive listening,
theres your micro USB cable for charging, and the power button.
It is important to keep in mind that these headphones do not have an ambient sound setting
like the 1000XM2's and like I've said in the past, I would have very much preferred
if these headphones used a USB-C port instead.
I thought Sony would have had jumped on USB-C by now.
The right ear cup houses the control buttons which are very similar to the control buttons
found on the XB950N1's.
Theres a volume rocker so you can adjust the volume and theres a switch so you can quickly
skip or go back a track.
And if you press it in you can play or pause your music.
And I really like these controls cause you can quickly and easily skim through your music.
Even faster than the touch controls used on the Sony 1000XM2 which I'm not hating on
cause they're very accurate, but not as fast as the physical rocker.
Its also important to keep in mind that both the 700N's and 1000XM2's will support
Google assistant in the near future like the Bose QC35 series II.
That feature hasn't been released yet, but just know its coming.
But in the mean time you can summon your voice assistant by pressing and holding the rocker
down.
Just like the 1000XM2's the 700N's is using bluetooth 4.1 and they have a range
of about 40 feet with direct line of sight.
The connection on these headphones is very stable and there weren't many issues if
there was a wall or two between the headphones and my phone.
These headphones are also pretty good for watching video cause their latency isn't
that bad.
But, these headphones can only be connected to one device at a time some if you're a
power user it might be a set back, its one of the things I hate most about the 1000XM2.
But the 700N's have an extraordinary long battery life.
Sony advertises a battery life of 35 hours, and with ANC and bluetooth turned on and with
the volume set at 50% these headphones averaged 37 hours of play back time.
And with the ANC turned off these guys managed to hit 45 hours playback time.
And even though their battery life is impressive… their quick charging isn't.
If you plug them in for 10 minutes they'll only get you an hour of playback time which
is laughable compared to other headphones out there.
When it comes to the active noise cancelation on the 700N's obviously its not going to
be as good as the ANC on the 1000XM2.
The ANC on the 700N manages to block out a good amount of road noise for when you're
on the bus, but when it comes to blocking out chatter the 700N's don't really do
much.
But like the 1000XM2 the 700N's don't have any noticeable cabin pressure.
And like I mentioned earlier, the 700N's don't have the ambient sound feature which
allows you to pump in some of the surrounding sounds, and they also don't have quick attention
which is by far my favorite feature found on the 1000XM2.
When it comes to sound quality, the 700N's have a surprising amount of bass.
And through Sony's headphone app you can go in adjust the EQ on these headphones.
So if you want you can crank up the bass to a 10 or you can bring the mids outs and put
an emphasis on the vocalists.
But definitely these headphones do not share the same clarity and wide sound stage found
on the 1000XM2.
No matter how much I played around with the EQ on the 700N there just wasn't enough
instrument separation… so everything just sounds close together.
And these headphones don't really sound that different with ANC turned on or off.
But if you're going to be listening to music out in public just know these headphones do
have a considerable amount of sound leakage.
Through Sony's app you can also toggle ANC on or off but you can't adjust how strong
you want it.
You can also play around with the surround setting on these headphones, but since all
that feature does is distort the music I typically keep that feature turned off.
So for $200 the ANC on the Sony WH-CH700N is really only worth using for your bus ride
commute to school or work or in an already quite office.
If you're walking around in the city or in a much noiseier environment like an airport
the ANC on the 700N's isn't going to do much.
I just cant stress how good the ANC on the 1000XM2 is.
But in general they are a pretty good buy cause they have good build quality for $200
headphones and they fit very well, just as long as you don't have a big head.
They have a very long battery life which makes them great for everyday carry, their low latency
make them good for watching videos but they don't sound amazing… just good enough.
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Watch Gang Black Review: HLA 5501 Quartz Dive watch - Duration: 9:39.
what is up guys it's Andrew with my watch addiction and Ava the dog who is
obviously not gonna let me get any work done today but this is Andrew with my
watch addiction comm and today we're gonna do a quick review of the watch
gang black subscription watch that I received for April 2018 so many of you
may have seen my watch on boxing for my watchgang black subscription for April
2018 if you did you saw that I opened up to a Hawaiian Lifeguard Association
watch I don't get this watch at all I don't understand it I don't yeah I just
I don't get it guys I know that I am NOT that kind of watch connoisseur that
knows everything about every kind of watch and you know is straight up 100
percent horology all the time I get that I'm just a normal guy that has a channel
that likes to look at watches but I don't like to look at this watch so
today this video is gonna be kinda short because there's not a whole lot to say
about this guy but before we get started guys who want
to watch me in the future mess up videos and not know how to say the name of
companies definitely hit that subscribe button in the right-hand corner below so
you can follow us on into the future alright so this is the Hawaiian
Lifeguard Association diver watch that I received manufactured by Time concepts
dotnet who incidentally is also the same company that manufactures that Szanto or
Santo time watches which oddly enough I liked a significant amount better than
this watch those watches I at least liked the stylings to them so I look
past some of the other stuff one thing I will point out is the boxes that the
Hawaiian Lifeguard Association official watch came in is the exact same box that
the Santo time watches came in they're just recovered with a different sticker
on top which makes complete sense but this is the watch you guys see it right
there not a whole lot to it I'm not really gonna go around it that much
because I just quite honestly I don't care - I'm not I'm not really into this
watch at all the silicone strap on this watch is plastic he it feels really
really cheap not really feeling it at all that face very plain very
one-dimensional doesn't really pop to me at all again guys these are my personal
opinions this is just what I think about the watch you guys might like the watch
and that's perfectly fine I'm sure there's a lot of things that I have in
my collection that you guys hate that I love that's just the way watches go but
let's jump over to the computer real quick so we're gonna jump over here and
take a look at the content dot watch gang site that was included in their
partner pamphlet this month which will tell us all the watches that I would
have preferred better than this one so if we take a look at content watch gang
slash 3f 707 3 is the actual direct link to April 2018 black tier watches we jump
down here real quick we take a look there was four different models or four
basic models and manufacturers that were sent the Y in Lifeguard Association the
out of order Casanova and stainless steel which incidentally is the only one
in the black subscription that meets my preferences based strictly set on my
preferences when selecting for my subscription each month the out of order
Casanova on leather strap and then the boulder explorer two now if I had a
choice if I could say take my hundred dollars that I invested or I put in this
subscription and give me one of these watches I absolutely 1000% in this month
would have selected the boulder explorer - I personally am a fan of Boulder
watches I know that that watch some people didn't really like the
stylings on it personally I love them I think it's a great looking watch and I'm
just a real fan of the bolder watches in general and of course you guys know I
love out of order so if I didn't get the boulder the Oh incidentally the only
other reason why I would have been excited about getting the boulders I
don't have a boulder yet in my collection so moving over to the out of
orders that kazanova lined both on the stainless steel and the leather straps
you guys saw that I got a out of order Casanova before on a leather strap and
you know I was I was happy with that selection for that month's delivery this
wine Lifeguard Association though I think I just can't stand this watch I
know I said in my unboxing video I don't hate it
which at the time I didn't but the more I started looking at it the more I
actually did hate it so let's just jump and take a look and see what we can find
out about this Hawaiian Lifeguard Association watch which incidentally is
model number 5504 so this did come in various different colors it is a
stainless steel case the band is rubber and it has a Japanese quartz movement
with a hardened k1 mineral crystal on it for 99 bucks in the grand scheme of
things $99 subscription I get it you know it's got a Japanese quartz it's
got the mineral crystal rubber strap stainless steel case I'm not loving that
dial matter of fact I hate that dial just for whatever reason I don't know
this this watch is just one of those watches that you look at that after you
buy and you're just like I hate this watch it angers me and I want it out of
my life so we jump over to the time time concepts dotnet website this is the
actual website for this watch on time concepts dotnet is who manufactures that
this is the model HL a five five four and they are selling this watch for
a whopping 250 dollars quite honestly I'm not even gonna waste my time and go
and look and see what everybody else is selling this for if anybody else is
selling it for that matter because I I simply just don't care enough um the
other other thing we learn on this site that we didn't on the watch gang sleight
is that strap is 24 millimeters at the lug and that is probably if I'd look at
this watch that's probably the thing that I like best about it is the strap
width which is kind of sad alright guys so that was the lifeguard Association
diver watch from my watch gang black subscription for 2018 this is made and
sold by time concepts dotnet you know if you guys want a beater I guess it's fine
if you want to pass it off to your kids I guess it's fine I can tell you that if
I was looking to purchase this watch hey I wouldn't and be I wouldn't purchase it
for the two hundred and fifty dollars that time cops time concepts wants it
for and quite honestly if I could get 50 bucks out of this watch I would be happy
so if you guys have 50 bucks and you want to buy this watch it's all yours
I'll even pay shipping how's that just send me 50 bucks this watch is yours and
we are both happy anyway guys I know today in a bit of a mood kind of on a
rant today so I apologize I still love the excitement of watching black
subscriptions I love the mystery watch concept it's just something that
entertains me and it's something that I again use for pure entertainment I don't
necessarily think that I should expect a watch that I like out of every
subscription month and that's perfectly okay this is one of those months that I
just happen to hate the watch that I received so that's that anyway guys I'm
gonna let you go definitely check us out later in the
week we have a couple better watches to take a look at with you guys something
some things that I'm a little bit more excited about and if you want to see
what's on my stunning daily basis don't forget to
follow us on instagram at instagram /watch addiction die us thank you guys
and have a great week
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REUSCH PURE CONTACT G2 | goalkeeperglove test & review | SHERLOCK GLOVES - Duration: 2:44.
Hello everyone today we will test and review the Reusch pure contact g2
Made, from the Italian house in collaboration with keepersport, but how will it behave in the field? Follow us and you will discover it
The latex is the g2 one of the best used by Reusch, which guarantees excellent performance, on dry and good in the wet
the abrasion resistance really undertone
Cause the softness of latex but also the great mechanical stress brought by the evolution negativ cut
Cuts negativ evolution that we loved a lot, it makes the glove adhere to the hand like a second skin
and from a sensitivity on the ball never seen before
The back is made of a single piece of very thin perforated neoprene, on which gel prints are applied
the result is with
The weight of only 89 g is the lightest glove ever and the sensation during use is to wear a second skin
The cuff has made with the same sheet of neoprene of the back and a portion in licya that facilitates the fit
The strap is also made of neoprene only half a turn on the wrist but still allows an excellent closure
In conclusion, this is the softest and lightest glove on the market today
If you are looking for these features the Reusch pure contact g2 is the glove that is right for you. we recommend it to those who will use it
On natural grass fields as wear is really fast. for other videos, not
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Arteza Hobby Knives Set Review + Demo | CRAFT SUPPLIES | SEWING REPORT - Duration: 3:22.
so is anybody up for playing with some knives hobby knives that is welcome to
the sewing report I'm Jennifer Moore helping you discover your love of sewing
crafts and DIY projects in this edition we are checking out a lovely set of
craft and hobby knives by a company called arteza now Arteza makes a
wide variety of like crafting quilting lots of art supplies so definitely check
out the website I was certainly perusing and saw a lot of cool things I was
interested in in fact it even kind of whet my appetite to try watercolour
painting so we will see so anyways this company offered to let me try a couple
items so I chose this set of craft and hobby knives it looked interesting in
because I'm also getting into building dollhouse stuff and doing some more in
that realm I thought this might be a handy thing to have so it is a 17 piece
set and it comes with three knives 13 knife blades and a cutting mat which I
thought was a really you know cool and like very well-put-together set
I think the self-healing cutting mat looks like it's excellent quality and
the knives you know you get three of them and I liked that all of the blades
come on a magnetic strip so they don't go all over the place and they come in a
really sturdy plastic case and of course make sure to practice safety measures
you do not want to hurt yourself so the three knives have different purposes the
thinnest one which is this one says it is good for light materials like paper
balsa wood cloth and acetate this medium thickness blade this one is best for
medium materials like wood paper plastics film and also acetate and the
big guy here this is touted for clothes corner cutting it's a heavy duty blade
holder providing precision heavy pressure cutting of heavyweight
materials like wood mat board paper metal and even foam board this kit does
come with a wide variety blades for lots of different purposes and I'll link it
below I'll link the art has a website if you're interested in checking out this
or any of the other products I did try these out I thought it did bear
well on paper I tried that real nice clean cut there and the self-healing
cutting mat works really well you can also change out the blades very easily
with like a quick-release handles so again pretty standard among craft knives
but again it performs well and I actually really like this set I think
it's a good value and it comes with everything you need so I would
definitely give it a two thumbs up here are teza nice job and I'm very curious
to check out some of your other things in another review I will be showing you
their oven-baked polymer clay and I'm really excited about that kit because I
get to play with stuff but if you enjoyed this video feel free to hit that
like button and consider subscribing to the sewing report for all your sewing
craft and DIY project fun I'll see you guys next time
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26 Inch Weber Kettle Grill Review - 26 Inch Weber Kettle vs. 22 Inch Weber Kettle - Duration: 5:55.
what is up everybody this is Lyle with no hippie BBQ what I want to do today is
come at you with a little bit kind of a preview of this Weber Kettle twenty six
point seven five inch kettle grill that I just picked up I happen to buy this on
Amazon they have done Amazon at around three hundred dollars on the Weber on
the Weber grills website it was like three hundred forty nine dollars so if
you plan on getting this amazon's probably the place to go anyway got this
because I've been doing a lot of cooks and ever since I bought this kettle
grill over here I've been doing a lot of a long duration cooks on it and I
figured a little bit more room would probably work so we went ahead and got
this the first thing I noticed when it came in was how big it was I could not
believe the size of this thing it's not only obviously wider but it's
taller as well anyway instead of talking about it let's kind of come on in and
take a look at some of the things that are a little bit different between the
two not only just in size but some of the other things as well the things
that's a little bit different than this than some other grills is it does have a
temperature thermometer on it my other twenty-two has the temperature
thermometer as well you also have if you take a look at this damper here it has a
little bit of it has this rubber piece on it so that actually will come in
pretty helpful sometimes it gets a little hot without that on there one of
the other things it does have this and you just slide the lid back I like that
I don't have that on my model right now as far as the great stone they do have
the flippable grate right here so it's easy to add charcoal we're going to set
this aside now I happen to be rocking this with the slow and sear and I'm
telling you this attachment here is the main reason why I started falling in
love with this other kettle grill because it did allow me to go you know
12 14 hours on cooks where as I wasn't able to do that before anyway i'ma go
ahead and pull this out this is an that you could buy from the adrenalin
barbecue company I'm gonna leave a link to that in the description below but
what this came with was you have to charcoal baskets right so you can set
this off to the side and you can kind of have charcoal you know on either side
and then cook in the middle what I think it would come in handy for since this is
such a big grill is if you wanted to kind of cut down your cooking area I
might bring these baskets in like this you know so I'm not having to fill this
whole thing with charcoal and just have them kind of right here just wait and
pull these out now you know one things I'm seeing in this grill you know
everything is painted it has a nice finish on it it does look like there's a
little bit of pink dripping in here which is fine I really don't care about
that the outside didn't seem to have that same issue that I can see so anyway
just like the you know just like every other kettle grill out there you have
the ash thing or where you can control airflow to control your temperatures
let's go ahead and set this back in look forward to cooking some pork lid on this
tonight I'm gonna be doing two pretty large pork butts on that we'll be using
that slow Z right there so another difference between this and the 22
inches the wheels are a little bit bigger
what are those they look about what 20 inches right there now they're probably
about 6 inches but I'm gonna keep them clean though anyway that's a nice little
upgrade you got the little hub cap thing on it keep you looking fresh the
difference is you have your ash catcher on this one you kind of lift it up and
twist it on this ash catcher over here you squeeze it
and then you lower it and then you spin that out so that's a little bit of a
difference I think you know I'm not sure why they made that change I think both
of those are going to work just as fine really I'm not sure if there's a whole
lot of difference in these two that is markable other than the fact that you
can get a whole lot of food in this one compared to this one so I am extremely
excited to get this thing rocking tonight the change that I forgot to
mention is that these legs that are on this kettle here and mine might be a
little bit older I'm not sure but this one has some pins that will keep the
legs from falling out I am one of those few people that have decided to move my
kettle grill and the leg fell out of it so that definitely is something that I
like right there anyway my thoughts on this initially is that this is probably
going to replace my weber smokey mountain I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep
it or not but really I think this is gonna do everything that that does and
it's definitely going to replace that I may keep it around I'm not sure about
that but for the 150 dollar difference between this and this I think the size
makes up for it anyway like I said I'm gonna do some pork butts on this tonight
you know I will see if my feelings change after cooking on it anyway thanks
for stopping by no hippie BBQ I appreciate it comment subscribe I'm out
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