The Bodyblade exercise tool is not something for amateurs. This tool, which is shaped like a long thin paddle is made to provide maximum resistance for arm and core exercises.The bodyblade is made of a sturdy, flexible material that provides heavy amounts of quick resistance. As you go to move the blade back and forth in a fast motion, it oscillates quickly and makes your target muscles work to...

The Horizon Series E95 Elliptical Cross trainer is an elliptical that is available currently on the market as a moderate to high end priced elliptical. The machine is easy to assemble, it only took us about an hour out of the box to put together with minimal confusion. The setup and use was the easy part, the machine has easy push button controls to adjust the resistance, time length and diffic...

The Pure Komachi knives are excellent kitchen knives for all occasions. While using these, I found that no matter what I cut through and wanted to chop, it was easily cut. the knives are easy to use and feature a coating on the super sharp blade to keep the food from sticking to it. the handles are colorful and have icons on them so you don't cut chicken then veggies, to prevent crossing ba...

There is nothing more collectible to me than all items Beatles. It is my biggest interest, and I am an avid collector of their memorabilia, both old and new. I would like to tell you about one of my favorite pieces and something you can still find out there. In the late 1990's, the company that oversees all things Beatles, Apple Corp. released a large amount of products with the fab four in...

For those who can't enjoy time on a snowmobile, there is usually one sound, simple complaint...IT IS TOO COLD! But what if there was a way to keep that from becoming true?There is a product on the market called Hot Shots insole electric boot warmers. Now even though snowmobile time is not my area of interest, snow skiing is. And when you walk into a ski shop, you see and try all the new thi...

The Bowflex SelectTech 552 Dumbbells offers the home gym enthusiast the change to have a large range of dumbbells in a small, compact fashion. The weights range from 5 lbs. to 52.5 lbs. and are adjust with a simple click and lock of the desired weight amount in the docking station. The locking mechanism hold safely and strong, and appears to be up to repetitive use. The outside of the all metal...

The Black and Decker AS600 6-Volt Alkaline Battery Cordless Screwdriver is a useful tool to have around your home. My wife and I use this for simple household fixes that need to be made quickly and wit ease. The unit uses 4 AA batteries, and the batteries last quite a while. We got a full day's use of hanging pictures, screwing and unscrewing toys to fix with ease around the house. Despite ...

The Titleist Pro V1 golf ball is a high level, tour type golf ball that is a bit out of my normal price range, and is not golf balls that I would ever buy. However, when you play with someone who does, you have the opportunity to use a ball or two and get a feel for them. I chose to review this ball because it stands out from any I have ever used before. It is called the Pro 392, and that numbe...

The Total Gym 14000 is an all-in-one piece of exercise equipment that is used for the home and rehabilitation settings to provide strengthening. I have used it in a rehabilitation setting, and can speak to it from there. The system comes with a variety of exercise already established in a handout/booklet, and is easy to follow with the pictures in it. The Total Gym will strengthen both the uppe...

Ray-Ban prescription glasses are my newest prescription of choice. I recently purchased these from Sears, they are my first new perscription in 4 years, it was definitely time for a change!I found these glasses to be my favorite after literally looking at 100 different styles, shapes and colors. These glasses are very flexible, they are perfect for a dad like me with little hands around that lo...

The Toledo City Paper is weekly paper that is offered free to consumers n the Toledo area. The paper is on fair-quality newsprint, and is mostly color with some black and white pages. The content tends to lean liberal, and is fair most of the time presenting all the sides to the subject they cover. They try to tackle a big event/concern in the city to the residents, along with the standard opin...

The Guidebook "Fun with the Family in Ohio" is a great guide for hundreds of ideas of trips to take with the family in the state of Ohio. The maps provided helped us get an idea of the general locations of things only, please do not make the mistake we did and use them for driving or your only reference to get to the destination. We found the guide to be very helpful in its detail of ...

The Toro Ultra 12 Amp electric blower and vacuum is the main tool you will find me using this fall when our Midwest leaves start to fall. This blower is a great tool that helps to clear my driveway, sidewalk and front yard easily. The unit is lightweight and easy to move around, which is nice for my smaller wife to handle. The unit quickly switches from blower to vacuum-I use this often once I ...

The Cap Weight bench is a simple, flat weight bench for use with home exercise equipment like free weights. The bench was purchased a few years back and has gotten quite a bit of use out of it from myself. I can admit to one very evident thing with the bench...it is simple. There is no incline, no extra to it-it is just a flat bench with padding in four legs. It does not have attachments f...

The BAPS, or Biomechanical Ankle Platform System, is a tool used for rehab mostly by Physical Therapists, and it is used primarily for rehab of the lower extremity.The BAPS Board can be used for a number of rehab options, and the one that you will probably benefit the most from an exercise standpoint is to use this tool for balance and lower leg strengthening. The board allows for only certain ...

The USA Today newspaper attempts what few others would do, to give quality news information on the day throughout the world. The paper is available all over, and tries to cover the day's news events and information from the night before. I personally find this approach to limit the amount of information and quality that I get from the paper. I do not like the light news stories, and I wish ...

I have been married now for going on seven years. I have found that in those years, the wedding band my wife picked has been a real part of who I am, in a great way.My wife went to Jared's and found this wedding band. It is both yellow and white gold and it a simple band with decorate rope/weave in the center of it. The weave is nicely done, very detailed and excellent in the work-it is not...

Elefun is an enjoyable game brought to you by the company Milton Bradley. This game is designed for children aged three to six, and has 4 colored net that children used to catch "butterflies" made of paper that come out of the toy elephant's nose. The "nose" is a four foot tall plastic tube that connects to the base of the toy, that when powered on blows the tube straigh...

The Chrysler Towne and Country Minivan is one of the best options out there for a family looking to upgrade to a minivan. I personally had been looking for a long time to purchase a larger vehicle, and this is the one I decided on. There are many make/models available, but after careful research we liked the Towne and Country. The minivan offers many nice features, but for us the two most impor...

The Detroit Free Press is the world's best newspaper. Well, maybe not the best; but it is definitely one of the best. The Free Press comes out daily and is available throughout Michigan and Northwest Ohio.I am a huge Detroit sports fan.  I cannot make it day to day without knowing how my Pistons, Red Wings, Lions or Tigers are doing. And the Free Press provides me with that information...