Best Digital Music
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I could get all excited about Kirstie and Avi nailing their leads ("Sleigh Ride" and "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" respectively) AND the fact that Kevin gets to sing several lines in "Mary..." I could rave over their original song "That's Christmas to Me" which is both beautiful and moving. But I won't......because that would take too much time that I could spend listening to this incredible album."
"I love Pentatonix so it was natural that I had to have "That's Christmas to Me"."
"I threw my nearly 16 year old golden retriever an early Christmas since cancer was taking her life."
"We drive many miles over the Christmas holidays and most often listen to Christmas CD's as we drive."
"My daughter, a dance teacher, told us about Pentatonix."
"I want to listen to Christmas music year round thanks to this awesome band!"
"I purchased and shipped it to 4 of my friends/family AND gave it as a white elephant gift last year for Christmas."
"I Love acapella."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"One thing I've noticed is that she likes to include a few songs that would sound at home with her last release along with the new music which is actually a really smart idea as it keeps from jarring the fans too much from one album to the next and allows them to embrace the direction that Taylor is headed. The first single off the cd, "Look What You Made Me Do," was a strong declaration that Taylor was ready to take on the haters on their own playing field. The low end on this album can rattle the windows with the best of them but the mids and high-end are there as well showing off Taylor's vocals which continue to get better. Taylor's songwriting also continues to evolve from the longer narrative story songs to more of a pop format. Taylor also continues to show that's she is growing up with lines like "Only bought this dress so you could take it off," something I'm sure that will have men everywhere wishing the song was written about them. Back in the day the Beatles would often throw a final track on a record to preview what was coming next. "Reputation" is an album that is both sonically pleasing and one that tells stories that people can relate to easily."
"This album cured my depression, cleared my skin, and brought rain to the plains of Africa."
"It drives me nuts when an artist keeps doing the same thing over and over because they are afraid of losing fans."
"My 25 yr old daughter wanted this for Christmas and is very happy with the CD."
"Great product, great service!"
"It's Tyler what can I say?"
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I first found out about this because my teenager nearly blew out my eardrums as she ran screaming from her room that Pentatonix was releasing a Christmas album. Each of the five musicians have gifted voices and talents and are essential to the group's unique style."
"A few of the songs on here skeptics may think the songs have been overdone and have no way of being different, but pentatonix found a way to twist the songs enough to keep the original magic but make it their own enough that it really stands out from other covers and brings the excitement of listening to that song for the first time again."
"Heard this group on the Christmas TV special - amazing voices, and acappella!"
"I love Pentatonix!!!!"
"Very interesting album - the voices are really good and close harmony I enjoy it and my guests were pleased."
"A fun new spin on holiday favorites, and sung by the talented Pentatonix and a few featured artist."
"This is by far our favorite Christmas album."
"'This was good but not half as good as last years."
Best Albums
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I could get all excited about Kirstie and Avi nailing their leads ("Sleigh Ride" and "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" respectively) AND the fact that Kevin gets to sing several lines in "Mary..." I could rave over their original song "That's Christmas to Me" which is both beautiful and moving. But I won't......because that would take too much time that I could spend listening to this incredible album."
"I love Pentatonix so it was natural that I had to have "That's Christmas to Me"."
"I threw my nearly 16 year old golden retriever an early Christmas since cancer was taking her life."
"We drive many miles over the Christmas holidays and most often listen to Christmas CD's as we drive."
"My daughter, a dance teacher, told us about Pentatonix."
"I want to listen to Christmas music year round thanks to this awesome band!"
"I purchased and shipped it to 4 of my friends/family AND gave it as a white elephant gift last year for Christmas."
"I Love acapella."
Best Songs
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I could get all excited about Kirstie and Avi nailing their leads ("Sleigh Ride" and "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" respectively) AND the fact that Kevin gets to sing several lines in "Mary..." I could rave over their original song "That's Christmas to Me" which is both beautiful and moving. But I won't......because that would take too much time that I could spend listening to this incredible album."
"I love Pentatonix so it was natural that I had to have "That's Christmas to Me"."
"I threw my nearly 16 year old golden retriever an early Christmas since cancer was taking her life."
"We drive many miles over the Christmas holidays and most often listen to Christmas CD's as we drive."
"My daughter, a dance teacher, told us about Pentatonix."
"I want to listen to Christmas music year round thanks to this awesome band!"
"I purchased and shipped it to 4 of my friends/family AND gave it as a white elephant gift last year for Christmas."
"I Love acapella."
Best Music
"Hamilton" - which transferred to Broadway following a sold-out run at The Public Theater in NYC - is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Then avoid this album at ALL COSTS. Soon your family will start experimenting with this album and know Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton are more than just a trivia question from the Got Milk commercial from 1993. I'll leave it at this: I enjoyed this album enough to: -sing along with it. -move along with it. -make plans to fly out to Broadway to watch and support this show. -most importantly: find out more about Alexander Hamilton beyond the 1993 Got Milk commercial. I hope you enjoy this album as much as I have."
"This excellent cast album has it all: songs about desire, triumph, love, heartbreak, power, obsession, family, cheating, status, happiness and loss. After an eight year absence from visiting NYC, Hamilton has inspired me to book a plane ticket and a ridiculously expensive hotel room in the Big Apple just to see this show in the Fall."
"It's a brilliant pastiche of musical and poetic styles, all perfectly tailored to each particular character, yet woven into an intricate narrative that will inspire, entertain, and break your heart. I was privileged to see the show the week that it opened, and can't stop telling people about it, so I was beyond thrilled that the production team, including writer/performer Lin-Manuel Miranda and producer Ahmir Khalib Thompson (aka Questlove) chose to produce a full-length soundtrack that skipped nothing from the original show. Now an entire generation of theater-goers will arrive at Hamilton already knowing the music and words, and that's probably a great thing, because it's incredibly complex and fast-paced."
"I've been immersed in American musical theater my entire life and work in it full-time now."
"Totally met all my expectations. Took the advice from friends to do your research."
Best Musical Instruments
Sound Leadership & Voice Clarity. Due to CVC6.0 noise cancellation technology, the Otium bluetooth headphone intelligently filters out background noise for perfect speech transmission in busy and noisy environments. Compared to Bluetooth 4.0, the latest Bluetooth 4.1 technology features faster & stable signal transmission, clearer sound quality and lower power consumption. Neckband design, no wires tangling, and it's easy to storage to your sports armband or arm package bag. UP TO 8 HOURS Music playing for full battery charge. Super quick charge time with full charge light indication.The headphone battery status will be automatically displayed on the IOS Phone screen.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Now, i reviewed over the ear headphones that were sub-par in every category, so these couldn't be any good, right? So, all the basics and really the case is not bad if you don't want them in your pocket.a little big but thats being picky. Do better than 3pt type for us not young guys."
"These blew the top of my head clean off. I then had an experience, I can only describe as being an assault on the hearing senses by a quality built audio masterwork. They are so clear, they actually create soundstaging, imaging, and things all without distortion. It just gives you the room you need to accommodate your maximum volume. Update: every pair of ear buds I ever had, seemed to move if I yawned or raised my eyebrows. I feel like some great company left some money on the table to benefit all of earbud mankind."
"Included with these headphones is a user manual, charging cable, hard shell case, and three different size ear tips."
"Bluetooth Headphones, Otium Best Wireless Sports Earphones w/ Mic IPX7 Waterproof HD Stereo Sweatproof In Ear Earbuds for Gym Running Workout 8 Hour Battery Noise Cancelling Headsets These headphones are amazing had for a full month Batteries last long the recharge time is manageable comes with a charging cable and a case and extra ear gels ,they are sweat proof and the noise cancellation is adequate as long as the earphones are inserted correctly decent bass truly a pleasure to own a pair whether I am off-roading or bike riding or walking they hold up well to the Az heat."
"The only difference at all is the logo applied to the storage case and the left side speaker. Battery life so far seems exceedingly LONG, I have used mine and then tried to charge only to determine that it didn't need a charge yet!"
Best Kitchen & Dining
Instant Pot Duo 8 Quart is a 7-in-1 programmable cooker, it replaces 7 kitchen appliances as it has the functions of a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, sauté, yogurt maker & warmer. 14 built-in smart programs (Soup, Meat/Stew, Bean/Chili, Poultry, Sauté, Steam, Rice, Porridge, Multigrain, Slow Cook, Keep-Warm, Yogurt, Pasteurize & Jiu Niang) cook your favorite dishes with the press of a button. It passed the stringent UL certification giving you uncompromised safety and peace of mind and protects you with 10 proven safety mechanisms and patented technologies. Duo, the number 1 selling multi-cooker, combines 7 kitchen appliances in 1, Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Sauté, Yogurt Marker and Warmer, prepares dishes up to 70% faster to support your busy lifestyle.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"You can cook multiple items in it ( which you can also do in a regular stove top pressure cooker by stacking vessels- my mom used to do it all the time , so when ppl say you can cook multiple items in the IP as if it is a new thing - no it is just "re-inventing the Cycle". It cooks rice in less than 4 minutes( sometimes even in less amount of time) - yes it does but BUILDING UP THE PRESSURE takes some time around 8 to 10 minutes( sometimes even more than that for very big quantities of food). So total time is almost same(give or take) when compared to stove top pressure cooker. For stove top pressure cooking , you need to monitor continuosly for whistles, and turning off the stove - This you can avoid in Instant pot. Since it is electric pressure cooker with built in settings, it will automatically turn off the cooking for you , so you dont have to stand near by the. stove all the time. So many BUILT IN functions : There are so many functions you can use for multiple cooking , some of them are Yogurt mode to make yogurt , Rice mode for rice, Slow cook mode etc. Great for people who want to experiment in their cooking to find out the fastest times for. their cooking , which saves lot of time than to use preset functions. ONE POT COOKING ( multiple , if cooking multiple dishes by stacking) so less clean up. and so many more... SO PEOPLE who are looking for stainless steel cooking pot, cooking multiple items at once, dont want to stand in front of the stove baby sitting , busy parents, who wants fresh homemade food with less efforts, One pot cooking, Bulk cooking .... etc etc ... YOU MUST BUY THIS. It happens to everyone .. it takes time and some trial and error to get the exact recipe timings to your taste and texture. I do like to cook 2 things at a time and never tried 3 at a time as I am little afraid that some how they might get spilled while boiling and cooking. 3. Saves time, one pot to clean , so my cooking time on stove is greatly reduced."
"The pot visually lets you know when it's safe to open the pot, by the float valve (the little silver post that pops up when the pot is pressurized) dropping back down flush with the lid instead of being popped up. The sauté function has three temperature settings: 'Normal' heats to 320 degrees, 'More' heats to 338 degrees, and 'Less' heats to 221 degrees (all in Fahrenheit). For pressure cooking, you will probably use 'manual' nearly all the time (nearly every Instant Pot cookbook I've read relies on the manual setting almost exclusively). The preprogrammed settings each have their own timing, and *variable* pressure, which the pot manipulates by manipulating the temperature of the contents (the higher the temperature, the higher the pressure). After you hit 'manual' to start cooking, you then set the amount of time you want it to cook at pressure, after which you will have a 10-second grace period (for example to add more time, etc. So you need to take into account the time it will take to reach full pressure (which depends on many variables, including what is in the contents of the pot, what temperature they started at, and your altitude), *and* how long it will take for the pressure to be released and normalized (i.e. for the float valve to pop in, which of course is really "dropping in", but you get the point). All Instant Pot recipes will include (or *should* include) either one of these terms: natural pressure release (also known as NPR), or quick pressure release (QPR or QR). What these mean is simply either "let the pressure dissipate on its own" (natural pressure release), or "force the pressure to escape immediately by turning the steam release handle counter-clockwise to the open position (quick release). A really good example of a food needing quick release is poached eggs (which come out *perfectly* in the Instant Pot (see how to poach eggs in the Instant Pot below)). For example, for any recipe that includes sautéing in the pot first, then adding ingredients and then starting pressure cooking, you definitely want to have everything lined up before you start. I didn't fully appreciate, until several days in, just how amazing this aspect of the Instant Pot is: you can start something cooking in it, and then *walk away* - even leave the house, and it will finish cooking just like you instructed, and be *perfectly done*, and then it will *keep it warm for up to 10 hours*! (I think this is the thing that pressure cooker purists who try to talk people out of getting an Instant Pot, rather than a stovetop pressure cooker, fail to understand. You definitely will want this steamer basket for your Instant Pot (the Instant Pot comes with a little steaming trivet, but this steamer basket is *way* more useful - in fact it's how you make both poached eggs and baked potatoes). There are different reasons for doing this, ranging from "I only want to cook a small amount of something like oatmeal" to "I want to cook a cheesecake in my Instant Pot" to "I want to cook two different things at the same time in my Instant Pot (like cooking beans, and having a bowl of rice on a trivet (see why you want a good trivet?). Personally, I like to have a physical book when it comes to cookbooks, and so I like this one...you can't go wrong with America's Test Kitchen cookbooks, and their pressure cooker cookbook is no exception: Pressure Cooker Perfection. I also happen to be a strict vegetarian, and for vegetarian and vegan Instant Pot cooking, this book by J.L. Instant Pot Meals, Plant-Based & Oil-free. ..and this one: Vegan Under Pressure: Perfect Vegan Meals Made Quick and Easy in Your Pressure Cooker. And speaking of recipes - here is how to make those poached eggs, and baked potatoes. Put a cup of water in the bottom of your Instant Pot, put a steamer basket or trivet in the pot (making sure that the water doesn't come over the top), and set your Pyrex cups in the steamer basket or on the trivet. Just put water in the bottom of your Instant Pot, flip the legs down on your Oxo steamer, put the steamer in the pot and then dump your potatoes in on top of the steamer. Using the Manual setting, set the cooking time for 12 minutes, using high pressure."
Best Appliances
By reducing contaminants like mercury, toxaphene, p-dichlorobenzene, carbofuran, alachlor, benzene, lead, cryptosporidium, and giardia, the MWF is a safe and affordable way to contribute to a healthy lifestyle. ●What certification does it tested by The NSF/ANSI 42 standards for the reduction of chlorine, tastes, and odors while retaining vital minerals beneficial to good health. QUALITY PERFORMANCE: Reducing most chlorine, sediment and other impurities, our filters deliver fresh and crisp water to you and your family. INTELLIGENT REMINDER: A professional fridge filter indicator is also included in our new package, which will remind you to replace the filter on regular basis.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My last words to my wife will be, "reduce the number of stars on my water filter review"."
"With this filter installed I had no water at all."
"The price is good and it is supposed to last longer than a regular filter which is what prompted to spend a little extra on this companies model (they have a less expensive regular life filter I was also looking at). I have only had it installed a short time so will see if the change filter light takes longer to come on - even if it doesn't it is still a good value."
"Though the reason we changed the filter (other than the fridge said to) the water pressure in the fridge was noticeably slower and we were just wondering why."
"Was really thinking the ice maker was broken but just as someone suggested it needed a new filter!"
"You will probably have some air pressure that causes cloudy water initially, but that goes away quickly by following this procedure: insert filter, pour water for 8 seconds - pause for 8 seconds, pour again for 8 seconds then wait 8 seconds."
"Exploded in my fridge spraying water everywhere."
"Do not trust to use outside original packaging because it's possibly a return. After that, it produced a steady stream that occasionally stopped for a fraction of a second, and there would also be 4-6 heavy drops after I released the lever."
Best Industrial & Scientific
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I had my bf apply the pads to my lower back and I was messing around with the dials and all of a sudden...BAM! Always start these things with the lowest setting and then move up within your comfort level."
"I had experience with a smaller, less powerful unit bought at CVS, but even that was helpful. (EBL 840 9V Battery Charger with 4 Pack 600mAh Li-ion Rechargeable 9 Volt Batteries). UPDATE Aug. 2017: I've used this unit for 4 months and it got me through a really horrible time where I was suffering from knotted shoulders and trapezius with terrible trigger points that were so bad I was unable to sleep on either shoulder for nearly 4 full months. UPDATE Sept. 2017: Well, unfortunately, the unit quit working a few days before I had to travel, so I was forced to buy another one to replace it. My original review was 5 stars, dropped to 3 while I waited for a refund, and am leaving it at 4 stars because the seller did take care of the issue and the new unit seems to be working fine (although I did just get it a month ago)."
"I get treated by my chiropractor every month with a professional TENS unit for Sciatic Nerve pain."
"This tens unit has just the right amount of power behind it, small size and features to make it a must have for those with MS, muscle or nerve pain. The housing isn't as nice as some of the higher-end commercial units, but the electrical configuration options are comparable. Sometimes I put it on low and just run it for 30 to 40 minutes while I read, work on the computer or watch tv. *It should be noted that this gizmo has decent power output and runs for a long time off of one 9v battery. The pads are comfortable--not overly sticky or gooey but nonetheless result in excellent adhesion. When finished just re-apply them to the sticker backing sheet they came with and reseal them in the envelope to extend the life of the pads."
"Tens units are the best when it comes to muscle pain."
"This is the second one of these to break within a month of use."
Best Baby
Position monitor and camera unit 3’ away from wifi devices (smartphones, routers, computers, tablets, etc.). Move monitor and camera unit closer together, and/or a new location without thick concrete walls between them. Position monitor and camera unit 3’ away from wifi devices (smartphones, routers, computers, tablets, etc.). Move monitor and camera unit closer together, and/or a new location without thick concrete walls between them. First-ever monitor with interchangeable optical lens capability - allowing you to customize viewing angle and zoom. First-ever monitor with interchangeable optical lens capability - allowing you to customize viewing angle and zoom.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"We have been using the Infant Optics DXR-8 video monitor for 1 year now and felt we could now give an accurate review. If you're in a hurry, the summary of this review is that this camera and monitor are great and the customer service provided by the company is outstanding (see below). So stop hunting and trying to weigh all the baby camera/monitor reviews and get this camera and monitor if it provides you with all the features you want. We also felt we didn't want a system that sent our image feed off to some remote server where it would be stored for some period of time for whatever analytics that the company performed. We wrote an email to Infant Optics explaining the situation and hoping for a repair or replacement. This is the type of costumer service that actually makes you happy and reaffirms that the Infant Optics camera and monitor was the right choice for our family. It works great and it is backed up by outstanding customer service that provides peace of mind all new parents should be afforded."
"The mommy-to-be and I wanted to test both of these units side-by-side to see how they compared to each other. Samsung initially seemed like the better choice as it had the 5” screen compared to the DXR-8’s screen of only 3.5” The Samsung also had music playback on the camera in the baby’s room (4 different lullaby song choices), and a small night light on the top of the camera (which you can turn on and off). The Samsung’s touch screen is far different than the touch screen on their cell phones, their touch screen has little sensors throughout that you can see if you look at it closely."
Best Pet Supplies
Buffalo, lamb meal, chicken meal, sweet potatoes, peas, potatoes, canola oil, egg product, roasted bison, roasted venison, beef, natural flavor, tomato pomace, potato protein, pea protein, ocean ¬fish meal, salt, choline chloride, dried chicory root, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, yucca schidigera extract, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Bifidobacterium animals fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus reuteri fermentation product, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, niacin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin D supplement, folic acid. Supplemented with vegetables and fruits, this hearty formula delivers antioxidants to help give your friend a healthy lifestyle.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Photo comparing kibble size of Puppy Formula and Canine Formula."
"I just opened this one yesterday, since the one I bought from local store (same brand same flavor) is out. So I had less than half a cup, so I opened the bag and check it out. Why a supposedly same food looks so different, I ask myself. But Spooky is hungry, so I put some of the food to have a half a cup of food for Spooky. Today, he was hungry and wanted to have breakfast, and for some reason he wouldn't eat the food. Edits: Image on right is the one in the right is the one bought in local store and the one in the left is the one bought from Amazon. I don't understand how same brand, same flavor, with the same expiration date, are totally different food!!!"
"We also stock up on this probiotic Vitapet Probiotic Powder Blend For Dogs and Cats with 5 Billion CFU Per Serving because he gets sick a lot and the vet has not been able to state what the problem is. He did recommend a probiotic that has a high count of bacteria strains."
"I noticed the pieces of food in the bag were much larger than I had previously been getting from Big R. Didn't think much of it, but after giving dogs the food I received from Amazon both dogs started having diarrhea and vomiting during the day."
"This is the third bag of taste of the wild food we bought for our 2 dogs (a hound/shepherd mix and a catahoula/aussie mix) and both got sick within a few days of having this."
Best Electronics
Enjoy tens of thousands of channels, apps, and Alexa skills with access to over 500,000 movies and TV episodes from Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, HBO, SHOWTIME, STARZ, and more. Watch the best of live TV and sports from AMC, HGTV, ESPN, FOX, and others with a subscription to DIRECTV NOW, Sling TV, or top-rated primetime shows with CBS All Access. Prime membership unlocks thousands of movies and TV episodes, including Thursday Night Football, Amazon Original Series, Amazon Channels, and ad-free listening to millions of songs with Prime Music.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"After doing some research, I bought 3 Amazon Fire Sticks with the voice remote, cancelled Dish, upgraded to 30Mbps internet, added Sling 25 channels, added standard Hulu, and CBS All Access. Guess who still gets 96+% of the channels watched, added Prime Music and several hundred shows (that networks don't play) to all the TVs in the house, and saved over $700 per year compared to what I paid this past year?"
"The AFS is a device that provides you with both the hardware and software needed to watch such shows and it bundles everything together nicely so it is extremely easy to use. Some apps (channels) are free and they offer limited programming on demand from shows they aired in the past. PlayStation Vue (the one I signed up with) offers bundled packages of channels just like cable or satellite services and they are live broadcasts! The amazing thing with Vue is you can go into the guide, pick a show that was aired, say, two hours ago that you missed and watch it in its entirety! Another sweet thing about using the AFS for television viewing is no installer has to come to your house to set up your equipment and when you’re finished with their service nothing has to be returned."
"And I even bought a TV sound bar to improve my watching experience,TV Sound Bar, Meidong Bluetooth Soundbar with Built-in Subwoofer, 36 inch 2.0 Channel Home Theater Speakers, Wireless and Wired Bluetooth Audio for TV/PC/ Phones/Tablets/ Echo dot (2017 Model) it is a really good partner with my old TVs,also recommend. I found that the included power adapter isn't really necessary as long as you have a powered USB Port on your TV to plug it in to.I did notice that if you are using the 2.4GHZ wireless on your Wireless Network it does affect the speed especially if you have COMCAST/XFinity-, or other Cable provider as they are throttling the 2.4GHZ bandwidth to 25Gbps. If you don't know for sure run a SpeedTest and find out what your download speed is- upload is not at Full Duplex so it will be slower on both bands. It comes pre-loaded with your Amazon account details, so the only setup you need is to plug it in and enter your WiFi password, using a simple on-screen prompt. A short HDMI extension cable is included, which is handy if your TV has awkwardly-positioned ports. As with the previous-gen Stick, the extension cable also seems to boost WiFi reception a bit. It has the usual 4-way navigation pad and media controls, but no volume buttons - you’ll need to keep your TV remote handy for that."
Best Video Games
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Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This digital download allowed me to access the other half of my PS3 within a few seconds of purchasing the card on Amazon.com."
"If you don't receive the digital code immediately like I experienced....go to "Your Account" and then page down to the "Digital Content" section and click on the "Your Games and Software Library" link."
"Great stuff."
"It’s good if you can’t get to a game store to buy a card no tax no shipping it’s great!"
"It makes it convenient to give my grandchildren the flexibility to buy online games directly from PlayStation to their individual consoles (sometimes sharing just doesn't work)."
"works perfect i have bought plenty of these never had any issue with the code not being the right one or being used i allways order them from amazon."
"Ordered this card and everything went smoothly will be ordering again soon...."
"What’s the point of buying a digital code if it’s not instantly. Contacted customer support they say. I see your payment it should be 2-3 hours."
Best Books
Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. "Wonder is the best kids' book of the year," said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy . More than that, Wonder touches the heart in the most life-affirming, unexpected ways, delivering in August Pullman a character whom readers will remember forever. Entertainment Weekly: "In a wonder of a debut, Palacio has written a crackling page-turner filled with characters you can't help but root for." The New York Times: "Rich and memorable...It's Auggie and the rest of the children who are the real heart of 'Wonder,' and Palacio captures the voices of girls and boys, fifth graders and teenagers, with equal skill." The Wall Street Journal : "What makes R.J. Palacio's debut novel so remarkable, and so lovely, is the uncommon generosity with which she tells Auggie's story…The result is a beautiful, funny and sometimes sob-making story of quiet transformation.”. - Patricia Reilly Giff , two-time Newbery honor-winning author of Lily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Starred Review, Publishers Weekly : “Few first novels pack more of a punch: it's a rare story with the power to open eyes--and hearts--to what it's like to be singled out for a difference you can't control, when all you want is to be just another face in the crowd.” Starred Review, Booklist : “Palacio makes it feel not only effortless but downright graceful, and by the stand-up-and-cheer conclusion, readers will be doing just that, and feeling as if they are part of this troubled but ultimately warm-hearted community.”. Starred Review, School Library Journal : "Palacio has an exceptional knack for writing realistic conversation and describing the thoughts and emotions of the characters...A well-written, thought-provoking book. ".
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm a 54 year old grandfather who served in the Marine Corps (just for a little context). Palacio...I can't believe how she so accurately and consistently pegs human nature."
"The most emotional moment for me came toward the end of the book when Auggie's father tells him that he loves the way Auggie looks, because that it exactly how my husband and I feel about our son."
"Author R.J. Palacio writes the book in multiple voices -- Auggie's, some of his friends', his sister's -- and the different points of view are mostly very well-realized and show the inner feelings of the different characters."
"There are so many things we forget that are important and R.J.Palacio gently reminds us as we learn from Angie, his hard-won friends, and his spectacular family."
"I rarely see a movie after I've read the book because the movie is not usually as good."
"He was born with facial defects that have been treated with many surgeries, but he remains obviously and strikingly unusual."
"Awesome book."
"The book is the story of a severely deformed boy told from his perspective, his family members and friends as he tries to make it in the fifth grade in a normal school after years of studying at home."
Best Kindle Store
Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined sensibilities, and a host of mysterious powers to remind him that he's quite, yes, altogether different from his aunt, uncle, and spoiled, piglike cousin Dudley. Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, "I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" So far it has won the National Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Children's Book Award, and is short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, the U.K. version of the Newbery Medal. After 11 years of disregard and neglect at the hands of his aunt, uncle and their swinish son Dudley, Harry suddenly receives a visit from a giant named Hagrid, who informs Harry that his mother and father were a witch and a wizard, and that he is to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry himself.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"SPECIAL NOTE: For U.S. customers purchasing the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, you will notice the text has NOT been converted to the "Americanized" version of the original U.S. releases (with the exception of changing all "Philosopher's Stone" mentions to "Sorcerer's Stone"). Good or bad is naturally for each reader to decide--just know, if you plan to read the books while listening to Jim Dale's audiobooks, you'll notice a few superficial differences. The quality of this new illustrated edition is phenomenal. All chapter intros are illustrated."
"IMPORTANT: For U.S. customers purchasing the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you will notice the text has NOT been converted to the "Americanized" version of the original U.S. releases. This difference isn't as prominent or noticeable as it was with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, but still something to keep in mind. Also, to answer a question that has come up quite a bit, this is the FULL BOOK and not an abridged or shortened version. Underneath the book jacket, the novel is bound in a sturdy orange hardback with green lettering on the spine."
"I was ravenous to get my hands on my copy as soon as it was delivered this morning, but was quickly disappointed. But when I took a close look at my dust jacket, I was extremely upset to find that the gold foil lettering for "Harry Potter" had been rubbed away and destroyed completely in some places leaving ugly, black matte in its place-- pock marking the otherwise handsome gold lettering. Needless to say I'm in awe how Bloomsbury has managed to put together such an incredible project, with JK Rowling's remarkable literature and Jim Kay's otherworldly illustrations-- and allowed it to be put together in a low quality binding! Not all alone in a box... Update (October 9th): I have finally received my new book and it was in much, much better condition. The cover and spine were tight, intact and falling apart from the binding like my original copy."
Best Office Products
92 Bright White 20 Pound Standard Weight 8.5 x 11 Inches Letter Size Paper.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The paper feeds thru Laser Printers as well as Inject printers, either standing vertical feed or laying flat feed printers."
"I have always liked the 5-ream pack-see GP Copy & Print Paper, 8.5 x 11 Inches Letter Size, 92 Bright White, 20 Lb, 5 Reams/Carton (2500 Sheets). I am extremely satisfied with this paper, the size of the box, the convenience, the packing (if you buy more than one box), basically everything! And, in all this time I have not had a "beat-up" box of paper delivered. Update: 8/27/2014 -- I have tried other deals on the 10-Ream Cartons GP Spectrum Premium Multi Use Paper, 8.5 x 11 Inches Letter Size, 92 Bright White, 10 Reams/Carton (5000 Sheets) that occasionally appear, but each time the office staff has asked that we go back to using this economical, very convenient and easy to handle 3-Ream Pack. Update: 2/18/2015 -- I tried GP Spectrum® 96 Multipurpose Paper at a good price."
"However, think hard about getting 24-pound paper as opposed to the more normal and cheaper 20-pound paper."
"I have purchased this paper twice; the first shipment was fully intact."
"It’s paper."
"This is one of the best copy paper for my needs."
"Well, the paper is good."
"This brand is okay to use."
Best Software
You'll quickly produce professional documents with rich authoring features, design controls for pixel-perfect layouts and intuitive tools to help you make the most of your data. Save $20 on this product when you purchase it with a PC or Desktop that is sold and shipped by Amazon.com.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Microsoft now DEMANDS that whoever installs this program must have an "account" with them, which includes an email address BEFORE the programs can be installed. Except for Outlook, it does work okay once installed and will open any documents created by previous versions of Microsoft Office programs. Aside from the contact import problem, anyone who has used earlier versions of Microsoft Office should be able to adapt to these programs quickly."
"They decided to proceed with the Office 2016 install so we took the laptop back to our office and proceeded with the long process of creating new a MS Account, downloading the large installation file, and installing Office 2016. We tried to login under the Microsoft account, but it prompted us with a security alert that our account has been suspended for excessive junk mail. They wanted a cell phone number in order to re-activate the account, but the business customer being rural did not have one. Their Tech Department showed the license was registered to the suspended account, but they were unable to assist with suspended accounts. We were able to reset the account password just fine, but even with the new password it still required a cell phone number. What would happen to the account if my cell phone number changed? I am sure Microsoft would eventually like to have a single account handle "pay as you go" and other high security features and tying accounts to cell phones would be desirable. When Microsoft forces you to link a strangers cell phone to your account for security are you really more secure? They do state it requires a MS account, but clearly we were able to create the account without a cell phone number. They should have verified this when the account was created, not after the account was created, we download the software, installed, activated, and migrated all the data over to the new laptop."
"This is after 15 minutes of creating a Microsoft account, their verification email, and them collecting my email address and personal information. After a crazy Microsoft logon and verification process, you get to the Download screen and an icon just keeps spinning, and you read the message: We’re sorry for the wait."
"Outlook 2016 crashes frequently, causing one to lose the email you are writing at the time."
Best Camera
FUJIFILM INSTANT COLOR FILM is an ISO 800 wide picture format integral daylight color film designed for use with Fujifilm instax mini series cameras. Easy-to-Load Cartridge - Film cartridge is designed and labeled for easy loading and filled with film for 10 credit-card sized instant prints.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"If all of that is avoided (and you pick the correct setting) pictures will come out well with a vintage look."
"Very, very happy with Instax Mini film and the Mini 90 camera."
"so glad i woke up and checked out prices this morning."
"My daughter has a lot of fun taking these little retro pictures and bought a photo album from a local shop in which to store and enjoy them. High quality components, well constructed, and tons of extra stuff available to customize and match it up with. Usually my duaghter like to take a photo in silent with her noise cancelling heapdhones( I bought for her, she love it), she enjoy the moment that doing the things she like.it is a really nice headphonesMeidong E6ANC Bluetooth Headphones Active Noise Cancelling Headphones Wireless Stereo headphones with Microphone, Ergonomic Design for Kids Adult-Black, also recommend it."
"Then I saw the option to add overnight shipping to this product for only like 3.99 - so I ordered more and it came on time!!"
"This is great film for the fujifilm instax Mini 8 instant film camera."
"My daughter really wanted the camera that uses this film Polaroid PIC-300 Instant Film Camera (Blue) and I finally gave in, but the film is expensive when I have to keep buying it."
"Pictures are surrounded by the white border with roughly a half inch space to write in at the bottom."
Best Magazine Subscriptions
Major topics include culture, nature, geography, ecology, science and technology. National Geographic magazine offers you an inside look at the most interesting people and places from all over the world.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"National Geographic magazine continues to be a favorite of mine."
"Got this for my sister."
"Great price, have subscribed for my son all his life."
"Love National Geographic."
"My father loves National Geographic so I gave him this subscription for Father's Day."
"I feel slightly deceived, because the magazine I received is like a smaller, lower-quality version of National Geographic."
"The subscription was not consistent didn't receive all the magazines that I should have."
Best Health & Household
2X more absorbent,* so you can use less (*Vs. the Custom-Size-It® brand in the U.S. and the Premium Green Leaf Towel in Canada.).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm here to point out the fact that Bounty sells paper towels in the following marketing nonsense sizes: Regular, Large, Big, Giant, Mega, Super, Double, and Huge."
"and if you look at the reviews over the years, you see that Bounty has continued to shring "Huge.""
"We have 2 cats and a puppy and we go through so many paper towels."
"I was tired of changing the roll every other day with the big rolls of Viva that I was purchasing for the past few years."
"WARNING - The new size of Bounty S&S is still listed as 2 huge rolls = 5 regular rolls, but the new rolls are only 142 sf instead of 160, which is a 12% reduction in value for you as the consumer."
"As other's have expressed, Bounty tries to profit from deliberately obfuscating/bloating the numbers that a discerning consumer would need for comparison shopping and assessing value."
"There are worms inside the box and inside each roll of paper."
"While the price is the same, the size of the roll has decreased significantly."
Best Automotive
Battery Tender Junior 12V Battery Charger is much more than a trickle charger. Automatic charge cycle functionality switches to float mode after fully charging the battery.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"There are quite a few float charger type products out there that bill themselves as "battery tenders" but the actual product name of this is "Battery Tender Jr." - they have other Battery Tender products, including one with higher charging output, and one with more outputs for charging multiple batteries. A battery that is kept at full charge will have a much longer service life than a battery that is left sitting with less than a full charge. The difference with the Battery Tender products is that they are intelligent: they have computers inside that analyze the state of charge of the battery to which they are connected, and alter their output to adjust: Initialization, Bulk Charge Mode, Absorption Mode, Float Mode). I have not had a single battery go bad in the five years since I have started using Battery Tenders - and every battery still performs like it is brand new. When I park the bike, I simply flip open the cubby, plug in the Battery Tender, and I know the battery is protected and maintained. The Battery Tender works great on standard flooded wet-cell lead-acid batteries, as well as AGM (absorption glass mat) batteries. And you can now get accessories that plug into the Battery Tender vehicle-side connector when the Battery Tender is not connected. See more about these accessories here: Battery Tender USB Charger and 12 volt Socket. Overall, this is one of my favorite products, they work amazingly well, keep your batteries in top shape, and cost less than a quarter of the cost of a single new battery."
"I wish to add that the company that makes Battery Tender products, Deltran, stands by their products. One of my "Juniors" recently stopped working after four years of continuous service."
"For the normal folk: It's a fairly cheap, brute force way of charging a battery and no different than how the cheap $6 Chinese battery tenders work."
"Also, you can leave it connected all the time, whenever you're not using the vehicle. From what I read, a fully charged battery will last longer, and the cost of the battery tender was very reasonable."
"I checked the voltage output and found only putting out 9.01 vdc (should be over 12vdc), called customer service and they wanted to charge me a "warranty return fee" and possibly other chargers also on top of shipping charges to get the faulty product back to them.-these are less than 9 months old!"
"1 Worked for about 2 months, noticed the red charge light stayed on all the time."
Best Prime Pantry
HE Turbo Clean technology gives you 6x cleaning power in the quick cycle vs. next leading detergent in normal cycle.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"These are so nice to have have on hand - - I don’t like grocery shopping in the first place, hate the long drive, the parking lot parking madness and hazardous parking lot walking. I don’t like lugging these heavy items into and out of my shopping cart back out on to the check-out thing, into my car, out of my car, in to the house etc etc etc."
"I want to review this product specifically for cloth diaper users and I hope it is helpful for them. I started cloth diapering my baby from 3 weeks old, and for the first couple of months, I used a natural detergent (Method specifically) and I thought it worked fine."
"I like this brand of Tide (especially because we need HE for our washer) but sometimes if we use too much the smell of the Tide is overwhelming (not a bad problem but for some people it may be bothersome)."
"You know a laundry detergent is awesome when your husband comments on how good his clothes smell and you overhear your daughter's teenage friends saying how much they love the smell of your laundry room!"
"I appreciate the competitive price but I mostly love the size, not so heavy that I can't pull it off the shelf and great size to store in the small laundry room that we have."
"If I stray away, I’ll be returning to Tide Free with my first allergy challenges."
"But I started noticing everyday normal wear and tear stains were not coming out."
"I have tried many "free" or "sensitive" detergents but they just cannot compare to Tide's cleaning power."
Best Collectible Coins
With a demand-based production, the coveted coin has skyrocketed in popularity among investors and collectors in the past decade, and it is estimated that more than 44 million American Silver Eagles were struck and sold in 2014 alone. The mint year is inscribed underneath Lady Liberty's forward-moving foot, and the phrase "In God We Trust" is boldly engraved in the open space located on the lower right corner of the image. West Point Mint.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"An uncirculated silver eagle."
"Did a great job welcoming the newest family member."
"Nice quality and ships well."
"I'm indifferent on Texas but I thought the box looked sharp but I didn't plan on keeping it."
"Perfect, in plastic case."
"Beautiful coin in a air tight container."
"Beautiful coin to add to my collection of silver..."
"Great Coin at good price."
Best Toys & Games
Unlike most of the party games you've played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends. - Mike "Gabe" Krahulik, Penny Arcade "Uncontrollable laughter." Over 150 new cards since the last version.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My Husband and I have played it with our son quite a few times and it made us all sit together and just laugh so hard that we snort and end up having some very interesting conversations. Anything that keeps my teenager talking to me and feeling comfortable speaking with us about odd or uncomfortable things is a win in my parenting handbook."
"There are Black Cards and there are White Cards. Players have 10 White Cards, which they use to complete the Black Card's question(s)/blank(s). After each player (besides The Judge) has chosen the best White Card in their hand to go with the Black Card, all players turn their White Cards in to The Judge. From here, The Judge reviews the White Cards and decides his/her favorite pairing of the White and Black Cards. After everyone has chosen their White Card, the Judge reviews the responses: "Smallpox Blankets", "Drinking Alone", "A Can of Whoop-Ass", and "Take-Backsies". (Before you read these and think I'm an awful person, these are actual White Cards that I have seen played on the aforementioned Black Card). 4."
"This game has got to be the funniest game I've played in awhile..."
"As more of your subconscious fights to unleash the trauma, you'll find yourself uttering "nipple blades" and "mouth herpes" in the most unacceptable of times. They'll bring new friends in to freshen up the game...you will feel a rush as the look of shame crosses their innocent eyes as they win a round by playing "Amputees" against your "White People Like _____". A team of rescue workers will find you you weeks later in your closet, frazzled, emaciated, and stinking from "Soiling Yourself", because you just couldn't stop with playing Cards Against Humanity against yourself. The light of day will strike your eyes and you'll gaze up at your saviors with pensive anticipation... "Wanna play?""
Best Apps & Games
Create, explore and survive alone or with friends on mobile devices or Windows 10.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"and when in Survival you can go mining for gold, diamonds, iron, coal, emeralds, redstone, and lapis lazuli, or you could make a hoe and farm wheat, sugarcane, beets, potatoes, carrots, pumpkins, and melons. If you would prefer exploring, you can find dozens of biomes, which include jungles, deciduous forests, coniferous forests, birch woods, dark oak and mushroom forests, podzol forests, mushroom forests, oceans, deserts, mesas, innumerable types of mountains, gravel hills, etc. liberally covered with rivers, ponds, lakes, lava pits, abandoned mines, caves (HUGE caves!! Multiple worlds can be created, and there are three types; flat, to build to your hearts content, old, which is around 500x500 blocks, or infinite, which is, well, infinite, with a huge variety of biomes, and landscapes. No scary sounds, severed body parts, or anything like that. My 4 year old brother plays this by my mom's approval and he would say the same. It took me 1,184,747 blocks of TNT exploding simultaneously to crash it."
"I love the graphics and the builds you can do. The only thing is that it lags pretty bad when you try multiplayer or it won't let you or the other person on at all."
"I like that it is a game where you get to do a lot of what you want not like some games where there is a tutorial and they are sending you notifications ever second."
"This game is THE BEST."
"REALLY REALLY good I play it 12 hours (or close to that)Really good game but I still say it needs one more update armor stands love it tiny bugs but AMAZING."
"I always wanted to be able to tame the ender dragon and ride it as a cool feature to minecraft pocket edition."
"10/10 for people who are creative and want to express that creativity digitally it's an overall success!"
"I have had minecraft since my birthday in the summer of second grade now I am going into sixth so I have had this game forever amazing game I miss the very first update but yet an amazing game if I could I would rate it 1,000,0000 stars if I could great game."
Best Sports & Outdoors
These bands are ideal for. - Sports. - Fitness. - Injury rehabilitation. - body shaping. - weight loss. - physical therapy. The only way to achieve that is to let the latex rest for a long time in tightly controlled circumstances such as temperature and humidity before making the bands. This is also a great Christmas, Mother's and Father's day gift idea for men, women, dad or mom. Our extra light and light bands are great for beginners, while our medium, heavy and extra heavy exercise bands are targeted for more intermediate and advanced strength training. While these resistance bands are often used for sports and fitness, physical therapists love these physical therapy bands (rehab bands) to help them rehabilitate their patients. All of our exercise resistance bands are thoroughly tested before we ship them out to you. Take a look at our complimentary instruction guide and 41-page E-Book, where we include dozens of illustrated exercises that demonstrate how to use our resistance bands for legs, arms, back, shoulders, ankles, hips and stomach.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"As long as I'm walking, running errands, working, moving around I'm getting the benefits of the resistance bands. I use the when doing any exercises that lift my rear end... (Whatever...don't judge me lol!). While shopping this fitness trainer stopped me and said that I was doing a good thing."
"I've been taking my bands to the gym cuz there's never enough to go around and I just wrap it around my wrist or stick in my pocket bcuz it folds really flat."
"My favorite part is that they have "Light" "Medium" etc printed on the band so I don't have to guess or refer to a chart every time I want to grab my Medium weight band."
"Pros - easy to travel with, came in great condition and proper packaging, bands are labeled by color/resistant to make sure you know the difference."
"Even after prolonged rigorous workout sessions, I have noticed absolutely no wear or tear whatsoever! I recommend starting out with a lower resistance band and then when it becomes too easy for you move on to the next! The DVD isn’t necessary as the product comes with a user manual that contains several workouts for each part of the body."
"Con: my son and husband think they are rubber band toys so fling back and forth but I also guess you can take that as them being durable (so far)."
"Today’s workout took 15 extra minutes due to all the adjustments."
"The only one that hasn't popped was the black one."
Best Amazon Launchpad
Style: Kittens. Exploding Kittens is a card game for people who are into kittens and explosions and laser beams and sometimes goats.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Exploding Kittens is quite easily one of the most hilarious games I have played. My friends and I are constantly buying and playing new games to play and Exploding Kittens are quite entertaining. It would be a huge improvement for Exploding Kittens to expand the deck a bit more and to also start using higher quality cards."
"This game would be worth $20 for a deck of cards IF it were a deck of cards that could endure the treatment of children. Not only that, but even when we first got the game, I did all of the card handling."
"The first is that it is simply a card game. I would encourage the game developers to invest in a thicker card with a heavier wax like the ones many other card decks are made with."
"We've had the game for a few weeks and played it quite a bit, but that cards are literally falling apart already. The corners are peeling apart a couple are ripped a little bit, just from normal shuffling. It sucks, because I would seriously consider buying the expansion pack but the difference in the cards will be so noticeable, I'm not sure it would be worth it. Pretty disappointing because, like I said, it's a great game....the quality of the cards is just so low. They really should be more laminated, like a good set of Bicycle cards or something, especially because it's not like you can just go out and quickly (and cheaply) pick up another deck."
Best Home & Kitchen
Duo, the number 1 selling multi-cooker, combines 7 kitchen appliances in 1, Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Sauté, Yogurt Marker and Warmer, prepares dishes up to 70% faster to support your busy lifestyle.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"You can cook multiple items in it ( which you can also do in a regular stove top pressure cooker by stacking vessels- my mom used to do it all the time , so when ppl say you can cook multiple items in the IP as if it is a new thing - no it is just "re-inventing the Cycle". It cooks rice in less than 4 minutes( sometimes even in less amount of time) - yes it does but BUILDING UP THE PRESSURE takes some time around 8 to 10 minutes( sometimes even more than that for very big quantities of food). So total time is almost same(give or take) when compared to stove top pressure cooker. For stove top pressure cooking , you need to monitor continuosly for whistles, and turning off the stove - This you can avoid in Instant pot. Since it is electric pressure cooker with built in settings, it will automatically turn off the cooking for you , so you dont have to stand near by the. stove all the time. So many BUILT IN functions : There are so many functions you can use for multiple cooking , some of them are Yogurt mode to make yogurt , Rice mode for rice, Slow cook mode etc. Great for people who want to experiment in their cooking to find out the fastest times for. their cooking , which saves lot of time than to use preset functions. ONE POT COOKING ( multiple , if cooking multiple dishes by stacking) so less clean up. and so many more... SO PEOPLE who are looking for stainless steel cooking pot, cooking multiple items at once, dont want to stand in front of the stove baby sitting , busy parents, who wants fresh homemade food with less efforts, One pot cooking, Bulk cooking .... etc etc ... YOU MUST BUY THIS. It happens to everyone .. it takes time and some trial and error to get the exact recipe timings to your taste and texture. I do like to cook 2 things at a time and never tried 3 at a time as I am little afraid that some how they might get spilled while boiling and cooking. 3. Saves time, one pot to clean , so my cooking time on stove is greatly reduced."
"The pot visually lets you know when it's safe to open the pot, by the float valve (the little silver post that pops up when the pot is pressurized) dropping back down flush with the lid instead of being popped up. The sauté function has three temperature settings: 'Normal' heats to 320 degrees, 'More' heats to 338 degrees, and 'Less' heats to 221 degrees (all in Fahrenheit). For pressure cooking, you will probably use 'manual' nearly all the time (nearly every Instant Pot cookbook I've read relies on the manual setting almost exclusively). The preprogrammed settings each have their own timing, and *variable* pressure, which the pot manipulates by manipulating the temperature of the contents (the higher the temperature, the higher the pressure). After you hit 'manual' to start cooking, you then set the amount of time you want it to cook at pressure, after which you will have a 10-second grace period (for example to add more time, etc. So you need to take into account the time it will take to reach full pressure (which depends on many variables, including what is in the contents of the pot, what temperature they started at, and your altitude), *and* how long it will take for the pressure to be released and normalized (i.e. for the float valve to pop in, which of course is really "dropping in", but you get the point). All Instant Pot recipes will include (or *should* include) either one of these terms: natural pressure release (also known as NPR), or quick pressure release (QPR or QR). What these mean is simply either "let the pressure dissipate on its own" (natural pressure release), or "force the pressure to escape immediately by turning the steam release handle counter-clockwise to the open position (quick release). A really good example of a food needing quick release is poached eggs (which come out *perfectly* in the Instant Pot (see how to poach eggs in the Instant Pot below)). For example, for any recipe that includes sautéing in the pot first, then adding ingredients and then starting pressure cooking, you definitely want to have everything lined up before you start. I didn't fully appreciate, until several days in, just how amazing this aspect of the Instant Pot is: you can start something cooking in it, and then *walk away* - even leave the house, and it will finish cooking just like you instructed, and be *perfectly done*, and then it will *keep it warm for up to 10 hours*! (I think this is the thing that pressure cooker purists who try to talk people out of getting an Instant Pot, rather than a stovetop pressure cooker, fail to understand. You definitely will want this steamer basket for your Instant Pot (the Instant Pot comes with a little steaming trivet, but this steamer basket is *way* more useful - in fact it's how you make both poached eggs and baked potatoes). There are different reasons for doing this, ranging from "I only want to cook a small amount of something like oatmeal" to "I want to cook a cheesecake in my Instant Pot" to "I want to cook two different things at the same time in my Instant Pot (like cooking beans, and having a bowl of rice on a trivet (see why you want a good trivet?). Personally, I like to have a physical book when it comes to cookbooks, and so I like this one...you can't go wrong with America's Test Kitchen cookbooks, and their pressure cooker cookbook is no exception: Pressure Cooker Perfection. I also happen to be a strict vegetarian, and for vegetarian and vegan Instant Pot cooking, this book by J.L. Instant Pot Meals, Plant-Based & Oil-free. ..and this one: Vegan Under Pressure: Perfect Vegan Meals Made Quick and Easy in Your Pressure Cooker. And speaking of recipes - here is how to make those poached eggs, and baked potatoes. Put a cup of water in the bottom of your Instant Pot, put a steamer basket or trivet in the pot (making sure that the water doesn't come over the top), and set your Pyrex cups in the steamer basket or on the trivet. Just put water in the bottom of your Instant Pot, flip the legs down on your Oxo steamer, put the steamer in the pot and then dump your potatoes in on top of the steamer. Using the Manual setting, set the cooking time for 12 minutes, using high pressure."
Best Beauty & Personal Care
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Update as of 090415. Have tried using it with Apple cider vinegar but sadly, it still doesn't seem to be clearing my face like all other reviewers. I was hoping this to help clear them up but it seems to be doing nothing at all."
"This product ruined my skin. I started using this so late after buying it because I felt three or four small, hard lumps underneath my skin on my cheek: that's how my bad pimples usually start, gathering forces under my skin and then unleashing their cultivated devastation on the surface: my skin. I would wash my face with an oil cleanser before I started, something that was part of my regular routine that had always kept my skin healthy. I have pimples in clusters on my cheeks, my temples, my jawline, pimples that have not come to a head despite this clay's claim of bringing all the gunk to the surface. I have been positive until now, believing that it was the dark before the dawn, brushing off the pimples' existence and imagining my miraculous recovery when the purging period ended and all of my pimples went away, but my skin is getting worse and the first pimples that are fading with time leave brown blemishes. I have no 'Before' pictures because my skin had one or two pimples, nothing more. My pimples, aside from being large and juicy, red and inflamed, have now also begun to flake off bits of skin. Please don't think this product is a malicious one guaranteed to destroy your skin, but if it only worsens your skin even after several weeks, past the acceptable purging period time, then be wary of it. Please, if any of you have suggestions for fixing my skin, tell me, but I will never use this product again."
"After reading the amazing reviews for this product, I thought I should give it a go. I love a good face mask & for this cheap.. who could resist!? Although after my second use I woke up the next morning with some small clusters of breakouts across my forehead... I applied my regular acne cream to the mini pimples & went on with me day. I know we're all not English scholars but I would expect a product to at least have correct spelling! It's embarrassing to go out into public with tons of scabby pimples all over my face.... anyway.... please be careful when using this product!"
"It's like this mask made my skin go back to what it was. Anyways this mask is super drying and like I said it made my acne worse."