Showing posts with label alright product. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alright product. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2016

The Frixion Erasable Pen













The Frixion Erasable pen is an erasable gel pen. The Frixion uses thermochromic ink in order to "erase". Included in it is a hard, rubber tip at the end. The heat from the friction (hence the name) generated using the rubber tip is used to heat the ink until it turns clear.

Well, does it work is the question? Yes. It writes fairly well, and with a bit of pressure will write without much skipping at all. However, if you are looking for an erasable pen that acts more like liquid graphite then you might want to beware of this pen.

It's very hard to get thinner lines with the Frixion that you can get out of a sharpened pencil or lead pencil because trying to write that lightly will cause more frequent skipping. This means that this pen would also be a bit of a problem for anyone who's trying to use it to ink a sketch or do any detailed inking.

The pen also had a tendency to let out more ink than needed, however, it's usually only a small drop and doesn't affect it's performance, although I'd recommend anyone using it have a quick writing hand. The pen erases pretty well, provided that one didn't press too hard, and manually warms up the eraser before erasing the ink, it basically erases clear, with little to no shavings to brush off the page.

Overall the pen gets a 3.7/5. Better than most "erasable pens" which become permanent over time, but not enough to replace a standard pencil

You can catch them in a pack of 6 for $12.20 on Amazon here

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Climate Keeper 12" Oscillating Desk Fan





The Climate Keeper 12" Desk fan is...well, a fucking fan.

It's got a nice, sleek look to it, and is stylish enough not to be out of place in an office or at a home desk set up. It comes with three different speeds easily controllable through buttons at the base. The fan has the ability to rotate a full 90 degrees from it's farthest left or right position.

The fan is powerful, but when set to rotate. The fan is slow to pan from side to side on low and seems to be a bit faster on it's highest setting.

Beyond that, there isn't much to say about the fan. As I said before, it's basically just a fan. It's not particularly small, or portable, and requires some minor assembly. It fits on most desks and dressers. In summer this thing will keep you cool but like most fans, is useless in winter.

All in all...it's meh. Nothing really special about it, but it doesn't have any real drawbacks either. After having it for a while, would I buy it again? Sure, if it was in my local store, but otherwise, no. I wouldn't go out of my way for this product.

I'll give it a 3.4/5. If you really want to buy it for some reason you can pick it up at Big Lots or on their website