Not quite perfect, but pretty darn close
921474
I'm not exactly a gym guy, so maybe I'm not the best qualified to review this thing, but to meet it seems solid as hell. I've owned it for a few months now, and it's every bit as tough and well constructed as anything I've seen in a commercial gym. If you can break this thing you either messed up the assembly, or you need to sign up for the NFL.

If you're capable of figuring out Ikea instructions, you'll be fine here. It took me less than 30 min to get it put together. Just read it a few times first and identify everything before you get started. Also, don't really torque the bolts down until it's ready to go. I've had zero squeaks, rattles, or wobbles despite daily use, and I'm benching over 250 with this thing.

The ability to make each arm move independently is amazing. If you have a weak side, this will identify it pretty quickly.

Depending on your workout style, if you like to move heavy weights but prefer to work out alone, this is one of the best options around. I routinely use weights that would be dangerous to lift solo on a traditional bench, but with this thing you can go high intensity all day long.

The option to add on accessories moves this up from "good" to "great." I added the lat tower, and with a little creativity there really isn't an upper body exercise you can't manage to figure out. Again, I'm not a weightlifter, a purist might argue that point. No matter what you're looking for, they have an accessory to create a perfect machine that you can stick in a small office or bedroom.

That said, it's not perfect. I can't get the bench to lock in a flat position for some reason (and customer service has been zero help, I think they're allergic to email). But doing decline and incline presses work just finI. Also, I wish the grips went out a little wider for a little more variety in hand positions, but I'm 6' 1" and built like a oversized spider monkey, so that might be a personal problem.
1189940
pretty good for the price, not the best, but definitely not the worst
2265415
Almost a perfect version. But it's hard to do a bad version of this little beautiful song.
421429
It is not perfect, but close in my opinion.  I like the fact that it looks good, isn't too big, is battery powered, doesn't light up the room at night, is easy to use, and is effectively silent.  It does make a very soft ticking type sound, but is extremely quiet in general.  In a perfectly silent room I can just barely hear it ticking when it is about 8 feet from my ear.  At first I could only hear it 2 feet away in a silent room, but it got a bit louder for some reason, as it broke in I guess.  For the second one that I bought two weeks later, I can only hear it within a 2 foot distance at this time, in a silent room.  It may also get a bit louder as it breaks in.

In contrast, I could probably hear a cheap quartz clock ticking 50 feet away with no background noise.  If there is any sort of background noise, you probably won't hear any sort of ticking sound from this clock unless it is within a few inches of your ear.  I keep the first clock that I bought about 2 feet from my ear when I am sleeping and it does not bother me at this distance.  The very soft ticking sounds that it does make have a frequency that is also less annoying than a standard clock I think because they are faster, about 6 ticks per second.  A standard clock of course has one tick per second which is essentially the same rate as the human heart beat.  The alarm volume gradually ramps up after it comes on, which is a nice feature.  I think the alarm loudness is just right.  If you hit the snooze button after the alarm sounds, the alarm will stop and go off again in another 5 minutes.

On the Seiko website this clock is listed as having the "quiet sweep second hand" feature, which means it is almost silent.  The clock measures about 3.75"W x 3.85"H x 1.9"D.  This clock looks great with modern furniture, and not as good I think with older style wooden furniture.  The black and gray pattern on the face simulates the look of a graphite composite laminate.  Seiko sells some wooden table top alarm clocks, but they don't have the quiet sweep feature, and therefore I don't know how loud the ticking sounds would be.

I bought this clock mainly because I wanted a non-lighted,  effectively silent clock that allows you to reset the alarm time within seconds.  Digital clocks make it too complicated and time consuming to set the alarm time, and usually light up the room at night with some kind of display light.  What I don't like about this clock is that there is no visible indication on the front or top of the clock that the alarm has been set.  You have to reach around to the back to make sure the alarm switch is in the up position.  Not a big deal though, once you get in the habit of doing this to check the alarm setting.  The relatively small size of the clock makes it easy to pick up the clock and check the alarm switch status with one hand.  The only other negative I can think of is that the red alarm hand is thin and therefore hard to see in dim light.  This problem goes away if you hit the light/snooze button on top, it is then easy to see even in darkness.  Overall I give it 5 stars, and it is the best Seiko alarm clock for my purposes.

Update, About a Month Later:  The second clock I bought never got as loud as the first.  I can only hear the second one a few feet away in a perfectly silent room.  I think this is yet another example of quality problems from China.  I think these clocks should all be just as loud as each other, given the price, and that fact that a cheap (and loud) quartz alarm clock from Ikea costs only one dollar.  I spoke with someone from Seiko who mentioned loudness variations have occurred before, and that one batch of clocks from China a while back were loosing time.  I still give it 5 stars though, as there seems to be no competition yet for quiet alarm clocks that are easy to use and which don't light up the room.  The louder clock that I can hear about 8 feet away in a quiet room is acceptable, but I swapped locations and put the quieter one next to my bed so as not to hear the subtle ticking noise.
4358710
4.5 stars is closer to accurate. Make sure you follow directions to calibrate (AND save those instructions for next time).
4384778
I've had this watch for two months now. It's a decent watch that does what it's meant to do very well, but it feels like it could be better in a number of places. Here's a list of pros and cons, without much literary ado:

Pros:
 * Incredible accuracy: the 7N43C movement is classed at a middling 15 seconds per month accuracy. After careful checking over 2 months against NTP, the watch has lost only about 1 second (so somewhere around 0.5-0.9 s/month accuracy in practice). That is simply amazing performance, considering that the best, most expensive, quartzes in the world only claim 0.4s/month accuracies.
 * the hardlex glass is very transparent... it almost seems like no glass at all at first sight. No scratches so far, either.
 * the second hand actually points to the second marks. Mostly. It can drift about 20% off mark on some of them.
 * the hour and minutes hands have an inverted V-profile, which helps with reflections and so on (i.e. at least half the hand will usually form enough contrast with the dial face to be visible).
 * The hour markers are shiny and grooved. The resolution of the photos here are not enough to show them properly. I expected them to be matte gray.

Cons (and surprises):
* Its biggest failing is that it is very loud. It's really noticeable and unpleasant when holding near an ear in a quiet setting. It may sound like I'm nitpicking, but it really annoys a lot sometimes.
 * The face is not matte white as might appear in the pictures, but a metallic silver, radially-brushed, one. It's nice, but maybe not what you expect. Under tungsten lighting (i.e. 'warm' house lights) it takes on a golden glow, quite different from the neutral white in most images of this watch.
 * The sides of the band are mirror-polished. More of a surprise than a con, again.
 * The band is a bit stiff, the watch will only lie down flat if the clasp is kept open.
 * The finish is very finely brushed one. It looks nice, but is very sensitive to damage. Almost every link in the bracelet was visibly scratched after only a few days. The titanium that the band is made of seems softer than it could be, overall. Maybe because they wanted to be able to polish it, which is normally difficult do do with titanium.
 * The clasp feels a little thick, making it unpleasant to rest on while typing, for example. Some of the edges on it are a bit sharp as well.
* It could be thinner than it is. I like thin watches, and it feels like Seiko could have tried a bit harder to reduce the height of the stem, for example. Still, it's one of the thinnest men's watches that doesn't claim to be thin, and the market is full of over-sized watches at the moment, so I can't actually complain about this.

In conclusion, it can be an amazing watch or an ok watch, depending on what you're looking for most.
3624886
This is one of those really cool products that's so close to being perfect that its flaws are particularly frustrating.

The software can be finicky, and I had a really difficult time adding new bulbs to an existing set up. The app would try to scan for bulbs repeatedly and not find them, and only after a few attempts would it give me the opportunity to manually add bulbs by serial number. This also didn't work on the first try for me.

It got worse when I ordered another set for the apartment. This means I ended up with one bridge at home, and one bridge at work. The iPhone app now has a really hard time dealing with two separate bridges, and seems like it's often trying to change bulbs at the wrong location. It could just be my set up, and I'm sure that Phillips will release improved software eventually, but it has been pretty frustrating. Particularly for something that is cool enough that I'd like to be using it all the time, those frustrations really add up. It's not quite in the "it just works" category.

Overall, I still like and recommend this; once you get it up and running, it's great and can drastically change your room, mood or even your whole routine.

Additionally, I think people with small businesses stand to benefit from this technology as well; we went from harsh fluorescents to a Hue set-up that we adjust throughout the day, and it's been a great change. I have found little bit of ambiance and character goes a long way toward making everyone feel more at home during meetings or while working on projects.

And hey, it's a great discussion piece, everyone wants to try it out!
4388813
REASONABLE FOR THE COST, BUT NOT THE BEST I HAVE TRIED.
4891511
Not a perfect fit, but is very useful and useable. I'd give it a 4.5-Star rating based on fit, but I'll round up since i cant.
4234871
Okay, they're not OEM, but they come pretty darn close.  They provide as much cushioning as the original headband and if the aesthetics of the zipper bother you, then your only alternative is to buy a new set of headphones.  There has to be some way to open the padding up to wrap it around the wiring and the metal frame inside, and some way to close it back up again.  It's unavoidable.  I think paying $30 for a few more years use from my QC15's is a better option than paying $200 plus for a new set of headphones.

A few tips from my installation experience:  At first, I had a hard time getting the plastic clips to set right.  After reviewing the video a couple of times, I realized that the black plastic sheathing that protects the wires had slid up past the indentations in the metal frame (see photo).  Once I slid the sheaths back down, the clips popped into place as they were supposed to.  If you are having trouble getting the clips in place, check to be sure that the black plastic sheaths are pushed all the way down (toward the ear pieces).  They should end up just below the indentations in the metal frame.

I also had a little trouble with the fabric that laps over the zipper.  There was a pucker at one end that wouldn't lie flat.  I taped it down with a bit of masking tape and then installed the clip.  Once I removed the tape, the fabric stayed flat, held in place by the clip.  If I were doing this again, I'd probably use masking tape on both ends just above the clip.  It helps to hold the fabric where you want it before tucking it inside the clips.

Finally, as others have suggested, I got a seam ripper from my wife's sewing kit and a pair of nail scissors to open up the old headband cushion.  There's no way to injure anything inside with these small tools.

Photos of my final results are attached.  I'm satisfied with my work, but if you want it perfect Headcase Audio offers free installation if you pay for the shipping.  There will be a card in the parts package that explains the deal.
4315906
Not perfect, but great for the price.  More resolution would be desirable.
4873784
That being said, its not perfect. The mini usb connection is loose and may cause the drive to not show up on computer. The case is a slightly small for some drives so I had a little problem getting one in, when i finally put one in and closed the case, I could not open it again easily. It took me a good 10 minutes and a couple of flat head screw drivers to open up the case. But I like to tinker with things and fix such problems so It wasn't deal breaker for me, but if you're not technically inclined or simply want something that works out of the box perfectly, you might want to choose another. Bottom line: Good value for money, I'll order more in future !
2232034
It comes close to being great, but leaves room for improvement.  The primary annoyance is the riveted joint under the boot where the arm is connected to the bike mount.  It rotates just like the OEM, and it also stops at an indexed position.  But the position it stops at does not provide a firm engagement.  This looseness allows the mirror to vibrate/shake when the bike is ridden.  The second feature that needs improvement is the fit of the boot to the flange that is mounted to the bike.  The boot is loose around the flange instead of the factory quality boot that fits snug and is held in place by the flange.  Now for the OK parts.  The boot itself has a glossy texture which is different than the original.  That is not a big issue, however for my application just one mirror needed replacement so that means that the two sides don't match each other.  The reflective mirror is fine and it fits into the housing without gaps.  The holes in the flange align with the holes in the bike so mounting isn't an issue.

Since I really only needed one mirror, I bought this&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Bikemaster-Replacement-Mirror-Left-Black-Suzuki-Katana-98-06/dp/B0036GBGXA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Bikemaster Replacement Mirror Left Black Suzuki Katana 98-06</a>&nbsp;afterwards instead of settling for these mirrors and was extremely satisfied.  The cost is higher, but peace of mind that I'll see a stable image behind me is worth it.
3453440
It's not perfect, but for the price I really can't complain.
3183696
Well, it isn't perfect, but... I do have a couple of minor complaints with this - Do NOT use the screen / view on it to calibrate / adjust your photos, wait until you get them on to your PC and do it there as the display isn't very accurate... also keeping the 35mm film correctly placed in the unit can be a little fiddly, but once you get the hang of it, it's ok. On the upside, you can scan in a photo in seconds and the USB transfer works flawlessly to move them over to your PC. I DID add a USB memory card to mine so that I can scan more between each upload, worth the extra in my opinion.
3480955
My wife and I are both serious musicians. We were aghast at the lack of pitch fidelity of a Fisher Price glockenspiel that we were given as a gift for our young daughter, so quickly bought this one in its stead based off of the reviews stating that it's actually in tune.

Well, it's not quite perfect, but it's good enough. The other one was probably 50 cents off on some notes if not more, while this one is close enough to not be painful--perhaps no more than 10 cents off at worst? These instruments don't register well with my tuner, for better or worse.

The only unexpected thing is having an octave with the tonic as the bottom note plus a fourth on the top end. We had expected it to be an octave on the top end going down to the dominant on the low end. Not a huge deal, this.
3508362
As others have mentioned, the fit and finish when assembling these boxes is far from perfect. The edges don't always match up as closely as I'd prefer. Still, these boxes are sturdy, inexpensive, and meet my needs. I haven't tried resizing a box using the creased sides, but it's nice to have the option. If they remain among the cheaper options in this box size, I'll likely be buying them again.