Worthless crap that only takes up precious space in your pack...
352478
Don't purchase this book...if you do, you're essentially throwing fifteen bucks (US) out the window.

I spent six weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam, and deep-sixed this book when, for one city, "OUR PICK" for hotels was a place costing $200 per night.

I can overlook the faggoty carbon-neutral ethos of the LP franchise, which permeates every one of their guide-books--let's face it, that encompasses a healthy percentage of backpackers who buy these books--but TWO-HUNDRED BUCKS PER NIGHT?!

Save that for Fodor's or Frommer's. Why the hell is any LP book even LISTING a place that wants $200 a night...especially in CAMBODIA?

On the island of Koh Rung Samloen off Sihanoukville, Cambodia, I mentioned to the English owner of the Lazy Beach Resort that I had this edition on me. He expressed a desire to see it, and spent an hour laughing at the entries for Sihanoukville.

The LP writer apparently came to Sihanoukville and spent THREE HOURS talking to ONE guy, asking about the hotels, getting recommendations, and so forth.

Some of that information is flat-out erroneous, such as calling the manager of the Oasis bar "professional," when he is, in fact, nothing of the sort. Some of the hotels have been sold, or are under new management, (things are very transitory in Sihanoukville), or are nothing like what they've been described as.

(The Lazy Beach Resort is not listed in this edition, but it is the best place to spend any--ANY--time in the Sihanoukville environs.)

This book was equally useless when it came to Vietnam. I encountered an American fellow at the Bavet border-crossing who told me he'd "jettisoned [this edition] a long time ago."

The Lonely Planet has led me astray before, viz. their Bolivia book, which recommended an unsafe hotel in La Paz, and completely screwed up the map of Sucre, but this book was the inflection point that made me re-evaluate whether they are the best option for independent travelers.

As the owner of the Lazy Beach Resort said, the LP's main utility is the city maps (excepting, of course, Sucre), but their listings are simply one guy's opinion or outright hearsay...and not always accurate when you show up tired and dirty late at night.

I'll still use the LP for future trips, but as one tool among many, not as a Bible.

(The best travel resource for Cambodia--by far--is the Canby website...I used the LP 2005 edition for Vietnam and found it only adequate, relying more on Wikitravel and other travelers' apercus.)
1701188
I'll start with the pros... this net is fairly well constructed, with nice heavy duty bungees.  The adjustable hooks are a pretty cool feature too.

Now the cons... this net is absolutely, completely, utterly worthless for anything small or light enough it won't stay in the bed on its own.  I have a full-size (8-ft) bed, and just attempted to use this net for the first time.  The bed was full of large garbage bags full of trash, recyclables, etc.  Unfortunately the holes in this net are larger than a full trash bag.  I added 4 bungees to the net to help cover some of the bigger holes, and was still concerned I might lose part of my load.  I had to stop once to readjust, fortunately it was a fairly short drive with no speed limits over 45mph.

Unless you're holding down something very large that doesn't like to move anyway, I would strongly recommend looking for a net with a much tighter pattern.
366260
This pack comes with supper cheap quality of big and small size sliding "robots" (simple plastic plate toped with a thin rubbery pad layer), I tried both size on light and heavy items, Both attempts were on tiles floor moving one bed (queen size) then one cupboard (very small and empty, 20 by 80 inches.). this thing do not work! You will need the VERY EXACTLY same effort to move your objects with and without these plates no actually you will have to add to it the lifting effort to place the plates in the right position under the object you would like to move (from two sides each).
2132447
I know, you're thinking, wow, a great space saver for packing, and I don't even need a vacuum! Its too good to be true! And guess what, its because its not true!

This is just a glorified plastic bag, with a flimsy zipper that falls off immediately. Dont believe the hype.
Sorry I wish I could offer pros, but there are none.
Happy travels!
1963418
Total cheap flimsy crap;  WORTH about 10 cents  Buy something else.
4720814
I bought this pack after much research and for the positive reviews on it. I generally trust Tenba and they did a great job advertising it. I thought this would be a convenient, lightweight pack with plenty of versitality
The backpack is probably more convenient for videographers than it is for photographers. I bought this bag initially for a hiking trip in hopes that in the long run, it would also work for my portrait sessions. After the 'trial run' of the hike I have decided I will return this item.
Pros:
-Material seems tear resistant as advertised
-The deep pockets are great for long items (advertised for boom sticks)
-The back of it is very cushy
-The Air flow back is great for having it on for long amounts of time
-Relatively comfortable to wear
-Appears sturdy
-Appears to be water resistant

Cons:
-Zippers. Though they are advertised as the "YKK" zippers, they are very irritating. They felt rough and would catch whether the pack was full or empty
-Pockets: Although there are pockets everywhere, I found them inflexible and stiff. The interior zip pockets can barely hold my chargers and batteries (one zip compartment: two Canon chargers, two batteries). So I tried moving those to an exterior pocket-just did not make sense after placing them their. The bottom line here seems to be: You have to use the pockets exactly as they are advertised or else they will be utterly useless.
-Straps complicated to adjust
-Side access for Camera-this is great if you have a small camera. I used this with a Canon 6D (no grip) with a Canon 70-200 2.8 attached. Every time I finally bypassed the zipper problem I would struggle to force the camera through the pocket. This served completely useless if time is against you. I later used my Canon 60D w/ grip and 24-70 2.8 attached and found the same problem but worse. The camera barely fit through the compartment.
-Storage: It was a major struggle to pack this bag.  I spent 30 mins trying to fit (w/ convenience in mind) Canon 6D, Canon 60D w/ grip attached, Two Canon 70-200 2.8, Canon 16-35 2.8, Canon 24-70 2.8. Not my usual kit, but for the trip I was taking I need this. I wanted to have at least one of the cameras accessible through the side pocket, but found it nearly impossible to safely pack the bag this way. I compromised by follow the photos online-with make no use of the side pocket. So why even have it?
 This combined with the stiff pocket issues just made this pack completely unappealing to me.

In the end, the design and features are unique. But this pack is in no way flexible for the multi-job photographer. It has its specific design with a specific photographer (or videographer) in mind. A portrait/wedding photographer obviously is not that type.
2677519
If you spend $45 (Or less) on a phone and expect it to function like phones costing many hundreds of dollars YOU deserve one star not the phone.

Yeah, the OS and misc loaded files take half the memory. Get a miniSD before you fill the remaining 4 gigs with your useless crap.

Decent little phone.  Best part is that its capabilities limit how many versions of Angry Birds you can download thus releasing you from your robot trance.
4879780
I travel a lot. Mostly long-haul flights. Between work phone, personal phone, reader, tablet, etc. I have a lot of cords. I love the idea of having everything accessible when I need it, and out of the way when I don't.

I hated this thing.

I gave it two stars because it pretty much does what it's designed to do. If you are completely confident that you want exactly this, you won't be disappointed. My rating is more about my overall experience in trying to achieve my objective using this, and less about a particular complete about the quality or capability of the GRID-IT!

The reason it didn't work for me is that it transforms my cords into a single, monolithic, thick brick of loops. My goal was to have something that fits in my messenger bag for travel on the plane; my fantasy was that when I needed a cord I'd pull this out, grab it, and put it back. Reverse the procedure to pack up.

The reality is that it makes this brick. The case is sized to fit within my messenger, but width/height is is comfortably almost the size of the messenger. Combine that with cords, and suddenly it means my messenger is Absolutely Stuffed Full when I put anything else in it. This isn't true if I tie up cords individually and just dump them in there. It's an odd effect, and difficult to describe how awful it was.

In addition, this brick of loops grabs or sticks on everything in my bag. The GRID-IT! straps hold everything really well (they have a rubberized tackiness to them), which means if you pull it out, your cord loops will grab something and out it comes too. Times a hundred. When you're putting it back, it's difficult to get back in for the same reason. I would have to dedicate an entire pocket solely to the GRID-IT! to make it work - and that can't happen.

I could probably go with an even smaller one (if they make it), but honestly, in a practical sense this only holds about 4 or 6 cords. I can't go much smaller and have it be the organizer I want it to be.

I think this product is more suited toward a suitcase or something where there is a much smaller ratio between the dimensions of the GRID-IT! and the  container you're putting it in. I may end up using it for stuff I toss in my suitcase. I even tried it in my backpack, but it had the same problems. I'm so disappointed that this doesn't work for my use case, because I was really stoked.
2038104
There is less than 5gb of usable storage on the device.  When you have a 5 year old who wants every game he sees, 5gb, is just not enough.  Come to think about it, it's not really enough for 2 or 3 games.  And when you try to download something when there is not enough space available, you don't get a warning, the download just fails without any detail as to why.  My son currently has 1 game and 5 books on his device.  He wants one of the Disney Planes games.. but, there's not enough room.  Please, do yourself a favor don't buy this piece of junk.  It'll only cause tantrums.  Your kids will be upset too.
20752
I borrowed these from a friend for our cruise back in March. At first, having never used a space bag, I was impressed. However, that was short-lived. First of all, even in the largest bags, I couldn't fit much. Maybe a few tops. Second, I would seal the bag and roll them per the instructions, but in under five minutes, the air was creeping back into the bag. Third, When I went to repack at the end of my cruise, one of the bags broke! I followed the instructions exactly and had three thin shirts in this stupid bag. Completely useless product. There are way better space bags out there for half of this price!
1654578
Unfortunately this ebook is worthless and unoriginal unless you enjoy mindless self promotion and a long, drawn out sales pitch to buy the next book. It's little more than a bunch of Google searches slapped together in a haphazard fashion, something you can easily do on your own. As you read the book you'll realize just how little effort was actually made on the author's part.

Even the title is completely misleading. There is no Traveling The World and you don't Meet any Cool People but it certainly is a Crash Course, unfortunately not in the way the author intends. It's a crash course in how to cut and paste a book together, a cheap attempt to make a few dollars targeting the minuscule "hardcore hitchhiker" demographic totaling about ten people in a nation of 330,000,000. There's literally nothing in this so called "guide" that common sense doesn't already dictate. The author seems to believe anyone brave enough to stand on the side of the road with their thumb out looking for a ride across the country is too stupid to think of packing for their trip, bringing their wallet, or taking a cell phone with them.

Basically this book is just one self explanatory list after another that any ten year old kid could come up with. It's written in an extremely obnoxious and condescending fashion while the author explains why you need money, food, and clothes, how to make a hitchhiking sign, and where to stand (oh jeez, you mean if I'm hitchhiking I should stand by the side of the road? Wow, brilliant, that's worth $6.99 right there!). Did you know you'll need a backpack to carry your stuff? Or that hitchhiking is potentially dangerous?

Like I said, this "guide" is page after page of pure filler. The author even tells you how to choose and pack a backpack, material clearly lifted from any camping guide published in the last seventy-five years, but hey, it's not plagiarism when you change a few words around. As you read through all the fluff and filler it's clear how hard the author is trying to sound like an authority and how very seriously he takes himself. It comes off like some overbearing, insufferable blowhard prattling on and on and about how cool he is and how stupid you are.

I would advise you to throw your money out the nearest window before actually paying for this ebook. There is literally nothing in it you can't easily Google yourself for free. If you do feel the need to waste a few dollars on this unentertaining drivel then be prepared for a tedious reading experience full of typos, grammar errors, and scatterbrained logic.

At the end of the "guide" the author warns that he's actually working on a book about his death defying cross country hitchhiking extravaganza and that's when you realize this ebook is nothing more than a cheap excuse to make a few extra pennies. Why write one book and sell it when you can write two books and sell them both? The constant sales pitch is extremely transparent and the mindless self promotion renders it useless, condescending, and childish from start to finish.

Consider yourself warned, there is absolutely nothing in this book you haven't thought of already on an unoriginal topic that's been done many times before.
4302531
This pack is super small, If you look it is the same pack as others like the HDE Military Backpack. and the pics were taken of a very small man or even a child, very deceptive description. and is junk.
4730786
I bought this set and I'm fairly unimpressed.  I travel about every other week, so I've gotten some use out of these already.  I'm not sure what I was expecting exactly, but here goes:

The 2 largest bags seem to be the best constructed.  They are expandable and useable.  I figure if you're checking luggage, make sure it's cheap becaues it'll get destroyed, so they are passable.

The smaller 2 are complete garbage.  The smallest one totally useless because of it's size.  You might as well just bring a grocery bag and stuff eveyrthing in there.  It would work for a small child but you have to extend the handle all the way out making that impractical without some welding.  The second smallest carry on is a 21 inch, but it seems small and it's difficult to fit a week's worth of clothes in here.  The zippers on ALL these bags are horrendous and get stuck often and don't seem to work well.  I used the 2nd smallest 1 time before the zipper on one of hte pockets separated.  To make matters worse, the handle doesn't lock on either of the smallest two.  I know this seems like a small problem, but when navigating an airport, it is actually REALLY annoying because you can't keep it extended it's full length.  Almost any effort applied to it will start retracting.  Awful.

So if you need 2 large suitcases, maybe this isn't a bad set.

If you're a frequent traveler and expect to use either of the smaller 2 bags, just buy something good.
3630800
The outside pockets are kinda useless. They open up, but not enough to put something inside of them. Would I recommend this pack!!!???
Yes! Only if you do not carry to much camera equipment. And NO!!! Outside pockets are useless.
2697525
useless! Much smaller than I expected. Other than an occasional wrapper there is no room for anything! I was hoping for a place to put empty water bottles while on the road and this doesn't even fit 1 of those!
936499
(...) Looking for help in organizing my 2-car integrated garage for use as a working automotive shop, I found this book nearly useless for anything remotely connected to design, layout, work flow, functionality, efficiency, automotive equipment,
energy and utilities requirements, etc.

If you're looking for one guy's personal "I tried this product, and it's good!" This may be the book for you.

But you don't need to buy it.

(...)

Do I really need to know that StoreWALL come with zinc plated, rust resistant screws" in 1-5/8" and 2-1/4" lengths?

The first quarter of the book centers around the author's "Nine Objectives for a Functional & Organized Garage".  It lists such
mind-blowing concepts such as:

"When in doubt, throw it out"

"If it's on the floor, it's time to store"

Is he kidding me?

If I wanted to do a "Clean Sweep" show and get rid or everything I want to organize, store and find, Yeah, sure, I could buy one of the featured $2,000 "wall systems" to house two pairs of skis.

No kidding.  If you have nothing to store, organizing life becomes so simple.  But would you spend for melamine cabintry for  holding and hiding next to nothing?

The middle, and bulk of the book is product-by-category reviews.  OK, so I learned there are two "environmental friendly, water-based" epoxy floor coating alternatives to the highly regarded (and less expensive) U-Coat-It epoxy.

The last third of the book is cheap fluff about Feng Shui-ing you garage, the history of garages (who cares?), famous garages (Apple Computer was started in a garage.  Big deal -- so is my race car!), and West's sure-to-be-famous:  "My 2020 Vision of the Garage for the Future"

(Hint:  It's going to take on more importance in the minds of the future-family)

The book's best feature is its photographs.  (Showing space after space of glittering slat-wall and shiney cabinetry -- all holding next to nothing.  Of course, THAT will look neat and tidy).  You might glean a couple of storage product ideas you didn't know about before hand.

Tell me where to place my 20-gallon parts washer, plumb the space for shop air, which floor coating stands up best to my heavy floor jack rolling across it.

(...)

Now I want to get back my common "Cents".
2347349
I got this as a gift and it is nothing more than a pile of hot stinking crap. Half the icons are in Chinese; I wonder how much spyware is installed on the tablet. The one saving grace is the manual; its hilarious!

"if tablet PC don't use for a long time, please charge the machine with full of storage around once a week, in order to prevent the machine from starting again with long-term no using."

"USB line and charger must use the original for the company, otherwise it may appear the phenomenon of finding not U plate and can't filling into electricity".

Good times! I'm afraid to use this or let me kids use it. I'm sure its just a matter of time before the battery catches fire, or some toxic chemical leaks from the plastic.