Nice, but a few issues.
588167
Great soft coloring on the grey. Even though it called grey, it actually shades from muted medium blue to very whitish/light blue/grey/ in the center. It arrived very dirty, but I was able to clean up mostly? with vacuuming. Has a few nickel size areas where the fibers are firm like they're stuck together. Maybe this is from the manufacturing process on my rug only? I only noticed them when rubbing my hand over the rug, so they're not a huge issue. One last thing, this rug is VERY difficult to vacuum with a Dyson, even without the beater bar. Overall, we love the baby blanket softness of this rug and the soft, calming ombre coloring, but it loses a couple of stars for the stated issues.
3433601
More like 3.5 stars I suppose. Looks wonderful and the material seems decent quality. Overall, pretty happy with the look/aesthetic of the chair.

I really wish it was a 5/5 star chair. However, there are definitely some issues -

The holes for the screws to secure the back support are not aligned properly for mine and I had to leave out one screw. The remaining screws seem strong enough to hold the back support in place, but yeah, it's now noticeably a little bit looser on one side. Hasn't fallen apart so I guess its fine.

The seat cushion makes a deflating sound, like when you're trying to get air out of a bag or something. Again, I'm fine with it - but it definitely is annoying.

Otherwise, I love the chair. It's compact and comfortable and handsome.
1885849
Here's a few gripes, most of which are nitpicking cosmetic issues.  The aluminum and white plastic case are a near perfect match for the Mini.  If you look really hard, the aluminum is just the slightest shade darker and the bottom edge of the aluminum band is slightly rounded, unlike the crisp hard edges of the Mini.  But these are minor quibbles hardly worth mentioning.  Much more annoying is having this big honk'n ugly logo on the front.  Another cosmetic annoyance is the power indicator.  It is in the same location as on the Mini, maintaining the overall symmetry, but it is noticeably larger in diameter, is not the same shade of white (bluish not neutral), and light from the indicaor leaks out the bottom of the case onto the table through the cooling vents on the bottom.  One surprise, however.  I expected not to like the looks of the intentional gap formed between the LaCie and the Mini.  None of the other Mini-look-alike external drives have this feature but instead fit flush to the Mini's case.  But the cooling slot nicely mirrors the CD slot on the front of the Mini so it actually looks like a natural extension.  And I have no doubt that having the extra cooling provided by this gap is a good idea.

A few things to be aware of regarding the hub itself.  Having a set of FireWire and USB ports on the sides of the unit make for convenient temporary connection of devices.  But I, for one, would not be inclined to use these side facing ports for devices routinely left connected.  Instead I'd want to connect 'permanent' peripherals in the back to control the wire clutter.  The good news is that when you add this hub to your system, you will still have a net of 4 rear facing USB ports and you'll gain 3 more on the side of the LaCie for quick access for thumb drives, cameras, and the like.  But you'll be *trading* your one rear FireWire port on the back of your Mini for two FireWire ports on the side of the LaCie.  Bad news if you want to keep a dedicated FireWire device connected to your Mini *and* plug in transient FireWire peripherals.

A set of really short USB and FireWire cables are included for connecting up the LaCie to the Mini.  Bravo!  Too bad the cables have to cross each other to reach their respective ports on the LaCie, making it just a little more difficult to manage all the wires on the back of both devices.  And the one free USB port on the back of the LaCie gets stuck inbetween these two inbound cables making it just a little harder to get to.

The hard drive in the LaCie is indeed very quiet although not virtually silent as the Mini's own internal drive.  But the LaCie will automatically go to sleep after a few minutes so what little noise it makes happens only when it is actively being used.

I know, pick, pick, pick.  But 5 stars should only be given to products that are perfect or very near perfect.  In retrospect I might have been a little happier with just the plain hard drive (300998U) and a seperate dedicated port replicator, placed away from the Mini.
4290013
Pretty good product with a couple of issues.

Pros:  Reasonable price, sturdy and, I think, durable construction. I like the sound quite a lot, actually. Too small, of course, for any thump to the bass but, in spite of that, the sound is surprisingly balanced and there's enough low end to make listening to music pleasant enough.  I'm also glad you get both power and audio feed from USB.

Cons: Clipped on to my laptop, it's not a real tight grip. It's not going to fall off, or anything, with normal use, but I just wish the grip was a bit tighter. No big deal,really. The most substantial issue, noted by others, is a really steep volume gradient. It runs loud.  I've got the volume setting on my laptop down really low. I've also got the volume of the software I'm running set really low.  So, at the lowest click setting on the speaker, I can't hear anything, with the next click, the volume goes up, in one step, to a normal listening volume.  And it's just louder from there. So, if you want LOUD, this is the speaker for you. If you want to really finely control that volume, including at lower levels, you're probably going to be frustrated.

On balance, happy with the purchase.
1310299
The reason for the 3 stars is for the issues you will have with the assembly. The instruction are not as clear as they should be. You will need to check the picture of the full assembly to make sure the legs are in the right direction. All parts and hardware are labeled. The back legs, numbered 3 and 4, should be 4 and 3. In order to put the top on you will need a stubby screwdriver. The small camlocks, and cambolths are for the drawer.  When putting on the brackets for the bottom shelf, you will need to eye it, so they will be flush on the board. I would wait until the top is on before you put on the inside drawer glides, the pre drill holes are set to high, you will need to eye this as well. When putting on the floor caps, be careful, I split the wood tapping in the last one in. Other than these issues, it's a beautiful piece. The color is a deep red mahogany, and looks great when finish. I'm happy with my purchase, assembly not so much.
1888512
The look and feel of this unit is very good.  However, once I hooked it up, there are some issues with it.  First, the handle on the mixing valve seems to work backwards from other units I have installed.  Typically the hot water is on the left and the mixing valve is turned in counterclockwise direction to increase the hot water in the mix.  In this case, one has to turn the mixing valve to the right to get more hot water.  Fortunately the back wall of the shower is open and I can (relatively) easily switch the hot/cold feeds.  The other issue is that the selector for the two outputs doesn't completely turn off the the de-selected output, hence some dribbling continues.  The other thing I noticed is that the selector doesn't stop squarely when it reaches the end of travel, ie, all the way in one position or the other.  In other words, it doesn't look as pretty and symmetrical as the picture you see.
550097
It's a good looking case, but there are a couple things that bothered me.

The Pros:  Good looking case that has an excellent hidden cable management tray under the motherboard mounting plate.  A definite plus since you can see in through the window on the side.  Two 2.5" mounting bays are a big plus for using SSDs and has three standard desktop size drive bays.  Keeps my high performance PC cool with additional fans.

The cons:  The biggest one is that the double size radiator for processor liquid cooling from the same manufacturer as the case did not fit and I had to modify the inside of the case.  I had to remove the hard drive bays and the disc drive bays.  Not a big issue for me since I use SSD's and don't have a need for a disc drive.  Another thing is that it doesn't have a SD card reader which I think should be a standard feature.  Lastly, before I got the liquid cooling I did have a DVD-RW drive in it.  The front panel of the case has to be removed to clean the air filter and the disc drive installs with the front plate on.  Meaning every time you want to clean the air filter you have to remove the disc drive.  Frustrating and unnecessary.

In conclusion, I should have bought a bigger case, but I still feel like I shouldn't have had to modify the case as much as I did to put their own liquid cooling system in it.  If you do plan on using liquid cooling, go with the smaller radiator, or get a bigger case.

I included a picture so you can get an idea of its size and see the modifications I had to make.
4149067
This is a beautiful desk. Great glass work top, and sturdy base.

There are many issues, however.
-Packaging: The glass top was packaged well, but the rest were not. It was haphazardly thrown into a large flat box with a few styrofoam pieces thrown in. The shelf lip had come apart from the shelf because of the lack of packaging. I was able to repair it with glue and clamps. This desk was also missing crucial pieces. There was one foot missing, and one crucial metal thread insert. It's a part that should already be in the pedestal and not part of the hardware list. Since I am quite handy, I was able to find the metal threaded insert and a replacement foot (not matching, but functional) at a local hardware store.  The missing metal threaded insert would have made the desk worthless.

-Assembly: The directions are fairly straight forward. The parts are well made. I had to muscle the U-bars a bit to fit into the holes. I would suggest you put the U-bars in when you put the table top clamps on. That way you can put them on when the table top is on the floor and not swinging back and forth on the pedestals. It took me about 2 hours to put together minus the trip to the hardware store.

-Adjustability: It says it has height adjustability, but in reality it does not. If you chose to have the desk at it's lowest position, you have to give up the support the inner knob will provide. The inner knob only has one screw in position at it's maximum table height. Since I work at my desk with a severe slant: approx. 60-70 degrees. The bottom of the table is quite low. I use a regular chair or stool to sit at. It's not as high as you might think even at it's max. height. I may put blocks or casters under the feet to give me a few more inches.  Adjusting the slant is quite difficult since the table doesn't seem to want to stay square. There is a lot of resistance when moving the slant. You have to loosen both knobs before adjusting and re-tighten after. So, it's not one you can change quickly. Height change is the same way. You have to loosen 4 knobs to adjust.

I do plan on keeping the desk. It has an industrial look that I love and will serve my purposes. To recap: count your parts and check for damage. Studio designs does have a website to order missing parts. I have my order in for a new foot. We shall see how quickly they get back to me on that. The top seems to be sturdy. I can erase with acceptable amount of wiggle.
4827379
This case is well put together and a delight to build in, but there were a few gotchas:
- While there are mounting holes for two 140mm fans, or a 280 mm radiator, at the bottom, the cutouts in the bottom panel are for 120 mm fans, and with a 280mm radiator in place only very short PSUs can be used because there isn't enough clearance for the cbles between a normal PSU (I used a Corsair HX100i) and the rad.  The maximum size radiator that can be installed in the bottom without serious modding and compromising on the PSU is 240 mm.
- The cutout for the 8-pin CPU power cable is too small.  The cable has to be run before installing the motherboard or it simply won't fit
- The removable HDD cages are wonderful, but if removed, there is a gaping hole in the motherboard tray that needs to be covered
- The mesh panel for the back fan is convex, making it impossible to cleanly install a conventional fan filter, which is necessary to reduce dust accumulation inside the case
1229521
Nice figure, but with a few problems. The Astro Harness: one peg is in the front and the other one is in the back ... i can only fit one of the feet in. The hands of Orion: they are way too hard, i can't move them to fit on the handles of the harness
3408355
cool looking deck, and its ability to decompress the file while it's streaming gives an amazing quality boost. However there were a few small things that i was disappointed about. The scrolling through artists (i have over 500) the held down scrolling takes waaaay too long, making most things other than playlists impractical on time.

also, you cant go back one step in the selection process, ie: if you're on a song you cant press back to go back to the artist filter, you have to go allll the way back to music>>artists>>song, making the slow scrolling an even worse issue.

So it's great quality, price, and aesthetically pleasing. But impractical on some things.
1190147
The case feels very nice and is high quality construction, but has some drawbacks. It adds more thickness to the phone than I would like, and also the magnetic clasp doesn't really work when you have 3 credit cards in the cover.  Contrary to one reviewer, I can use the phone without exposing my cards - just fold the kickstand back on itself, and you can hold it with the cards against the phone.  I'll probably be keeping the case because it looks and feels so nice - but it's not perfect.
3276956
This is a nice product. I really do like that the base doesn't bevel like some of the other products that I've seen, and it looks sturdy. The only issue is each comes in two pieces, and sometimes the pieces don't align correctly. For example, I bought the three piece rack (one big and two little sides). Each rack has the bottom two rows disconnected, so you have to slide it in to make it whole. It's not a smooth insert, but rather, you have to push METAL so that it will bend to connect into the top shelves. It's not a big deal, but it did make connecting the pieces a pain because you have to drill the holes into the wall before hanging it and the unit has to be whole for you to measure; but when you hang it, they need to be separated before you hang, then connected before you tighten the screws. The large piece is heavy too, so measuring and marking and also using the level was like a circus act. I'd still get it again, but I'd be ready for the frustration.
1674230
This skin looks very nice on the Wiimote. It fits very snugly, and gives the Wiimote a nice feel. There are a few issues with it though. First off, if you are like me(meaning you play alot) then you will find that replacing the batteries is not that easy because you have to remove the skin to access the battery compartment. Putting the skin on once was not an issue, but removing and putting the skin back on once a week begins to get old, and I feel that eventually the skin will get stretched out and not fit well after a while. The other issue is that the strap that comes with it is the old style(read: easy to break) cord. So you will not want to use the strap that comes with it.
702528
I love the look, but there was an issue with the construction of the table. As far as I can tell, the top of the table was made upside-down. The edges for the siding aren't flush with the topside of the table are very noticeable in look and feel, but the underside is smooth. Also, the wood is stained, but there doesn't seem to be any real protective coating. I'm tempted to re-stain (it's showing signs of wear) and apply a coat of varnish to protect it.
2515259
A nice case and keyboard for the price, but with a few annoying issues.  The delete key in the upper right does not work for me.  This key defaults to lock the iPads screen which works fine, but holding the function key in order to delete does nothing.  I would have liked for the functionality to be reversed or at least work on the delete key.  The shift and enter keys are also very close together.

Even with these issues, I doubt you can find a nicer case and keyboard for thirty dollars.

You should also be aware that the red case is more of a dark burgundy than a red to my eyes.
491054
This case is really nice fitting. The sides have great grip, and the material is a nice blend of hard plastic and tpu. It adds minimal bulk to the phone, yet still protects it fairly well.

There are 2 problems that I found with this case. This first is that there are no cutouts for the power and volume buttons. This means you have to push the plastic case which pushes the buttons. While this mostly works fine on other cases, the buttons are very rigid on this one, so extra force is required to push the power and volume keys. The other problem with this case is that there is not enough space for a full micro-usb plug to fit into the port. The right side of the port (when the phone is facing up) does not have enough space, so charging the phone is somewhat of a problem.