Sorry, I couldn’t help myself…

Originally posted by FFSteve
Yeah but this is electric not electronic. I disagree that the cord is too short. Most bathrooms are small. You wouldn’t want a 10′ cord hanging around.

Meanwhile…I have a 25′ heavy duty extension cord snaking through my tiny bathroom…..

It powers a radiant heater that keeps me from freezing in the winter time while sitting infront of my computer.

There isn’t enough power in the ‘computer’ room to run the heater, hence the extension cord

Now I’ve been planting small fans all around…trying to keep the room cool….

The Dreamer.

Oh yeah…in my other bathroom there is a small 10′ cord snaking up around the mirror….used to run a small CD boombox in the corner, but I got rid of it….it would play MP3 or WMA CDs….but I’m an iTunes person…and didn’t want to rerip my collection into MP3. Thinking of getting a Squeezebox someday….

I’ve just read in the paper that there was a study done about how that there are alot of germs on ties that doctors wear and that they spred germs to other patients. The doctor examines a patient and then adjustes his tie or the tie brushes up against the patient and germs are spread. I guess this is something else for people to worry about :p

–Aequitas

I am not adverse to doing Nixon reviews – I am a fan – I even have their Delta watch.

All of your suggestions are great and I see them happening in the near future…well, maybe not the plasma screen any time soon, but we can try!

Get used to seeing more reviews from us that are ‘out of the ordinary’. Reviewing PDAs and accessories can get quite tedious. I don’t care if I never review another PDA case for as long as I live… Seriously, we are broadening our horizons. Consider us the Consumer Reports of everything and anything remotely gadget related. We will not abandon PDAs and PDA related reviews, but we are looking to grow the scope of the site.

We are gadgeteers. Anything electronic that serves a gadget related function is fair game.

Julie and I both enjoy doing off the wall gadgets, so there will be more items such as this in the future.

Judie :0)

Originally posted by ToolkiT
[B]I totaly agree with Judie, there is nothing wrong with using a towel twice… We do that all the time..
A lot of people dont realize that your imune system actually needs a certain level of dirt/bacteria to function. if it has nothing to fight it will start fight harmless things and create allergia’s..[/B]

Uh, OK. I think your body can manage that on it’s own without the help from a dirty towel, but whatever… :p

Originally posted by ToolkiT
BTW how often do you change your kitchen/toilet handtowel? That is a way higher risk of infection then your shower towel..

I use paper towels in the kitchen and I change my handtowels every day.

(I have to disagree with you about hand towels, though – at least in the bathroom anyway. A body towel is going to get a lot nastier far more quickly than a bathroom handtowel because we don’t wipe our butts and other “parts” on our handtowels, lol. Well, at least I don’t, ROTF).

Each to his own.

Originally posted by Julie
I think he meant what I commented about… He’s just calling the register (vent) a radiator…

Nope, Central heating in the Netherlands is a radiator hot water system. While in the US it is a vented hot air system…

So a dutch central heating system would give you a radiator where you can hang you towel on to warm up…

Originally posted by Ronald_L
[B]Don’t you have got central heating in your bathroom?
Just drop the towel over the radiator.:o [/B]

Ronald – I am not sure what you were trying to say, I notice you are from the Netherlands so it was probably lost in translation. But I think you are saying that you don’t have central heat, and that you do drop your towel over the radiator. Correct? If so, then you are lucky!

Originally posted by ToolkiT
[B]I totaly agree with Judie, there is nothing wrong with using a towel twice… We do that all the time..
A lot of people dont realize that your imune system actually needs a certain level of dirt/bacteria to function. if it has nothing to fight it will start fight harmless things and create allergia’s..

BTW how often do you change your kitchen/toilet handtowel? That is a way higher risk of infection then your shower towel.. [/B]

But what’s really disgusting thing in your bathroom is the shower curtain. Check this out http://www.kansan.com/GetStory.aspx?id=2f9002e519cf431a9ab160feb405e964

Originally posted by Judie
That’s why I would [b]only dry off with my own towel, not someone else’s. this is also a great argument for exfoliating with a loofah while in the shower.;)

Nah…In all honesty, I figure there are so many germs and cooties floating around that sometimes it is silly to be too picky about cleanliness. For instance – have you ever seen those magnifications of the secret world living in your bed’s mattress? That definitely rates an “ewwwwwwww!!!”

Anyway, I am not talking about using the same towel until it can stand on its own, just for more than one shower – and I know that you got the gist of what I was saying. [/B]

I totaly agree with Judie, there is nothing wrong with using a towel twice… We do that all the time..
A lot of people dont realize that your imune system actually needs a certain level of dirt/bacteria to function. if it has nothing to fight it will start fight harmless things and create allergia’s..

BTW how often do you change your kitchen/toilet handtowel? That is a way higher risk of infection then your shower towel..

pacific85 – $50?? Really?? Find me a link. I would love to test a $50 unit and see how it compares.

I have owned a much less expensive model that worked great!

In regards to the cord length, my personal preference is always for a short cord. If the cord is short, you can always add an extension. But if you have 10′ of cord and only 1′ to the outlet, you have 9′ of ugly cord to deal with.

They might be seasonal items though. I’d run them with a timer that would start a few hours before my normal shower time to a couple of hours after. I think it would waste electricity if it was run continuously.

I would guess that it only uses 50 to 100 watts of power. Maybe a little more, but about the power needed for a light bulb. There should be a label on the unit.