The Mr Nutcase Review Part 1 - Ordering

Hi all.

A few weeks back we received an email from phone and tablet custom case manufacturers Mr Nutcase to see about a review we jumped onto it like tigger on a big bounce!

Mr Nutcase has a wide selection of the most popular phone cases available, with everything from Nokia, Motorola, Blackberry to iPhone custom cases they have it all for the major manufacturers, including many budget devices too. It was quite refreshing to see so many models supported, I'd like a bit of love for the Alcatel or Mobile carriers OEM Devices but I understand that's not always possible.

Why two part I hear you say! Well it's simple, I've just ordered the case now so it's best to explain how the ordering process went to you all without wake up fuzzybrain tomorrow, plus I'm an idiot who may forget to do write this bit otherwise.

On visiting the site you're presented with a friendly site with an easy to follow interface and clear, but stern instructions and warnings along the way so you don't make any mistakes. The only two complaints I have are the page layout, at a screen resolution of 1280 by 1024 i have to scroll down a lot to change the lower settings. additionally I dislike clip art. It reminds me of the (crashtastic) good old days of Office 95...... Thankfully there is not a lot of clip art so it's something many will not play with. I think so far that's the only complaint, but I bet some people like it. Talking on here about it is one thing but seeing an order placed is better. so I've actually filmed me creating an order for you to see how easy it is. The case you see here is the case we'll be reviewing in the next 24-48 hours or so. I'm in the good books with the wife too now, thanks Mr Nutcase.


The ordering process was simple and easy. As long as you understand how images work and understand placement at certain times to avoid camera, speaker and button cut-outs on crucial points on your case all will be fantastic. For image editing in a simple fashion, Paint in windows7 may be able to help or free software the Gimp could do the job splendidly well.

So far Mr Nutcase have done well in my eyes. We'll see how the case comes through and how much theJess likes it when the case arrives.

What sort of case would you order?

Paul.

Review: Sound Asleep speaker pillow

Morning all.

A few weeks back I was fortunate enough to have the chance to review the Sound asleep Speaker pillow.
Knowing what the girls are like we jumped at the chance.

I've been using it for about a week now and I must say I'm impressed. It works flawlessly with any device that has a 3.5mm headphone socket, I also tried a a Nokia E71 tied in with a 2.5mm to 3.5mm headphone adapter, again worked flawlessly.

I love listening to online radio stations like interFACE Pirate radio, Radio Jackie or OCremix. and doing so would involve headphones, and that's a silly idea in bed. whereas with the speaker pillow I get the chance to play tunes to lul me to sleep without strangling myself, or Jessie getting mad I'm waking her up with my random music.

The reason Jess does not wake is not because she likes my style of music, hell no. The speaker in the pillow is designed to be audible only to the person who's using it. As you'll see in the video below it's whisper quiet unless your on the pillow.

I decided it's not fair to test it by myself and let my youngest use it.
I loaded an mp3 player up with songs she likes, and used a dead battery, which would give her about an hour of music. She loved it and fell asleep within the hour. However, we thought we'd broken it at this point as the music cut out a lot. Panic set in thinking we'd killed it (this is mentioned on the video) . But it was the mp3 player. Where it's been sat for ages the jack has a dry solder joint which will be fixed soon.

I asked Lissy what she thought. Sorry it's random and small, but she was in a strange mood. Also she hates being filmed so I took the opportunity while she was happy.

Eventually Vee will test it too. But she was out today so we left it to lissy.





In the time i've had it I like it lots. It's comfortable, helped my youngest settle while ill and chilled me out to some great music (haLO-IS  in haloland FTW)

my only concern is the extension cable feels a little flimsy It's going to take a fair bit of stick in normal use. but it may not be the best in long use. Thankfully spares are avaliable.

If you want one I suggest visiting the Sound Asleep website. They will help you sleep with a good tune.
However If you follow Sound asleep on facebook you may get the chance to win a pillow too.

Huge thanks to the Sound Asleep team for sending one out to me for us to test. (we have been given the pillow in exchange for a review.)
Paul