Haro 2000 Group 1 AL Mini

Advantages: Very easy to use, move around and store.
Disadvantages: I'm sure there are better steppers but for a higher price.

.... It was simply a matter of putting the plastic feet in place and fixing the small digital screen into the hole it sat in. The first time I used the stepper I found it very difficult to keep my balance. It was very surreal to be moving in the way that the stepper guided me, and nearly 1 foot higher up than I'm used to being. I admit I did nearly fall backwards off it, but was always able to just step off when I started to lose my balance. It was after only a few tries that I got the hang of it and found using it just like walking. At first, a few muscles groups started hurting which I wasn't used to, but especially my calf's. But gradually after a few on off days of using the stepper I got used to it even more and I found myself getting 15-20 minutes exercise without too much aching, but just sweating and raising my heart beat. I also started using... Read review

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Advantages: Stops well, works in mud, doesn't fade
Disadvantages: Can be a little trying to get fitted correctly, can be noisy at times

...[Minor edits. It's around 18 months since I got my first Mini and a month ago, I purchased one for the rear, so I decided it was time for a few updates on the review] When discs first came out, they were designed with your hardcore downhill riders in mind and largely ignored by the cross country whippets out there, who prefered to spend their money on trying to shave more and more weight off their bikes with titanium this, and carbon fibre that. Anyway, I digress. The fact is that brake manufacturers have been trying to get XC riders to use the things for years, and right now, they're in vogue. The caliper sticks out less than two inches from the fork leg, perfect for those clumsy fools who keep "bonding with nature" (read: "crashing into trees"), so there's little chance of it being ripped off in an accident. The disc itself... Read review

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Advantages: Pocket sized, UNBELIEVABLE POWERFUL, pure white light
Disadvantages: None

...Has some of you may have noticed, I have wrote several reviews on various different Maglite's that I own. But the Mini Maglite LED AA was the newest of the additions to my Maglite's. Previous to me owning this one, I had owned the standard Mini Maglite AA, for this torch I purchased the optional Niteize LED upgrade, while this upgrade was more than adequate, it was only 1 watt, whereas the Mini Maglite LED AA is 3 watts and the difference is out of this world. But I will get to this later in my review. The Maglite range of torches are arguable the best and most robust torches in the world and as such are still used my various Police and security services across the globe. All the torches in the Maglite range are made of Aluminium and as such are very very strong and robust and very well made, this is why all Maglite's come... Read review

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