Well, I've noticed how most people rave over Prof. Filippenko's enthusiasm in this course. To me, it has been more distracting than entertaining. I feel like too often I'm spending several minutes watching him waving his hands all over the place while repeating the same information in various ways, as if I'm too dumb to understand it the first time. This course was a gift to me and I truly hope my sweet Aunt did not pay the full price for it, because I don't know if I'll ever make it too the end. Too often I find myself falling asleep while waiting for a lecture to move on.I should add that while I've only taken a couple of Physics courses and the very basic Astronomy 1000, I've also worked as an IR and EO camera operator for 20 years in the military, so that is probably why a lot of this feels redundant. I've only done the first 30 courses, and I'm hoping to eventually get to a place where I feel a bit more challenged.Still, I think the hardest part for me will be to overcome the mannerisms and "showiness" of the professor...

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 I never even knew these things existed until I dropped my iPhone 13 pro max. I didn’t realize how big that phone was until it actually slipped out of my hand one day while walking the dog. Luckily I had a camera protector on the lenses. But after that incident my search began to try to find some type of grip to prevent the phone from falling out of my hands again while walking the dog. That is when I came across this product. I couldn’t be more happier! I love the way the ring swivels so you can use the phone in any position. The magnet is very strong but not too strong where you can’t pull it off without force. It’s just strong enough where it won’t fall off by itself. I like the fact that you could also use the ring as a mount also. The only downside to it is that in order to use wireless charging or magnetic charging, you obviously have to pull it off. I have a habit of misplacing it and or forgetting it after charging to bring it with me while walking the dog. Operator error, not manufacturer! 5 stars!

I have had this product for about 2.5 weeks. Seems everyone is purchasing these hand free holders with the new laws. I live in AZ, so the suction cup made an awful mess on the window and then the dash. I use my cup holders for drinks, so I don’t want to take up that space. The CD slot type holder would cover my radio screen as well as backup camera which only left me to try a vent. I found the air flow in vehicle wasn’t bad with this blocking a lot of one vent, and it is HOT here. It has come loose once and had to tighten, but it does seem to have a decent grip and hasn’t broke my vent slats. The holder keeps my iphone secure with very little to no movement. Other than the one time (which could have been my not having tightened the fitting down). I have only given this 4 stars because of my concerns for air flow and the phone battery. Winter is coming, and I don’t know if the heat from the vent will harm phone battery. Would like to see vent holder that offsets it a little from the actual vent so it doesn’t disturb flow so much.

I ordered this to use with my phone hoping it would help me take better product shots and it absolutely does! Until I'm able to afford the upgrade to a big-kid camera, my phone is my only means of photography so I had to make it work. This is easy to use and I love that the price point is sub-$30, so affordable. This holds multiple different phones easily; we actually used it to take tiktoks on 3 different phones and had no issues with any of them. The tripod is actually pretty sturdy for being so small and lightweight, too.The light is nice and bright, with variable settings for the temperature/brightness. For products, I found the best setting was the brightest, but for tiktoks it seemed like the hybrid was less harsh. Either way it's easy to play with and find what's right for you. I love the remote too - this one actually connects EVERY TIME to my phone! I've had probably a dozen of these "selfie remotes" over the years and they're very hit or miss - this one works great for me and it worked well for everyone else's phones too (except the iPhone, but it was an older model). Overall very happy with this device and would definitely recommend it to others seeking an affordable option for a ring light.

I upgraded to this stand after previously using a much smaller and weaker flexible tripod as a phone stand to help my kids make silly videos. The old one just didn't cut it anymore. It was hard to balance in some positions, hard to achieve certain angles, and actually started to fall apart.This new one from NexiGo doesn't have any of the angle/balance issues and seems like you'd have to run over it with a truck to do any damage. You can bend it into any shape you want, but it takes some effort to do so, which is exactly what you want for this kind of a camera companion.I also like that the included smartphone grip has a mounting screw receptacle on the back as well as the bottom, so you have more options for how to position the phone without needing to resort to strange contorted shapes in the stand itself. It's an obvious feature in retrospect, but I've never seen it before now.I don't use the action mount (also included) so I can't comment on its performance, but it seems well-made and unlikely to snap under reasonable stress.All in all, definitely a good buy if you're in the market for one of these.

We started using the DXR-8 baby monitor since we came back from the hospital with our newborn in May 2021. We have been quite satisfied with the product - easy to operate, clear video during the day and at night, clear sound, and a wide angle of view. The camera no longer outputs sound from the monitor at around five and half month and I reached out to the Infant Optics customer service.I would say that was likely the best customer service I've ever received. Jennifer, the CS representative, guided me through several troubleshooting steps with great patience, and once it was determined that troubleshooting wasn't gonna fix the issue, she sent me instructions on returning broken part and let me know that as soon as I sent her a proof of return, she would order a replacement - she did exactly what she promised, and it only took 2 days for me to receive a working unit. Throughout the encounter, Jennifer always got back to me within one business day and her responses were professional, helpful, and personable.We would definitely purchase more of their products in the future given the quality of this baby monitor and the amazing customer service.

Seems to be a great quality baby monitor. I haven’t noticed anything I’m disappointed with yet. Audio seems good, video is good, battery life is good, options/settings are great. I love that I can just click a button to pull up the video for a short time then the screen will turn off and just play the audio feed. Being able to move the camera around with the monitor controls is great. It’s quiet and the range seems good. I’ve had zero issues. There no bright lights or visible infrared on the cam for baby to be distracted by. This was our backup cam to a much more expensive color Wi-Fi based cam. However, we primarily use this one now as it’s more reliable since it works even when Wi-Fi drops out and it doesn’t shut off randomly like our other one. I’d say this is a great value as a primary or backup baby monitor.Edit: the one improvement I can think of would be to get rid of the charging cable for the monitor and make this wireless charging. I can tell the charging cable/port is getting worn out. Still works so far though.

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 Been using this camera since about December 10th 2021. I love the daytime 8MP clarity. Nightime is nice and clear until something is moving. Cars appear nice in nightmode. People and animals in the dark are very ghosty. I havent really tested the spotlight a lot but, just playing turns nightime into day and you can adjust the light output brightness.AI Auto tracking is still a bit finnicky currently as of writing I'm hearing about firmware update coming to fix tilt tracking. When the AI finishes tracking a vehicle it will return to guardpoint if you set it but if there is a vehicle parked in guard point it will attempt to track it multiple times eventually settling down. In this last snow storm I noticed the AI Auto tracking all over the place at night the IR lights reflect off the snow washing out the view and it tries to track the snow.To me these are mild to moderate annoyances that arent happening alll the time. Might need some way to quickly temporarily disable auto track in extreme weather.Can only add one video to a review but added a couple screen shots.New Firmware posted on Reolink website 1/20/2022 fixed some issues and added Pet Tracker mode (beta)