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Avent Electric Steriliser VS Pigeon Rapid Steriliser
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 988
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 1:03 am:
Avent Steriliser at $135 with some free baby bottles VS Pigeon Rapid Steriliser for $99 with some free baby starter kit. Which is better deal and is Avent Steriliser more superior than Pigeong brand? Please give your comments e.g gd & bad or capacity/limitation/durability ... on which is better. Thanks
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 989
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 1:04 am:
Avent Express Steriliser VS Pigeon Rapid Steriliser, that is
charsiew (pudgyme)
New member
Username: pudgyme
Post Number: 78
Registered: 5-2005
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 11:02 am:
hihi Elin! I'm also considering to get a sterilizer.. Cos i also saw the Pigeon on sales at John littles rite? Donnoe if to get it now too...sighz... But i think i will most likely to get the Pigeon one since my sister has been using this brand for her 2nd child.. (she's using Avent for her 1st kid, but she said she finds that there's no differences between the 2, other than Avent's look is nicer...) Hope this helps...
bin (bin)
Junior Member
Username: bin
Post Number: 429
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 12:01 pm:
I'm using Pigeon at home and Avent at my mum's. I've used the Avent one shortly before transferring to my mum thus can do a little comparison. Hope this helps...
Pigeon Pros: 1. Easy to clean as no enclosed parts.
Pigeon Cons: 1. The steam outlet is at the back of the unit. Thus when in use I have to face the back of the unit in front for steam to escape, as I place the unit on my kitchen top which is against the wall and my cabinet.
2. Flimsy tongs. Mine broke after a few months of use.
3. Dunno issit my unit, the power-point connection is always loose and needs a bit of fiddling to ensure it�s working everytime.
Pigeon cycle: 6 mins with 120ml of water. When not opened, the steam steriliser keeps contents sterile for up to 6 hours.
Avent Pros: 1. No need to �lock� unit before sterilising.
Avent Cons: 1. Need to descale more often as scales will accumulate in the bottom enclosed portion.
2. Too many basket racks to fiddle with but can remove if you don�t need that many lah.
Avent cycle: 8 mins with 90ml of water. When not opened, the steam steriliser keeps contents sterile for up to 3 hours.
Aesthetically speaking, Avent is nicer
You may compare the freebies too. The freebies that came with my Avent was useful (think I had containers, toddler mug, brush etc.) and Pigeon�s was bottle cleaner and bottles. Lastly, Avent is England made and Pigeon is China.
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 990
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 12:34 pm:
hi charsiew, yah pigeon on sale now but avent is doing a promo too. so i am uncertain. basically, price wise there is about a $35 difference but i am considering one that would also "last the distance"
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 991
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 12:39 pm:
thank you bin
for such a clear contrast & comparison. i like the fact you mentioned that cleaning is easier for Pigeon & that items stay sterile for longer should system not be disturbed / opened. but the loose connection doesnt sound very promising. Avent's "many baskets" - is that helpful in more effective segregation of the items to put in for sterilising? ps- I didnt know Pigeon was from China. Golly me! So blur I'd thought it was japanese made!
bin (bin)
Junior Member
Username: bin
Post Number: 430
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 2:17 pm:
Hi elin,
Yup, yup, the racks do help with the segregation. But when it comes to assembling the bottle for a hungry baby, you juz need to be FAST
I've actually seen Pigeon going for around $87 before (I bought @ $99 with 4 bottles and 1 small bottle cleaner). This compares to the Avent I bought @ around $130 (after 20% discount) is quite a lot of difference in price. If you have restrains in budget, go for the Pigeon one since it serves the same purpose. But if you planned to use it for a few babies down the road, Avent is a good investment...heh...
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 997
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 4:01 pm:
thanks bin, your advice has been very helpful. i really appreciate it. seems like the $99 Pigeon offer is not really a "good offer" per say, in terms of price. but by way of freebies, $99 offer now includes the baby starter kit, milk powder dispenser and breastmilk storage containers. out of curiousity, when did you get ya Avent and Pigeon sterilisers? does prices get twigged up every year? (not considering the GST increase lah
bin (bin)
Junior Member
Username: bin
Post Number: 432
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 4:33 pm:
Hmm...I must have gotten the Avent one about a year ago (from Robinsons) and the Pigeon one half-yr ago (from John Little). Not too sure about price increase though.
If you think the stuff in the bundle is useful then go for it!
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 1000
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 5:42 pm:
thanks bin!
Belle L (belleepoque)
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Username: belleepoque
Post Number: 12
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 - 5:15 pm:
The pigeon rapid steam steriliser was $87 at the Takashimaya Baby fair and includes 2 wide neck bottles and a bottle of detergent.
I personally like the avent tray system better but prefer Pigeon's easy descaling. Pigeon's hot plate design is exposed and you can see when you need to descale.
I am planning to buy the Avent tray (only $10) from the Avent showroom to use with the Pigeon steriliser.
The steriliser is only used a lot in the first 6 - 12 months. After that, it is not necessary to sterilise anymore. So I am not sure if it is worth spending the extra.
In addition, Avent requires you to buy their citric acid sachet to descale regularly. Actually pigeon's steriliser comes with more cost effective descaling method using either lemon juice or vinegar water mix. I think the same method works for Avent but problem is - for Avent, you wouldn't be able to see when you need to descale.
Pigeon's steriliser also looks taller and may possibly fit taller items on the top shelf.
Yolk Sac (yolk_sac)
Junior Member
Username: yolk_sac
Post Number: 257
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 8:49 am:
wow, thanks for all the useful feedback!
bin/belle - can i just check whether Avent's citric acid method is effective at descaling the machine? i don't mind spending the $ if the descaling really takes most (or preferably ALL) of the scale away, but the thought of non-removable scale accumulating over time is kinda gross!
bin (bin)
Junior Member
Username: bin
Post Number: 441
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 10:08 am:
Hi yolk sac,
Yup, think it's effective cos could see the scale removed after the descale cycle. But actually since I moved my unit to my mum's I've only descaled once and nothing much came off. Think cos my mum maintained it well, cleaning it after each cycle
Belle is right with lemon juice since it also contains citric acid, juz lower in concentration but natural
I've used Avent's citric acid sachet with my Pigeon steriliser and it works well too.
Yolk Sac (yolk_sac)
Junior Member
Username: yolk_sac
Post Number: 261
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 9:17 pm:
bin - great, thanks for the feedback!
Rae (raetan)
Username: raetan
Post Number: 709
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 12:00 pm:
hi ladies,
am using the Pigeon sterilizer from mid of mar & had descale once but 1-2days after, the metal part already rusty. am puzzled y is this so? i used the leom juice method & had called Pigeon. The guy said it's nt rust but some other stuff and advised me to use vinegar & very confidently said, : "The rust will nt be there". Alas, it's still there!! Wld like to chk with Pigeon sterilizer users here, did u hv any prob like mine? Am wondering wat did i do wrong with the descling? thanks
Patent Cherry (patentcherry)
New member
Username: patentcherry
Post Number: 17
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 1:00 pm:
vinegar is fine, i use lemon. throw 2 to 3 thick slices of lemon, ensure water level is at least 2 inches above these slices, cover & switch on, boil once, discard water, add more, boil again. discard everything, wipe the base with clean tissue, boil plain water repeatedly. heee... no one taught me, i just use method i use for my kettle. DS can have lemon milk imaging!!! hehe...
Rae (raetan)
Username: raetan
Post Number: 710
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 1:07 pm:
assume u use pigeon sterilizer? so u throw the lemon slices in instead of squeeze the juices out & pour it in??
ningyo (ningyo)
Username: ningyo
Post Number: 549
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 11:02 pm:
Hi rae,
usually i squeeze 1/2 a lemon and dilute it with water and fill up the sterilizer covering the metal heating part(abt 120ml water) and let it boil for a few mins (not the full cycle).
So after cooling, juz pour out the residue and rinsh the steriliser, u may want to consider using a sponge to clean the metal part and u'll see some rust residue.
After this rinishing, i'll let the steriliser run again but without any bottles etc.
Comparison between Avent and Pigeon. Pigeon is cheaper than Avent and it sterilises faster than Avent. Avent's comes with those racks for bottles etc which i dont find it useful. And like what a mummy mention, its difficult to see if the Avent steriliser needs descaling or not coz there metal heating part is covered.
Hope it helps.
ryan's mummy (ryanwee)
New member
Username: ryanwee
Post Number: 7
Registered: 3-2007
Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 1:09 pm:
If anyone of you are keen to sell your Pigeon sterilizer, please sms me at 96748734. Thanks
Rae (raetan)
Username: raetan
Post Number: 730
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:14 am:
thanks ningyo
Milderina (milderina)
Intermediate Member
Username: milderina
Post Number: 3194
Registered: 2-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 10:21 am:
as per mentioned with ningyo thats wat i did to my pigeon steriliser too. cos stupid mi didnt know that i must wash the steriliser so after sometime (almost 2 months!) i realised that at the bottom there is rust! (bad mummy) so i juse vinegar to scrap n wash it then pour 60ml vinegar and 60ml water to run the machine in 1 cycle then rinse n wash it again and used 120ml of water to run it again before using it again. hope i dun sounds too complicated.
esther (eteo)
New member
Username: eteo
Post Number: 8
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 - 10:14 am:
hi, it was mentioned in bin's post that if the pigeon steriliser is not opened, can keep items sterile for 6 hours.
so if it's opened, say to use a bottle, then how long will the rest of the items in the seteriliser be kept sterile? or have to re-steam before use? thks.
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 1428
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 - 10:51 am:
still on the topic of Pigeon steriliser - is there any fundamental differences bewteen Pigeon Rapid Steriliser VS Pigeon Universal Steriliser?
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 1429
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 - 10:52 am:
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 1430
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 - 10:52 am:
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 1431
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 - 10:54 am:
from what i heard once sterilised bottles can be dried out and left to dry on rack till ready to use so long as handle with tongs. but not 100% sure. better wait for more experienced mommies to give feedback ... just my 2 cents worth
bin (bin)
Username: bin
Post Number: 533
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 - 12:00 pm:
Esther, this is what I usu do. During weekdays I only need 2 bottles, 1 @ night and 1 next morning. So I'll only sterlise once a day in the evening. Over weekends, all bottles will be used within the day so at least 1 to 2 sterilisation cycles per day.
Not to worry too much about keeping the bottles sterile since babies will need to slowly build up their immune system once they arrive into this world
Elin, I personally feel that by drying the bottles on rack is equivalent to not sterilising the bottles after washing. Juz leave them in the unit till you need them. No idea abt the diff of the 2 types of sterliser.
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 1442
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 - 8:36 pm:
actually the reason why i mentioned to dry on racks was because Mrs Wong Boh Boi mentioned during class not to leave in steriliser whilst wet as bacteria can "build up" so she mentioned about drying them up but not handling them directly till use. i was quite hazy on that idea but its good to hear your input
although frankly, i am now more confused what is right thing to do ie for effective sterilisation
bin (bin)
Username: bin
Post Number: 537
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 9:07 am:
Hi Elin,
Hmm...i understand where Mrs. Wong is coming from. Anyhow, I still think shouldn't be overly concerned with keeping the environment very clean. Some dirt or dust will not do any harm to our babies, maybe even good
When are you expecting your baby? When motherhood kicks in for me, I was too busy to be detailed in everything then :P Guess another good remedy is to go total breastfeeding during the first few months. No bottles to wash or sterilise...I surely missed those days!
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 1449
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 10:50 am:
thanks bin, baby is arriving in 2 months time so trying to get all items ready before the mad chaos that follows since still blur on certain issues. this is why i wanted to get some pros & cons on the Pigeon Rapid Steriliser and Pigeon Universal Steriliser from experienced mommies. decided to go with pigeon instead of Avent now as it seems more value for $
Jenny (snowpooher)
Advanced Member
Username: snowpooher
Post Number: 5873
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 4:30 pm:
Hi Elin,
My friend has both Pigeon Rapid Steriliser and Pigeon Universal Steriliser, placed at home and office respectively. She mentioned Pigeon Universal Steriliser takes about 15 mins to steriliser and it is much smaller. However, she managed to throw in Avent Manual Pump and 1 260ml Avent Bottle to sterilise in it, need to put in an orderly way in order to fill in.
Elin Wokk (elinwokk)
Username: elinwokk
Post Number: 1477
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 5:25 pm:
thanks so much Jenny
i didnt realise Pigeon Universal is smaller than Rapid. also the bit on how much capacity it'd take was very useful inforation for me in consideration of the items - thanks!
jen phua (jen_phua)
New member
Username: jen_phua
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 5:01 am:
Hi Elin,
I attended Mrs Wong's class too & according to the notes that I've taken, she mentioned about assembling all the sterilised bottles with the teats & caps, & even demo to us step-by-step on the correct method of assembling. We should not handle the teats with our hands during assembly, so it's impt that we get a tong with good grip. The assembled bottles can be used within 24 hrs.
The part abt drying on the rack, what I heard from her is not to be misled by salesperson into buying those drying stand to dry the bottles as that would defeat the purpose of sterilising.
Hope the above info helps.
Esther Tan (esthertan73)
New member
Username: esthertan73
Post Number: 3
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 9:51 pm:
Hi, you have to be very careful with the cover for the rapid steam sterilizer. It break once you drop it on the floor. Have to get the replacement at Pigeon office for $10.
pinkbunny (pinkbunny)
Junior Member
Username: pinkbunny
Post Number: 444
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 10:22 pm:
just to share that taka baby fair has good packages. i happened to go by pigeon counter first and i got lured by the package - rapid steam sterilizer (6 bottles) + baby food warmer (can adjust temp instead of just by levels) + starter kit + 2 or 3 more bottles (total 5 bottles). paid $149 (savings: $85).
then i went by avent counter to look see. didn't ask for price but the one thing that put me off was that the promoter said avent sterilizers can only take avent bottles. pigeon's one can take other brans as well.
Jlow (jollycow)
Junior Member
Username: jollycow
Post Number: 161
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Friday, March 21, 2008 - 11:48 pm:
Hi mommies, I wish to enquire & confirm if we use 120ml of water ( pigeon)?
Thank you
bin (bin)
Username: bin
Post Number: 904
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 12:01 am:
Hi jollycow,
Yup, 120ml of water for Pigeon and 90ml for Avent
WHEE LING (wheeling)
New member
Username: wheeling
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2008
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 11:35 am:
My Avent Express had black particles each time I sterilized. I tried to use a cotton bud to brush on the metal base and goodness me... it's totally BLACK! That's why I decided to go buy a Pigeon Rapid immediately yesterday... but I paid $118 at Bugis BHG, no freebies. Has the price gone up?
The Sales girl told me that it's never been below $100 before.
Joyce (lj2)
Junior Member
Username: lj2
Post Number: 342
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 9:22 pm:
wheeling, nope the price didn't gone up. the usual price is $118.30 with no freebies. unless is having promotion like taka baby fair.
Babystarlet (babystarlet)
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Username: babystarlet
Post Number: 93
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Friday, August 08, 2008 - 1:43 pm:
not sure if some1 still reading this thread.
wat u mean by descaling?txs
mummyfang (mummyfang)
New member
Username: mummyfang
Post Number: 56
Registered: 9-2007
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 12:49 am:
Hi Mummies my advice is that you must always pour out the water after each sterilizering, cos when water is boiled for too many times if Iam not wrong, the "sodium"or whatever substance that is will increase and it will rust the metal part. I have notice that once I forgot to pour out the water from the previous cycle, and guess what the water turn yellow. It is best that you wash it after every cycle
to remove the build up. Actually to sterlise is to keep it hygenic but if the previous cycle water is not remove you are making your bottle dirtier. :P
Angelzk (angelzk)
Junior Member
Username: angelzk
Post Number: 170
Registered: 5-2008
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 1:23 am:
Descaling means to get rid of e particles build up after many cycle of boiling...our electrical thermo pot need descaling too.
Natural descaling,u can use white vinegar add with some parts of water to boil n e particles will come off.
Or lemon juice alone to boil.
binjai (binjai)
New member
Username: binjai
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2008
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 5:13 pm:
talking about descaling Avent sterlizer, hope nobody made the same mistake I did. My wife asked me to prepare the set to prepare the bottle storing breast-milk. I descale with Citric Acid BUT by closing the LID. (the instruction stated let the lid open). Now the sterilize come out wiht plastic smell, and it can't be removed after >5X sterelize. Thinking to dispose it now - don't want to take risk for our 3-day-old baby.
anybody know where to buy the sterlizer (either Avent/Pigeon is OK)? of course, with good bargain.
piyobaby (piyobaby)
Username: piyobaby
Post Number: 918
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 6:00 pm:
binjai...make a trip down to bb fair @ taka...both are offering pretty worthwhile pkg for their sterilisers...the only downside for u would b they are packaged with milk bottle which u may not require...
binjai (binjai)
New member
Username: binjai
Post Number: 2
Registered: 8-2008
Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 10:04 pm:
thanks, piyobaby.
Got the items from Taka. Choose the Avent IQ24, it can be used to run as normal sterilizer (i.e express) as well as continous run 24-hours.
Angie*Ng (angieng)
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Username: angieng
Post Number: 3
Registered: 8-2009
Posted on Friday, August 14, 2009 - 1:49 pm:
Anyone selling 2nd hand PIGEON Rapid Steam Sterilizer? I'm thinking to get a cheaper one since this is my 3rd baby and is last one... my budget is $20-30.
bakaholic (bakaholic)
Junior Member
Username: bakaholic
Post Number: 331
Registered: 9-2007
Posted on Sunday, April 04, 2010 - 10:47 am:
Anyone having the Pigeon Universal sterilizer? I have a hand-me-down unit but not sure the volume of water to put in.
Pls advise. Thanks!
JoAsh (joash)
New member
Username: joash
Post Number: 2
Registered: 5-2011
Posted on Friday, May 20, 2011 - 1:18 pm:
Hi, I have a PIGEON Rapid Steam Sterilizer to let go. Still under warranty, comes with warranty card, manual and all accessories. Used for less than 1 month, so in almost brand-new condition. Letting go at $80. Sms me at 97843715 if interested. Thanks.
Beuraj (mommyb)
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Username: mommyb
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2011
Posted on Monday, August 22, 2011 - 2:38 pm:
I am using pigeon sterilizer and i find that the water in the bottom remains the same even after a sterilization cycle. Any idea why this happens? i am wondering if the bottles are getting sterilized properly?? Usually the water used to completely evaporate after a cycle....
Suhailah (sharyuni)
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Username: sharyuni
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2010
Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 4:08 pm:
Anyone still have pigeon sterilizer for sale?
I'm interested...
rumi (xesthir)
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Username: xesthir
Post Number: 44
Registered: 10-2010
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 11:36 pm:
New Pigeon Rapid Steam sterilizer for sale at $100. Self collect.
Leave me a private message if you are interested.
Fast and Efficient
PIGEON Rapid Steam Sterilizer is designed to accept all sizes and shapes of feeding bottles can can accomodate up to nine standard sized bottles.
Rapid six-minute steam sterilisation cycle effectively destroys bacteria, without the use of chemicals.
Automatically switches off when the sterilisation cycle is complete - the power-on indicator shows that the unit is switched on.
A large accessory tray holds all bottle accessories for the convenience of sterilisation.
When not opened, the steam sterilizer keeps contents sterile for up to six hours.
winnie (babydust2012)
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Username: babydust2012
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2011
Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 12:27 pm:
Looking for New Pigeon Rapid Steam sterilizer.
Anyone selling? SMS me at 96526923
NN (nono99)
Junior Member
Username: nono99
Post Number: 363
Registered: 3-2008
Posted on Monday, January 02, 2012 - 11:28 pm:
I am selling my lightly used PIGEON Rapid Steam Sterilizer.
All the accessories intact and in good condition.
Selling at $75.
Pls kindly PM me if you are interested.
Nur Nadhrah (nadhrah)
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Skullcandy is best known for its customizable earbuds and music headphones, but the company also owns Astro Gaming — the Cadillac of gaming headsets. Skullcandy's first line of gaming cans sold under their own name come in at $50 cheaper than the cheapest pair of Astros — the A30s — but is strictly a wired stereo headset. And you know what? That's perfectly fine. The caveat with any wired stereo headset is you'll need a special dongle for your HDMI connected Xbox 360 and a pair of composite cables if your PS3 is connected via HDMI, though.
The SLYRs come packed with a 15' audio cable with an inline USB powered control module. It has three audio presets and a five-way thumb button handling volume level and audio/voice balance, and is backlit so it's easy to see in a dark room but not too bright to be distracting. A built-in boom mic on the left earcup mutes when lifted out of the way.
The SLYRs are lightweight enough that I could wear them around my neck, almost forgetting they were there. The $80 price tag shows in the build quality, though. The hard plastic frame is a touch on the flimsy side and the earcups hang very loosely on the frame. Upon closer inspection, it looks almost as if the earcups are held in place by little more than adhesive foam. I could never get them to sit right on my ears, either. They had a tendency to slip backward and push my tragus (the hard piece of cartilage toward the front of each ear) over my external auditory meatus (earhole).
It's unfortunate that the three EQ modes don't sound much different from one another. I also noticed a hissing static that traveled from the left earcup to the right. Even after making sure all the connections were tight, it persisted. As an experiment, I plugged a 3.5mm cable from the headset into my Astro wireless transmitter. The noise was gone.
Plugging in the chat cable from my wired Xbox 360 controller into the Skullcandy control module produced a high-pitched noise that was annoying enough that my friends asked me to switch headsets while playing Spartan Ops in Halo 4, but I've had that happen with other headsets, too, so your mileage may vary.
Once I jumped into the level "Infinity" from Halo 4, I didn't notice the static because I was too busy instinctively looking left and right as the jungle exploded around me. Shrieking and clattering from who-knows-what panned from left to right, and at one point I even got the drop on a Promethean who tried sneaking up behind me. It doesn't matter that these are stereo-only — they do the job almost as well as my more-than-three-times-as-expensive Astro A50s.
I agree with most of what is written on these 4 headsets as I've tested most every notable gaming headset as well. I do disagree with the bottom line (which is the crux of every review):
The SLYR is undoubtedly a great entry level headset, despite flimsy components and non-surround option. But, how can you recommend the PDP above the Sennheiser or Sony? Poor mic, distracting glow, hissing/white noise, and uncomfortable.
Furthermore, you say the Sony's "..weren't as competitive on features or sound quality...". They work on essentially everything but 360, wireless, 7 sound modes, fully adjustable BassImpact (only headset available to use this), audio-to-mic adjustment, overall volume slider, hear your own voice (absent on some headsets), quality hidden mic, and virtual surround. It has everything and more than the other models, and higher quality and durability. $135+ price tag is higher, but for the exact opposite reason that was stated; it is feature RICH! You even listed a con as too many things on the headset.
I found the Sony Pulse headset to have very solid sound reproduction from low to high. On par with much pricier gaming and even music headsets. Also, repeated battery tests with virtual surround sound AND BassImpact on resulted in a average nearly 5.25 hours (longer if those options are not enabled), so it be aware it can vary. Highly recommended for anyone who has 'tried' a gaming headset and is looking for something better on PS3.
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Published: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 10:31 AM CST
The Marcus High School band won its record fourth straight state championship Tuesday at the UIL Class 5A State Marching Band Contest.
Hebron placed second, and Coppell placed fifth.
Marcus performed "Gilded Melodies," which features pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach from the 1700s.
The band reached the final 10 Tuesday after its morning performance.
The other bands that reached the finals are Hebron, Coppell, Richardson Berkner, Hurst L.D. Bell and Austin Bowie, as well as Claudia Taylor Johnson, The Woodlands, Ronald Regan and Austin Westlake.
Marcus qualified for the event by taking first place in the area finals, in which the top five advance. Marcus also placed first in the area preliminaries.
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Shandeh wrote:(Yoh and draw up a loop in 3rd ch from hook. Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice. Yoh and draw through all loops on hook – side cluster made
To do Bernat's Side Cluster for this design, you will yarn over, and draw up a loop in the 3rd chain from the hook. Then yarn over, and draw through 2 loops. THEN, you will yarn over, and draw up a loop from the 3rd chain BELOW the last one you worked, then yarn over and draw through 2 loops. Next, yarn over and draw through all the loops on the hook.
ahhhh that makes me realize why my side cluster are kind of popcorny.. heehee I like them! I am not frogging them out now.. making more then 1 so I can make the others the "right" way. but thank you very much for the MUCH better stitch explanation..


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Texans beat the Niners. Or maybe the Falcons. Could be the Dirty Birds from Philly, but, nah, it's definitely either the Niners or the Falcons. Unless the Cowboys get it going. (Please pass me some more hash.) And, you know, the Cardinals could get in there, too! Maybe Seattle? But it's not the Pack again this season. The replacement refs will see to that. The Texans win it all this year. For sure.
Now that we've got that all figured out and out of the way, let's venture a gander about our heroes. You know, those Cowboys.
The Boys ain't the baddest, you've noticed. Unless you're counting false-start or offsides penalties. Then Doug Free and Jason Witten would be 1-2 in the running. Or unless you mean "baddest" as in the most inept. For that, they are close.
Let's consider the evidence: The Cowboys have scored one (1) touchdown in each of the last two games. They have 12 (twelve) false-start penalties in their three games. Demarco Murray was unable to get back to the line of scrimmage on seven (7) of his 18 carries in the game against Tampa Bay. Tony Romo was hammered four (4) times on sacks against the Buccaneers. The 'Boys are the most penalized team in the NFL with 31 (thirty one), including 13 each against the Giants and the Bucs. Free has six (6) false-start penalties on his own - the most in the NFL. (Since misery loves company, Free enjoyed having 10 (ten) of his teammates also being whistled for infractions during the game against Tampa.) And the Cowboys have six (6) plenty good teams still to play (Ravens, Bears, Bengals, Saints, Steelers, Falcons) - not counting division rivals. Those games amount to five (5) more sure-to-be knock-down, drag-out affairs. That's 11 (eleven) games. They only have 13 remaining. (And the one at Carolina is no gimme. As for the other, thank God for the Browns ... we hope!)
It's tough enough to win in the NFL. With the Cowboys showing a tendency to give teams free yardage and extra downs, the dozen decent teams they still have left on their schedule will make them pay.
As long as they don't get hurt, the players our heroes have up front on the defensive side of the ball are playing sufficiently enough to at least win a playoff game. But you don't sniff the playoffs unless you can score. More than 10 penalties a game combined with one touchdown per contest is not a recipe for scoring a lot of points. So, they either have to be supremely talented, or disciplined. The Cowboys are neither. Control, we have a problem.
Control would be one Jason Garrett, head coach of our heroes. A head coach is essentially responsible for three things: motivation, preparation and ... discipline. Surprising as it may seem, Garrett's teams have no discipline. The problem with penalties isn't something new to Garrett's charges. The Cowboys had more than 100 penalties last season. In fact, they've had more than 100 penalties every season since Jimmy Johnson left, save three.
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There's been so much said about l'affaire Richwine that I am not keen to get deeply involved. I would advise that you read Jason Richwine's account, as well as Ph.D. thesis itself. There are now various movements to expurgate Richwine's thesis on explicitly ideological grounds. This is very stupid.
As a non-liberal with some affiliation with academia I'm in a peculiar position. I get to observe people blithely confusing their normative presuppositions with the basic background assumptions of the average person. By analogy, in a conservative evangelical church "Christians" have specific opinions on issues such as abortion and taxes. And yet the reality is that there are many self-identified Christians who would take issue with these assumptions. But these other types of Christians may not be part of the social group of conservative evangelicals, so the implicit assumption is that those who would espouse abortion rights and higher taxes must be secular humanists (actually, most self-identified liberals are religious and believe in God).
What's happening here is that many liberals hold that Richwine's thesis is ipso facto racist due to the axioms and inferences he made. Obviously this is a red line for the cultural Left today, and it makes sense why they would be outraged. The issue is that this thesis has already been given the stamp of approval by Harvard via the regular channels. If the thesis was put under special scrutiny or even revoked on ideological grounds then that would be rather exceptional, and also a major crack in the facade of the idea of intellectual integrity within the academy.
The problem with this is that many questions and conclusions which liberals are not so offended by are quite offensive and objectionable to non-liberals, and especially social conservatives. People within the academy are generally not conscious of this because they rarely encounter people who are offended by the concept of Queer Studies, or the type of Ph.D. theses which come out of these departments. Currently exploration of topics objectionable and offensive to "Middle America" are protected by the idea that part of the academy's role is to provoke and even offend, to explore taboo issues and reach shocking conclusions. But if the academy starts to make exceptions in such a blatant manner for areas which it finds the offense unacceptable, then its defense of heterodoxy becomes much weaker. Outrage for thee, but not for me.
This may not may not be a big issue in the short run. But, it will contribute to the continued alienation of the majority of the nation from elite higher education, especially the sort of research institutions which by their very nature are going to be culturally transgressive of mainstream values. If the cultural Left manages to get an asterisk placed on the Richwine Ph.D., or have it revoked, then the rational move by conservatives is simple. First, conservative think-tanks should go put the spotlight on the Ph.D.'s of prominent liberals and highlight aspects which are "objectionable" so as to smear their reputations (e.g., anything "anti-American" or sympathetic to cultural Marxism, or questioning bourgeois institutions like marriage). Second, an army of activists could comb through departments which are known award Ph.D.'s with "radical" political and social agendas, and use these as evidence to argue that the academy has become just an arm of cultural Leftism and should no longer receive public funds aside from explicitly practical disciplines (e.g., engineering).
I think a reasonable person can make the case that academic research questions and conclusions should not be adjudicated in by a "voice vote" of democratic acclaim or rejection. But once you open this sort of Pandora's Box it's hard to put the tool you unleashed back in. You can't always control the ends once the means are available.
Looking up something about postwar British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, I came across the following gem.
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The pope is a new pope, and Twitter is a new(ish) medium, but Francis certainly knows the old tunes. Here's a papal tweet from this morning:
My thoughts turn to all who are unemployed, often as a result of a self-centred mindset bent on profit at any cost.
Don't get me wrong: unemployment is a curse and a scourge, but to blame it on an overdose of the profit motive is economic illiteracy worthy of—oh I don't know—the previous pope perhaps, or, for that matter, some ancient socialist or maybe, just maybe, an old Peronist or two.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Students at Carnegie Mellon say it's freedom of expression, but the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh calls it inappropriate and disrespectful. At an annual art school parade, a female student dressed up as the pope, and was naked from the waist down while she passed out condoms. Even more, witnesses say the woman had shaved her pubic hair in the shape of a cross….
"I think we all know that when we're growing up we do stupid things but to cross over the line in this instance shouldn't happen with anybody," Bishop David Zubik said.
Bishop Zubik says the incident must be addressed. "What I do want to have happen is for this person to learn an important lesson," Zubik said. The University encourages individual thought and artistic expression but the Diocese believes this student not only crossed the line, but trampled all over it.
They are demanding some action…..
I don't know whether such a childish display is of a nature to warrant First Amendment protection, but it is somewhat tactless of a Bishop who has recently been doing plenty of complaining about what he sees as a threat to his First Amendment rights, to be quite so insistent that this student be punished for exercising what might be hers.
The decision over what (if anything) should be done about this incident is for the university and—if it came to it—the courts. The bishop was well within his rights to criticize what this lady did—and I don't blame him for doing just that—but when he calls for disciplinary action he—how shall I put it—not only crossed a line, but trampled all over it.
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Over at AEI Mark Perry celebrates Earth Day with quotes from Steven Landsburg's book The Armchair Economist, including this:
[E]nvironmentalists — at least the ones I have met — have no real interest in maintaining the tree population. If they did, they would seriously inquire into the long-term effects of recycling. I suspect that they don't want to do that because their real concern is with the ritual of recycling itself, not with its consequences. The underlying need to sacrifice, and to compel others to sacrifice, is a fundamentally religious impulse.
That took me to the chapter specifically cited by Perry, which is well worth reading in full. Here's an extract:
As environmentalism becomes increasingly like an intrusive state religion, we dissenters become increasingly prickly about suggestions that we suffer from some kind of aberration. The naive environmentalism of my daughter's preschool is a force-fed potpourri of myth, superstition, and ritual that has much in common with the least reputable varieties of religious Fundamentalism. The antidote to bad religion is good science. The antidote to astrology is the scientific method, the antidote to naive creationism is evolutionary biology, and the antidote to naive environmentalism is economics.
Economics is the science of competing preferences. Environmentalism goes beyond science when it elevates matters of preference to matters of morality…. But in the…years since the first Earth Day, a new and ugly element has emerged in the form of one side's conviction that its preferences are Right and the other side's are Wrong. The science of economics shuns such moral posturing; the religion of environmentalism embraces it.
The Bill Maher clip has to be watched to be believed. Not the guest's attempt to obfuscate.
The fundamental issue is simple: most non-Muslims don't care about Islam or Muslims so long as Islam and Muslims don't impinge upon their lives. We don't care about the heterogeneity of Islam or history when faced to real and present fear about the violence currently associated with the religion. By analogy, non-Buddhists who live in Sri Lanka or Myanmar could care less that Buddhism is really fundamentally a religion of peace. To non-believers the ideals of a religion don't matter, the realized actions of the religionists do.
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Via Andrew Sullivan we have this piece by William B. Hurlbut, Consulting Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University Medical Center, a man of science, who is, it turns out, also a fan of the benevolently deranged Francis of Assisi.
There's plenty in the article for those with an interest in Francis himself, but I was more interested in this:
The traditional role of medicine, for example, has been to cure disease and alleviate suffering, to restore and sustain the patient to a natural level of functioning and wellbeing. The medical arts were in the service of a wider reverence and respect for the order of the created world: "the physician is only nature's assistant," as the Roman healer Galen explained.
But now, armed with the powers of biotechnology, medicine has found a new paradigm, one of liberation: technological transformation in the quest for happiness and human perfection. Slowly but steadily the role of medicine has been extended, driven by our appetites and ambitions, to encompass dimensions of life not previously considered matters of health, with the effect of altering and revising the very frame of nature. Increasingly, we expect from medicine not just freedom from disease but freedom from all that is unattractive, imperfect, or just inconvenient. More recent proposals, of a still more ambitious scope, include projects for the conquest of aging, neurological fusion of humans and machines, and fundamental genetic revision and guided evolution — for transhumans, posthumans, and technosapiens.
The danger is immediately evident…
It is? Danger? This all sounds splendid, although count me skeptical as to how far we will get any time soon towards, uh, transhumans, posthumans, and technosapiens. I'm still waiting for flying cars and Moonbase Alpha (which was due sometime before 1999).
Hurlbut continues:
In the absence of any concept of cosmic order, where the material and the moral flow forth from a single creative source, all of living nature becomes mere matter and information to be reshuffled and reassigned for projects of the human will.
Well, that absence is what it is. Hurlbut may be uncomfortable with the consequences, but they are what they are—and they need to be faced. He may wish to believe in a "cosmic order" (a fantasy that takes many forms, in any event), but he ought not to be surprised that there are those that disagree that such a thing exists and are thus reluctant to comply with its supposed rules. But that is not necessarily cause for despair. Experience shows that humility and caution in matters of this type are a matter of commonsense, and commonsense has a way, quite often, of winning out. As, if less frequently, does kindness:
Genetically engineered featherless chickens for cheaper pot pies and leaner pigs with severe arthritis are a violation of basic kindness and courtesy.
Well yes.
There's a great deal more from Hurlbut, and, much of it like the writings of Leon Kass, is, in its glorification or, at least, inshallah acceptance of suffering, as morbid, and, in its implications, as revolting as some of the more lurid iconography of Christian martyrdom. It's sad to see such words flowing from the pen or keyboard of a doctor who will in his own career surely have done a great deal to alleviate the suffering of others. Such are the contradictions of religious faith.
And then there's this:
[O]ne can sense a wisdom in the severity and self-denial that were, for Francis, inseparable from the source of his joy. He had rediscovered an ancient truth in the inversion of desire, not as a negation of being but as a positive passion. In the image of the Lord, he emptied himself and received all things back renewed, purified, and restored in their divine glory.
When I read that, I see only an expression of a millennial asceticism that in our modern era has found expression not in the kindly ramblings of an oddball hippy saint, but in revolution, gulag, and the emptied streets of Phnom Penh.
Compared with that, biotechnological advance is relatively risk-free…
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Such Sweet Suffering
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The Wall Street Journal has interviewed "eminent bioethicist" (itself a contradiction in terms) Leon Kass. The trigger was the Gosnell trial, but it was this aspect of Kass's remarks that drew my attention:
Dr. Kass sometimes finds himself at odds with [anti-abortion] advocates. The movement's narrow focus on nascent life, he worries, blinds it to the fact that "abortion is connected to lots of other things that are threats to human dignity in its fullness."
"Pursuing perfect babies, ageless bodies and happy souls with the aid of cloning, genetic engineering and psychopharmacology," he thinks, are among the most significant of those threats.
Not that, again. Of course, we need never to forget the terrible lessons of early twentieth century eugenics, but re-read those comments and what you see emerging beneath those soothing words about "dignity" is a morbid and sentimental attachment to suffering, and a profound contempt for the human mind:
"Killing the creature made in God's image is an old story," he says. "I deplore it. But the new threat is the ability to transform that creature into images of our own choosing, without regard to whether the new creature is going to be an improvement, or whether these so-called improvements are going to sap all of the energies of the soul that make for human aspirations, art, science and care for the less fortunate. All of these things have wellsprings in the human soul, and they are at risk in efforts to redesign us and move us to the posthuman future."
And the corollary of this paranoid, mystical nonsense about a "new threat" is that the state, aided and abetted doubtless by a self-appointed (and sometimes taxpayer-funded) coterie of wise men, will decide that they know best where scientific inquiry should go.
Galileo, phone your lawyer.
Bio-ethics · Leon Kass · medical technology · Suffering as a blessing
The Daily Caller reports:
On HBO's "Real Time" on Friday night, host Bill Maher entertained CSU-San Bernardino professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, who maintained that despite the events in recent days, religious extremism isn't only a product of Islam.
Hmmm, true enough in one sense, but that's not what Levin really meant. And to his credit, Maher called the professor out:
But Maher took issue with that claim, calling it "liberal bullshit" and said there was no comparison.
"You know what, yeah, yeah," Maher said. "You know what — that's liberal bullshit right there … they're not as dangerous. I mean there's only one faith, for example, that kills you or wants to kill you if you draw a bad cartoon of the prophet. There's only one faith that kills you or wants to kill you if you renounce the faith. An ex-Muslim is a very dangerous thing. Talk to Salman Rushdie after the show about Christian versus Islam. So you know, I'm just saying let's keep it real."
Levin referenced outspoken Islam critic Pamela Geller as an example to refute Maher's claim. But, Maher argued there was no comparison and denied he was Islamophobic.
"I am not an Islamophobe," Maher replied. "I am a truth lover. All religious are not alike. As many people have pointed out — 'The Book of Mormon,' did you see the show? … OK, can you imagine if they did 'The Book of Islam?' Could they do that? There's only one religion that threatens violence and carries it out for things like that. Could they do "The Book of Islam" on Broadway?"
Levin said "possibly so," to which Maher seem dismiss his entire argument going forward.
"You're wrong about that and you're wrong about your facts," Maher said. "Now, obviously, most Muslim people are not terrorists. But ask most Muslim people in the world, if you insult the prophet, do you have what's coming to you? It's more than just a fringe element."
The Wall Street Journal reports:
CARACAS—Nicolás Maduro, the one-time bus driver widely expected to become Venezuela's next president in Sunday's elections, has resorted to an unusual campaign gimmick in the past week: At nearly every stop, he has suddenly broken out into birdsong.
The whistling started some 10 days ago, after the candidate says his mentor, the late President Hugo Chávez, visited him in a chapel in the form of a bird to bless the official launch of his presidential bid.
"I felt the spirit of my commander Chavez," Mr. Maduro explained to a crowd after telling them how the bird circled over his head three times.The birdsong, typically responded to by ecstatic crowds with whistling of their own, underscores the candidate's reliance on the memory of Mr. Chavez…
Good grief