Short review of Juice Power Station

Juice Power Station

Juice Power Station extra high capacity portable battery power.  We bought this two days before Camp Bestival. It's because we desperately needed it for our camping. We didn't know exactly how this thing works apart from what's written on the manual. We were a bit disappointed on our first few usage of this device. But eventually we got the hang of it.

We also brought this home during our recent trip to the Philippines and that's how we discovered a lot of things about this portable power bank. In order for you to check the battery levels, you need to connect your phone first and shake the device. That way it will wake up your power bank from standby mode. It's very handy because of it's size and weight. Overall rating is 8/10.

Specifications:
Power capacity 11200 mAh.
Outputs:  Two ports (2.4A rapid charging and 1A normal charging)
Charging time: 6-7 hours
Can charge two devices simultaneously.
Comes with a bag/pouch and a micro USB lead.

Roland CM30 Cube Monitor review

Roland CM30 Cube Monitor

As the name goes.... Cube Monitor, it is really designed as a monitor either as home recording studio monitor or live stage monitor.  But, you can improvise on this one as a portable all-in-one PA system. Only 30 watt but loud enough for small venues plus it has 3 channel with one as XLR plus an AUX input where you can plug your mp3 player or iPod and use it as a backing track.

The CM30 can be linked and connect up to 8 cube monitors. Actually even just two of these that are connected together is powerful enough for a small to medium size venues. We've used this one time when we went out on a holiday and rented a caravan. We brought our karaoke and plugged it here and it sounded great. Everyone enjoyed singing. Also during birthday parties, I normally use this because it is so portable and sounds big enough on most venues.

The only downside on this one is that it does not have effects like reverb, echo or delay. So if you are a vocalist just use a mixer that has got built-in effects on it and that will solve the problem.

Overall, a very good monitor and reliable portable PA system.

                                                            

Review of Casio CTK1150 keyboards

Casio CTK-1150 Keyboards

This is a review of Casio CTK-1150 bought from Argos last Xmas for my boy. We ordered Casio CTK1200 because that was the one that was advertised on their site that's on sale. Casio CTK 1150 is no longer available in the market. But anyhow, this one the one delivered despite the one we paid for was the CTK1200. Called them and asked but they said that it's the same. When we checked the manual that came with it, they were right. There's only one manual for 5 types or series of this keyboards. Having said that, let's move on and review what the keyboards got to give us.

Out of the box, you'll get like 4 sets of manual in different languages. One songbook, which are the songs listed in the songbank of the keyboards. Also, the songbook is useful if you have previous knowledge on how to read notes and good in learning stuff by yourself. Apart from that, I think the songbook is not meant for beginners or kids. Although, there are categories inside the songbook as A, B, C, D which means that A for beginners, then goes Intermediate, Advanced and Expert. Music stand and power supply are also included.

Now the keyboards' design is very good, lightweight, sound coming from the speaker is decent. Can use 6 AA battery on this one. 100 tones, 100 rhythms and 99 songbank. Learning option which turns on and off Right or Left hand. Also learning chords options. No sustain option or sustain pedal connection. Not touch response. No reverb or hall button/switch. But there's transpose/tune option.

By the way, we bought an X-frame keyboard stand separately and we're please with it.