Challenge Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 25cc Reviewed

I know that Challenge Xtreme is a pretty cheap brand so i didn’t expect the Challenge Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 25cc to be like a £200 / £300 strimmer when it only costs £80 from Argos.

I needed a new Strimmer as the old electric one had died. I’ve already got a petrol lawn mower so i didn’t want to have to get all the leads out just for the strimmer when its only a quick job to go round the edge of the garden.

I’ve never owned a 2 stroke engine before but mixed was really easy, just fill the supplied mixing bottle up to the line and then top up with 2 stroke mixture (supplied) to the next line, give it a good shake and your done. The bottle will easily fill the petrol tank up and you do have a little left in the bottle. I cant say how long it will take for the tank to empty as i haven’t really used it much.

Its not a quick starting 2 stroke engine and you need to push the primer around 10 times but 3/4 pulls and it will start close the choke and your going.

The rotating head won’t rotate until you let out the lock for the centrifugal clutch which is good and a nice feature. Weight wise its a well balanced piece of equipment neither is it to light or to heavy.

The supplied strimming cord is pretty thick and only did me for around 2 cuttings of our medium sized back garden, but i’m going to put slightly thinner stuff in this time.

It did take me some time to get familiar with the higher angle i needed to use to strim with put the supplied shoulder strap took the weight for me.

Below are the tech specs on the Challenge Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 25cc

The self assembly was pretty easy all i needed to do was fit the handle and the safety Guard for above the cutting head. oh and clamp the 2 shafts together

Petrol grass trimmer.
25cc engine.
2 stroke engine.
Requires 2 stroke oil (supplied).
Cutting width 38cm.
Bump feed.
Dual line feed system.
Low vibration.
Weight 5.2kg.

Temple Run

Temple Run is taking the mobile gaming scene by storm. its already on smashing sales records left right and centre. You can play temple run online at varying arcade and online gaming websites. Temple run is costing just under £1 on both app markets.

The idea for Temple run is simple keep running on a never ending level collectiong coins, but you have monkeys chasing you close behind, but collecting the money will slow you down if your just over to the left all the time, so you need to be careful otherwise you will be monkey food

York 20kg Dumbbell Review

There’s not much to get excited about here. But what i wanted to point out is how much better than expected the York 20kg Dumbbell set was.

I’ve used cheaper Dumbbell sets before and my major problem was constantly having to tighten the spinning lock nut at the end of the bar, whether it was mid set or before / after use.

With the set i have now you get a plastic lock nut over a chrome metal version with a rubber washer to grip the plates. I tightened these on Christmas day and not had to re tighten since.

Lastly the handle is a very hard rubber which is moulded into the bar so there’s no spin from the plates when you lift. Over all its a good set for £35.

The picture below is an example of the Chrome set that you can get.

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Leeds united are selling or giving away fan telephone numbers.

Just had a call from Leeds United Insurance Services or carprotect.co.uk. calling from Sheffield of all places how cheeky.

0114 2565286 was the number that called me and i asked how they got my number and although Ken Bates wasn’t mentioned in person they did say if i’ve bought tickets from Leeds United then this is why im getting the call.

Rant over

18650 Battery Charger

If you’ve got some 18650 Batteries then your going to need a charge, i opted for a cheap one that included 2 batteries from eBay. It charges them for around 4 hours in which time the charge light goes from cherry red to a more orange / red.

My batteries are only lasting around 1 week on full power for around 15/20 minutes of use. and towards the end of the week you can tell that they are starting to die off, as there is less output from the light.

If you find your light won’t cycle through modes properly then its more than likely a weak battery over a faulty light unit.

Android Apps

What Apps are worth getting for your android, well it depends if you’ve rooted your phone or not.

I tend to do a lot of web stuff so i’ve got the 123Reg App and i’ve also got Wheres My Droid which is really handy when i lose my phone in the house and its on slient.

I have a few others like autotrader and eBay which are always handy if i need to price something up quickly or buy it.

Overclocking A Samsung Galaxy S2

I haven’t really noticed any major gains in over clocking my Samsung Galaxy S2 to run at a maximum of 1501GHz over the stock limit of 1200GHz.

Whilst i allow my phone to run up to 1501GHz i have noticed that the battery dies a lot quicker than if i limited the CPU to run at the stock 1200GHz

As you can see from the above graph whilst running Quadrant Standard benchmark the phone was nearly 800 points quicker when overclocked.

I was using Android 2.3.4 on this test, and ran Quadrant Standard a few times to that we got a better perspective.

Is it worth overclocking Samsung Galaxy S2 well its something to do, and I’m sure that on heavy CPU usage apps it will come in handy. But in honesty i don’t really notice any difference