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Scotch(R) Reusable Tabs are pre-cut squares of clear, removable and reusable adhesive. For mounting photos, posters, artwork or papers on walls, office cabinets, refrigerators, windows, etc. Photo safe. Will not stain walls like putties.

• Use instead of magnets or tacks
• Removes cleanly
• Double-sided adhesive sheet for mounting and securing objects
• 0.5 Inches, 72 Squares
• Perfect for mounting gaming & computer accessories

It just doesn’t get any easier than this! I’ve been using these to hang up posters on my wall, pictures and notes on my fridge and whatever else that’s light weight and needs hanging up! These couldn’t have come at a better time because I’ve been collecting educational posters to start hanging up in my daughter’s room and in other places around the house to help with memorization of ABC’s, Numbers, States, and more!

These are perfect for our home because I have a tendency to like to arrange and re-arrange almost constantly. And honestly because I know we live in a duplex that the owners probably wouldn’t be a fan of all the tacks, nails, and putty that could possibly lift paint off the walls.

I love Scotch(R) Reusable Tabs because you do is peel, stick, and then place whatever it us you are wanting to hang in position! I haven’t had any issues other than when trying to hang up pre-rolled posters. My photo posters keep wanting to roll back up! But I haven’t had any other issues with items that are paper, not rolled, and the like. These are totally worth the money at 4.25 for 72 tabs! Scotch Reusable Tabs, 0.5 Inch squares, 72 Tabs (R103) are available at Amazon and eligible for free super saving shipping!

Disclaimer: I was sent this product for review through Amazon Vine. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.

Guest review by: Justin Lowmaster

I opened the DCS-932L camera and was greeted by the camera, two cables, and a packet with the CD, a quick install guide, a big orange paper on how to contact support, and some GPL, GNU licence papers. There’s a minimum amount of paper here, so not a lot to sort through to find what you need.

Setup is fairly simple. My wireless router does not have WPS (WiFi Protected Setup) so I just plugged the camera into the router with a CAT-5 cable (included) and into the wall socket power cable (included.) I inserted the CD, and clicked Start. From there I entered in a device password, which is sadly limited to 6-8 characters. This is likely due to the fact it’s probably stored on the device itself and there are hardware limitations to encryption. After answering a few simple questions, you are able to make a mydlink.com account. Here, there was also a limitation on the password. I’m not sure what it allows, other than it must be at least 6 characters. I tried to make a 12 character password with all manner of characters. It said it was invalid, with no explanation. I made the password 12 characters of upper and lower case letters, and numbers. This worked. Not as good as I’d like, as it is allowing access to my home, but it’s not terrible. It could probably be longer than 12 if I wanted. I can only hope is stored properly in the website (not that I have much hope in that.) Be sure to complete the process after clicking the activate link in your email before trying to access the camera via website. I’m fairly certain you could even skip the mydlink.com account creation and set up the camera to work on your own domain and gain access via the web without needing to trust the mydlink.com site.

If your router supports it, the camera also supports WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK  wifi encryption (and if your router doesn’t, get a new one.)

Another issue I had was my Firefox browser with NoScript and my Chrome browser blocked access to the camera page from the website for security reasons I wont get into here. It’s easily bypassed by going to the direct IP address while on your local network.

The site dashboard allows you access to several cameras if you have more than one.

The camera itself, and the features, are very nice. It comes mounted on a stand with a wide range of motion and can be mounted on a wall if you wish. We found a suitable location in a room that allows us to see almost the entire room. You can flip and/or mirror the image in the software settings if you need to as well.

The microphone is also of good quality, and you can hear what’s going on in the room. The night vision auto activates if the light is low enough (or you’ve pointed the camera down enough that the ceiling light wont reach it.)

The software features accessible through the camera page are fantastic. There is motion detection which allows you to select certain regions of the view to watch for motion, while avoiding where (for example) the cat normally walks. You could have it look for an opening door, but not worry about the floor.

There’s a zoom feature, but it’s only a digital zoom, so the quality isn’t great when zooming.

You can raise or lower the image quality and resolution so if you need the live stream to take up less bandwidth, you can do so, or raise it for high quality images.

There are many more options, such as email and FTP access to store images, scheduling to turn the camera on and off automatically, and the ability to link the camera to a web domain name you control.

Overall, aside from a few concerns on the passwords, which I am sensitive to because I am a security enthusiast, I think it’s a fantastic device. The myriad of options and settings are very nice, and the price is about right for what we got.

If you are interested in purchasing the D-Link Systems DCS-932L mydlink-Enabled Wireless N Day/Night Home Network Camera you can find that it’s $119.99 &  ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping at Amazon.

Disclaimer: My husbands review through the Amazon vine program of  the D-Link Systems DCS-932L mydlink-Enabled Wireless N Day/Night Home Network Camera is available at Amazon.com.

I wash a lot of laundry during the week. I bet you are wondering how a family of four could make so much laundry? Easy, I cloth diaper my kids so that calls for laundry every two to three days.  And with young children, especially babies, blankets, sheets, and other things need to constantly be clean!

We usually buy our laundry soap in bulk but now no more since I’ve been using the Oransi’s Robby Wash Ball. This laundry washing ball is the most practical way in my life now to wash laundry! Originally created in France, the Robby Wash laundry ball is now in the U.S. This tint ball lasts for up to 120 washes and replaces 75 lbs. of traditional laundry detergent! Talk about a money saver! I bet you are wondering why else this wash ball is so great?

The Robby Wash laundry ball is an ultra high efficiency laundry solution that works with both top and front loaders. It uses macro-molecule pellets instead of powder or liquid. That’s right, no detergent necessary and so easy that anyone in the household can do the laundry! You just throw this ball in the washing machine and be well on your way! And I must rave about what a space saver this ball is in the laundry area!

This is a hypoallergenic product and a great choice as a baby laundry detergent cleaner or for someone with sensitive skin. Not only does it clean and protect your clothes, it guards fabrics against oxidation and discoloration caused by chlorine in the water, and maintains your clothes’ springiness.

I must say my clothes smell great after a wash! The Robby Ball leaves laundry with a light fresh smell. I was never huge fan of the strong laundry detergent smell on my clothes as I am pretty sensitive to smells.

Included in the Oransi’s Robby Wash Ball kit I recieved is a stain stick. I wish I took a before and after photo but trust me when I say that this stick is an awesome stain remover! Basically my baby boy had a huge poop blow out and ruined his onesie or so I thought. I applied the stain stick to the stain and the onesie came out with no stain whatsoever!

Overall, there’s nothing I don’t like about the wash ball! One package of Robby Wash includes a washing ball, a stain stick and three extra packets of macro-molecule pellets and cost ONLY $32.95 and estimated will last me through 12 months of washing. You can use one ball for 2-3 years. And I’m taking note that the 24 months refill package is only $49. No matter how you look at it, this a great deal and a great product that will simply your life!

Win it!
Robby Wash is giving one lucky winner…a Robby Wash Laundry Ball Pack (includes wash ball loaded with macro-molecule pellets, a stain stick, 3 extra packets of macro-molecule pellets and retails for $32.95) USA ONLY

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