As I mentioned in my review of the MTE P7 torch from Deal Extreme, while the P7 provides an excellent, bright light I felt it would work better for mountain biking mounted on the bars coupled with a bright, lighter, helmet mounted torch. I did plenty of research once again and gathered many different opinions from forums and the like before plumping for the Trustfire TR-801 Q5. This Q5 flashlight is not as bright as the P7, but it is significantly lighter and has a much better runtime (about 2hrs on high). I went for the flexibility of the 5 mode version as I can see myself using this on and off the...

The iphone is a great device, it’s way more than just a phone there are quite a few genuinely useful applications for it in the App Store. Some of the most useful of these apps are navigational applications such as TomTom, Runkeeper, CycleMeter and much more. The downside of these applications is that in order to be accurate they utilize the GPS receiver hardware within the phone, this tends to drain the battery on the phone very quickly. If you’re using TomTom in the car you can always spend just £1.70 ($2.70) on a car cigarette to USB Adapter/Charger, however if you’re...

This car cigarette lighter USB adapter/charger is one of the most popular items on Deal Extreme and with good reason. A Belkin version from Play.com will set you back £9.99 whereas the Deal Extreme version will set you back just $2.70 (approximately £1.70). So what’s the catch? Well, at that price you may as well just chance it and order one but USB charging of portable devices is a suprisingly complicated issue so I’ll try to explain the possible pitfalls. Mostly, this complexity is down to Apple. For some reason (presumably to sell more proprietary chargers) certain iPhones and iPods...

I ride a mountain bike and recently found myself looking for a powerful light for riding at night. Riding off-road in darkness requires a very powerful light indeed, and mountain bike specific lights for this purpose are very expensive. While researching the available options, reading mountain bike forums and the like I discovered a number of people using powerful flashlights from Deal Extreme on their bikes, apparently with a great deal of success. There are many different lights on Deal Extreme and it can be difficult differentiating one from the other. Largely speaking, lights are divided up by...