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Griffin Survivor iPhone 4/4s Case Thoughts and Photos…

February 11, 2024August 23, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Having been an admirer of the Griffin Survivor Case for quite some time I purchased one around a year ago. It took me so long as this is an expensive case, at the time I bought it it had just went sub £30GBP, I think now though you can pick one of these bad boys up for around half that! That my friends is a brilliant investment!

I purchased this one pretty much immediately after the Ballistic HC (previous post – https://tbni.blog/2012/08/23/ballistic-hc-iphone-4-4s-case-thoughts-and-photos/ ) and when it arrived I was immediately impressed! This case is not for the weak of heart, it is huge, it is heavy and if you like the look of your iPhone naked, you will probably hate this. However if you want to protect you phone this thing is just the ticket.

It claims the following rather impressive stats (and also has under its belt that it is approved to military standards) :

Ballistic HC iPhone 4 / 4s Case – Thoughts and Photos…

February 11, 2024August 23, 2012 by TomBoyNI

The Ballisitc HC is one of the range of cases in the Ballistic range, in this instance the ‘HC’ meaning ‘Hard Core!‘ The others in the range are :

LS – Life Style & Life Style Smooth
SG – Shell Gel & Shell Gel MAXX

There is also a full range for all other popular makes of phones and tablets, which you can check out here : http://www.goballisticcase.com/collections/all

This is my second Ballisitic HC case, the first I had was with my iPhone 4, and was black, all black. Then when I updated by phone to the 4s I was so convinced on this particular case, I purchased the white one, to go with the new phone.

It lasted 2 days!

California Scents Air Fresheners – A little smell of sweetness!

February 11, 2024August 1, 2012 by TomBoyNI

I had read a lot about good air fresheners, something a little more special than your usual ‘Magic Tree’ (which to be fair I also like). So after a little research and a great deal on eBay I decided on the ‘Shasta Strawberry’ by California Scents.

I won’t labour on about why this is a good air freshener, it should be enough to say that this smells awesome, if you like the smell of strawberries you are in for a treat!

I will add though that I have this is my sports car, which is tucked away in my garage, for about a month now. The air freshener hides under the seat and although I have the windows open a little to allow air to circulate around the car the smell still fills the car. There is a vent on the top which you can adjust to control how strong the smell is, but for this having sat in an airing car for a month and still producing fragrance it is enough to say I am well impressed.

Oh and with these currently retailing at just under £2.00 delivered on sites such as eBay you are onto a winner!

Scoobfest 2012 – 22nd July 2012 – Junction One, Antrim

February 11, 2024July 24, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Scoobfest is the biannual car show run by Irish Subaru website, ScoobyIreland.com and it brings Subarus from across the country all together to show off their stuff. It has made its home at the Junction One Retail Park in Antrim and as such promises stunning motors, an easy to get to location and something many car shows lack, something for the ladies – shopping!

This year it was joined by a few other websites, namely the Celica Owners Club, NI-Vaux, Irish Subaru Drivers Club, Subaru Driver’s Club Northern Ireland and the Mitsubishi Lancer Register.

The result of all this was a fantastic set of motors all in one spot!

This is a Charity event and this time round all proceeds from the show went to Cool FM / Downtown Radios ‘Cash For Kids’ Appeal, a great local charity! As well as this over £1000 in prizes were up for grabs, and in relation to those here are the results from the day :

‘Durable’ iPhone 4s Case – Thoughts / Reviews and Photos…

February 11, 2024July 8, 2012 by TomBoyNI

So to start this is an eBay case, and it ranges massively in price from seller to seller, expect to pay about £7.00 including post and packaging for this case, anything more and you are being ripped off. The best sellers also have it in pretty much every colour you could ever want. As you can see I have opted for the ‘dark blue’ option, thinking that it looked very like the Subaru WR Blue shade of blue, in actual fact as you can probably tell from the photos it is a good bit lighter than WR Blue.

I am a big fan of hard and tough cases, and this definitely ticks those boxes. It is tough and hard, it is after all metal, and whats more you need an ‘Allan’ key to put the thing together.

Extreme Stunt Show Gallery – Sunday 10th June 2012

February 11, 2024July 1, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Well the Extreme Stunt Show has left Northern IReland after a flat out tour of the Country. So I think it is safe enough for me to put the picks up now, without the chances of spoiling it for anyone.

If however you are in Europe elsewhere and the show hasn’t reached you, you may want to look away now…

Coming Soon : iPhone 4s Griffin Survivor and Ballistic HC Covers

February 11, 2024June 29, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Following on from my recent postings about phone covers I thought as I have a good bit of experience with them I would continue it on a touch.

I’m all about the extreme protection and to start off I thought I would go with some of the best known cases in the extreme heavy duty protection market, namely the Griffin ‘Survivor’ and the Ballistic ‘HC.’

These are not for the iPhone purists, they are not discreet in any shape or form. They are big, bold and chunky as hell. They have many layers and are designed to stand up to the worst situations a phone should find itself in.

These two would be my two favourite cases and rank higher in my opinion than the Otterbox ‘Defender’ which I will cover at some point also.

Anyway that’s what’s coming over the next few posts.

Google Chrome & Google Drive Released for iOS

February 11, 2024June 29, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Today is a great day for all things Google and at the same time all things Apple! Why so? Because Google Chrome is released today in the App Store for all iOS devices.

This has been met with much cheer across the Apple circuit, mainly because people have become discontented with Safari and it’s limitations. Customers, fanboys, lovers and haters have all been crying out for an alternative, and the alternative they have been screaming for has arrived.

I don’t think there is too much need for me to go into massive details about this app, it is easily downloaded, free and small so you have no excuse for not giving it a go, so get yourself over to the AppStore and get downloading.

A few points I will make though after my limited trial of it this morning.

Coming Soon – ‘Durable’ iPhone 4s Case – Thoughts / Reviews and Photos…

February 11, 2024June 28, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Is this the world’s strongest iPhone case?

It definitely looks and feels like one, and guess what you can pick one up for under £8.00!

So is it all it is cracked up to be? I’ll let you know when I have had it tested for a while, initial impressions though are good, it seems very strong, however it also seems a little exposed to the elements!

Coming Soon : The NW200 and another G-Shock!

February 11, 2024May 30, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Just a quick note of what’s coming soon. I have a full gallery featuring some of the great action from the North West 200 Motorcycle Races, and another unboxing of a G-Shock, this one is rather special in that there is only 150 globally!

So it’s coming soon!

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