Applied Nutrition Pro CBD Supplements

One of the UK based companies that sponsor boxer Hughie Fury, Applied Nutrition, are set to increase their supplement range with the addition of 3 new products. With the official release being some time this week (10th October 2018), these new ProCBD supplements are all infused with CBD in one form or another.

A quick update: It appears that the release date may not be arriving this week as first thought, as there has been no official announcement of the products being available for sale to the general public. And their website shows the products as still "coming soon".

One of the three new ProCBD range of supplements is actually a CBD Oil. This comes in a small bottle and is conveniently taken by placing the desired amount of drops under the tongue. Available in either Apple or Orange flavour, each bottle contains 0.5grams (500mg) of CBD isolate.

The second addition is the ProCBD Recovery Gel with CBD oil. Specially made to aid the recovery process after training / exercise, the fruit burst flavour Gel is packed with many of the essential nutrients that feed the body / muscles after a hard workout.

Some of those include: Vitamin C + B Vitamins, Electrolytes and Zinc, and of course CBD Oil. Applied Nutrition have also added a great spectrum of vitamins that are beneficial to joints and bones. Such as, Glucosamine, Chondroitin and MSM.

The last one on the list is the Protein powder. Or more specifically, Protein and Hemp with added CBD Isolate Nano. There's also a special Digestive Enzyme blend that help ensure excellent protein absorption. Contains Digezyme, Lactospore and Astragin. The ProCBD amount is 30MG per 30g serving. And the Protein amount is 23g per 30g serving.

In a recent YouTube video uploaded by the British Boxers channel, Peter Fury, Hughie's father and trainer was asked why they are using the new ProCBD products from Applied Nutrition. He said, they are proving to be excellent for boosting the immune and nervous systems when the body is under the constant stress of heavy training every day.

Keep a look out for them on the official Applied Nutrition website if you feel like trying them out. Please be aware: None of these products contain any THC (the cannabinoid in Cannabis that gets a person high).

Blue Nokia 105 Sim Free Mobile Phone

If you want basic, tough, reliable and cheap in the same sentence when looking for a mobile phone, it has to be either one of the budget Nokia’s or Samsung’s. If you’re looking for the cheapest but best value for money phone that’s also very easy to use, it would have to be either the Samsung E1200 or E1080i. If you don’t mind spending an extra £5, and in return getting a phone with a few more features, and an even better battery life than the Samsung E1200, then the Nokia 105 is a fairly good choice. As an added bonus, I believe the newer model has dual SIM capability (2 SIM slots / two active phone numbers in one cellphone).

Battery life is excellent. The talk time and standby times really are super long. This is due to the phones low power consumption, combined with an 800mAh battery. A similar setup of low power consumption + an 800mAh battery capacity is also found in many of the cheaper Samsung Phones, and those equally renown for having a super long battery life.

The Nokia 105 has a really good torch feature. With this phone, Nokia have gone back to basics and put the old but very effective LED light back onto the top of the phone. This is just like they used to have on the older, now retro phones. It’s a great method, and much better than the torch feature on some of the Samsung phones in the same price range, which is basically the screen turned totally white. Nowhere near the same level of brightness.

There's a built-in FM radio in the 105, along with a convenient 3.5mm jack for headphones etc (Not included). It also has 8 MB of built-in memory, clock, alarm, loudspeaker, calendar and some games. One of which is the super popular old school game – Snake, that also used to be on the older Nokia phones. The 105 has a hard-wearing keypad and decent (65K) colour screen. It does not have a camera or Bluetooth. But should we really expect it to beings that it costs under twenty pounds.

This phone usually comes SIM free and open to all networks. It should work fine with most, if not all of the major UK phone Networks. It can even work with a 3G SIM card but won’t be able to use certain, more advanced features like the Internet etc. Basic Calling and texting should work fine.

Overall this is an excellent, no frills phone that does the basics really well. If you’re looking for a low-priced mobile phone to have as a back up / second phone, or you’re not into smartphones and want something simple and easy to use, this phone is a good option.

The one big 105 negative to be aware of

However, where this phone falls flat on its face lies with its SAR Level. The SAR Level of the Nokia 105 is a massive 1.48 W/kg. That is high considering that this is a basic phone with not many features. 1.48 W/kg is, in some cases over double the SAR Level of a lot of the budget Samsung phones. For a few, such as with the GT E2600, it’s closer to triple.

For this reason I would probably go for a Samsung instead to be honest. Either the E1080i, E1200 or E2600 slide phone. Reviews for all phones mentioned here are great. Take your pick, any one of them will serve you well. I just prefer a lower SAR level, and frankly you should too.

Samsung GT E2600 SIM Free Phone Review

After owning and messing around with the Samsung GT E2600 Slide Phone for well over 4 years, I thought I should give you the review low down on this phone. The E2600 is a bit like a Bridge Camera in some ways. In terms of features and price, It’s not as featureless as a cheap basic phone with just the basic features, such as the Samsung E1200 or E1080i. And then it’s not an App rich, full of features Smartphone either.

This phone somewhat bridges the gap between the cheapest Samsung’s that can just call and text, and the do-it-all S6’s, Note 9's and iPhone X's. And for that reason I love it. This phone is for people who want a relatively basic, easy to use slide phone that looks good, has more features than the budget phones, and even has a few of the cool little extra’s you find in Smartphones that so many people in this technological age have become accustomed to.

The Samsung GT E2600 is a very small and stylish non Smartphone. It has a built-in Radio, MP3 / MP4 player, 2MP Camera (With video capability), and takes MicroSD cards up to 16GB. The MicroSD card maximum limit states “Up to 16GB” on the box of the phone. But a lot of end user online reviews have stated that the E2600 can support up to 32GB. Either way, 16GB – 32GB is a lot of storage space. 2GB has been more than enough for me so far.

Other features include a good selection of ring tones, 1000 number contact list, voice recorder, organiser, alarms, dictionary, loudspeaker, timer, stopwatch, games (Which can be downloaded to the phone), Backup Manager, Bluetooth, Instant Messaging, SNS (Facebook, Twitter access), MMS (Multimedia Messaging), and even has a fake call option. Takes a normal (Standard) size SIM.

You can access the Internet with the E2600, but it would be through your phone network provider (costing big money in most cases), as the Samsung GT E2600 does not have WiFi. Resolution for the 2.4 inch QVGA TFT Screen is good at 256K.

Other cool and useful features: The E2600 has a convenient 3.5mm headphone jack, making it really easy to listen to music while on the go with whatever headphones you have at your disposal. It also uses a mini-USB port for charging the phone which doubles up for transferring data on and off the phone.

The call block list (Add to reject list) is present on this model, which stores a maximum of 10 numbers. With all the spam calls these days, it would have been nice if this capacity was larger. Ten just isn't enough.

Battery life is really good. It’s almost up there with the super impressive E1200 and E1080i. But, due to the E2600’s higher power output, it doesn’t have the staying power that those two have. Still very impressive. The battery lasts a long time, but when the battery is almost fully drained, and there's no bars remaining on the battery indicator (the battery level indicator box is flashing), it dies out pretty fast. Whereas the E1200 and E1080i, with their very low power outputs, can hang on in there for a long time.

Obviously, the E2600 is a slide phone, but unless you need to use the number pad to make a call, the phone can be used without the user having to pull the slider up. The phone can be set to make calls (if you don’t need to type in the number), receive calls, and do many other things like listen to music via the MP3 player or radio with the slider being down. The Samsung GT E2600 has excellent reviews, and an almost just as impressive SAR Level at just 0.53 W/kg.

It’s available SIM free from eBay in various conditions (used, refurbished), and also for sale on other online outlets, including Amazon. With the phone being Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) it should work in many locations abroad, so makes a good phone for taking on holiday. It’s also unlocked, so will work with most, if not all UK phone networks. Including Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, GiffGaff [O2], EE etc.

One criticism that you won’t see in many reviews online, but one that I think is relevant enough to be mentioned by me as an owner of this phone for 4+ years, is the camera quality. Most people online say it’s got a really good camera and takes great pictures considering its only got a meagre 2 mega pixels. But I have found the camera pretty poor in most settings. Unless the lighting is perfect. the pictures are blurred and have no sharpness to them.

Did I buy an E2600 that had a fault with the camera? Well, I bought the phone brand new, and I seriously doubt it. But I suppose anythings possible. This is just something you should be aware of if your buying this phone on the count of the customer reviews crediting the camera as being really good. In my experience that just wasn’t / isn’t the case.

However, don’t let that put you off. Overall this is an excellent little phone that has been totally reliable for me and served me well with over 4 years of everyday use, and it's still going strong. It can take some damage. I’ve dropped it more times than I care to think about but it still works perfectly. It does everything I need it to and hasn’t ever let me down. I have no plan to upgrade, so that says it all really.

A great, basic non-smartphone but with some excellent features. My favourite feature is using a 3.5mm to 3.5mm headphone lead to connect the phone to my car stereo so that I can listen to the music I have stored on the GT E2600's memory card in the car. Good phone for a reasonable price. Brand new they are selling for £50 – £60. Used but in good condition they are selling for around £25 on eBay. The E2600 has been out for a number of years now but they are still very popular.

I had opened two Amazon pages on my browser that were selling this phone in order to check the price that the E2600 is selling for in 2018 because I bought mine a good few years ago.  After a few hours I returned to those two pages that I’d forgotten about and refreshed, and they are now both showing as sold out. These were two separate sellers that weren’t showing any indication of having low stock. Get one while you can. I’m keeping mine.

Neon Genesis Evangelion EVA 02 Boots

For fans of the Neon Genesis Evangelion Manga Series these boots are just a super cool pair of shoes (hiking boots) to own. These boots are pretty hard to find, specially in both styles, the EVA Impression 01 and 02. The 02 (Pictured below) are a mix of dark red, mustard, black and have a low cut boot.

Image credit: Ascosing

The 01 (Image below) are real cosplay style boots, sporting a higher ankled boot in comparison to the EVA Impression 02's (which are just shoes really) and coming in a more bright and wacky purple, green, mustard and black colourway. And they have huge, extremely padded tongues. Both pairs are very well made.

Image credit: Ascosing

These Neon Genesis Evangelion  Ayanami Rei hiking boots could become collectors items in the future. That is if you can buy a pair and not end up wearing them. Great novelty shoes. Super cool if you're a Genesis Evangelion Manga fan.

Nike MAG Back To The Future Shoes

These boots, although a few years old now, should be posted on this blog. Better late than never! Nike MAG are one of the most futuristic pairs of shoes currently on the market. How many pairs of shoes do you know of that have their very own USB connection. There are a few pairs of shoes on the market that do feature an MP3 player, LED lights (light up shoes) and certain other built-in devices, but none are as high quality or as prestigious as the Marty McFly (Martin Seamus McFly) Nike MAG's. These are the boots that Michael J Fox wore in Back To The Future II.

Fair enough, they don't have the Power Lace Up feature incorporated into them just yet, but they do have the most awesome, futuristic light up system I have ever seen on a pair of shoes. And I should add that some self lacing pairs were released as part of an auction / giveaway, and a few lucky people ended up snagging a pair. But sadly there was only 89 pairs to go round, so the chances of coming into contact with a genuine, original pair of the self lacing MAG's today in 2018 / 2019 is slim to none. Unless you've got deep pockets.

A few people have tried to make their own self lace up system by ordering a fake pair of MAGs from China and then fitting them out with a self lacing kit, consisting of a motor, pressure sensor and motherboard etc, but most so far haven't looked very good once the job is complete. This is due to a lot of factors, but the main one, is that the boots bought from China were cheaply made, and cheap looking to begin with.

And secondly, in order to fit the self lacing "kit" the boots have to be taken apart, as in, unglued at the sole. So needless to say, they have to be glued back up again once the automatic lace system have been fitted. This is where some DIY attempts have failed miserably, and the boots ended up looking similar to Leatherface's mask out of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. Best option is to scrap the self lacing ideas (unless you're really good at that type of thing) and go with a standard Decal Upgrade Kit.

The light blue / turquoise side sole lights and the red, gold and yellow back heel emblem lighting is a great colour combination. And the illumination of the Nike wording on the boot strap really tops of the design. All the lights are LED. It doesn't look cheap, it actually looks really professional. Specially in the dark, where the lights are shown at their full potential. The glow brightly! Nike have done a great job with the design of these shoes.

The lights are rechargeable, that's what the USB connection is for, and the lights when fully charged last about 4 - 5 hours. They are activated by the click of a little button located at the top of the high boot, so the lights can switched on and off when required.

Nike Mags For Sale

Sadly, only 1500 pairs were made and as you may already know, people have been going crazy to buy a pair. Most pairs have been selling for big money. Prices as high as almost $40,000! Typically they are selling for around £2,000 to £4,000 in the UK, that's if you can find a pair for sale. As with most highly sought after footwear, there are a lot of replicas on the market, so be careful when buying a pair.

But in saying that, a lot of people actually don't mind owning a reproduction (fake) pair from China due to any pair of the original 1500 that do happen to come up for sale being so expensive. However, if you do want an original limited edition pair from the 1500 that were made, be sure to only deal with highly reputable seller.

Best bet these days to pick up a pair of Nike MAG Back To The Future Boots is eBay. All the money made from the original 1500 pairs was donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's disease research. An illness which he himself suffers from. A superb, iconic pair of boots that were way overdue. Nike should consider doing a new MAG drop. They are still widely sought after even after all these years, and I'm sure they would sell out extremely fast. -Interwire.

Making Money From VHS Video Cassettes

If you've been to a charity shop or car boot sale at some point within the last ten years, chances are you would have seen many VHS videos for sale. And with a general selling price of between 20 Pence to £1 Pound, no doubt, most people wouldn't really look at VHS videos as having any kind of resale profit in them. And in terms of buying them to actually watch, most people don't own a Video player anymore, so they are pretty much obsolete at this point.

Electronics and playable media has moved on so much since the VHS days, even from the CD / DVD era as well to some extent. It's all about digital and mostly invisible media these days, streaming, downloading etc. People want everything in super HD and delivered within seconds. I should make it clear that I'm not one of those people. I prefer old school media. Retro electronics are still loved by many individuals, and as a result, there is still a demand for certain items.

This brings me to the subject of this post. Can you make money from old VHS videos. The answer is, yes you can. Slowly. While most videos, popular ones, are not worth much, there are some that are worth a decent amount of money. So if you do some research beforehand and know what to look out for, there are more than a few gems out there.

But make no mistake, to make the highest amount of money, the movie must either be rare, or a pre-cert (pre-certification). Pre cert basically means that the video tape has no official age restriction information on any part of the cassette tape or case / cover due to the 1984 Video Recordings Act not yet being in force.

So Pre-certs were unregulated, largely unedited, and weren't required to follow any guidelines set by an overseeing governing body. Also worth aware of, is that not all pre certs are worth good money, and some eBay sellers list videos for sale as "Pre cert", but the age restriction (15, 18 etc) can clearly be seen on the cover, and even on the cassette itself. Unless I'm missing something here, those are not pre certs. Anyway, moving on.

Sure, there are some VHS videos out there that are neither rare or pre certs but are still worth considerably more to resell on eBay than you would pay for them at a second hand shop. Besides, some second hand shops / thrift stores actually give them away for free, so its not hard to turn a profit on a giveaway. As an example, one that quickly springs to mind is Jacknife starring Robert Deniro, Ed Harris and Kathy Baker.

That film sells for around £5 - £10 on eBay UK. Or at least it used to. Just checking eBay now, and there are many more copies than what used to be there a year or so back. Hardly worth all the bother to resell. I actually own this movie on VHS, but I wouldn't sell it because I like the film, and it's not really worth the running around for a fiver or tenner after eBay take their fees.

A better example would be some of the B-movie cult classics. Because certain titles are so rare (and also pre-certs), and still have a cult following, certain titles do command fairly high resale prices. There's quite a few on eBay right now. Including Lucio Fulci’s Zombie, the original EVIL DEAD, The Slayer (VIPCO), The House On The Edge Of The Park and AXE. As well as many more. Most of these are priced up at around £200.

However, if you're thinking of doing this to earn some extra money, be prepared for a long wait to actually make a sale. With the demand for VHS videos not being what it once was, it's clear to see that most of the videos mentioned above have something negative in common. None have sold, and none of them even have any watchers.

So while they are worth some money, I think that the people selling them when I just had a quick look in eBay have priced them up for whatever they want, just hoping someone will buy it for an extortionate amount of money due to the fact that they are now hard to find. There is no set market price or ballpark figure.

But in some ways this is correct, and can actually be a good thing. When there's only one or two of something for sale, and that thing can't be found anywhere else, you either have to pay what the seller wants or you don't get the item. It's as simple as that. But it's fair to say, all the movies mentioned above are on sale for too much money, and they'll never actually sell.

I say this because the Original Evil Dead is actually quite sought after on VHS, and does usually sell on eBay for £50+. Trying to sell it for £200, like the seller I just discovered when I did a quick bit of research for this post, has resulting in them pricing themselves out of getting a sale.

Another example of too high of a price tag is with some of the Walt Disney cartoon movies. Some sellers want crazy money for their films. It really is ridiculous. There's one on eBay right now that caught my eye: Pinocchio (in used condition). Guess how much its up for sale for. A used VHS video of Pinocchio is for sale on eBay for £3000 (Buy it now). Three Thousand Pounds! It will never sell.

You could probably check back in 20 years and it would still be for sale. But by that time the seller would most likely have gotten so fed up with zero buyer interest and constantly having to relist it, that they would finally cave in and end up listing it for sale at the right price.

Some of the Walt Disney "Black Diamond" "The Classics" edition films have some appeal, and usually they are much more sensibly priced. Furthermore, certain Disney films, like Beauty and The Beast and The Jungle Book, do have many eBay watchers and do actually sell.

More worth mentioning that have quite a lot of interest on eBay and sell for good money (£35 - £200): Bloody Moon 1981 (B-Movie Video Nasty), Mylene Farmer, Devil Hunter Yoko, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 Dead By Dawn, Status Quo Live In Concert, Manga, Superman 1 and 2, Insanity, I Miss You Hugs & Kisses (Rare), Battle Beyond The Stars, Bloody Payroll, and The Exorcist.

These are just a few, there are many many more. Like I said, do your research and I'm sure you'll find a lot more that are worth picking up if you see them on sale cheap while out and about. All the titles mentioned in the paragraph above are definitely worth buying, as long as they are both original, pre certs if released before 1984, and providing the price is fair.

Low prices for VHS videos are extremely common if you frequent charity shops, car boots sales and second hand shops, etc. VHS' are deemed by most to be close to worthless. So the people selling them are not always aware that some are worth a considerable amount of money, and will let them go for 50 Pence each or less. There's a good profit to be made if you know what to look out for.