Showing posts with label Money Supermarket competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Money Supermarket competition. Show all posts

Friday, 26 July 2013

A helping hand to charity...

Hello! 

As the very busy summer holiday begins, I've got so much to share with you all already! I'm hoping to make lots of free time to write some fun posts for you all - so keep an eye out.
Today's post is a little more 'close to heart' sort of post, that may not be directly linked to everything I usually blab on about, but thought I'd share it anyhow.

Recently I saw Money Supermarket were looking to help contribute to local charities in the UK, through normal people like myself, who had worthy causes to contribute to! I was given £30, to invest in items that would be greatly accepted in a local charity - so here's how I used the donation...


'The Well' is a local food bank, which distributes food and everyday essentials to families in the local area, that may have fallen into a number of difficulties which prevents them from purchasing the items for themselves. The charity runs off kind donations from surrounding areas, which can accumulate to aiding around 200 adults and children a week. In the past donations from myself and my local community have really helped people close to home, and I found out the charity were looking for more donations of baby items - as no child born into difficult situations should be without the essentials!
So as a result, my £30, investment was spent on buying as many babies nappies as physically possible!
I spent £22.50 on Babies Nappies, and £1.99 on Baby Wipes and with P&P, it came to just over £30!
Charity is always important, and it made me feel great to pass on Money Supermarket's kind donation to a cause which was local to myself - so thank you!

Lots of Love,

Friday, 31 May 2013

Travel Essentials with #Inspectagadget

Hello!
The UK weather was perfect for my post today! With summer fast approaching (and many of us looking forward to summer holidays) we all like a budget shopping spree before hand, so we can make the most out of the few months of sun the UK offers.

Being a penniless teenager, I was really excited to be asked to take part in the MoneySupermarket project called 'Inspect A Gadget.' Basically, MoneySupermarket choose 5 examples of 'budget gadgets' including: a potable DVD player, MP3 player, Kobo Mini eReader, Android Tablet and a HD camcorder. I was offered the chance to select one to review - and I chose an affordable Phillips Camcorder. I was then supplied with the money to purchase the item from the retailer...


To evaluate the Camcorder from Expansys, I've tried to give my own honest opinion of the product, which all in all was 10/10! Unfortunately, I haven't got much video footage yet, this is because I had to separately purchase a Micro SD card from Amazon (which hasn't yet come). 

Features...
  • Price - Definitely Affordable! It's now only £51.99, which is definitely worthwhile!
  • Size - This product is pocket size, making it easy to carry around in a small bag. 
  • Delivery of Product - I opted for a 3-5 days delivery, but the product arrived the next day.
  • Resolution - It's full HD, producing high quality videos - winwin!
  • Editing - You can add video effects while filming, which helps make your videos a little bit different easily!
  • Easy Sharing - You can directly upload your image/video's directly to Facebook/Youtube/other websites - which is great for recording your summer holiday quickly!
  • USB - Built in, so need to worry about loosing your USB lead (which I usually do...)
  • Swivel Screen - allows you to film from different angles, and even get the screen to face you, so you can film you and your friends at the same time!
  • Battery life - around 2 hours (which isn't ages, but is still long enough and easy to charge up, once plugged in via the USB). 


 I found the product worked much better outside than inside; as it tended to be more pixelated when filming inside. However, this shouldn't be too much of a problem, as during summer, I'll use this product more outside anyway!

I would also recommend purchasing a good memory storage SD card alongside the camcorder, as it doesn't have much internal memory, and a USB plug, so you can charge it from the mains!


Overall, this is a really great product. I can't wait to use it, for both my blog (yes, that's right I'm branching out into the vlogging world [help] - so watch out...) and to capture summer moments with friends and family! I'm heading to Germany in a few months for a school trip, and this will DEFINITELY be coming with me!
 It's light weight and easy to use, and definitely on my 'top budget gadget' list!

Lots of Love,