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Wednesday December 27, 2006
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 We've all got our own particular aversions to wires. For some it's the inevitable threat of tripping, for others it comes down to office space aesthetics. For me, the problem is simple: if you're a rabbit, wires apparently make a satisfactory temporary replacement for store-bought chew toys. Eliminating them would mean more to me than simply scoring points for vanity and personal safety, it would mean making the world a safer, happier place for my dwarf rabbit, Coney (pictured left). Reviewed by PC Magazine's Craig Ellison, Belkin's Cable-Free USB wants to make your home a more tangle-free, Coney-friendly environment. Sadly, being a first-to-market product the long -awaited hub isn't all we'd hoped for, offering the some low transfer rates and a rather steep $200 price tag. Looks like Coney will have to wait a while to experience to wonder of Wi-fi technology, and in the meantime, hopefully these will stave off electrocution.
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December 28, 2006 10:35 AM
Too cute! I've been trying to think of something to do with my cables for a while now, since we'd love to have bunnies, but we're way too wired a household for it...
December 28, 2006 10:50 AM
since we're on the subject, those spiral cord wraps are one of the recommended methods, as are throw rugs, and certain varieties of plastic tubing. i usually just make a point to be in the room when i let him roam around--if you don't plan on keeping them in a cage during they day, then securing wires is definitely a necessity.
December 28, 2006 3:54 PM
What the heck is wrong w/ you people?
Do you hate rabits that much? Or are you demented enough to think that bringing a rabit out of it's natural environment and into your home is somehow a good thing? Get a grip!
If you love rabits, just leave them alone.
December 28, 2006 3:58 PM
thanks for voicing your concern, scipunk. just to clarify here, the 'natural habitat' that i brought the rabbit out of was an animal shelter on 110th st in manhattan.
December 29, 2006 12:01 PM
Agreed, Brian. No one's talking about catching and breeding bunnies here, but what we are talking about is saving rabbits from shelters or from the unwitting families who buy them on Easter without realizing that they require care, space, and love, and then wind up dropping them off at shelters or in the wild without a care in the world.
If you love rabbits (with two bs, SciPunk) then you should adopt one from a shelter and do what you can to stop the trend, not buy rabbits from breeders, and leave the ones in the wild alone to fend for themselves.
In the meantime, when you do save that poor rabbit from death in a shelter, you can safeguard both the bunny and your home with tips like these.
December 30, 2006 5:58 PM
Lovely bunny:) Nice to see that people care about their animals like this. Brian, your Coney has found a good home.
January 4, 2007 2:35 PM
Enough about rabbits -- how about some details of your testing?... Can you tell us what type of devices you tried the Cable-Free Hub with, and your expected versus realized throughput.
Are there any scenarios where the device would work well (i.e.: in lieu of a wireless keyboard)?
January 4, 2007 5:28 PM
WineMeister, click on the "Belkin's Cable-Free USB" link to see the full review with testing details.
January 25, 2007 12:58 AM
SciPunk,
He's talking about domestic rabbits, which aren't even the same species as wild rabbits in North America and are not capable of living in the wild.
Brian, sounds like your bun has found a great home! I use spiral wrap on my cords too and it works great with my rabbits. I get wireless things when I can, like wireless PS2 controllers.
January 28, 2007 12:53 PM
I got one of these to test it. It works well as long as you have a direct line of sight to the hub. Does not work through walls. I have a card reader, printer, and external hard drive hooked up to it. Although it works well I don't really have much use for it so it's on eBay as we speak.
Oh, and I hate rabbits.