Comments on: Product Feature: Action Wipes

By: Lisa Survillas

Lisa Survillas — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:07:52 +0000

I too have had the chance to use Action Wipes (www.actionwipes.com) and while not a biker or a commuter by bike, I do weight lift and have to balance it with a career and motherhood. These wipes allow me to fit a GREAT workout into a tiny portion of my day when I find the moment and still be able to go to the next part of my day feeling freshly showered and free of smell. I can say that they are truly worth every penny they sell for! I think that often times readers feel they are being pushed a product that is somehow benefiting the blogger or author, however sometimes it is merely a useful tip passed along. I am not a regular reader of this site, however I do search for good tips as far as health, fitness, and cost cutting are concerned. This is a great item for a great price. As far as packaging is concerned, it is very little as compared to other products out there. ACTION WIPES…check them out, they are WONDERFUL!

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:29:19 +0000

I try to avoid the entire spec sheet and marketing blurb of the products we review, for the most part, but sometimes using the pre-prepared stuff from a company’s website is a quick ‘n dirty way to get a lot of basic info across.

The above, of course, is a bit much.

By: Moe

Moe — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:05:33 +0000

Matt, thanks for your opinion, we will be revamping BikeCommuters really soon and we will take the easiness of reading into consideration.

By: RL Policar

RL Policar — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:03:55 +0000

Matt,

I’ll take into consideration posting a shorter spec list and a link.

John,

One thing we’ve learned in the years we’ve been blogging, you can’t please everyone. There are some that appreciate certain products and some that don’t. But just because some don’t like a product being featured, it doesn’t necessarily mean its “crap.”

Thanks for your comments guys, we really appreciate it.

By: Matt / PBBT

Matt / PBBT — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:53:25 +0000

As a bike blogger myself who wants product and money, I’m a little more forgiving of in-blog product promotion than you are, John.

That said, I’d really like to see Bike Commuters improve in two areas.

The first is in presentation. The above quoted text is ugly and hard to read. Sentences break oddly (thanks to cut-n-paste) and flow suffers. I can’t bring myself to read through that mess. (While text presentation is weak, Bike Commuters always nails the photography.)

My second problem is that Bike Commuters feels the need to reproduce the entire spec list or marketing materials for the product. Give us a link to the specs or the company’s web site. I’ll read that crap there. All I want to read on Bike Commuters is what the reviewer has to say about the product (good or bad). Only after have I read the review do I care about the product details.

As for the wipes at hand, I’m cheap. For a generous tip, my favorite waitress at my favorite BBQ restaurant will give me a couple dozen individually-wrapped, 8-inch by 12-inch wipes.

They have no smell other than faintly like rubbing alcohol. The wipes are tougher than baby wipes and less likely to tear. The packages are about an inch and a half wide and six inches long so they fit well in a pocket. I like that they are individually wrapped since they don’t dry out before I get to use them.

—Matt

By: Moe

Moe — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:30:40 +0000

John, thank you for your comment. If we feel that some products are crap, we will say so. If we feel that some products will benefit commuters, we will say so as well. The Action wipes may not be for you, but someone else may find them useful. It is up to the reader to make the decision to purchase them or not. If you have tried the Action wipes and would like to offer a counterpoint, we will welcome it.

By: John Archer

John Archer — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:16:21 +0000

I really enjoy the Bike Commuters blog. I benefit from reading about other commuters, about your exciting rebuild/refurbish flips, and some of the bike gear you feature.

Please keep in mind that much of your readership is commuting by bicycle because we’re trying to make our world a better place.

Some of this crap you’re reviewing is just that: more crap. More packaging, more consumption, more product that is manufactured with more waste and more externalized costs than true benefits. I see that the body wipes are “durable and reusable”. So is my 15-year old L.L. Bean flannel with the holes in the elbows. Add witch hazel solution and VIOLA!

It must be fun getting this crap sent to you. I ask that you consider what you’re pushing via the Bike Commuters blog.