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Products We Admire, 4th Edition

November 8, 2005

Bank of America’s Online Banking Application


We enjoy using Bank of America’s online banking website. It’s intuitive and fun to use. It looks professional and has many useful features. It saves us a lot of time, principally because you only have to enter payee addresses once, similar to the popular checking application Quicken. Because the bank handles check mailing when funds cannot be wired directly to payees, it also saves us the cost of postage. If you are already with BOA, you should try this online product.

Otis Elevator Company GUARDIAN® Skirt


Some equipment safety features are unsightly and intrusive. Others blend in nicely while doing their job, as is the case with some contemporary escalators, such as the Otis 506 NCE model. It incorporates the company’s GUARDIAN® skirt – a high visibility rail equipped with brushes to keep people’s feet and loose shoelaces from the tread-wall interface. In the past, many people have suffered traumatic injuries when they became entrapped by the moving tread. This appears to be an excellent solution to the problem.

Solo Traveler Plus Re-Closable Lid


Who hasn’t struggled with the lid on a hot cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa? You know the problem: can’t get the hinged closure to snap properly into its retainer. And, can’t get the hinged closure to stay closed. Perhaps these are not the world’s biggest problems, but they are small aggravations that can lead people to scald themselves with splashing fluid. Now comes the two-piece, Solo Traveler Plus Re-Closable Lid, which received a prestigious Red Dot Design Award . You’ve got to try it to appreciate it. It’s immediately obvious how it works, and it seems to work perfectly.

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