REVIEW – Some people simply cannot be without their music. This is evident when you look around and see the masses wandering around with earbuds and even full-can-style headphones on. Back in the day, boomboxes were all the rage, assuming you could find a friend who would loan you 22 D-cell batteries for a few […]
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ARTICLE – Green energy is all the rage today. Solar and wind farms dot the landscape with the promise of producing electricity without emissions and reducing the use of fossil fuels. Both come with their own sets of challenges, from manufacturing to recyclability to simple land utilization. There is another type of green energy production
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NEWS – Are you tired of simply enjoying your favorite hot or cold beverage without coupling it with a bicep-burning workout? You lazy bum! Get off your saggy bottom and get yourself a Heavy Cup! What initially was created as an April Fool’s joke has become a real product. Crafted from 22 pounds (10kg) of
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REVIEW – Car headlights are bright these days. Websites disagree wildly about how bright headlights are, but there is a general consensus that 3,000 lumens (lm) is a good average for modern factory LED headlights. Let’s suppose that you need more than that. You want to illuminate a broad area, briefly, and make it look
CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – There is a whole world out there when the sun sets that most of us never get to see. As the light fades, so does our ability to make out items. If you’ve ever seen a movie with military commandos, you’ve seen the cool night-vision goggles that they wear that let them
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REVIEW – Getting old isn’t for the weak. Everything starts to hurt. Knees are especially susceptible and mine are no exception. When I was given the opportunity to test Snailax Cordless Graphene Vibration Knee Massagers with heat, I jumped at the chance, and even that jump hurt. Let’s see if this is the holy grail
REVIEW – Oh, look – it is a tote bag. Big deal, right? Who cares? A tote is a tote. Park City, Utah’s SMMT doesn’t think so. Their PowderLoft totes, available in 20L and 35L sizes are designed to change your mind about tote bags with their recycled material construction, lofted and insulated body, water-resistant
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REVIEW – Everyone who knows me knows that I love home automation. That includes automating mundane tasks like vacuuming and mopping. If you’re a regular reader of The Gadgeteer, you’ll know that I’ve tested a bunch of robot vacuums including several DEEBOT models from Ecovacs. The new X2 Omni represented a pretty significant change for
Ecovacs DEEBOT X2 OMNI robot vacuum/mop review – Changing the shape of robot vacuum/mops Read More
REVIEW – According to several online sources, approximately 1.8 trillion photos are taken annually. 1.8 trillion. 1,800,000,000,000. That equates to just shy of 5 billion photos taken every day, worldwide. Other estimates say that the average person takes 20 photos every day. Younger folks tend to take more, older folks, less, but the overall average
REVIEW – Having your knees hurt after activity sucks. I’m speaking from experience here. Getting to review a heating knee massager seemed like a dream come true. Today, we’re going to look at the Snailax Cordless Knee Massager with Heat and Vibration to see if it can make these old joints feel young again. What
REVIEW – 73. Why is that number important? That was the calculated age of my lungs and my most recent pulmonary function test (PFT) about two years ago. That was a problem as I was only 61 years old at the time. I have a touch of asthma that makes it difficult for me to
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REVIEW – A good flashlight is something everyone should have. Perhaps you need to walk the pup at night. Perhaps you’re a hunter or outdoors person. Perhaps you live in an area prone to power outages. The list goes on and on. There are a ton of choices out there for your lighting needs. Today,
REVIEW – Everyone gets bugs in their home. For some folks, it’s no big deal. They capture and release them or squish them and move on. But, for many folks, the idea of being anywhere near anything creepy-crawly gives them the heebie-jeebies. Cup-a-Bug lets you dispose of the critter while safely remaining several feet back,
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REVIEW – Here in central Florida, every year between June 1 and November 30, one thing gets featured regularly on the local news. Hurricanes. Right around June 1 every year, they stress hurricane preparedness. One of the things that the experts recommend be in everyone’s hurricane kit is a quality weather radio. They also stress
REVIEW – If one thing is constant with mobile tech, the need for power keeps growing. Case-in-point, 16-inch Macbook Pros that can suck a whopping 140W to recharge. Ugreen, a company that specializes in all things power, just released a brand new charging monster, their Nexode 300W desktop power station. With the ability to crank
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REVIEW – Red light therapy is all the rage these days. It is claimed to help relieve joint pain, relieve muscle pain, reduce inflammation, and reduce fat. Lucky for you, I have all those things so today, we’re looking at the NIVIOP red light therapy belt. Let’s see if a little light can make some
NIVIOP Red Light Therapy Belt review – Fat reduction? No! Pain relief? Yes! Read More
REVIEW – Way back in 2019, I reviewed the Theragun G3Pro percussive massager. Since then, it has become a regular part of my ache and pain relief process. I still use it regularly and am glad I have it. Since we are retired, we travel a lot. The Theragun never comes with because it is
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NEWS – It’s Shark Week. You’ve got to eat, right? What should you eat during a Shark Week party? Shark Bites! Shark Bites from Mobi is a food-safe silicone mold for making what amounts to pigs in a blanket. After making your batter, just fill up the mold, insert your weenies, and bake them
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CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – Have you ever power-snorkeled? We have. We did it in Grand Turk. You don your mask and are given what amounts to a caged propeller with handles and a trigger. Hold it in front of your body and pull the trigger. The propeller spins and pulls you through the water. It is
REVIEW – SkyNet didn’t take over the world all at once. No, it did it in steps, incremental improvements until it was able to eventually become self-aware and the robot overlords took over. I don’t want to alarm you but it’s happening today. We’re witnessing it with the latest incremental improvements from robot vacuum experts,
Ecovacs DEEBOT T20 OMNI robotic vacuum and mop review – lifting performance to new levels Read More