Garry Kolb - The Gadgeteer

SunJack 25W solar panel with batteries review – power your portable life with the Sun

REVIEW – I’ve talked before about how reliant we Gadgeteers are on power. We love gadgets and gadgets love power. How about a gadget that doesn’t run on power – it creates power! Let’s take a look at the SunJack 25W foldable ETFE monocrystalline solar panel charger with two 10,000mAh power bank batteries system. How’s […]

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Glovelast review – Make your golf glove last longer

By Garry Kolb / July 24, 2021 / Reviews / golf, Sports / Leave a Comment

REVIEW – If you’re a golfer, you know the horror of trying to put on a crinkly, dry, cracked golf glove. How do they get this way? When you golf, your hand sweats, and that golf glove absorbs it, allowing you to keep that correct grip and par the hole. After your round, you crush

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Mintal MW01 noise generator review – Sleep better

By Garry Kolb / July 23, 2021 / Reviews / Sleep / Leave a Comment

REVIEW – Sleep is one of the most important things we all do every day. Sleep is also one of the things many of us struggle with every day. For many of us, having some sort of masking sound that covers all those other sounds helps promote better sleep. Mintal is offering its vision for

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Novostella BLink smart floodlights review

By Garry Kolb / July 22, 2021 / Reviews / Lighting, Outdoor Lighting, Outdoors / 2 Comments

REVIEW – Lighting can really set off a house. Nice exterior lighting washing up or down a wall or highlighting a landscaping feature adds that wow factor. One of the problems is that if you want to control multiple lights as a group, they typically have to be connected together. This can create a wiring

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BioLite AlpenGlow 250 & 500 rechargeable lanterns review

By Garry Kolb / July 21, 2021 / Reviews / LED lantern / Leave a Comment

REVIEW – We all need a little light in our lives. For your consideration, here are two little lights from BioLite, the AlpenGlow 250 & 500 rechargeable lanterns. These LED lights are designed to sit on a flat surface or hang from their built-in hook. They also double as USB battery packs, providing on-the-go charging

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See more clearly with LensHD

By Garry Kolb / July 16, 2021 / News / Crowdfunded, Glasses / 3 Comments

CROWDFUNDING NEWS – I wear glasses. Some people don’t have an issue with spotty or dirty lenses, but I do. No matter how I try, I can’t look past it when there are spots or grime on my specs. I have microfiber cleaning clothes everywhere. Couple that with the fact that I hate cleaning my glasses

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Atowak Ettore Drift wandering hour watch review – Channel your race car desires

By Garry Kolb / July 14, 2021 / Reviews / Crowdfunded, Watches and Clocks / Leave a Comment

CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – At some point in our lives, many of us have fantasized about driving a race car at breakneck speeds, whipping around an oval, or perhaps conquering a road course, effortlessly drifting around a tight curve, keeping the vehicle in perfect alignment for that expert exit at full throttle. Put that thrill on

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Oiiwak 5MP wi-fi wireless endoscopic camera review

By Garry Kolb / July 8, 2021 / Reviews / borescope, Camera, Tools / Leave a Comment

REVIEW – Endoscopes are tools that let you peer into hidden spaces – down into pipes, through holes, around corners, and such. Today, we’re looking at one from Oiiwak, specifically a new 5MP version that promises high-resolution images and video. What is it? An endoscope is a camera mounted on a cable. This allows you

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Cure Cheetos-fingers with Snactiv

By Garry Kolb / July 2, 2021 / News / Food / 1 Comment

NEWS – If you love snacking, you know the horror of getting your greasy or Cheetos powder-covered fingers on your gaming controller, phone, keyboard, or work papers. How do you continue working or playing, but still enjoy your snacks mess-free? Snactiv! Snactiv is a chopstick-like device that mounts between your index and middle fingers. You

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Cord Wrapper review – Put an end to cord clutter

By Garry Kolb / July 2, 2021 / Reviews / cord organization / 3 Comments

REVIEW – I hate power cords. They get tangled and are in the way, especially on small kitchen appliances. We usually use twist ties to tame them, but we lose the twist ties, and it still leaves a blob of cord dangling behind the appliance. It sure would be great if all small appliances came

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Zhiyun Smooth Q3 smartphone gimbal review

By Garry Kolb / June 28, 2021 / Reviews / Camera gear / 1 Comment

REVIEW – Content creators are everywhere these days. Photos are great, but video still rules for compelling content. Nothing destroys a clip more quickly than jerky video. It can make the content borderline unwatchable. Zhiyun has released their new Zhiyun Smooth Q3 smartphone gimbal. Let’s check it out and see if this can smooth the

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Change your view of the world with Space Perspective

By Garry Kolb / June 24, 2021 / News / Space / Leave a Comment

NEWS – Space. The final frontier. Those words were uttered at the beginning of every episode of the original Star Trek TV series. I’ve always wanted to see the Earth from space. As I have previously mentioned, my teachers told me I should be an astronaut since all I did was take up space in

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Enacfire A9 ANC wireless earbuds review

By Garry Kolb / June 23, 2021 / Reviews / TWS earbuds / Leave a Comment

REVIEW – I’ve been on a quest to find the perfect earbuds. My oddball ears are difficult to fit and generally, I find earbuds uncomfortable. Still, unless you want cans on your ears and/or wires connecting buds on the two sides of your head to each other, earbuds are the choice. The Enacfire A9 ANC

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Baseus digital display quick charge 20000mAh 65W power bank review

By Garry Kolb / June 21, 2021 / Reviews / Batteries and Chargers / 3 Comments

REVIEW – When it comes to portable electronics, you can never have too many gadgets or too much power, right? Baseus is offering up this new multi-port, 20,000 mAh, 65W battery pack to satisfy the power part of that equation. Let’s check out the Baseus digital display quick charge 20000mAh 65W power bank and see

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Chasing Dory underwater drone review – explore the underwater world

By Garry Kolb / June 20, 2021 / Reviews / Drone / 2 Comments

REVIEW – Drones are in the news a lot these days. From new models to new rules and regulations, flying a drone is getting more complicated even as the devices get easier to use. But drones aren’t limited to the air. Chasing, a leading manufacturer of underwater drones for research and exploration has released the

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Nove Trident Automatic dive watch review – dive watches go thin and stylish

By Garry Kolb / June 19, 2021 / Reviews / Watches and Clocks / 8 Comments

REVIEW – I’m a watch guy. It’s an addiction. I have Swiss, Japanese, and American watches. I have chronographs, plain-dial, skeleton, super-thin, and Mickey Mouse watches. I have steel, gold, wood, ceramic, and titanium watches. I have automatics, quartz battery-operated, solar-powered, and manual wind watches. But one thing I don’t have in my collection is

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Steampunk your wrist with the Nixoid Next

By Garry Kolb / June 15, 2021 / News / Crowdfunded, Watches and Clocks / Leave a Comment

CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Are you a watch person? Do you dig a steampunk vibe? If so, there’s a Kickstarter you need to check out! The Nixoid Next watch uses actual nixie tubes to display the time. Three years ago, they launched the Nixoid Classic. Now, they’ve improved on it with more strap designs, a tilt

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Monocarbon MagSafe carbon fiber iPhone wallet review

By Garry Kolb / June 10, 2021 / Reviews / Magsafe, Wallets / Leave a Comment

REVIEW – Even when we don’t carry a lot these days, we still carry a lot. Usually, that involves a big old smartphone plus a wallet. Many times you don’t need the whole wallet – just a driver’s license, a credit card, and perhaps a couple of small bills. If only there was a way

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Thrunite Catapult V6 SST70 flashlight review

By Garry Kolb / June 10, 2021 / Reviews / EDC, Flashlight / 2 Comments

REVIEW – Do you like to bring a little light to a dark world? If so, this post is for you. Do you like to bring a lot of light to a dark world? This post is for you too! We’re going to take a look at the Thrunite Catapult V6 SST70 flashlight that can

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Monocarbon carbon fiber dual scale ruler review

By Garry Kolb / June 8, 2021 / Reviews / stationery, Tools / 1 Comment

REVIEW – What is the measure of a person? Or, what is the measure of anything? Monocarbon wants carbon fiber to be featured heavily in the measure of things with their new carbon fiber dual scale ruler. Let’s see if it measures up. What is it? This is a ruler. It has two scales to

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