Posts about a variety of topics which are not news and are not reviews.
G-SHOCK built the GA-2100 into one of its most iconic current silhouettes, and C2H4 is about to reshape it around a single idea. The Los Angeles label has revealed C2H4 x G-SHOCK VOL.2, its second G-SHOCK collaboration, and it goes on sale July 17 at 9 AM PST. Price: $245 Where to Buy: C2H4 Where […]
C2H4 Turns the G-SHOCK GA-2100 See-Through for Its Space Age Sequel Read More
Leaks usually show up as blurry renders and spec sheets you have to squint at. This time, someone appears to have walked right past a finished unit. Images circulating online this week seem to show a Galaxy Z Fold 8 already sitting on display in a Samsung store in South Korea, roughly a week and
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Showed Up in a Store Before Samsung Said a Word Read More
Lenovo has quietly listed its first Wildcat Lake-powered ThinkPads, bringing Intel’s new platform to two of the company’s most popular business laptop lines. The ThinkPad E14 Gen 8 and ThinkPad E16 Gen 4 now appear in Lenovo’s PSREF documentation with Intel Core 7 360 processors and support for up to 32GB of DDR5-5600 memory. The
Lenovo Lists First Wildcat Lake ThinkPads With Core 7 360 and Up to 32GB DDR5 Read More
A $500 folding knife that shares its blade steel and lock with a standard model costing under half as much is either an easy skip or an easy yes, and which one depends entirely on why you are buying. That is the tension running through the Mini Adira Dark Waters, the limited-edition collaboration between Benchmade
A Fly Reel Maker Redesigned Benchmade’s Mini Adira Into a $500 Collector’s Piece Read More
PlumCat AI is crowdfunding a translator small enough to disappear on your collar. The PlumCat AI weighs 7.4 grams, runs real-time translation, comes with a companion app in every pledge, and is live on Kickstarter now. PlumCat calls it the world’s smallest AI translator you can wear, and at that weight the claim is at
Meet the 7.4g AI Translator You Wear Instead of Hold Read More
Patriotic watches are usually cash grabs wearing a flag. You’ve seen the formula: a stock case, a themed sticker of a dial, and a markup that banks on your patriotism outrunning your judgment. Skepticism is the right default when a brand wraps an anniversary around a timepiece. Every so often, though, one earns the occasion
Bulova Snorkel Sail 4th Brings America 250 to a $375 Diver Read More
TrimUI has opened preorders for the TrimUI Brick Pro, a $99.99 retro handheld that grows the screen to 3.95 inches while keeping the pocketable shape that made the original Brick a budget favorite. Preorders are live on the TRIMUI Store, with units shipping after June 30, 2026, and an early bird code, BPO10, taking 10
TrimUI’s Brick Pro Bets $99.99 on a Bigger Screen and Double the Battery Read More
Kershaw didn’t make the Bel Air line easier to understand in 2026. It made it more useful. The regular Bel Air already sits in that pocket between polished EDC and a knife you’d actually use, but the new Bel Air XL variants turn the decision into something sharper: what kind of work do you expect
Kershaw Bel Air XL Gives the Lightweight EDC Favorite a Bigger 2026 Problem to Solve Read More
Every action camera asks you to trust that you framed the shot right, then find out hours later that you clipped everyone’s heads off. The MusicCam Pro fixes that with one deceptively simple idea: it shows you the shot live, on your phone, before and while you record. That’s the pitch behind VibeLens’ newest headset,
This 4K POV Headset Lets You See the Shot Before You Hit Record Read More
Budget earbuds earn their price by leaving things out. The cheap pair is usually where you expect to lose the feature you’d actually want to talk about, so you brace for the compromise before the case even opens. Price: $99.25 Where to Buy: Amazon That expectation is what Nothing just poked at. On July 7,
Your Next Budget Earbuds Might Catch the Line You Just Missed Read More
I spent a month wearing a RingConn Gen 3 smart ring and a Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro at the same time. Only one of them changed how I actually live. Here is the short version: the smartwatch won the utility battle, but the smart ring won the behavior war. Let me explain why that
I Wore a Smart Ring and a Smartwatch for 30 Days: One of Them Won Read More
Jake Laser has spent his whole life watching his dad navigate a world that wasn’t built for wheelchairs. His father, a former marathon runner, has multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the spinal cord and has kept him in a wheelchair for more than a decade. Stairs, gravel paths, steep hills. These aren’t inconveniences.
Apple’s ultra-thin iPhone Air arrived as one of the most polarizing flagships in years. It won praise for its impossibly slim titanium body and premium feel, but it drew just as much criticism for its single camera, modest battery, and steep price. Almost as soon as it shipped, attention turned to the sequel. The iPhone
iPhone Air 2: Should You Wait, or Buy the Air Now? Read More
You love your mechanical watch. You also want to track your sleep, heart rate, and workouts without strapping a second device to your other wrist or giving up the watch you carefully curated. This is the tension that has defined watch collecting for the last decade. And it’s the exact problem the XBAND smart strap
The XBAND Smart Strap Brings Health Tracking to Traditional Mechanical Watches Read More
Think about the last time you tried to film something worth watching. You propped your phone against a water bottle, asked someone who filmed mostly sky and pavement, or skipped it entirely because the setup wasn’t worth the interruption. The moment happened. The record of it didn’t. Price: From $549 Where to Buy: Kickstarter Mondo
Your GoPro Can’t Follow You, This Robot Can Read More
Xreal just spun up a budget sub-brand called X by Xreal, or xbx for short, and the a01+ is the higher-end half of its debut lineup. It sits alongside the base a01 as a pair of tethered AR display glasses built for movies, games, and work on the go, not a standalone headset. The glasses
The xbx a01+ Proves You Don’t Need $600 for HDR AR Glasses Read More
Most EDC knife buyers know exactly where they stand: under $80 gets you a solid folder that does the job, and anything above $150 starts to feel like a collector’s purchase. The $100-to-$150 bracket has always been the awkward middle: too expensive to be a casual buy, not premium enough to justify the leap. That
CIVIVI Elite Brova: Specs, Price, and First Look Read More
If you’ve ever blamed a lost gunfight on your controller, Asus wants that excuse gone. The company just revealed the ROG Raikiri II Pro, and it’s chasing one thing above all else: raw responsiveness. Price: TBD Where to Buy: Asus This is the elite tier of Asus’s controller line, sitting above the Raikiri II Xbox
The Asus ROG Raikiri II Pro Is a 79-Hour Controller That Polls at 8000Hz Read More
Sony just put a price on getting stage-quality monitoring into more ears, and it’s lower than most people expected. The new IER-M500 is Sony Pro Audio’s first in-ear monitor, and it arrives at $119.99 in the US with pre-orders already open. Price: $119.99 Where to Buy: Amazon That number matters. In-ear monitors built for live
The $120 In-Ear Monitor That Marks Sony’s Pro Audio Debut Read More
Casio’s smartest Vintage watch is about to get less flashy. Casioblog reports that two new ABL-100WE models are expected this July, one with a navy dial and one with a grey dial. That sounds like a tiny update until you remember what the ABL-100 is: a square Casio Vintage watch that adds Bluetooth time sync
Casio ABL-100 Gets Two Quieter Vintage Colors Read More