News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
NEWS – The situation: I carry a bunch of EDC gear, and I’m pretty partial to the “tacticool” style that’s been around for some time. Tactical Geek’s EDC Wallets and Pouches check both boxes for me. They are well designed and packed with many EDC organizer-style features and are available in multiple sizes and colorways, […]
NEWS – Windows PCs and Apple’s mobile devices have not always been very well integrated. Now, Dell’s Mobile Connect app makes it easier than ever to transfer files, view notifications, send texts, and more, all from a compatible Dell PC. Now up to version 3.0, Dell Mobile Connect adds the ability to mirror your iPhone’s
Sync and mirror your iPhone to Windows PCs with Dell Mobile Connect Read More
CROWDFUNDING NEWS – We all need to touch things that are outside our cleaning control. These days, nobody wants to touch anything, given the current state of Covid19. Door knobs, ATM or gas pump keyboards, grocery store checkout screens, the list goes on. What if there was a way to touch them, without actually touching
Keep your clean hands with Hygiene Hand Read More
CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Breakfast – reportedly the most important meal of the day. But, how do you build a better breakfast? With Lego-like building brick waffles! This Kickstarter campaign is not affiliated with Lego, but the waffles the maker produces look eerily similar. Funded past their $7,500 goal in under 30 hours (it sits at
Play with your food with a building brick waffle maker Read More
NEWS – Having personally reviewed several of Bellroy’s wallets and having been impressed with all of them, in the back of my mind I’d started to wonder if, as solid as Bellroy’s product offer is (and it really is), could they launch something new that would really catch my eye. And of course, they did.
Bellroy Apex Slim Sleeve and Apex Passport Cover are the next generation in wallet designs Read More
NEWS – Quite a few companies have integrated the Alexa voice assistant into speakers since Amazon opened up the program, but this sure looks like the most metal version I’ve seen. The Uxbridge Voice is a compact Bluetooth speaker from Marshall with the Amazon Alexa assistant built-in. Marshall is arguably the most well-known performance audio
When you wish Alexa had a bit more guitar… Read More
 SPONSORED NEWS – Can’t go out shopping? Feeling bored at home? You need to listen to some music to relax. Good quality earphones or speakers would be the best choice. More importantly, the price should be pretty good. The good news is that Tronsmart brings us the super discount on AliExpress 3.28 promotion! They
Tronsmart celebrates their 10th anniversary with a 70% savings for you! Read More
NEWS – Artists who use pencils as their medium will be interested in learning more about battery powered erasers. Yeah, who knew? Not me! But apparently, battery powered erasers are a thing. Like the AFMAT battery powered eraser shown above, they are powered by batteries (big surprise!) and they give you finer control over your
Add some power to your erasing Read More
NEWS – The Fantom R Carbon Fiber Fan-Out Wallet is the latest wallet form Carbon Fiber Gear. They’re calling it the sports car of wallets because it has an aluminum chassis, with real carbon fiber inlay on both the front and back. All of your cards are instantly accessible via a lever on the side
This wallet is like having a sports car in your pocket Read More
NEWS – Wyze is well known for their easy to use and affordable Wyze Cam security cameras and their Wyze Sense sensors which I personally recommend and use in my own home. Today they have announced two new products to their line up and they are not what you might guess them to be. Instead
Wyze goes from smarthome devices to smart fitness gear Read More
NEWS – Grouphug wants the world to know that harnessing the power of the sun doesn’t have to be hard to do. Instead of installing huge solar arrays on your roof or yard, you can get a small window solar charger that anyone can install in seconds. Just take it out of the box, put
Solar panels don’t have to be ugly or hard to install Read More
NEWS – LEGO isn’t just for building models, you can use it to decorate too. Brickles is an Esty shop that offers wall plaques, and chunky blocks shaped like letters of the alphabet. The plaques have studs that are LEGO compatible so that you can customize them with your existing LEGO bricks. Brickles are available
NEWS – Our friends at Bellroy are constantly pushing the envelope in bag design. Their latest creation, the Apex Backpack, looks absolutely brilliant. It’s got that’s tightly composed, upscale profile we see in all of Bellroy’s bags. And then you open it up to this: How cool is that? This design is all about accessibility,
The Bellroy Apex backpack is some next level design thinking Read More
NEWS – This EDC USB cable kit from Lever Gear lets you easily carry a USB-C, micro USB, or Lightning cable on your keychain or in your pocket. The cable itself is short but flexible and comes in either a Lightning version for Apple gear, or a micro USB version for Android gear. So you
The Lever Gear CableKit keeps you in charge Read More
NEWS – Everyone is scared of germs right now, and with good reason. Covid-19, I’m looking at you! One thing in your home that could benefit from germ annihilation is your toothbrush. I’ve seen large sanitizers, but did a double-take when I saw the tiny UVNIA which uses UV-C light to disinfect and destroy 99.9%
Uvnia kills germs on your toothbrush at home or while traveling Read More
NEWS – I do not like to use a pocket knife to open packages because the sticky residue from packing tape gunks up the blades. For that fact I have dedicated box cutter upstairs, one in my office and another in the garage to break down boxes when it’s time to go to the recycle
This multi-tool is perfect for Amazon shoppers Read More
NEWS – On Wednesday, Apple announced that iPadOS 13.4 will bring trackpad and mouse support for the iPad. With the news, Logitech wasted no time announcing their newest iPad keyboard case, the Combo Touch. The Combo Touch Keyboard Case is compatible with the iPad (7th Gen), iPad Air (3rd Gen), and the 10.5-inch iPad Pro.
NEWS – These phones from the Russian brand Caviar will tick all of the your must have phone feature boxes if those boxes include insanely drool-worthy designs and ridiculously expensive prices. What are they? First of all, your first impriession might be that these are iPhone cases, but they aren’t. They are actual limited edition
If you click on this you’ll have serious phone envy Read More
NEWS – If you’re like most of the people reading this site, you have a large collection of multi-tools, knives, watches, pens, and other EDC items that are scattered around your house in various drawers, bags, etc. Get organized with the Drop Cache Display Valet Case and your favorite EDC gear will have a secure
Keep your multi-tools and other EDC items organized with this awesome valet case Read More
NEWS – How much data do you need to store? Chances are you can store it all in OWC’s new ThunderBay 8 external RAID array. Compatible with Mac and Windows systems, ThunderBay 8 connects via Thunderbolt 3, with two connectors for daisy-chaining capabilities. Additionally, a DisplayPort 1.2 connection gives you the ability to connect to
Never run out of storage with the ThunderBay 128 TB Thunderbolt 3 RAID system Read More