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Pitaka MagHive, Razor fountain pen, backpacks, and more – Notable crowdfunding campaigns

This week we are bringing you seven crowdfunding campaigns that are currently running on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. This week’s campaigns are for people who like backpacks, pens, and more. Check out our picks for this week’s notable crowdfunding campaigns. Pitaka MagHive What is it? The MagHive is a modular hub that wirelessly charges your smartphone, […]

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The LOOP Worldwide Adapter Plug will give you power wherever you go!

By Julian Perry / May 9, 2018 / News / power adapter, Travel Gear / 1 Comment

I love traveling to the Caribbean and especially South America, where I can get close to the Amazon and be surrounded by great photography opportunities. While I look forward to those trips, packing all of my gadgets and gear becomes a real chore. Since I simply must have every convenient gadget go along with me

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Control your smart home with FIBARO’s The Button

By Janet Cloninger / May 9, 2018 / News / Home Automation / 6 Comments

The problem with having your home automated is you’ll need to have your smartphone or tablet in hand to turn on the lights or control a device using an app. With The Button from FIBARO, you’ll be able to control smart home functions without opening an app. The Button connects via Bluetooth to the smart

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Be what we all want to be… drunk and handsfree with a Beer Belt

By Emily Vsetula / May 8, 2018 / News / Beverage / 3 Comments

Most of us are used to carrying our wireless gadgets around on our hips by now, but did you ever think there would come a time that you could carry around six beers, your phone/wallet, a pack of smokes, and still be handsfree? That time is here and that time is now; it’s 2018, people.

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Bring bedtime stories to life with the Moonlite clip-on projector for your smartphone

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 8, 2018 / News / Kid Gadgets / Leave a Comment

I haven’t been a kid for decades, but now I want someone to read me a bedtime story and use the Moonlite projector to do it. The Moonlight is a small clip-on projector that’s been designed for compatibility with most Android and iOS devices. It clips to your phone and uses the phone’s LED camera

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A gift for the Mom who loves to read and to journal

By Janet Cloninger / May 8, 2018 / News / Notebooks / 1 Comment

The Well-Read Women journal lets the reader record her thoughts about books she’s read, with plenty of room for favorite quotes and reflections on characters and moments. The book has watercolor portraits of some of literature’s most beloved female characters, painted by Samantha Hahn. And to help Mom select her next book, there’s a list

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The Cuisinart DCC-3000 Coffee-on-Demand 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker gets your day off to a great start

By Julian Perry / May 8, 2018 / News / Coffee Brewer, Home and Kitchen / Leave a Comment

If you are anything like me, your work day has to start with a cup or two of coffee. I particularly like the French Vanilla flavor, and everyone in the office knows when I get to work in the mornings, because of the great aroma of that Folgers French Vanilla ground coffee. They have become

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Diaper bags and baby gear for dads living in the urban jungle

By Janet Cloninger / May 7, 2018 / News / Bags / Leave a Comment

When my daughter was born, I bought a bunch of Disney’s The Lion King stuff for her, including a diaper bag. It had a leafy jungle print background and an appliqué of Simba on the front. It was cute, and it was obviously for the baby I was toting around. I never gave the cutesy

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The Yongnuo YN-24EX TTL Macro Flash for Canon Cameras is flashy but not pricey

By Julian Perry / May 7, 2018 / News / Camera gear, Photography / Leave a Comment

Once again, Yongnuo is making a difference in the photography industry with another one of their photography products. The Yongnuo YN-24EX TTL Macro Flash for Canon Cameras is a great product that works very well, and is priced less than 1/5 the cost of the Canon macro twin flash. I own this twin flash, and

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Cooking is easy as pie with this smart kitchen scale

By Janet Cloninger / May 7, 2018 / News / Cooking, Home and Kitchen / Leave a Comment

The Drop Scale, paired with its app, is the easy way to find and prepare what’s for dinner. The Drop Recipe app has hundreds of recipes to choose from, and the app guides you, step-by-step, through adding each ingredient as you go. Weighing and measuring with the scale is interactive with the app, so if

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The Manfrotto Befree Advanced Travel Aluminum Tripod with Ball Head aims to travel light

By Julian Perry / May 6, 2018 / News / Camera gear, Tripod / 1 Comment

Getting back for a moment to the news stories about travel tripods, there is a new release coming soon to join the existing bunch of existing solutions. The Manfrotto Befree Advanced Travel Aluminum Tripod with Ball Head (Lever Locks, Sony Alpha Edition), is a relatively compact travel tripod measuring 59.1 inches when fully extended, but

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CreaClip will save you money and a trip to the salon

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 6, 2018 / News / Do-It-Yourself, Health and fitness / Leave a Comment

I like to keep my hair short because it’s easier to take care of and I think it looks better that way. Heck, I even loved it when I was bald due to chemo 7 years ago. It was liberating not having to shampoo and blow dry my hair every morning and pay $20 or

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Give Mom everything she needs for a day at work or running errands

By Janet Cloninger / May 6, 2018 / News / gift ideas / Leave a Comment

Whether you’re at work or out getting groceries and running errands, you need some essentials with you. You need some reusable shopping bags, an umbrella, water bottle, and other odds and ends. Kikkerland Design makes it easy for you to give your mother most everything she’ll need in one easy gift for you. The Mom

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Standing desks, styluses, headphones, and more – Weekly roundup

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 5, 2018 / News / weekly roundup / Leave a Comment

It’s time to check out a list of all the articles, news, and reviews that we posted this week on your favorite gadget site. This is your favorite site, right? I knew it! So take a seat, get comfortable, and check out the list. Articles Mother’s Day 2018 gift guide News The 3rd gen August

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The 3rd gen August Smart Lock keeps your home secure without a complicated install

By Julian Perry / May 5, 2018 / News / Locks / 1 Comment

These days, everywhere I look I see processes and tasks that were once manual, completely automated to meet the needs and demands of today’s technology-driven world. As a techie myself, I usually embrace most of the new and innovative gadgets, but I do hold on to some hesitation when I feel that there may be

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The Manfrotto Pro Light Cinematic Backpack Balance can carry it all

By Julian Perry / May 5, 2018 / News / Camera bag, Camera gear / Leave a Comment

So for this episode of “I am still desperately trying to find the right photography gear bag for myself”; I am focusing on a new bag just released by Manfrotto. Although specifically designed to accommodate a fully set up Ronin M/MX, the Manfrotto Pro Light Cinematic Backpack Balance seems to be a bag that may

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Give Mom the gift of Gold Cup Standard-brewed coffee for Mother’s Day

By Janet Cloninger / May 5, 2018 / News / Coffee Brewer / Leave a Comment

Not just every coffee maker can boast being certified by the SCA and ECBC for coffee brewing standards, but all MoccaMaster brewers from Technivorm can. These coffee brewers have been handmade and individually tested in the Netherlands since 1968. The Moccamaster 59162 KBG has a “unique, copper boiling element that rapidly heats water to control brewing

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Moleskine rolls out Transformers Limited Edition Notebooks

By Andy Jacobs / May 5, 2018 / News / Notebooks / 2 Comments

We’re big fans of Moleskine here at The Gadgeteer (check out our many past reviews of their products), and as a child of the 80s, I’m a HUGE fans of the original “The Transformers: Robots in Disguise” animated series from the latter half of that glorious decade. Moleskine has released two notebooks bearing the classic

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Class up how you serve boxed wine

By Janet Cloninger / May 4, 2018 / News / Beverage, Home and Kitchen / Leave a Comment

Wine snobbery aside, there’s nothing wrong with boxed wine, but you have to admit those boxes aren’t the classiest items to grace your party buffet. These shiny, wood-grain spheres can hold up to 3 liters of wine, and they look much nicer than any cardboard box. The Wine Dispensing Sphere can be used with the

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The Octopus.Camera OctoPad Universal Weighted Support Base with Removable Ball-Joint Head can really get down

By Julian Perry / May 4, 2018 / News / Camera gear, Photography / Leave a Comment

Recently, I have been on a search for several types of photography and videography gear, and I have been focusing on a few specific types of gear. Monopods and tripods have been a major part of that focus. There are times when we have some very unique shooting requirements, and the standard tripod or monopod

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