News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
ThermalStrike Heated Luggage promises to be the only luggage that kills bedbugs, so you don’t bring any unwanted little hangers-on home from trips. I hear stories every week about how bad bedbug infestations are to eliminate and how this place or that place is infested. You don’t always know what hotels to avoid to prevent […]
ThinkGeek has a set of plates designed by Leah Yael Levy that feature a planet from our solar system on each plate. The Planetary Plates are 10″ in diameter. They are made of melamine, so they aren’t microwave safe. (There’s a bit of confusion as to whether they are dishwasher safe.) You get a set of
Planetary Plates take your meals to new heights Read More
Here’s a full listing of all the news, reviews and articles that we posted this week in case you missed something.
iPhone 6 Plus, Maker Faire, iPhone 6 accessories and more – Weekly roundup Read More
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of eBay. All opinions are 100% mine. We recently posted a couple of buying guides featuring products easily found on eBay. The first guide covered gear bags and accessories for the college student. The second one covered outfitting your home and yourself for emergencies. In
Selling your old phone on eBay is a sure thing! #ad Read More
I usually don’t like to post news about prototype products, but when I saw the video for the Nixie wearable drone, I couldn’t help but want to show you guys. Imagine wearing a drone capable of flying and recording video on your wrist. When you want it to fly, just press a button and it
I really want this wearable drone to be for real Read More
Keyport recently announced the addition of new carbon fiber designs at their customers’ requests. They have two different hydro-dipped twill weave carbon fiber patterns in silver (left) and gold (middle). While checking out their new designs, I found they also have a new pattern called Zombie. I like to think this one celebrates the return of The Walking Dead
Keyport adds new Slide designs Read More
Vornado fans have been around since 1945, and while the style looks very much the same today, the materials used in the fans have changed over the years. Vornado fans use their signature “Vortex Technology to provide complete circulation of all the air throughout a room. Twin air cones and a deep-pitched propeller compress and move
This fan won’t just keep you cool, it will keep you retro cool! Read More
I recently reviewed the Eton Blackout Buddy, which is a combination night light, emergency pathway lighting, and flashlight in one compact unit. It’s a great way to have a flashlight in your home with constantly charged batteries when you need one. Eton’s new Blackout Buddy H2O is a perfect flashlight for your emergency kit in
This new emergency light needs only water to operate for 72 hours Read More
Coin may have been the one credit card to rule them all, but the Plastc card is the one card to hold them all. If you think I am talking some sort of Lord of the Rings cross over techno babble, I blame Julie for her first reference to this type of device. So, What’s
The Plastc card holds more coin than the Coin Read More
I’ve seen various “charms” that help you keep up with which glass belongs to whom at parties, but most of them only work with stemmed glasses. What if you aren’t having wine? How do you identify your soda glass or beer stein or your coffee cup? It won’t be a problem with the Drink Ink
You’ll know which glass is yours when you tat it up! Read More
If you need to carry just an ID card and one other card with your phone, you don’t need a huge wallet case. These Verus Damda Slide cases for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have a panel that slides open on the back to expose a compartment with just enough room for two cards.
These iPhone 6/6 Plus cases have a hidden card slot Read More
The Dropcam Pro is my all time favorite security camera. It’s my favorite because it provides the best wide angle image I’ve found in a security camera, it’s easy to setup and has a very good web viewer and mobile app for remote viewing. Of course no gadget is ever 100% perfect for everyone and the main
Mount your Dropcam outdoors with the Dropcase Read More
If you have one of the cute Polaroid Cube cameras Larry Geisz told us about a few months ago, you’ll need some accessories for it. SkyMall has an assortment of stands (like the Mr. Monkey stand), cases (like the Waterproof Case), and mounts (like the Tripod Mount). They have a lot of stands to attach
Have a Polaroid Cube Camera? You’ll need accessories! Read More
With ThinkGeek’s costume hoodies, you can have a great Halloween costume without too much work. They have a variety of designs, from a medieval knight’s armor to a ninja to Harley Quinn to the zombie seen above. Some of the hoodies can be zipped over the face to complete the costume; mesh panels over the eyes and
Get ready for Halloween with ThinkGeek’s costume hoodies Read More
The Mac Pro is sleek and beautiful, and it looks great on your desk. (Click the image for a better view.) All the peripherals you attach to it may not look so beautiful cluttered around your desk top, though. Hive73 created a beautiful, compact aluminum deck that neatly arranges those devices to keep your work
Hive73 has a deck that organizes all the peripherals you need for your Mac Pro Read More
The PowerSkin PoP’n 2 is a backup battery for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus which features a 4000 mAh battery that can fully recharge the iPhone 6 Plus once and the iPhone 6 one and a half times. Backup batteries are available in all manner of shapes and sizes, but this one has a
PowerSkin PoP’n 2 iPhone 6 backup battery sucks… literally Read More
Minimalists like to pride themselves on being able to get by with the least amount of gear possible. That means carrying both a stylus and a pencil would be one writing implement too many. A possible solution to this problem is the Sensu Buddy Stylus. The Buddy Stylus is a specially designed capacitive stylus cap
Sensu Buddy turns your No.2 pencil into a stylus Read More
We’re all in a hurry these days and like to find ways to cut down on time spent doing things that aren’t important to us versus tasks that are important and fun. One way to save a little time each day is to add a pair of Zubits to your favorite shoes. Zubits is a
Never tie your shoe laces again with Zubits Read More
A couple of years back, Julie reviewed Waterfield’s Finn wallet and found it to be as great as the Waterfield Catch Wallet that she has used for years. The Finn wallets have a zipper that opens up the top and one side for easy access to the cards and cash stored in the two pockets
It’s time to catch up on all the great news and reviews that we posted this week on The Gadgeteer. Click through to see the full list of news, reviews and articles from this past week.
Flashlights, machines that do nothing, preparing for zombies and more – Weekly roundup Read More