Reviews about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
Let’s talk Bluetooth—again. Bluetooth began as a convenient, but spotty and bad-sounding way to listen to music without wires. Today, Bluetooth has improved dramatically in sound quality and signal strength—although it can still occasionally have annoying drop-outs. It’s almost gotten to the point that wireless—whether it’s Apple’s Airplay, wifi, or the ubiquitous Bluetooth is becoming […]
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We Gadgeteers love our flashlights, don’t we? Small and large, piercing the darkness like a searchlight or dimly preserving our tactical night vision, we love them all. I was recently sent my first Klarus unit to test, the AR10 rechargeable flashlight. It’s a pretty straightforward torch, at first glance, but there are hidden superpowers within.
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As a musician who is better in my mind than in person, I love gadgets that help make me sound better than I am. Plugging my acoustic-electric guitar in is one way I can do that, and the IK Multimedia iRig Pro DUO is an excellent choice for doing this. The unit is small,
IK Multimedia iRig Pro DUO Mobile Audio/MIDI interface review Read More
Many of us depend on the internet for doing so many things in our homes. We do research, pay bills, get entertainment, and keep in touch with our family and friends. This can be frustrating if we lose electricity due to a storm or other circumstances. APC has created a battery backup that also includes a
APC Back-UPS Connect BGE50ML and Mobile Power Pack Review Read More
I spend a good deal of time listening to music; as a result, I’m always on the lookout for an extra pair of Bluetooth headphones. I like to keep a pair in my gear bag, a pair in my gym bag, and an extra set or two around the house because I’m always forgetting to
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I love fried foods, but I know they aren’t healthy for me. Is there a way to have the same flavor, taste and texture of your favorite fried foods without all the unhealthy oil and grease that goes along with them? The Gourmia GTA2500 air fryer, roaster and cooker has that claim. They offered to
Gourmia GTA2500 Electric Digital Air Fryer Griller and Roaster review Read More
Years ago, the Dropcam security cameras in many ways brought easy to setup home monitoring to the mainstream consumer. But today we find ourselves with more choices than we know what to do with and sadly all too many of those come with a monthly subscription fee to store and/or view past footage of events. Though not so
D-Link Full HD Ultra-Wide View Wi-Fi Camera (DCS-2630L) review Read More
We all have things that we need to carry around to accomplish our daily tasks, and if you are a gadget lover you end up with a lot of collected devices to carry around too. One of my fellow Gadgeteers, Dave Rees, has reviewed several of the Colonel Littleton leather bags for men and now
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Portable Bluetooth speakers are everywhere nowadays. They are small, large, rugged looking or fashion forward. Polk knows the market is loaded with competition at many price points so they designed the Swimmer a few years ago, a portable waterproof Bluetooth speaker. Fast forward a few years and now Polk has moved the Swimmer design forward
Polk Boom Swimmer Duo and Swimmer Jr Bluetooth speakers review Read More
The Darkside Ollie is one of the latest products from Orbitox, the creator of the Sphero 2.0 robot that my dad and I reviewed this past year. As opposed to their ball-shaped devices, the Ollie is cylindrical and moves via the two wheels/treads on its sides much like a Segway. It was recently released along side BB-8,
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Do you have a wireless security camera setup for your home so that you can keep an eye on your loved ones and property when you’re not physically there? I’ve reviewed quite a few cameras over the years but have kept a Dropcam setup at my house for several years now. When Dropcam was bought
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I recently upgraded my smartphone from the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to the sleek and tech-sexy Nexus 6p. In that transition, I lost the ability to wirelessly charge and have removed the somewhat bulky TYLT VÜ from my vehicles. The NKMOS Ultima S sticky pad does not work on the very slick back of the N6p either. So,
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I seem to be on a bit of a wireless headphone binge lately. Earlier this year I got to try out the JBL Everest Elite 700 headphones, which I liked quite a bit. Today I’ve got my hands on a pair of Samson RTE2 wireless headphones. They’re not around-the-ear headphones that I prefer, but the
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I’m a big fan of Quick Charge 2.0 technology. They’re just now becoming more commonplace in charging devices. So when the Tronsmart 5-Port Quick Charge 2.0 Desktop USB Charger became available for review, I requested it. So far, I’ve been very pleased with its performance and the only negative is that the unit is rather
Tronsmart 5-Port Quick Charge 2.0 Desktop USB Charger (UC5F) review Read More
There are so many speakers entering the portable speaker market, that I have bought my previous two based on a slick deal, aka price, and that’s about it. That means I’ve stayed in the sub-50 dollar range of speakers. I was given the opportunity to review a speaker that seemed twice as nice as my
Braven 705 portable wireless speaker review Read More
There’s a never-ending stream of “smart” or robot-themed building toys out there, but there’s just something different about the Modular Robotics Cubelets. I think it’s because out of the box, they just plain work the way you’d expect with minimal effort.
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I hate keys! I’ve replaced all of the entry locks at my house and summer cabin with either touchscreen or push button locks. Up until now, I didn’t find a viable alternative to the padlocks I have to secure my property around the house or at work. The Master Lock Bluetooth Smart Padlock has made
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The Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch is an Android-compatible smartwatch that does not use the Android Wear operating system like the majority of the Android smartwatches that are currently on the market. Samsung marches to the beat of their own drum and has opted to use the Tizen OS to power their watches. Let’s take a
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I’ve recently began running in a hope to have a slightly less round belly. I’ve come to find that footwear is an important component of running. Good running shoes can help prevent you from experiencing pain or injury. Like anything else in life, quality running shoes are only good for a certain period of time
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For years, I thought all video projectors were gigantic behemoths with giant fans and stone-age resolutions. I guess a lot has changed from the 80’s, and there’s no better example of this than this smartphone-sized Celluon PicoPro projector.
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