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HDZ Concepts Titanium Wallet Sized Utility Bottle Opener and Pocket Multi Tool review

The world of pocket multi-tools seems to be never ending. They are made out of a variety materials such as stainless steel, carbon fiber, aluminum, or titanium with sizes and shapes only limited by the desired functions to be built into the multi-tool itself. Although I love a lot of these ingeniously designed multi-tools, sometimes […]

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Rickshaw Bagworks Commuter 2.1 Laptop Bag review

By Julie Strietelmeier / January 27, 2014 / Reviews / Bags, Laptop bag, Messenger bag / 7 Comments

Carrying your gear to and from work or school every day requires a reliable bag. This is especially true if a laptop happens to be one of the items you carry. I’m partial to messenger style bags because they are roomy and casual. The problem is that they are not always the best type of

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Braven 850 Bluetooth speaker review

By Bill Henderson / January 26, 2014 / Reviews / Audio, Video, TV, Bluetooth speaker / Leave a Comment

Big. Bigger. Biggest. These words sum up the Braven 850 Bluetooth speaker. Braven is becoming increasingly known for their range of beautiful, simple and powerful speakers with unique traits that set them apart in this overly crowded speaker market.

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Just Mobile Aluframe for iPhone 5/5S review

By Ryan Chapman / January 25, 2014 / Reviews / Bumper case, Cases and Covers, iOS, iPhone 5/5S / 1 Comment

When I decided to get the iPhone 5S, I knew that I had to have the gold version. Not only was it ‘rare’ at the time, but it just looked different. Since then, I’ve been looking for a nice bumper frame to go along with my phone so I can show off my phone yet

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TYLT VÜ Wireless Charger review

By Dave Rees / January 24, 2014 / Reviews / Android, Qi, Wireless, Wireless charging / 14 Comments

I have had the opportunity to try many of the variety of Qi charging stands currently available – from the no-name flat plastic slab to the Brando stand to the Nokia 901 Fatboy pillow. While all get the job done and are nice enough, they are not very polished. The engineers at TYLT have taken

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Coolstream Duo Bluetooth Receiver review

By Bill Kuch / January 23, 2014 / Reviews / Audio, Video, TV, Bluetooth, iPod, Streaming / 2 Comments

If you’re going to market another Bluetooth receiver in an already overcrowded market, it would make sense to differentiate yourself with a unique feature. At Coolstream they have made their Duo receiver different in the way it connects to the playback device by plugging in directly to the 30 pin connector on an iPhone docking station.

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Golf-X-Cube review

By Larry Geisz / January 22, 2014 / Reviews / Health and fitness, Sports / Leave a Comment

Walking around in an open field, scouring the bushes and woods with a club in your hand and then beating the stuffing out of a little white ball when you find it, that is the definition of golf. Oh wait maybe that is the definition of how I play golf. But whether you’re a scratch

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VidaBox OpenSqueeze Solo music player review

By Steve Holt / January 20, 2014 / Reviews / Audio, Video, TV, Music, Music Gear / 3 Comments

I have been looking for a solution for some time to play music throughout my whole house. Spending time and money to run wires throughout the whole house is not an option in my current house, so of course I looked to wireless solutions. I don’t have a sophisticated stereo or audio system of any

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Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch review

By Julie Strietelmeier / January 19, 2014 / Reviews / Android, Smartwatch, Watches and Clocks / 21 Comments

When the folks at Verizon asked me if I’d like to try out the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch, I had to take a minute to make my decision. Truth be told, it’s been 10 years since I was excited about a watch. That was back in 2004 when Microsoft SPOT watches were popular. I wanted

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ThinkGeek Star Wars Family Car Decals review

By Andy Jacobs / January 18, 2014 / Reviews / Car Gear, Star Wars / 6 Comments

A Star Wars fan, I am. A ThinkGeek fan, I am as well. A great match, this is! Ahem. Well, you’ve all seen the little white stickers that adorn the rear window on so many minivans. Typically stick figures, there will usually be one for Dad, one for Mom, one for each of the kiddos

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JetPens pencil cases review

By Julie Strietelmeier / January 17, 2014 / Reviews / Cases and Covers, Pens / 11 Comments

If you are a pen, pencil or even a stylus collector, you should check out all the handy pencil cases from JetPens.com. JetPens sells a large variety of pen and pencil cases, so there is no way that I could cover them all, but I picked out four of them to show you today. Let’s

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Scratch Wireless review

By Jackie Cheng / January 16, 2014 / Reviews / Android, Cellular, Phone, Wireless / 15 Comments

A cell phone is the one tech item that almost everyone has. It’s the most useful daily tech item that everyone uses, but it’s also one of the most expensive items to own. A decent voice+data service will cost over $1,000 every year per person. There are cheaper cellular services out there that can get

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Thecus N2310 NAS Server review

By Larry Geisz / January 15, 2014 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, NAS / 7 Comments

The “cloud”, a mystical place where we can store and access information from almost anywhere with almost any type of device. The thing is, I have a few issues with the cloud or at least the commercial free service offered by several outlets. My first issue is the security and availability of the data I

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The Aermate Wine and Spirits Aerator review

By Dave Rees / January 14, 2014 / Reviews / Home and Kitchen, Wine accessory / 7 Comments

I swear my wife and her friends are in search of the perfect bottle of wine (think of it as looking for the end of the internet), and they will be on this never-ending crusade to their dying days ;). Over the years, the conversation of aeration has come up many, many times. Our various

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Oblanc O’Sound Romeo NX-1 in-ear headphones review

By Ryan Chapman / January 13, 2014 / Reviews / Audio, Video, TV, Earphones / Leave a Comment

I like to have a pair of headphones with me everywhere I go. You never know when you’ll need to use them. I’ve tried out several types of headphones, from buds to in-ear, and one thing that I noticed was the lack of bass in the smaller, more portable headphones. This, coupled with the fact

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Func KB-460 Gaming Keyboard Review

By Elizabeth Rodriguez / January 12, 2014 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Gaming Gear, Gaming keyboard / 2 Comments

I have a thing for nice computer keyboards. I type all day, both for work and at home, so having a good keyboard is important to me. I’ve always been on the lookout for a nice PC keyboard, especially for gaming and frequent typing. Along came the opportunity to review the Func KB-460 Gaming Keyboard,

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Brando Wireless Charger w/Display Stand review

By Dave Rees / January 11, 2014 / Reviews / Android, Qi, Wireless, Wireless charging / 5 Comments

I believe wireless is the future of charging our power hungry smart-devices. For those of us who already embrace this near hassle-free way of juicing up our devices, our choices of charger design is a bit limited. A majority of the chargers currently available are flat slabs of plastic that you lay your Qi-enabled device on.

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ElementCase Ronin G10 Stealth iPhone 5/5s Case review

By Dave Rees / January 10, 2014 / Reviews / Cases and Covers, iOS, iPhone 5 cases and covers / Leave a Comment

Element Case creates some very nicely engineered smartphone cases. I reviewed their Sector 5 iPhone case about a year ago and still consider it one of the most innovative, tech-geek stylish bumper cases I have ever seen. Their new Ronin G10 Stealth bumper case for the iPhone 5/5s looks just as cool, but in a meaner,

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Strong Like Bull Magnets review

By Andy Jacobs / January 9, 2014 / Reviews / Gear, Magnet / 14 Comments

Magnets are useful and fun, affixing grocery lists and kid artwork to refrigerators the world over. Brian Conti was tired of the work-issue magnets he was using to hang items from his office white board. They were boring in appearance and weak in magnetic strength. So he fired up his CAD software and designed, then

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QooQi cable organizer review

By Julie Strietelmeier / January 8, 2014 / Reviews / Batteries and Chargers, cord organization / 2 Comments

QooQi from 2040 Design Studio is a successfully funded Kickstarter project that earned three times their funding goal back in September 2013. But what is a QooQi (pronounced: cookie) you ask? It’s a small, easy to use, stick-on cable organizer made out of aluminum with knurled sides and edges.

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