Do you remember my review of the highly popular PicooZ RC Helicopter? The PicooZ is a really small radio controlled indoor flying toy with a price tag of less than $40. I had a lot of fun with that review, so I decided to go completely nuts and try out the $300 Carbon Butterfly indoor RC airplane from Plantraco.
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Do you have a fear of being struck by lightning? This little gizmo will cure it. It warns of approaching lightning strikes from as far away as 40 miles. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
Spotlight Gadget: StrikeAlert Read More
I’ve been a dedicated Machead (as one of my friends likes to call me) for going on 2 years now. I use a 24″ iMac as my main desktop computer and a 15″ Macbook Pro as my travel companion. At my day job I use a Dell Inspiron notebook, so I live in both worlds
Test Driving a HP Pavilion Entertainment PC TX1000 Read More
I have eyed this bag with great interest for the last year or so, and I got one to review from Maxpedition. It is a durable bag with ENORMOUS zippers and not a stitch of Velcro in the whole bag. It can be carried in two ways… by the carry handle on the top or with a waist belt that tucks into a pocket in the back of the bag. The waist belt is difficult to adjust (or maybe because the material is still very stiff from newness), but it’s two inches wide and reasonably comfortable. There is no padding anywhere to be found, and the material is a very stiff, thick-weave ballistic nylon which appears indestructible. I would not put electronics into this bag without putting it into a padded case first. This bag seems best suited for gear to be used in the field… first aid kit, flashlights, multi-tool, or it could make a good pack for someone looking for a toolkit belt-pack. I would not use it for my travel gadget bag due to the lack of padding, but as a geocaching or hiking bag, it would serve quite nicely, as long as you are not carrying too much with you.
Maxpedition Proteus Versipack Read More
I saw something really cute today that I’d never seen (or heard of) before… We went over to Jeanne’s (roomie’s) brother’s house to see the Suzuki mini truck that he bought yesterday. He bought it to help haul wood up from the back of his property. These 2 seater 4×4 stick shift vehicles are not
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Are you the type of person that prides themselves as always being prepared for any situation? You know the type, they pack 5 pairs of socks and underwear for an overnight trip. They carry a first aid kit in their car, stow extra house keys at work, etc. Well, if you fall into this category, then I think you will be very interested in the FlareSafe flashlight from FlareBrands Limited. What’s that? You say you already carry a flashlight with you? Ok, I knew that… But does your flashlight double as a smoke detector and a distress alarm? I didn’t think so!
I seem to be on a roll lately with posting reviews in sets or themes. First it was the Bluetooth products theme week, then last week it was products that have to do with sound or audio. Now this week I’m on a roll with flashlight reviews. So my question for you all is this:
Themes, Love Them Or Hate Them? Read More
Discount LED Lights and Knives recently sent me several really nice Coast flashlights to test and review. I reviewed the V6 Stainless Steel 6 Chip (LL7732) earlier this week and now the one I’m going to introduce to you today is the Coast LED Lenser V2 Power Chip (model: LL7461).
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IntelliProbe Bluetooth Wireless Temperature Probe makes any pocket PC with Bluetooth support a temperature logging and monitoring device. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
Spotlight Gadget: Bluetooth Temperature Probe Read More
I’m really starting to develop a ‘thing’ for flashlights. Not just any old flashlights do it for me though. They have to be both bright and unique. Lucky for me, that Discount LED Lights and Knives sent me several really nice Coast flashlights to review. The one I’m going to introduce to you today is the Coast LED Lenser V6 Stainless Steel 6 Chip (model: LL7732).
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We interrupt The Gadgeteer to bring you an off topic story… Around 2am Monday morning, we were awakened by a dog barking in the back yard. After listening to that racket for several minutes, my roomie got up and shined a flashlight out the window at the dog, which startled it away. We figured it
Dogs and Cats and Trees Oh My! Read More
If you are like me, and victim to the snooze button, then you
should definitely get your hands on a Clocky!
If you haven’t heard
of him, he’s the alarm clock that jumps from your night-stand and
runs around your room, making funny/cute sounds along the way, as
if desperate to get you up. Kind of like a pet. Because you don’t
know where he’ll be, you have to search for him to turn him off and
viola! you wake up in the process.
I usually don’t post too many news items or press release type posts in my Gear Diary, but I’ve received quite a few noteworthy items this past week that I thought you all might benefit from reading. So here we go! Speck Products is having a Speck-tacular Spring Sale. They are selling cases at speckproducts.com
Links And News From The Past Week Read More
One of our readers sent in this picture of a cute handmade iPod Nano cover that their sister-in-law had made. It got me wondering, how many of you out there have created similar covers, cases, etc for your gadgets? I recall back in the early days of PDAs, I had a PSION 3a that I
Just a quick note to let you all know that the automated new review announcement mailing list is back in order. The only problem is that if you want to receive these emails, you’ll have to sign up again. Sorry, but we couldn’t import the current subscribers list into the new installation of the mailman
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