The best power bank in 2026 isn’t the bigger version of the one you bought in 2024. The category has split into specialized tiers this year: 300-watt desktop replacements, semi-solid-state pocket banks with titanium shells, retractable cables that mean you stop carrying three of them, magnetic Qi2 rings that finally make wireless feel useful. Three […]
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You know that stomach drop you feel the moment the power clicks off on a hot July afternoon. The hum of the fridge cuts, the kitchen goes quiet, and you start doing the math in your head. How long until the ice cream sweats through the carton. How long before the chicken you prepped for
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The AstroRinse station is the reason the Beatbot AquaSense X exists. It’s the first automatic filter-cleaning station built for a pool robot, and The Gadgeteer is among the first publications to put it through real-world testing. The robot docks, the station rinses its filter, empties its debris bin, and three minutes later everything is clean
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Spring has a way of reminding everyone that reliable power isn’t optional. Between unpredictable storm seasons, the first camping trips of the year, and the growing reality that grid outages can hit any neighborhood without warning, portable power stations have turned into one of the most popular product categories heading into warmer months. The latest
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Travel charging setups have a clutter problem, and UGREEN thinks its Nexode 100W GaN charger is the fix. The four-port wall adapter squeezes 100 watts of total output into a compact body that measures just 2.7 x 2.7 x 1.3 inches, small enough to disappear into a bag pocket without adding noticeable bulk. It’s the
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The mini PC market isn’t short on horsepower these days, but it’s desperately lacking in personality. ACEMAGIC’s new Retro X5 changes that equation. It’s an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 mini PC wrapped in a shell that looks like it time-traveled straight from 1985, and it’s up for presale now at $959 with shipping
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Most 3kWh portable power stations take up more floor space than they probably should. BLUETTI’s new Elite 300 pushes back on that tradeoff by fitting 3,014.4Wh of LiFePO4 capacity into a frame that measures closer to a 2kWh unit. According to BLUETTI, it’s the smallest 3kWh power station currently available. That claim is backed by
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ARTICLE – The Alienware 18 Area-51 with an RTX 5070 just dropped to $2,349.99 on Amazon, a clean 20% off the $2,949.99 list price. Dell’s storefront lists the 18-inch line at the same number, but here’s the catch: that base config swaps in a Core Ultra 7 255HX and an RTX 5060. The RTX 5070
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Last September, I reviewed the Soundpeats H3 hybrid earbuds. What I said at the beginning of the review bears repeating: Reviewing earbuds (earphones, in-ear monitors, etc.) today is both good and bad news. The good news is that it’s almost impossible to buy a terrible pair of earbuds. Unless you bought a $15 pair at
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ARTICLE – Portable power stations weren’t supposed to get better by getting smaller. The whole category started because people needed more capacity, not less bulk. But that’s the tension DJI is now betting on with the Power 1000 Mini, a 1,000 Wh lithium iron phosphate battery that weighs 11.5 kg and measures 314 x 212
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