REVIEW – I live in an area that entices closed windows and heating from late September or early October until April or May, resulting in dry skin, itchy eyes, and the oh-so-familiar chill in the air. A humidifier like SwitchBot’s Auto-Fill is just what the doctor ordered to make it feel warmer and help […]
SwitchBot Auto-Fill Evaporative Humidifier review – Just in time for heating season! Read More
REVIEW – My neighbor’s washing machine hose burst while he was sleeping, causing thousands of dollars in damage to his home and a crazy amount of inconvenience and frustration. A low-cost SwitchBot Water Leak Detector could have saved the day. What is it? The SwitchBot Water Detector is a battery-operated, app-connected device that senses water
SwitchBot Water Leak Detector review – Detecting disaster for $18! Read More
REVIEW – Does the prospect of making stuff make you giddy? Do you want to step up your 3D printer game to make some colossal stuff? Do you need a full-sized suit of armor without splicing parts together? If you answered “Yes?” to any of these, the ELEGOO OrangeStorm Giga 3D printer is fabulous! Read
NEWS – Matter is a connectivity standard. The idea is that I should be able to buy any IoT device and instantly use it, regardless of the smart home platform that I use (e.g., Apple’s HomeKit, Google’s Nest). It’s a common language that is supported by over 200 companies. It’s been just over a year
Matter upgraded to version 1.2 Read More
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Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals 2023 – Lots of EDC gear deals and more! Read More
ARTICLE – Many gadgets are smart, meaning they automate something for us. Oftentimes they provide features that could not be done manually. Higher levels of functionality typically require an app to be installed on our phones, these apps in turn often communicate with external servers. But what happens when these servers are no longer available?
Should we think twice about buying app powered gadgets? Read More
SECURITY NEWS – We bring gadgets into our homes because they help us, inform us, and entertain us. Sometimes, however, they do more than that: They watch us. Any gadget with a camera and a WiFi or Bluetooth connection has the potential to be sending pictures and videos out to the Internet. If gadget companies
Do you know who is watching you? Read More
REVIEW – Pressure washing the driveway is an annual event where I live. A year’s worth of dust and dirt from all the red clay we have around here gives my pavement a rather reddish, muddy look, something that’s definitely not very attractive. Every fall I haul out the pressure washer, fill it up with
EVEAGE 14.5″ Pressure Washer Surface Cleaner review – a faster way to wash your driveway Read More
REVIEW – The wireless earbuds market may be one of the most crowded of any consumer electronic product category, with new ones being released every day. One of the newest is the Black Shark T2 Luficer wireless earbuds. Let’s check them out. What is it? The Black Shark T2 Luficer wireless earbuds are a Bluetooth
Black Shark Lucifer T2 Wireless Earbuds review Read More
REVIEW UPDATE – Here is a new set of review updates. Semi-regularly, we like to add updates to our previously published reviews to let you know how well (or not) a product continues to work well past the initial weeks after we received it. Click on each review in the list below and then scroll
Brewferm beer kit, Greenworks robo vac, Benq lamp, and more – Review updates Read More