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Gear up for your epic summer road trip with the TekGrip Power Dock by Bracketron

Do you have any road trip vacations on your calendar for this summer? As gadgeteers, we all know that driving directions and destination details aren’t the only things we have to consider when we’re planning for driving trips. Our travel gadgets rank right up there in importance too. When you’re planning a road trip, you […]

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Logi ZeroTouch adds smart car features to any car

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 14, 2016 / News / Android, Car Gear, Device mount / Leave a Comment

Logitech has unveiled the Logi ZeroTouch, a mount for cars that holds your phone and allows for gesture and voice commands. The ZeroTouch is an air vent or dashboard mounted magnetic holder for Android phones (sorry iPhone!) that works with a command app to provide hands-free control of your phone. Hands-free in that you don’t

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Charge faster and find your car with the Nonda ZUS 2 device car charger

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 12, 2016 / Uncategorized / Batteries and Chargers, Car Gear / 2 Comments

The Nonda ZUS Smart Car Finder & USB Car Charger is a German designed all in one charger and car location device that has been built to meet US Military MIL-STD-810G high-temperature standards. It has two USB ports that can charge two devices at once 2x faster than normal car chargers can do (max 4.8A

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Swann Navigator HD Dash Camera (SWADS-140DCM) review

By Joyce Parker / May 5, 2016 / Reviews / Car Gear, dash cam / 12 Comments

If you’ve been looking for a dash cam, be sure to check out the Swann Navigator HD Dash Camera – 1080p Portable Vehicle Recorder with GPS Tracking. It’s got a ton of features and it’s easy to install and easy to use. And it may be the best deal on collision insurance available.

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Kenu launches a deluxe car kit that includes their popular Airframe+ car mount

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 3, 2016 / News / Car Gear, Device mount / Leave a Comment

If you’re still looking for gift ideas for Mother’s and Father’s Day, here’s another. It’s the new Car Kit Deluxe from Kenu. Kenu are the makers of the popular Airframe car mounts that we’ve reviewed here on The Gadgeteer. Their new Car Kit Deluxe includes an Airframe+, a DualTrip car charging adapter that has two

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Save $50 on the Garmin babyCam Bundle for Mother’s Day

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 2, 2016 / News / Camera gear, Car Gear / Leave a Comment

Dash cams have become very popular in the last few years, but now we have another type of camera for cars. No, it’s not a back up camera, it’s a backseat camera or a babycam. The Garmin babyCam connects without tools to the headrest of your seat and interfaces wirelessly with a variety of Garmin

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Cobra drive HD Full HD Dash Cam (CDR 875 G) review

By Julie Strietelmeier / April 28, 2016 / Reviews / Car Gear, dash cam / 1 Comment

Dash cams are the type of gadget that once you setup, you hope you never need to use it. That’s because they are typically only used after you’ve had an accident or witnessed some other unusual event while driving. I like having a dash cam in my MINI Cooper because I never know when bigfoot

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Satechi aluminum magnet vent mount review

By Dennis Moore / April 26, 2016 / Reviews / Car Gear, Device mount / 4 Comments

Most, if not all states, have laws specifying cell phones must be used hands-free while driving. Most people want to obey they law, but considering how integrated our phones have become in our daily commute, many people struggle with this law. Until car manufacturers begin making vehicles with built-in phone mounts, we are forced to

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Scosche MagicMount Pro vent mount review

By Ryan Chapman / April 14, 2016 / Reviews / Car Gear, Device mount / 7 Comments

For a while now, I’ve been looking at finding a good holder for my iPhone for when I am driving in the car. Mainly, I needed it for GPS, so I tried out one of those dash holders, which failed, and I promptly returned. My next option was trying a vent mount, and when the

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Berrolia Premium Leather Car Mount for iPhone review

By Lex Baer / April 1, 2016 / Reviews / Car Gear, Device mount, iOS / Leave a Comment

For a gadget geek, I’m surprised to say I’ve never used a car mount for my phone. Eighteen years in two Miatas, there has always been enough of a shelf space around the gear shift to set it down on. And holding the phone always seemed a good enough solution. But as a new reviewer,

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Spyder Digital Research Commuter 3-in-1 universal charger review

By Smythe Richbourg / March 27, 2016 / Reviews / Batteries and Chargers, Car Gear / Leave a Comment

We all have battery chargers by now, right? Some are large, some small, some include cables to connect to phones or tablets. But one thing almost every charger I have seen has is this: you have to carry along a phone charger or a device capable of charging the battery to top it off. (It

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Cobra’s new dash cam might help you escape a speeding ticket

By Julie Strietelmeier / March 23, 2016 / News / Car Gear, dash cam / 8 Comments

Dash cams are becoming a popular gadget for car owners. They tend to be a set and forget type of gadgets that you only need when something unusual or bad happens, like an accident. The new Cobra Electronics CDR875G Dash Cam has all the features that you’ve come to expect with a dash cam like

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Never lose your stuff again between the driver seat or passenger seat of your car and the center console

By Kathleen Chapman / March 16, 2016 / News / Car Gear / Leave a Comment

You know that black hole in your car? It’s that space between the driver’s seat (or passenger seat) and the center console – the place where things fall and are sometimes never found again. I’ve dropped things down there and sometimes I was lucky enough to retrieve the object. The Drop Stop is a product

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Test driving the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V

By Ryan Chapman / March 13, 2016 / Reviews / Car Gear / Leave a Comment

Wait a minute.. is this a car review? Why yes it is. I was lucky enough to be able to test drive one of five GM vehicles, spread across their various brands. I chose the Cadillac CTS-V since I have driven cars all of my life. This was a step up in size from my

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Swann adds two dash cams to their product line up

By Julie Strietelmeier / February 24, 2016 / News / Car Gear, dash cam / 3 Comments

The other day someone asked me to name my favorite dash cam. I said that it’s currently the Magellan MiVue 658 HD dash cam because it has WiFi, GPS and a touchscreen. These are all features that are lacking on the majority of dash cams that are currently on the market. I then followed up

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PAPAGO! GoSafe S30 dash cam review

By Julie Strietelmeier / February 20, 2016 / Reviews / Car Gear, dash cam / 3 Comments

Dash cams are the type of gadgets that you setup and then forget. They are more of an insurance policy than a gadget that you can enjoy on a daily basis. A good dash cam can potentially save you money if you get in an accident. Video footage might help you prove that the accident

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iClever IC-F53 Bluetooth FM transmitter review

By Dennis Moore / February 5, 2016 / Reviews / Bluetooth, Car Gear, FM Transmitter / 4 Comments

The majority of my workday involves me driving around a Police car, patrolling the town. As a football fan, I spend a good deal of time listening to Sports Talk radio in the Police car. As a Philadelphia Eagles fan, I spend an even greater amount of time experiencing frustration. Occasionally, I grow weary of

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The Comfy Commuter Original Travel Pillow review

By Larry Geisz / January 29, 2016 / Reviews / Car Gear, Pillow, Travel Gear / 2 Comments

As most of us know or have probably experienced, flying these days is not a comfortable affair. The seats are getting closer together, smaller and less comfortable. Even when you take longer flights overseas the bigger planes still feel cramped and the seats uncomfortable. For those longer flights, I have an around the neck pillow,

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Yada Dash Road Cam HD review

By Margaret Dornbusch / January 23, 2016 / Reviews / Car Gear, dash cam / 5 Comments

About a year ago, I was in a collision caused by a driver who suddenly turned in front of me. I took a lot of pictures, one of which eventually proved that I was not at fault, but a dash cam such as the Yada Dash Road Cam HD would have given the insurance company

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Car battery and charging system monitor: perhaps we should all have this

By Kathleen Chapman / January 22, 2016 / News / Car Gear / Leave a Comment

If you’ve ever been caught a situation where your car battery has died on you in an inopportune moment, then perhaps it is time to purchase the INNOVA 3721 Battery and Charging System Monitor. This device plugs into your vehicle’s cigarette lighter of 12-volt negative ground systems’ cars and will report the battery’s voltage on the LCD

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