News, reviews and articles about gear.
I’ve been concentrating on increasing the security of my home recently, but I should never forget about personal security. The CLIP personal alarm from Unikia looks like an easy-to-use method of discouraging an attacker. You clip the CLIP to your clothing or bag, and should you ever need it, you activate the alarm by simply […]
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Your friendly, neighborhood Gadgeteer team has recently been posting some great news items describing their EDC or their everyday carry gear. I’m a tad late to this party, but hopefully I can make up for it a bit with lots of detailed info on the items I carry and use on a daily basis. Let’s
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Look in the believe-it-or-not category at the Bed Bath & Beyond website, and you’ll find the 8″ Power Bed Riser. I don’t mean it’s a powered lift like hospital beds use. It’s a set of rubber blocks that lift the bed higher off the floor. You can buy those (normal) rubber blocks anywhere, and they
Now everything has a USB charging port… Read More
I don’t use an alarm clock with a constantly lighted digital display, but the clock I used to have tended to keep me awake because it was too bright. I also have a variety of chargers that tend to have LEDs on them that can feel like a laser burning through your eyelids in a
Don’t let those bright LEDs or digital displays keep you awake Read More
If you are always searching for your keys, the Hone key fob will help you quickly find them. The fob will begin to flash and beep when you use the app on your iPhone (4S, 5) or iPad (3, 4, or mini) to issue a command, alerting you to the location of your keys –
Hone makes it easier to keep up with your keys Read More
According to WHOOSH! President Jason Greenspan, “Maintaining personal cleanliness doesn’t end with washing our hands anymore. It should also extend to our phones and tablets, as we touch them all day long. We call it Tech Hygiene.” WHOOSH! is introducing a cleaning product that promises to be safe for your skin and for every touch screen.
Just washing your hands is no longer enough Read More
This device from Hammacher Schlemmer lets you optimize what a single wall outlet can do. This speaker dock with a clock radio lets you charge up to six devices in a space that H-S says is less than the room occupied by a toaster (11 1/2″ L x 10″ W x 7″ D). The Six
Charge up to six devices with your alarm clock Read More
This Summer Oxford shirt from VoyVoy is perfect for the gadget user. While it looks like a typical Oxford, this shirt has a couple of extra features. When you use the tail of this shirt for cleaning your glasses or touch screens, you’ll have a microfiber cleaning patch to make cleaning easier and possible less
The perfect Oxford shirt for tech users Read More
It’s time again for another inventory of our everyday carry items, or as I loosely refer to them “my survival gear”, so I wanted to share them with the outside world. And surprisingly, I found out that I use each and every item daily in one form or another. And some more than others.
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Hmmm. I thought the purpose of a charging station was to make your desk or tabletop look neater. The MultiPot Clear Charging Hub with LED Lamp from nova68 corrals the cords, but it doesn’t exactly hide the tangled mess of cables. This 9.25″ long x 7.5″ tall x 9.25″ wide plastic pot is a lamp with
A charging station that costs more than many electronic gadgets do Read More
It’s not even officially summer yet, and already storm devastation has begun with tragic loss of life. Whenever there are dangerous conditions in your area, you need to be informed so you can protect yourself and your family. There’s already a nationwide NOAA weather alert system that works in conjunction with the FCC’s Emergency Alert
Hear NOAA weather information in every room of your house Read More
If Dad’s an international traveler, he could probably use a travel documents organizer to make navigating customs easier. This organizer from Travelon has the added bonus of protecting his passport from unauthorized RF scanning. The RFID-blocking Safe ID Ripstop Boarding Pass Neck Wallet measures just 5.5″ x 4.5″ x 0.5″ when folded, and it comes with a
Father’s Day gift idea – RFID-blocking passport case Read More
I have always wanted to try an actual fountain pen but have never had the chance. I wanted to see if something worthwhile has been lost overtime with the advent and widespread use of the ballpoint pen. So when the folks at GoldSpot.com offered to send the Namiki Falcon Fountain Pen, I totally raised my
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As you have become aware, Julie challenged us to open our everyday carry bags to share what has become our standard gear. It was an interesting exercise, I used the opportunity to get rid of some gear that has remained in my bag, but when I was done, I still had a lot. You
Everyday Carry Gear – Bryan Sherman Read More
There’s been some interest in electronic cigarettes as a way to cut down or stop reliance on tobacco cigarettes. What if you are a pipe or a cigar smoker, though? ePuffer offers pipe and cigar replacements. Their cigars come in disposable models (bottom right) that can replace from 5-6 up to 10-12 cigars; they are
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Most cord organizers I’ve seen are made of Velcro or plastic or even fabric, but very few of them are made of leather. The Cord Taco 5-Pack from the This is Ground shop on Etsy has five leather cord organizers for the price of a single leather organizer from some companies. Each Taco is a
Interested in a Cord Taco? Read More
All the other team members are showing off their wares, so suppose I’d better join the herd. 🙂 Problem is I actually have more than one EDC bag depending on things like day of the week, mode of transport, and destination. Things just seem to move in and out of different bags. I’ve just grabbed
Everyday Carry Gear – Ian Lim Read More
A little late to the EDC party, but then again I was busy cleaning out my bag for spring cleaning! I regularly carry a laptop bag with me on a daily basis since my laptop is my daily work computer as well as my work-at-home computer. Not pictured are a couple of ink pens,
Everyday Carry Gear – Steve Holt Read More
I am not sure if I should cue the theme to Mission Impossible, Raiders of the Lost Ark, or MacGyver… And we all know if you are considering theme music, it is the start of a fun review. That difficult decision aside, the review item I am discussing is the No. 11 Survival Belt from Colonel Littleton
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Recently Julie asked us to do a post on what we carry every day. My two bags vary depending on if it’s a weekday or a weekend.
Everyday Carry Gear – Elizabeth Rodriguez Read More