I originally wrote this post back in 2021, when my top recommendation was the Yale Linus Smart Lock. It was a great lock at the time, but not something I would recommend now, and it has been superseded by the Yale Linus Smart Lock L2. In the years since, a lot of amazing options have…
I originally wrote this post back in 2022, and it was looking very out of date. Additionally, over the past couple of years, I have started working at an MSP providing IT support to companies that often require dual-WAN routers for failover. Since starting that job, I migrated my entire network to Unifi, which our…
In the past, I have reviewed quite a few of the Xiaomi watches and bands, but I these have all been the more basic watches running HyperOS. Xiaomi have released WearOS watches before, but I haven’t had the chance to review one until now with the Xiaomi Watch 5. The OnePlus Watch 3 was the…
There is no easy answer to what the best wireless speaker for the home is. There are so many variables that you could break this down into multiple posts. Before you try to decide on a speaker, you will want to think about your budget and specific needs. A wireless speaker is a bit of…
Xiaomi released the Redmi Buds 8 Pro towards the end of February, and I have been checking them out for the past few weeks. I reviewed the Redmi Buds 6 back in January 2026, but never reviewed the Pro variant. With an affordable £65 price point, the new Redmi Buds 8 Pro are well-specced, equipped…
Back in February, I reviewed the Ugreen FineTrack Duo, which at the time was the first Bluetooth tracker available in the UK that supported both Apple Find My and Google Find Hub. Xiaomi recently launched its own Tag, which also supports both Apple Find My and Google Find Hub. There is very little difference between…
When SwitchBot announced its AI Hub a few weeks ago, I did not pay much attention to it, assuming it was a typical smart home hub with AI thrown in as a marketing buzzword. We have all seen plenty of products slap ‘AI’ on the box without offering anything meaningful, and I expected this to…
Most of my laptop reviews are loaned from the respective company, and I only get two or three weeks to test it. This, however, is my new work laptop, so I have had more time with it and used it extensively in an IT support environment. Specification The Dell Pro 16 Plus is available in…
I should be upfront: I am a tech enthusiast, not a car person. I have always found driving more of a necessary inconvenience than a pleasure, and I did not even learn until my mid-thirties. For years, a 16-year-old 1-litre Vauxhall Corsa suited my needs perfectly – I was doing around 2,000 miles a year…
The Thunderbolt 5 docking station market has matured considerably over the past year. I have reviewed the Startech Thunderbolt 5 Universal Docking Station and the Anker Prime TB5 Docking Station, and both represent solid, well-priced options at the mid-range of the market. The Ugreen Maxidok 17-in-1 is going after a different buyer – one who…
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