Yale continues to be one of the only companies producing smart locks for the UK market, and they have expanded their product range with the more affordable Conexis™ L1 smart door lock which is unlocked via your phone, key card or key tag. Unlike the more expensive Keyfree Connected there are no optional integrations such as Z-Wave, … Read more
The Bose Soundtouch range is a great concept from Bose, you have a traditional soundbar set up but you can expand it to work a bit more like a 5.1 system. Not dissimilar to the way you can get Sonos to work as an AV system. But is it any good? I was only sent … Read more
Following our review of the excellent Alcatel POP 4 (6) you now have a chance to win it. You can see the full review here, and brief specification of the device is: 6 inches, IPS LCD 1080 x 1920 pixels with a pixel density of 367 PPI MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755 Octa-core, 1800 MHz, ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit … Read more
Following the disastrous few months for Samsung, it is pretty important that their new flagship products are something special and ideally won’t explode. Samsung seems to have pulled all the stops out by creating a beautiful pair of phones using what they call infinity displays, which is a near bezel-free display. The S8 has a … Read more
1MORE are a completely new brand to me, but apparently, they are making some waves win the audio world with their affordable triple driver E1001 in-ear headphones. Priced at £99.99 they are still expensive compared to your standard cheap brand you might buy off Amazon, for example, the excellent but poorly built SoundMagic E10. Unlike … Read more
Following my review of the excellent Toshiba Canvio Connect II, Toshiba has been kind enough to send me a sample of their consumer solid state drive (SSD) the Q300. The sample I was sent is the 480GB version, but it also comes in 120GB, 240GB and 960GB varieties. You can get the 480GB model for … Read more
Alcatel has been producing budget phones for several years now, but they have remained largely off my radar. However, recently they were kind enough to send me a sample of the new Alcatel POP 4 6-inch which has a device specific name of 7070X. Alcatel appears to produce a huge number of phones catering for … Read more
The SpotCam Sense is a full HD indoor surveillance camera that also monitors humidity, temperature, and light levels. Users can set their SpotCam to notify them if the temperature drops below or rises above a certain level, or if lights are turned on when no one should be home. Together with advanced motion and sound … Read more
With the success of Alexa, everyone wants to get in on the voice control action. Siri has been around for years, and I don’t know anyone that actually uses it. Google has Assistant, so now Samsung have released their own fully fledged assistant with Bixby. Bixby is supposed to be different though it’s meant to … Read more
AVM have announced details of the upcoming line-up of routers this year, the new lineup includes models with MIMO allowing them to achieve wireless speeds of 1,733 Mbit/s + 800 Mbit/s. The 2 new routers come in a more conservative design which will make them a bit more appealing to some. Press release as follows: The new top … Read more
Sit-stand desks have grown hugely in popularity in recent years as people have become all too aware of the harmful effects of sitting down all day. I reviewed the excellent VariDesk Pro in September last year and recently I have been trying out the FlexiSpot 35″. As you would imagine they offer essentially the same … Read more
I previously reviewed the EZVIZ Husky Bullet EZ-C3S-WIFI which I loved enough to start using as one of my main cameras at my home. That was the 1080P version with WiFi that is priced at around £120 and will be available from ezviz.co.uk any day now. Based my great first impressions I was curious to … Read more
Philips Hue has been one of my favourite purchases in recent months, I love being able to control my lights remotely and have them on schedules. So the idea of being able to do the same with my blinds is very appealing and the Soma Smart Shades do that, for a relatively affordable price and … Read more
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Another review from one of our favourite accessories companies on Amazon. You can never have too many power strips, especially in my house. The AUKEY Extension Lead Power Strip is 4 sockets plus 4 USB strip making it a lot more appealing in modern households than basic power strips. … Read more
“Loot of the day: Nintendo Switch” (CC BY 2.0) by whileimautomaton Finally, after months of hype, anticipation and speculation, the Nintendo Switch is available in shops to buy, released on the 3rd of March. There have been so many talking points around the new console, which adopts a hybrid model so players can play on a TV or … Read more
Another mini review today for the 30000mAh AUKEY Quick Charge 3.0 Portable Charger that is available on Amazon for £42.99. There is no typo in the above sentence or my title, this is actually a 30000mAh power bank, that’s around 10 times the storage capacity of most phones, so it should have more than enough … Read more