Reviews of all the latest gadgets and technology
A few days ago the Realme X50 was launched and I have been using this as my main phone for the past week or so. As usual with Realme it offers exceptional value for money when it comes to the hardware specs, it is the cheapest 5G phone in the UK market, and the Snapdragon…
The MatePad is the latest mid-range tablet from Huawei, providing a more wallet-friendly experience to the MatePad Pro which costs almost double. Similar to other recent Huawei releases, this no longer features any services by Google. Instead, you rely on Huawei Mobile Services. While I have found this can be problematic at times on a…
Edifier appears to have become one of the dominant brands on Amazon for speakers in recent years. Offering well-specced speakers at an affordable price point, as I write this, they are listed 9 times out of 15 on the first page of Amazon for active bookshelf speakers. Pricing ranges from just £89.99 for the R1280T,…
I have been running a home server for several years now, doing the usual things, such as serving media via Plex Server, handling all my backups and acting as a test server for websites. I started with a dual-bay Synology NAS 10+ years ago, eventually upgrading to an HP ProLiant MicroServer, and then later reusing…
Mercusys Technologies is a new brand in the UK market, introducing some incredibly affordable networking gear. In the past, it looks like their predominant market has been India, with products available on Amazon India for the past three years. Their UK introduction appears to be associated with TP-Link, but I am not sure how intertwined…
I have previously reviewed the EufyCam E and the EufyCam 2C, with the 2C being my favourite wireless surveillance camera to date. The EufyCam 2 is the more expensive model, but the true successor to the EufyCam E I reviewed last year, with an incredible 365-day battery life. EufyCam 2 vs 2c However, when it…
This year Huawei has expanded their P series line up to include five different phones. I have already reviewed the Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus, and now the P40 Lite 5G. This sits one rung up the ladder with the standard 4G P40 Lite being the most affordable option. There is quite a…
I have covered smart locks quite a lot in the past, it is an area of smart home technology I have always loved the thought of but it has never seemed to gain much traction in the mainstream market, unlike lighting or home heating. I have already reviewed the Yale Conexis L1 Smart Door Lock…
Most of the CCTV / home surveillance reviews I have done have been for affordable consumer products. However, after being impressed with the night time performance of the H.View HV-500G2V5 5MP colour night vision camera and installing BlueIris, I have become a little obsessed with wanting to upgrade my cameras. The Hikvision DS-2CD2386G2-I is one…
Following up from my Huawei P40 Pro review, I have been lucky enough to try out the new top of the range offering in the series, the Huawei P40 Pro+. The new phone follows suit from other brands such as Samsung and Oppo by introducing a new, incredibly high priced option for tech enthusiast that…
[Update] My review sample arrived with a damaged throttle. The scooter worked ok for a while, just a loose and temperamental throttle. I gave Elka the benefit of the doubt and assumed it was damaged in shipping and they would fix it. Sadly Elka decided not to respond to my emails and never fixed it….
Realme have been expanding their affordable options away from just smartphones, like the superb Realme 6, and introduced their wearables to the UK market for the first time. At just £50, the Realme Watch is the most affordable smartwatch on the market from a major brand offering a similar feature set to many fitness bands…