Reviews

Can The Lightest Mountaineering Boots Ever Handle Mt Rainier?

At less than 500 grams, these new Salomon S-LAB X ALP CARBON GTXs are the lightest mountaineering boots ever. That means they’re uninsulated, lack ankle support and aren’t compatible with traditional crampons. Can you still climb a mountain in them? We summited Rainier to find out. A carbon plate in the mid-sole with tailored flexibility…

Reviews Ty Brookhart

Garmin Epix Review: Can A Smartwatch Work As A Touchscreen Navigator?

A touchscreen GPS navigator that works in the wilderness and that you can wear on your wrist? That’s a neat idea, but not one that Garmin’s been able to realize with this new Epix. Allow me to explain. Looking for a powerful fitness tracker? Let’s go ahead and spoil this review by saying that the…

Reviews Wes Siler

YotaPhone 2 Review: More Than a Gimmick, Less Than a Good Phone

Being different can make or break you. Apple decided to do things different back in 2007, and now they make almost all dem smartphone monies. But being atypical for no real reason also means certain death. Yotaphone 2 lies somewhere in the middle—a great idea wrapped up in a phone you just don’t want. What…

Reviews Darren Orf

I’m Playing Xbox On Windows 10, And You Can Too

Yesterday, my wife wanted to play some Kingdom Hearts. I was in the mood for Titanfall. We only have one TV. So I pulled out a Surface 3 tablet, plugged in an Xbox One controller, and started streaming the game from my Xbox to my portable PC. It’s a new Windows 10 feature. How well…

Reviews Sean Hollister

Windows 10, On a Mac

Tentatively wondering whether it’s worth setting up Windows 10 as an alternate boot option on your Mac? I’ve taken the plunge for you—here’s what I found. To give you an idea of where I’m coming from and how easy or otherwise this is, I’m an occasional Mac OS X user and a first-time Boot Camp…

Reviews David Nield

Panasonic CM1 Review: Finally, a High End Camera Inside a Smartphone

Most people are perfectly satisfied with the camera in their smartphone. But to photographers and hobbyists, even the latest iPhone doesn’t come close to emulating the capability of a full-fledged camera. Panasonic’s CM1 is the answer. What Is It? It’s a $1000 unlocked GSM Android phone with a 4.7-inch 1080p display, 2.3GHz quad-core processor, and…

Reviews Michael Hession

Download Offline Maps on Windows 10 and Never Be Lost Again

Windows 10 comes with a Maps app built in. It uses Nokia’s nifty (and good!) Here Maps, and Microsoft even lets you download regions for offline perusal. https://gizmodo.com/windows-10-the-gizmodo-review-1720872266 To download offline maps, just head to Settings—>System—>Offline Maps, or go to the Settings in the Maps app. (Or just search Offline Maps in the system-wide Search.)…

Reviews Chris Mills

Windows 10 Battery Life Is Better—Except When It’s Worse

I’ve had a devil of a time trying to figure out whether Windows 10 is helping or hurting when it comes to battery life. The answer: It’s complicated. This entire week, we’ve been measuring battery life across four different Windows laptops: two versions of the superlative Dell XPS 13, one excellent HP Spectre x360, and…

Reviews Sean Hollister

PSA: Windows 10 Isn’t a Risk-Free Upgrade

Reviewers agree that Windows 10 is awesome. Reviewers also agree that you should probably wait till bugs get fixed. But maybe you’ve heard that you can simply revert to Windows 8.1 if you don’t like it? Well… I just tried it, and it’s not quite that simple. There definitely is such an option. You can…

Reviews Sean Hollister

Windows 10: The Gizmodo Review

Windows 10 defies review. It’s not a finished product. It will never be a finished product, if you believe Microsoft. Like Apple with Mac OS X, Microsoft has decided that the tenth version of their operating system will be the final one—it’ll just get updated, year after year. Only with Windows 10, even some already-announced…

Reviews Sean Hollister

The Ultimate Guide to Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcuts

If you want to give the impression that you’ve been using Windows 10 for years, learning a few keyboard shortcuts is the best way to go about it—you can navigate around the interface, get apps in position, trigger events, change settings and more with a couple of taps on your keyboard. Here are the shortcuts…

Reviews David Nield

Microsoft Forgot To Fix One Major Thing in Windows 10

There’s been exactly one thing keeping me from buying a Windows laptop for the last three years: Windows sucks at handling high-resolution displays in small laptops. To be clear, this is not some problem with how Windows handles big high-resolution displays — my 27” 2560×1440 screen at home is proof it does that just fine.…

Reviews Chris Mills

Windows 10 Meta Review: Download It, In A Month Or Two

You can now go get Windows 10 (if you registered for the update months ago, and if Microsoft has rolled it out to your PC yet). But should you? Let’s let the collective wisdom of the internet decide. Reviews of software like Windows have a habit of being polarizing. Some people love the new touch…

Reviews Chris Mills

Windows 10, Day Five

The nice thing about reviewing Windows 10 on my own computers is that there’s nowhere to hide. When something goes wrong, I have to troubleshoot on the fly. I can’t say “Oh, I’ll just go back to my personal computer until I figure this out.” You know what’s not so nice? When you shoot the…

Reviews Sean Hollister

Settings Are Better in Windows 10, But That’s Not Saying Much

Computer settings in Windows 8 were a hot mess: they were split between PC Settings and Control Panel, two completely separate ways to change most settings, but with enough differences that you had to use both. Windows 10 makes things better, but I still wouldn’t give the engineers a gold star. The one big improvement…

Reviews Chris Mills

Slingfin 2Lite Review: Everest Tent Tech For The Backpacker

A new American company that makes the strongest tents on Everest has just launched this new line for backpackers. They’re as light as anything else out there, but much stronger, much more livable and, believe it or not, cheaper too. We took one up the highest mountain in the lower 48. What Is It? The…

Reviews Wes Siler

Motorola’s Surround Is the Slick Evolution of Bluetooth Sport Headphones

Motorola’s new Surround wireless headphones aren’t a new idea—Bluetooth earbuds of very similar design have been around for a while—but that doesn’t mean that they’re not a snazzy little convenience that lots of people are going to like. Motorola basically invented this category of Bluetooth sport headphones with products like the S9, and everyone from…

Reviews Mario Aguilar

Windows 10, Days Three and Four

This weekend, I took Windows 10 to a LAN party. It was pretty great. Yes, I’m talking about a nerd fiesta where PC gamers link a whole bunch of computers together with network cables and switches so they can yell at each other while they play games. No, I’m not too old for that shit.…

Reviews Sean Hollister

Does Windows 10 Make Sense On a Big Touchscreen PC?

I own a Dell XPS One 27—a giant touchscreen PC. It’s basically a huge 27-inch monitor with an entire computer crammed inside. The Windows equivalent of an iMac. I like the compact, integrated design so much I’ve bought two of them over the years, but I’ve never really had a need for the touchscreen—it’s just…

Reviews David Nield

Nikon D810 Review: The Ultimate Adventure Camera?

Last month, I took the Nikon D810 out on the Sierra High Route — one of the toughest adventures around. It got dirty, wet, and constantly banged around. Here’s how it performed. Three years ago, my roommate bought a D800E. I’ve always shot Canon, but he let me borrow his Nikon for a couple of…

Reviews Chris Brinlee Jr

Can The Lightest Mountaineering Boots Ever Handle Mt Rainier?

Garmin Epix Review: Can A Smartwatch Work As A Touchscreen Navigator?

YotaPhone 2 Review: More Than a Gimmick, Less Than a Good Phone

I’m Playing Xbox On Windows 10, And You Can Too

Windows 10, On a Mac

Panasonic CM1 Review: Finally, a High End Camera Inside a Smartphone

Download Offline Maps on Windows 10 and Never Be Lost Again

Windows 10 Battery Life Is Better—Except When It’s Worse

PSA: Windows 10 Isn’t a Risk-Free Upgrade

Windows 10: The Gizmodo Review

The Ultimate Guide to Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcuts

Microsoft Forgot To Fix One Major Thing in Windows 10

Windows 10 Meta Review: Download It, In A Month Or Two

Windows 10, Day Five

Settings Are Better in Windows 10, But That’s Not Saying Much

Slingfin 2Lite Review: Everest Tent Tech For The Backpacker

Motorola’s Surround Is the Slick Evolution of Bluetooth Sport Headphones

Windows 10, Days Three and Four

Does Windows 10 Make Sense On a Big Touchscreen PC?

Nikon D810 Review: The Ultimate Adventure Camera?

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

Students Are Now Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Exams

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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