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Moto Z Review: Too Much Gadget, Not Enough Phone

It’s been nearly ten years since Apple got wacky with a tiny slab of glass and metal that begged to be touched. Now every phone looks the same, and consequently bores us all to tears. Motorola’s Moto Z, with its array of modules and crazy thin profile, isn’t like the other guys. It’s an audacious…

Reviews Darren Orf

Acer’s Liquid-Cooled Hybrid Packs a Lot of Power for Not a Lot of Money

It’s a lot to ask a machine to be both a laptop and a tablet, but Acer comes damn close to nailing it with its new Switch Alpha 12. To make it work, Acer had to get weird with design. Acer’s not the first to try something unusual to make a hybrid that combines the…

Reviews Darren Orf

The Best Bike Multi-Tool For Fixing Your Own Bike

We spent two months and logged a total of 1,000 miles putting 15 bike tools through dozens of en route and at-home repairs, and found the Topeak Mini 9 to be the best multi-tool for casual cyclists. If you’re willing to pay more for a lighter tool, check out the Specialized EMT Pro Road. If…

Reviews The Sweethome

The New View-Master Deluxe VR Is the Best Cheap VR Headset Available

If you’re looking to dabble in VR using the smartphone you’ve already paid for, instead of spending over a $1000 on an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive setup, Google Cardboard is a great affordable alternative. But why spend $20 on some folded cardboard when for $40 you can get Mattel’s upgraded View-Master VR that’s more…

Reviews Andrew Liszewski

Samsung Finally Gave Us the Laptop Apple Should Have

Samsung’s gone and done it guys. It’s made a perfectly wonderful laptop that retails for under a grand, is of exceptional quality, and is neither under-powered nor teeming with crappy finishes. This is the college-bound laptop everyone, including Apple, has failed to make for the last couple of years. We’ve been busting Apple’s balls a…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Best Battery Packs For Stealing Free Energy From the Sun

After considering 70 contenders and testing for over 30 hours, we determined that the Anker PowerPort Solar Lite is the best portable solar charger for people who want to power a phone or small device when in an emergency or off the grid. We also like the RAVPower 15-W Solar Charger, which is marginally more…

Reviews The Wirecutter

The First Thermal Imaging Phone Made Me Feel Like Predator

Most smartphones are too fragile for job sites. They break when they’re dropped, or crap out when submerged in water. The Cat S60 is different. It’s designed to take a ton of punishment and continue to operate. It works when it’s completely underwater, can be used normally when the screen is wet, and most importantly…

Reviews Michael Nunez

Here Are the Best Coolers For Summertime Chilling

We spent a combined 80 hours researching and testing coolers to find the best hard and soft coolers for your next outdoor adventure. If you’re going to be gone for just a day or two, the AO Canvas Series 24-Pack Soft Cooler can keep up to 24 cans cold for 24 hours. For trips lasting…

Reviews The Sweethome

These Earbuds Offer a Perfect Fit Without Wings or Gimmicks

The audiophile community is an insular place where science and hard facts can often take a backseat to PR speak that’s treated like religion. Yet some headphones and earbuds rise above the noise and the companies that produce them gain titanous reputations. Noble, a small company operating in the US, with production in Japan, has…

Reviews Alex Cranz

This Slick Camera Brings Polaroid Into the Digital Age

In 2008, Polaroid announced it would no longer produce instant film. Then, the Impossible Project took the opportunity to buy up what little was left of this division of the company and has spent the last eight years reformulating and reviving the once-popular original format instant film. The I-1 ($300) is Impossible’s first proprietary camera,…

Reviews Victor Jeffreys II

The Best Cheap Window Fans

We spent 12 hours of researching and testing to find the best window fans for bringing in cool air at night or extracting hot air out of a kitchen window. For most people, the Pelonis 9″ Twin Window Fan is a great value. But the pricier Bionaire Twin Reversible Airflow Window Fan is worth an…

Reviews The Sweethome

This E-Cig is a Terrible Vape, But a Solid Cigarette Replacement

The ploy of the rechargeable, Blu PLUS+ vape is obvious: It looks like a cigarette and the charging case resembles a pack. “It’s just like real smoking!” it seems to beg of your disbelief. It isn’t. But that should be obvious. And it’s far from the biggest problem with the Blu PLUS+. Despite sharing roughly…

Reviews Avery Ellis

HP Spectre 13 Review: As Close as It Gets to a MacBook With Windows

HP’s Spectre 13 is a mixture of innovation and repetition. Its singular obsession is a familiar one: make a laptop as thin as functionally possible. The result is a luxe machine worthy of your attention—but not necessarily your money. This glossy slab of processing power is simultaneously one of my favorite Windows machines I’ve tested…

Reviews Darren Orf

The Waterproof Leica Is a Very Expensive Way to Get Laid

Leica is a respected institution in photography, and rightly so. Over the last 100+ years, the company has mastered the crafts of making exceptional lenses, designing beautiful bodies, and creating a palpable aura of superiority around all of its products. That’s what it wants to do with the Leica X-U too. It’s the camera Leica…

Reviews Victor Jeffreys II

This Portable Hard Drive Belongs In Your Bag

Broadly speaking, there are two types of people who need a portable hard drive. One type just needs a little additional storage periodically and would rather have something flexible and portable than a big honking drive that plugs into the wall. The other is the high-falutin’ “professional on the go” who is taking pictures, recording…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Mophie Brings Reliable Wireless Charging to the iPhone Before Apple Does

I hate cables. I’m not particularly crazy about aesthetics—my bedroom floor is currently covered with a nice, healthy layer of clothing and detritus—but when it comes to the charging cables of the various gadgets I own, I inevitably find myself deeply irritated by their rubbery, Medusa-esque tangles. Imagine my delight, then, when Mophie announced “Charge…

Reviews Sophie Kleeman

Bose Wireless SoundSport Earbuds Are Great for the Gym But Not Much Else

“Fitness abhors a wire” is a quote I just made up, but it makes a lot of sense. The last thing you want to deal with is wire snaking from your head and getting tangled up in the intricate movements a quick run, a downward dog, or some dumbbell curls. That’s why Bose made new…

Reviews Darren Orf

Samsung Gear Fit2 Is a Genuinely Great Blend of Smartwatch and Fitness Tracker

We were wolfing down lunch in a dank Austin chili parlor, and I flicked my wrist. The time flashed, blue and bright on the OLED screen, and my friend’s eyes darted to the wearable. “What is that,” she asked—her interest piqued—her need for some perfect blend of Fitbit and Apple Watch apparent. It’s the Samsung…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Samsung Notebook 9 Is a Brutally Efficient Windows 10 Laptop With One Fatal Flaw

If Windows 10 is going to win legions of people over as more than the operating system that you have on your work computer, it needs gear like Samsung’s new Notebook 9. It’s not the most-powerful Windows laptop, or the prettiest. It’s just a valiant crack at a no bullshit machine that’s a pleasure to…

Reviews Mario Aguilar

Lenovo Comes Dangerously Close to Perfecting the Convertible Laptop

“Is that a… laptop?” the waitress at the diner near my apartment asked (I had taken the Lenovo Yoga 900s with me to get some work done). “Sort of!” I said, quickly bending the screen around to demonstrate the Yoga line’s defining feature: the watchband hinge that converts the device from an ultra-thin laptop to…

Reviews Avery Ellis

Moto Z Review: Too Much Gadget, Not Enough Phone

Acer’s Liquid-Cooled Hybrid Packs a Lot of Power for Not a Lot of Money

The Best Bike Multi-Tool For Fixing Your Own Bike

The New View-Master Deluxe VR Is the Best Cheap VR Headset Available

Samsung Finally Gave Us the Laptop Apple Should Have

Best Battery Packs For Stealing Free Energy From the Sun

The First Thermal Imaging Phone Made Me Feel Like Predator

Here Are the Best Coolers For Summertime Chilling

These Earbuds Offer a Perfect Fit Without Wings or Gimmicks

This Slick Camera Brings Polaroid Into the Digital Age

The Best Cheap Window Fans

This E-Cig is a Terrible Vape, But a Solid Cigarette Replacement

HP Spectre 13 Review: As Close as It Gets to a MacBook With Windows

The Waterproof Leica Is a Very Expensive Way to Get Laid

This Portable Hard Drive Belongs In Your Bag

Mophie Brings Reliable Wireless Charging to the iPhone Before Apple Does

Bose Wireless SoundSport Earbuds Are Great for the Gym But Not Much Else

Samsung Gear Fit2 Is a Genuinely Great Blend of Smartwatch and Fitness Tracker

Samsung Notebook 9 Is a Brutally Efficient Windows 10 Laptop With One Fatal Flaw

Lenovo Comes Dangerously Close to Perfecting the Convertible Laptop

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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