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Govee Glide Smart LED Wall Light Bar
LED room lights have become so popular that almost every youngster's room will have some type of strip light these days. They are cheap, attractive and fun. I have multiple such lights in my living area lol. But there is a problem with these strip lights, they are not so modular.
I mean, can you make different shapes from them? Probably no. That is exactly when these modular block lights come into the picture. One of the most popular brands is Nanoleaf but there are so many cheaper and better alternatives too, one of them is Govee Glide lights.
Govee, is a popular company in this space and they have a wide variety of products, mostly tube/bar type designs. In this article, let us have a look at Govee Glide RGBIC version which costs well under $100 and is a fairly new model too.
RGBIC - Red Green Blue with Independent Control. This
Bluetti EP500 – 5100Wh Portable Power Station Overview
Maxoak is back with the biggest battery station of their life. Meet Bluetti EP500 and its brother EP500 pro, a 5000Wh+ battery station that is capable of powering an entire home. Probably your neighbor's too lol.
Company Background
Just a quick background on the company. Maxoak which is the parent company has been producing some of the highest quality, user-friendly and affordable power stations for years now. They have a variety of battery generators including laptop power banks to CPAP backup batteries to high capacity portable battery stations. Personally, I own Bluetti EB150 and have been using it for almost a year now with 100% satisfaction both in product quality and customer support.
Prior to EP500, they had launched AC200 which was a massive hit. AC200 is more or less 50% of EP500 in every feature, so if you want to check it out, here you go.
Overall, a very reputable company with a
Bluetti AC200P – 2000W Portable Power Station Review
Maxoak, a company known for its affordable battery stations has a wide range of products. Their Bluetti series include power stations from 99 Wh to 2400 Wh. I personally own their EB150 product which is a 1500 Wh/1000W battery station. To be honest, it is one of the most useful gadgets I have ever owned. I mainly use it for road trips and outdoor work.
Until now, their largest capacity battery was EB240 which is a 2400Wh at 1000W power but they have come up with their latest product called AC200. It is a 2000W power station with a 1700Wh battery capacity. It can power almost any appliance (even heating equipment), it is super compact and most importantly, the most affordable power station at that capacity. Yes, there is no other station that offers 1700Wh at 2000W power for this price point.
Design & Build Quality
AC200 has a decent look but it
EcoFlow River – Modular Portable Power Station Review
As you may be knowing, portable power stations are becoming more and more popular these days. Until now, I have featured more than 5 battery stations here on G for Gadget. Also, power stations aren't new to me and I personally own a Bluetti EB150 station which is one of the most useful tech accessories I own. From my experience, the newer power stations are significantly feature-packed than the older ones. They have a cool design, are super small and ultra-fast. Today, I am gonna introduce you to a super cool power station called R600 by Ecoflow.
Update: Ecoflow River 600 is now just called Ecoflow River. Design and features are the same.
Ecoflow has a good reputation in the industry for producing some of the highest quality power stations. I personally tested their Delta 1300 model while I was at CES2020 and I can say that it beats most of the
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LEREKAM Outdoor Solar Spotlights Review
Solar landscaping lights have become so popular in the last few years. Everybody wants to use them in their garden because they are so aesthetic. With so much popularity, there have been so many brands in the field, offering different types of products in different price ranges.
Personally, I have tried a couple of brands and LEREKAM is one of my favorites because of its aesthetics, build quality and performance. As of now, I have 4 of LEREKAM's lights installed in our garden (2 are White and 2 are Blue). After using them for a while now, I thought I should share my views on them.
In the box, you can find these,
2 x Solar Spot Lights
2 x Ground Stakes
2 x USB charging cable
6 x Screws
6 x Wall Plugs
A small Phillips head screwdriver
A User Manual
Some of the places where you can use LEREKAM's spotlights are
Apeman Seeker – A Smart Bike Accessory
If you are looking for a cool bike gadget that can do a lot of things, you are in the right place. While I was at CES this year, I came across this bike accessory called Seeker by Apeman. It is a front and rear action camera for your bike, a tail and headlight and a laser lane indicator. Let us know more about the product.
Seeker is available as both front and back attachments. Seeker F1 is for the front and S1 is for the back of your bike. The camera housing is where you have the light indicators. The back attachment has an orange tail light and the front one has a white one. The tail light is pretty smart. It flashes when you brake or accelerate quickly. This is a safety indicator too.
The action camera is the heart of this gadget. This Apeman action camera has a dual-screen,
Sphero Specdrums – Musical Rings with Play Pad
Sphero has a range of cool gadgets for kids but this one looks great for not only kids but also a music lovers. Meet Sphero Specdrums, a cool music accessory that you can wear. Specdrums are nothing but rings that you can wear. Unlike other rings, these connect to your smartphone and detect color!
This is how it works, you wear it, pair it with your phone, tap the ring onto a colored surface and voila, you will hear a sound. Based on the color you are tapping, you will hear different sounds. You can use it on any colored surface.
Specdrums connect to your phone via Bluetooth and are battery-powered. The batteries are rechargeable via USB. Takes about an hour to fully charge. You can use these rings with both Android and Apple devices.
The product also comes with a play pad. The pad is nothing but a colored surface. Instead of
Nano Garden – Indoor Hydroponic Garden
I am a huge fan of Hydroponics, I myself have one at home and I love it. It is very cool to see plants growing in front of you, inch by inch. And I found the germination rate is higher compared to traditional soil-based. While I was at CES this year, I came across this beautiful indoor garden that is aquaponic based. Meet Nano Garden by Pret a Pousser.
Nano is a compact indoor garden made for home or office. With its elegant design, Nano is a great home decor. There are so many indoor garden systems out there but what I like the most with Nano is its cool design. The build quality is amazing. You would know this if you were to get your hands on the gadget. The product comes in different colors too.
As I mentioned before, Nano is a hydroponic garden. No soil, no nutrient solution, just
Moen Smart Kitchen Faucets
What if you can control your kitchen faucet with your voice? How about asking Alexa to dispense 100ml of 110°F water? With Moen Faucets, you can do it all. Moen has tens of varieties of smart faucets but the smart ones stand apart. Especially, the ones with motion sensors.
While I was at CES 2022, I got a chance to have a hands-on experience with Moen Neo and Moen Sto and in this article, we are gonna see about them. Both Moen Sto and Neo are smart faucets, they connect to your wifi and can be controlled from anywhere. Not just that, these faucets feature MotionSense technology. Just by your Gestures, you can control the faucet.
The Gesture control is quite amazing. You waive your hand over the sensor and the faucet is on, you give it a contactless hi-five and the water flow stops. This gesture control involves no touch. So,
Olly – Smart Light Therapy Lamp
If you are someone who struggles to sleep quickly, this gadget might be for you. Meet Olly, a smart lamp that helps you get to sleep faster. It does so by creating that ambiance that helps you control melatonin. The company claims that Olly is better than coffee!
Olly is small and portable. It can easily be carried in your backpack if not your pocket. It is battery-powered and lasts about 4 hours on a single charge. You can recharge the battery with a USB C input.
The lamp has a magnetic holder. The lamp can be turned on by attaching it to the holder and making sure the logo is in front. Turning off is even easier, you can either turn it or take it off the base.
Olly connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth. You can control the device's brightness and color with it. You can also set an automatic timer
Bob, the Mini Dishwasher with UV Disinfection
How cool would it be to have a dishwasher that can be moved around your house, can go with you on an RV and wash your dishes like a traditional one? That's not all, how about disinfect the utensils with UV light? Sounds interesting right? Meet, Bob, the dishwasher.
Weighing just around 20 lbs, Bob can be moved around with little effort. It has got a display, control buttons and a window to peep inside. Another cool feature of Bob is that it does not require any water attachments. Meaning, you can just pour some water on top and press the start button. Consuming only about 3 liters of water, Bob is very efficient.
Apart from dishwashing, it can also disinfect your utensils with its UV-C lights. This way, you know your plates and cups are not only clean and dry but also sanitized.
Bob is a smart device, it connects to your
Joué Play – 4-in-1 Portable Digital Music Instrument
I have seen a few digital music instruments/controllers such as Roli, Akai, etc but what sets Joue Play apart is its smartphone app and the interchangeable pads. I played around with this device for a while and was super impressed at how easy it was to create music without having any expertise in the field.
Joue Play is a portable music controller that comes with rubber pads and a surface. All you have to do is put a pad on the surface, connect it to your smartphone and a speaker (if you want) and open their phone app. You can now touch/press the buttons on the pads and voila, you are a musician now! Joue Play is one of the coolest music gadgets you can find online.
The product comes with 4 different pads and each pad produces its own type of audio/composition. When you change the pad, you don't have to
Vespera Smart Portable Telescope
Whether or not you are a space enthusiast, this gadget is going to make you one. Vespera, a futuristic smart telescope that can be controlled with your phone to take stunning images of stars and galaxies of millions of light-years away. Yes, you heard that right, you can take pictures of galaxies that are hundreds of millions of miles away.
Vespera is fully automated, all you have to do is pair it with your smartphone, choose a co-ordinate to focus on and start the process. The initialization takes about 3 minutes and once that's done, the telescope takes a series of images of the star/galaxy and overlaps them on top of one another to create a bright final image.
The smartphone app is mandatory to use this telescope. The app gives you recommendations on what to see based on your location, when to see and detailed info on galaxies or stars you
JordiLight – Utility Flashlight
While I was at CES 2022, I saw a very cool utility flashlight. It was super bright, touch capacitive, magnetic and looked very futuristic. I tested the product and was impressed. It is called Jordilight and it is made for everyone, be it a bike rider, hiker, hunter, the list goes on.
Jordilight is equipped with 19 multi-colored LEDs and each LED can be controlled independently. All those LEDs are touch capacitive meaning you can touch an individual LED to turn it on or off.
The flashlight is very bright, 3600 lumens to be accurate. It is wirefree and has a rechargeable battery. The battery lasts about 4 hours on max brightness (i.e on 3600 lmn) and about 9 hours on normal use.
Jordilight is magnetic. You can twist and turn it, attach both ends together, attach them to any magnetic material and do a lot more fun stuff.
The product is also IP68
SprayCare – Sanitizer Spraying Wrist Band
As soon as I saw this gadget, my reaction was 'shut up and take my money'. How cool it would be to wear a wristband that shoots and sanitizes anything you want? Meet SprayCare, a cool gadget that will make you look like a superhuman. Just like spiderman, you can shoot a poisonous liquid that can eliminate viruses, bacteria, and all the bad guys around you.
The device is easy to use. Fill it with some sanitizer or any other liquid you want with the help of a tiny bottle (included in the package), turn it on and touch the sensor/button. Within seconds, you will see the atomizer in action. You can literally see the squirt of liquid near your palm.
You can use this wristband to sanitize your hands, car handles, doors, small products, etc.
SprayCare is battery-powered and can be recharged with a USB C cable. You can get around 20
Pozio Cradle – Privacy Control Device For Smartphones
These days, we have so many smart devices around us. Some of them collect our data with consent while some do without. Have you ever experienced an instance where you see an ad on social media related to something you talked about a few minutes ago? I have personally experienced this with Facebook and I have no idea how they got to know. Maybe by listening to my phone's microphone? Not sure. But either way, your privacy is at risk. To combat this, you can either put your phone away or use a gadget like Pozio Cradle that uses technology to block your microphone.
Cradle is a cool accessory for your phone that prevents eavesdropping. It does so by producing audio that blocks your microphone from listening to anything else. So, even if you try to trigger your phone by saying 'hey siri' or 'ok google', your phone cannot hear them.
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Wicue Smart Ski Goggles
Skiing is fun but it could be even better if you are equipped with smart goggles that can auto-dim the lights and let you ski peacefully without having to worry about sharp lights, glares and fog. Meet Wicue smart ski goggles.
Wicue is equipped with a light sensor that can detect the intensity of light falling on the goggles. If it is too bright, then the glasses automatically dim to balance the intensity. This lets you avoid sharp lights that you sometimes get during the day from the sun rays sneaking from those clouds. The dimming happens in 0.1 seconds so you don't even notice it happening.
The goggles require no battery for its operation. So, no charging, no messy wires. The ultrawide glass area is coated with anti-fogging material that prevents fogging inside and outside.
These snow goggles are best for snowboarding as well as skiing. Although I did not test them
Oto – Smart Sprinkler for Lawn
Having a lawn around your house is fun and aesthetic but taking care of it takes a lot of time. All those who have a lawn and do the maintenance on their own know the pain. Here is a gadget that can be your assistant not only in the lawn section but also in gardening. Oto, a smart, cloud-connected sprinkler.
Oto is a smart device, which means it connects to your wifi and can be operated from anywhere around the world. It also has cloud connectivity which helps the device to know the weather pattern, wind, rain, etc. Based on this, it makes a decision on how much to water today and when to do it.
Oto works anywhere because it is solar-powered. 2-3 hours of sunlight waters the entire area which is about 2800 sq ft, every day. Installation is simple, you pick an optimal spot, fix the device there, connect
QuietOn 3 – ANC Sleep Earbuds
There are numerous noise-canceling earbuds on the market but almost all of them are audio earbuds with noise cancellation as a secondary feature. Earbuds like Galaxy Buds, Bose, etc do a good job in minimizing the noise around you but they come not even close to the one we are about to see. Meet QuietOn, an active noise canceling earbuds mainly for sleeping. Also, these earbuds do only one job i.e noise cancellation, no audio output.
QuietOn has different versions but in this article, I am talking about QuietOn 3 which is an upgraded version. QuietOn 3 is the smallest ANC device in the world and yet, it is one of the most powerful out there. When I put them on, I was blown away. Even with so many people and so much noise around at the CES show floor, these earbuds did an amazing job at canceling out some of
SolaWave 4-in-1 Skincare Tool
People spend a lot of money on skincare, be it to have clear and glowing skin or to make themselves look younger. There are a ton of skincare products, lotions, masks, gadgets, etc. Today, let us see a cool skincare gadget that does a lot of stuff to help nourish your skin. Meet SolaWave, a 4 in 1 wand. Let us now take a look at some of its features.
With SolaWave, you can do facial massages. This increases the blood flow underneath your skin and helps rejuvenate it. The gadget achieves it by shooting microcurrents on your skin. Sola wave also has anti-aging properties to make your skin look younger. But no, it cannot take 20 years off your life.
Apart from these, this gadget offers light therapy. Featuring Red and Blue lights whose wavelengths are proven to be good to reduce puffiness and other imbalances, the device helps you get
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