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Month: March 2021

ET8134 4.7-inch Large LCD Screen Smart True RMS Digital Multimeter

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on ET8134 4.7-inch Large LCD Screen Smart True RMS Digital Multimeter

Last week, I got an ET8134 4.7-inch Large LCD Screen Smart True RMS Digital Multimeter in the post. I’ve not had a new meter in a while so I was quite interested to open this up – having seen the ads. For reasons which will be obvious when you see…

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LIVEN G-5 Smart Oil-free Hot Air Fryer

March 28, 2021April 22, 2021 Peter ScargillAir Fryers, GeneralLeave a Comment on LIVEN G-5 Smart Oil-free Hot Air Fryer

The LIVEN G-5 Smart Oil-free Air Fryer which arrived from Banggood is interesting for several reasons – some of them nothing to do with cooking. Why use an air-fryer at all? Well, convenience, health, safety? Will that do for starters? Any why this one? This nice-looking hot air fryer came…

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Anycubic Photon Mono 3D Printer Revisited

March 28, 2021May 29, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral8 Comments on Anycubic Photon Mono 3D Printer Revisited
Belt tensioners for the Eleksmaker Laser Engraver

The Anycubic® Photon Mono 2K High Speed Resin 3D Printer certainly has possibilities – but unlike my Crealty LD-002R who’s operation was immediately obvious and which works very well, the starting point with the Anycubic back in November 2020 suggested I had a faulty unit – as I develop this…

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And Now – The Poco M3

March 22, 2021March 26, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral6 Comments on And Now – The Poco M3
Poco M3 by Poco M3

Regular readers know I’m a Pocophone fanatic – best mid-range phones around – I started with the Pocophone F1 and only moved it on when the Pocophone X3 came out – the latter is in daily use – I LOVE it. Now, no-one is suggesting that the newer M3 will…

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The Itead Journey Continues

March 20, 2021May 28, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral14 Comments on The Itead Journey Continues
Zigbee Bridge 3.0

I’ve had the latest Zigbee dongle from Itead for a while but it was embargoed until release – I note that CNX was quick off the mark to announce this – anyway here it is.. version 3.0 of their incredibly cheap Zigbee dongle featuring Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 MCU (like we…

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PC Upgrades – Vijim VL-3 Studio Lighting – and More

March 19, 2021October 3, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral8 Comments on PC Upgrades – Vijim VL-3 Studio Lighting – and More
Crucial BX500

I’ve had my DELL desktop PC for some years now – originally kitted out with a pair of 1TB hard disks and 8GB RAM as well as an Intel I7 processor. The unit came complete with 6 USB2 sockets and only two USB3 sockets, neither of which can supply significant…

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Blitzwolf BW-CMM2 Espresso Maker

March 18, 2021April 21, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral4 Comments on Blitzwolf BW-CMM2 Espresso Maker

The first of two household gadgets I’ve received this week – an Espresso-maker is not the kind of thing I normally write about (and to be fair there’s not much you can say about a coffee maker to the general public – though I have been reading up on the…

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Bakeey 100W Model X9 8-Port USB PD Charger

March 17, 2021March 21, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on Bakeey 100W Model X9 8-Port USB PD Charger
Bakeey-100W-Charger

Is this Bakeey charger/USB-supply neat or WHAT! I don’t know about you guys but I am CONSTANTLY rinning out of chargers and places to store chargers – I always need MORE power and that means MORE spare power sockets and more bench space. So, to say that I was excited…

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K7 Double Spout Humidifier with 3.3L Capacity Tank

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on K7 Double Spout Humidifier with 3.3L Capacity Tank
K7 Humidifier

Banggood recently sent me this large capacity K7 humidifier – both my wife and I suffer from dry throats at night and the smaller humidifiers – nice as some of them are, just don’t put out enough vapour nor do most of them last all night. K7 to the rescue.…

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Gadget Heaven – Lenovo Candle Light

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Gadget Heaven – Lenovo Candle Light

What can I say about my new Lenovo candle light – I was sitting griping that the Xiaomi Yeelight Candela light seems to have gone out of production just as I’d discovered it – when out of the blue, it turns out that Lenovo have their own “candela” light –…

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Blitzwolf Gaming Chairs from Banggood

March 8, 2021April 28, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral13 Comments on Blitzwolf Gaming Chairs from Banggood

The Blitzwolf BW-GC1 gaming chair looks solidly built (see end) and coloured black and a light blue, very comfortable once assembled, though I do wish my 67 year-old legs had been a few years younger when doing the assembly which took no more than half an hour or so, most…

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Shelly 1PM and Shelly 1L WiFi Relays

March 6, 2021May 18, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on Shelly 1PM and Shelly 1L WiFi Relays
Shelly 1PM and Shelly 1L

Regular readers may recall some time ago I wrote about the Shelly 1, somewhat like the sonoff Mini controllers, small and designed to control any electrical appliance (well, within certain power limits) – my Shelly 1 works a treat – but I’ll not delve further into that – see the…

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IMPACT Personal Alarm Torch

March 2, 2021August 9, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on IMPACT Personal Alarm Torch
Impact Alarm Torch XL

Last week, a lady called Marianne Wilson of company “PRotocol” contacted me to see if I’d like to try a new alarm torch. As I had no idea what an “alarm torch” was, I said “sure, why not”. And here it is, from “Impact UK” all the way to sunny…

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Xiaomi Mi Band 5 and the BAND Issue

March 2, 2021April 9, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral, Smart Bands11 Comments on Xiaomi Mi Band 5 and the BAND Issue
Xiaomi Mi Band 5 from Banggood

Back in 2019 I wrote about the wonderful Xiaomi Mi Band 4 and it is no secret, despite owning and reviewing many smart watches and bands in detail, that the Xiaomi Mi 4 and Samsung Galaxy Watches remained my favourites for a long time – one or the other being…

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