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Month: December 2021

A Special Sonoff Christmas

December 29, 2021December 31, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral5 Comments on A Special Sonoff Christmas
Christmas with Sonoff

Prelude Before I go off on one, talking about Itead’s recent gadgets which arrived on my doorstep this week, let’s take a quick step back: Sonoff is a brand name, Itead is the Shenzhen-based company who make various devices using the Sonoff brand and very often relying on the APP…

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Trio Max Portable Laptop Monitor from Mobilepixels Inc

December 25, 2021December 1, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral
MobilePixels Trio Max Monitor

Just today I opened a newly-arrived package from MobilePixels – a 14″ 1080FHD USB-C extension monitor. Made primarily for laptops and tablets the monitor provides up to 1920*1080 as a secondary or third monitor. I should say right away, these are not cheap. I opened the package, thinking it would…

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UGREEN HiTune X6 Hybrid Active Earbuds

December 24, 2021December 27, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral

The full title should be “UGREEN HiTune X6 Hybrid Active Noise-Cancelling Earbuds“. Well, earbuds are earbuds, right? These were sent to me FOC so I thought the least I could do was give them a good run. Bluetooth 5.1. Playback time 6 hours of music without resorting to the case,…

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TP-Link Tapo C200 Pan/Tilt WiFi Camera

December 11, 2021December 17, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral15 Comments on TP-Link Tapo C200 Pan/Tilt WiFi Camera
Tapo C200 WiFi Camera from TP-Link

Regular readers will know I’ve had MANY WiFi cameras in here but never TP-Link so this is a first. For clarity I should say I’m currently in the UK. The very first thing that struck me during box opening was the almost complete lack of throw away plastic. The camera…

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The Confusing World of Zigbee featuring ZemiSmart

December 9, 2021July 3, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral6 Comments on The Confusing World of Zigbee featuring ZemiSmart

Of course – this could all be down to my age – but I find Zigbee in practice to be both exciting and confusing. I am currently supposed to be reviewing some devices from ZemiSmart. Original post late 2020… Updated July 2023. So, the Zemismart company sent me one of…

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