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…
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…
Anycubic Photon Mono 3D Printer Revisited
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…
Eleksmaker A3 Pro 3500mW Laser Engraver
The A3 Pro is looking like it’s going to be a MARVELOUS engraver. Some of you may recall back in 2018 I wrote about the original Eleksmaker Pro engraver – it came with a 400mW laser module which was rapidly replaced with a 2300mW laser and very nice too. I…
And Now – The 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…
The Itead Journey Continues
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…
PC Upgrades – Studio Lighting – and about time
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…
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…
Bakeey 100W Model X9 8-Port USB PD 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…
K7 Double Spout Humidifier with 3.3L Capacity Tank
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.…
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 –…
ESP32-Based TTGO Module – LILYGO
Described as the LILYGO® TTGO T-Display ESP32 CP2104 WiFi Bluetooth Module, I received two of these this morning so as you can imagine, I have a learning exercise ahead of me – this then is just a quick look at these lovely modules complete with colour display. So I’ve put…
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…
Shelly 1PM and Shelly 1L WiFi Relays
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…
IMPACT Personal Alarm Torch
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…
Xiaomi Mi Band 5 and the BAND Issue
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…
First of the Summer Toys – Solar RGB Owl
Sick of the usual boring solar garden lights? Well, here’s something different. While writing about (completely unrelated) ESP8266-based OLED and LCD displays in here earlier, I mentioned an RGB Perspex “3D” Shark which came from China which quickly found a place in our living room. Well, this OWL came from…
More Itead Goodies – the Sonoff DIY DualR3
The Sonoff DualR3 is the latest iteration of Itead’s 2-gang WiFi Smart Switch. It handles 10A per gang for a total of 15A non-inductive load. The device is typically used with the eWeLink app and can be Bluetooth paired to the app during which time the blue WiFi LED indicator…
New Goodies from Itead (Sonoff) – Worth the Wait?
I always love getting new stuff in the post from the makers of Sonoff products – Shenzhen-based Itead. They’re a very enthusiastic lot and I’ve tried out every new product or upgrade of theirs since the release of the original Sonoff WiFi power block. B05 Smart RGBWW Lamp First off…
More Trivia – Blitzwolf BW-FUN11 Humidifier
It’s a while since I had a new humidifier and I can never resist an opportunity to kit out the house with more pretty lights. The Blitzwolf BW-FUN11 is another of those humidifiers that generates cold “steam” using ultrasonics. Early humidifiers (not to be confused with dehumidifiers) were effective but…