Category: Home Tech

500GB was once a massive amount of space, but these days with large photo and video files it can quickly be used up.  Silicon Power have introduced a portable hard disk that crams 1TB of space into a travel friendly format, one which is shockproof, waterproof and has a 3 year warranty. The portable hard…

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Smart pens, smart watches, smart scales and now we have not so dumb light bulbs! The Yeelight Bluetooth Bulb is available for both B22 bayonet socket fittings and E27 screw fittings. The light doesn’t appear to be anything special when you take it out of the box, you just plug it in like a normal…

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Following on from the Livescribe Echo smartpen and updated WiFi version it was time to test the latest Bluetooth iOS Livescribe.  The first thing to note if you’ve used previous versions is the new one has been completely redesigned to actually look like a pen; the previous screen has been removed and replaced with a small…

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The Huawei E5730 is a good looking little box to help you on your travels.  With so many gadgets being internet enabled these days it’s easy to feel cut off when your head abroad and don’t have access to your usual WiFi hotspots and using your mobile data connection can rack up a small fortune…

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The Vstarcam T7838WIP IP Camera aims to make home security affordable and easy to do.  Although designed to sit upright the Vstarcam IP Camera can be mounted on a wall using the included bracket, this is an indoor camera only and shouldn’t be mounted outdoors as it’ll likely fail if exposed to the elements. Also included…

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We recently reviewed the Livescribe Smart Pen, a pen which records both your written and spoken notes.  Recognising that not everyone wants to download note by plugging the pen into a computer, Livescribe have developed a version of the smart pen with Wifi built in.  Instead of relying on Livescribe software you now find your…

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The Huawei E3272 4G dongle is a very easy to use mobile broadband dongle, especially if you’ve a Windows laptop. A fairly chunky bit of kit, the E3272 plugs into a spare USB port and takes a standard sized SIM card.  It can make use of 2G, 3G or 4G signals to keep you online…

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The Livescribe Echo Smartpen aims to drag the humble pen into the modern world by giving it a tech makeover and some serious smarts. If you’re use to using a cheap Biro the Echo smartpen will bigger in the hand then you’re use to.  It’s comfortable to hold, with the rounded bottom half tapering off at the…

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Pencil has been created by app developer FiftyThree who created the much loved Paper iOS app. Designed specifically to work with the Paper app, you know it’s a premium product before you even see the Pencil as it comes well packaged in a really nice cylindrical tube and has instructions and a couple of replacement…

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Following on from the recent review of the Braun Waterflex we have a shaver that is design for the opposite situation: for use without any water or gel at all, surely such use was asking for face pain?! Well actually no, as the Braun CoolTec has a special trick between its foils: a cooling bar. This metal…

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