https://the-gadgeteer.com Gadget news and reviews since 1997! Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:13:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://the-gadgeteer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-cropped-wp-icon-gadgeteer-logo-32x32.jpg https://the-gadgeteer.com 32 32 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/11/best-cjrb-knives-2026/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/11/best-cjrb-knives-2026/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:10:50 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510399 Most budget knife buyers shop by price and assume the quality ceiling rises with it. CJRB has spent the last few years making that assumption look sloppy. The Artisan Cutlery sub-brand ships AR-RPM9 powder steel, ceramic bearings, and button locks at price points where most competitors are still using liner locks and D2 steel of […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/11/best-cjrb-knives-2026/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/casio-toyota-racing-edifice-efk-200xpb-1a/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/casio-toyota-racing-edifice-efk-200xpb-1a/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:30:41 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510391 Casio’s Edifice EFK-200XPB-1A has just been revealed as the first product from the brand’s Toyota Racing partnership, and on paper it looks like one of the more interesting sub-$400 automatics of 2026. The watch pairs a forged carbon fiber case and dial with a Miyota 8215-based movement, a 42-hour power reserve, and rose gold-tone accents […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/casio-toyota-racing-edifice-efk-200xpb-1a/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/aiper-scuba-v3-ultra-in-2026-cognitive-ai-that-makes-it-worth-1999/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/aiper-scuba-v3-ultra-in-2026-cognitive-ai-that-makes-it-worth-1999/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:30:40 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510371 Camera navigation in pool robots is no longer new. What is new is a robot that uses two front-mounted cameras for stereo depth perception, recognizes more than twenty debris types in real time, and generates weekly cleaning schedules without manual programming. The Aiper Scuba V3 Ultra does all three. Aiper Scuba V3 Ultra: $1999.99 $2299.99 […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/aiper-scuba-v3-ultra-in-2026-cognitive-ai-that-makes-it-worth-1999/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/keymera-3d-printed-keychain-camera-you-can-build/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/keymera-3d-printed-keychain-camera-you-can-build/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:00:23 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510360 Every time a Kodak Charmera sells out, someone adds it to a restock alert and waits. The smarter move this year isn’t waiting. There’s a designer on MakerWorld who already figured that out, and 319 backers who agreed. Price: From $10 Where to Back: Makerworld The Keymera, launched on MakerWorld crowdfunding on May 19, is […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/keymera-3d-printed-keychain-camera-you-can-build/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/inmo-go3-smart-glasses-ai-translation-kickstarter-2026/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/inmo-go3-smart-glasses-ai-translation-kickstarter-2026/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:00:34 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510345 The smart glasses market keeps adding players, but most of them ask you to choose between looking normal and actually doing something useful. (Here’s where smart glasses stood heading into 2026.) INMO thinks you shouldn’t have to. The INMO GO3, which launched on Kickstarter in April 2026 and is now heading into production, pack a […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/inmo-go3-smart-glasses-ai-translation-kickstarter-2026/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/8bitdo-forza-horizon-6-charging-dock/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/8bitdo-forza-horizon-6-charging-dock/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:00:17 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510319 If you already picked up the Forza Horizon 6 limited edition Xbox controller, 8BitDo has a matching charging dock that completes the look. The accessory maker officially launched the dock after opening pre-orders back in mid-April. It costs $34.99 and comes with a rechargeable battery pack and a custom Forza-branded battery door. The dock is […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/8bitdo-forza-horizon-6-charging-dock/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/5-portable-power-stations-worth-buying-before-summer-intensifies/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/5-portable-power-stations-worth-buying-before-summer-intensifies/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:30:05 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510306 Portable power station searches have nearly quintupled year over year, and this summer is the reason. Peak heat in the U.S. runs from late June through August, when grid strain is highest, storm activity peaks across the Gulf and Southeast, and campsite demand surges simultaneously. A single purchase covers all three scenarios. The 2026 market […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/5-portable-power-stations-worth-buying-before-summer-intensifies/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/boox-go-6-gen-ii-upgrade-ram-stylus/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/boox-go-6-gen-ii-upgrade-ram-stylus/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:12 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510278 Most e-readers are designed around a single concession: you trade control for simplicity. You get a clean, distraction-free reading experience, and in return the device tells you which apps you can run, which store you can buy from, and what you’re allowed to do with your own content. Boox has spent years building against that […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/boox-go-6-gen-ii-upgrade-ram-stylus/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/vezerlezer-wk2-5-in-1-edc-flashlight-for-21-on-kickstarter/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/vezerlezer-wk2-5-in-1-edc-flashlight-for-21-on-kickstarter/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:28:34 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510281 Most EDC flashlights solve one job well and apologize for the rest. You carry the bright one for distance, the UV one for travel, the red one for camping, and the laser lives in a drawer you rarely open. The assumption baked into that system is that no single light can cover all of it […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/vezerlezer-wk2-5-in-1-edc-flashlight-for-21-on-kickstarter/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/cheap-fitness-trackers-summer-2026/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/cheap-fitness-trackers-summer-2026/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:05:31 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510262 Most “budget” fitness trackers are budget in the wrong places. They cheap out on the heart-rate sensor you actually need and overspend on screen bling you stop noticing after a week. The data you came for, accurate sleep staging, real heart-rate zones, honest step counts, costs roughly the same to engineer whether the band is […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/10/cheap-fitness-trackers-summer-2026/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/best-satellite-messengers-2026/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/best-satellite-messengers-2026/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:30:06 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510249 Most people shop satellite messengers like phones, comparing screens and ounces, then forget the subscription will outspend the device by year two. That is the wrong frame for 2026. Summer plans often mean going off grid, but staying reachable is the wise move. The satellite communicator market shifted in late 2025: Garmin moved to month-to-month […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/best-satellite-messengers-2026/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/ugreen-nexode-pro-160w-x774/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/ugreen-nexode-pro-160w-x774/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:00:45 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510229 Wall chargers are still the most opaque device in your bag. You trust them with thousands of dollars of laptops and phones, and they tell you nothing about what they’re doing. You see a charging icon and hope the brick is giving your machine the 100 watts it asked for. If the cable is loose, […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/ugreen-nexode-pro-160w-x774/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/seiko-samurai-diver-145th-anniversary-limited-edition-watch/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/seiko-samurai-diver-145th-anniversary-limited-edition-watch/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:00:31 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510219 Seiko is keeping the candles lit on its 145th anniversary, and this time the Prospex line gets the cake. The Japanese watchmaker just announced the second installment in its 145th anniversary commemorative series: the limited-edition HBB001, a $595 Samurai diver that leans into “Seiko Blue,” the signature shade the brand has been refining since the […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/seiko-samurai-diver-145th-anniversary-limited-edition-watch/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/logitech-mobi-fold-folding-mouse-leak/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/logitech-mobi-fold-folding-mouse-leak/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:46 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510203 Logitech’s new travel mouse snaps shut like a Nintendo DS. The Mobi Fold, spotted in leaked promo materials and confirmed by a Chilean SUBTEL filing as MR0121, collapses flat for pocket storage and unfolds into an arched shape for use. It uses a touch scroll strip, pairs with up to three devices over Bluetooth, and […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/logitech-mobi-fold-folding-mouse-leak/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/apple-turned-to-google-to-fix-siri-8-things-to-know-from-wwdc-2026/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/apple-turned-to-google-to-fix-siri-8-things-to-know-from-wwdc-2026/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:00:22 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510193 If you were waiting for Apple to ship the Siri upgrade it promised in 2024, WWDC 2026 delivered the reset. During the June 8 keynote, Apple unveiled Siri AI, a rebuild of its assistant running on next-generation Apple Foundation Models, custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models. The company also announced iOS 27, […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/apple-turned-to-google-to-fix-siri-8-things-to-know-from-wwdc-2026/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/best-cooling-gadgets-june-heatwave-2026/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/best-cooling-gadgets-june-heatwave-2026/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:07 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510167 Most “cooling gadgets” are marketing for moving air, not lowering temperature. Once humidity climbs past 60 percent and the sun stops being a suggestion, fans alone stop working. They just push warm air around your face. The ones that actually help in a real heatwave do something different: they cool the surface they’re touching, evaporate […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/best-cooling-gadgets-june-heatwave-2026/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/klipschorn-80th-anniversary-limited-edition-two-way-horn/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/klipschorn-80th-anniversary-limited-edition-two-way-horn/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:15:57 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510153 Eighty-year-old speaker designs aren’t supposed to get simpler. Heritage companies usually mark anniversaries with new finishes, not new engineering. The Klipschorn 80th Anniversary Limited Edition, debuted at High End Vienna 2026, drops a driver instead of adding one, returning to the two-way fully horn-loaded topology Paul W. Klipsch introduced in 1946. Price: TBD Where to […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/klipschorn-80th-anniversary-limited-edition-two-way-horn/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/tsuki-japanese-chef-knife/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/tsuki-japanese-chef-knife/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:01:07 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=509841 JP-crafts launched TSUKI on May 26, 2026 to fund the initial production run of YEBISUYAIBA’s (Ebisu Blade) moon series. The campaign is denominated in yen, so every dollar figure here is an approximate conversion as of June 9, 2026. As of that snapshot, 974 backers have pledged J¥37,290,899, roughly $215,000 at recent Kickstarter exchange rates. […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/09/tsuki-japanese-chef-knife/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/best-skeleton-watches-under-2000/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/best-skeleton-watches-under-2000/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:00:07 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=509824 Skeleton watches are judged by what they remove, not what they add. Strip away the dial, and the movement has nowhere to hide. These six automatic and manual-wind models, ranging from $200 to $1,950, are the ones that actually earn the cutout. Most fall short. Either the finishing under the dial is rough, the case […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/best-skeleton-watches-under-2000/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/airpods-pro-4-infrared-cameras-september-2026/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/airpods-pro-4-infrared-cameras-september-2026/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:00:12 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=509782 If you were waiting for a sign that Apple is ready to rethink what earbuds can do, 2026’s supply-chain reports may be it. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is pointing to a September launch for the next AirPods Pro, with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman tracking the broader chip refresh. The standout rumor isn’t sound quality. It’s infrared cameras […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/airpods-pro-4-infrared-cameras-september-2026/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/apple-siri-ai-overhaul-unveiled-at-wwdc-2026-with-standalone-app/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/apple-siri-ai-overhaul-unveiled-at-wwdc-2026-with-standalone-app/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:53:47 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=510144 Apple spent two years talking about a smarter Siri. On June 8, 2026, the company finally showed it. The WWDC 2026 keynote introduced Siri AI, a rebuilt voice assistant that runs inside its own standalone app, carries on conversations, and understands context across your apps. The operating system updates get a public beta next month […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/apple-siri-ai-overhaul-unveiled-at-wwdc-2026-with-standalone-app/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/wwdc-2026-apple-bets-house-google-siri-iphone/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/wwdc-2026-apple-bets-house-google-siri-iphone/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:50:55 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=509855 Tim Cook’s WWDC 2026 keynote was not about one headline feature. It was about Apple admitting what it could not build alone, while quietly doing something remarkable for anyone who keeps their hardware longer than two years. After two years of promising an AI leap that never fully arrived, Apple changed strategy: it called in […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/wwdc-2026-apple-bets-house-google-siri-iphone/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/best-mini-pcs-2026-home-offices/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/best-mini-pcs-2026-home-offices/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:00:55 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=509812 Desktop towers are disappearing from home offices. We get it. Most people don’t need a 20-pound chassis to answer email, edit a spreadsheet, or stream 4K video. The right mini PC disappears behind a monitor and still leaves room for a coffee mug. Our goal: find the best mini PC 2026 buyers can get for […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/best-mini-pcs-2026-home-offices/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/huawei-nova-y74-2026/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/huawei-nova-y74-2026/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:00:07 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=509762 The HUAWEI nova Y74 pairs two things you rarely see together on a budget phone: a 6620 mAh silicon-carbon battery sized for two-day endurance, and a programmable X Button on the side that turns frequent actions into a single press. Add a 6.67-inch 90 Hz display, a 50 MP main camera, and 40 W wired […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/huawei-nova-y74-2026/feed/ 0 https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/xiaomi-smart-band-10-pro-launch-specs-price/ https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/xiaomi-smart-band-10-pro-launch-specs-price/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:20 +0000 https://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=509784 The Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro brings flagship-tier brightness, sleep HRV, and built-in GNSS to a wearable that starts at $58. The Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro launched in China in May 2026, and the spec sheet reads like something that should cost three times the price. A 1.74-inch AMOLED that hits 2,000 nits, heart […]]]> https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/06/08/xiaomi-smart-band-10-pro-launch-specs-price/feed/ 0