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Nov 8, 2026 · 14 min read
Seven earbuds under thirty dollars
Seven pairs, ten tasks each. The best at its price cost twenty-two dollars and scored eight out of ten.
Nov 1, 2026 · 12 min read
Four power banks, one afternoon of tests
The number on the box against the number I measured. The best value was thirty dollars and scored seven out of ten.
Oct 25, 2026 · 9 min read
A cheap smartwatch in a bowl of water
A forty-dollar watch with a splash-proof claim, tested for ten minutes. It scored six out of ten and I would wait for a sale.
Nov 2, 2026 · 15 min read
The best phone under two hundred dollars, again
Three phones at one hundred and sixty to one hundred and ninety dollars. The winner scored eight out of ten.
Nov 1, 2026 · 8 min read
Which earbud case survives a bag?
Cases dropped, squeezed and shaken, with a note on which hinge broke first. No price above twenty-five dollars.
Oct 17, 2026 · 13 min read
Unboxing a budget phone: the first hour
What is in the box, what is missing and how it feels on the first night. It cost one hundred and twenty dollars.
Oct 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Smartwatches: what you get at twenty dollars
Four very cheap watches compared on screen, strap and battery. Scores run from four to six out of ten.
Oct 3, 2026 · 12 min read
Phone cameras at three prices
The same shelf photographed on three phones, at one hundred, two hundred and three hundred dollars. Is the third worth the money?
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Worth the Money
A short letter every Sunday from my review corner: what I tested, what it cost and whether it was worth it.
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