February 2026

Beatbot Sora 70 Robotic Pool Cleaner

News & Features, Outdoors

Beatbot Sora 70 Robotic Pool Cleaner Promises True Top-to-Bottom Pool Maintenance Without the Usual Extra Gear

Keeping a swimming pool clean tends to involve a rotating cast of tools, attachments, and weekend motivation that mysteriously disappears once summer heat arrives. The Beatbot Sora 70 robotic pool cleaner, now available for pre-order in Lavender Purple or Midnight Blue at $1499, is attempting to simplify that routine with a single cordless robot designed to clean nearly every part of a pool in one pass, including areas many cleaners quietly ignore.

SKG G7 Pro_Fold

Reviews, Health and Fitness

SKG G7 Pro_Fold Neck Massager Review: A Smarter Approach to Fixing Modern “Tech Neck” Pain

Neck pain has quietly become one of modern life’s most reliable side effects. If you spend enough hours leaning over a laptop, peering down at your phone, or wedged into an airline seat that eternal optimists clearly designed, your shoulders will eventually begin to hurt. Portable massagers try to solve the problem, though most fall into familiar extremes: bulky massage guns that rarely leave home or lightweight should-worn options that buzz without doing much else. Then there’s the 3rd-generation SKG G7 Pro_Fold, made to offer meaningful relief in a light and portable design that can tag along through everyday routines.

Ghost KeySmart SmartCard

News & Features

Ghost KeySmart SmartCard Debuts in Translucent Style, Giving Wallet Tracking a Seriously Cool Upgrade

If you have a soft spot for translucent tech, the new Ghost colorway of the KeySmart SmartCard might be your next impulse buy. The Ghost KeySmart SmartCard is a cool, see-through take on the original Black version, letting you glimpse the internal design while keeping the same ultra-slim profile. If smoky, transparent gadgets still make your inner late ’90s to mid ’00s self smile, this is the tracking card to slip into your wallet.

Amazefit T-Rex Ultra 2 flashlight

Health and Fitness, Reviews

Amazfit T-Rex Ultra 2 Review: A 51mm Titanium Beast That’s Built for Big Wrists and Bigger Adventures

The Amazfit T-Rex Ultra 2 might as well have been made for me, and I’m still not sure that’s a wholly good thing. Don’t get me wrong, it nails everything it set out to do, but the first thought I had when I pulled it from the box was simple: LARGE. This is a 51mm, Grade 5 titanium-topped statement piece with a bright 1.5″ AMOLED display, and it looks like it means business from across the room. For bigger folks like me, that “finally feels normal” fit is a win. For smaller wrists, it’s going to be a love-it-or-leave-it situation.

JLab Blue XL Speaker Headphones

News & Features

The Limited Edition JLab Blue XL Speaker Headphones Pack 30 Watts into a Wearable Party Machine

There are times when a tiny Bluetooth speaker feels almost apologetic; you perch it on the counter during a game-day gathering, hit play, and suddenly everyone is huddled around it like it’s whispering stock tips. That’s charming for dinner music, but not so much when your team just scored. The Limited edition JLab Blue XL Speaker Headphones look like oversized blue headphones, but instead of covering your ears, they drape around your neck or sit on a table, blasting outward like a compact sound system. They’re perched squarely between personal audio and portable party, and subtle? They are not.

Life opens up with Galaxy AI

News & Features

Samsung Teases a New Galaxy Camera Experience Ahead of Galaxy Unpacked

Samsung is getting ready to introduce a new Galaxy camera experience, a system designed to pull photo capture, editing, and sharing into a single workflow on its latest Galaxy smartphones. The full reveal is set for Galaxy Unpacked on Wednesday, February 25, at 1 p.m. ET, but the company has already previewed how this updated camera experience will lean heavily on Galaxy AI to handle tasks that used to require multiple apps and more patience than most people care to admit.

Fed Fitness FEIERDUN 5-in-1 Adjustable Weights Review: Big Home Gym Value with One Serious Barbell Flaw

Reviews

Fed Fitness FEIERDUN 5-in-1 Adjustable Weights Review: Big Home Gym Value with One Serious Barbell Flaw

I started working out at home during the pandemic, and even after gyms reopened and life returned to something close to normal, I kept it up. Skipping the commute and waiting for equipment has its perks. Fed Fitness recently sent over the FEIERDUN 5-in-1 adjustable dumbbell and barbell combo, along with a Flybird weight bench, transforming my spare space into a surprisingly capable home gym. The setup promises impressive versatility in a compact footprint, though one part of that flexibility comes with an important limitation. Even so, it covers nearly everything I need for most home strength-training workouts.

Statik SmartCharge Pro

News & Features

Statik SmartCharge Pro Is a $99 15,000mAh GaN Charger That Powers Your Laptop, Phone, and Apple Watch Anywhere

The Statik SmartCharge Pro is a $99 portable battery and wall charger hybrid designed to consolidate the tangle of cables and power bricks that tend to accumulate in your bag. With a 15,000mAh battery, built-in USB-C cable, wireless charging pad, and international plug adapters, it promises to handle everything from your phone to your laptop in a single, travel-friendly device. That’s an ambitious claim. The real question is whether it earns the space it takes up in your carry-on.

ECOVACS GOAT Charges into Lawn Care with LiDAR Mapping and a Built-In TruEdge Trimmer

Gear Bits, Outdoors

ECOVACS GOAT Charges into Lawn Care with LiDAR Mapping and a Built-In TruEdge Trimmer

ECOVACS, most known for their robot vacuums, has announced a new line of robotic lawn mowers, the ECOVACS GOAT A3000 and ECOVACS A2000 LiDAR PRO series.  Featuring a ton of core advancements like ECOVACS’ proprietary HoloScope 360 system for true 3D lawn mapping and its first built-in TruEdge Trimmer that reduces the gap between autonomous hands-free mowing and a professionally maintained lawn.

Save Money While Diving into Some Good Books with the Kobo eBook Reader Sale

Deals

Save Money While Diving into Some Good Books with the Kobo eBook Reader Sale

The East Coast is about to get hit with another arctic freeze, so if you’re considering stocking up on entertainment, now is a good time to get your ebook library in order. It’s also only a week until Valentine’s Day, so if you haven’t already browsed our gift guide for an idea, you’d better get moving! Luckily for you, whether it’s hiding in the cold or ordering online because you don’t want to venture out for a gift, Kobo might just save your butt with their sale on the Kobo Libra Colour and the Kobo Clara Colour!

AT&T Wants to Fix the “First Phone” Problem with the New amiGO Jr. Phone, a Smartphone Built Just for Kids

News & Features

AT&T Wants to Fix the “First Phone” Problem with the New amiGO Jr. Phone, a Smartphone Built Just for Kids

Giving a child their first smartphone has become one of modern parenting’s more fraught milestones, sitting somewhere between handing over a house key and giving them the car keys, except the smartphone is also a portal to everything wonderful and deeply questionable about the internet. For years, parents have faced an unsatisfying binary choice: hand down an old iPhone and hope for the best, or opt for a stripped-down “kid phone” that often felt more like a plastic toy than a serious communication tool. The new AT&T amiGO Jr. Phone is an attempt to redraw that line.

Aegis 110 1080P HD Body Cam

News & Features

Accountability Goes Hands-Free with the GekoGear Aegis 110 Body Cam; It Brings Personal Documentation to Everyone

There was a time when body cameras were synonymous with law enforcement, security guards, and the occasional action movie protagonist. Today, that distinction has dissolved. Small, affordable wearable cameras have slipped into civilian life, not as novelty gadgets but as tools for accountability, documentation, and peace of mind. The GekoGear Aegis 110 Body Cam enters this category with a clear purpose. It is designed to record what happens in front of you continuously and without fuss, whether you are attending a protest, working late shifts, managing property, cycling alone, or navigating situations where having an objective record could matter.

Brondell Swash Thinline T44

Reviews

Brondell Swash Thinline T44 Bidet Review: The Slimmest, Most Upscale Bidet Seat We’ve Tested

If you’re looking to upgrade your bathroom hygiene without adding a bulky contraption to your toilet, the Brondell Swash Thinline T44 is the best-looking bidet seat we’ve tested. At just 3.9″ tall, it practically disappears on your toilet, and the whole experience feels noticeably more premium than older, chunkier models. The Thinline T44 leaves you feeling fresh and clean after a luxurious bathroom experience with simple installation.

PuroAir HVAC MERV 13 Mega Filter

News & Features

The PuroAir 130i HEPA Smart Air Purifier and PuroAir HVAC MERV 13 Mega Filter Work Together to Clean the Air in Your Home

There’s a realization that tends to arrive quietly rather than with any real drama. You wake up congested, even though allergy season is supposedly over; Cooking smells linger longer than expected, and the house feels slightly stale despite being clean. That’s usually when air quality stops feeling theoretical and starts feeling like something you notice day to day. This is where products like the PuroAir 130i purifier and the PuroAir HVAC MERV 13 Mega Filter make sense, not as upgrades, but as practical tools for people spending much of their time indoors breathing the same air over and over again.

Bebird EarSight Ultra X

Reviews, Health and Fitness

Bebird EarSight Ultra X Review: A 4K Smart Ear Cleaner That Lets You See (and Safely Remove) the Gross Stuff

Do you ever wonder what’s going on inside your ears, nose, and throat? Sometimes, if I’m very lucky, my ENT shows me, but otherwise it’s a mystery of piping and, well, snot and wax. Bebird doesn’t want you to have to wait for your next specialist appointment to get a glimpse of this forbidden land, and the EarSight Ultra X will help you safely peek and clean those very hard-to-glimpse spaces!

Photo of a man looking at his smartphone in frustration

Editorials

The Great Smartphone Slowdown: Are We Smarter Buyers, or Just Out of Reasons to Upgrade Annually?

For years, upgrading your phone every 12 to 18 months felt less like a choice and more like a necessity if you wanted better cameras, faster performance, and battery life that lasted past dinner. That expectation is starting to crack. Recent research from Allstate Protection Plans would have us believe that Americans have stepped off the hype treadmill and now treat smartphones as long-term investments rather than disposable toys. Maybe. Or maybe this is simply what happens when phones stop changing much, prices keep climbing, and the industry runs out of fresh reasons to demand everyone’s attention every 12 months.

NOCO Boost+Air AX65

Gift Guides & Round-Ups

Gear Diary’s 2026 Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: Big Love, Smart Upgrades, and Gifts That Will Actually Get Used

Valentine’s Day flowers, candy, and cards are thoughtful, but the most memorable presents are the ones that surprise, delight, and last longer than a few days. This year’s 2026 Valentine’s Day gift guide features a carefully curated mix of standout picks at every price point, designed to make life easier, more comfortable, more organized, and a little more fun. From smart upgrades for daily routines to cozy indulgences and travel-ready essentials, there’s something here for everyone you love.