Tech NewsHonor 600 Pro Review vs Magic8 Pro May 6, 2026Back in 2024, I reviewed the Honor 200 Pro and loved it. It felt like a great balance of price and performance, giving you a similar experience to the flagship Honor Magic 6 Pro while being around £500 less. Things changed a bit last year. The specs were more closely matched to the Honor Magic... James SmytheSwitchBot Standing Circulator Fan Review May 6, 2026SwitchBot has been steadily expanding its smart home product range, and the Standing Circulator Fan is the company’s latest attempt to bring proper automation capabilities to a category that has traditionally been fairly dumb. The fan offers Bluetooth connectivity, app control, Matter support via a compatible SwitchBot hub, a built-in rechargeable battery, and a modular... James SmytheVerbatim Charge ‘n’ Go Two Cable Power Bank with Display Review May 5, 2026Verbatim is not a brand you hear much about nowadays, but it used to be one of the main players in the world of optical media. They have changed hands a couple of times, with Mitsubishi taking ownership in 1990, before being sold to CMC Magnetics, another specialist in optical media. With the decline of... James SmytheThe Best Smart Locks for uPVC External Doors With Multi-Point Locks in the UK April 28, 2026I originally wrote this post back in 2021, when my top recommendation was the Yale Linus Smart Lock. It was a great lock at the time, but not something I would recommend now, and it has been superseded by the Yale Linus Smart Lock L2. In the years since, a lot of amazing options have... James SmytheBest Dual Wan Routers – Multi Wan Load Balancing & Failover Routers – 2026 April 25, 2026I originally wrote this post back in 2022, and it was looking very out of date. Additionally, over the past couple of years, I have started working at an MSP providing IT support to companies that often require dual-WAN routers for failover. Since starting that job, I migrated my entire network to Unifi, which our... James SmytheXiaomi Watch 5 Review vs OnePlus Watch 3 April 24, 2026In the past, I have reviewed quite a few of the Xiaomi watches and bands, but I these have all been the more basic watches running HyperOS. Xiaomi have released WearOS watches before, but I haven’t had the chance to review one until now with the Xiaomi Watch 5. The OnePlus Watch 3 was the... James SmytheBest Wireless Speakers for Home 2026 April 17, 2026There is no easy answer to what the best wireless speaker for the home is. There are so many variables that you could break this down into multiple posts. Before you try to decide on a speaker, you will want to think about your budget and specific needs. A wireless speaker is a bit of... James SmytheRedmi Buds 8 Pro Review April 8, 2026Xiaomi released the Redmi Buds 8 Pro towards the end of February, and I have been checking them out for the past few weeks. I reviewed the Redmi Buds 6 back in January 2026, but never reviewed the Pro variant. With an affordable £65 price point, the new Redmi Buds 8 Pro are well-specced, equipped... James SmytheXiaomi Tag Review vs Ugreen FineTrack Duo – Bluetooth Tracker Compatible with Apple Find My and Google Android Find Hub March 30, 2026Back in February, I reviewed the Ugreen FineTrack Duo, which at the time was the first Bluetooth tracker available in the UK that supported both Apple Find My and Google Find Hub. Xiaomi recently launched its own Tag, which also supports both Apple Find My and Google Find Hub. There is very little difference between... James SmytheSwitchBot AI Hub Review March 24, 2026When SwitchBot announced its AI Hub a few weeks ago, I did not pay much attention to it, assuming it was a typical smart home hub with AI thrown in as a marketing buzzword. We have all seen plenty of products slap ‘AI’ on the box without offering anything meaningful, and I expected this to... James Smythe
