Sub-$400 finally gets a serious diver. Orient’s new AC0Q Diver II lands at $370 right now: sapphire crystal, 200m rating, 39.9mm case, no asterisks. That’s roughly 30% under the $530 MSRP, and the two limited editions sit at $395 (about 25% off) for the same package in smokier dial colors. Price: $370 (Special Promo Price […]
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If you bought a Technics SL-40CBT in the last nine months, you now have a colorway problem. The deck Technics launched at CEDIA 2025 for $899.99 is back as a Fritz Hansen special edition, finished in matte deep burgundy, and capped at 300 units worldwide. It ships in October 2026, alongside a 200-unit reissue of
Apple ships hero colors. It does not ship accessories to match them. That gap is why brands like Nomad exist, and Stellar Orange is a clean example of the aftermarket extending Apple’s color story. Nomad added Stellar Orange finishes to two existing products: the Tracking Card Pro Find My wallet tracker ($39) and the Stand
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Dads do not need another tie. They do not need the mug that says World’s Okay-est Dad. They do not need the novelty socks, the grilling apron with the bad pun, or the third bottle of cologne that will sit on the dresser until 2031. What most of them actually want is the cordless drill
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A new EDC knife is gaining traction on Kickstarter with a deliberately unfashionable pitch: don’t pay more for the steel. The VIVID, from San Francisco–based maker Infinity (its third Kickstarter campaign), lands at $65 for the cheapest early-bird pledge against a planned $109 MSRP. The spec sheet runs VG10 blade steel, a G10 handle, a
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The Panasonic NN-SF57RM is not the first countertop microwave of 2026. It is the first one that wants you to look at it. At $429.95 in the US, Panasonic’s NN‑SF57RM “Japanese Microwave” sits near the top of the company’s countertop lineup as the priciest 1.0 cu. ft. model the brand sells in the US, priced
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Computex 2026 ran out of Taipei’s Nangang Exhibition Center from June 2 to 5, and the show was heavier on silicon than on finished gadgets. Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, and MediaTek each spent the week arguing about whose chip should sit at the center of the agentic AI PC. Jensen Huang opened with RTX Spark
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WWDC 2026 came and went without an Apple Watch Ultra 4 on stage. That wasn’t a shock; Apple typically unveils new Apple Watch models at its fall event alongside the annual iPhone refresh. What’s surprising is how much has already leaked months ahead of that announcement. Supply chain reports, analyst notes, and hardware rumors have
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Google’s Fitbit Air is finally arriving on doorsteps this week, and at $99.99 for the device itself, the screenless tracker is shaping up as the most direct shot at Whoop the fitness market has seen in years. Buyers in the UK started reporting deliveries around June 8, and the early U.S. shipping waves are tracking
Fitbit Air Is Finally Shipping for $99, Here’s Which Colors Are Already Gone Read More
Most smart garden gadgets promise effortless growth and deliver expensive ways to kill plants more slowly. The category spent years over-engineering novelty and under-delivering on reliability. That changed. A handful of devices now handle the watering, lighting, and nutrient math well enough that the harvest is the only part left to you. We narrowed the
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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
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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
Casio’s Toyota Racing Edifice Watch Has a Forged Carbon Case, Expected Under $400 Read More
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
5 Portable Power Stations Worth Buying Before Summer Intensifies Read More
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
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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
The $21 Flashlight That Wants to Replace Everything in Your Drawer Read More
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
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