I’m a huge tech fan. So thought I’d start a thread to see if anyone has bought anything cool recently! I’ll kick things off. I know a lot of people buy super expensive wireless headphones. But I bought this pair of these JLab Sports Go (Headphones) for £30, and I have to say I’m chuffed! Why do I think they’re great: Well, they were £30 not hundreds like some other options They stay in my ears when I exercise thanks to the comfortable hook design The audio is good enough - Not Apple Air Pods quality, but good enough The mic for calls is surprisingly useable The battery life is crazy good - I’m talking almost 2 days of heavy use I’ve attached some pic’s below in case anyone's interested. Look forward to hearing about everyone’s recommendations 😃!

My best "buy" (it was a requested Christmas present) was a toolset - see below. OK, so not exactly tech, but I've been volunteering to refurbish and set up some old laptops and desktops for people recently and getting by with just two or three tools and often having to adapt. Now, I shoud, hopefully, have a tool for even the smallest and most unusual screws!

I don't know if this counts tho I do have a weather station and its just great for giving you everything to do with weather 👍 #geekfactor10

The latest big tech purchase for me is the Oculus Quest 2, which is a really good purchase! No expensive computer needed.The latest tech purchase for me is a powerbank. Found a 10,000mah at BnM for under £20. So far, been a great purchase!

I'd have to go with the Apple TV 4K, the new 2022 model. It's absolutely astonishing. If you're used to something like a Roku or Amazon Fire Stick, and you use it a lot, then you owe it to yourself to upgrade. Yes it's more expensive. But everything about it is so much nicer to use. There's zero lag at all, ever. No hitching, no framerate drops as you switch between apps. The UI is beautiful and very intuitive. It's got some solid horsepower too, and there are excellent games available for it, and it works with all modern controllers. And the more is stunning. Plus the Siri integration works really well.Honestly, if you use a streaming stick a lot, treat yourself by getting an Apple TV 4K. You'll wonder how you ever lived using something else.

It's very low tech but we purchased a Rapid Cool bottle which cools the babies bottle down from boiling to drinkable in about 2mins. Would highly recommend one to all new parents.

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51 Replies

Lawrenc_2661529
SMARTY Pioneer
20-04-2024
My most recent big tech purchase was a steam deck. It's allowed me to get back into a few gashes and it's an incredibly portable computer. Well worth the money.
EthanielUK
SMARTY Maverick
04-02-2024
Smarty is the best but of mobile tech I purchased recently, so far better than the other providers.

my download speeds are fantastic and in a 5g area as shown in the image above. Using a Samsung a54 5g great. Really happy with it and smarty allowing me to interface with the rest of the world with no restrictions. Happy times.
Munnychoudhury-
SMARTY Pioneer
15-01-2024
The best tech that I've recently got is my new Samsung 14 mobile phone. Its a brilliant cost effective phone for a really reasonable price.
Michael_2408837
SMARTY Maverick
13-01-2024
I bought my first pad several months ago. It was the first OnePlus Pad and well worth the investment. Great specs and very fast. Looks wonderful too and performs really well.
Lorrain_1025468
SMARTY Pioneer
13-01-2024
Enjoying my Alexa auto
GrahamBl_296767
SMARTY Enquirer
12-01-2024
Best buy a Wavlink USB Dual Bay SATA HDD/SSD docking station at £23.19. This device allowed me to copy Windows 11 from my Toshiba HDD in my laptop to a Crucial SSD, thus speeding up startup on my HD laptop.
fi_holli
SMARTY Enquirer
12-01-2024
Echo dot is the best. It answers all of my stupid questions and you can even ask it to make continuous fart sounds on other people's devices.
Hristin_1853347
SMARTY Enquirer
12-01-2024
My latest phone 1+ on Amazon. Great deal and amazing specs for a budget smart phone.
DamienG_2195313
SMARTY Maverick
12-01-2024
When it comes to my most valued and most used item that's made the biggest possitive change in both my day to day and gaming time and being more productive while using my phone has to be my new upgrade well I say new but its been a few months since I got my 512gb version of the s23ultra this fone is one capable beast and has changed hoe and what I use on and for my mobile a real upgrade that makes everything else smoother and more manageable both in entertainment and in productivity value it's changed my whole relationship I have with my mobile love it so much
JeanO
SMARTY Enquirer
12-01-2024
Thanks for sharing this information. I have a pair of Apple Air Pods Pro and one of them isn’t working properly so I’ll invest in the JLabs instead.