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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PeterWh_1550878
SMARTY Maverick
21-01-2023
Hi I have recently gone kinda the other way - I have some way cheap h/phones, but recently bought a pair of Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones - 30 hours battery life - Over Ear style, so not too bad passive NC if the battery does run out. The Active Noise Cancelling is very effective at say getting rid of most road noise - You know on motorways mainly it makes a big difference. I can actually practice some Meditation - as well as listening to music etc. Not used them much for calls, but when I have the quality was great!
jonnyphone
SMARTY Commentator
04-02-2023
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1188581?clickSR=slp:term:jlab%20pop%20air:3:4:1
Got these couple of weeks back, when they were £17.99, sound awesome and the bluetooth (BT5.1 AAC) works well on iPhone, can't believe they're so cheap really.
MrAye
SMARTY Maverick
26-02-2023
I bought a ZTE801A 5G modem, it was great.

Then Smarty forced a firmware upgrade on behalf of Three, now it can’t hold onto 5G on any other network.
MaDO13
SMARTY Maverick
11-03-2023
I have bought similar very cheap they are clip on on the outside ear really good unfortunately they are 5.1 notcomoatible with some bluetooth devices so i purchased some very small corded ones 4.1
expensive not always thebest
Sadly I can’t add photos!
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.
YulianK
SMARTY Community Manager
21-12-2022
Recently got Huawei laptop and Samsung A52 phone, love both of them. Casualty rate for any tech devices is quite high in my household, so I prefer good value tech that could be easily replaced.
UmranSat_262723
SMARTY Pioneer
23-12-2022
Were did u get them fr???
- YulianK
  SMARTY Community Manager
  26-12-2022
  Ao.com. Interestignly, laptop doesn't have a web camera. It's something that's expected, so I didn't even bother checking, although it's not a bad thing in the end of the day.
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
Hristin_1853347
SMARTY Enquirer
12-01-2024
My latest phone 1+ on Amazon. Great deal and amazing specs for a budget smart phone.
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.

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