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Review: BELTTT 1000Watt 12V DC to 120V AC Pure Sine Wave Inverter

Posted on March 19, 2026

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I’ve been using DC to AC power inverters for various purposes for a very long time, and I’ve used a bunch of them. Some were great, some were awful and plenty were somewhere in between.

I recently set out to build another DIY portable power station so I needed a good 12V DC to 120V AC inverter.

I did some checking around and decided to give this one from BELTTT a try. I figured why not since it’s a pure sine wave inverter (an absolute must), the Amazon reviews were good and the price is reasonable. [Read more…]

Review: Ytonet Laptop 15.6″ TSA Laptop Carrying Case

Posted on March 13, 2026

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If you do a lot of traveling you know how cumbersome it can be carrying a bulky (and heavy) laptop backpack along with your other belongings.

I’ve mostly always used bulky laptop backpacks to carry my laptops around as I travel, and overall I’m very happy with most of the ones I tried. But sometimes you just need something that’s a little more compact and a lot easier to carry. [Read more…]

Review: iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit

Posted on March 10, 2026

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Back in the golden age of technology, you really didn’t need all that many tools in order to build, upgrade or repair computers and many other tech items.

If you owned a couple of screwdrivers, an anti-static wrist strap and a nut driver or two you could work on most any tech item. But today, things are a lot more complicated.

The way modern computers, monitors and mobile devices are constructed makes it virtually impossible to work on some items without specialized tools that can “crack open” a case or extract a part without causing physical damage to the item. [Read more…]

Review: AmazonBasics Backpack for Laptops

Posted on March 6, 2026

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Laptops and notebook computers are getting thinner and lighter all the time.

And as you probably know, that makes it more important than ever to protect them from being damaged while you’re carrying them from place to place.

Laptop bags have been around as long as laptops themselves, but most people these days seem to prefer carrying their machines in laptop backpacks.

If you’ve been looking for a great laptop backpack at an affordable price, let me tell you about one that I really love.

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Review: Hiearcool USB-C Hub / Laptop Docking Station

Posted on February 8, 2026

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As you probably know, every new generation of laptops seems to be thinner than the one before it.

While being thin is good with laptops, it also results in a few downsides.

One of the most important of those downsides is the lack of ports available for plugging external devices into the machine.

Luckily there’s a simple solution to this lack of available ports…

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