Gadgets

Phones, audio, watches, drones and the small stuff that quietly runs your day.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

The BRO Gear GuideBuy once, fix it, pass it down: a cost-per-use calculator, a warranty decoder and a repairability checklist.Judge it before you buy

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Gadgets Worth Owning That Nobody Writes About

The stud finder that actually finds studs, the battery tester that ends the drawer of maybes, and seven more tools that never make the roundups.

Doing your own screen and battery swap without wrecking the phone

From the Gadgets archive

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GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

Back up everything so a lost phone is just a bad afternoon

GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20265 min

Smart home kit that earns its place, and kit that just sits there

GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20265 min

How to buy a laptop that's still good in five years

GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

Three copies of every photo you would grieve losing

GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

Buy headphones for your week, not for the review scores

GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

When a new phone is worth it and when to skip a year

Gadgets on video

Worth an hour of your evening

From channels we rate. Plays on YouTube or TikTok.

Marques Brownlee2 Oct

Xiaomi 18 Fold: How Does This Happen?

Linus Tech Tips4 Oct

I’ve Wanted This Robot for 10 Years

Marques Brownlee30 Sept

Dear YouTube!

Linus Tech Tips3 Oct

I Spent Over 10 Hours Upgrading my Controllers

Marques Brownlee29 Sept

Nothing Headphone 1 Pro: They Copied the Wrong Thing!

Linus Tech Tips1 Oct

I Have Strong Feelings About Air Conditioning in the Tech House

yoyoTech11 Aug

Smart Home Automation: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide

Smart Home Solver17 Feb

Ultimate Guide to Starting and Growing a Smart Home!

Automate Your Life20 Jun

My Ultimate Beginner Smart Home Setup (2026 Edition)

Eric Welander1 Aug

If I Had to Start My Smart Home Over, Here's What I'd Buy

Mark Ellis Reviews20 Aug

The Best Phone You Can Buy Right Now (Summer 2026)

Marques Brownlee21 Apr

So This is Peak Smartphone

PhoneArena22 Jun

Which Android phone should you buy in 2026?

Tech Spurt14 Jun

Ultra Phones RANKED | Best Ultra Smartphones For 2026

Gadget Evolution12 Feb

5 Best Smartphones That Destroyed iPhone 17 Pro Max

SuperSaf9 May

Top 5 BEST Smartphones of 2026… So Far

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Gadgets quizzes

Quiz yourself, then your friends

All quizzes

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

When your phone camera is enough, and when it isn't

Two things decide it: how much light you have and how far away the subject is. Everything else is marketing.

$The power station math nobody does before buying one$

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The power station math nobody does before buying one

Two numbers decide whether that box under the stairs gets you through a three-day outage or just charges your phone.

Ask BRO

Plan a cook for eight people

Ask it

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The router settings that filter every screen in the house

Twenty minutes at the router covers the tablet, the console, the smart TV and the phone that keeps ending up under a pillow.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

PartnerDude.com

5 min read

Which chargers and cables to keep, and which to bin

Tip the drawer onto the table, sort it in twenty minutes, and end up with a set that actually charges everything in the house.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Which numbers on your fitness tracker are worth believing

Your watch reports about a dozen metrics every day. Roughly three of them can carry a decision. Learn which, and stop arguing with the rest.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Why an e-reader beats the tablet you already own

E Ink, a month between charges, and no notifications. Plus the two situations where a tablet still wins, and what to check before you buy.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

PartnerDelicious.com

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

What you can safely paste into an AI tool at work

The risk isn't science fiction. It's a retention setting, a client NDA clause, and a chat history nobody remembers exists.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Buy the memory card before you buy the dash cam

The camera is the easy part. Mounting, power and what happens to the footage are where most people get it wrong.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Getting a Message Out When There's No Signal

Your phone's GPS still works with zero bars. Its maps don't. That gap is where people get into trouble, and here's what actually fixes it.

Ask BRO

Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

Ask it

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Stop paying more for ink than you paid for the printer

Most home printers are sold at a loss and earn it back on cartridges. Pick the right machine once and that stops happening.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

PartnerNames.com

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Set up a family password manager in one evening

Two hours at the kitchen table, about forty dollars a year, and your household stops running on one reused password.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Why the text message code is the weakest lock on your accounts

Six-digit texts feel secure and aren't. A practical ladder from SMS to hardware keys, plus the backup step almost everyone skips.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

What to buy when your kid needs a phone, not a smartphone

Four categories that actually work, the network trap that kills cheap flip phones, and the group-chat problem nobody warns you about.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

PartnerCancerDefying.com

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The tools to buy first when you buy a house

Three budgets, what each one really covers, and the gear you should rent instead of owning.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

5 min

Buy the siren before you buy the fourth camera

5 min

Make Your Next Phone Last Five Years

Ask BRO

Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

Ask it

GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20265 min

Lock down every account you own in one evening

Three hours, one notebook, and a short list of accounts in the right order. Do it once properly and you won't have to think about it again for years.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

PartnerCoconut.com

6 min read

The home internet numbers that matter, and the ones that don't

Most households pay for speed they can't use and ignore the two things that actually make the connection feel bad.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

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Gadgets

Gadgets Worth Owning That Nobody Writes About

Wipe a device in the right order before you sell it

Buying your first drone without breaking the rules

Light first, then the mic, then the camera

The pop-up with a phone number is always a scam

Doing your own screen and battery swap without wrecking the phone

From the Gadgets archive

Back up everything so a lost phone is just a bad afternoon

Smart home kit that earns its place, and kit that just sits there

How to buy a laptop that's still good in five years

Three copies of every photo you would grieve losing

Buy headphones for your week, not for the review scores

When a new phone is worth it and when to skip a year

Worth an hour of your evening

Quiz yourself, then your friends

When your phone camera is enough, and when it isn't

The power station math nobody does before buying one

The router settings that filter every screen in the house

Which chargers and cables to keep, and which to bin

Which numbers on your fitness tracker are worth believing

Why an e-reader beats the tablet you already own

What you can safely paste into an AI tool at work

Buy the memory card before you buy the dash cam

Getting a Message Out When There's No Signal

Stop paying more for ink than you paid for the printer

Set up a family password manager in one evening

Why the text message code is the weakest lock on your accounts

What to buy when your kid needs a phone, not a smartphone

The tools to buy first when you buy a house

Buy the siren before you buy the fourth camera

Make Your Next Phone Last Five Years

Lock down every account you own in one evening

The home internet numbers that matter, and the ones that don't