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Smartwatches
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Budget Smartwatches That Don't Feel Budget
The under-$250 market splits into watches that are cheap and watches that are merely inexpensive. These four are the second kind, one per use case.
Galaxy Watch 7 Review: The $199 Wear OS Bargain
The smartest budget buy is often last year's good watch at this year's clearance price. The Watch 7 is the textbook case, with one battery-shaped footnote.
Amazfit Bip 6 Review: The $79 Reality Check
Every so often a budget watch makes the expensive ones look silly for a paragraph or two. The Bip 6 earns several such paragraphs.
Smart Rings
View All →Sleep Tracking, Fitness, Sizing Guides
Best Smart Rings of 2026: 6 We Trust
We wore every major smart ring to bed for weeks. Six earned a place on your finger, and one is the easy pick for most people.
Samsung Galaxy Ring Review: Great, On a Galaxy
Samsung's first smart ring nails the hardware and the charging case. Whether it's worth $399 depends almost entirely on the phone in your pocket.
Ultrahuman Ring Air Review: No Fee, One Catch
The lightest ring we tested and the deepest metabolic data outside a lab. The battery is the asterisk you need to read.
RingConn Gen 2 Review: The Value King
Nearly double the battery of the flagships, no monthly fee, and the only FDA-cleared sleep apnea screening on a ring. The catch is minor.
Smart Home
View All →Hubs, Lighting, Locks, Cameras, Speakers
Best Smart Light Bulbs of 2026, Tested
Six color bulbs, one hallway, six weeks, and a blind test our $50 favorite nearly lost to a $10 upstart. The full results, by budget and ecosystem.
Best LED Strip Lights & Panels of 2026
Strips for the TV, hexagons for the wall, and one string of holiday lights with a graphics engine. Four ambient picks that survived six weeks of testing.
Hue Gradient Lightstrip Review: Pricey, Polished
The smoothest color blending in strip lighting, if you can stomach $180 for 80 inches and a strip you can't cut. Hue households only.
Govee Floor Lamp 2 Review: The Smart Money
In a dim room, guests couldn't tell it from the $349 Hue lamp. With the lights on, they could. Which moment matters more in your house?
Outdoor Tech
View All →GPS Units, Satellite Messengers, Headlamps, Power
Satellite Messengers, Tested in a Dead Zone
We sent SOS test pings where phones get no bars. Delivery times and subscription math.
Best Hiking GPS Units of 2026
Battery life, map quality, and glove-friendly controls compared on real routes.
Best Rechargeable Headlamps of 2026
Beam patterns, real runtimes, and which ones survive rain and drops.
Best Power Banks for the Trail
Measured capacity, not label capacity. What actually recharges your gear off-grid.
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