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I am sure they are tough, but I have never had a one of the super lightweight Samsonite lite-shock and Fire-lite cases fail on many dozens…

Samsonite lite-shock and Fire lite were the lightest, but I am not sure if they make them anymore.

So your head does not drop forward as soon as you fall asleep, waking you up or giving you neck pain when you wake up. You stay in position…

No, the correct way is opening at the front, but some prefer to wear it backwards.

The Nidra Sleep Mask at $50ish is generally considered the gold standard, but they are bloody expensive. They look like all the other cheap…

The Cabeau neck pillows are not designed to be used with overears, you are better off with the tiny passive ear plugs that go right in your…

This is not true. The new seats have two "flaps" that you can bend out either side of your head. The Cabeau neck pillows have two loops…

Note: Oc2Lite is DEFINITELY not light at 2.6kg! There is 37% of your carry on allowance gone before you put a single item in there. Many of…

Be really careful with these. They do not keep the blade enough distance from your legs. If you take a big swing at a medium sized branch…

Combine with this for $29 and you have a very useful kit to keep in the glovebox of your car…

I have just recently bought a new Ford Ranger single cab ute to use on the farm, and when I stop, put it in park and pull on the handbrake,…

As a past Mazda driver (323 Astina) way back, I have to say that Mazda has lost its way. Other than nice paintwork, all of their models are…

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/sep/06/medicalscience.healthandwellbeing

This. I don't see how the old world manufacturers will be able to compete with super cheap (and good now they have had decades of forcing…

What do you mean? I have the 11 and I have used it down to 6-8m snorkelling plenty of times, and it has been used a LOT in the water with…

Yep, now the Chinese manufacturing beast is engaged in earnest, prices of everything EV will drop massively. Everything has been relatively…

The wifes 2023 Model Y with hardware 3 is incredible on Autopilot, my 2019 Model 3 also on hardware 3 is far less so. FSD is working fine…

And it's being spun as "EVs have terrible depreciation". The same people were complaining that EVs were too expensive just a short time ago.

This. Bloody Cybertruck took WAY too much of their engineering resources. Things like drive by wire is great, but they should have had a…

"Citation Needed" - I run a chain of businesses, and have my staff on about 20 different Apple macs of various vintages, most with 8GB ram…

The M3 Air is outstanding, but I think the M4 Air will really be the machine worth waiting for. The M4 iPads are just nuts, especially when…

I just made the jump from maxed out M1 MacBook Pro to M3, and honestly even heavy Lightroom work with large RAWs, I cant tell the…

Chinas largest battery manufacturers have managed to reduce the price of batteries by 30% each year for the last few years. What exactly…

Yes, Tesla's inventory almost DOUBLED from 15 days last year to 28 days! (compared to Toyota at 46 days, Mazda 60 days, BMW 64 days, Ford…

Yes, Tesla's inventory almost DOUBLED from 15 days last year to 28 days! (compared to Toyota at 46 days, Mazda 60 days, BMW 64 days, Ford…

Correct, so if you are getting your news for "free", it's not. Somebody else is paying to feed you only the info that they want you to get.

People don't seem to understand that thorough, well researched, independent, investigative journalism costs money. How does everyone think…

When so many "news" sites just ape what politicians say verbatim, somehow independent writing is considered left wing. As the stereotypical…

That has to be stopped! When rigorous scientific study disagrees with my ideology, obviously the scientists are wrong.