HyperX has this week, released the HyperX Pulsefire Haste gaming mouse into the Australian market. It’s a seriously lightweight gaming weapon weighing just 59 grams. It’s got a honeycomb shell that helps not just reduce the weight of the de…
Category Archives: Around the Home
Ring’s latest device is a small, affordable, wired doorbell that offers a full feature set
Ring is a name that is well recognised through the home video setup market. They have a number of security camera options as well as doorbells. Their latest offering adds to the doorbell arsenal, with a wired option that is packed with features. The Ri…
OT: SecretLab Titan — More than just an office chair, it’s a hugely comfortable place to work
I never expected, when I started writing for Ausdroid nearly 10 years ago that I’d sit down one day and even think about reviewing a chair, but here I am. It’s a Sunday morning here in Adelaide, already 33c heading for a top of 37c so a lovely day to b…
Opinion: 5 reasons why I bought Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite rather than Apple iPad 8th gen
Full screen Bluey is just one reason why Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is better than Apple iPad 8th gen. Why I bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite instead of iPad 8 I strongly considered the 8th generation iPad but in the end I chose to buy the Samsung…
Weekend Warrior: 19 reasons to buy Razer at CES2021
We’ve covered some of the peripherals that Razer offer recently and following a successful — albeit virtual — CES, Razer has started 2021 strong. In fact, they started the year very strong taking out the “People’s Choice A…
How To Guide: get Alexa “mailbox open” alerts using Zigbee contact sensor
What if you could be automatically notified when your mailbox is opened and mail or a parcel is put inside? It’s actually quite easy if your mailbox has a lid that opens and you can stick both sides of a contact sensor inside the mailbox. For my …
Laser announces second-generation range of CONNECT SmartHome devices
Aussie home grown consumer electronics company, Laser, has today announced its second-generation range of CONNECT SmartHome devices, which comes off the back of its first generation that was launched last year with its popular $10 smart light bulb. The…
ALDI selling 2 smart Android TV powered TV’s next Saturday 23rd Jan
Discount supermarket ALDI are selling 2 different sized smart Android powered TV’s from next Saturday 23rd January. The TV’s which are both powered by Android TV 9 or Android 9.0, come in either a 58-inches which offers 4K viewing and 32-in…
Taubmans Coloursmith app makes choosing paint colours less painful
When you buy your first house and need to touch up the paint in some places you’ll realise like I did recently that there is no such thing as “White”. There are so many brands of paint with many shades and tones of White so how are yo…
Arlo brings a touchless video doorbell and an indoor camera to the market
So 2020 is over and, well the weird world doesn’t seem to have normalised yet. One of the changes we experienced in 2020 was, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing concept. As part of this, people became far more aware of wha…