Where ARE the Stars?
Apparently, hidden behind all the light pollution.
Easiest Add-On Solar for Homes
The Solaris Pop is advertised as a plug and play solution that takes 1 minute to setup to add 160 Watt Solar Generator to your home. Since it is a grid-tie type solution it needs an active 120 Volt current in order for it to work. Check out my initial impressions review video for more information.
Amazon Prime Day 2017 - Best Deals
OK, first you have to be an Amazon Prime Member. Its Free Trial, so if there was ever a time, today is it.
Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial
OK, so here are the best deals I've seen on tech:
Bose Soundlink Mini II for $129.
Up to 30% off Seagate Hard Drives. I recently got the 8 TB Hub, and at $160 its a good deal.
Amazon Echo Dot for $34.99 Original Echo (no remote) - 50% off. All Amazon Device Deals here.
YI 4k Action Camera bundle for $271. This action camera is capable of 4k 60fps (beats GoPro, and next camera that can do that is $2k!) (20% discount automatically in checkout)
Ring DoorBell Pro - $176 (expired)
Astro A40 TR Headset with MixAmp Pro TR for $179.
Anker 10,000 mAH ultra portable battery pack. $19. (waitlist available XXX EXPIRED)
Sony PS4 Slim 500 GB Uncharted Bundle - $229
Xbox One S 500GB Package with extra controller, 3 digital games, play and charge kit - $239.99
Eneloop Pro Charger Kit with 10 Pro Batteries - $44.52
60 Watt 3rd Part Magsafe Charger for Apple Macbooks - $28.99
Intel i7 NUC Kit, 20% off - $479.20
6 Port Aukey USB Charger - $20.99 (matches lowest price ever, in February)
3 Pack Amazon Kindle Fire 8 HD - $119!
Panasonic Eneloop Powerpack Kit - $27
Native Union 4 foot Lightning Cable - $12.
Logitech MX Master Mouse - $59.99
Photography:
Zhiyun Crane 2 - $520-$550 (sells out), should be back tomorrow morning 7 AM PST.
Joby Gorillapod SLR Zoom: $37.43
Boomr Bungee Camera Strap: 19.99
Home:
Zevro Sugar Dispenser $7.15 (expired)
Braun 9093 Shaver: $148.99 (expired)
Car:
iOttie Easy Touch 3 for $17.10. One of the best windshield mounting mechanisms available.
Automatic 3G, Car Diagnosis, Tracker - $84.19
Have an Amazon Credit Account?:
Outdoor gear, 20% off. Including a lot of Swiss Army Stuff.
20% Back on GoPro 5 (need Amazon credit account)
More added soon...
Update on 2017-07-12 01:35 by Mike Mu
Form Labs Fuse 1 3D Printer
Really impressive tech that is more within the reach of consumers now. ($10000)
Alexa Now Has a Display, Coming Soon!
In case you haven't heard, Amazon has just announced the new Echo show. It's please bring everything you love about Alexa, but now she can show you stuff on the screen. What I'm very interested in using it for is to have it play video flash briefings, YouTube, and make video and voice calls.
Calls between Echo devices, and Echo apps are completely free. As long as the call quality is excellent, I won't have any problem with it - if not, that would be a dealbreaker and cost for me to return the device.
Very important to note, is that if you buy 2 Echo show devices now, you can save $100 on the entire order with the limited time coupon: SHOW2PACK.
Video Conversion - My choice
I know there are a lot of converters. One of them is free, and excellent (Handbrake) because it is open sourced, and most importantly free. However, I always go back to Wondershare Video Converter (both Mac and PC) because it simply works and supports HEVC from way back when the Samsung NX-1 series first became available.
I only really use the conversion features, but it has other things I don't use such as the editor and burner. I just drag and drop the videos I want converter, and let it do its thing in a queue.
Lately I've also been combining a lot of video clips from GoPro and Sony Action cams. I appreciate their software is Intel optimized as well as GPU enhanced processing compared to Sony's free Play Memories Home software. It really saves a lot of time.
Look out for sales on these.
Have you tried Amazon Music?
You should. But you should also sign up for Amazon Prime.
Safer Driving with a HUD (Heads Up Display)
This is for those of us that don't need / want to buy a separate GPS device for the car, when a phone does a better job.
I'm reviewing the Hudly. Its the only HUD that projects exactly what is on your phone / everything you want from your phone. This means I can use Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps, Navigon - Anything.
Review in progress...