The TaoTronics AC3000 is the first WiFi system developed by the Shenzhen-based company and while most manufacturers have decided to test the waters at the beginning with a dual-band system, TaoTronics has boldly entered the market with a tri-band WiFi mesh system. This puts the TaoTronics AC3000 in the same category as the Eero Pro, … Read more
I have tested the Sakobs Mini Soundbar DS5101 a few weeks ago and, while the device was very compact and had multiple ways available to connect to your audio sources, the sound quality could have been better. Sakobs reached out and said that they have an upgraded model (DS5102) that has improved not only the … Read more
Reolink has recently announced that it has added a new (built-in) motion detection technology to a couple of its flagship models, the RLC-510A and the RLC-810A, and what the engineers were aiming at was to remove the false alarms triggered by swaying trees, flying birds or other small animals. This way, the camera can distinguish … Read more
With the WiFi 6 gaining more momentum, it was only a matter of time until the manufacturers released some enterprise level 802.11ax wireless access points to the market and it seems that Zyxel already has multiple options to choose from, depending on your needs and, more importantly, your budget. The Zyxel WAX650S is currently the … Read more
The EnGenius ECW230 is the current flagship Cloud Managed indoor wireless access point, offering most of the expected features from the WiFi 6 standard, such as OFDMA, Target Wake Time (for IoT devices), MU-MIMO (4×4) and the device is also the only one (so far) from the series to have a 2.5 Gigabit PoE port. … Read more
The X-Sense XS01-WR is a very compact smoke detector designed to be as unobtrusive as possible while ensuring that, in case of a fire, it quickly triggers the alarm, thus allowing enough time for you and your family to get away from harm. I know that First Alert and Kidde are well known names in … Read more
The Sakobs Mini DS5101 is a wireless soundbar that’s designed to help improve the sound experience of your computer or tablet (or any other device that has an audio output) at a very affordable cost. I know that a lot of people say that you need a soundbar (or a speaker system) along with the … Read more
What is AiMesh? The AiMesh is an ambitious, new technology developed by Asus which allows the creation of home-based WiFi mesh systems using two or more Asus routers. Unlike the dedicated WiFi mesh systems available from most, if not all large networking manufacturers (yes, including Asus), where you usually get two or three identical devices, … Read more
The Reolink RLC-511 is an outdoor-suitable IP camera designed to withstand the elements (relying on a fully metallic enclosure) and one of the highlighted features of this device are its ability to record high-quality videos (Super HD) during the day and during the night. I know that the indoor cameras are often forgiven for their … Read more
Mikrotik recently released the NetMetal ac2 and, while it seems to be just as rugged as its predecessor (the NetMetal 5SHP), there is now a more powerful quad-core CPU, as well as concurrent dual-band support out of the box (a feature that should have been the standard for a long time). When I say that … Read more