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First Alert SCO501CN-3ST Smoke and CO Detector Review

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The First Alert SCO501CN-3ST is an UL-certified traditional smoke and CO detector built to ensure the safety of your home relying on a photoelectric sensor to detect smoke, an electrochemical sensor for detecting rising levels of Carbon Monoxide and a loud voice alarm to make sure you wake up in case of an emergency (conforms … Read more

How to test a smoke detector (Four Methods)

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The smoke detector is one of those few devices of vital importance which, after being installed in your house or office can save your life in case a fire breaks out. According to the USFA (U.S. Fire Administration), the majority of deaths caused by fire and smoke inhalation happen in homes that don’t have smoke … Read more

How To Set Up Parental Controls On A Linksys Router

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The Parental Controls are a very important part of every router which assume the role of filtering the content that all the members of the family can access (blocking adult or malicious websites), as well as when the Internet connection will be enabled (so your children won’t stay up too late on schooldays). The Parental … Read more

Best Wireless 802.11ac routers under 200 dollars in 2019

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As you know, the WiFi technology has evolved a lot the last decade, from the good ol’ 2.4GHz band and 802.11n wireless networking standard to the now almost equally widespread, but better 802.11ac standard (we’re now one step into the 802.11ax standard). So, you have a large array of routers, with different shapes and designs, … Read more

SanDisk Extreme vs WD My Passport SSD

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The SanDisk Extreme and the WD My Passport are two portable SSDs designed to offer a reliable read/write performance (using the 64-layer TLC 3D NAND technology), while also keeping a low profile, allowing you to easily carry the drive around. If you put the two devices next to each other, you’ll notice that they share … Read more

BlitzWolf BW-BS10 Selfie Stick Review

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The BlitzWolf selfie stick (BW-BS10) is a surprisingly versatile piece of technology, offering the option to quickly capture group photos thanks to the 2.4-foot long extensible rod and the small Bluetooth remote control. I know that the selfie stick trend has faded over the years (its height being around the beginning of the 2000s) due … Read more

Levoit LV-PUR131S Smart WiFi Air Purifier Review

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The Levoit LV-PUR131S is the first smart air purifier released by the Californian manufacturer and, considering that some of its competitors have already launched their smart models, Levoit has to make sure that it got the combination between functionality and smart home integration right (and that’s the Achilles heel of a lot of smart devices … Read more

How To Set Up Parental Controls On An Asus Router

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The Parental Controls are a set of features which are usually an integrated part of a router (and mainly include traffic filtering and scheduling) but it’s not always clear how to properly set them up, especially for the users that aren’t familiar with the networking terms, so, if you have an Asus router and need … Read more

Samsung X5 Thunderbolt 3 Portable SSD Review

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The Samsung X5 is one of the fastest portable SSDs on the market, relying on the 970 EVO NVMe drive to reach a sequential read speed of up to 2,800MBps and a sequential write speed of up to 2,300MBps and it also relies on the Thunderbolt 3 connector standard to actually allow this type of … Read more