Buying Guide

I tested eight neck phone holders side by side for six weeks, switching between iPhone 15 Pro Max and a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, filming while cooking dinner, walking the dog, and recording long voiceover sessions. Two cracked under the weight of a Pro Max, one snapped at the plastic hinge, and three were honestly […]

I have spent the last three months testing the best phone stands for video calls on my home office desk, my kitchen counter, and a hotel nightstand in three different cities. I joined 60+ Zoom and FaceTime calls, recorded 12 hours of live streaming footage, and watched my neck strain disappear once I stopped holding

I’ve tested dozens of phone stands over the years, but finding the best foldable phone stands for travel changed how I pack for every trip. After 18 months of testing on flights, hotel desks, and cramped airport lounges, I can tell you which ones actually survive a carry-on and which collapse under real-world use. This

Finding the best retractable USB-C cables used to mean wading through dozens of Amazon listings promising “100W fast charging” and “tangle-free design” with no real way to tell which ones actually deliver. After spending the last three months testing eight top-selling models across my desk, my car, and a 14-day travel circuit through three airports,

After three months of testing cables across a packed gaming desk, a Steam Deck dock, and a Quest 3 Link setup, our team landed on one clear conclusion: a right-angle USB-C cable is the single cheapest upgrade that solves the biggest hidden problem in a modern gaming rig. Sharp cable bends at the port of

I’ve lost my keys more times than I care to admit. After 90 days of testing 8 different trackers on my iPhone 15 Pro, I finally have a clear answer to which best bluetooth trackers for iPhone users actually deliver in . The Apple AirTag still leads the pack, but several newer Find My compatible

After spending three months testing eight of the best smartphone thermal cameras on the market, I can tell you this: the gap between a cheap attachment and a serious tool is bigger than most buyers realize. We pointed each unit at the same leaking radiator, the same overloaded breaker panel, and the same raccoon raiding

I tested 15 USB-C flash drives with my iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 17 over 60 days, transferring everything from 4K ProRes clips to 12,000-photo libraries, and the difference between a great drive and a mediocre one is night and day. If you are hunting for the best USB-C flash drives for iPhones in ,

I ran out of storage on my Galaxy S24 Ultra halfway through a two-week trip last summer. No laptop, sketchy hotel Wi-Fi, and 47GB of 4K footage I wasn’t willing to lose to a cloud sync that might never finish. I plugged a USB-C flash drive directly into the phone, watched the file manager pop

I have spent the last 12 months shooting everything from short documentaries to client commercials on an iPhone 16 Pro and a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, and the lesson I keep relearning is brutal: phone internal storage is never enough. After killing two cards during a multi-day wedding gig, I switched to an external SSD