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• How real are your stats? Part 2: health

  By Shaun on October 6, 2025 • ( 3 )

  

  Health stats are becoming more important as time passes and we are starting to see devices grow in popularity that focus on your overall health. Whoop is one example and so is Oura, but are these products focussing on health… Read More ›

• How real are your stats? Part 1: fitness

  By Shaun on October 5, 2025 • ( 7 )

  

  Since moving to the Amazfit Helio Strap, which I wear on my bicep, I have noticed a few things that have made me question my fitness tracking over the past decade. So much time has been spent looking at numbers,… Read More ›

• The Metric Digital Blend

  By Shaun on October 3, 2025 • ( 1 )

  I can think of few better uses for a watch than timing the making of a perfect coffee. Brew has managed to create such a specified model while keeping the use of digital and analogue seamless. There is a sense… Read More ›

• I like things that work

  By Shaun on October 2, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  The title sounds obvious doesn’t it, but it is not something that everyone considers when purchasing a new product. It is easy to become consumed by the features, the design or the hype and to through your money down for… Read More ›

• Starting to understand minimalism

  By Shaun on September 30, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  I am not a fan of going the full minimalist route that you see touted all over YouTube and by people who are, I presume, mostly vegan. It often comes over as doing it because it is cool or retro,… Read More ›

• E-ink adventures

  By Shaun on September 27, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  On a whim I decided to purchase a pre-owned Remarkable 2 for £200 and an 3rd party Staedtler pencil for £22. This to me represented a decent price for a product that could help me in so many ways and… Read More ›

• IX&DAO Engineer – probably the best value watch I have ever seen

  By Shaun on September 23, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  This watch is conflicting to me. It is an obvious homage to my grail watch, the IWC Ingenieur, but it is one that offers many surprises. A quick round up of the specs follows- 316L Stainless Steel caseSapphire CrystalPT5000 movement… Read More ›

• E(lusive) Ink

  By Shaun on September 19, 2025 • ( 9 )

  

  I have been searching for an e-ink device that I can use when I want to read books, articles and PDFs, but which can also handle services like email, web browsing and Reddit. Those tasks are all I require now… Read More ›

• Sleep Score needs work

  By Shaun on September 11, 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  Apple needs to do some work on the new sleep tracking feature. Two nights with it working on my Ultra 2. Two nights of dreadful and continually interrupted sleep. Two high sleep scores that say my sleep is excellent. 🥴

• Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

  By Shaun on September 10, 2025 • ( 4 )

  

  I missed the Apple event yesterday, but got some time to watch it this afternoon and I must say that I came away from it quite confused. iPhone 17 A decent upgrade and lots of specs for the money when… Read More ›

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