(This is part 2 of our 3 part series, ending on Monday of buying gear in Beijing).
So MJ took you guys into and semi-through gear shopping in what we're calling "Beijing's Electronic Districts". They have real names (forgive my poor Pin-Yin), like Hai-Luong-Da-Xia and various other names.
The ones we visited are in a part of Beijing called Haidian..... [ read more ] Nov 19
(This is part 2 of our 3 part series, ending on Monday of buying gear in Beijing).
So MJ took you guys into and semi-through gear shopping in what we're calling "Beijing's Electronic Districts". They have real names (forgive my poor Pin-Yin), like Hai-Luong-Da-Xia and various other names.
The ones we visited are in a part of Beijing called Haidian..... [ read more ] Nov 18
(This is the first part of our 3 part series on buying gear in Beijing)
Shopping for gear in Asia is an interesting effort. In China, you have to exert even more effort as the electronics shopping districts almost always involve some sort of haggling.
At least if you don't want to get ripped off.
There are unwritten rules and sacred sayings that, used..... [ read more ] Sep 23
(Note: I accidently squished the box, but board still works!)
The folks at Wasabi Gear.com keep sending us stuff and I keep reviewing. Today comes a SATA RAID (0 and 1) card from I/O Crest. A simple SATA RAID card with two internal SATA connectors and 1 PATA/ATAPI connector.
There's a lot of fancy features here for a sub $40 board and RAID performance makes it a solid bargain.
I did the..... [ read more ] Sep 22
Don't have USB 3.0 on board? No problem, Best Connectivity offers a speedy USB 3.0 PCIe adapter. We found these go for anywhere from $28-$45 with (shameless plug) our friends at Wasabi Gear offering one at around $29.
On board you'll find two USB 3.0 ports, NEC chipset and a 4-pin power connector for an extra 5 volts. I'm guessing that you can't get..... [ read more ] Sep 22
You might not know a lot about Connectland, but you've seen their products all over stores like Fry's, Micro Center, Amazon, NewEgg, and a bunch of other places.
We recently got a USB 3.0 HDD docking station for review and our testers were pleasantly surprised.
Packaging is strictly no-frills, but you get everything you need. USB 3.0 cable, HDD docking station, manuals, and power supply. ..... [ read more ] Sep 22
Besides planning our trip to China, we've been busy working on a new partnership. Tech Bucket Blog announces a mutual partnership with Wasabi Gear.com.
We ran into these guys during last year's CES. While it's mostly been just a series of friendly discussions here and there, we got together with Team Wasabi a few weeks back and one thing led to..... [ read more ] Aug 18
You're dying to know. Does iRenew, CPrime, and similarly advertised bracelets work?
We got a lot of views of my initial posting, so much so that we decided to try it out, with a twist. A few things you should know before I get into. First, I didn't pay for the iRenew bacelets, nor did I get one for free from the company for review. Instead, I'm lucky enough to have a brother that jumped..... [ read more ] 
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