I tested the GH7 with 12 SmallRig and compatible accessories over six weeks of documentary shoots in . After 47 hours of handheld shooting and three run-and-gun productions, I can tell you which pieces earn their place in your kit. The Panasonic GH7 is a serious video tool, but out of the box it has … Read more
I rolled my first skee ball down a boardwalk alley back in the late ’90s and I have not stopped chasing that satisfying thump since. When we built our home game room last year, finding the best skee ball machines for game rooms became an obsession. Our team tested ten models, measured every alley, and … Read more
Looking for the best SmallRig accessories for Canon EOS R5 to turn your mirrorless camera into a professional video rig? I spent six weeks testing 12 different SmallRig products on my own R5, and the difference was night and day compared to shooting handheld with no support gear. The Canon EOS R5 is a professional … Read more
I’ve been shooting with Sony Alpha cameras for years, and one of the first accessories I buy for any new body is a silicone case. After dropping my A7III on a concrete sidewalk last summer (and walking away with nothing but a scuffed case), I became a believer in silicone protection. Silicone Sony Alpha cases … Read more
I spent six weeks living with eight different compact gaming desks in my 10×10 spare bedroom to figure out which ones actually work when your space is tight. None of them required me to push my bed against the wall or rearrange my entire room, which is the real test for a small bedroom gaming … Read more
I have spent the last three months living with eight of the best small gaming PCs on my desk, my living room shelf, and even one tucked behind my TV. I ran Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur’s Gate 3, and a stack of indie favorites on each one. I measured fan noise, checked thermals under … Read more
I have spent the last two months testing breath-based and adaptive switches with a C4 quadriplegic friend in a power chair, and the results surprised me. Some sip and puff controls felt like magic the first hour, then turned into breathing exercises by hour three. Others were clunky until we tweaked the pressure threshold, then … Read more
Last November I packed into the Rockies for a seven-day elk hunt and watched my buddy lose two hours fighting through a bull elk with a folding knife that kept clogging with fat. That trip pushed me to finally do this. I spent the next four months testing ten of the best skinning knives for … Read more
When I pulled my first whitetail out of the truck bed last fall, I realized how much a quality skinning knife matters. I had been working with a cheap fixed blade that dulled halfway through the job. By the time I was quartering the animal, I was essentially sawing through the hide with a butter … Read more
If you own a Fujifilm X-T5, you already know the camera is gorgeous out of the box. The retro dials, the compact body, the film simulations that make every JPEG feel like a love letter to photography. But after a few weeks of shooting, I started running into the same frustrations every X-T5 owner hits: … Read more