Gaming

I spent the last three months testing eight Wi-Fi 6E routers in a 2,800 square foot home with a 1.5 Gbps fiber connection, pitting them against everything from Apex Legends ranked matches to VR streaming over Wi-Fi. The jump from Wi-Fi 6 to Wi-Fi 6E is real for gaming, and the 6 GHz band finally … Read more

I spent the last two months building three different custom water cooling loops to find the best DDC pump reservoir combo for every budget and case size. From a tiny NCase M1 SFF build to a full-tower workstation with dual GPUs, my team pumped over 200 liters of coolant through these units to see which … Read more

I have spent the last 90 days switching between eight e-ink writing tablets, taking meeting notes, annotating PDFs, and journaling every evening to find the best e-ink writing tablets worth your money in . My testing included daily note-taking sessions of 2+ hours, document markup of academic papers, and a battery-drain test that let each … Read more

I remember my first wireless go microphone purchase like it was yesterday. I grabbed the cheapest option on Amazon, took it to a wedding interview, and watched the signal drop out every time the subject walked ten feet away. The footage was unusable. That disaster sent me down a rabbit hole. Over the past two … Read more

I spent three weeks stress-testing 8 of the best cooling fans for ROG Ally at 30W turbo across Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5, and Baldur’s Gate 3. The ROG Ally is a beast, but its Ryzen Z1 APU pushes past 95°C fast and starts thermal throttling within 20 minutes of intense play. If your Ally … Read more

I bought my Nintendo Switch 2 on launch day and immediately realized the box included nothing to protect it. No pouch, no sleeve, no zippered case – nothing. After watching my new console slide around in my backpack for one trip, I started testing Nintendo Switch 2 carrying cases obsessively. The big surprise: most original … Read more

I’m a lefty gamer, and finding the best left handed gaming mice has been a 15-year scavenger hunt. Most manufacturers build mice for right-handed users, leaving roughly 10% of the population squeezing into molded grips designed for the opposite hand. After 60 days of daily testing with five top contenders, my hands-on notes tell a … Read more

If you’ve ever wished your desk setup felt less cluttered while still having instant access to your favorite shortcuts, a low profile macropad might be exactly what you need. These slim, programmable companions pack the punch of a full mechanical keypad into a fraction of the height, sitting flat on your desk like a sleek … Read more

I’ve spent the last six weeks pedaling through 8 of the most popular under desk elliptical machines with resistance, and I can tell you straight up: not all of them are created equal. An under desk elliptical is a compact, pedal-based exercise machine that fits beneath your desk so you can move your legs in … Read more

I spent three months testing 8 of the best control mouse pads for gaming across CS2, Valorant, and Apex Legends. After roughly 240 hours of mouse movement tracking and over 50 hours of aim training, the differences between cloth surfaces became impossible to ignore. Some pads felt like trying to micro-adjust on wet ice, while … Read more