Two years. Three pairs. One broken case. My honest Loop earplugs review, including the bit Loop will not tell you about the fit.
An honest, hands-on TP-Link Roam 7 review: is this dual-band Wi-Fi 7 travel router, with its 2.5G WAN and built-in VPN, worth it in the UK?
GTA 6 pre-orders are live in the UK. Here is the price, the Standard and Ultimate editions, the Vintage Vice City bonus and where to buy before 19 November 2026.
My honest EcoFlow Wave 3 review after a summer of daily use: the dual-hose portable air con that is quiet, tiny and cheap to run on Octopus.
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Best Refurbished iPads UK 2026: Which One to Buy
The best refurbished iPads to buy in the UK in 2026, ranked by who they suit, with Back Market and Amazon Renewed compared so you can pick the cheapest route.
June 28, 2026Comments are off for this post.
Best Back Market Deals UK: June 2026 Picks
Last updated: 28 June 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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Refurbished techJune 2026 edit
The Back Market deals worth grabbing this June
Refurbished tech moves fast, and the best Back Market deals rarely hang around for long. So this month I have pulled together the picks that actually look like value right now, spread across phones, laptops, tablets, audio and wearables. Every price was correct when we checked, but Back Market prices shift daily and stock is limited.
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Best E-Readers UK 2026: Kindle, Kobo and reMarkable
Kindle, Kobo or reMarkable? Our pick of the best e-readers in the UK for 2026, for every budget and a splurge for note-takers.
June 7, 2026Comments are off for this post.
Honest Mobile vs Smarty: Which SIM Wins in 2026?
Honest Mobile vs Smarty compared for 2026: prices, the Three network, roaming, perks and referral offers, so UK buyers pick the right SIM-only deal.
May 24, 2026Comments are off for this post.
HP Colour Laser 150nw Review UK 2026: Do Not Buy
Last updated: 24 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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Tech / PrintersDo Not Buy
HP Colour Laser 150nw review: the printer that died at eleven months
We bought an HP Colour Laser 150nw for about £130 thirteen months ago. It is now sitting in a recycling pile. This HP Colour Laser 150nw review explains exactly why, because the power button broke, HP's support website was impenetrable, and returning it to Currys was not worth the trip.
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1 out of 5 — Do Not Buy
So here is the short version. The print quality was genuinely fine. Everything else was not. We are writing this review so that you do not waste your money the way we wasted ours. Below, we walk through everything that went wrong, why the fault is baked into the design, and exactly what to buy instead.
The HP Colour Laser 150nw. Compact, tidy, and now destined for the recycling centre.
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Best Father’s Day Tech Gifts UK 2026: The Beyond-Obvious Edit
Father's Day Tech Gifts2026 Edit
The tech gifts he doesn't know he wants yet.
Last updated: 23 May 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
Father's Day tech gifts tend to arrive in two flavours: the painfully obvious and the quietly disappointing. After all, your dad already owns an iPhone, a pair of AirPods, and a smart speaker he shouts at across the kitchen. So this year, skip every one of those. Instead, this edit of Father's Day tech gifts is for the dad who has the obvious stuff already, and who secretly wants the interesting stuff he has not discovered yet.
Father's Day 2026 falls on Sunday 21 June, which gives you roughly a month to order. Moreover, every pick below sits in that sweet spot between "I did not know this existed" and "I cannot believe I lived without it." Some we own. Some we have tested. Some we have researched obsessively and quietly added to our own wish lists. All of them passed the same test: is it well designed, does it solve a real problem, and would we be genuinely excited to unwrap it?
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Best under £100AncestryDNA Kit£79
Best under £150Fairphone Fairbuds£129
Best splurgereMarkable Paper Pro£699
Most unexpectedBird Buddy Pro£199
For the audiophile dadTeenage Engineering OB-4around £599
For the tinkering dadBambu Lab A1 Minifrom £149
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