My Siri AI review after three weeks of daily use on an iPhone 18 Pro and a Mac: what works, the daily connection errors and why it scores 3/5 Cool.
October 10, 2026Comments are off for this post.
Siri AI Review: Living With Apple’s New Siri
September 24, 2026Comments are off for this post.
Philips OneBlade Review UK: 4/5 After Five Years
Five years with the same Philips OneBlade. One handle, a new blade every four months, and blades that work out at £1.65 a month. Here is what wore out, which blade I stopped buying, and the one design flaw that will eventually kill it. #philipsoneblade #grooming #shaving #ukreviews #coolcuration
March 24, 2026Comments are off for this post.
Apple Studio Display XDR Review: Is £2,999 Worth It?
Last updated: March 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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The Apple Studio Display XDR review everybody has been waiting for. Seven years on from the Pro Display XDR, Apple has finally returned to the professional monitor space -- and this time, at a price that won't require a second mortgage. Sort of. At £2,999, the Studio Display XDR is still a serious investment, but for the first time in a long while, Apple's premium display actually makes sense for a wider audience of creatives and professionals. Whether it makes sense for you is a different question entirely.
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★★★★☆
4 out of 5 — Stone cold
March 23, 2026Comments are off for this post.
Fairphone Fairbuds XL Review | Worth £219 in the UK?
Last updated: March 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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The Fairbuds XL review you didn't expect to go like this: Fairphone's over-ear headphones are not the compromise you'd assume. The sound is genuinely fun, the build is impressively sustainable, and there is a single control feature that every major headphone maker should have nicked by now and somehow hasn't. They're not perfect — the ANC and feature set have real limitations — but as a statement of intent about what consumer electronics could look like, these headphones are hard to argue with.
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★★★★☆
4 out of 5 — Stone cold
December 23, 2020Comments are off for this post.
ESG Investing JPMorgan Review: SRI Scores, Holdings and Fossil Fuels
ESG investing with JPMorgan Personal Investing: my SRI pot's MSCI scores, top 10 holdings and returns, and the parent bank's fossil fuel record.
December 13, 2020Comments are off for this post.
LastSwab Review: Is This Reusable Cotton Bud Worth It?
Last updated: 24 March 2026
By Stiv · Design, technology and personal finance
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Cool Factor: 4/5
This LastSwab review has been a long time coming. At CoolCuration we're big fans of anything that shrinks our carbon footprint, and a reusable cotton bud that replaces up to 1,000 disposable swabs sounded almost too good to be true. Spoiler: it's not. The LastSwab by Danish brand LastObject is one of those quietly brilliant inventions that makes you wonder why we ever settled for the single-use version. Here's how it holds up after extended use.
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