Author: Juan Carlos Bagnell

Juan has been obsessed with consumer electronics since before computers had GUI’s. Out of college he worked on a JIT computing contract which supported DOE facilities in New Mexico. He’s been featured on numerous podcasts and radio shows lending his tech insights. You can also find him in LA directing voice over actors and producing spoken word recording.
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How Big a Battery do You Need for Your Fridge? It’s So Easy to Figure Out!

How big a battery do YOU need?

It’s not always easy to figure out how big a battery you should buy to run your appliances. The refrigerator is especially difficult to measure because it can cycle on and off. The best way to measure this is with a watt meter that has a memory function (affiliate link for one below), but if you dont have one handy, you can still figure out a loose estimate on how much battery you should buy.

It’s a DUMB way to do it, but it does kinda work!

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These Earbuds SHAME the AirPods Pro! They Sound SO Good!

Status Pro X long term test drive!

Spending a few weeks with the new triple driver earbuds from Status. This is a REALLY fun sound for consumer buds, with solid ANC, and decent battery life.

I like this vibe a LOT, but there’s one small issue for our hearing health…

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#SGGQA 415: Pixel 10 Poor Gaming, FCC Attacks School WiFi, Game Pass Price Hike

The FCC votes against American students using WiFi. We might have passed peak social media use, and young people are “leading the leaving”. Microsoft hikes Game Pass prices by 50%. Xiaomi’s new phones are being “benchmarked”. Google is testing new hardware for the Pixel 11. Genshin is unplayable on the Pixel 10.

Let’s get our tech week started right!
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It’s SO Easy to Make Your Own PRIVATE Cloud! UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus!

The UGREEN DH4300 Plus is IN the GadgetLab!

UGREEN is sponsoring this video to chat about network storage, backing up your important data, and making your own cloud!

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Phones Never Should Have Lost MicroSD Cards (And Tech Reviewers Should Stop Bootlicking)

Your phone is a computer.

A computer is always more useful when you can expand on its functionality.

Either through better battery managements and repair, dedicated ports for data and audio, or the ability to increase a computer’s storage, these are all ways we can use a computer longer before it falls into obsolescence.

Unfortunately for phone “reviewers”, it’s more important to validate the bias of an audience, and make more money on content by keeping positive relationships with manufacturers, than to ever criticize the cynical money grabbing schemes of said manufacturers.

It’s hilarious that even now, with most phones abandoning the ability to increase device storage, we still see hacks defend the removal of this useful feature. Me thinks they doth protest too much?

Since these defensive articles and videos CONTINUE to crop up defending bad takes on tech, let’s pick a few of those points apart.

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Not DJI or RODE! THESE are the Smallest Wireless Microphones I’ve Ever Seen and They Sound GOOD!

Saramonic Air review!

It’s LITTLE, so it’s ADORABLE!

Saramonic is delivering one of the most complete two channel wireless mic systems I’ve yet reviewed. Tons of accessories IN THE BOX! It has GREAT audio quality! It’s one of the smallest transmitters I’ve ever seen, and it can STILL use a wired lav. It’s really impressive!

So why aren’t I using them in my videos?

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#SGGQA 414: OnePlus 15 and Qualcomm’s New Chips – PJ Pod!

OnePlus is showing off their next phone, and it might land here SOON!

Plus Qualcomm has new chips ready for phones, tablets, and PC’s!

Let’s get our tech week started right!
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The Best Way to Record Your Game Play at 4K and 60FPS? You Need THIS Capture Card!

ORICO SharpVid review!

It’s an inexpensive USB capture card, and it does a great job of recording 4k at 60fps! ORICO has a fun trick though, adding audio and dual video inputs!

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