Sonos is one of the WIRED Gear team’s favorite speaker companies. In the splintered buy-it-trash-it world of Wi-Fi connected tech, where nothing seems to connect together properly or last all that long, Sonos speakers always sound outstanding. They are built to last for years, and they do things other speakers just can’t. Sonos speakers can […]
Despite slowing smartphone sales, Apple’s mobile devices still send totally sane people with jobs to maintain and babies to raise and bills to pay into an existential crisis over which premium phone to buy. This year, there are a few versions of iPhone to choose from, just like last year. There are the more powerful […]
Whether you’re looking for a mountain bike, a car replacement, or a convenient commuter, there’s an electric bike out there for you. According to the market research firmNPD Group, ebike sales skyrocketed by almost 91 percent in 2017 over the previous year. That’s a lot of bikes. Ebikes are versatile, they burn less fossil fuel, […]
Laptops usually come in one of two flavors: 13-inch for portability or 15-inch for horsepower. Simple. Easy-peasy. Occasionally though, a manufacturer makes a laptop outside of that binary. Sometimes they’re itty-bitty 12-inch ultrabooks, designed to slip into manila envelopes (our favorite laptops). This time, pendulum has swung the other direction, yielding the Razer Blade Pro, […]
The Raspberry Pi is a computer the size of a credit card that is aimed at do-it-yourselfers. The cheap and tiny device costs less than you’d pay for a few drinks in San Francisco, so it’s already proven to be a hit among hobbyists who want to add light computing or internet connectivity to their […]
When my mother uses an elliptical machine, she covers the screen with a towel. She says she doesn’t want to “become obsessed” with when it will end. For me, numbers are everything. I have to count down the minutes, seconds, and fractions of a mile as I go. Obsessing over my pace and stats is […]
Dell’s latest XPS 13 has achieved something near nirvana. It’s not perfect, but it’s about as close as a compact laptop is probably going to get right now. Last year’s model was a portable, svelte powerhouse, but the presence of the dreaded nose cam has long kept us from really recommending it. You see, the […]
Leica cameras are the kind of ultra-high-end gear even professional photographers covet. They’re the Bugatti of the camera world, and the reputation is well-earned. Leica is synonymous with heirloom quality craftsmanship, near-peerless optics, and exorbitant prices. While these cameras and lenses cost more than an engagement ring, they’re meant to last. They are also something […]
A certain person chooses a Onewheel over, say, a nice, safe electric scooter. I imagine this person to be a lot like my spouse who, within hours of the Onewheel Pint arriving at our house, was Onewheeling my kids in a stroller down the street. Founder Kyle Doerkson invented the Onewheel in 2014 to mimic […]
My initial reaction to Specialized’s new electric gravel bike was an eye roll. It was early June, and I had just finished sweating profusely under the sweltering Kansas sun while puttering along in the Dirty Kanza 100 gravel race. I was slow, but I was proud of my effort and suspected that an electric bike […]