Luggage & bags high quality shopping picks from Epivend: If the palm-sized portable chargers whet your appetite for cool gadgets but you want something with a bit more juice, the Anker PowerCore 10,000 is another excellent pocket-friendly power bank. Its 10,000mAh battery can charge your iPhone multiple times, even though this PowerCore is barely larger in length and width than a credit card. Like other Anker power banks, this unit also boasts Anker’s proprietary PowerIQ and VoltageBoost technology, which optimizes charging speed for different devices, ensuring that you’re not waiting around too long for your gadgets to recharge. This very practical charger rings in at just $30.
A little history of watches and a few advices for purchasing the perfect watch. Certina, founded in Grenchen, Switzerland in 1888, has always been a rather low-key brand. You may not know, but they were innovators in shock protection and water resistance, which is nearly weapons-grade on this watch. The rotating ceramic diving bezel on this 41mm beauty, usually a hallmark of much more expensive pieces, is scratch resistant and nearly indestructible, and the handsome strap features a deployment clasp. Shinola watches, assembled in Detroit, have sparked a renaissance in the Motor City and for American watch brands in general. One of their latest editions of their most popular design, the Runwell, is a subtle version of what can be a busy style. This is destined to become a classic design that will no doubt age well with it’s stainless steel case and durable leather strap. With a clean ivory-colored face and luminous hands, wearing this watch makes a statement that you value good design, but don’t need an overly expensive timepiece to speak for you.
Heritage 1973 Chronograph 43mm satin-polished stainless steel case, black calf leather strap. The Swiss brand first engaged with motor racing during the Fifties, finding its greatest success in the Seventies sponsoring entrants at the Le Mans 24-hour endurance races and claiming a podium first place with French car builder Alpine at the Monte Carlo Rally World Championship in 1973. This year’s Heritage release revisits Tissot’s original mechanical racing watch, the Navigator, fairly faithfully while adding new tweaks. Inside the polished steel 43mm case, the three-dial panda layout is highlighted with green Super-LumiNova indices and sporty little neon-orange counters, the date window is repositioned between 4 and 5 o’clock, and it’s all mounted on a period-perfect black perforated leather racing strap. Limited to an appropriate 1,973 pieces, the race is on to catch up with one.
The Auto Vox T1400 is one of the best cameras for your rear-view mirror. Instead of sending footage either to an external screen or your smartphone, the Auto Vox beams footage from a camera positioned above your rear license plate to a small screen integrated into your rear-view mirror. The camera itself features a durable, water-resistant design, too, while the 4.3-inch LCD monitor offers auto-adjusting brightness and anti-glare properties, among other incentives. See extra info at Epivend.
Anker is one of the top brands for electronics, and they’ve come to turn your morning rush into a more enjoyable experience. We’ve all been late out the door with a phone battery down to 12%, and scorned ourselves for buying overpriced gas station chargers on the way to work. This makes it far easier and boosts up to 80% of your battery in as little as a half-hour, average thirty-five minutes. No more anxiety over your phone dying suddenly. Anker doesn’t just put the proof in the pudding, they also want you to feel nice and easy with an 18-month warranty. Imagine if all car chargers came with that. They’re so confident you’re going to love it, that they’ve made their Quick Charge 3.0 USB Car Charger compatible with just about every phone on the market for the past five years, both Android and iOS. Rev up the USB 3.0 technology, and get ready to roll with a full battery bar. Be sure to also check out our list of the top portable power banks for more great items like this.
“Sous vide” is a process in which you vacuum-seal something — say, a steak — in a plastic bag, then immerse it in a hot water bath for a long time. This low-and-slow cooking method results in amazingly tender and juicy meat. Anova’s Nano Precision Cooker takes the guesswork out by connecting to your smartphone via an app, and alerting you when your food is ready. Plus, the app has recipes and tips from Serious Eats, one of the better cooking sites online. The Bluetooth-only Nano, Anova’s newest model, is smaller than the original, yet has better on-device controls, and heats water and cooks your food just as fast.