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@王白顺BS: Nutale Air Pro – Airtag’s lower-level replacement
- Start channel: Taobao
- Starting price: 192 yuan
The newly released AirPods Pro has built-in Airtag, which made me re-interested in this little thing released last year. I happened to see that the Nutale Air Pro was discounted, and the four sets were cheaper than a single Airtag, so I wanted to try whether it could be used as a replacement.
First put two pictures of the appearance:
Back: There is a cover for the button battery, which can be opened with a push of your hand, a CR2032 button battery
After a few days of trial, the experience is not bad. It has the certification of “Works with Apple Find My”, so you can add devices directly in the “Items” column of the “Find” app. All operations are also in the “Find” app. Just like viewing other Apple devices.
In the interface in the Find app, these two items are
The cheap price will naturally have some missing features, such as: precise search. It is to trigger precise search after reaching the vicinity of Airtag (about 20 meters), telling you what direction and how far. This function is not available on Nutale Air Pro (it is said that because Apple has not yet opened UWB, so there is no third-party product on the market with accurate search), you can only find it by playing the sound after reaching the vicinity. After a rough test, it can reach 95 decibels. When it is installed in a canvas bag, the sound is about 60 decibels at a distance of 2 meters. When it is installed in the bag, it is about 7 meters away from a wall. You need to listen carefully.
Exact search: The picture comes from the screenshot of Apple’s official website
The second missing feature is that it doesn’t support NFC , so it can’t be used as an NFC tag, so you ca n’t paste it on your phone to check the owner’s information in lost mode. Instead of NFC, go to the “Find app” item column Click “Identify Found” to view the information left in Lost Mode (contact details and text left by the owner). This function is almost equivalent to none. When things like Airtag have not been widely popularized, few people will pick up items and touch their mobile phones to check the information, not to mention that they need to go to the “find app” to search for lost items and ask to pick them up. to items of people using iPhones .
Attach a picture to view the owner’s information
Finally, I would like to talk about my opinion on Airtag products: first of all, this kind of item is anti-lost rather than anti-theft, one is that it is not GPS tracking to send the location in real time, and the other is to throw the Airtag directly to you or put it on the bus to confuse you. There is no way. Therefore, the main function of this type of product is to let you know its final location, so as to judge whether it is lost in your home, company or car, or lost. If it is lost, you can go to the place to find it or look around. If there is any lost and found, it will not be lost, and pay attention to a glimmer of hope and fantasy .
Summary: The easiest way to experience Nutale Air Pro is to open the “Find app” device column to find your other devices, such as MacBook, Apple watch, iPad, AirPods (except the latest AirPods Pro, because of the precise search function) The entire The process is more than 95 percent similar. I’ve experienced it myself and it feels good.
@徐万里Alva: Baseus Dual Type-C 20W Fast Charge Power Strip
- Start channel: Taobao
- Starting price: 159 yuan
After purchasing a number of old-fashioned power strips and the Xiaomi Cube socket recommended by a friend, when I needed to buy a new socket again, I stumbled upon this “unique-looking, dual-Type-C 20W fast charging” Baseus plug-in cable I placed an order with the mentality of trying it out, and after using it day and night for a month, I decided to write a new article to share my experience of using it for 30 days.
The appearance of the power strip
First of all, when I chose the power strip, I chose the “2 Type-C + 1 USB” according to my own usage habits. There are also “65W + 5-port fast charge” and “100W + 6-port fast charge”. ”, if you need to charge more items, you can choose several models with more charging ports. The one I chose can only be said to be “barely enough”, but it is often fully plugged in. If I repurchase it later, I will probably choose a model with more charging ports.
In normal use, I connect two Type-C cables for a long time to power the iPhone and Apple Watch every day. In addition, I connect two plugs for connecting the data cables for the power supply of HomePod mini and MacBook Pro. The lower socket is mainly reserved for the connection of small appliances such as hair dryers/hair straighteners.
Let me talk about the problems I encountered when I first started using it. Because this socket has the function of “smart power off”, I just started to connect my desk lamp to its USB location, and the result happened “Once the desk lamp is turned off, after a It can’t be turned on directly for a while, and the data cable needs to be re-plugged to connect to the power”, and the same problem will occur when the HomePod mini is directly connected to its Type-C. In desperation, I can only connect these two items to the plug, and then connect the plug to the row before it can be used normally.
In addition, because its socket positions are scattered in three directions, unlike the old-fashioned row plug in one direction, it will be slightly tilted when connecting a large plug like a MacBook Pro, but I bought a smaller area before. The old-fashioned socket will also encounter the same problem, and even the previous one will be tilted up, so the newly bought one is only slightly tilted but very acceptable.
Although the problem of intelligent power-off made my experience not good at first, after adjusting the position of the socket, I have no problems with the experience since then, and it is shorter than the traditional socket, even if the desktop is small It won’t look crowded when put on it (although I still moved it to the storage box under the desktop after a week of use, because I don’t want the data cable to appear on the table), plus dual Type-C and single USB charging can basically satisfy For my daily charging and use, the whole is a product that will be repurchased.
In general, Baseus’s fast charging plug-in board is small in size, has “3 sockets + 2 Type-C + 1 USB”, and supports dual Type-C 20W fast charging, which can basically meet my daily charging needs. But if I repurchase, I will definitely choose “65W + 5-port fast charge” or “100W + 6-port fast charge”, after all, a little more is better than not enough.
@Tangled Alan: HUAWEI Eyewear Smart Glasses
I have been wearing the glasses for several years. Recently, I feel that the degree is a little wrong. I have put on the agenda to change a pair of glasses. Just before my birthday, my friend gave me a pair of HUAWEI Eyewear third-generation smart glasses. I asked the reason, just because the wearing of my brother 2 Wu Zhuoxi really brought a lot of exposure to it a while ago, giving me, a non-Huawei mobile phone user, the opportunity to have a good experience of Huawei’s smart products.
First of all, in terms of appearance, its positioning is more of glasses + rather than AR glasses, so the main body is in the direction of fashion accessories. What I wear is the gray model of the aviator. The overall appearance is slightly different than the conventional glasses except for the temples. Outside, it’s not much different from regular glasses, and people around you don’t look at you in weird ways. At the same time, the front frame part of the third generation is detachable, and the official even provides 6 different styles. It is easier to change the style if you get tired of wearing it.
The two core functions of Huawei smart glasses are: temple audio + smart assistant. It’s a pity that I have been using the iPhone all the time, and there is no need to switch to the Huawei ecosystem for a pair of glasses, so the lack of smart settings in the non-Hongmeng ecosystem cannot be avoided. , the quick reminder function (similar to the AirPods voice broadcast) and the cervical spine health reminder function to listen to the voice broadcast directly with glasses are not available on the iPhone.
But considering that AirPods have never turned on voice broadcasts, I don’t think it’s a big problem. Just as a replacement for headphones, in the two weeks of wearing, its insensitive and delicate experience is still surprising. The overall wearing comfort is not much different from the previous glasses, but Eyewear can connect my iPhone and my iPhone at the same time. The VIVO backup device, no matter which mobile phone is playing music, the music is transmitted from my glasses without the need for a second connection. In a normal office environment, the volume of about 40% can also be heard clearly, but the colleagues next door are difficult to detect. Example 2 scenarios are very useful:
- After receiving a long voice, you don’t need to wear headphones to play it, and finally you can listen to the voice freely anytime, anywhere;
- Wearing earphones on many occasions will be like a symbol of being fishy / impersonal, and glasses can avoid this embarrassment.
This “no feeling” is what impresses me, and AirPods can finally take a vacation.
Although the official announcement of 6 hours of playback audio battery life, the actual experience feels like only 4 hours, which may be related to personal use (volume, connected devices, etc.). It may also be that the glasses are insensitive compared to the headphones. In many cases, the sound of the mobile phone comes directly from the glasses, lacking the subconscious action process of wearing headphones, so the actual working time should be longer than the perception time of playing music. The third generation adopts a small charging rope magnetic charging design, any type- c data cable can be used for charging, and a simple recharge during lunch break is enough for a day.
Since Apple Watch needs to be charged every day, there is one more item that needs to be charged every day, which is still getting used to. At the same time, Huawei glasses, which are separated from Hongmeng, can only use its most basic audio playback functions. The brand premiums such as smart broadcasting and cervical health care brought by Hongmeng Ecology are missing. So if you use a Huawei mobile phone with the Hongmeng system, it can liberate 100% of its potential, and it is worth experiencing.
@WindyWendy: Empty Valley Transparent Mechanical Umbrella
- Starting channel: Xiaomi Youpin
- Starting price: 47.5 yuan, 50 yuan discount, 2.5 yuan discount for members
This umbrella has been added to the shopping cart for quite a long time, because of the price and I still have a broken umbrella that can barely be used. (One of the umbrella bones was broken, the broken bones are still on the umbrella) Finally, on a rainy night, because of my violence, I opened the umbrella and scratched the top of the umbrella. It happened to be a business event and I bought this umbrella.
The box and the slogan have a strong flavor
Metal umbrella buckle with clear texture. Hidden tail bead design, strong sense of unity. However, the folding lines of the new umbrella are not neat and tidy, which is not very friendly to obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The most outstanding part of this umbrella is the handle design. Compared with other mechanical umbrellas, Konggu has made the handle transparent. Who would have thought that the first object I had in the Discovery Edition was an umbrella. The plastic casing is lightly frosted, and you can see the parts inside, especially when the umbrella is closed, you can see the internal gears rotating, and you can hear the rotating sound. It’s useless, but it’s all good. The lanyard of the umbrella handle is not an elastic rope, which is worthy of praise. The previous umbrellas were terrible after being hung for a long time.
Mechanical umbrella handle can see the structure
When the umbrella is folded, the height is 32 cm, and the small bag is enough. Open the umbrella, the diameter of the whole umbrella is about one meter, it is enough for a single person, and two people have to hug each other, and the height is 62 cm. The hardness of the umbrella skeleton is online and relatively strong, and it has not yet experienced the test of strong winds. The inside of the umbrella is designed in red and black, so when you look up at the bottom of the umbrella, it will not appear too monotonous.
The bottom of the umbrella is red and black, and the umbrella surface is all black
The red part of the umbrella stand is said to be released glass fiber, which offsets part of the strong wind. In addition, it is equipped with a thickened stainless steel two-section tube and a stainless spring. The high-density impact cloth and UV vinyl provide rain-proof and shading effects, but the overall umbrella material is not very thick, even thinner than the mini umbrella in the Xiaomi mobile phone gift box set.
Another feature of the umbrella is that it can prevent rebound, which was not noticed at the time of purchase. It was only when I was using it that I discovered that when the umbrella was not successfully closed with one hand, the mechanical umbrella did not rebound as usual, but stuck in the position where you stopped. This is very friendly to the situation of carrying things with one hand into public places in rainy days. You don’t have to put the umbrella handle on your waist to test yourself after you have finished collecting the umbrella. Just press the switch and push the umbrella lightly to make the umbrella enter. It is more portable. status.
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Summary: The full umbrella has almost no shortcomings except that the umbrella surface is thin and the switch button is a little loose. Transparent mechanical umbrella handle, red and black color matching umbrella bottom, spring and glass fiber, the umbrella is retractable and anti-rebound. Add these things together, plus SF Express, a total of 50 yuan. Quite a pleasant shopping experience.
@johnbens: LEGO 41957 DOTS Collection Decorative Sticker Set
- Start channel: LEGO offline store
- Starting price: 209.3 yuan
After the closure of the city in Shanghai, my wife and I have recently felt a little lack of motivation in our daily life and work, and we have feelings of escaping things intentionally or unintentionally. As a result, a lot of trivial matters have gradually piled up and we have not dealt with them, which makes people feel irritable. While adjusting to the rhythm and mood of our daily lives, we also wanted to find new ways to give ourselves a little bit of positive feedback on completing tasks, other than checking the Todo List.
It occurred to us one day that we might be able to accomplish this with Lego. The basic idea is to prepare some LEGO bricks, and take out one piece to combine at will every time you complete a task, just like a LEGO “Little Red Flower”.
At first, we wanted to buy a cup of bulk building blocks directly to realize this idea. I didn’t expect to find the Dots decorative sticker series by accident when wandering around the store. Small particles of various shapes, rich colors, and highly DIY similar to “hole board”. The method of use is very suitable for our needs. The clerk seized the opportunity to introduce to the store that there are several boxes of “micro-blemish” products with indentations in the store.
There are 5 8*8 square bases in the set, and more than 400 small particles of various colors. It contains 10 random pattern particles, and a remover.
According to the original idea, we put the base on the computer table, and after each task is completed, we take out a small particle and paste it on. This small action, coupled with the cute color and shape of the Dots particles, will indeed make me Feel relaxed and happy.
There is 3M double-sided tape on the back of the base, so it can be freely attached to various positions for more usage, such as the back of the mobile phone case, notebook, refrigerator door, etc.
The set also comes with a storage box, but we stored all the particles in the LEGO lidded box bought by IKEA, so we put this storage box in the living room to store some daily gadgets.
My wife and I like the LEGO brand very much, but we are always troubled by the problems of “where to put it after we put it together, it is easy to accumulate dust and difficult to take care of” and we have never actually purchased it. The Dots series brings the LEGO concept from three-dimensional to two-dimensional plane space. In addition to what we bought, there are many fun sets, note boards, bracelets, and even modules that can be sewn on clothes, which are very imaginative. Although the product is designed to stimulate the imagination of children, it has unexpectedly become our favorite, and it is easier to use Lego to add some practical and interesting embellishments in life.
However, I would like to remind everyone that if there are children and pets at home, special attention should be paid to the small particles not to be accidentally swallowed and cause danger. The Dots series packaging states that it is recommended for children over 6 years old.
@Yaaang: I look forward to taking a nap every day since I have it
During the epidemic, I casually placed an order for Tesla Y at home, and I did not expect to be notified to pick up the goods in September. So the day of driving to work started early.
One day I was very tired at noon, so I thought I could go to the car and lie down for a while. It took me a long time to fiddle with the rear seats (it is estimated that there is some control, people cannot be knocked down when they are in the back). After lying down, the space is really good, but I feel that it is so hard.
I have poor sleep, so my requirements for mattresses and pillows are quite high. The mattresses and pillows at home are carefully selected (within the budget). For a more comfortable nap, I decided to start buying a car mattress & amp; pillow.
I bought an air mattress from Decathlon before, and I have it ready for emergency use at home. I don’t really like the actual sleep feeling, and the noise is too loud when turning over, and the morning break is precious, so I passed all the inflatable models. The rest of the materials are mostly memory foam, either spliced or whole, and the price is around 1,000 yuan. (Let’s just say, it’s pretty expensive)
I have seen a lot of stores, including those specializing in Tesla accessories, which basically have mattresses. And among the nearly 1,000 comments, there are always some small hands that will make you suddenly hesitate to place an order. Finally, I found this store called Griby. There are very few products, only 2, and there are not many comments. About 80% of them are praised by comments with pictures. There is a comment that it is the only one with a whole memory foam (this one has not been studied carefully).
In the process of consulting customer service, I learned that they have just launched a new product “mattress extension board”, which is to use the material to hang on the front seat to extend the length of the entire mattress. The material of the extension board is internal review wood + external and Mattress of the same fabric. After tangled for a while, I felt that I could not buy it first, after all, I am not tall (the customer service promised to give me a preferential price if I needed to buy it later ).
The customer service also said that this is the fastest mattress on the market, and its purpose is to let everyone go out for camping, but because it is very convenient to store and unfold, most customers feel that they are taking it for a nap. Then I happily decided to place an order.
I placed an order on Friday afternoon, and I received a large box early on Sunday morning. I forgot to take a photo when I opened the box, so I will add an official photo. The real thing looks like this:
When I received the mattress, there was no peculiar smell. After opening the fixed Velcro, it was very convenient to unfold and spread, and the fit was very high.
There are two large and one small in total. The small one is placed below, which is probably the position of the torso. As a thickening design for the load-bearing area, the two are stacked about 7cm. The material on the outside is also very comfortable, students who don’t mind (lazy) can sleep directly, such as me, and the cover is detachable and machine washable.
Storage is also very convenient, roll it up → fold it in half → stick it with Velcro to fix it. I didn’t use the roll when I stored it, I folded it in half, and the customer service saw my review photo and sent me a tutorial directly “Please refer to this video for storage.”
Since I have it, I look forward to taking a nap every day.
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In fact, I searched on little red book before and after placing the order. There is only one video for this product, but I don’t know why, I believe it will be a good product.
This one does not come with a pillow, and his family does not have to sell it, so I asked the customer service (it is estimated that it is design + customer service + first-hand sales), the mattress is so comfortable, why don’t you make more products, such as pillows? The customer service said: “Every customer has different requirements for pillows. We don’t want to develop a product casually. (Meeting customers’ requirements for pillows) is difficult. We will develop it only after solving this problem.”
BTW, I finally bought the pillow from STS. I bought its neck pillow before. It is very useful, the support is very good, and it is very convenient to carry. Some people also recommend a camping pillow from Decathlon.
@徐万里Alva: Fuji XC 50-230mm F4.5-6.7 OIS II
- Start channel: Amazon
- Starting price: £315
Domestic price reference: brand new 1600 yuan, second-hand mostly 1200-1500 yuan.
When shooting two subjects with a fixed distance, due to the long shooting distance of the telephoto lens, perspective compression will occur, making the distance between the subject and the background appear very close. The wide-angle lens needs to be very close to the subject to shoot, which will enhance the sense of perspective and make the distance between the subject and the background appear to be much farther than it actually is. ——The film and television hurricane “Hardcore Science | What is the focal length”
When I first started to try photography, I often wondered, “Why does the same scene and angle make me feel completely different from others’?” In the early days of thinking, I started with the device update and the post-processing of the pictures. I used a higher-quality camera and kept trying new color grading styles. Although the photos were obviously changed compared to the direct production of the mobile phone, I still felt that it was almost impossible. what.
After I went to college, I was fortunate enough to listen to the teacher systematically explain the influence of “focal length” on imaging in the course about photography, and then I suddenly realized that the difference is also here (it is strongly recommended that new photographers read more tutorials when getting started, and systematically learn the basics first. Knowledge). Using telephoto shooting will produce a feeling of “far bigger and near smaller”, and it will also produce the visual effect of “the spatial distance between the front and rear objects in the picture is closer than it is actually”. At that time, I had the idea of buying a telephoto, but it was delayed until this year.
This lens has an equivalent focal length of 76-350mm on the Fuji X-T3, but it weighs only 375 grams (my XF 18-55mm has 310 grams), which is a light, long enough and affordable entry-level model Telephoto is a good choice for shooting landscapes and street scenes in daily life.
However, the disadvantage brought by the affordable price is that its aperture is small (F4.5 – F6.7) and the focusing speed is slow. When I took it to shoot the sunset in Cardington Mountain, the light was dim and the experience was obvious. If it drops, especially when shooting night scenes by hand, it is easy to take slightly blurred photos due to low shutter speed, or to take high-noise waste films due to excessively high sensitivity. And when shooting video, the disadvantage of slow focusing speed will also affect the presentation of the video to a certain extent. I usually switch to manual focus to shoot directly, or shoot with a faster focusing speed of 18-55mm.
After using this lens for a month, I am quite satisfied. After all, the original telephoto, which is in the early 1000 yuan range, is quite competitive just for the price/performance ratio. Even the Fuji XC 50-230mm is so popular in recent years, and the second-hand market has also increased its price, so it is laughed at by netizens as “investment and wealth management products”.
Because I usually play with some lenses that require manual focus (such as Laowa 9mm F2.8), the slow focusing speed is not a problem for me. The main thing that affects my experience is that it is difficult to shoot at night, but It’s fine if you use it with a tripod. So overall, its shortcomings are within my acceptable range, and the advantages are even beyond expectations. Using telephoto shooting often makes me “bright eyes”, and I feel that I see a different world through telephoto.
For example, the two pictures below, on the left is a photo taken by my friend @-Explosions- with a mobile phone, and the picture on the right is a photo taken by me with an XC 50-230mm. With a telephoto lens, you can take pictures of distant scenery that is difficult to capture with the naked eye~
Telephoto also has unique advantages in capturing animals:
To sum up, if you want to start a Fuji telephoto in a thousand yuan budget, the XC 50-230mm is indeed an option worth considering. However, if you mainly focus on video shooting, or have more needs to shoot in low-light environments, this lens may be more difficult to use, so you must choose carefully. The last sentence is: according to your usage habits and budget, choose the one that suits you~
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