Expand your control over your iDevices home automation products with the Instant Switch

iDevices recently announced the availability of their new Instant Switch, a wireless remote control switch that connects to your favorite iDevices product.  The Switch is battery powered, so it doesn’t require wiring.  You can mount it directly on the wall with its included 3M Command adhesive strip and faceplate anywhere you’d like an extra control point.  Or you can add it to an existing gang box or put it beside an existing gang box and use a standard rocker faceplate.

The Instant Switch can give you control over a hard-to-reach lamp or an outdoor lighting fixture.  The Switch even incorporates a dimmer, so you can set the ambiance of your space.  And because it can pair with an existing hard-wired iDevices Wall or Dimmer Switch, it can create a 3- or 4-way control setup.

The iDevices Instant Switch is available now for $34.95; special sale pricing gives you a third free with the purchase of two.  The Instant Switch is available at the iDevices website.

Essential Phone, new Waterfield wallets, Mission Workshop pants, and more – Weekly roundup

Wow, where did this week go? It’s Saturday, which means it’s time for you to take a quick look through a list of everything that we wrote about this week on The Gadgeteer. We have news, we have reviews, and we have articles about your favorite gadgets. Enjoy!

News

New 2018 spring colors from Topo Designs to add some fresh style to your carry!

Summer is coming 2.0 – You can’t make pancakes on a grill

Is your HomePod leaving behind a white ring? Pad & Quill has a solution for that

The Twelve South SurfacePad is a leather jacket for your iPhone

SnapPower has a new easy to install USB wall outlet cover charger

WaterField introduces the Micro Wallet V2.0

Phoozy protects your phone from extreme heat, cold, drops, scratches, and it even floats!

Protect your luggage with AirBolt, the first Bluetooth-connected travel lock

You’ll always be in uniform with these Star Trek messenger bags

Manhattan Portage Pen Cases: compact, protective, durable affordable

Forget winter! Summer’s coming, and you’ll need a new grill!

WaterField adds RFID blocking to their Finn Wallet

Change the look and feel of the Apple Pencil with Ztylus

Charge your Apple Watch directly at the wall socket with this Wiplabs charger

Keep your beer bottle chill and protected with BottleKeeper

Giving new meaning to home delivery – Amazon can now deliver a pre-constructed 20- or 40-ft tiny home to you

This travel pillow is a folding shelf for your chin

Turn any power cable into a MagSafe style cable

Reviews

Mission Workshop Icon City Pants review

Contour Design RollerMouse Red plus ergonomic mouse review

Wiplabs Slope universal tablet stand review

MWAY HD 1200P WiFi endoscope camera review

ACGAM AG6X mechanical gaming keyboard review

Essential Phone PH-1 review

Brush Hero detail cleaning brush review

Oberon Design Sonoma Tote review

New 2018 spring colors from Topo Designs to add some fresh style to your carry!

I admit it. I’m a Topo Designs fan boy. They always brings unique &  interesting color combinations to the party, and the Spring lineup is no exception. You’ve got two new Rover Pack color combos in turquoise/clay (shown above) and an olive/khaki combo. They’re also adding a khaki/turquoise color combo to their dopp kit and accessory bags, as shown below.

Topo bags are among my personal favorites. I love the functional simplicity of their designs, and the quality is excellent. The Rover pack is my go-to bag for day trips and outdoor excursions, and the large accessory bag goes everywhere with me to wrangle my little odds and ends. I’d highly recommend checking them out! I might spring for one of the new colors myself… just don’t tell my wife. 😉

Check out the new color lineup at the Topo Designs web site!

Summer is coming 2.0 – You can’t make pancakes on a grill

Grilling is the traditional outdoor cooking method, but did you know that you can have a griddle in your outdoor kitchen?  Blackstone says that 2018 is the year of griddling, and their line of outdoor griddles will allow you to take your place at the forefront of this movement!

Griddles expand the types of foods you can prepare in your outdoor kitchen.  You can make things like eggs, bacon, and pancakes for breakfast, cheesesteaks for lunch sandwiches, and stir-fries and delicate fish for dinner.  The griddle tops are thick, cold-rolled steel that cleans up easily.  The griddles use propane and have electric push-button igniters.  There’s a range of sizes from a 17″ Table Top Griddle for tailgating and picnicking up to a 36″ four-burner griddle.  Even the larger griddles have stands with folding legs so you can take them along, too.

Prices for Blackstone outdoor griddles range from $99 for the tabletop model to $399.00 for a 36″ stainless steel model.  Check out the full line of outdoor griddles at Blackstone.

Is your HomePod leaving behind a white ring? Pad & Quill has a solution for that

 

Unless you’ve been under a rock the past couple of days you have probably heard that Apples newest product the HomePod has been in the news. However, not for reasons, you may think. Seems like HomePod has been leaving behind a white ring on some wooden surfaces. Don’t worry Pad & Quill, best known for their Artisan crafted leather accessories for Apple products, have you and your HomePod covered. They have designed a full-grain leather coaster specifically for the HomePod. That’s right for $19.99 you can protect all your wood surfaces from the evil white ring. The HomePod Coaster is crafted from durable and luxurious American Full-grain leather with an ultra soft leather backing with the artisan’s signature. The 4” round coaster is available in either Whiskey or Chestnut colored leather.

 

 

Bravo to Pad & Quill for being on top of the situation and quickly creating a high-quality solution to this First World problem. Because like it says on their web page “the only rings you should see in your home this season are of the Olympic variety on TV.” You can pick up the leather HomePod Coaster right now on Pad & Quill’s website.