REVIEW: Microsoft Universal Mobile Keyboard
PC everywhere.Microsoft are the world's biggest maker of computing software, but despite that we really don't hear all that much about them developing mobile tech. Thankfully there is a device that...
View ArticleFEATURE: Just in case
Five ways to keep your phone safe this summer.The summer can bring out the adventurer in all of us; be it conquering a mountain, or jogging to fetch the morning paper. But while an increase in action...
View ArticleCOMPETITION: Win a Kitvision Escape HD5 Action Cam
Time to escape!If you've already started having tonnes of fun this summer, but are sad that so many fun (and wet) times were not captured forever, enter this competition. To make sure the rest of your...
View ArticleREVIEW: BT Video Baby Monitor 7500 Lightshow
Lights, camera, sleep!One great thing about wireless cameras in the home is that they can be used to watch over your most precious possessions... your kids. But whereas a purely video camera is a good...
View ArticleREVIEW: LEGO Star Wars Naboo Starfighter #75092
"It was all yellow..."We're back in pretty familiar territory again, as our latest delivery of LEGO was emblazoned with a big ol' Star Wars logo. Surely the greatest combination of anything is when...
View ArticleREVIEW: FixMeStick
Stick it to viruses.There isn't a computer in the world that hasn't, at some point, been attacked by viruses and malware. With millions of different nasty digital infections out there to catch, and...
View ArticleREVIEW: Misfit Flash
Flash! A-haaaaa!Last year we were pretty impressed by the gorgeous and minimalist Misfit Shine activity tracker. However, at around £100, the Shine was no light investment, which is why the clever bods...
View ArticleREVIEW: Libratone Diva Soundbar
What a diva!TVs are undoubtedly getting better and better... but the sound systems installed in those ultra-slim screens are not. When a TV manufacturer has ploughed their efforts into the picture...
View ArticleREVIEW: Hoover Unplugged Cordless Vacuum Cleaner
Cleaning... unplugged.Vacuum cleaners are continuing to get better and better, be they bagged, bagless, cyclone, or robotic. But despite the leaps forward in technology, one annoying factor remains...
View ArticleREVIEW: Aldi Home Baking Range
We're baked.Not normally a skill set the denizens of Test Pit Towers would claim to possess, home baking tends to conjure images of frilly aprons, older ladies, and thick and creamy icing. But before...
View ArticleCOMPETITION: Win Barbecue Party game from Drumond Park.
Grill-iant! What better way to kick off the kids' summer school holiday than with a new game... and a suitably summer-themed one at that? We're very happy to be once again working with our dear chums...
View ArticleREVIEW: STM Drifter Backpack
Set adrift...Got stuff? Of course you - why else would you be checking out a website that deals primarily in stuff of all shapes and sizes? If you need to lug some of your most precious stuff around...
View ArticleREVIEW: TP-Link Archer C9 WiFi Router
Better connected.Regardless of what you do on-line, from playing games to searching for pictures of ladies with almost no clothes on, you'd be stumped without a decent router. In our time populating...
View ArticleREVIEW: LEGO Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart #71016
Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? YOU DO!Back with another LEGO set, this time we take a look at the largest set we've ever built... and also the best! After two series of minifigures and a whopping great...
View ArticleREVIEW: E-Bikes GreenEdge CS2 Electric Mountain Bike
Electric dreams.If you need to get around the city, be it to work or college, and don't really require a car to do it, you're probably wondering which mode of transportation you should invest in. A...
View ArticleVIDEO: Kitvision Splash Action Cam over York Maze
Up, up, and away...While taking a helicopter flight over this year's York Maze, we decided to film the trip with an action cam. Seemingly for more than just filming yourself going down a water slide,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Aldi Kitchen Range
Cooking up a storm.Following hot on the heels of their recent Home-bakingrange, supermarket chain Aldi are hitting us with yet more home-based bargains with their new Specialbuy Kitchen Range. Let's...
View ArticleREVIEW: Groov-e Solar Charger
Catch some rays.If your summer is progressing just as nicely as ours, you're probably basking in glorious sunshine each and every day. Such a shame that all that energy can't be used for something...
View ArticleREVIEW: Revell X-Spy WiFi Quadcopter
The spy who filmed me.Back once more with another fun radio-controlled helicopter from our German chums at Revell, this one also features a camera - but with a twist. Instead of perpetually bothering...
View ArticleREVIEW: De'Longhi Dolce Gusto Stelia
Stelia! (Rocky reference. No?)After LEGO and flying radio-controlled helicopters into our neighbours greenhouse, it could be said that we of Test Pit Towers are mainly occupied with the consumption of...
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