NEWS: This roller coaster charges your phone... with screams!
Scream if you wanna charge faster!The new Walking Dead roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey will do more than scare the shit out of you. Weirdly, as well as the zombies that will leap out at you,...
View ArticleTop mobile games proving the field is evolving
Everyone has at least one game on their mobile phone. The most popular of these are the freemium games. Freemium games are free to download apps but involve levels of progression and some form of...
View ArticleREVIEW: D-Link Smart Plug
Smart powerSmart plugs are the easiest and cheapest way to make your home smart. Being able to switch something on with your phone or your voice is basically what all smart homes are about, so getting...
View ArticleNEWS: The Game Boy alarm clock wakes you up with nostalgia
Tetris time!Here at Test Pit Towers our hands are still contorted and shaped to the dimensions of a Nintendo Game Boy - that's how much we all played with one as children. If you still long for simpler...
View ArticleREVIEW: SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick
Flash! A-ha!Flash drives: we know, we know... they were the kind of thing you carried about everywhere you went until about three years ago when your phone, and cloud storage, took over. However, since...
View ArticleNEWS: Huawei P20 gives good camera
Three-eyed monsterAnnounced recently was Huawei's next flagship phone, the P20 and P20 Pro. We're fans of Huawei here at TTP, having reviewed two of their phones this year alone, the P10 and the Mate...
View ArticleREVIEW: UGears U-9 Grand Prix Car
Got wood?We do enjoy building stuff, like LEGO sets, MEGA Construx stuff, and other random toys that you have to assemble yourself. However, none of those sets were made of wood, and wood isn't...
View ArticleNEWS: The Ghostbusters get the Mezco Toys treatment
Streams crossedJust like when we featured this hyper-detailed Ecto-1 car, we always get a bit giddy at the mention of some new Ghostbusters merchandise, despite the film now being 34 years old. Mezco...
View ArticleREVIEW: Hot Octopus Pulse III Duo
Hot stuffSo... you okay? Good, good. Us? Oh y'know... nay bad. By the way, we're about to review another sex toy. That okay with you? And, unlike the ones we've written about in the past, this one has...
View ArticleREVIEW: LEGO Creator Modular Family Villa
Home Sweet HomeOur fingers are sore but we are happy: we must, therefore, have just finished a new LEGO build. This time 'round we've once again gone for a Creator set of a house, and another 3-in-1...
View ArticleFEATURES: This week's Amazon Tech Deals
Bargains ahoy!Another week, another search around Amazon for some killer deals and price reductions. We like you guys so much that weekly we make sure you're getting the prices for awesome gadgets and...
View ArticleNEWS: Mech racing is now a thing
Handy in case of Pacific Rim-like incidentsIf you thought drone racing was as high-tech as a sport could get, prepare for some huge mechanical madness. Pictured above is the Furrion Prothesis...
View ArticleCOMPETITION: Win a TP-Link Smart Home Starter Kit
Get smart right here...You might have heard us talk about smart homes quite a lot on this website. But aside from all the clever gizmos out there, with voice controls and AI brains, what a lot of...
View ArticleREVIEW: Tile Sport
A night on the TilesWe're no strangers to Bluetooth trackers: those handy little tags you clip onto your keys, bag, wallet etc. to help you find them when they go missing. However, one of the better...
View ArticleNEWS: GorillaPod craziness with the Joby GorillaPod RIG
A call to armsWe're fans of the trusty old GorillaPod here at The Test Pit, using it to film stuff for our YouTube channel. The flexible, grippy tripod comes in all shapes and sizes (as we've...
View ArticleREVIEW: Nerf Rival Nemesis
Your enemies' nemesisSure, sure... we review a lot of Nerf blasters and toys. With each new product there is usually something unique and interesting to say about it, from the super-quick firing...
View ArticleNEWS: This rugged watch is also a torch
Light timeVictorinox are better known for making Swiss Army knives, handy in all kinds of scenarios. However, they also make watches, and this particular limited edition one, the I.N.O.X. Carbon, comes...
View ArticleREVIEW: Blaze Gear Sega Master System Hand-held Games Console
Top GearRetro gaming is huge these days, and it's all thanks to people wanting to recapture the joy and excitement of their youth. If you were a kid in the late '80s/early '90s you probably fell into...
View ArticleNEWS: This PC is made from rope and wood
Watch out for splinters.Traditionally desktop PCs come in either metal of plastic cases, right? Proving that just about any material can be used to house the internal workings of a computer, YouTube...
View ArticleFEATURE: This week's Amazon Tech Deals
Deals galoreAs ever we've sifted through the technological quagmire that is Amazon to find you the very best deals on electrical products. It's another mixed bag, so hopefully there will be something...
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