Ryan Ballard

Ryan is married with two kids, and loves heavy metal and super hot Buffalo wings

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Review: VR Box virtual reality headset

In doing reviews, it’s out job to try out products to see if they are worth while, especially for their asking price. I like to think of them as fitting (more or less) into three strata, with each labelled respectively as the “Good”, the “Bad”, and the “Ugly”. I”ve dealt with products that slot into usually good or bad. This one slots into all three....[Read More]

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6.4
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Review: Marsboy CI142 Swift Sports earbuds

Marsboy is a company that focuses on solutions that include audio products. The last product that I reviewed by them were the bone conduction headphones. This time, I’m sharing my experience with their sport-friendly wireless ear buds. Here’s how things went for me. The appearance of the earbuds are a combination of black plastic for the casing of each ear bud, and (in my case) a brigh...[Read More]

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Review: Dimmable LED Desk Lamp from BYB

BYB is a company that sells LED lighting solutions. Over the last several days, I’ve been using one of their LED desk lamps, that includes a USB charging port. At this risk of spoiling the ending too early, I liked this lamp. It’s fairly simple in its design, and for what it does, it does it well. The design of the lamp is monochromatic in its coloring, having a glossy black base with ...[Read More]

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Review: Apexel 20x HD Macro Lens

  I’ve never been one who’s been thrilled at the idea of taking pictures. Frankly, the very thought of just wandering around looking for things worth shooting bores me. But snapping quick pics is part of my life, be it for reviews such as this, my kids, or even at my job, AMD all three are accomplished using smartphones. As the idea of using them in lieu of conventional cameras continu...[Read More]

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Fair

9.7
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Review: Marsboy Bone Conduction Earphones

  I’m an audio junkie. Not a snob, mind you, but I listen to an obscene amount of audio content in the average day. In the car, at work, yard work, you name it. So with the amount of audio content that I consume on a daily basis, I was intrigued to try out this particular set of headphones. Marsboy Bone Conduction Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headphones are what I’ve been using lately, an...[Read More]

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Review: TechOrbits Wireless Charger 8 USB fast charging ports

So for the better part of a week, I’ve been trying out a charging unit from TechOrbits. Relative to the wall chargers that I’ve tested in the past, this is a sizeable unit. It has 8 USB ports along one side, and the top of the unit is a Qi wireless charging pad. I guess you could say it’s bit on the “beefy” side, as it has a little bit of heft in the hand, and that se...[Read More]

6.5

Fair

7.1
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Review: EasyACC Travel Cable Organizer

For the last few weeks I’ve been using a Travel Cable Organizer by EasyACC. I’ve been curious to use one of these for a while so I was pretty excited at the opportunity to test one out. Spoiler alert: I liked it. The design of this organizer is fairly simple. There’s a flat board/panel that’s covered with what feels like a nylon or other artificial material. One one side of...[Read More]

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9.6
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Review: Rocket VPN app

Released by Liquidum Limited, Rocket VPN is an app that enables use of a Virtual Private Network. There are a couple of advantages to using VPN, such as having your traffic encrypted while using a public network, or getting around geo-fencing. I’ve spent some time with Rocket VPN, and here is how my experience went. The first things I noticed about the app were the visuals. The app’s i...[Read More]

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