Wearables
Hearing-Aid Earbuds: The OTC Promise vs the Fitting Reality
What over-the-counter hearing aids like Jabra's Enhance line and Sony's CRE models actually deliver against a clinically fitted device
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Garmin Instinct, Long-Term: The Watch That Outlasts the Trend
Two years with Garmin's rugged solar workhorse, and what the scratches, the battery curve and the firmware history actually say
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Wear OS vs Proprietary: The Smartwatch You Can Still Use in Three Years
Google's watch platform against Garmin, Apple and Zepp's closed rivals, judged on the thing that actually matters after purchase: how long it keeps working
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The Best Cheap Fitness Band for Step-and-Sleep Basics
For steps, sleep timing and notifications, a £30–50 band already does the job a £300 smartwatch is selling
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Kids' Smartwatches: Safety Feature or Surveillance Toy?
What a GPS watch for a seven-year-old actually tracks, and who else can see it
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Blood-Oxygen and Stress Metrics: Which Wearable Numbers Mean Anything
Every wearable now reports a stress score and a blood-oxygen percentage. Here's what the sensor behind each is actually capable of
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Smart Rings Teardown: Sensors, Battery and the Size Compromise
Cramming a sensor array, a battery and a wireless charging coil into a ring is a genuinely harder engineering problem than a watch ever was
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The Best Running Watch Under £200: GPS That Holds a Lock
Below £200, the difference between watches is almost entirely how well the GPS actually behaves
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Oura Ring Gen 4: The Sleep Promise After Three Months
A titanium ring, a membership fee, and a bet that a wrist-free sensor is worth both
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Whoop vs a £40 Band: Does Subscription Fitness Earn It?
One costs a monthly fee forever with no screen. The other costs £40 once and shows you the time. What the difference actually buys.
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Amazfit vs Garmin: How Much Watch Do You Actually Need?
The real gap between a £160 Amazfit and a £350 Garmin, measured in accuracy rather than app polish
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The Best Budget Smartwatch That Isn't a Fitness Afterthought
Where the sub-£100 smartwatch market actually delivers, and where the spec sheet is doing the lying