Plantronics has three different types of BackBeat Bluetooth wireless headphones available, each with a unique style, but all focused on being active. Not all headphones or truly wireless earbuds are designed for dealing with sweaty and wet conditions, and thats what these specialize in. Plantronics has made its name with excellent microphones in the form of office and Bluetooth headsets, though it also makes good headphones for music. The BackBeat Fit 6100 is an over-ear pair, the BackBeat Pro 5100 a pair of truly wireless earbuds, and the BackBeat Fit 3200 another set of truly wireless earbuds with earhooks and a very different design. I tested all three and will go through them separately below. BackBeat Pro 5100 The BackBeat...
If your family is accustomed to warmer climes (Floridians, Arizonans and Texans, were looking at you), the logistics of a family vacation to a wintry locale can keep you up at night worrying about what the kids will wear. At least that was the case for me when I took advantage of the SAS Kids Fly Free deal to visit Scandinavia last winter with my toddler and 1-year-old. A few days after the euphoria of snagging those cheap flights to Finland wore off, I found myself up in the night wondering how in the world I was going to ensure my young Floridians who rarely even don socks in the Sunshine State would stay warm during the Arctic winter. (Photo...
Something about the knock at the front door made Mary-Scott Hunter think a neighbor was in trouble. She had just arrived home from her job at a corporate training company, and she was mulling over an earlier fight with her girlfriend, but the sound jolted her out of it: five loud, fast raps. She could see two men looming through the window, dressed in oddly formal clothing. When she cracked the door, they identified themselves: a Minneapolis police officer and an FBI agent. Oh shit, Hunter thought. What have I done wrong? She wasnt sure if she should open the door. She didnt trust cops all that much. She let them in but remained standing, uncertain, as they settled into...
Whether you are a musician who writes their own music or a beginner who is just getting started, a piano is an essential piece of equipment to have in your home. Of course, lots of standard pianos are either too large or too expensive for most people to have in their home. Thats why it makes sense to look for the best digital piano under $1000. When we were putting together our list, we had to take a lot of different features into account. We looked at the weight and dimensions of the pianos to make sure that they could fit into anyones living space. We also took the time to carefully examine how many preset voices each piano had....
Whether youre a veteran jet-setter or a one big trip a year type, youve probably established a travel routine of sorts: The outfit that promotes max levels of comfiness, the snacks for when plane food just wont do, the movies/books/podcasts/word puzzles that are guaranteed to keep you occupied for the longer legs of a journey. For the lucky few who travel for a living, perfecting their up-in-the-air rituals is just a part of the job. They must have their regimens down to a science at this point, right? So we picked the brains of the most stylish explorers we know to get the scoop on the one thing they always have on hand. A hydrating mask Jet Lag Mask, Summer...
