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Week of October 5, 2026 · Tasty Tech

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Five things worth owning this week — and the pile of stuff you can skip. Order links go to Amazon, and the house takes a small cut when you do.

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Flip 7 centered on a white ceramic plate beside a small bowl of paprika, one dried flower stem

01 · Audio

Flip 7

$129.95

Loud, waterproof, and it clips onto the bag.

Skip the smart speaker outdoors.

  • All-day
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Why we recommend

Flip 7

Loud enough for a park, sealed against a splash, and it clips on the bag so you do not carry a handle. Flip 7 is the speaker you actually take outside.

A smart speaker outdoors is a paperweight with Wi-Fi anxiety. This one has a battery, a hook, and the only job of playing the song where you are standing.

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Facecam MK.2 served on a dark slate board with a folded paprika napkin and a scattering of dried petals

02 · Desk

Facecam MK.2

$139

A webcam that stops apologising for your lighting.

Skip your laptop's built-in camera.

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    Why we recommend

    Facecam MK.2

    A webcam that does not make you look like a hostage. HDR and a real sensor mean the ring light becomes optional instead of mandatory.

    The laptop camera is why people still joke about video calls. Facecam MK.2 is the cheapest way to look like you meant to be on camera.

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    Stone SnapGrip Pro mounted on a phone, standing in a shallow pool of velouté on a wide plate, garnished with edible flowers

    03 · Phone

    SnapGrip Pro

    $89.95

    Gives the phone a shutter button and a grip.

    Skip the selfie stick.

    • Qi2
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    Why we recommend

    SnapGrip Pro

    A grip with a shutter and a battery, snapped to the phone with Qi2. It turns the slab into something you can hold like a camera for more than ten seconds.

    Selfie sticks are how you look like a tourist and still get a shaky frame. SnapGrip Pro is the missing handle, and it charges the phone while you shoot.

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    G410 served on a dark slate board with a folded paprika napkin and a scattering of dried petals

    04 · Home

    G410

    $133.99

    A doorbell that doubles as the hub you skipped.

    Skip the monthly cloud subscription.

    • Matter
    • Learns the house
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    Why we recommend

    G410

    A doorbell camera that is also the hub you skipped buying. Local storage and Matter mean the porch is not a monthly subscription dressed as hardware.

    Cloud-only doorbells rent you your own front door. The G410 records, chimes, and talks to the rest of the house without a new fee every January.

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    Libra Colour standing in a shallow pool of velouté on a wide plate, garnished with edible flowers

    05 · Wild-card

    Libra Colour

    $259.99

    The e-reader that isn't a storefront with a screen.

    Skip the ads on the lock screen.

    • No glare
    • All-day
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    Why we recommend

    Libra Colour

    An e-reader that lets you sideload a book and then gets out of the way. Colour is for covers and comics, not for turning the page into an ad.

    Kindle lock screens are a storefront. Libra Colour is the reader you buy when you want the library you already paid for, on a screen that still looks like paper.

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    Prices are what we saw on Amazon when each pick was verified; the order page has today’s.

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