Gadgets & Gear

The vista is breathtaking; your friends line up for a group shot; you take the photo. When it comes time to edit your photos at home, you realize that you are noticeably absent from a majority of your shots. dSLR owners know this feeling all too well, thus, the Smart Trigger was created.

Smart Trigger from Satechi aims to solve the dilemma of shoot or be shot while offering a variety of other unique features. The Smart Trigger is essentially two devices in one: a wireless trigger and an intervalometer. The device works on a plethora of Canon cameras, even the non-dSLR Powershot G10 and G11 are supported. Strangely enough, Satechi decided to throw in support for the Pentax K7 dSLR, the only non-Canon device on their list. The Smart Trigger device requires a companion app in order to control and operate the unit. The app can only be installed on select bluetooth 4.0 devices; that includes Apple’s iOS devices, Samsung Galaxy S3, S4 or Note 2 devices and it can be found in the Apple App Store and Google Play, free of charge. For this review, I will be using an iPhone 5 and a Canon 5D Mark II.

I recently found out about this very handy little gadget called the Water Leak Alarm. This thing reminds me of a little water filter and is able to detect even the tiniest of water drops when it gets close to the alarm.

This thing is very easy to use as there is no programming involved or buttons to push. Simply place the alarm in any area that can be potentially flooded such as under sinks, in the basement near main pipes, toilets, water heater, and close to a washing machine.  Even if a small amount of water touches the detector, a loud alarm (100dB) will sound for up to 24 hours. The batteries are built-in and non-replaceable. But the good news is that the battery will

I think our team here at Unfinished Man might have a fetish for umbrellas. We’ve already shown you guys Umbrella Messenger Bag, the Unbreakable Umbrella, and the Senz Storm Umbrella. I guess it won’t hurt to add one more to our list by showing you guys the Lumadot LED Umbrella from ThinkGeek.

As the name would suggest, the umbrella features a bunch of LED lights that can be switched to remain on, blink, or turn off completely. The umbrella also features a built-in flashlight at the base of the handle of the umbrella which is perfect for those dark stormy nights. You might have to be a bit on the geeky side to pick this up but at least you’ll be safe as a pedestrian in the rain. And if you’re lucky, some hot geek chick MIGHT even consider you cool.