We have reviewed quite a few Urbanz products in the past, but I believe I have got to review the ultimate craze for this summer. Certain to impress all beach buddies is the Urbanz Beach Bag. This great looking carry bag is not your average run of the mill beach bag! No, this bag is actually a fantastic fun speaker bag where you can easily listen to your favourite music, whilst enjoying the sunshine, wherever you go.
Any device with 3.5st output is compatible with the bag. You can listen to your iPod, music phone, iPhone or MP3’s with incredible sound, as the bag comes ready to Plug’N’Play for your summer activities.
Not only do you get fantastic sound from the Urbanz Beach Bag, it also doubles up as a useful carry space for all your personal bits and bobs needed for your day’s activity. Your ‘music device’ will be protected with a separate pouch within the bag, and if that’s not enough, the speaker is also splash proof.
We all like to bring a bag with us to the beach, or a picnic, a festival or even just on holiday; so why not make it this incredible Beach Bag. Available from http://www.urbanz.co.uk for £17.99, this is one bag you cant really do without this summer!
Fun for all the family this summer can be hard to find. Especially something which allows the grown-ups to join in with the kids. So with that in mind, and two kids in the house (plus the big one!), I just had to check out the Funkix Sonic.
The funkix Sonic is sure to keep your kids busy this summer. Now, this is not a football by any means, but, it is a technology filled sports sac. You can still kick and wack it, but also, you are able to record and playback words and phrases with its inbuilt microphone and speaker.
My household has had great fun from the Funkix Sonic. We play it as a family, or by ourselves, showing off our hitting and kicking skills. It really has been entertaining for us all. And, an added bonus is that whilst playing it, my boys get extra much needed exercise.
You can purchase the Funkix Sonic from http://www.wickedvision.co.uk for £9.99. Other models are also available.
Have you used public transport recently? If you have, good on you! We should all try and reduce our Carbon Footprint in some way…..woah! This is meant to be a headphone review, not a critique on how we should deal with problems concerning our environment!
Sorry. However, if you have been on a bus or train recently, no doubt you would have heard a muted, thumping bass coming from one of the ruffians at the back. I think a lot of people confuse sound quality with volume, and that is why public areas and within, personal space, can be invaded by bass beats.
There is no need for this! Experts predict that one in ten 30-year-olds could be wearing a hearing aid by 2020 due to irreversible hearing damage caused by continuous exposure to loud music from earphones.
The fine people at Phonak have realised just how important sound quality is. Phonak are the world’s leading manufacturer of hearing instruments. They have extended its popular range of earphones with a new model designed for music-fans seeking a dynamic, powerful bass sound.
Launched in June, Audéo Perfect Bass earphones are fitted with specially designed, in-built filters that ‘tune’ sound waves to boost low frequencies and provide cleaner bass tones. The result is a punchier more exciting output, that doesn’t compromise on the overall sound quality.
Your ears pick up these enhanced tones, so you do not have to have the volume set so loud. During testing, I listened to the best cd ever made (Ryan Adams - Love is Hell). I couldn’t tell you how many times I have listened to this before, but it is a ridiculous number for sure. I chose this cd as I know it so well…..or so I thought. With the Audéo Perfect Bass earphones, I picked up twangs and bass lines I didn’t hear previously. Stunning.
Utilising their experience in comfort and fit, the latest innovation from Phonak includes three sets of interchangeable, silicone ear pieces – each ergonomically designed to sit comfortably in the ear, even after hours of use. As well as increasing stability and reducing cable noise, this extra secure fit reduces unwanted external noise by up to 23 decibels – the equivalent of ambient music in a restaurant or background conversation.
Audéo Perfect Bass Earphones are available in black from www.audeoworld.com, priced at £85 with a microphone and £68 without. They are compatible with all standard MP3 players, iPod and iPhone models with a 3.5mm stereo jack.
I would recommend getting these ‘phones and then putting on your favourite ever cd. It’s amazing what you never picked up before, These headphones are very clever.
Now, this is impressive!
Aliph is the maker of the revolutionary Jawbone Headsets, and they may well be your new best friend! Jawbone is being worldly recognised as the Noise Assassin, offering people solace, in a way of being heard against any noisy environment.
This is perfect timing, especially for all those football fans out there. With the Jawbone, people can now be heard against the Vuvuzela fuelled Stadium noise. And, by gosh can they make a deafening noise, especially when hundreds are blasted at the same time!
Jawbone say:-
“Aliph makes personal technology comfortable, usable, and beautiful. The flagship product, the award-winning Jawbone Bluetooth headset with NoiseAssassin™ technology set a new standard for mobile voice quality. Unmatched in the industry, Aliph’s NoiseAssassin technology was originally perfected with DARPA for battlefield applications. It eliminates background noise and provides unparalleled call clarity in all environments.”
So, by cancelling out virtually all unwanted background noise with the amazing ‘Noise Assassin’ technology, you can talk wherever you what! If you are reporting from a football stadium; calling home from a noisy pub; phoning from a building site; the only thing the person at the other end of the phone will hear is your voice. Fantastic!
The Jawbone starts at a marvellous £49.99. However, Aliph is offering 30% off any Jawbone bought from its European online shop - all customers need to do is enter the promo code ‘Vuvuzela’.
For more details on Jawbone products, or to buy a Jawbone with 30% off go to http://www.jawbone.com
If your Dad is a ‘green’ Dad, likes to have everything ‘Eco’, and is also hooked on his iPhone, smartphone, iPod or the new iPad, then proporta have the ideal gift for him this Fathers Day. This truly eco range of mobile accessories are just beautifully designed and look very smart indeed. My very generous and kind friends recently bought me an iPod for my birthday, and the only thing missing was that perfect cover to protect it. Now I have found the most amazing looking holder for it.
The skilfully designed Recycled Leather Case looks very chic. It hosts a bamboo screen protection that will protect your handheld device from knocks and bumps, much needed if you are forever on-the-go, like most of us are! The Bamboo plate which comes with the packaging, also acts as your screen shield by simply popping into the top of your case, very clever indeed.
Other options available are a pouch style in either recycled leather or in a soft hessian. These also offer protection by inserting the bamboo plate in these options.
Proporta has themselves declared to be really proud of their new product range. Joint founder Guy Monson states:-
“In early 2008, we decided that we wanted to do more than simply pay money to offset carbon emissions and rename products “green”. Ever since then we’ve been conducting extensive research on how we can run our business in a more sustainable manner – looking at every aspect, from the drawing board to the manufacturing and supply chain. Proporta Smart is the culmination of this and we hope we shall be able to adapt some of the best features from the range into the rest of our products”.
The Proporta Smart range is available to purchase online from http://www.proportasmart.com priced at:
£29.95 for the Recycled Leather Case with Bamboo Screen Protection, £19.95 for either of the pouches and £34.95 for the Recycled Leather Case for iPad
The Recycled Leather Case with bamboo screen protection is available for Apple 2G iPod touch, Apple 5G iPod nano, Apple 2G iPod classic, Apple iPhone 3G S, Blackberry Bold 2 & HTC Desire.
