Kelson Reviews Products

Hamilton Beach 12 Cup Coffee Maker ★★★★☆ Basic coffee maker. It makes coffee. But be sure to mark the fill gauge on the side.

Microsoft Surface Go 2 ★★★★☆ A great ultra-light Windows 10 tablet with detachable keyboard. Or an annoyingly slow Windows 11 tablet.

Onyx BOOX Poke3

A slightly-bigger-than-hand sized flat black device with a light gray display showing a grid of application icons including Kindle, Kobo, KOReader, eBook Reader and more. A toolbar at the bottom of the display includes Library and Store along with Apps, Storage and Settings.

★★★★☆ I’ve been using the Poke3 as my main ebook reader for a couple of years now, mainly because it’s a convenient size, has a clear e-ink display, and can run the Android app for any eBook store.

Pebble 2 Smart Watch

Pebble watch showing 7:07 and a charging icon. Upside-down so it looks like LOL.

★★★☆☆ The rare smartwatch that was actually designed to work well as a watch. It was discontinued ages ago, but the just-announced Core Duo 2 is essentially an updated version.

Samsung Galaxy S4 (Phone) ★★★★★ Much as I like newer phones, there are a few things that I really miss about the S4, especially the ergonomics.

Three Rental Cars While my car was in the shop recently, I rented three very different cars: a Ford Edge SUV, a Chevy Bolt EV, and a Ford Mustang.