CalDigit TS2 Thunderbolt Dock Review – Improved or Not?

Note – TS2 Now Superseded The Caldigit TS2 has now been replaced by the 15-port Caldigit TS3 Plus. The TS3 Plus features Thunderbolt 3 ports instead of Thunderbolt 2, as well as adding 10Gbps USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 and an optical audio connection. As you can see from the photo below, eSATA has been phased out in favour of adding additional USB 3 ports and HDMI has been replaced with DisplayPort for one of the monitor connections. TS2 Thunderbolt Dock Features and Use The first thing you notice when you unbox the TS2 is that it is a great looking …

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Review: Think Tank Memory Card Wallet Lineup

I picked up my first Think Tank memory card wallet, the Pixel Pocket Rocket, over a decade ago. As far as I remember they were the first to design what I call the “roll-up” style of card wallet. The company recently introduced a new model to the lineup, called the Secure Pixel Pocket Rocket, and they tweaked a few features on the existing models so it seemed like a good time to do a review. (From this point on I’m going to abbreviate Pixel Pocket Rocket to PPR within paragraphs.) Think Tank Card Wallet Pricing Model Direct from Think Tank …

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Review: Anker PowerCore Lite to Charge Your Camera

In recent years there has been a shift to allow charging of cameras via the USB port, instead of having to remove the battery and place it into a normal battery charger. As far as I can see, this USB charging feature is rare in current DSLRs, but rapidly becoming a standard feature with newer mirrorless cameras. With mirrorless on an unstoppable rise, it won’t be long before USB charging of cameras is expected in all modern releases. As it turns out, this new feature is particularly useful because most mirrorless camera batteries do not last as long as the …

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