Ultimate Ears’ Petite, Powerful Wonderboom

An inexpensive, waterproof Bluetooth speaker that holds up in all conditions

Some of us are approaching picnic and pool party weather, and for the fourth year in a row, we at CH will turn to Ultimate Ears for portable outdoor sound. The Bluetooth speaker maker just announced their latest, the Wonderboom, but we’ve had substantial time with the product already—testing out both sound quality and durability. Fans of the UE Boom and UE Roll will find …

Onewheel+ and the Hasselblad X1D, an Unlikely Pairing

We photograph the latest self-balancing board in the desert with a medium-format point-and-shoot

Off-roading with a “hoverboard?” Outdoor action photography in lowlight with a Hasselblad? None of this makes sense, but we tried it anyway. When the original OneWheel launched in 2015, we took it for a spin on the Las Vegas strip and fell in love with the floaty feel and precise maneuverability. Their latest version, the OneWheel+ has refined that feel with an upgraded electric motor, …

The Drobo 5N2 Enables Secure, Fast and Private Data Storage

Mundane as it might sound, this networked storage device is super-useful in a post-cloud world

Among photographers and media-makers alike, Drobo is known for creating fast, reliable storage solutions. Their devices hold multiple hard-drives that are backed up to each other and hot-swappable. A redundant array of independent disks (RAID) isnt a new concept, but in the age of cloud storagemany of ushave stopped thinking about having our own storage devices. Drobos new 5N2 solves for the privacy and security …