We have reviewed cool tech gadgets under $50 which are not only affordable as compared to their contemporaries but deliver better results in terms of quality and durability. We reveal some of the best tech you can find under that price point.
#1 GMR Adidas
The GMR, which also happens to come in under 50 bucks is one of the coolest products. It’s unique in the sense that it blends the physical fitness aspect of football or soccer as Americans might call it, with the digital connected gaming side as well.
How it works is you first have the GMR insole which you’d first insert into your cleats. It then works in conjunction with this tiny compact Google powered Jacquard tag that packs a ton of tech inside. There’s a built-in gyroscope, an accelerometer, even a tiny processor that enables machine learning which then can decipher soccer specific movements. So you’re able to track the number of kicks, how fast those kicks were, your top speed, and then the total distance you’ve run.
Top running speed 18.9 kilometers per hour can be achieved, which is about like 12 miles per hour. Tapping the ball lightly with your foot will not be counted. So it doesn’t count like all your touches, it just counts, when you’re actually kicking the ball. All this is shown in the app as how many km traveled. This is all done through the GMR app, which, of course, is a great way to track your progress.
#2 Sofa Baton U1
- 【U1 Universal Remote & Replaces 15 Other Remotes】Our unique remote control support 500,000+ devices from 6000+ brands, the database will update as new devices come...
- 【App One-Touch Set Up】SofaBaton customized smartphone APP, one-button settings, no need to enter complex code to pair. Simple control for the whole house only by one...
- 【OLED Display & Motion-Activated Function】The bright color OLED screen directly displays the current status and convenient for switching different devices. The...
The first up thing is actually very dope. It’s called the sofa baton, a weird name but it’s awesome and with recent news about the logitech harmony remote being discontinued, this one takes its place it replaces all of the remotes around the house pretty much all into this one sofa baton. It literally replaces everything such as your TV remote, android shield, the amazon fire stick, my vizio sound bar even two RGB light remotes all replaced right into this. It has all the buttons like a usual remote does but built up top is a little LCD screen which you can go through and pick and choose what the source is for what you want to control so you can go through all your devices visually there on the screen.
There’s also an app which keeps track of everything this is where you can pair your remote whether it’s searching their database for a device using bluetooth to connect or via the infrared light beams in the app itself you select which button on the u1 remote you want to then change or reassign then within three or four inches. You aim the remotes at each other and press the button you want the u1 to learn it soaks up all the infrared rays and now it’s on your new remote. So instead of needing like three different remotes you can just use it all right here on one turn on the TV.
Navigate it through there control and power by nvidia shield audio it’s all done here and it’s really annoying but i’m sure a lot of you have your own cable box remote in addition to your TV remote. So now combine them all into one and one of the things you can do in the app in addition to reassigning every single button.
Create macros for certain buttons on the remote you don’t know what you would need a macro for on a remote maybe like different inputs switching and putting in different channels but you can do it. It’s hard to define why but you can do it. Everything in our homes or studios has their own remote and it shows you know the tiny infrared remotes. You can reassign all the RGB to this remote itself. The remote has the red green yellow and blue little buttons and you can assign those to actual RGB lights. It’s little stuff like this that just makes us even more of a valued item. Your all remotes now conveniently stacked into just one remote with the sofa baton you won. It costs around $45.
#3 Halo Mask
- STAY SAFE. BE COMFORTABLE. LOOK GOOD: The most powerful full-spectrum protection with a wafer-thin mask filter allowing incredibly easy breathing. Your days of walking...
- ULTRA-BREATHABLE: Super-breathable poly-honeycomb outer design allows you to comfortably wear your face mask even in elevated temperatures. Made of a bamboo inside lining...
- EXCLUSIVE NANOTECHNOLOGY FILTER CAPTURES >99.8% OF AIRBORNE PARTICULATES: More than 15 miles of nanofiber protecting you from airborne pollutants with water resistant...
Next, we can’t think of a cooler piece of tech right now than a mask. And we’ve been very excited looking for a new mask. This might be my favorite reusable right now. It’s called the halo mask. And the reason I like it is because one it’s layered. You can insert a filter in here. You have adjustable ear loops, which is nice but the coolest part about this something you don’t normally see, on reusable masks is the adjustable nose tips. So that guy is nice and secure. It’s not going anywhere. And you got some mortal Kombat scorpion vibes.
There’s also the air mask from spigen which is a little simpler. There’s no filter, but again the point of a mask is not necessarily to protect yourself is to be empathetic and protect others. So this is better than nothing at all. It’s lightweight, it slips right on and it is super comfortable. And we can look at that. Which lets you still talk and breathe. Point is whether you’re wearing that mask or the sick LED mask with the cyberpunk LED glasses or you can even grab these sweet matte black masks. You can grab an entire box for under 50 bucks. Wear one, let’s do our part and let’s get through this together.
#4 NexiGo PS5 Dock Bundle
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If you are thinking of buying a PS5 or if you have one currently or you’re planning on getting one, this all-in-one nexigo dock bundle is a must-have for all those pricey things. It holds game chargers. Your controller has two built-in fans for heat dissipation, has an extra USB port if you need it and comes with a wireless battery pack for your controller. While taking a closer look built in on the left side by the fans are two USB-C ports where you conveniently set your controllers down and have them actively charging at all times.
So you’d never run out of juice and it also gives them a nice place to stay when you’re not using it. Then on the right side of the dock are slots to harbor 11 games. Even if you have only two but as the library grows they’ll be kept there nice and tidy. Then also included that 1 500 milliamp/h battery pack that gives you an extra 10 hours instantly of power for your controller. It just sits right up top, it’s pretty small overall, it doesn’t affect the overall ergonomics of the controller or anything.
Just having all this bundled together with the dock is a crazy good deal and like we said the main point of this is to act as a cooling station with the built-in fans. You’d not have any heating issues with the PS5. Just keep them turned off but at least it’s there. If you ever need to use them, everything in this next big bundle is just 45.
#5 Max Keyboards Keycaps
All right you’re going to like this one. Now we are quite sure a lot of you are also in the keyboard community and one of the hardest parts is finding an in-stock key set whether it’s a group buy it’s years away. You don’t want to spend 200 for a crazy overpriced GMK set for under 50 bucks designing your own set of keys. This is where max keyboards come in, they allow you to create and customize your very own custom keycap set. You can literally pick the font, the icons, the layout everything. You can create yourself and they printed it and you can do this too with different colors and different color keycap sets. Whether you want certain keys to be certain colors or a font to be a certain color you literally have the complete control and freedom to design your own set.
The keycaps themselves max keyboard uses are abs and you can pick from 61 keys 87 or 104 for a 60% layout or a full size. It’s an OEM key profile so it’s compatible with Razer, Corsair or any other pretty much your standard mechanical stem. You can pick between either the 61 key 87 or 104 both the 67 and 81. Keys are going to be the two that fall under 50. You pick your bottom row layout, 6.25 then your keycap print method. It can be printed on the top, the side both or blank and then you upload your artwork. They do have a template you download in which you go in and design it so they can just easily print it off for you again. You pick your font whatever you want, colors and create it yourself and they print it for you for just $45 or $47 which comes conveniently packaged for you. So you can just take them off, put them on your keyboard and now you have your very own custom keycap set to match any keyboard or setup theme.
#6 Govvee Flow
- Enhanced Entertainment: These smart light bars stylishly add depth of color to your home theater creating a more impressive entertainment system. Upgrade your home...
- Multiple Scene Modes: Create the atmosphere you need with several dynamic scene modes to choose from. Each mode displays different colors and light effects, helping you...
- Sync Your Music: With a built-in mic, the tv backlights sync smoothly with music or sounds from your screen. Choose from four modes (Vivid, Rhythm, Strike, Vibrate), all...
Now buckle up because here we have the Govvee Flow RGB light bars and these are literally
just like the Philips hue play light bars but you don’t have to spend a ridiculous $200 amount on this and you don’t need a dedicated separate hub and these are under $50. So built-in is a module where you can control the lights but obviously with their Govvee app that’s where you can really customize the effects and the colors to get the most visually out of these flow light bars.
They have preset scenes in the app, you can make it static colors, have it pulse and go along with the music on your phone or with the built-in microphone on the light bar module. If you’re using these around your room it can react to audio going on in your room but the functionality and the customization it’s all here for what it’s a crazy good price point. Obviously with the majority of us here being gamers, you add these to your desk setup and you can do so in a few different ways to really spice up the looks. So first it comes with four stands two of them are for sending the lights up vertically so you can shine and blast lights onto the wall behind your monitor
This way the light’s gonna blend nicely and give it that nice ease of contrast from your display to the wall. We’ve always been a fan of backlitting like this just looks really nice or if you want if you just hit them on your desktop and have the lights shining right there blinding you in the face. Again just turn them around, face them towards your wall, do what you want, listen you’re the captain of the ship no one’s going to tell you what you can or can’t do with RGB lights. But what we prefer to do and it’s definitely the smart choice here is mount them on the back side of your monitor. It comes with two extra mounts with the 3m adhesive on the back.
This lets you mount it on your monitor like this in this way it’ll free up that desk space if you don’t want them physically sitting on your desk or on your stand and now it’s going to give you that nice ambient backlighting that you can really elevate a setup with. As we mentioned earlier we picked these up for just 50.
There’s a much much better deal than phillips and its price keeps falling off on Amazon. As of just a few days ago it was $55. So if you want something cools this cheap. Take a dig at this one.
#7 Philips Hue White A21 High Lumen Smart Bulb
- EASY SETUP: Philips Hue with Bluetooth is the easiest way to get started with smart lighting. Set the mood instantly with Bluetooth-enabled LED smart bulbs and the Hue...
- SET THE MOOD: Seamlessly create the perfect ambiance for any occasion throughout your entire home. This Smart Bulb is equipped with 1600 lumen output of brilliant light.
- LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES: Activate smart lighting hands-free in any room with Bluetooth voice-activated smart lights. Simply pair your Hue lights with any compatible...
You’re looking to add some additional smart home elements in your life, I got you. One of the biggest complaints with Phillips hue and their smart bulbs is that to get into the game you used to have to buy a hub which not everybody wanted to do. Fortunately nowadays they have two cool options that don’t need a hub. You have this fancy pants hipster, Edison option or a simpler option here. And again, the best part about these, is they’re under 50 and you don’t need a hub to control them. If you’re deep in that Phillips hue life, though this is one of the coolest accessories I’ve seen. It’s actually this little dimmer that goes on top of your existing outlet switch because there’s nothing more annoying than setting up some smart home lights, flipping them off and then dealing with that nonsense. This does two things. It gives you demean power. Plus you’re not going to accidentally hit the switch.
#8 Razer Blackshark V2 X
- Advanced Passive Noise Cancellation: sturdy closed earcups fully cover ears to prevent noise from leaking into the headset, with its cushions providing a closer seal for...
- 7.1 Surround Sound for Positional Audio: Outfitted with custom-tuned 50 mm drivers, capable of software-enabled surround sound. *Only available on Windows 10 64bit
- Triforce Titanium 50mm High-End Sound Drivers: With titanium-coated diaphragms for added clarity, our new, cutting-edge proprietary design divides the driver into 3 parts...
This is our favorite headset from all of 2020 releases and it’s one of the top selling gaming headsets. In the entire gaming market from the last year’s this the razer black shark v2x and now you can switch to the mic so you can hear whenever you want. This was released last summer and honestly sounds as good if not better than headsets 2 to 3 times this price and you can check the reviews on our other posts.
The value of this headset is absolutely insane. Inside it uses their very own razer triforce drivers they’re 50 millimeters each and in terms of design we really like the simplicity to it it goes for that like pilot headset design. It’s very minimal looking, you just have a mic mute button on the back of the ear cup and the left side’s a built-in volume dial for controlling your audio. What really stood out to me was the really good sounding spatial and directional audio. You know this stock stereo experience identifying footprints very very good with these for FPS or competitive gaming bass impacts sound really nice. But also inside the box they include a free code you can go in and enable the 7.1 razer surround sound so you had that included here and also for being emulated. Besides, it also sounds phenomenal it’s just crazy what razer is doing here with this headset as the microphone they use here is their hyperclear cardioid; it’s on a gooseneck so you can you know you can easily position it angle it in front of you and overall it’s very very comfortable nice and lightweight.
There are no pressure points at all and when they are on absolutely zero pressure points are very very comfortable even if you do wear glasses. We are just extremely impressed like we mentioned earlier, these are our favorite headset of all of the 2020s.
Now instead of retailing for $60 which was already way more than fair down to $50 on amazon, if you want to get them, they have it renewed for just 40 bucks on amazon. It makes this such a crazy good deal for a gaming headset. If you’re new to marketing to pick one up, highly recommend the black shark v2 x.
#9 ECHOGEAR Outlet Shelf
- Add a shelf to your outlets to save space and organize your home. Holds small electronics (or literally anything else) up to 10 lbs, that's 3x more than flimsy competitor...
- We'll work with what you have - Perfect for smart speakers, Sonos, mesh Wifi, electric toothbrushes, and more.
- Don't get it twisted, the top of the shelf slides off to reveal a built-in cable management compartment. Wrap your cord up and snap the cover on for a sweet cord-free...
It is the Echo gear outlet shelf. And like that name implies it’s intended things like the Echo plus, the Echo dot but as you may or may not be aware there is a new smart speaker that has entered the chat, the Homepod mini. And this happens to work out perfectly for that as well. It’s pretty simple. You just remove your old outlet plate and replace it with this, that locks things in there in cable management, which is incredible. And again, while it does work perfectly for the Homepod mini, it was intended for the Echo dot, the Echo plus. And you know, it’s gonna work with other small speakers as well.
#10 Wired And Wireless Earbuds
- LONG BATTERY LIFE: Listen for the long battery life; stay for the comfort. GO Air features 5 hours of playtime in each earbud and 15+ extra hours from the charging case....
- DUAL CONNECT: Use either earbud independently or use both and experience a seamless connection no matter the situation. Both earbuds auto connect to your device, so no...
- SMALLER DESIGN: Go Air are 20% smaller than the JBuds Air. This means a slimmer profile, great for smaller ears. A longer earbud stem provides a more snug in-ear fit,...
If you happen to be in the market for a pair of earbuds, we’ve got a couple options for both wired and wireless friends. On the wireless side, these are the Go Air True wireless earbuds from JLab. And they got so much going for them. They’re affordable which is obviously maybe the most important thing here. They’re compact. What you’d like the most that there’s an integrated charging solution. In the case, you get great battery life, there’s customizable IQ and to ice the cake, there are built-in touch controls.
#11 T2 HiFi 2DD Double Dynamic Drive in Ear Earphone – Better Than AirPod Pro
- High Sound Quality. T2 has a good balance of high and low frequency. The tone won’t been too bright or too dark. It’s smooth. High frequency extension is good,...
- Detachable 2pin Cable. Earphone adopts detachable design. The main body comes with 5N 8-core silver plated wire, because the soft and supple material is used, the...
- Exquisite Design. The shell is made of metal reflecting a sense of luxury in appearance. The canal design can shut out noise perfectly. Never worry about noise only to...
Now on the wired side of things, the T2 from Tin Hi-Fi someone argued that in terms of audio quality these would outperform something like AirPods pro. You of course don’t get the convenience of wireless and have to deal with a cable, but in terms of how they sound, they are incredible. You’re not gonna need a crazy amp to push these. You can grab them by themselves now, and then eventually if you do upgrade something like a DragonFly, it’s only going to improve your experience.
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