Getting started does not require much setup. You unfold it, snap your phone into the clamp, and it balances itself in seconds. The controls are straightforward and placed where your fingers naturally rest. The joystick lets you nudge the frame left or right, and the record button is easy to hit without shifting your grip. A rear trigger switches between portrait and landscape instantly, so you can move from TikTok to YouTube framing without taking the phone off. There’s also a built-in extension rod for higher or wider angles, and a small tripod in the base for hands-free filming. The magnetic multifunction module is where it becomes more than just a stabilizer. It enables gesture control and subject tracking even inside third-party apps, so you are not locked into DJI’s app ecosystem.

In actual use, the tracking is what changes the experience most. The gimbal locks onto your face and follows you as you move across a room, which makes solo filming feel far less awkward. You do not have to keep checking whether you are still centered in the frame; that alone can save time during retakes. It’s one reason why PCMag gave the Osmo Mobile 7P an “outstanding” rating, and Lifehacker’s Associate Tech Editor Michelle Ehrhardt said it feels like having “your own dedicated camera person” once you learn the basics. Battery life will depend on how many of those features you keep running. DJI estimates up to 10 hours if you are just using the gimbal. Turn on the tracking module, and you are closer to 4.5 hours. Add the fill light, and it drops to around three. For short sessions or content captured in bursts, that is workable. For long events or full-day shoots, you may need a power bank.

If you mostly film static videos at a desk, a simple tripod is probably enough. But if your content involves movement, walking shots, or filming yourself without help, the Osmo Mobile 7P can make your footage look more controlled without making your setup complicated.

Bluesky is quite unlike most other social media networks. You have a lot of control over who sees your posts and how they reply to them, plus you can block and mute users en masse and tweak moderation settings just so. If you’re new to Bluesky, or if you’ve just been using the default settings, it’s time to dig deeper into all the ways you can customize your experience.

Use starter packs to find people to follow

If you’ve just started using Bluesky, your feed will feel quite light, especially if you want to venture outside of the algorithmically driven Discover feed and look at what makes the app unique.

But there are ways to get past this issue. Bluesky calls them Starter Packs, and anyone can create and share them. Starter Packs are essentially lists of profiles that you can follow with just one click. A website like Bluesky Starter Pack is a great place to discover these packs, since it lets you search and filter based on your interests or even which accounts are the most popular. Open a Starter Pack and click the Follow All button if you want to follow everyone in the list. Or, you can open a Starter Pick and pick and choose people to follow individually.

Find and pin feeds

Bluesky really encourages you to go outside of your typical network of mutuals, and that’s why there’s a Feeds section in the sidebar. Anyone in the community can build a custom feed, and you can subscribe to it with just a click. That means you don’t have to stick to the usual defaults, like your Following feed, and can instead browse through posts however you wish.

Bluesky has a few algorithmically generated feeds like Discover and Popular with Friends, but the vast majority of feeds are custom-made. You can search for any topic, and when you like what you see, you can click Pin Feed to add it to the top of your scrolling window. Then, all you need to do is tap or click on a pinned feed to swap to it.

Try AT Protocol apps like Flashes and Deck Blue

Just like Mastodon, Bluesky encourages third-party apps. Developers can directly plug in to the underlying AT Protocol and create their own apps on top of Bluesky.

This means, yes, there is a TweetDeck alternative for Bluesky, in both a website form and as a Mac app (I prefer the Mac app, honestly). If you’re more into photos, you can also try out Flashes or Pinksky, which recreate the Instagram experience by focusing on photos and videos.

Securely sign up for third-party apps using app passwords

Bluesky doesn’t have a traditional authentication system where you can sign into third-party apps by simply connecting them to your Bluesky account (like you can using your Google or Apple accounts). So how do you use all those third-party apps built on the AT Protocol? Simple: uniquely generated app passwords. Each Bluesky service or app will ask you for a unique app password that will only work for that particular service, and isn’t the same as your main Bluesky password. This way, your Bluesky account won’t be compromised even if the app has a leak, and you can quickly change the password or revoke access if you no longer want to use that service.

Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > App Passwords > Add App Password to create a new app password. Make sure to give it a unique name, so you can easily find it. You can delete an app password using the Delete button next to the service name.

Choose who gets to reply to you, and how

As social media platforms go, Bluesky offers perhaps the best moderation tools in the business. A prime example is how you can restrict replies to your posts.

Go to Settings > Moderation > Interaction Settings, and you’ll find a plethora of options. You can open up replies to everyone, or you can even go nuclear and block anyone from replying to your posts.

Then there are the granular options. You can restrict replies to just your followers, people you follow, people you mention, or you can create a list of people who are allowed to reply to you.

While you’re here, you can also disable the “Allow Quote Posts” feature, so others on the platform can’t repost your posts directly on their pages.

Take control of your posts, even after they’re in the wild

If someone has quoted your post and you would rather they didn’t, you can quickly fix that. Go to the post, click the three-dots menu, and choose the Detach quote option. The post will remain as is, but your quote wll be removed.

Similarly, you can quickly hide replies to a post. Choose a reply, click the three-dots menu, and from here, you can choose to hide the reply for you, or for everyone.

Note that this won’t prevent people who can see your posts from screenshotting them to share as images.

Use community-created mute and block lists

Bluesky has community lists to help you subscribe to new accounts, and also to block accounts en masse. You’ll find many moderation lists for different types of posters online, either by searching on Bluesky or looking at third-party websites like ClearSky. This way, you can quickly block brands, grifters, or whoever else you might not want to see in one click. This is a great way to sort out at least the more infamous or nefarious profiles. To use a moderation list, open it, click Subscribe, and then choose either Mute accounts or Block accounts.

Follow any profile using RSS

We say it often at Lifehacker: you really should be using RSS. Just like Bluesky, it’s another way to find or read new blogs and news without relying on an algorithm. And you can even follow Bluesky profiles in your RSS reader of choice, no setup required. Go to a Bluesky profile and add ‘/rss’ to the end of the URL. Then, copy it and add it as a source in your RSS reader of choice. Easy peasy.

Repeat this for as many profiles as you want, sort them in easy to access folders, and you can now read posts and links from your favorite Bluesky profiles right in your RSS reader, so you can easily mix them in with your articles and blogs.

Use your own domain name as your username

This is one of my favorite features. Bluesky lets users and organizations change their handles to their own, custom domain addresses. A handle like “@lifehacker.bsky.social,” which is written in the default format, can be changed to just say “lifehacker.com”.

This works through a form of simplified self-verification (though Bluesky now also offers a traditional verification system). You’ll need access to your domain manager to pull it off.

Go to Settings > Account > Handle and choose I have my own domain. Then, input your domain address. Bluesky will show you the DNS records that you need to update using your domain manager. Once that’s done, click Verify DNS Record and wait for the handle to update automatically.

Post to Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon at the same time

Even if you’re on Bluesky, that doesn’t mean you only have to use Bluesky. You can treat Bluesky as your home base, and still post your content to other networks like Threads and Mastodon at the same time, using an app like Croissant. It’s a simple app that lets you connect your Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon accounts all at once, taking advantage of their fediverse connectivity. You can then use Croissant to draft your posts, and send them out to all three networks at once. You can schedule posts, too, which is helpful if you’re using Bluesky in a professional capacity. Croissant costs $2.99/month, or $19.99/year.

Use Instagram filters to block spam messages and comments and clean up your feed

On every social media app, I like to set up filters to mute offensive keywords, but you can use keywords to block almost anything you don’t want to see. On Instagram, you can use filters to easily block spammy comments and offensive messages. While you can customize your filter list, I just looked up a list of offensive phrases, and quickly added it to my IG account, then added a few additional terms.

You can do the same thing by going to your Instagram profile page, and tapping the three-lines menu in the top-right corner in Instagram. This opens the Settings and activity page, where you can select Hidden Words. It lets you add multiple words, as long as you separate them with a comma. Once added, Instagram will block comments and messages containing those terms.

You can also add mute keywords for posts appearing in your feed. Go to Instagram Settings > Content preferences > Specific words and phrases. On the Content preferences page, go to Sensitive content and Political content, and you can limit those types of posts and videos from showing up on your feed too.

Reset your Instagram algorithm

Every once in a while, my Instagram algorithm goes haywire and I’m forced to reset it. After all, I mostly open this app to see my friends’ updates and cat videos, and once my feed starts showing me too much Hyrox content (a “sport” I couldn’t care less about), I know I’m in trouble. If something like this happens to you, there are two ways to reprogram your feed. The easy option is to just look for a reel you enjoy (such as a cat video), and swipe upwards a few times till you reach a non-cat video, then navigate away. Repeat this process a few times and your feed will be back to more cat videos and less Hyrox (or anything else).

If that doesn’t work, or if your feed is too far gone in the wrong direction, then you can go to Instagram Settings > Content preferences > Reset suggested content to reboot it entirely.

Remove tracking links from Instagram

When you share any post, reel, story, or other type of content on Instagram, the app tracks who you’re sharing it with, even if you send the link outside Instagram. You can see this by tapping the Share button on any post, and selecting Copy link: Paste this link in any text editor, such as Apple Notes or Google Keep, and you’ll see that the link has tracking parameters at the end, such as “?igsh=…” or “?utm…”. That helps Instagram identify that you’ve shared the link.

There’s no way to disable this tracking, but you can manually remove it from each link before you send it to someone. Just paste the URL it as usual, then delete everything after the question mark.

Force Instagram to open DM links in your preferred browser

Whenever you open a link in Instagram, the app opens it in an in-app browser. This is the least privacy friendly option, as Instagram can then track which websites you’re visiting quite easily. You can partially stop this by tapping the three-dots button in the top-right corner of Instagram’s in-app browser and selecting Open in external browser.

There’s no way to make this the default setting for all links, but you can set it as default for links you receive via DM. To do this, go to Instagram Settings > App website permissions > Message links and turn on Open in external browser.

Limit your Instagram notifications

After you post something, Instagram loves to spam you with notifications every time a few people interact with the post. Even if you don’t use Instagram for a day or two, you’ll still get a deluge of notifications from the app. I don’t face this problem because I never allow Instagram permission to send any notifications on my devices, but that’s not an option for everyone. If you don’t want to turn off notifications entire, you can choose to receive only the useful notifications from Instagram. To do this, go to Instagram Settings > Notifications and review all the options available to you. I particularly like the Messages only option, which only sends me an alert when someone DMs viaon the app.

To further limit notifications, go to the Following and followers section on this page, and disable Account suggestions. Similarly, you can go to Messages and disable Message reminders and all varieties of channel notification settings. You can also go to the Calls section and turn off Video chats, which has the added bonus of disabling video calls on Instagram, which I’ve never wanted to use.

Hide your online status and disable read receipts on Instagram

For some reason, Instagram shows other people when you’re online. If you want to be more discreet, go to Instagram Settings > Messages and story replies > Show activity status and turn the setting off. (On the previous page, you can select Show read receipts and turn it off to stop people seeing if you’ve read their messages too.)

Hide the “typing” indicator in Instagram messages

When someone is messaging you on Instagram, the app shows you an animation to tell you that the other person is typing. More often than not, this feature only makes me keep the app open longer while the other person types their message, which is probably why Instagram’s added it in the first place. If you don’t want to see the typing indicator in a chat, you can disable it: Open any chat in Instagram and tap the contact’s name up top. Go to Privacy and safety and turn off Typing indicator. Sadly, you’ll need to do this manually for each of your Instagram chats.

Enable end-to-end encryption to make Instagram more secure

Instagram chats are not encrypted by default, which means that the company can read all your messages. If you want to beef up your security, consider using end-to-end encryption for your chats. Just like Telegram, Instagram hides its end-to-end encrypted chat feature, and makes you enable it manually for each chat. You can do so by opening any chat in Instagram, tapping the contact’s name up top, selecting Privacy and safety > Use end-to-end encryption.

Automatically clear your Instagram search history

Your Instagram search history shows up whenever you try to search for anything on Instagram. This can be embarrassing if you’ve looked up something really silly (or slightly naughty), and someone else sees it. to prevent this, you can clear your searches by tapping the search bar in Instagram, and selecting Clear all, or tapping the x next to each search term.

However, there’s also a way to automatically clear your search history on Instagram: Go to Instagram Settings > Accounts Center > Your information and permissions > Search history > Keep searches for, and select 3 days, which is the minimum time for automatically deleting your searches.

Reset your Instagram ad preferences to protect your data

There’s no way to block ads on Instagram, but you can reduce the amount of your data that Instagram uses to show you those ads. Just go to Instagram Settings > Accounts Center > Ad preferences > Manage info. You can go through each option on this page and turn off everything you can. Under Categories used to reach you, select Remove on every option.

You can choose Don’t allow us… in these two categories: Ads in other apps and Ads about Meta. Finally, you can select Activity information from ad partners > Review setting, and pick No, don’t make my ads more relevant.

Specs of the Ultrahuman Ring Pro

According to Ultrahuman, the new ring retails for $429 and has: 

• 15-day battery life—that’s more than RingConn’s battery life and about double Oura’s
• Storage for 250 days of data
• Whole sizes 5 to 14
• A faster processor that Ultrahuman says allows for more accurate data processing
• Break points allowing the ring to be cut apart easily in emergencies

Physically, the ring looks similar to the Ultrahuman Ring Air, which I’ve previously reviewed. It has a smooth internal surface (no sensor bumps) with a small flat area at the base of the finger. 

The charging case is the real innovation here

What really intrigues me about this ring is not the ring itself, or even the fact that it has a charging case, but the fact that Ultrahuman is now using the charging case as a device in its own right. I haven’t seen anything like this from other smart ring manufacturers, and it’s a brilliant idea. 

For example, smart rings can’t easily act as an alarm, because then they would need components that can vibrate or make noise—thus adding to the bulk of the ring and reducing battery life. But a charging case can easily act as an alarm clock, especially since you’re likely to have it on your nightstand already. (Ultrahuman’s app has an alarm feature, but it didn’t play well with my iPhone’s silent mode and I didn’t find it reliable.) 

The charging case for the Ultrahuman Ring Pro also has LED indicators, can charge wirelessly, and has a USB-C port. The case has features for diagnostics and troubleshooting, including a button to hard reset the ring if needed. The case can also store up to a year’s worth of ring data and sync it to your phone later.

And you know what else I love about the new case? It isn’t sized to the ring. The ring attaches magnetically to the pins on the post, leaving empty space around it if the ring is a large size, and less empty space if it’s a smaller size. If you ever needed to replace the case, you wouldn’t need to find one in your specific size.

Why we can’t get this ring in the U.S. (yet?)

Legal action behind the scenes has been messing with the U.S. market for smart rings. About a year ago, there were plenty of options, but then Oura made the case to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that it believes its smart ring patent covers the design of nearly every smart ring out there. The ITC agreed, and Ultrahuman was one of the companies that needed to pull its rings from the U.S. market. 

Ultrahuman said almost immediately that it was working on a new ring design anyway, one that is so differently constructed that it can’t possibly run afoul of the ITC ruling. The Ring Pro appears to be the design it was referring to, with Ultrahuman conspicuously referring to its “unibody architecture” rather than using a design with a transparent lining (that transparent lining is one of the features of the patent at issue). 

It seems there is still a possibility that this approach may pay off. A spokesperson told me by email today: “We are working through the necessary steps to bring Ring PRO to our U.S. customers and hope to share good news soon.”

Anthropic confirmed the outage on Monday, citing “elevated errors on Claude.ai, console, and claude code.” As of this article, the company has posted four updates to Claude’s status page: The first, at 11:49 UTC (6:49 a.m. ET), was simply to acknowledge an investigation into the issues; the next, at 12:06 UTC, was an update to confirm continued investigations, before sharing that Claude API was working as intended at 12:21 UTC. At that time, the company had identified the issues were related to Claude.ai and with login and logout paths. Finally, at 13:22 UTC, the company confirmed it had identified the cause of the issue, and a fix is “being implemented,” though there’s no timeline for how long that might take to roll out to users.

Like most outages, I expect Anthropic to get Claude up and running soon. It might be back before most of America signs on for work. Still, the outage comes at a tumultuous time for the company. Anthropic made headlines last week when President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using its AI services, after Anthropic and the Department of Defense could not come to an agreement on how the U.S. military could use Claude in its endeavors. The Defense Department wanted unrestricted access to the AI, while Anthropic wanted safeguards in place. The two could not reconcile, but not only did the Defense Department drop Anthropic, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared the company a “supply-chain risk to national security.” As such, no company that works with the U.S. military can also work with Anthropic.

To be clear, none of that is likely related to this outage. But Anthropic likely has more users than ever experiencing this downtime, as the drama skyrocketed Claude to the top of Apple’s App Store.

At first glance, the new iPhone 17e looks remarkably like the iPhone 16e. That’s because the phones are functionally the same in design. You’ll still get the same 6.1-inch display with 800 nits of brightness (1200 nits for HDR); the same overall dimensions, minus an extra .08 ounces; the same IP68 water and dust resistance; a single camera on the back that supports 4K Dolby Vision video; and the same battery life (Apple says 26 hours of video playback). But though there are many similarities, that doesn’t mean these are the same iPhones. In fact, there are a number of upgrades that make the iPhone 17e an interesting choice, especially for the price.

A faster chip, and what else is new with the iPhone 17e

The big hardware upgrade here is the A19 chip: If you take a look at the Geekbench scores for the iPhone 17 (A19) and the iPhone 16e (A18), you’ll see the advantage. The iPhone 17 scored 3627 in single-core, and 9249 in multi-core, with a GPU score of 37146. The 16e scored 3242 in single-core, 7976 in multi-core, and 23888. These are all numbers on paper, and we’ll need to see how the A19 runs on the 17e itself, but there’s a real leap here, especially in multi-core and GPU performance. That means even if you’re coming from last year’s iPhone, you should see improvements in intense games and professional workflows, though not as much for simpler tasks. (I don’t think anyone is writing home about how fast Notes opens on an A19 iPhone.)

That’s not to say the A19 alone is reason enough to upgrade from an iPhone 16e. It’s true there are performance jumps, but they’re not making the A18 obsolete, nor the A17 for that matter. In fact, Apple press release compares the speed of the iPhone 17e to the iPhone 11, which shows you how good the iPhones in between still are, even in 2026. Still, we have to acknowledge the hardware gains here: The A19 is a 3nm chip, with a four-core GPU featuring “Neural Accelerators,” which Apple says gives games a boost.

A faster modem

The 17e also gets the C1X, Apple’s in-house modem. The company says this hardware is up to two times faster than the C1 modem in the iPhone 16e, and uses 30% less energy than the modem in the iPhone 16 Pro. That may help increase battery life when out and about, while maintaining speeds when connected to cellular networks.

A “better” camera

While the 17e still has one rear camera, Apple says it benefits from some improvements—namely, it’s now a “48MP Fusion” camera, with “optical-quality 2x Telephoto.” Optical-quality is not optical, as this lens won’t actually “zoom,” but Apple seems to say the larger sensor can mimic the quality of a 2x camera. While the iPhone 16e supports Portrait mode with depth control, Apple says the 17e supports “next-generation portraits” with depth and focus control.

A more durable display

One small upgrade that actually will make a big difference is Ceramic Shield 2. This is the display tech that the rest of the iPhone 17 series comes with, and, surprisingly, is one of my favorite features of my 17 Pro Max. Apple says the new glass has three times the scratch resistance, and while I can’t speak to those numbers exactly, I haven’t seen a single scratch on my screen since buying my phone (knock on wood).

MagSafe charging

The iPhone 17e also supports MagSafe, something the iPhone 16e was missing. That means the new iPhone supports first and third-party MagSafe accessories, but also Apple’s faster Qi2 wireless charging, with a 15W or 20W adapter or higher.

How to buy the iPhone 17e

The iPhone 17e starts at $599 for 256GB of storage—double the amount the 16e starts with. (That’s effectively a price cut right there.) You can also choose to upgrade to 512GB for $799. It’s available in black, white, or soft pink.

Apple says the iPhone 17e will be available to preorder starting March 4, likely after its big keynote presentation, and will be available to buy starting March 11. Curiously, that’s the same day Samsung is launching the Galaxy S26 series.

These are over-ear Bluetooth headphones with active noise cancellation, and they’re clearly aimed at people cross-shopping Bose and Sony. The difference is that Marshall is selling a vibe along with the sound. The build feels sturdy, and small details like replaceable ear cushions and a swappable silicone headband strap suggest they’re made to last longer than most. They fold down neatly into a compact hard case (included), but they’re not water-resistant, so they’re better suited for travel and home listening than sweaty workouts.

Living with them day to day is mostly smooth. The small gold joystick handles volume and track controls in a way that feels intuitive after a few minutes. There’s a separate button to toggle noise cancellation and transparency, plus a customizable shortcut button you can set up in the Marshall app. The app itself is simple, with a five-band EQ and a few presets, though it’s not especially deep if you like fine-tuning every frequency. Bluetooth 5.3 keeps connections stable, but you’re limited to AAC and SBC codecs, so there’s no hi-res audio support. You also can’t charge and listen through a traditional 3.5mm cable at the same time, since the single USB-C port handles both charging and wired playback.

Battery life is where these headphones stand out. Up to 70 hours with ANC on is more than enough for long trips, and turning ANC off stretches that to an almost excessive 100 hours. As for sound, they deliver strong bass and crisp highs, with enough punch to make hip-hop and electronic tracks feel lively. Noise cancellation reduces plane engine rumble and city noise well, but it does not match leaders like Bose in blocking midrange chatter, notes this PCMag review. If top-tier ANC is your priority, Bose still has the edge. If you want bold design, long battery life, and lively sound at a significant discount, this deal makes the Monitor III ANC worth a look.

The iPad Air is the same, just now with M4

If you put the M4 iPad Air side-by-side with the M3 iPad Air, you might mix the two up. That’s because Apple has changed virtually nothing about the overall design and appearance of these tablets. The 11-inch M4 Air looks like the 11-inch M3 Air, as do the two 13-inch variants.

Just about the only thing new about the M4 Air, is, well, M4. This isn’t Apple’s newest chip—that would be the M5—but the M4 is one generation newer than the M3, so you should expect some performance gains between the two. The M4 chip in the Air comes with an eight-core CPU with three performance cores and five efficiency cores, a nine-core GPU, 120GB/s memory bandwidth, and 12GB of RAM. That’s one less performance core than the M3 Air, but one more efficiency core. What’s likely going to be more dramatic is the extra 4GB of RAM, as the M3 Air only comes with 8GB. You should be able to run more tasks at once on the new Air without iPadOS needing to refresh an app or page.

We won’t know exactly how those changes will affect performance until testers get their hands on the M4 iPad Airs. However, Apple says the new iPad is up to 30% faster than the previous generation, and up to 2.3 times faster than the M1 iPad Air. (Apple tends to compare its latest products to those from multiple generations past, as the difference is often more subtle from generation to generation). To me, that means this is certainly not an iPad that M3 Air users need to consider upgrading to, but if it would likely be a good option for anyone with an older Air—or older iPad—to jump to.

With that M4 chip, Apple is adding the N1 chip and C1X modem to the iPad Air. The N1 chip comes with all M4 iPad Airs, and supports standards like Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread, a smart home standard. If you buy the cellular iPad Air, you’ll get C1X, Apple’s in-house modem that it says is 30% more efficient than the modem in the M3 iPad Air.

Aside from those points, this is the same iPad Air as the M3 model. It comes in an 11- or 13-inch option, with 12MP rear and front cameras; USB-C connectivity with Touch ID; the same battery life (Apple says 10 hours of video playback); and both still start with 128GB of storage. And, notably, it still omits a high-refresh 120Hz display for the usual 60Hz. That’s disappointing.

How to buy the M4 iPad Air

You can preorder an M4 iPad Air on March 4, starting at $599 (the same starting price as Apple’s newly-announced iPhone 17e) for the 11-inch 128GB model. The 13-inch starts at $799 for the 128GB model. Adding cellular adds $150 to the price. Apple says that the M4 iPad Air will officially launch on Wednesday, March 11—the same day as the iPhone 17e, as well as Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series.

The memory foam ear cups are thick and comfortable for long sessions, and the headphones fold flat for easier storage. But the defining feature here is the haptic bass slider. Alongside the standard dual 40mm drivers, Skullcandy adds bass drivers that physically vibrate with low frequencies. Slide it down, and you get a strong but manageable low end. Push it up, and the headphones start to rumble against your ears. Action movies feel heavier. EDM drops hit harder. Podcasts, on the other hand, can sound overblown if you forget to dial it back.

Even at the lowest setting, these lean bass-forward. The mids stay clear enough for vocals, so pop and hip-hop tracks don’t collapse into mud, but the soundstage feels closed-in compared to more neutral audiophile options. Through the Skullcandy app, you get three EQ presets and a Personal Sound feature that tailors audio to your hearing profile. That said, there is no full graphic EQ, and there’s no active noise cancellation. They also do not support advanced codecs or multipoint pairing.

As for its battery life, Skullcandy rates it at up to 40 hours per charge. At $99.99, these wireless over-ear headphones make sense for someone who wants adjustable, chest-thumping bass and long battery life without paying flagship prices.

What comes in the box

This Craftsman 104-piece mechanics tool set comes with a 3/8-inch ratchet, a 1/4-inch ratchet, a hand driver handle, 48 standard sockets, 12 deep sockets, 16 Allen wrenches, two extension bits, a corner adapter, 22 driver bits, and a classic red Craftsman tool box. The ratchets are low profile, allowing them to be used in tight spaces. The sockets come in SAE sizes 5/32-inch through 1/2-inch and metric sizes 4 mm through 21 mm. The bits include flat head, Phillip’s head, Robert’s bits, and star tip. The tool box comes with drawer organizers so there’s a spot for every tool. The driver handle and the ratchets are all standard sizes, so you’ll be able to use them with other sockets and bits or replacements if you lose any parts.

Hand tools can be expensive, and getting a set that includes a wide range of bits and sockets will save you trips to the hardware store while you’re working on a project because it allows you to tackle a variety of fastener types from screws to bolts. This set has 104 pieces, and it’s 51% off at $79.98, making each tool less than $1 apiece. As a bonus, this set comes with the classic red Craftsman tool box, which on its own can cost between $50 and $75.

Why I recommend Craftsman tools

Craftsman is known for the lifetime warranty on their hand tools, and everything in this tool set is covered by that besides the tool box and the drawer inserts. Although their tools are often covered by a warranty, I have only used it once on a 20-year-old ratchet that finally slipped its gears; most of the time, you’ll be free from the hassle of even needing to get a replacement.

In addition to the warranty, Craftsman tools are known for being durable. I had a mechanics tool set very similar to this one that I got as a teenager, and I still have most of the tools that came with it, save for a few that went missing over the years. I’ve used the sockets for car repair, to fix a heat pump, to assemble carts with wheels, and on a variety of construction projects, and I’ve had very few issues with them.

Craftsman tools have a good reputation for durability and the sets that come in the red portable tool boxes are a classic for home DIY shops. Having a simple and efficient way to pack up your tools when you’re working on an outdoor project or away from home will make your tool set much more accessible, and you’ll use it more if you can quickly grab it and go.