Chad’s new May Cheap Gadget Theme, as voted on by our loyal Patreons is:

Home Office Gadgets!

Chad’s final home office gadget is the SHOKZ OpenRun Pro 2- Bone Conduction Headphones.

Chad was really impressed with these SHOKZ bone conduction headphones. He said he found them great for running and working out because they don’t cover the ears, which helps keep the ears cool and sweatfree. He also liked that while biking you’ll be able horns, bells, traffic, etc. When I asked about the bass delivery, he said he believes they deliver a bit of bass through a mini speaker system directed at your ears, carefully mixed in with the bone conduction music. This solves the problem of bone conduction headphones often lacking in bass. You’ll see in Chad’s demo on this week’s show, that you can’t really hear the music being delivered by the Shokz bone conduction open ear headphones unless he put his microphone right next to the device. In that case you hear the music very, very faintly. Chad basically loves them and finds them worth the $179.95 cost.

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Do you remebmber The Microsoft Zune?

At Dick’s Gadget Warehouse, the Giz Wiz found lots of add-on gadgets for the short-lived Microsoft Zune music player. I liked this device, but it wasn’t around for long. According to Google AI: The Microsoft Zune was released in November 2006 to compete with the Apple iPod. Microsoft officially discontinued all Zune hardware in October 2011, while the supporting digital services. The Zune Marketplace were fully shut down in November 2015. The first Zune, with 30 GB was released on November 14, 2006 at a cost of $249.99. That’s roughly equal to $413.00 today. If you’re interested in owning one, there are dozens of them available on eBay to check out.

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Email of the week:

Our email is from a devoted fan of the show and a contributor to a few Giz Wiz theme songs, Ivan Hahn. Ivan emails us:

Hello Dick and Chad,

My partner (Danny) and I were watching old clips on YouTube of Dick’s show on the TKR cable network called Consumer U, the episode we were watching you had a representative from a New Jersey power provider, during this segment the guest talked about getting free or very cheap items to help you save money and power in your new home. Well we looked up Jersey Central Power & Light who is our power company and they still do this kind of promotion/discount. According to their website you can get wifi/smart thermostats for $1.00, some of the brands were Google/Nest or Honeywell. My partner and I are looking currently to buy our first home (which is taking longer than we thought, because we live in NJ and it’s…… expensive) and saving money on stuff like this is key. 

I just found it interesting that a clip from the late 80s could still be helping people today. We love seeing all your old shows and segments and we hope to find more. I love seeing Public Access shows from back in the day because that’s where I got my start. While in high school, my school was the home of Cablevision Public Access and I was on cameras and a producer. 

Thanks again, Ivan Hahn. 

Link to JCPL (Jersey Central Power & Light)

https://marketplace.energysavenj.com/smart-thermostats/?srsltid=AfmBOopVd6DFIu_omuhoG8wpJRmbWrHYhNTTF-eCuNsGtc49mLNZUEA3

You can that full Consumer U episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaN2OweBQ_g 

You can subscribe to Mo’s channel there too. Mo has been uploading dozens of shows I appeared on for over 30 years for many months now. It’s an amazing job he’s doing!

Pepcom’s over, but here’s a look at gadgets from another Bose event where they introuduced three new Lifestyle Ultra speaker system.

Bose always finds unique ventues for their press events. So when they introduced three new Bose Lifesyle Ultra Sound devices they picked a totally renovated $17M brownstone on the upper west side of Manhattan. It was a great place for a demo of some amazing new Bose products. The demos didn’t disappoint, but I would say you need to own a townhouse or a large home for the complete new system using all three speaker systems. It produces incredible sound with incredible bass, so I doubt your neighbors would enjoy as much as you would. I’m happy with the Ultra Speaker which provides plenty of excellent sound for my small studio apartment. I’ll let Bose fill in the details of the three new entries since they are just reaching the marketplace the week of May 15^th.

The Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker ($299)

The Bose Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar ($1,099)

The Bose Lifestyle Ultra Subwoofer ($899)

The Lifestyle Collection comes in Black or White Smoke, and the Lifestyle Ultra Speaker is also available in limited-edition Driftwood Sand ($349).

Company website: https://www.bose.com/lifestyle-collection

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Branded MINIAO Outdoor Dual Powered Lantern, these lanterns feature a dual-mode charging solution, both USB-C and solar charging. They offer 4 lighting modes: a flame flicker mode, Warm, White, Warm White. The company says they are IP65 Waterproof, so no worries about rain, snow or high temperatures. They’ve been out the backyard for about 3 weeks ago through quite a few rain storms and they look great at night and shut off automatically during daylight hours. You’ll see what they look like both day & night in my videos on this week’s show. They were two for $25.99 as of 5/23/26.

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Meet The Tardan Battery Powered Garden Sprayer

This electric garden sprayer, with a built-in 2500mAh battery provides up to 200 minutes runtime, while the 3-level battery indicator helps monitor power. 2 adjustable spray speeds from a gentle plant mister to a stronger yard sprayer stream for outdoor cleaning. This versatile 2.1 gallon sprayer includes 3 interchangeable nozzles. The cone nozzle and 6-hole nozzle rotate to adjust spray shape from mist to stream, while the fan nozzle provides a wide spray coverage. The telescopic wand extends reach for high branches, corners, or ground areas—making this garden sprayer / plant spray bottle ideal for plants, patios, and household cleaning tasks. You’ll see device in action on this week’s show.

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