Table of contents for November 2019 in Stuff UK

I accidentally climbed a mountain recently. No, seriously, I’m terrified of heights and it was traumatic. I thought we were going for a walk, but as I reached the 3694ft summit of Ben Cruachan and stared at the chasm below it dawned on me that the light was fading and panic set in. I reached the bottom at dusk, where fresh kecks were in order. Had I been privy to the night-time special in this issue, maybe I’d have been in possession of some wares to ease the torment. Gadgets for after-dark off-piste adventures, kit to keep you visible and comfortable under moonlight and illuminating bike tech all star. We’ve also picked the best gear for gazing at the night sky as the clocks change, Halloween approaches and we all…

We loved the Apple Watch Series 4. Not only was it the best smartwatch, but it could literally save your life. Series 5 isn’t such a big upgrade, but its always-on display does make it easier to stealthily check how much longer you have to sit in a boring meeting. •Always on On every previous Apple Watch you’d need to flick your wrist or tap the glass to illuminate the OLED display. That changes with Series 5, which employs an always-on LTPO display. When you’re not looking at it, the display will intelligently dim just enough to remain visible at a glance. Raise the watch to your face and it’ll switch to full brightness. Each watch face has been optimised to drain as little juice as possible: Apple says battery…

Viewsonic X10-4K Most projectors have a face that only an IT procurement manager could love – plus they tend to give us the Powerpoint presentation chills. Viewsonic’s X10-4K isn’t most projectors; it might be the prettiest HDR home cinema powerhouse we’ve clapped eyes on. It’s short-throw, which means you can cast a 100-inch image from around two metres, and it’s portable, which means it’s easy to tuck away when not in use. And there’s integrated Harman Kardon sound, so should you decide to switch things to the bedroom you won’t need to haul a soundbar with it. The projector also includes a magnetic leather cover to hide the cable inputs – it’s these little touches that ensure it looks cool on a coffee table and is compact enough to fit…

Snoooze Mum told us to keep clear of sleep-inducing drinks, but the boffins who created Snoooze (ironically they’re the same people behind Red Bull) assure us its blend of passion flower, poppy and lemon balm will help us relax. from £2.99 / snoooze.co Snoo Smart Sleeper Take all the tedious effort out of parenting (well, some of it) with this designer cot, which boosts a baby’s sleep by combining gentle rocking with white noise and snug swaddling, imitating the calm of the womb. $1295 / happiestbaby.com Simba Mask Pillow and App Mattress people Simba want you to enjoy a good night, and to help they’ve developed a coaching app with real-time sleep tracking and a luxury eye-mask to take the sunrise out the equation. £40 / simbasleep.com Glow Light This…

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Admittedly it looks like your nan’s old Boots-branded snapper, but this hunk of retro love is a powerhouse of cinema-quality video tech. For a start it shoots in 6K and has a massive 6144x3456 Super 35 sensor and EF lens mount. The result is professional-quality images in all light conditions – with 13 stops of dynamic range and dual native ISO up to 25,600 – with a shallow depth of field conjuring up a soft, cinematic look. In terms of affordable Hollywood-level video recording you simply won’t find better than this, outperforming the current crop of mirrorless cameras. Not to be mistaken for a point-and-shooter, this is for budding directors, not bloggers; and the ability to shoot RAW 6K gives you endless possibilities in post-production.…

• Spaceteam Your spaceship’s trying to outrun an exploding star, but the controls were designed by a sadist. They’re shared between screens owned by up to eight players, and commands that appear on yours may not refer to your own set of switches and buttons. This is the only game where someone will scream “Can someone PLEASE turn on the Eigenthrottle?” before bursting into tears. £free / Android, iOS • Fruit Ninja We’re getting dangerously close to the point where some mobile games can be considered ‘retro’. Tasty slice-’em-up Fruit Ninja is of a 2010 vintage, but still feels fresh today as you use a finger to make salad of whatever’s lobbed on-screen – as long as it’s not a bomb. Head-to-head bouts pit you and a chum against the…

from £619 / stuff.tv/TabS6 ■ Most tech firms have left the tablet game to Apple. Amazon makes plenty of cheap options, but only Samsung is really competing with the iPads, and the Galaxy Tab S6 is its latest offering. It is, almost without question, the best Android tablet in the world. ■ Samsung has flirted with glass backs on tablets but this one is aluminium and it feels fantastic. There’s a shallow groove where the S-Pen stylus lives – a magnet keeps it in place and a wireless charging panel tops up its battery. ■ The Tab S6’s wireless S-Pen is a pretty serious piece of drawing tech, comparable with the Apple Pencil. It can sense 4096 levels of pressure, the screen knows when the nib is hovering above the…

CHUNKY This superb comic reader wants to stay out of your way so you can get on with reading. The self-organising library sorts series, and viewing options fix tinted pages and faded ink from old scans. Pay the one-off IAP to download from a PC, Mac or NAS. £free or £3.99 / iOS 2000 AD Publisher Rebellion now more or less owns UK comic history, and is putting out the best bits as the treasury of British comics. Even better, anything you buy in-app can also be downloaded DRM-free from 2000ad.com. £free / Android, iOS, Windows COMICAT Comics on Android are a bit of a crapshoot, with most apps free but flaky. If you’re willing to pay a few quid, you can get this feature-rich option, which makes it a…

Cowboy What’s the story? With a 70km range and top speed capped at 18mph, the Cowboy is a slick-looking single-geared Dutch e-bike built for taming longer commutes. Automatic power assistance senses torque on the back wheels to give you oomph when you ask for it on the pedals. It also packs hydraulic brakes, integrated app-controlled lights, smart tracking and anti-theft trickery, via an app that also reveals how much CO2 you’ve saved on your ride. Is it any good? The Cowboy looks the part and rides like an electric dream. There are no boost buttons to press or throttles to tweak to unleash the extra electric power – just get jitter-free speed when you step it up on the pedals. Throw in grippy wide tires and you feel like you’re…

Huawei P30 Pro from £799 / stuff.tv/P30Pro TIPS & TRICKS Use Huawei’s OneHop tech for quick wireless file transfers from the phone to your laptop. The P30 Pro works as a wireless charger, so you can share its juice with any other Drive an Audi? You can use this phone as a digital car key, to unlock it and even start the engine. Huawei’s latest superphone sets a stratospheric benchmark for camera power, with no cost to overall performance. Everything about the design is top-notch, with only screen sharpness failing to hit the very highest marks – at least by Huawei’s own giddy standards. But it’s those oh-so-clever rear camera lenses that really set the P30 Pro apart. Just be aware that ongoing political problems for the brand make this…

Moov Now £60 / stuff.tv/MoovNow Slow and steady wins the race, and the Now has gone on to prove that with a marathon-like pace helping it finally make it to the top of this list. We’ve long considered this tracker a bargain, but further reductions have helped it enter the realm of ‘downright steal’. OK, so it doesn’t have a screen or smartphone skills, but with guided voice coaching, a six-month battery and solid waterproofing, it has everything you’d ever want in your perfect fitness tracker. Stuff says A bargain-tastic fitness band that does more than just track your steps Fitbit Inspire HR £90 / stuff.tv/InspireHR Fitbit’s latest is a great little tracker. As well as step-counting, it’s surprisingly capable for proper run-tracking if you go out with a phone.…

Sky Q from £20 + £22/month / stuff.tv/SkyQ Sky Q works flawlessly and could change the way you watch TV – especially now 4K’s arrived. With Sky Movies’ huge range of films and Sky Sports in stunning Ultra HD, along with the new addition of Netflix, there’s something for everyone to treat their eyes with. And 2TB of storage means you can record 350 hours’ worth of entertainment, so you’re unlikely to be sweating over which show needs deleting. Factor in its multiroom skills, and Sky Q is undoubtedly the best TV experience you can get. Stuff says You’ll have to cough up for a subscription, but this is the best box for watching both live and recorded shows Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K £50 / stuff.tv/FireStick4K Amazon’s latest streaming…

Lego Boost Creative Toolbox £150 / stuff.tv/LegoCreativeToolbox Building Lego models is already ridiculously good fun, so think what great a time you’ll have when the completed model turns into a functioning robot. With the accompanying tablet app, you can use simple coding to make the robot move, fire projectiles and play various games. And rather than retiring it to the dusty shelf once you’re bored, you can rebuild him into four other programmable models: a harmonica-playing cat, a driveable rover, a working robot-builder and a playable guitar. Stuff says All hail Vernie and friends – for value and sheer fun, it’s hard to beat this programmable Lego kit Propel Star Wars X-Wing Battling Drone £65 / stuff.tv/SWDrone The Star Wars Battling Drone works indoors and outdoors, and doesn’t require a…

Blood & Truth £28 / PSVR Blood & Truth uses every trick available to deliver an absolutely rollicking action thriller – sweaty palms are guaranteed. Covering a huge breadth of environments and sequences that will make you forget its relatively short runtime, it turns London into a playground packed with dazzling action set-pieces, while the story keeps you grounded with a likeable and compelling cast. Anyone with a PSVR needs to play this; and for those who don’t already own one, the time is now. Stuff says A stunning full-length VR action blockbuster with a great story Superhot VR from £16 / Oculus Rift, Vive, PSVR There’s something really cool about hiding behind a desk before blitzing your opponents with streams of bullets as if you were starring in your…

Sony DSC-RX100 V £799 / stuff.tv/RX100V We wouldn’t recommend buying this camera if you already own the old IV model, but a few improvements have ensured Sony remains the top dog in our compacts list – and we’re keeping this model above the newer RX100 VI simply because of the huge price difference. It remains one of the finest point-and-shoots we’ve ever seen, with a flexibility that few pocket cameras can muster. While it’s still not exactly cheap, we reckon this is the cam to buy if you want fantastic-looking snaps from your holidays. Stuff says Only a small improvement over the RX100 IV, but this Sony is close to premium point-and-shoot perfection Panasonic Lumix TZ200 £579 / stuff.tv/TZ200 This Panasonic compact is a significant upgrade from the TZ100, offering…

I GOT THE COVER IMAGE FOR MY MEMOIRS SORTED I’ve had the iPhone 11 Pro in my hands for only a few hours, and between you and me it’s just like my last iPhone… except the camera is fricking awesome. There’s now an extra ultra-wide lens and the Night Mode sees a huge improvement. But just for fun, this is the high-key light filter in Portrait Mode, making any photo of yourself look like the front cover of your autobiography. Don’t ask me how my hair resembles that of a troll. You’ll have to read the book. Natalya Paul, Online Editor I RECREATED SKYFALL… WITH A VOLVO The Scottish Highlands are pretty tricky terrain from a roadside assistance perspective. James Bond’s swagger may have suited a vintage Aston Martin, but…

I appear to be reading an issue of Stuff from the late ’70s. I didn’t know it existed then? Much as we’d have loved having an Atari 2600 on the cover, Stuff did not exist then, and you remain very much in the present day. But your eyes do not deceive you: that is a Walkman. In the September issue we marked the 40th anniversary of Sony’s legendary portable cassette player with a look back at the icon that is the TPS-L2. We can only assume our considerable influence has led one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics companies to create this: a 40th anniversary NW-A100TPS personal music player with a specially designed soft case and retro packaging. Nostalgic nerds everywhere owe you a pint, Stuff. We’ll accept renewed subscriptions.…

TELLING LIES £6.99 / iOS It’s rare to see new genres appear, but Sam Barlow essentially created one with Her Story. With nods to FMV fare, that game had you sit before an archaic search engine, inputting terms to access video snippets of an interview, and thereby solve a murder mystery. Telling Lies is to Her Story what a blockbuster movie is to an indie: a larger, richer, glossier experience. You delve into hours of stolen NSA footage, unearthing multiple threads linked by a shocking incident. It’s an enthralling combination of non-linear storytelling and investigative thriller… so settle down, take copious notes, and be glad some game designers are still innovating.…

DON’T MISS THIS El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Film / Netflix As Breaking Bad’s final episode drew to its bittersweet end, Jesse Pinkman sped away into the night – bruised, traumatised, laughing, crying and presumably destined for a boring, law-abiding, meth-free life. That was way back in 2013, and six years later we’re seemingly about to find out where Jesse’s drive into the darkness actually led. El Camino is Netflix’s feature-length follow-up, shrouded in mystery but almost certainly a ‘what happened next’ sequel set after the tumultuous events of the final season. We can’t wait. The Laundromat Steven Soderbergh takes on the true story of Mossack Fonseca’s Panamanian money-laundering and tax avoidance scheme, used by many of the world’s richest, most powerful people. With an all-star cast and the…

There are flagship headphones… and there are flagship headphones. These 1more H1707 cans are tuned by sound engineer Luca Bignardi, who just happens to be a four-time Grammy Award winner. That’s some serious mantelpiece currency. Can your flagship headphones compete with that level of humblebrag? Didn’t think so. Back in your box. And that’s not all, because these hi-res-certified over-ears use oxygen-free copper cabling and have three independent drivers to individually take care of the lows, mids and highs so things don’t get muddied. Combine aerospace-level titanium and acoustic ceramics for an ultra-light 283g body and suddenly you have a set of audiophile’phones comfortable to keep on all day – plus 1more says they suit DJs too, whoop whoop! For a chance of winning one of five pairs, simply answer…

Swiss Safe Emergency Thermal Blanket If you come a cropper in the wilderness, wrapping yourself in foil could save your life. This survival blanket can help you retain up to 90% of your body heat. $13.99 / swisssafeproducts.com Inov-8 Trailroc G 280 Winter has a habit of turning perfectly good off-road routes into a slippery death traps. These light and fast trail shoes stack the odds back in your favour with graphene-coated super-grip soles that cling tight to slippery climbs and let you gallump around like a goat. £140 / inov-8.com Rino You don’t need a Channel 5 documentary to know the world’s weather has gone batpoo… so this complete survival system has everything you need to keep two people supplied for 72 hours in an emergency. £288 / rinoready.com…

Vaonis Stellina Make the most of the long, gloomy nights with this app-controlled hot-spot-generating telescope. Point it skyward, connect the app, choose your preferred constellation and let the Vaonis do the rest. No bigger than a briefcase, this motorised smart scope takes total control of the image processing, tracking the star, planet or constellation while combining and overlaying multiple exposures to reduce noise and create a spectacular galaxy-worthy photo. With 3096x2080 resolution, 400mm focal length and 80mm aperture, the Stellina will sit patiently and perfectly still for hours to get stunning long-exposure images, so all you need to do is have a nap and take the credit when you post them online. €3999 / vaonis.com Stellarium Mobile Sky Map A real-time planetarium app that’ll reveal the secrets of the solar…

Sensorwake Wake up to the smell of fresh-cut grass, peppermint or the seaside, among other options: this capsule-based alarm clock fills your nostrils with sweet scents, which will make a change from last night’s discarded socks. £44 / sensorwake.com Lexon Miami Sunrise This stylish ‘light therapy alarm clock’ mimics the rising of the sun in the morning, with the added bonus of seven natural sound effects. Thankfully the sound of clubbers rolling home at 6am isn’t one of them. £65 / amara.com Oura Ring A mere 6g of subtle sleep-tracking smarts, this titanium ring has optical pulse measurement, accelerometer, gyroscope and body temperature sensor. It will analyse your sleep brilliantly. €314 / ouraring.com Soma Smart Shades & Soma Connect Add a solar-powered motor to your existing blind cord, sync the…

■ Splitting comfortably Multitasking is sweet thanks to the phone’s tall display: Twitter scrolling at the bottom, YouTube playing a video at the top, easy breezy. Sony’s even included a multi-window shortcut on your homescreen by default. ■ Side effects Side sense’ means you can double-tap the edge of the screen and, bam, a thumb-friendly menu pops up for quick access to your most used apps. When it works, it’s excellent… but we only had a 70% success rate firing it up. £699 / stuff.tv/Xperia5 ■ When we first met the Xperia 5 on the crowded IFA show floor, we just didn’t think there was enough going on to make it really pop. But running side-by-side comparisons with rivals like the OnePlus 7 Pro and Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro, one…

Apple iPad Pro from £769 / stuff.tv/iPadPro The latest iPad Pro isn’t cheap, but it’s a mobile powerhouse like no other, with a diverse and rich app ecosystem, tons of power, a gorgeous screen, and the kind of focus on creativity and productivity that just doesn’t exist on other tablets. If you just want to faff on Facebook or Netflix it’s massive overkill, so we’d recommend going for the new iPad Air (from £479) instead; but even if you don’t actually need the new iPad Pro, you’re going to want one if you have it in your mitts for five minutes. Stuff says Once again Apple blasts ahead of the pack, with a stylish, powerful tablet full of creative potential Microsoft Surface Go from £379 / stuff.tv/SurfaceGo Having this slinky…

Sony WH-1000XM3 £270 / stuff.tv/SonyWHXM3 Sony’s WH-1000 series was already a top performer, and the WH-1000XM3s make for an even more compelling package. With Bluetooth wireless and great noise-cancellation, they’re the ultimate public transport stress killer… well, aside from a chauffeur or a lottery win that lets you retire. The leather pads make them incredibly easy to wear, not unlike sitting in one of those ultra-comfy leather chairs, and most importantly of all the sound quality is fantastic. Stuff says Great wireless headphones with effective ANC and a sound that nails just about everything Bose NCH 700 £350 / stuff.tv/BoseNCH700 You won’t find a better voice pickup system than Bose’s, while the company’s already exceptional noise-cancelling tech is now even better. Other features, such as the slick touch controls, are…

Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar £2199 / stuff.tv/AmbeoSoundbar Utterly convincing Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D sound, ample power and lots of inputs mean no other soundbar currently available can perform feats with the solidity and confidence of this Sennheiser. The sheer room-filling scale of this device’s sound is remarkable, and it’s hard to think of any content that wouldn’t benefit from being Ambeo’d. That’s why, as well as being the biggest and the most expensive, it’s the best you can buy. Stuff says The Ambeo Soundbar is a big unit but the sound it makes is bigger still Sonos Beam £399 / stuff.tv/SonosBeam Sonos’s great-value Alexa-equipped soundbar offers fine audio quality, comes with loads of features and is compact enough to fit into the average living-room AV setup without taking over. Stuff…

Sony PlayStation 4 Pro £349 / stuff.tv/PS4Pro As a gaming platform, PlayStation 4 is the best around – which makes the PS4 Pro the best of the best. Games optimised for the new console look stunning on a 4K HDR TV, and are substantially improved by the extra grunt inside this slightly bigger machine. Sure, it can’t match the Xbox One X for sheer power or resolution, but it makes up for that with an impressive line-up of games – including Uncharted 4, Horizon Zero Dawn and Bloodborne – and virtual reality support. Stuff says The system for console gamers who have a 4K TV and want the best catalogue of games on offer Nintendo Switch £279 / stuff.tv/NintendoSwitch Nintendo’s console earned a promotion in our list after it impressed…

Jaguar I-Pace from £60,995 (with PiCG) / stuff.tv/ipace Not content with simply making an electric vehicle that can get you from A to B with minimal fuss (and fuel bills), Jaguar has created something desirable, fun to drive and impressively capable when the going gets tough. This car offers Amazon Alexa integration, smartphone connectivity and a 10in touchscreen on the upper deck. With the I-Pace, Jaguar can happily claim to be the first mainstream brand to really give Tesla something to worry about. Stuff says Fun, fast and practical, the I-Pace is the greatest thing to happen to electric cars in a long time Nissan Leaf from £27,995 / stuff.tv/NissanLeaf Nissan has really got it right with the latest Leaf – an accomplished family car that packs some serious range…

Tado Smart Thermostat V3+ from £200 + installation / stuff.tv/Tado TIPS & TRICKS Check out the app’s Energy Savings Report to see how well you’re doing each month. Crank up the nerdery by tinkering with Tado’s IFTTT channel or adding it to your HomeKit setup. Hook up an Amazon Echo or Google Home to change the temperature with your voice. It might not be as pretty as the Nest 3.0, but Tado has quietly evolved into the best all-round smart heating system around. Like autopilot for your boiler, it senses when you’re leaving home or coming back thanks to the app’s geolocation. And Tado’s gadgety goodness is second to none, with the option of zonal control for individual rooms and voice smarts from the likes Alexa and Google Assistant. Stuff…

Fujifilm X-T3 £1349 / stuff.tv/FujifilmXT3 TIPS & TRICKS Pre-shot ES mode starts taking photos and adding them to the buffer as soon as you half-press. Sports Finder mode’s display enables you to see what’s about to come into frame for moving shots. Tapping an area on the 3in touchscreen will let you set the focus point or take an instant shot. It’s really hard to find anything bad to say about the X-T3 – it’s just consistently great in so many ways. Fuji has looked at virtually every feature on the X-T2 and upgraded it. With substantial tweaks made to the pro-level video options, the high-res EVF, the super-fast autofocus and the burst shooting, what you’re left with is an all-round beast of a camera in a small, beautiful form.…

Ever wondered what’s up with the links in Stuff? We’ve got a team of retail pros who scour the web to find you the best gadget deals – visit any stuff.tv link in this issue and you’ll be taken to the best deal for that product. If you make a purchase, we may get a small commission. It’s that simple, and has no impact on how much you pay. • In the mag: We pick out the best price for every featured product • Online: Choose from our roster of great-value retailers…

Ah yes, this ‘classic’ – as elegant as strapping an actual calculator to your wrist. Perhaps you had to be there, but there was something exciting about Casio’s calculator watch. It felt like the future – not only could you tell the time (in digital form!), but you could also do complex calculations right on your wrist. No more arguing about whether or not your friend owed you 37.5p for their share of the latest Crash magazine, because there was proof, in chunky LCD form! It’d store information too, meaning you could cheat in maths tests. But Casio didn’t even get there first – there were earlier calculator watches. The snag was they were insanely expensive, fiddly to use, limited in number, or a less than desirable combination of all…

Hang on a second. Haven’t I seen that ludicrous mechanised gaming throne somewhere before? Yes and no. This is Acer’s Predator Thronos Air, and it looks strikingly similar to the original Predator Thronos, which did indeed land a spot in this magazine. Presumably, the ‘Air’ in the sequel’s name indicates that you can now pick up the whacking great frame with one hand. Or maybe Acer’s slightly pushing it. So what’s different? Last year’s maiden Thronos weighed in at an appropriately monstrous $20,000. At just $13,999, you’re probably thinking the Air sounds like an absolute bargain… but know this is a slightly streamlined model. The first Thronos enveloped you in its cockpit with a motorised monitor arm that you could control with buttons. While it was very cool, the tech…

Street flighter DRL RACER4 STREET For some, drones are about faffing about in the air with a gadget. Not the Drone Racing League (DRL), whose contraptions scythe through the sky at breakneck speeds. After many requests to make one available to buy, this is the Racer4 Street. It retains the DRL racing model’s powerful config, and supports simple part replacements so you’ll be able to fly, crash, and quickly rebuild. And you’ll crash with style, given the black carbon-fibre canopy that its designers reckon sits halfway between a Batmobile and a stealth jet fighter. Plus you get access to the DRL Simulator, so you can learn to fly on a screen first. $599 / thedroneracingleague.com Buoq-rocking beats BUOQ AXIS These wireless Bluetooth cans keep your ears happy with solid sound…

JBL Pulse 4 Do you know what synesthesia is? It’s a condition that causes people to taste words, feel scents or see sounds. If you’re not lucky enough to experience the world like this, JBL’s new Pulse 4 Bluetooth speaker might be able to give you a flavour of what it’s like. With a load of LED lights installed beneath the speaker’s surface, it’ll light up the night in sync with your tunes, plus you can use your phone’s camera to scan colours for it to replicate. That colour-changing coat doesn’t mean it needs to be kept in cotton wool, as there’s IPX7 waterproofing, and despite all that illumination it’ll still bring the noise for 12 hours before needing a re-up via the USB-C port. £200 / uk.jbl.com…

Ezviz C3WN Given we all know that burglars wear black and white stripes, full colour night vision might seem like a smart tech feature too far. But in truth, the pitch-black performance of this Ezviz camera is phenomenal, producing brilliantly detailed videos from dusk until dawn. The 1080p Full HD cam also includes two spotlights plus motion detection to make sure it captures all the action. All features are tweakable to prevent the foxes/neighbours/ghosts waking you every hour, there’s two-way talk if you fancy a chat, and the night vision can record images up to 30m away. If you don’t want to pay for a cloud subscription, there’s a microSD slot with a capacity of up to 256GB. £tbc / ezvizlife.com ZeroVision Alarm Burglars beware, this professionally installed wireless smoke-bomb…

Safety Skin Don’t want your entire running wardrobe to be sweetshop-coloured? This reflective roll-on is an alternative: swipe luminous stripes onto your skin when you need to be seen, wash it off when you’re done. £15.95 / safetyskinproducts.com Asics Nimbus 21 Lite Show The running equivalent of cyclists’ glow-in-the-dark spokey dokeys, these shoes turn the main moving part of every runner – your feet – into a fine safety feature. When darkness descends and car headlights hit the 360° reflectivity, they light up like a ’90s raver. £155 / asics.com Proviz Reflect360 RunningBackpack If there’s a brighter winter-ready backpack, our headlights haven’t hit it yet. This 10-litre waterproof pack has reflective strips and webbing all round so people can see you coming and going. £45 / provizsports.com Nathan Light Spur…

Vanmoof S2 Described as the Tesla of electric bikes – albeit without a megalomaniac at the helm – the S2 is crammed full of practical and way-cool tech. The 250W pedal-assisted motor hidden in the front wheel hub maxes out at 22mph – you’re actually limited to 15.5mph in the UK, but it’ll still whisk you sweatlessly up the steepest slopes – while the 166-LED display on the crossbar shows speed, battery level and locked status. And if you press and hold the button on the right side of the handlebars, you can access the four power levels. Naturally you get integrated front and rear LED lights and a pile of impossibly smart Bluetooth security features £2598 / vanmoof.com Rapha Roll Top Backpack By day it’s a stylish Rapha commuter…

THE BASICS ■ Get a tablet You could read a comic on a PC (too bulky) or a phone (too small). But your best bet by far is a tablet – 10in or larger gives you enough space to comfortably read a standard US-sized comic, and even double-page spreads. Avoid E ink devices, unless you only love black and white comics. ■ Dodge the lockdown Digital comics come in two flavours: wrapped in DRM (digital rights management) or DRM-free. With the former, you’ll usually be locked to a single service or app, whether on a Netflix-like sub (which is fair enough) or buying single issues/volumes from a publisher (which is not). DRM-free comics can be read in any compatible app. ■ Delve into history Comics didn’t explode into being with…

■ High concept You can use Fujifilm’s excellent film simulation modes to give your images the look you’re after straight from the camera. And of course you can shoot in RAW if you want maximum editing capabilities after the fact. ■ High roller This is definitely a stills camera first, but its 4K and 1080p options do produce sharp, detailed and smooth video. There’s some ‘rolling shutter’ effect, as you might expect given the sensor’s size, but nothing to moan about. £9999 / stuff.tv/GFX100 ■ At a shade under £10,000 (and that’s before you’ve even thought about a lens), this is by far the most expensive camera in Fujifilm’s entire range, and quite possibly the priciest camera that’s ever been reviewed in Stuff. ■ As a weighty medium-format camera with…

Data Wing £free / Android, iOS This game starts off as if Asteroids had a baby with a top-down racer: your triangular craft blasts around circuits, gaining speed when its bum scrapes neon track edges. Soon you discover you’re part of an OS ruled by a deranged AI. Story and game quickly expand, as you glimpse the world beyond the screen and battle gravity in cavern-based sections that recall 8-bit classic Thrust. Rarely do mobile titles pack in so many hours of clever, thoughtful narrative. Pretty much never are such games free. Stuff says A mobile game we’d happily recommend if it cost a fiver – for nowt, it’s an absurdly generous bargain Jumpgrid £2.99 / iOS Pac-Man and Frogger meet Super Hexagon and buckets of adrenaline in this superb…

Apple Watch Series 4 from £399 / stuff.tv/WatchS4 The Apple Watch Series 4 has everything going for it – the larger screen, improved processor and louder speaker mean it’s easier to actually do stuff on it than any previous Watch, and it has a load of health features that just aren’t on other wearables. Whether you’re navigating somewhere using Maps, going for a run without your phone, or just wanting to keep track of your activity during the day, this Apple Watch does a great job of handling all these things and more. Stuff says Best wearable ever: a sleek, sophisticated redesign of the previous generation with some hearty upgrades Samsung Galaxy Watch from £279 / stuff.tv/GalaxyWatch A sturdy and stylish smartwatch with plenty of power and a truly lovely…

Sonos One £199 / stuff.tv/SonosOne Making an amazing speaker was an easy job for the multiroom champs, but getting Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to dance along in time with it… well, that wasn’t such a simple task. But the One is now an altogether more well-rounded device than it was at launch, supporting Spotify with voice control as well as Amazon Music and TuneIn Radio, while the early Alexa hiccups seem to have been fixed by a series of software updates. It also has an improved processor in its current ‘Gen 2’ form. Stuff says Sonos’s Alexa-powered speaker remains a class apart from the competition Amazon Echo Dot £50 / stuff.tv/EchoDot If you don’t want to make room for a full-size Echo in your tat-cave, the 3rd-gen Dot is a…

Oculus Quest from £399 / stuff.tv/OculusQuest The Quest offers all manner of fully interactive, roamable virtual worlds that you can throw in your backpack without a single wire. That’s a mindblowing technical feat. Yes, the battery life is average, but the inside-out tracking and total absence of any cables make this the best all-round VR headset to date. It also ships with the Oculus Touch motion controllers included, which means you can play fully fledged Oculus Rift titles without being anywhere near a PC. Stuff says If you’ve been waiting to board the VR bandwagon, the Quest might be the best reason yet to go for it HTC Vive £499 / stuff.tv/HTCVive There isn’t much difference between this and the much cheaper Oculus Rift, in all honesty. But if you’re…

SNES Classic Mini £70 / stuff.tv/ClassicMini TIPS & TRICKS Chickens killed you in Zelda again? You can rewind up to five minutes and pretend it never happened. For full-fat nostalgia you can read the instruction manual for each of the SNES games online. Stop trying to raid Bowser’s castle in one sitting, and use one of the four save slots to take a break. Why bother splashing out over £200 on a games console when you can get the SNES Classic Mini for a fraction of that? Especially when you get 21 classic titles pre-installed on this nostalgia-inducing machine, including the likes of Super Metroid, A Link to the Past, Super Mario World and the never-before-released Star Fox 2. And with two controllers bundled in the box, you’ll be able…