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Onoayo LED Mini Projector: FirstUse

May 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The World Cup is upon us once again, and this time we wanted to be able to watch it while comfortably sitting on the couch. We wanted the “stadium experience,” [...]

Onoayo LED Mini Projector: FirstLook

May 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

It’s been a long time since we took a look at projection technology. One reason is that prices of large-screen TVs have been dropping like a rock. Projectors, with [...]

DropLit LED Umbrella: FirstLook

May 10, 2026 // 0 Comments

The umbrella has been around for a long, LONG time. Earliest examples have roots in ancient China and Egypt, sometime between 2450-3500 BC. It was originally used for sun [...]

Reflection Frame: FirstUse

January 25, 2026 // 0 Comments

We were going to find a place to hang the Reflection Frame (RF) before posting the FirstUse write-up, but since so many readers asked what we thought of the quality of the [...]

Reflection Frame: FirstLook

January 11, 2026 // 0 Comments

The first week of the year was the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It is also when super cool, fun, cutting-edge stuff shows up at the RainyDayMagazine office. [...]

DJI Neo: Flight Cases

December 20, 2025 // 0 Comments

When we got our DJI Neo FlyMore package, we were tempted to get the custom Lekufee form-fitted DJI FlyMore case, but realized that we had an empty camera case that would be [...]

Brass Microscope: Made for Perry Mason Company

December 7, 2025 // 0 Comments

The RainyDayInterns found a gem of a microscope for sale by an LLL (lovely local lady) who happens to be a microscope collector. The LLL is moving at the end of the month and [...]

ZanyLen Boris Sunglasses: FirstLook

November 1, 2025 // 0 Comments

We have reviewed quite a few different brands of sunglasses over the years (Oakleys, TruFocal, Raen, etc). It has been a while since a pair of sunglasses caught our interest, [...]

TORRAS Neck Fan: FirstUse

September 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

Earlier this Summer we took a FirstLook at a device called a “neck fan” or “wearable air conditioner.” The basic idea is that the fans wrap around a [...]

TORRAS Neck Fan: FirstLook

August 10, 2025 // 0 Comments

Fans made of leaves have been around since ancient Egypt. Manually operated rotary fans were invented back in the Han dynasty (fl. 180 CE). In the late 1880s, Schuyler [...]
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