What the Giz editorial department had already bought in 2021

Happy New Gear ...

It's early in the new year, but aren't the members of the Gizmodo editorial department already buying something? No, I would have bought it. I must have bought it. I thought so and asked ...

Giz editorial department & writers will introduce "Purchased / obtained within the first week of 2021".

M1 MacBook Air

Which is 2020 or 2021? I bought it at the last minute. The color is gold. M1 Air has arrived! I wanted to post a nice image, but I don't have it yet. It's mid-January coming ... I'm so used to the convenient world (Amazon Prime) that I can't help but feel irritated!

The MacBook I was using without any blurring died during the state of emergency last year. I couldn't go to the store, and it took me two weeks to order online, so I was vaguely using the 15-inch MacBook Pro that I had been monitoring at home. Even though the M1 Air was announced, I was thinking "What is the first generation?", But when I thought about it, I just wanted to say "What is the first generation?" The software used is limited, most of them are native apps, and even if it becomes M1, it doesn't have much effect. Then, I thought that I should buy it around spring, and I thought, "That's the first generation!", So I bought it during the winter vacation. In the first place, what I want most from a laptop is its lightness and compactness, so I think the correct answer was to buy the M1 Air at the same time as the announcement. I wonder if it will arrive soon, I'm looking forward to it!

(As an aside, although it is heavy, the personal difficulty of using a 15-inch terminal is that the keyboard is far away. The keyboard is too deep, which makes my shoulders stiff.)

Latest Apple MacBook Air Apple M1 Chip (13 inch Pro, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD)-Gold

115,280 yen

(Soko)

M1 MacBook Air and cross bike

Sudden death is on New Year's Eve.

NEC's Lavie, which I have been using for 5 years with my family, stopped saying "yes" or "no" as soon as the new year started. It was still working when his son was making a fuss with his friends on New Year's Zoom while watching the red and white. Lavie-kun, I'm sure he had decided to retire by the end of 2020. Thank you for a long time! Thank you so far!

Instead, we welcomed the new MacBook Air with an M1 chip early in the new year. The crispness, ease of use of the keyboard, and the beauty of the display that I heard in rumors are very popular with my family. Gold (or pink) is very cute and gives you a lot of tension. Air, thank you from now on!

Latest Apple MacBook Air Apple M1 Chip (13 inch Pro, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD)-Gold

115,280 yen

I bought a long-sought cross bike (mat charcoal of Liv Escape RW Disc) because I wanted to go "somewhere not here".

… And in addition to that, helmets, gloves, lights, rear lights, 2 types of locks, tools, inflators, sportswear, and related books. This is what a bike swamp is ...

Anyway, the freedom to travel a distance of several tens of kilometers with just your own leg strength is the best! Listen to the roar of the wind while running on the cycling road, and just pedal with all your heart to get rid of stress. Since we are declaring a state of emergency, we will refrain from going out for the time being, but since we participated in Garmin's "2021 Cycling Challenge", we aim to complete 2021 miles by the end of 2021!

(Chitora Yamada)

HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S

I've always wanted a keyboard, and I've been looking at it, but no matter where I look, the king of keyboards is said to be HHKB. Also, at the end of the year, another writer bought a special feature on what Giz's writer bought, and after reading the article written by that writer, I got a little more unrequited love and finally HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S. I bought it. It cost me about 35,000 yen in Japanese yen, but the fulfillment of my longing, the squishy feeling when typing, and the convenience of shortcuts make it "I have no regrets about my shopping!". I put an acrylic keyboard tray on top of my laptop keyboard and write articles in a guru style.

HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S English layout / ink

35,200 yen

(Kenji P. Miyajima)

Anker PowerExpand 13-in-1 USB-C Dock

Since I had some time to spare during the year-end holidays, I decided to use the M1 Mac from the editorial department as my main computer instead of my personal iMac. However, there weren't enough ports to connect all the equipment I had prepared for remote work, such as a microphone and ATEM Mini Pro ... on New Year's Eve, I landed on New Year's Day. With this dock, you can connect most things with a single cable, so you can use your M1 Mac as a workstation at home or simply as a laptop outside. By the way, note that the included AC adapter is bigger and heavier than the main unit.

Anker PowerExpand 13-in-1 USB-C Dock Docking Station

19,990 yen

Editor's Note: Out of stock at the time of article production. It seems that it will arrive next week.

(Amito)

Non-flyer and foot bath with heating function

Innsky non-flyer 3.5L

7,980 yen

My friends who bought similar things at the Amazon sale at the end of the year (yes, there are several) hypnotized me, saying, "This is good, good." It arrived on January 3rd, but I can't let go of it anymore. I will live with him this year.

What's great is that the frozen foods in the commercial supermarket are freshly made and attract the best taste unique to Hokahoka! Especially French fries are good. It's oil-free and salt-free, so it's less guilty as a late-night snack. Also, if you heat it for a long time, it will be finished with a nice crispy feeling even though you have not even sprayed oil.

There are some places where the texture is delicate unless the ingredients are originally oily, and there are also places where I think that I have to improve my skill. So far, frozen fried shrimp and fried oysters have a strong and delicate presence of bread crumbs.

Wooce foot bath

5,599 yen

Also, a foot bath with a heating function. It was a foldable type, so it's pochi.

(Ryota Samurai)

Electric grill pan

I refrained from returning to my parents' home during the New Year holidays.

Other than meeting my family, the fun of returning home is to have a feast in Hokuriku in winter. Starting with the New Year's annual sukiyaki, yellowtail shabu-shabu with plenty of fat and local flavors and tori vegetable hot pot ... I bought an electric grill pan because it seems better to give up this season.

For disaster prevention, I thought about buying a tabletop gas stove and a pot separately, but I ended up here because of storage problems. It's compact in size and reasonably versatile, but it's a little difficult to keep the temperature high.

While watching the special program for the year-end and New Year holidays, I just ate endlessly ...

Electric Grill Pan 23cm Light Brown AZ-3927

3,960 yen

(Toda Sachiko)

LED ring light and UNIQLO's Heat Tech Mouf

LED ring light OhaYoo

2,580 yen

A ring light I bought for a small photo shoot.

I expected that my face would look beautiful, but it wasn't that my face became cute by 20% just because the shadows disappeared and my complexion was unified.

Somehow, it seems that he had misunderstood various things.

But not bad. I tried Skype with this light as a test, but the other party seemed to be able to see my face clearly and clearly, and it was well received.

If there's a problem, it's really dazzling. Anyway, it's dazzling.

I don't know if it's because I'm vulnerable to light because of the aftereffects of LASIK, but the iPhone screen is so dazzling that it blurs.

Is it something like this? Do you guys distribute videos while putting up with this kind of spiciness? Tell me, someone who is familiar with it.

It was time to replace the blanket, so I bought an elephant-patterned heat tech blanket (Uniqlo Finlayson Heat Tech Mouf Liner Cosquera [Double]).

I chose the double size to wrap a single bet, but this is the correct answer! It covers the duvet completely, so the warmth doesn't escape and it stays warm until morning.

It's so good that I bought another one.

Moreover, the pattern is cute, and it has the positive effect of making you feel happy every time you see it.

I usually live far from being "cute", but I'm really glad I bought this.

I even thought about buying up because of the cuteness and goodness. No, really.

(Machiko Nakagawa)

Dust removal filter

Cleaning the inside of the PC case during the year-end and New Year holidays I bought a "dust filter" to make things easier. This year, after cleaning, I saw the hell that some parts had poor contact and the OS did not start and I wrestled for 4 hours ... so I will be indebted to this filter from now on. Oh, can I put it on the ventilation fan of the toilet?

Toyo Aluminum Just stick it on! Dust removal filter for ventilation fan Approx. 30 cm x 30 cm 3 pieces

251 yen

(Gensuke Okamoto)

Hades (PC game)

Hades challenging game with not just style and finesse but is addictively fun to play.

(Kyle Perterson)

Blankets worn by Nintendo Switch Lite and mofua

I finally bought it. Turquoise Switch Lite is so cute! Of course, I have my favorite Switch in my house, but when my child goes to bed and plays a game alone, when I see it on the TV screen, he says "toilet ..." and when the child wakes up, he says "Oh ...!" However, it's heavy and a little difficult to use in mobile mode.

Lite is really light and the buttons are easy to press! The image is also high definition and beautiful, which is the best. There is nothing to worry about, except that my eyes get tired a little and the main body gets hot enough to make my hands tingle when I play for a long time. I played a duo of "Fort Knight" with my son to my heart's content. I plan to play without getting bored for a while!

Nintendo Switch Lite Turquoise

21,970 yen

In the first place, this "blanket to wear" was a Christmas present from my parents' house to my sons. To be honest, I thought, "I already have this kind of thing," but my boys praised it as "super good."

I also tried it on as a trial, but ... I can't say anything about it and it feels good! It's so light and thin, but it's so warm! It's soft and fluffy to the touch. It's normal, but "like silk". It's a stone design, so it's a literal "wearable blanket" that you can put in your futon on cold nights.

I want it too ... and I bought it. This winter, the whole family will be warm and warm at home!

mofua Roomwear Premium Microfiber

3,990 yen

(R. Mitsubori)

Nitori's thick pad for the beginning of the lens and overwintering

Happy new year lens. When I think about it, even if I go out for weekend shooting with the combination of X-T4 + XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS, I always use only the telephoto end. I thought that this F2 blur would be difficult to use for work shooting, so I put it off, but now that I've stopped going out, I've been paying more attention to familiar things, so I'd like to enjoy the 50mm line of sight. It was the beginning of the 2021 lens.

Without this, I couldn't overwinter this year. I use it in combination with an unmarked mattress with legs, but it completely cuts the cold floor that had reached the mattress with legs. It has good hygroscopicity and feels good on the skin, and I am very satisfied. I really wanted to unify it without a mark, so I went to buy a "thick pad that is hard to get warm and fiber stuffy", but I was told that it was no longer in stock. It was Nitori that I chose for the B plan, but I was very satisfied with it.

(Yamada Yuus type)

Enamel care powder for teeth

Frau Fowler Tooth Powder Teeth-Whitening Power Mint 2 oz (57g) Whitening * Amazon.com/Direct shipment from overseas

3,980 yen

Unlike normal toothpaste, it's powdered, water flossed, then smeared and gargled, but I don't gargle, but it's surprising to think about it. It is a story that the cavities are buried or the teeth become white by adjusting the Ph balance and supplementing with enamel.

(Satomi)

Ergotron monitor arm & iPad holder for VESA mount

I bought it for reading at my desk like this.

I use the iPad Pro 12.9-inch as an e-book reader, which is easy to read even if it is packed with characters on one page and can display manga beautifully in a two-page spread, but it is a little heavy to read comfortably. It is said that if you take a comfortable posture, your arms will get tired and you will not be able to continue.

As a result of trying various things, I came to the conclusion that "it is best to prepare a monitor arm with a wide range of motion for it". Fortunately, Amazon's first sale is being held at that timing. The monitor arm of Ergotron was cheaper. Thank you Amazon, thank you again this year Amazon ...

Ergotron LX Desk Mount Monitor Arm Aluminum 45-241-026

13,980 yen

Sanwa Supply iPad tablet mounting holder 9-12 inch compatible VESA CR-LATAB20BK

2,594 yen

(Kamiya Matakumi)

* Prices and other information are as of the time of writing. Please check the sales page as it is subject to change.