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Have you wondered how to live and work as a digital nomad in the places you want to be — not have to be? Do you want to be better prepared for the next power outage, lower your energy bills and become more self-sufficient, or stay connected and comfortable even when traveling through remote locations? We’ve got your back.

Here at The Verge, we can help you work from your living room, van, Airbnb, or anywhere that brings you joy. We can help you choose the right laptop, water filter, solar generator, portable A/C and fridge, and everything else that helps restore balance to the finite days we share.

DJI’s latest power station is proof that good things come in mini packages

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The Power 1000 Mini is the smallest 1kWh power station you can buy.

Thomas Ricker
Anker’s Nebula P1 projector is the portable sound king

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Too bad they forgot the battery.

Thomas Ricker
Bluetti’s Sora 500 solar panel is incredibly powerful for its size

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Too bad this 500W N-Type panel isn’t bifacial and isn’t (yet) available in the US.

Thomas Ricker
The improved battery-powered Starlink Mini is here

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Quickly untether from an unhinged world.

Thomas Ricker
Tenways nearly perfects the shareable city e-bike

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The sturdy CGO compact rides big and tucks away small.

Thomas Ricker
The Loch Capsule dishwasher is small, fast, and efficient — it even sanitizes gadgets

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TCL’s PlayCube projector is more fun than a Rubik’s Cube

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An all-in-one Google TV projector with big battery life for entertainment anywhere you go.

Thomas Ricker
Dometic makes a better portable water faucet

The rechargeable Recon 360 Faucet addresses every minor complaint I had with its predecessor.

Thomas Ricker
Starlink made ‘work from home’ possible from anywhere — now, I’m ready for a change

Competition is coming, but it might never catch up.

Thomas Ricker
AI, my unexpected daily travel companion

Gemini and ChatGPT are so good that I’m now an accomplice to Google Zero.

Thomas Ricker
How I built a vanlife setup powerful enough for work and play
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I wanted less complexity, more flexibility, and maximum value for money.

Thomas Ricker
The Espresso Pro portable monitor is a revolution for remote work

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Add a 15.6-inch 4K display to your workflow via a single USB-C cable.

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Battery makers suck at Photoshop.

It’s a universal truth that companies like EcoFlow, Jackery, Bluetti, and others produce the most ridiculous product renders for their big-ass batteries, making me wonder if they actually use them in the wild. Here’s a gallery of images I’ve collected so far.

<em>Look at that tiny bike!</em>
<em>The cable to the solar panels magically penetrates the window.</em>
Good luck with that, dude.
Fishing with your record collection, ok.
<em>It’s so easy to carry 200 pounds of solar generator gear on a backpacking trip.</em>
<em>This portable A/C built around a heat exchanger is not keeping this man cool.</em>
<em>Not even close to being portable.</em>
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Look at that tiny bike!
Image: EcoFlow
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says Americans need to make work / life ‘tradeoffs’ to compete with China.

Easy for a guy who never has to work another day in life to suggest other people need to change their work / life balance. What Forbes calls China’s “cutthroat work culture,” of 996 (9AM to 9PM, six days a week) others simply call human rights abuse.

Raleigh One e-bike review: redemption tour

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A VanMoof by another name.

Thomas Ricker
EcoFlow’s Rapid power bank is the fastest yet

Recharges at 320W — charges two high-end laptops at 140W, simultaneously.

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Solar panel prices plummet.

Trump’s tariffs on solar panels — with 80-plus percent coming from China — are complicating the affordability equation in the US, but record low prices due to overproduction is good news for the rest of world bent on switching to clean energies.

Solar panels’ price dropped to 8.7 cents per watt on July 2, the lowest level based on comparable data going back to 2011.

BougeRV’s portable solar fridge is quietly annoying

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The 12-volt CRD2 fridge and freezer combo gets the basics right.

Thomas Ricker
The battery-powered Starlink Mini is here

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PeakDo’s LinkPower makes the ultra-portable dish ultra convenient.

Thomas Ricker
Anker Nebula X1 review: home theater, anywhere

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The projector produces an unbelievably bright, vivid image for a portable all-in-one.

Thomas Ricker
What’s on your desk, Kallie Plagge?What’s on your desk, Kallie Plagge?
Kallie Plagge and Barbara Krasnoff