MrMobile Tested 7 Spring Gadgets for Weeks. Here's What Actually Survived.

The Gear That Surprised Him

The Sharge Shargeek 300 power bank is the kind of product that only makes sense if you follow Sharge's brand ethos. It has triple USB ports, two of them rated at 140 watts, a 24,000 mAh capacity, and RGB lighting that Fisher describes as "so tacky you've got to love it" [1]. The whole thing is wrapped in that transparent Radio Shack aesthetic that Sharge has built its identity around. After a month of use alongside his earlier Sharge charger and SSD, Fisher reports it's holding up reliably. That matters — he had reliability complaints about earlier Sharge products. This one apparently fixed them. The Clevetura keyboards are a more niche find. These are thin, lightweight mechanical keyboards with a full trackpad built into the key surface — every key is swipe-sensitive, turning your keyboard into a giant mouse without needing a separate device. Fisher tested both the Clevatura 1 and the Clevatura S on a MacBook (where the companion app makes it work seamlessly) and on a Samsung Galaxy Trifold (where the Android keyboard support was "undercooked" enough to undermine the concept). The idea is inspired. The platform needs to catch up [1]. The KeySmart Smart Card is probably the most universally useful item in the Grab Bag. It's a third-generation tracker that's exactly the size and shape of a standard credit card, slightly thicker to accommodate wireless charging, and works with both Apple Find My and Google's Find Hub. No special holder needed — it slides into a wallet slot. Fisher says he only needed to charge it once a year based on KeySmart's estimates, and he liked it enough to buy a second one as a backup while scripting the video [1]. That's the real endorsement. The Bloom Smart Card is a clever if unproven experiment in digital detox. Install an app, designate which apps you're trying to use less, then tap the physical card to lock them. Unlock requires physical access to the card — which you can intentionally leave somewhere inaccessible. It's similar to a product called Brick but in credit card form. Fisher is cautiously interested but hasn't fully committed yet [1].

The Sidephone: The One That Got Its Own Paragraph

Fisher saves the most interesting gadget for last, and he makes clear this one is going to get a dedicated full review: the Sidephone. This is a small, modular Android phone built around the idea of running without Google services. Out of the box, you get only the essentials. Everything else you want has to be sideloaded from Sidephone's curated app directory. Fisher describes the hardware as plastic but well-executed, with a metallic paint finish and a 2.8-inch display that takes up roughly half the chassis. The other half is an expansion bay [1]. That expansion bay is the whole point. At launch, it accepts a numeric keypad, a scroll wheel module that Fisher says reminds him of an iPod click wheel, and a hybrid numpad-QWERTY keyboard. None of the keyboard tiles are backlit, which is a legitimate complaint. The silicone cases that ship with the Founders Edition are noticeably cheap. The 4G-only radio works fine, and battery life is solid in Fisher's week of light testing. He's already bought every accessory and plans a full review that pushes the phone to both extremes: as a true daily driver and as a stripped-down dumb phone [1]. The Sidephone represents the same impulse that drives interest in the Nothing Phone and the Light Phone — the question of what a phone actually needs to be. Fisher has been thinking about digital detox hardware for over a year of coverage. The Sidephone is the most technically interesting answer he's found.

Subscribe to MrMobile on YouTube to catch Fisher's full Sidephone review when it drops, and follow him at @CaptainTwoPhones on social for the takes between videos. The Nothing Phone 4A and 4A Pro are available now. The Sharge Shargeek 300 recently closed its Kickstarter. The KeySmart Smart Card and Bloom are currently available through their respective sites [1].