(BPT) - Spring is full of opportunities to get outside, enjoy the beautiful weather and have fun spending time with your family - but too often, a mountain of spring chores and everyday obligations gets in the way. Fortunately, you can make the most of smart gadgets designed to make your life easier, so you can spend less time doing and a lot more time enjoying.
At a recent product showcase in New York City, Anker Innovations unveiled a selection of cutting-edge solutions in charging, power storage, smart home tech, and more, all designed to make everyday tasks easier and enhance your spring experience.
Here are eight ways to optimize the latest tech to put a little more spring in your step:
1. Spring cleaning starts at the bottom
Is there a better way to get rid of months of dirt, dust and grime than mopping or vacuuming all your floors yourself? Absolutely. Thanks to Eufy's E28 Robot Vacuum with Portable Deep Cleaner, you can do just about anything else while your floors practically clean themselves. The E28's deep-cleaning system features the world's first vacuum and mopping system equipped with a detachable portable deep cleaner - and its HydroJet™ self-cleaning mopping capabilities and industry-leading 20,000 Pa suction power will make spring cleaning a breeze. Best yet, the system includes 15N (3.3 pounds) of downwards pressure to deep clean hard floors.
Don't need to have the separate portable deep cleaner? You can opt for the E25 Robot Vacuum and Mopping system, which features the same effective turbo suction power and mopping capabilities of the E28. The E25 is available now under pre-sale for a June launch at eufy.com.
2. Outdoor chores made simple
Grass growing already? Check one more weekend chore off your to-do list with one of two models: the E18 & E15 Auto Robot Lawn Mowers. With eufy's first foray into outdoor lawn robotics, these two options both feature eufy's Vision-FSD 1.0. With no buried wires or RTK setups, these Auto Robot Lawn Mowers feature high-precision cameras and intelligent algorithms to autonomously map your lawn while accurately identifying lawn edges, obstacles and paths. The eufy Robot Lawn Mower E15 can tackle a lawn area of just over 2,600 square feet (800m²), while the E18 covers nearly 3,940 square feet (1200m²). Once your lawn care is covered, you can get back to enjoying that bike ride, evening stroll or ball game.
3. Upgrade your backyard experience
What better way to spend a weekend night than watching a movie in the backyard with friends and family. And Nebula's X1 4K Projector makes it incredibly easy to set up, resulting in a bright, colorful picture on up to a 200-inch screen - that's over 16 feet diagonally. With the built-in micro gimbal and optical zoom, you can place the X1 on a table, projector stand or even the floor and with the push of a button, the projector can automatically zoom in or out for the proper screen size and position - even taking the hassle out of adjusting for keystone correction. Combine the X1 with a pair of Nebula's wireless accessory speakers for an immersive 4.1.2 surround experience.
4. Be storm-ready
To help you feel prepared to cope with outages from unpredictable spring and summer storms, the Anker SOLIX F3800 Plus Portable Power Station provides powerful, customizable whole-home power backup with industry-leading solar efficiency. The F3800 Plus supports dual 165V solar inputs for up to 3,200W of input - fully recharging the power station in just 1.5 hours - and is compatible with 240V generators for extended outages. With a 6,000W dual-voltage output and expandable capacity from 3,840Wh-26,880Wh, the SOLIX F3800 Plus Portable Power Station can power everything from fridges to well pumps during long-term outages.
Even better, when paired with the Anker SOLIX Home Power Panel, the power station becomes a full home backup solution, seamlessly switching between solar, grid and backup in just 30 milliseconds - delivering uninterrupted power and energy independence.
5. Boost your home security
You can also have better peace of mind all season long by upgrading to the eufy ProSecure system, which offers Tri-Cam bullet pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras with Power over Ethernet (PoE) integration for non-stop power and recording capabilities. The bullet camera delivers 4K resolution, while the PTZ camera offers 2.5K resolution and 360-degree pan and tilt flexibility to dramatically reduce blind spots. The Network Video Recorder (NVR) includes 2 terabytes (TB) of onboard memory, with expandable memory up to 16TB, as well as the ability to support 24/7 recording for up to 16 channels at the same time.
You can get this best-in-class security hardware, plus seamless cross-camera tracking and advanced color night vision, with no monthly subscription fees. Check eufy.com for details on the ProSecure system.
6. Level up your home office
Need to do a little work from home? Creative professionals and advanced users alike will appreciate Anker's Thunderbolt™ 5 Docking Station and high-speed cable, which provides up to 120Gbps bandwidth, support for dual 8K displays and integrated Gallium Nitride (GaN) power delivering 232W. The dock features HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1, advanced cooling and smart firmware updates via Anker Dock Manager - all housed in a sleek aluminum design with ambient lighting. Available April 24 on Anker.com, Amazon and select retailers.
7. Personalize your belongings
Is there a better way to spruce up your decor than by transforming everyday belongings with personalized design, such as tumblers, mugs, phone cases, fridge magnets and even LEGO bricks? That's exactly what the eufyMake UV printer E1 is designed to do - turn your creativity into reality. It can print millions of true colors with 3D texture onto over 300 materials including wood, metal, acrylic, leather, etc.
Thanks to its compact design - no bigger than a microwave - it's perfect for home use on a desk. What makes the whole printing process even easier is the AI-powered studio that boasts over 20,000 templates and creative tools that help you quickly finish the design. The printer is also low maintenance, due to its self-cleaning system that cleans the printhead on its own, so you can focus on your creativity without interruption. E1 is available to order on Kickstarter starting April 29.
8. Focus on safety and translation
With so many distractions in today's world, it's important to stay present. Whether walking or biking down a city street or taking kids for a walk in a stroller, using noise-cancelling earbuds can make it hard to hear what's going on outside. Soundcore's AeroFit 2 and AeroClip offer two different ways to listen to music or podcasts without blocking out the sound of what's around you. The open-ear AeroFit 2 uses a flexible earhook design to stay on your ear throughout the day, while the AeroClip simply clips on to the outer ear.
Sometimes while traveling, you may want a way to communicate with others in foreign languages. The AeroFit 2 also adds an A.I. translation tool to help you translate over 100 languages in real time for conversations between two people, or while listening to a tour operator. Whether ordering lunch in a restaurant, checking into a hotel or just watching a video, the translation works through the Soundcore app and directly through the earbuds.
All these latest tech solutions can help make your life easier, so you can get back to what matters most - enjoying the season with your friends and family.