Let's be honest, now is not the best time for spontaneous purchases. But all the devices from the review will be useful to you both for the period of home isolation mode and in the future. Consider their acquisition from the perspective of a profitable long-term investment.

Laptops

To many workers of the office front, work for the time of quarantine came home. However, the opportunity to take a working computer to their native penates was not granted to everyone. With a limited low-cost, laptops of the low-cost level come to the revenue in the deployment of the workplace at home. Their price tag starts at a modest $200. However, it will not be possible to squeeze a lot of strength from an ultra-low-cost laptop. The search should begin, in our humble opinion, at least with the following parameters.

Low-cost laptops for work

The cheapest laptops are suitable for working with tables, text documents, browsing the Internet — less. For more serious tasks, we recommend taking a closer look at the options from the selection of "TOP 5 good laptops for office work". Well, models from the material "TOP-5 optimal laptops for office and entertainment" will cope with work and modern games "with a bang".

Also, the category of 2-in-1 hybrids has been gaining popularity recently — at the desktop, such a computer can be used as a full-fledged laptop, and upon completion of business, the device is transformed into a tablet with a large-caliber screen, along with which it is convenient to relax on the couch.

E-books

Many people have more than enough free time for the period of the general isolation regime. Avid "letter-eaters" will benefit from an electronic "reader". Advanced models of e-ink readers are not inferior to paper bound books in terms of reading comfort. The main "devourer" of energy in them is soft illumination, which is used when there is insufficient illumination of the reader's corner in the monastery. The rest of the "readers" spend energy only on turning the pages of the book.

Of course, you can also read from a tablet or laptop screen. However, in comparison with them, paper-like displays of electronic books win in the matter of a much lower level of visual load. Nowadays, eInk electronic ink screens are used in "readers" and the next stage of their evolution is eInk Carta electronic paper, which draws a clearer, contrasting and bright picture with excellent smoothing.

Popular ebooks

Important points when choosing an electronic reader are the presence of a touch screen (simplifies interaction with the book), headphone output, 3G and Wi-Fi wireless communication modules. It's no joke, the "charged" models of e-books support surfing the Internet through the built-in browser. You only need to put up with the black-and-white image display mode.

To preserve the presentation of the "reader" in a pair with it, it would be useful to buy a case. By the way, the "clothes" for an e-book often combines protective functions with the role of a desktop stand. Readers under the Amazon, PocketBook and ONYX trademarks are in demand in east european latitudes.

Games

The best way to abstract from what is happening in reality is to plunge headlong into the maelstrom of virtual game worlds. Suppose you have a good computer or console. It remains for a small matter — to buy a suitable game.

For the convenience of searching, the games in the corresponding section of the catalog are sorted by platform compatibility (for a computer, Xbox One or PlayStation), as well as by game genres. So, fans of driving sports cars will like a series of gamesNeed for Speed. Adherents of the fighting game will be able to pick up one of the games of the Mortal Combat family. And adherents of the post-apocalypse genre can be advised to "Exodus Metro".

Board games during the quarantine period are also relevant. However, the isolation mode was not introduced for the adventures of guests. Therefore, give preference to games for two or three household members. It can be a classic of the genre in the manner of checkers, chess and dominoes, or themed "board games" like "Game of Thrones", "Collect 4","Pull out the carrot" (the last one for playing together with children).

Personal electric transport

Some professions are inextricably linked with the mandatory presence of a person in the workplace. However, it is not so easy to get to work in conditions of quarantine and access control in transport. If you go not far and there are no prohibitions on moving along the street, personal electric transport comes to the rescue in the person of monowheels, electric scooters, scooters and bicycles with the prefix "electro".

Popular monowheels

Such a vehicle is "refueled" from an ordinary household outlet, and its power reserve ranges from a modest 10-15 km to hundreds of kilometers in the case of advanced scooters. Here, choose according to the thickness of your wallet and free space for "parking" personal electric vehicles. For example, a monowheel will quietly settle in the corner of the hallway, but for an electric bike you will already need a mini-garage or a separate parking space in the parking lot at home.

Electric vehicles solve one of the main problems — riding on them helps to avoid mass congestion of people (as when traveling on public transport). You rush around the city in one person and have minimal contact with other residents of the metropolis. You can't think of a better option for true introverts in normal times.

Electric cars and electric scooters

Manual steamers

Forced gatherings at home can be spent usefully. For example, to do the general cleaning of the monastery. However, a vacuum cleaner and a mop can not do in this case. Coverage of all hard—to-reach places and removal of persistent contaminants is the prerogative of steam cleaners.

A separate line in the detachment of household steam cleaners are manual steamers. They are handy to use to keep your home clean on a regular basis. Manual models heat water to a vaporous state with a heating element and supply steam through the outlet nozzle for about 5 minutes. All kinds of nozzles help to direct it in the right direction: corner, round brush, fabric and even for window washing.

Compact manual steamers

The steam pressure at the outlet of the manual steamer usually varies in the range from 2 to 3 bar. Steam treatment allows you to cope with fat, scale, mold and fungi without the use of household chemicals. Also, during this process, odours are neutralized, the air in the room is cleaned and humidified. In general, manual models will come in handy not only for the time of quarantine — they are rightfully useful in everyday life gizmos on a "permanent basis".

Air purifiers with UV lamp

A favorable microclimate in the home is the care of the "hands" of air purifiers. Such installations do not add oxygen to the room, but ensure the purity of the recirculated air. They are a real godsend for allergy sufferers, eliminate unwanted odours, fight bacteria and viruses.

The vast majority of air purifiers are equipped with a pre-cleaning filter, which detains large dust particles. The next links in the air purification chain are the HEPA filter (captures over 99% of microparticles of pollutants), carbon, electrostatic, photocatalytic filter elements along with their combinations.

Air purifiers with UV lamp

Devices with a photocatalytic filter cope best with the disinfection of air, as well as its purification from viruses, bacteria and toxins. Their kindred spirits are air purifiers with a UV lamp. A few guards of similar models are designed for "registration" in rooms with a "square" from 18 to 40 m2. This characteristic is always spelled out in the "passport" of a particular device.

Home exercise equipment

Sports are now in fashion. To adhere to an active lifestyle during forced isolation in four walls will help home exercise machines and auxiliary fitness gadgets.

The most universal offer for a home is an orbitrek or an ellipsoid. It simulates several types of cardio exercises in one person at once, combining the functions of a treadmill, a stepper and an exercise bike. The main load during classes on the orbitrek falls on the muscles of the legs and buttocks, along with which the upper part of the body (arms, shoulders, chest, abs) is not badly involved. For more information about the nuances of choosing an elliptical simulator, see the article "Safe cardio at home: how to choose an orbitrek".

Compact steppers (imitating the load when walking), mini exercise bikes and treadmills with a small canvas are also produced specially for the house. We do not recommend buying something more large-caliber at home. Unless there is a separate room reserved for a gym in your monastery.

Popular orbitreks

If there is no free space for the simulator, it's time to get dumbbells, a fitball or a jump rope. Worthy alternatives to going to the fitness room or training outdoors are described in the article "The top five weight loss simulators at home". We also recommend reading the publication "Mini-gym at home: TOP 5 compact simulators".

Power banks

Many east european power grids are not well adapted to the exponential growth in the number of household inhabitants in quarantine conditions. In particular, this is the sin of the old housing stock. If you really have to stay for some period without light, the Power bank battery will help you painlessly wait out the power outage.

In order not to have to implement the phrase "Who got up first, that's the sneaker", take a closer look at the models of increased capacity for several ports. An additional item of the programme we have highlighted the built-in flashlight. It can be useful when moving around households at night, to illuminate the road when walking a pet or to illuminate stairs in a dark entrance.

Universal Power bank batteries

Sometimes a blackout can catch you at the most inopportune moment when you urgently need to solve work issues or deadlines for projects are running out. Laptop batteries with energy tanks of increased volume and higher operating voltage indicators act as a lifesaver in such situations. After all, you can always distribute the Internet to a laptop from a smartphone, but you will not be able to power the laptop battery with handy means. Be sure to check the compatibility of the power bank with a specific laptop separately.


And most importantly — don't get sick!