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New-school splash
JBL PULSE 3
Dump your hi-fi and disco lights in the swimming baths
and you’ll have electricity in all the wrong places. Bring this
waterproof JBL shiner along, though, and you’ll be hipper
than Zac Efron flexing on a beach. Comprised of two
separate sections, the upper LED glow show sits atop
a soundbase fitted with three drivers and dual passive
radiators, to deliver a 360° blitzkrieg of pool-filling light and
sound. And, with a 12-hour battery life, it’s likely to keep going
far longer than you can keep shotgunning tinnies by the lido.
jbl.com / £200

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Old-school dash
GENEVA TOURING S
Sticking a turntable in the back of your Camper is a classic
way to inject a dose of retro into your holiday. But it also
means begging Dad to lend you his vinyl collection – which
isn’t going to happen after what you did to that Dire Straits
LP. For an easier vintage fix, shop this throwback DAB box
from Geneva. Clad in stylish aluminium, it has Bluetooth
A2DP for high-quality streaming in case you can’t find any
stations that take your fancy, while the 20-hour battery life
should mean the hits just keep on coming.
genevalab.com / £170

DROP EVERYTHING
AND DOWNLOAD...

Se
a Forever £free / iOS, Android
Remember those Sega classics you used individual apps, playable for free with ads and
to love? They’re back! Returning you to the a constant internet connection, using virtual
halcyon days of button mashing, this is controls or Bluetooth controllers.
essentially a clutch of emulated games Admittedly, there’s no escaping that
you can stuff onto your smartphone. these titles were designed for gamepads,
Initially, there are five Mega Drive titles with tricky on-screen controls requiring tiny
available: Sonic the Hedgehog, Phantasy thumbs; but, short of sticking a Mega Drive
Star II, Comix Zone, Kid Chameleon and to your mobile, this is an easy fix for retro
Altered Beast. They’re all downloadable as gamers with the need for sonic speed.

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