Hi πŸ‘‹ my name is Jonathan and this channel is all about helping you find the right everyday carry and travel gear to reduce friction in everyday life, and on your travels.

Before YouTube I spent many years sourcing, testing and reviewing products from around the world for my retail chains The Gadget Shop and RED5 with over 100 high profile UK stores and working with some of the biggest names in UK retail. I also co-founded a product development business and following that a health-tech business.

I now focus fully on having fun finding new great gear and ideas to share with you on the channel to hopefully educate and entertain.

I am joined by Jamie and we work together with the aim of producing new content each week.


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Hi all, Jamie here.
Unfortunately, there's no video this week, as Jon is currently on a well-deserved family holiday, drowning his sorrows after the thrashing I gave him two weeks ago in our latest budget battle.
We had a lot of fun making that one, and if you haven’t watched it yet, I’ve included the link below.
We will be back in two weeks and have some great videos lined up for the rest of the year.

Budget Battle 2025: https://youtu.be/7ho-J9pTt-o?si=Kk_v3...

2 months ago | [YT] | 607

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Hopefully, you have just watched the "Budget EDC Battle 2025" and can now vote for your winner.
If you haven't yet watched the video, then click the link here https://youtu.be/7ho-J9pTt-o

2 months ago | [YT] | 350

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Our video which would normally go out on Friday cannot be shown until Monday! Something new this way comes and you won't want to miss it...

3 months ago | [YT] | 335

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A huge Thank You to our audience for your support we couldn't have done it without you πŸ™

8 months ago | [YT] | 936

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Hey friends, just a quick update. I've had a bit of time away with the family over the last couple of weeks and therefore no video release this weekend. However, next week there will be a follow up to the Victorinox video featured a few weeks back where I challenged the lack of Swiss Army Knife innovation, at Victorinox over recent years. I raised lots of questions - and so did you in the comments - and Victorinox reached out with an invite to meet them in Switzerland. Next week's video has the answers...

1 year ago | [YT] | 945

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Hey friends. No video this week as I am away in Turkey meeting up with some friends and testing out some new travel gear which will appear in a video in the very near future. Next week though I will have a bunch of new EDC flashlights all of which feature something special - look of for that one and I'll be back soon.

1 year ago | [YT] | 373

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So, hopefully, you have just watched the "Amazon Budget EDC Gear Battle 2023" and now you can vote for your winner.

If you haven't yet watched the video then click the link here https://youtu.be/zBN6XILT7O8

2 years ago | [YT] | 352

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Today the Jon Gadget channel reached 100,000 subscribers 😁 this is a huge milestone for us and we are super-proud. Jamie and I would like to thank all of you who have watched, liked, commented, and of course subscribed, over the past couple of years to help to get the channel to where it is now. Your support is truly appreciated and we are looking forward to bringing you more great EDC and travel gear content over the coming months and years.
THANK YOU for being part of the journey.

2 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 1,027

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Hey Friends 😊 last chance to send in questions for the last video of 2022 due to publish just before Xmas. Ask us anything via this link bit.ly/3uvio8D thank you.

2 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 42

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Click this link to ask a question forms.gle/dXbbQrQViirf4eqQ7
Greetings friends. As Christmas approaches we thought we would finish the year with a more relaxed festive episode (or party for two) which we plan to release on the 23rd December. We thought it would be fun to include a Q&A session, and so if you have any questions for me or Jamie, or want to know anything about the channel then use the link above and leave us a question. We will get through as many as possible. As always, thank you for being part of the Jon Gadget channel, as we approach the end of our second year. Your views, comments, as well as being a subscriber (for those that are 😊) makes it all possible. We still have a couple of videos to come before our party episode so don't forget to watch out for those too πŸ™

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