Recommended Products

Items I regularly recommend - all tried and tested by myself. Unbiassed - I do not accept referral or any other fees that could influence my choices.

Keyboards and pointing devices.

A lovely mechanical PC Keyboard - Cherry KC200 brown MX2 switches (brown does not refer to a visible external colour, just the type of switch).

A decent, basic, wired mouse - Tecknet USB Wired Mouse.

A better (non gaming ) mouse - Logitech M500 Wired USB Mouse.

Trackball – an alternative to a mouse, that’s particularly useful to those with RSI - Elecom Huge trackball.

Speakers and webcams.

Basic computer speakers - Creative Pebble V.3

Higher end computer speakers - JBL 1 Series 104 (beware - often listed for as much as double the £80 you should pay for it on Amazon).

A decent quality good value webcam with microphone - Yimona.

High end 4K webcam - Obsbot Meet 2 Ultra HD 4K

Plug-in storage.

2TB Hard drive for backups - Toshiba Canvio 2TB. Make sure it is shown as both sold and shipped by Amazon. There are fakes out there.

USB Stick (64 to 256GB) - Kingston DataTraveler SE9 Gen 3

2.5 Inch Hard Drive Enclosure - Ugreen.

Misc

Unpowered USB 3.0 hub - Noovoo

2 x USB C to A adapters - Syntech

USB 3 to Ethernet adaptor (for laptops lacking a wired network socket) - Ugreen

Mouse Mat - Hsurbtra

Windows PCs

For PCs, Macs and printers contact me for advice, as prices and availability frequently change and will depend on your needs,
These though are the PCs I currently often recommend:

Desktops

Compact desktop PC - ASUS ExpertCenter D5 SFF

Asus all-in-one PC (a PC combined with it’s screen webcam and speakers in one unit) - Asus A3402.

Laptops

A decent mid-range 15.6” screen laptop - ASUS Vivobook 15 X1504VA.

Good value higher spec 15.6” OLED screen laptop ASUS Vivobook 15 X1505ZA.

An excellent lightweight 14” OLED screen laptop - Asus Zenbook 14 OLED UM3402YA.