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Alan Martin

Alan Martin is a freelance writer with more than a decade’s worth of experience, mainly in the technology space, with bylines at The Evening Standard, Tom’s Guide, The i and many others. His main focus at Expert Reviews is ensuring that your next pick of phone or wearable is the right choice for you and represents the best possible value for money. In the past he’s covered a broad range of games, dental apparel and pet accessories and, on one memorable occasion, had to strip off to retrieve a rogue drone from a lake – such is his dedication to reviews.

Recent articles by Alan Martin

Kindle Oasis (2017) review: Deposed, but still great
eReaders

Amazon’s premium e-reader is bigger and tougher than ever and has Audible audiobook playback, too

£229 inc VAT (8GB Wi-Fi only)
Acer Chromebook 315 review: Big, but bad
Chromebooks Laptops

The Acer Chromebook 315 may look like a steal for a 15.6in laptop, but it has serious drawbacks

£280 inc. VAT
This Huawei Mate 20 X bundle is superb value
Mobile phones

A whole lot of screen for under £500

Petcube Bites 2 and Petcube Play 2 review
Pets Security cameras

The Petcube cameras are great fun for pet lovers, but don’t represent great value compared to other cameras

fitbit blaze review
Fitbit Blaze review: Still worth buying?
Fitness trackers

Discontinued, but still worth picking up?

£160 inc VAT (as of 26th of May)
Honeywell HY254E QuietSet Tower Fan review
Fans

Quieter than most and without giving up too much in the way of power, it's a better night's sleep in a box

£74 inc VAT (as of 24th of June)
Get free money from Amazon on Prime Day
Technology

£8 worth of free money, to be exact

23andMe and Ancestry DNA tests slashed for Prime Day
Health & beauty

Our two favourite DNA tests have been cut for Prime Day

Amazon is undercutting Apple on the new iPad mini
Tablets

Save £70-£84 on the new iPad mini

Save £248 on the 10.5in iPad Pro
Tablets

It’s not the very latest version, but the 2017 iPad Pro is still a beast of a tablet