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I decided to upgrade my slightly more than three years old 4-bay Synology DiskStation DS918+ to the 6-bay Synology DiskStation DS1621+.

Back in 2017, DS918+ was the flagship Synology 4-bay NAS and that was replaced with DS920+ in 2020. Also in 2020, the 5-bay DS1520+ got updated.

I have been waiting for the Ugreen 65W GaN Dual USB-C Charger for a few months now. It has been going in and out of stock pretty quickly.

Ugreen 65W GaN Dual USB-C Charger retails for S$34.19 on Lazada. Shipping to Singapore is S$1.49.

If you need any type of cable for your gadgets, Ugreen will probably have them.

I was looking for a USB Extension Cable to extend out from the USB charging port of my Aeon Labs Aeotec Z-Wave Smart Switch 6 (Gen5). This will allow Li Xiang to use the Xiaomi USB Fan to circulate the wind around her plants.

When I think of NAS, there are always three brands that came to my mind. Synology, QNAP, and ASUSTOR. All three brands are from Taiwan. I reviewed Synology NAS many times and did my first QNAP NAS review in December.

To complete the trilogy, I have with me the Asustor Lockerstor 4 (AS6604T) which is equivalent to the Synology DS920+ and QNAP TS-453D. All three models are 4-bay NAS, powered by Intel Celeron J4125 and comes with 4GB of DDR4 ram. Intel J4125 is a 4-core 2.0 GHz (burstable to 2.7 GHz) processor.

Ugreen 20W USB-C PD Charger is an alternative to the Apple 20W USB-C Power Adapter. It retails for S$15.99 on Lazada and shipping to Singapore is S$1.49 if you have not collected the free shipping voucher from Lazada.

This is a Power Delivery 3 (PD 3) / QuickCharge (QC 4) charger, and hence it can deliver 9V/2.22A as required by Apple’s MagSafe Charger.

As mentioned in my previous post, I needed a splitter to separate my headphone cable output to audio and microphone because my Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013 keyboard doesn’t support combined inputs.

So I decided to get the Ugreen Headphone Splitter Cable from Lazada for S$6.99. Shipping is free if you collected the free shipping voucher from Lazada. If not, shipping to Singapore costs S$1.49.

Sudio Nio is the latest earbuds from Sudio and also their first product launch in 2021. It is available in four colors, black, white, green, and sand.

Sudio retails for S$119 but you can get it for S$101.15 after applying the coupon code LESTER15 which entitles you to a 15% discount on S$119. Worldwide shipping is free via DHL, and you will get it within 5 to 7 days.

My second NAS 10 years ago was a decision between Synology NAS and QNAP NAS. In the end, I chose Synology. I can’t remember the reason why. Throughout all these years, I have been sticking with Synology NAS.

QNAP contacted me and wanted to hear my thoughts on the QNAP TS-453D against the Synology DiskStation DS920+, so they sent me the QNAP TS-453D.

There are two product variants of the Ugreen NVMe M.2 SSD Case on Lazada.

The first variant comes with two cables, a 50cm USB-C to USB-C cable, and a 50cm USB-A to USB-C Cable. It retails for S$31 on Lazada.