Katie Collins
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Katie covers home tech, EVs, wellness & more. She aims to help people make smart buying choices & reach life goals.
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Best Polaroid Camera for Kids
The first time I saw my niece clutch a photo like it was treasure, I realized something profound kids experience photographs differently than adults. While we scroll endlessly on phones, children hold a printed photo as if it’s a portal back to laughter, color, and warmth. One afternoon, I watched her flip through a tiny pile of instant snapshots we’d taken. She was pointing out people, telling little stories, and even giggling over blurry shots.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Families
Best Case for iPhone 15 Pro Max
The moment my iPhone hit the kitchen tile, I realized it wasn’t just a phone it was a piece of my daily life. My work, my photos, my connections… all wrapped in a fragile shell of glass and aluminum. That incident left a faint scratch on the corner, but it could have been worse.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Humans
Best Cases for iPhone 16 Pro
There’s a moment too quick to stop when your phone slips out of your hand. Mine tumbled in slow motion toward the sidewalk, and the sound of it landing still makes me wince. The screen survived, but the scuffed edges of my old case told me I had been one fall away from an expensive disaster.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Families
Best Cameras for Kids
There’s something magical about the way children see the world. Tiny details a glimmer of sunlight on a puddle, a ladybug crawling across a picnic blanket suddenly become monumental. But when my niece kept trying to borrow my expensive DSLR (with sticky fingers and zero fear of dropping it), I realized two things:
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Humans
Best Cases for iPhone
It happened on a windy afternoon, the kind where you grip everything tighter but still end up fumbling. I was juggling grocery bags, my keys, and my iPhone when a sudden gust made me lose my balance. My phone sailed out of my hand and hit the pavement screen-side down. I winced before I even picked it up
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Humans
Best Case for iPhone 16
It was one of those mornings when my coffee cup seemed determined to defy gravity. The cup tipped, the liquid launched, and my iPhone 16 sat directly in the splash zone. My heart sank but my phone survived. Why? Because it wasn’t just in a case; it was in the right case. That moment reminded me that for a device we carry almost everywhere, a case is not just an accessory it’s protection, personality, and peace of mind.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Families
Best Instant Print Camera for Kids
My niece had just finished building a Lego castle she was so proud of she wouldn’t let anyone breathe near it. She reached for her “camera” a toy plastic thing with no real function and pretended to take a picture. The “click” was imaginary, but her excitement was real. That’s when I realized something: kids don’t just want to see memories; they want to make them. And for children, instant print cameras are pure magic the joy of clicking, holding the print, and sharing it right away.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Humans
Best iPhone Cases for Protection
It happened in less than a second a casual handoff from my desk to my pocket, a tiny miscalculation, and my phone slipped. That soft clink as it hit the edge of my desk was followed by a sharp thud on the hardwood floor. I froze before picking it up, almost afraid to turn it over.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Humans
Best Case for iPhone 16 Pro Max
The first time my phone slipped from my hands that day, I brushed it off. It landed on my couch no harm done. The second time, it bounced off my hardwood floor with a sound that could only be described as “wallet-draining.” That hairline crack across the corner of my display? A silent reminder that I had been treating my $1,000+ device like it was invincible.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Families
Best Instant Camera for Kids
It started on a rainy afternoon when my niece asked to borrow my expensive mirrorless camera to take “just one picture” of her teddy bear. Thirty seconds later, I was frantically drying off a lens that had been lovingly but disastrously kissed by peanut butter fingers. That’s when it hit me: kids love photography, but regular cameras aren’t built for their curious, sometimes messy, explorations.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Humans
Best iPhone Cases of 2025
There’s a certain sound no phone owner ever forgets that sharp, heart-dropping thud when your iPhone slips out of your hand and smacks the ground. My moment happened on a sidewalk outside a coffee shop, and in that split second, my latte wasn’t the only thing spilling. My iPhone screen had taken the brunt, and the spiderweb cracks across the display became an expensive reminder: a phone case isn’t just an accessory, it’s survival gear.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Humans
Best Case for iPhone 16 Pro
There’s a moment every smartphone owner dreads that split second between your phone slipping from your hand and the dull thud as it meets the ground. My last phone? It didn’t survive that meeting. The corner cracked, the screen spidered, and my wallet felt the sting almost as much as my heart. That was the day I decided I’d never treat a phone case like an afterthought again.
By Katie Collins5 months ago in Families
