Three-in-one. Handheld. Action. The title of this camera is stuffed with what marketers call “scroll stoppers”. Translated, these signal (respectively) value, portability, and performance, and I’m a fan of them all. So, let’s see how the SJCAM C400 stacks up.
First, here’s why you might not buy one. SJCAM doesn’t currently have an Australian distributor, so if something goes wrong, how do you get the product fixed? You can get a C400 from Kogan or Amazon and return it, but buyer beware.
Then there’s pricing. At the time of writing, Kogan was selling the C400 for $253 and Amazon for $462. The US dollar conversion from the SJCAM website for the C400 is $358. At JB HiFi, you can buy a DJI Action 4 for $359 or a Zero-X ZX50 for $249, and you can be confident you’ll get support.
SJCAM C400 key specs
Now that’s out of the way, the C400 is a pretty nifty camera if you are into adventure sports and vlogging. The camera itself is 7 x 3 x 2 cm and weighs 54 grams – I can hide it in the palm of my hand – and it records 4K video. The camera has a six-axis stabilisation system that electronically stabilises movement, and it works quite well.
Camera separated from handheld controller. Image: Angus Jones
The camera works standalone with a single button: press it to turn it on or off and to control recording. A 1.3 inch forward-facing screen allows you to see yourself, as performs as a touch screen to allow you to change the settings. Battery life is impressive at 172 minutes.
SJCAM C400 handheld controller
The C400’s first trick is the handheld controller, which has a rear-facing 2.29 inch screen that rotates. The camera plugs into the controller, creating a tall, thin camera unit. By changing the rear screen orientation from portrait to landscape, you also change the aspect ratio for recording.
A magnetic mount holds the camera and enables remote control.
The controller also acts as a remote control, allowing you to view the images being captured and to operate the camera from up to 8 meters away. The controller has its own battery, and with the camera inserted, it boosts your total recording time to 7 hours, which is amazing. You will run out of SD card storage before you run out of power.
Like the camera itself, the handheld controller has a touchscreen. An additional button is added to power the unit on and off. If you are filming in landscape, the camera will turn off if you do not touch the screen when returning to the stowable portrait position. When stowed, the whole setup will easily fit in your pocket or a handbag, so you are always ready to capture some footage.
Zoom and accessories
The camera has an 8x digital zoom and supports both video and photo capture, with standard modes like time-lapse, slow-mo, and burst shooting. The C400 can also be used for live streaming or as a webcam.
We mentioned cost earlier, and a big benefit of this camera is the standard accessories. There is a host of mounts, including a waterproof case rated to 30m and a handy magnetic mount with a lanyard that you can attach to the front of your shirt. Other brands make you buy all this stuff separately.
The SJCAM C400 is a handy starter video pack, and for 90% of users, it will do everything you could want. If SJCAM takes Australia a little bit more seriously from a distribution perspective, this video setup will go that extra mile when you don’t want to risk using your smartphone to record.
In 2025, our phones no longer jiggle jiggle, they fold. Google came a bit later to the folding phone caper, only debuting the original Pixel folding phone in 2023, but already the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold shows how far the brand has come in terms of responding to user feedback. The original Pixel Fold was an unwieldy brick (in hindsight), while the new Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold seems much more usable.
Google still has a long way to go before its folding phones are on the same level as Samsung’s, but after a few months with the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, this phone seems a lot more ready for the mainstream.
My first impression of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold was that it was colourful! I appreciate that folding phones come in colours now. For too long, they were black or (if we’re getting a bit weird with it) white. Seeing this more expanded pastel range of colours is a relief. Granted, it’s a tone of pale pastel green that would fit in perfectly in an art deco bathroom, yet still. It’s nice.
Image: Alice Clarke.
Unboxing and set up were exactly what you’d expect from a Google Pixel, only with more folding. Moving my settings, apps, photos, etc., over from my old phone to my new phone was quick and painless.
6.4-inch (162 mm) Actua display
20:9 aspect ratio
1080 x 2364 OLED at 408 PPI
Smooth Display (60–120 Hz)
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 cover glass
Up to 2,000 nits (HDR) and up to 3,000 nits (peak brightness)
>2,000,000:1 contrast ratio
HDR support
Full 24-bit depth for 16 million colours
Internal display
8-inch (204 mm) Super Actua Flex display
2076 x 2152 OLED at 373 PPI
Smooth Display (1–120 Hz)
Ultra Thin Glass
Up to 1,800 nits (HDR) and up to 3,000 nits (peak brightness)
>2,000,000:1 contrast ratio
HDR support
Full 24-bit depth for 16 million colours
Dimensions and weight
258g
Folded: 155.2 mm (height) x 76.3 mm (width) x 10.8 mm (depth)
Unfolded: 155.2mm x 150.4mm x 5.2mm
Battery and charging
Typical 5015 mAh (minimum 4919 mAh)
Fast charging capable
Pixelsnap wireless charging (Qi2 certified) up to 15W
Processor
Google Tensor G5
Titan M2 security coprocessor
Rear camera system
Wide Camera
48MP Quad PD wide camera
ƒ/1.70 aperture
82° field of view
1/2″ image sensor size
Ultrawide Camera
10.5 MP Dual PD ultrawide camera
ƒ/2.2 aperture
127° field of view
1/3.4″ image sensor size
Telephoto Camera 10.8 MP Dual PD telephoto camera with optical image stabilisation
ƒ/3.1 aperture
23° field of view
5x optical zoom
1/3.2″ image sensor size
All Rear Cameras
Super Res Zoom up to 20x
Multi-zone LDAF (laser detect auto focus) sensor
Spectral and flicker sensor
Optical + electronic image stabilisation on wide and telephoto
Front and inner camera systems
10 MP Dual PD selfie camera
ƒ/2.2 aperture
87° field of view
IP rating
IP68
There are a few things in there to call out. The first is that while this is called the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, which implies it is the folding version of the Google Pixel 10 Pro, it actually has some pretty key differences.
The main difference is that the camera system has lower specs (10.5/10.8MP vs 48MP on the ultrawide and telephoto rear cameras, and also a quarter of the megapixels and a smaller field of view on the front camera). The non-folding Pixel 10 Pro also has Pro Res Zoom up to 100x, while the Fold only has 20x, which will be meaningful for people who go to a lot of stadium concerts and don’t buy the premium tickets. It’s also got a marginally smaller battery than the Pixel 10 Pro XL.
How much of a difference will that make to your real life? Probably nothing too noticeable unless you want to zoom in on Harry Styles in concert from the back row. But they are interesting differences to note.
The phone is also just overall chunkier than its competitors. It’s better than the previous generation by a long way, but Samsung and Honor have phones that feel better in the hand, and are comfortable to use both folded and unfolded. The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold still feels like it’s one or two iterations away from catching up to the rest in terms of comfort in the hand.
That said, being dust-tight and getting an IP68 rating is a huge deal for a folding phone, and that will give it some leeway on size.
Camera
Everyone raves about the Google Pixel cameras for good reason. On the non-folding phones, they’re some of the best phone cameras you can get, as long as you don’t mind a little AI being shoved in (and on) your face.
Alas, Google did not bring its A-game to the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, which has less of an emphasis on the camera features than its non-folding siblings. If this phone was, say, $800 at most, the camera system would be very good. However, this is a $2,699 phone that has a name that invokes the Pixel phone with the best cameras. Thus, it’s getting compared to phones in that price range, which have better specs.
The cameras aren’t bad by any means, but they’re also not hitting it out of the park, either. It is possible to take great photos with it, and a great photo will almost always look great. But most of the photos most people will take will be average photos. So, let’s compare some phones with very average photos of giraffes at the zoo.
From left to right: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, iPhone 17 Pro Max. Images: Alice Clarke.
Starting with the unzoomed shots, you can see some distinct colour differences between the Pixel phones and the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. Samsung has a much colder colour palette, and the Pixels really emphasising how green the garden is.
I think the iPhone has the colours closest to what it looked like on the day, but I like the warmth of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold a lot. The iPhone definitely has better details on the clouds, but overall, I’m more impressed with the wide shot out of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold than I expected, given the specs. However, there is basically no improvement over the 9 Pro Fold.
Verdict: Everything but the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra wins.
From left to right: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, iPhone 17 Pro Max. Images: Alice Clarke.
On the 2x zoom, you can see that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has done a better job of retaining the textures. The dents in the rocks are clearer. Whereas the details on the leaves just seem a bit washed out and noisy on the Pixels and iPhone. Everything does seem much sharper on the iPhone, but the Samsung Galaxy S25 cameras still win this battle for the details.
Verdict: The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra takes the cake here, but narrowly.
From left to right: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, iPhone 17 Pro Max. Images: Alice Clarke.
Taking the Pixel 10 Pro Fold to 5x zoom, this is a big test and where the megapixel number actually matters. The Pixels are just outclassed here. The photos are fine, but they just look washed out, and don’t capture the details as well compared to the Samsung and iPhone. The iPhone also captured the light far better.
Verdict: The iPhone is a better gig-going companion.
Selfies
Image: Alice Clarke.
Putting aside the fact that the selfie camera is a significant downgrade in terms of specs compared to the non-folding Pixel 10 Pro, I don’t like how much the phone has processed my face. Some of the automatic post-processing choices are odd. If you want to edit your own photos after you take them, that’s totally fine, you should have that option. What I don’t like is how it tries to clean up my face by default.
While it’s kept a lot of my wrinkles, it’s smoothed a few, it’s whitened my teeth (I had been snacking on orange lollies the afternoon I took this, and there is definitely evidence of it on my face, according to the mirror. Interestingly, it made my pink hair more orange.
It’s a capable camera, but I’d rather capture what I actually look like, rather than what an algorithm thinks I want to look like, which is sometimes the purpose of a photo. I don’t want my photos altered before I decide to alter them. I find it unfortunate how many Android photos by default alter people’s faces, and it seems like an unhealthy thing that we should talk about more as a society.
Image: Alice Clarke.
The front-facing camera, when the phone is unfolded, is even worse, with so much noise in the picture. I understand that people are more likely to use the good rear cameras to take selfies, as that’s one of the benefits of a folding phone. But you’re still presumably going to be using the selfie cameras for video calls a lot of the time, and this is certainly below what I would expect in this price range.
Holding and folding
This phone is a lot more bulky than its two main competitors, the excellent Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the newer competitor, the Honor Magic V5. It’s still blocky and quite thick. But while it still feels like it’s a couple of years of innovation behind the rest of the class, I actually don’t hate it. Sure, it’s thick, but it’s not trying to be a normal phone that happens to unfold. It seems content in the form factor of a folding phone, and the thicker body makes it more comfortable to hold while unfolded.
The hinge feels smooth, and there’s not too much resistance. The crease down the middle of the internal screen is pretty intense, which might bother some people. But I’m completely fine with a little valley in the screen — it’s a folding screen, things that fold have creases, and it’s a nice ‘home’ space for the hands.
Performance
I have yet to find anything that slows down the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold too aggressively. I largely use it for gaming, playing Fortnite and Pokémon TCG Pocket, and even after hours of playing, it’s still not too hot. The large screen holds a decent frame rate for extended periods of time, and it’s clear and smooth.
The screen is bright and easy to see in the sunshine.
Image: Alice Clarke.
It’s definitely not the most powerful phone around; the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra crushes it in terms of raw power, and in turn, the iPhone 17 Pro Max crushes that. The Tensor G5 chip in the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is more geared towards generative AI than being powerful for anything else, and it really shows. It’s a less capable phone because of that choice.
That said, the battery is quite good for a folding phone, with the larger body holding a larger 5,015mAh battery.
Who is the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold for?
This is the phone for people who love their older Google Pixel, and want that, but folding. It’s not the best folding phone on the market, and it’s not the best Google Pixel available. But it is the best folding Google Pixel, and that’s still very good.
My pick of folding phones is still the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7. But it’s a very competitive field in the top three, and if you prefer Google phones but want something that folds, this is the way to go.
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Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold
The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold might not be the best folding phone on the market, but it’s the best folding Google Pixel available.
Features
8
Value for money
8
Performance
6
Ease of use
7
Design
7
Positives
Larger battery than competitors
Nice screen
Satisfying to fold and unfold
Has an IP68 rating (huge news for folding phones)
Negatives
Chunkier than its competitors
Not particularly powerful
Cameras aren’t as good as the rest of the Pixel 10 Pro range
As temperatures soar, my first summer with a Sigenergy home battery vindicates my decision to go large but, on the very hottest days, it still can’t go the distance.
Like many early adopters, I decided to go large, opting for a 24 kWh Sigenergy battery rather than 16 kWh. While it’s admittedly overkill in the milder months, it’s still not quite enough to cover our needs in the extremes of summer and winter – but that was always the plan.
After crunching the numbers, I decided it wasn’t worth spending more on an even larger home battery to completely eliminate our reliance on the grid. This means I still end up paying for power on the handful of days the battery falls short in the middle of summer and winter.
Of course, with Australia’s home battery rebate set to drop in May for larger batteries, the calculations will change again, and each household needs to make their own decision when it comes to choosing the right size battery.
Time-of-use pricing unlocks your home battery’s full potential
Like many home battery owners, I take advantage of time-of-use (TOU) pricing, which varies the cost of power during the day. This helps with topping up the battery from the grid, curbing my Tesla Model Y’s charging bills and reducing the extra power costs of working from home full-time.
My OVO Victorian TOU electricity plan offers free power between 11 am and 2 pm every day, a benefit that every household will soon enjoy in some states. Plus, I get cheap off-peak power between 12 am and 6 am. It’s worth noting OVO has discontinued this plan, likely because it was proving a little too popular with battery owners, but plans are always in flux so it’s worth shopping around.
I use the Charge HQ scheduling app to automatically charge the Tesla for free if it’s home in the middle of the day, plus top the car up off-peak after midnight if it’s running low. I also keep 10% of the home battery in reserve to cover the house in the event of a power outage.
My very flexible power plan really helps with the battery’s return on investment, considering that my small roof can’t fit enough solar panels to always fill the battery on its own.
Instead, I rely on a combination of solar and free midday grid power to fill the battery every lunchtime, when I also run power-hungry appliances. If it doesn’t look like there’s enough juice to get through to the 11 am free-charging window the next day, I top up the battery on the cheap in the middle of the night.
I know I’m still reliant on the grid, so I pay the extra green power fee for my electricity, to ensure my retailer buys my grid power from green sources. Mostly, I’m soaking up the excess solar power that my neighbours without batteries are selling back to the grid.
The combination of a free electricity window and a Sigenergy home battery means that it costs me practically nothing to charge my Tesla Model Y. Image: Adam Turner.
My first winter with a Sigenergy home battery
Starting out in the middle of a Melbourne winter, I quickly determined that I needed to top up the battery to 50 per cent overnight at the cheap off-peak rate. Otherwise, the heating in the mornings drained the battery before we made it to the lunchtime free-power window when I could refill the battery.
The aim of the game is to top up with just enough cheap off-peak power overnight to avoid buying expensive peak power in the morning. It’s smart to be a little cautious, considering that peak power is almost four times more expensive.
Playing chicken with your battery top-up level certainly provides extra motivation to optimise your home’s power usage.
For example, by monitoring my home’s temperature, energy consumption and battery level, I calculated that I could reduce the drain on the battery without leaving the house too cold by turning down the winter heating from 20°C to 19°C.
Leaping into spring
As temperatures climbed, skies cleared, and the sun rose earlier, I gradually reduced the overnight battery top-up percentage each month – keeping meticulous notes to see when I fell short, so in future years I can stick to a schedule rather than micro-manage the battery every day.
In September, I reduced the overnight top-up level to 40 per cent and then a further 5 per cent every month until I reached 25 per cent in December, which has served me well over summer. I’ll have to start dialling it up again around March or April.
Spring was naturally the sweet spot, with no need to run the heating or cooling most days, and my power bills were almost zero. There was so much juice left in the battery overnight that I could afford to put a bit in the car, which I should be able to do again in autumn.
Some people might argue that I should switch to an electricity provider like Amber, which lets you sell back your excess power at better rates then the pitiful standard feed-in tariffs, but I don’t think it’s right for me.
Firstly, the Amber plans don’t offer both a free and off-peak charging window. Secondly, in summer and winter I often don’t have a lot of power to spare. Thirdly, it would increase the wear and tear on the battery. Finally, it doesn’t feel right to try and make a profit from my battery, but that’s a decision everyone needs to make for themselves.
My 24 kWh Sigenergy home battery is overkill in the milder months, but earns its keep in mid-summer and winter. Image: Adam Turner.
My first summer with a Sigenergy home battery
Coming into my first summer, I knew the early sunrise would ease the load on the battery. That morning sunshine really helps cover the power spike as everyone makes breakfast and gets ready for their day.
As an added benefit, on all but the most extreme summer days, there’s no need to turn on the air conditioning in the early mornings. This is where the location, construction and layout of your home dictate your cooling needs and how you’ll use the battery.
We live at the bottom of a valley on the east side, meaning the house doesn’t cop much sun until late morning. This drives up the heating costs on winter mornings, but keeps down the cooling costs in summer before lunch.
To make things more complicated, it’s a narrow three-storey house with full western exposure on the top two floors – so it gets blasted on long, hot summer afternoons. This has always made the house difficult to keep cool when temperatures soar.
Similar to winter, I calculated we could save power by setting the cooling to 21°C rather than 20°C and still be comfortable (although the house struggles to stay that cool on very hot days). On hot days I turn the cooling on at 11 am when the power becomes free, even if the house is still cool, because it’s more efficient than waiting until the house heats up and then trying to cool it down.
Thankfully, my solar’s 5 kW output is more than enough to cover the AC during the day. That’s great, but it means, once the battery is full, I find myself selling power back to the grid for a paltry 1c per kWh (which can still be enough to make a profit some days). At least it ensures the battery stays full until the sun gets low in the sky.
As an added bonus, the battery automatically kicks in during evening brown-outs on super-hot days, which keeps all of our appliances running (except the aircon) while protecting them from power fluctuations.
Up to around 35°C, the 24 kWh battery is enough to run the aircon until bedtime (relying on ceiling fans overnight). Any hotter and we end up buying peak power for the aircon in the late evenings, after the battery runs flat, but that was to be expected.
This January, we spent $29.30 on electricity, not including the daily connection fee. Last January, we spent a hefty $173.36, so I’m very happy with the savings.
Most of the $29.30 this January was spent on just a handful of 40-ish degree days when the battery drained well before midnight. Most other days, I only spent around 10 to 30 cents.
My monthly power bills start on the 14th, so it’s difficult to show all of January, but the graph below from mid-December 2025 to mid-January 2026 highlights a few interesting things.
You can see how rarely we bought peak evening power (red bar), but how much we were forced to buy when it reached 42 degrees on January 7: costing $6.11 for the day because the battery ran flat in the evening. The next day has a large off-peak spike (blue bar), due to topping up the flat battery in the middle of the night.
You can also see how much solar we’re selling back to the grid in the afternoons (yellow line), once the 24 kWh battery is full. If we could hang onto it, we’d pay even less for power, but the numbers don’t stack up.
A 24 kWh Signenergy home battery means we only use peak (red) power on the very hottest of summer days. Image: Adam Turner.
Feel the heat
One frustrating discovery is that, on extremely hot days, the aircon actually works harder after the sun goes down – I can see the house’s real-time power usage in the Sigenergy app. Without sunshine, the air conditioner quickly drains the battery, and we end up buying some peak power before hitting the midnight off-peak window (like on January 7).
At first, it didn’t make sense that the house somehow got hotter after dark, but we figured out it’s a result of something called “Thermal Mass Lag”.
Basically, the fully exposed west side of the house absorbs a lot of heat during the afternoon and then gradually radiates that heat into the house over the next few hours, after the sun goes down. It would be less of a problem if the east side of the house soaked up morning heat and then radiated it into the house in the afternoon, while the AC was still running on solar.
This frustrating but unavoidable quirk of our house is costing us money by forcing us to buy peak evening power on extremely hot days to cool the house, even though we’d been selling back power for a pittance in the afternoon. It also means that on extremely hot days, we need to run the aircon on low all night or else the house heats up again – now we understand why.
Thankfully, because we stepped up from a 16 kWh to a 24 kWh battery, this problem of needing to buy peak power only happens on a handful of days each year – not enough to justify having spent more money on an even larger battery.
Looking at my first summer with a Sigenergy home battery, I’m happy to say we’re on target to save a bit more than I anticipated on our power bills throughout the year. A 24 kWh battery is the sweet spot for our home, even though it can’t quite go the distance when it’s a real scorcher.
A few months ago, I attended a robotic vacuum launch where they discussed the yearly advancements in technology, to the point that robotic vacuums now use the same technology in self-driving cars to help navigate around your home.
I saw 2025 as being the year for robotic vacuums, and I anticipate that 2026 will be the year for robotic lawnmowers. To that end, I recently took a look at the Mova 1000 robot lawnmower to understand if this new breed of mowers is up to the task.
To test the Mova 1000, I decided not to use my lawn but instead my parents-in-law’s lawn. They currently pay a family member $100 each time they mow their lawn. The Mova usually retails for $1,999, which means this robot would pay for itself in 20 cuts.
My mother-in-law has named the robot “Toby”, and she gives me regular updates on what Toby is up to. I can see we will have to buy Toby as she has become very attached. I do not, however, need the updates as I can see not a camera view from Toby but rather a map of the mowing area, a location and a log of what Toby has been up to on the Mova app from my house. Toby also calls me for help when his base station has mistakenly been disconnected.
The adventures of Toby the robot lawnmower
To get the Mova started, you assemble the base station, charge the mower, and set up your app. You then manually control the mower around the boundary of the lawn. Once you return to the start, a mowing area is established. A no-go zone, such as a garden bed, is set up within the mowing area in a similar fashion.
You can set up additional mowing zones using the same technique, as well as mapping the path the mower must follow to commute. If this distance is too great, Mova recommends purchasing an additional charging station. You will need access to mains power for each charging station.
The Mova 1000, known as “Toby”, connected to its charging station. Photo: Angus Jones.
The mower works by regularly cutting the lawn, in this case, every second day. Razor blades, which must be replaced regularly ($39 for 12 blades; uses four and should last a year), trim the tips of the grass and let the clippings fall to be mulched. The app keeps a record of mowing time and will recommend when blades need to be changed, as well as indicate whether you need to clean the camera or the cutting deck.
The robot’s high-tech radar not only accurately maps your garden for navigation, but also ensures the mower does not approach animals, people, or outdoor objects like a play set or outdoor furniture. Beyond its built-in smarts, it also has a big red stop button on the top. This technology does not require any guide wires or a GPS base station.
3D Mapping3D mapping and various sub-menus. Screenshots: Angus Jones.
Mow heights and custom mowing patterns can be adjusted if you want to customise how your lawn looks, but for me, I want a lawn that looks neat, and the Mova certainly does that. Being super quiet in its operation, you can even have it mow at dawn and dusk so the lawn mower is not in the way during the day. Mova says the mower will work up to a 45-degree incline. A rain sensor will send the mower back to its dock during rain to improve cut quality.
Photo: Angus Jones.
What robot mowers will not do is edging. The whipper snipper will still need the occasional run. My mother-in-law has come up with a solution in her garden long before Toby came on the scene; she uses Roundup to kill the grass around the edges.
Aside from the Mova 1000 my family tried, there’s also a cheaper $1,799 Mova 600 robot lawnmower, which has a 600 square metre mowing capacity. This will suit most suburban Australian lawns.
With the Mova 1000, you get a robot that supports up to 1000 square metres and has a larger battery, faster charger and more aggressive drive wheels. An optional garage or charging station cover is available for $139, which will help protect the unit.
