Engadget review recap covers Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Insta360 Luna Pro and more

For the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14, Engadget senior writer Devindra Hardawar said the laptop is fast, wonderfully light and has a gorgeous OLED screen. He added that it is probably not meant for buyers looking for something more stylish, because Lenovo is catering to ThinkPad loyalists with the X1 Carbon. Hardawar said he thinks those loyalists will be pleased for the most part.

Engadget also reviewed the Insta360 Luna Pro, a follow-up to the company's first gimbal camera, the Luna Ultra. The recap said Insta360 had made clear it could stand toe-to-toe with DJI, with the key advantage that its products are not banned in the US. Contributing reviews writer James Trew said the gap between the Pro and the Ultra is a little more tricky. He said the $170 upgrade for the extra zoom lens is not huge but is enough that buyers should consider how much they really need it. Trew still called the Luna Pro the most flexible single-lens gimbal camera available right now.

The Garmin Cirqa arrived as screen-less activity trackers gain interest, according to the recap. Engadget said there appears to be demand for health insights that do not require a screen on the wrist. Senior writer Dan Cooper said that if buyers are looking for a cheaper alternative to a Whoop, he is not sure the Cirqa does enough of the “Whoopy” things to lure them in. He added that Garmin sells a lightweight activity tracker for less money than it wants for the ostensibly less-functional Cirqa, leaving what he described as half of a good product split from the other half that would make it a worthwhile purchase.

The Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 5 earbuds were praised for sound. Engadget said Sennheiser's Momentum earbuds are consistently among the best-sounding sets available, with a detailed and warm stock tuning, and that the audio profile is undoubtedly the best thing about the fifth-generation model. The reviewer said the earbuds still missed the mark in some ways, pointing to fixable audio quirks. The recap also said the overall active noise cancellation performance and call quality lag behind the best premium earbuds.

Beyond those four reviews, Engadget tested the Sony Bravia Theater Trio and Bose's second-generation QuietComfort Headphones. Weekend editor Cheyenne MacDonald spent time reading on the Boox Go 6 (Gen II), which has a stylus that lets users take notes directly in books. Engadget said Apple had just announced a slew of new devices and that reviews of them would be hitting the site soon.