Tech

Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M1 Pro, 2021)

The used Mac that gives the most for the money. Its mini-LED screen and ports still feel current.

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M3, 2024)

The newest fanless Air you'll find used in numbers, and the first that drives two external displays.

Apple iPad Air (5th generation, M1)

An M1 tablet that costs far less used than new, and the floor for Apple Intelligence on iPad.

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M2, 2022)

The redesigned Air with MagSafe, a better camera, and a bigger screen. Check the base SSD speed.

Apple AirPods Pro 2 (USB-C)

If you live on Apple hardware, the convenience gap outweighs any sound-quality argument.

Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation, M1)

The 120Hz screen and Face ID are why you pay more for it than the Air. The M1 is the same.

Apple iPad mini (6th generation)

The only small iPad with a modern design. Check the screen in person if you notice motion.

Apple iPhone 15

The newest iPhone resale has made sensible, and the first to show its battery cycle count.

Apple MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

The used laptop most likely to be all a student or writer needs, for less than any other Mac here.

Keychron Q1

A gasket-mounted aluminum board with QMK firmware, sold assembled instead of as a kit.

Nikon Z6 II

The full-frame body with the fewest used-market catches: sealed, stabilized, and kind to old Nikon glass.

Samsung Galaxy S24

Snapdragon in US units, seven years of Samsung updates, and the steadiest battery of the small phones here.

Technics SL-1200GR

The revived 1200 built for home listening, with a coreless motor and none of the old MK2's wear.

TI-84 Plus CE

The calculator most teachers demonstrate on, with a color screen and a battery that charges over USB.

Google Pixel 8 Pro

Seven years of updates from a 2023 launch, a 5x telephoto, and a Tensor chip that runs warm under load.

Logitech MX Master 3S

The productivity mouse others get measured against, now with the quiet clicks owners asked for.

Nikon FM2

A fully mechanical shutter to 1/4000 that fires without a battery. The used SLR built to outlast its owner.

New Nintendo 3DS XL

DS, 3DS, and New 3DS cartridges on one device, with the steadiest 3D Nintendo ever shipped.

Samsung T7 Shield

The rubber-armored T7, and the one to buy if the drive leaves the desk.

Technics SL-1200MK2

The deck that defined DJ booths for decades, now old enough that condition matters more than the model.

Apple iPhone 13

The used-market sweet spot: the A15, a 128GB floor, and a SIM tray even on US models.

Fujifilm X-T3

Dials on top, 10-bit 4K inside, and the X-T4's sensor for a lot less. It gives up stabilization.

Google Pixel 8

Same seven-year update promise as the Pro in a smaller body, minus the telephoto and the bigger battery.

Keychron K2

Years on, still the board most people get pointed to for a first mechanical keyboard.

Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 (AMD)

Eight Ryzen cores in the top configuration, a free memory slot, and Windows 11 support, at off-lease prices.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9

A 16:10 screen and a carbon-fiber lid near 2.5 pounds, with memory soldered for life.

Nikon FE2

The FM2's sibling with aperture priority. Easier to shoot, but it needs a battery for everything except 1/250.

Game Boy Advance SP (AGS-101)

The backlit last revision of the SP, and the best stock way to play three generations of Game Boy carts.

Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro

Paired with a Galaxy phone the money goes furthest here; on any other Android, much of it is idle.

Sony WH-1000XM5

The all-round reference: strongest cancellation on the list with app control nobody else matches.

Technics SL-1200MK7

The modern DJ version of the 1200, with a coreless motor, reverse play, and 78 rpm.

TI-Nspire CX II

Strongest non-CAS graphing calculator here, approved on the ACT. Make sure the listing isn't the CAS model.

Apple AirPods Max

The best-built headphone in the category, and only fully useful on Apple hardware.

Apple iPhone 14

Nearly an iPhone 13 inside, but the redesigned back is the cheapest iPhone glass to replace.

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones

The most convincing low-frequency isolation here, wrapped in the most comfortable clamp.

Crucial X9 Pro

First-party Micron flash in a plain aluminum slab, priced below the names people recognize.

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 (AMD)

The T14's Ryzen chips in a thinner body, with all memory soldered and no room to grow.

Logitech Lift

A 57-degree vertical mouse sized for small and medium hands, which the category usually ignores.

Samsung Galaxy S23

The efficient Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in a small body, with security updates that stop in early 2028.

Sony a7 III

The full-frame body most people start with used: great sensor, huge lens pool, cramped grip and menus.

Sony WF-1000XM5

The reference pick on Android when you want noise cancelling and sound quality in one shot.

Apple iPad (10th generation)

The base iPad finally with USB-C and a landscape camera. The Pencil story is still awkward.

Apple iPhone 13 mini

The last small iPhone with a full flagship camera, and the battery is the price you pay for that.

Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020)

An M1 Air with a fan and a Touch Bar. Worth it only when it costs about the same as the Air.

Logitech MX Mechanical

Mechanical switches inside an office keyboard, with Logitech's multi-device pairing intact.

Pioneer DJ PLX-1000

The 1200 layout with detachable cables and a ±50% pitch option, built when Technics had stopped making decks.

SK hynix Beetle X31

A DRAM-equipped drive from a flash maker, with a shorter warranty and a lower ceiling than rivals.

Casio fx-9750GIII

A full graphing calculator with Python, allowed on the SAT, ACT, and AP exams, at a fraction of a TI's cost.

Olympus OM-1

The smallest, quietest full-size manual SLR. Its meter was designed for a battery that's no longer sold.

Pentax K1000

The film-school standard. Nothing to break, nothing to learn twice — and priced up by its own reputation.

Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless

The listening pick, with a 60-hour battery that makes every rival figure on this page look short.

SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL Gen 3

Actuation you set per key, from a hair of travel to the full stroke, on a board that charges for it.

Canon EOS RP

The lightest way into full frame. Canon colors and easy menus, held back by battery life and video.

Corsair K70 RGB PRO

An aluminum-topped board built to outlive the software that drives it.

Das Keyboard 4 Professional

A full-size Cherry board that runs with no driver, no account, and nothing resident in the background.

JBL Tour One M2

The folding, feature-dense middle option: most of the flagship checklist, none of the materials.

Lenovo ThinkPad T480

Two batteries, two memory slots, and a keyboard people still seek out, on an aging 8th-gen chip.

Nintendo DS Lite

Two libraries in one slim body, with a Game Boy Advance slot. Inspect its hinge before anything else.

SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD

Rugged and pocketable, with a 2023 data-loss history on this line worth reading before ordering.

WD My Passport SSD

A well-finished everyday drive whose real selling point is the software that ships with it.

Anker Soundcore Space Q45

Roughly eighty percent of a flagship. The missing twenty is spread across small details.

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds

Earbuds that erase engine rumble better than anything else here. The asking price is the steepest too.

Canon AE-1 Program

Program mode makes it the easiest film SLR to hand a beginner. It needs a battery to fire and may squeal.

LaCie Rugged SSD

Rated for dust, water and a three-meter drop, with a recovery plan behind it. You pay for both.

Minolta X-700

Program mode, a bright finder, and cheap lenses. A known capacitor failure decides the buy.

Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro

Every extra Razer could fit onto a keyboard, at the price you would expect for that.

Razer Pro Click

A 30-degree office mouse co-designed with Humanscale: ergonomic tilt without going fully vertical.

Samsung T5 EVO

Eight terabytes in a bus-powered pocket drive, bought at half the speed of everything else here.

Samsung T9

Twice the interface bandwidth of the T7, which only pays off if your machine can take it.

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4

The pick when sound comes first. Noise cancelling is deliberately the conservative part.

Sony a6400

Fast tracking autofocus in a body that fits a jacket pocket. Small battery, no stabilization.

Technics EAH-A800

Fifty hours and cancellation near the top of the class, in a frame nobody talks about.

TI-84 Plus

The monochrome original that schools bought by the crate. Indestructible, everywhere on eBay, and visibly old.

Apple iPhone SE (3rd generation)

The A15 in an iPhone 8 body. Buy it for Touch ID and the home button, not the camera.

Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2e

Built and tuned for listening first; cancellation and app depth are where the money did not go.

Google Pixel 7a

The low-cost way into a Pixel camera, with security updates that run out in May 2028.

Logitech Ergo M575S

A thumb trackball that keeps the cursor moving while the arm stays still, on almost no desk space.

Logitech MX Anywhere 3S

Master-line scroll wheel and sensor in a shell made for a laptop bag. By evening it feels cramped.

Apple iPhone 12

Still a full-screen iPhone with MagSafe for little money, but it's the one closest to its last update.

Audio-Technica AT-LP120XUSB

Plug in and play: a cartridge, a phono preamp, and USB out, on a lighter build than the decks above it.

Kingston XS2000

Pocket-sized 20 Gbps storage that runs hot and owes its rating to a sleeve you can lose.

Logitech MX Vertical

The full-size vertical option, and the one large hands can actually rest on.

Apple iPad (9th generation)

The last iPad with a home button and headphone jack, and plenty for a child's tablet.

Lenovo ThinkPad X280

A 12.5-inch ThinkPad that fits a small bag, with soldered memory and a screen that feels cramped now.

Sony PSP-3000

The last full-size PSP and the best screen in the line. Old batteries and UMD drives are what fail.

Kensington Pro Fit Ergo Vertical

The budget vertical: a milder slope, an AA battery measured in years, and a receiver you must not lose.

Redragon K552 Kumara

The budget mechanical board people actually buy, with the compromises sitting exactly where you expect.

PlayStation Vita (PCH-1000)

The OLED Vita has the best screen of any handheld here. Its proprietary memory cards cost the most to fill.

Sony WH-CH720N

The lightest way into competent cancellation, with the plastics and the codec list to match.

TI-89 Titanium

A computer algebra system in a 2004 body. Allowed on the SAT and AP Calculus, banned on the ACT.

Contour Unimouse

No other vertical mouse here lets you pick the tilt. A friction hinge holds it wherever you stop.

Kinesis Advantage360 Professional

A split contoured board that fixes wrist posture and takes weeks of typing speed as payment.

Apple Magic Mouse

Gorgeous on a desk and full of gestures, but most hands have had enough of it within an hour.