WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.760 A few years ago, Dennis and I checked out the Secret Lab Magnus Pro, and we liked it a lot. 00:00:04.760 --> 00:00:09.720 However, the price can be a little bit of a sticking point. So Secret Lab sponsored this video today 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:12.920 for us to check out the Secret Lab Magnus Evo, 00:00:12.920 --> 00:00:16.040 which is a more affordable option. Let's get into it. 00:00:16.040 --> 00:00:20.200 Oh man, I forgot how heavy these desks are. The Magnus Pro is all steel, 00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:23.240 while this one is a mixture of MDF steel 00:00:23.240 --> 00:00:27.120 with laminate on the top. It's supposed to be soft touch, so we'll be checking that out in a minute. 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:29.440 Let's get organized first. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.280 What do we got here? What do we got? 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:38.200 We got a quick start guide. We're gonna be following this to the tee. 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:43.160 I'm not gonna mess this up like I do every other desk and chair. One thing that I really like about the Magnus series 00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:47.160 in general is all of the different attachments. So we'll be getting into that a little bit later. 00:00:47.160 --> 00:00:50.720 And probably my favorite feature of this series of desks 00:00:50.720 --> 00:00:55.360 is the integrated power in the leg. So you can feed all of your cables in 00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:58.800 and have like one cable coming out, which is really nice for cable management 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:03.960 when you're setting everything up. Another difference between the Pro and the Evo 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:07.680 is that the desktop itself comes in a few pieces and slots together. 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.360 So we'll be testing and seeing how that holds up when we're done here. 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:16.080 Like the Magnus Pro, it comes with quite a bit of packaging, but I do like how clearly everything's laid out. 00:01:16.080 --> 00:01:19.440 And if I recall, I remember the instructions being pretty easy to follow as well. 00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:23.720 Oh, okay, this is the heavy piece. This is the heavy piece. 00:01:29.800 --> 00:01:34.640 Woo, I almost just damaged the TV. 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.880 I almost hit the TV with that. Don't throw your pieces, kids. 00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:40.080 This thing feels premium. No, let's knock me over. 00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:47.480 Oh, hold on. There's tips in the bottom of the box. 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:51.560 Tip, use this for easier assembly. Remove this T-shaped board from the box. 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.880 Place the desktop on top of this T-shaped board. 00:01:54.880 --> 00:01:57.960 Perceive the assembly. Let's try to take this out. 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:02.080 Oh, that's pretty neat. That's a good idea. I find sometimes building desks on a flat surface 00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:07.160 like a floor is actually really difficult. So they are smart for using the packaging 00:02:07.160 --> 00:02:10.520 for you to build on. So you can get up off the floor and kind of maneuver it a little bit easier, 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:15.120 especially when it's so heavy. Now it's time to start building. We have four steps for assembly 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:19.200 and it says it's going to take about 30 minutes here. And it says it's easier on co-op mode, 00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:23.560 so I might need somebody to come help me. Maybe I can solo it, I don't know. 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:28.160 We've also got all of our parcelists here from A to I, which was marked on the bag for each one. 00:02:28.160 --> 00:02:32.720 I probably shouldn't have taken everything out of the bag, but it's pretty easy to understand what goes to what. 00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:34.760 So let's do it. Let's do it! 00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:37.440 What is this? 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:44.320 Nah, I don't need that. Step one, place the desktop on top of the T-shaped board 00:02:44.320 --> 00:02:48.640 provided for easier assembly. And then we're going to install the desk extensions 00:02:48.640 --> 00:02:51.040 on both sides and start with that. 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.480 What is this? Oh, silica gel. Do I eat that? 00:02:59.480 --> 00:03:03.760 Just kidding. No, I don't think I'm supposed to take that out yet. 00:03:04.760 --> 00:03:08.800 I should probably just follow the instructions. Tools, there should be tools somewhere too. 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:14.840 It's a lot of packaging, but I do like how nicely labeled things are. You know, little dummies like me can figure it out. 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:18.440 Anybody can figure it out, right? Ooh, cable ties. 00:03:18.440 --> 00:03:21.720 These aren't LTT Store cable ties, but that's something. 00:03:21.720 --> 00:03:26.020 Oh, dude, that's so sick. So sick, dude. Never thought I'd get so excited about screws. 00:03:26.020 --> 00:03:29.180 Is this real or is this because I'm 34? I'm like, wow, these screws are labeled. 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:35.100 That's so exciting, kids. So then right, right, is that right? 00:03:35.100 --> 00:03:37.040 Literally labeled on the bottom. Whoops. 00:03:38.820 --> 00:03:41.940 You slide them in. This plastic doesn't really help. 00:03:41.940 --> 00:03:45.820 I should move the plastic and not move it. There you go. Nah, just let me suffer. 00:03:45.820 --> 00:03:49.820 I'm just going to put these extensions in. Just line up the hole. It's okay that we got this. 00:03:56.580 --> 00:03:57.980 Maybe it ain't going nowhere. 00:04:00.620 --> 00:04:06.620 Give it a hold. Bzz. Ha ha ha, you just can't get it. 00:04:06.620 --> 00:04:10.340 Yeah, sure. There's that manual over here. Yeah, is this like more detailed or what? 00:04:10.340 --> 00:04:14.700 Assembly guide, quick start guide. The screws on the desk extensions are already installed. 00:04:14.700 --> 00:04:18.380 You just need to tighten them. That's pretty easy. And then just put the screw covers on 00:04:18.380 --> 00:04:21.740 and we'll be good to go. Very important when installing screws. 00:04:21.740 --> 00:04:24.740 Righty-tidy, lefty-loosey, okay? 00:04:27.020 --> 00:04:30.060 Next step, we're going to install the side frame screws 00:04:30.060 --> 00:04:34.020 onto the side frames themselves and then we can move on to step two. This actually is pretty straightforward. 00:04:34.020 --> 00:04:39.100 I'm just a silly boy. Next, screw all fasteners into main frame. 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:44.660 Also all these side screws got to go in next. Okay, main frame screws, nicely labeled. 00:04:44.660 --> 00:04:49.300 We'll install these next. I'd like to celebrate moving from step one to step two. 00:04:49.300 --> 00:04:53.100 Good job guys, we did it. Now for the leg column and cable tray assembly. 00:04:53.100 --> 00:04:56.700 Install the leg columns by connecting the cables and inserting it into the desk frame. 00:04:56.700 --> 00:05:00.340 Fully tighten the fasteners. Fully tighten, not loosely tighten. 00:05:00.340 --> 00:05:03.940 Fully tighten. Look at these chunguses. 00:05:03.940 --> 00:05:08.580 Look at these things. I say chungus is an endearing term because all of the cable management is in this, 00:05:08.580 --> 00:05:11.820 which is awesome. I think we have to like move this stuff. 00:05:16.380 --> 00:05:20.500 Back when we unboxed the SeekerLab Magnus Pro, you weren't able to swap the legs 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:23.900 to have your power delivery go to whatever side that you want. 00:05:23.900 --> 00:05:30.180 SeekerLab has updated that desk. And also with this desk, they allow you to swap your legs 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:33.700 so you can feed power to whichever side makes the most sense for you, which is really cool. 00:05:33.700 --> 00:05:38.380 With that said, we're gonna keep everything as is for now. So just wanted to check to make sure that was a thing. 00:05:38.380 --> 00:05:40.060 These go into these. 00:05:41.740 --> 00:05:45.940 Oh, let's probably take that off. Oh, that's your problem right there. 00:05:47.820 --> 00:05:52.300 Yeah. I like how that just slots in so you know that you're not gonna get it in the wrong spot. 00:05:52.340 --> 00:05:53.940 No, these things are heavy, man. 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:01.380 Ta-da! Crap. 00:06:02.260 --> 00:06:07.300 This is what I do with cable management in my PC. I just shove all of the mess up cables in there 00:06:07.300 --> 00:06:11.540 and they don't even exist. All right, as long as everything works, we're good. 00:06:13.060 --> 00:06:17.060 Okay, that's done. Probably have to tighten these. What am I doing with my life? 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:22.260 Step 2.2, install the mounting bracket, pull this stuff out, finishing caps. 00:06:22.260 --> 00:06:25.460 Extra packaging. Nice, I almost hit the camera. 00:06:25.460 --> 00:06:29.020 Almost hit you. Tag, you're it. Cringe. 00:06:29.020 --> 00:06:34.220 Mounting brackets, I gotta install these first before I can install everything else. 00:06:34.220 --> 00:06:38.620 There's a lot of packaging, which is like, just the one thing, but sure. 00:06:41.780 --> 00:06:44.980 Oh, it's magnetic, that's so sick. Actually, that's not sick. 00:06:44.980 --> 00:06:48.420 Stop, it's like pulling it. Stop, don't move. 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:51.980 The magnets are pulling it away from where I need to screw it in. Man, sponsor videos are tough 00:06:51.980 --> 00:06:56.860 because I really like how straightforward all of this stuff is, but I can't like pipe it up too hard 00:06:56.860 --> 00:07:00.860 because then you guys are gonna be like, well, you see that because it's sponsored, but I'm not. It's actually like very straightforward 00:07:00.860 --> 00:07:06.100 so far building this thing, which I like. I have PTSD from spending four hours on camera, 00:07:06.100 --> 00:07:10.380 which gets cut down to 10 minutes or whatever, building just atrocious things 00:07:10.380 --> 00:07:14.940 and the wrong instructions, no instructions. Magnetically snap on the cable tree. 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:20.060 What do you mean? Just like, you just, you just, oh, wrong way. 00:07:21.020 --> 00:07:21.860 Dumb. 00:07:24.380 --> 00:07:28.060 Like that? No, that's not right, hold on. That was loud. Guys, I'm confused. 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:31.700 This way? Oh, this way probably. What the? 00:07:31.700 --> 00:07:35.220 Whoa, that magnet is crazy. Hello? 00:07:35.220 --> 00:07:40.260 Oh, I see, I see. There's two little screw holes back here that I gotta line up, but it is on there. 00:07:40.260 --> 00:07:42.980 The magnet is very much engaged on the front. 00:07:44.700 --> 00:07:47.540 Cool. Cable tray screws, that'll be these. 00:07:48.900 --> 00:07:52.420 You know what I realized so far? I don't need any friends to build this. 00:07:52.420 --> 00:07:54.180 Can do it all by my lonesome self. 00:07:58.900 --> 00:08:03.260 Cable tray is installed. I just screwed in the back here because you can actually kind of open it a little bit 00:08:03.260 --> 00:08:07.980 to install and route your cables, which is really nice. It's magnetically attached, it's a strong magnet too. 00:08:07.980 --> 00:08:11.380 So we're on to step three out of four. Now we need to install the desk feet. 00:08:11.380 --> 00:08:13.940 My favorite part of the desk. At our blur the feet. 00:08:15.220 --> 00:08:19.100 Am I doing this? I've been saying that it doesn't fit. You need the feet facing out. 00:08:19.100 --> 00:08:22.180 No, I know, but look at the screws. 00:08:25.900 --> 00:08:29.340 I've installed everything wrong. Just kidding. I gotta start again. 00:08:29.340 --> 00:08:33.020 I gotta start again. This is? That's the last one. 00:08:33.020 --> 00:08:34.860 My bad, user, you can delete all that. 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:40.140 Yep, that's problem right there. I just got my directions mixed up. 00:08:40.140 --> 00:08:43.220 Don't mind me, they hired the best person for the job. 00:08:43.220 --> 00:08:46.620 We're basically done, we just gotta install these finishing caps onto each side. 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:50.460 Ah, that looks right. Final touches, with at least two people 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:56.660 gently tilt the desk, rotating at 90 degrees until the control panel is facing downwards. 00:08:56.660 --> 00:08:57.660 I'll do it myself. 00:09:06.140 --> 00:09:09.540 I wouldn't recommend that. You can kind of feel the thing kind of bend a little bit, 00:09:09.540 --> 00:09:10.380 but it's good. 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:17.020 You know? Fits the butt drop test. 00:09:17.020 --> 00:09:19.140 You left two cheap marks on it. No, I didn't. 00:09:21.660 --> 00:09:27.820 Feels good, even when it's on a desk. So what you're looking at here is the two-tone desktop 00:09:27.820 --> 00:09:33.060 that we were talking about a little bit earlier. So this portion here is metal, 00:09:33.060 --> 00:09:36.900 and then this portion here is MDF with a laminate top. 00:09:36.900 --> 00:09:42.540 The laminate top is soft touch, which I do like, but if you've got really gross gamer hands, 00:09:42.540 --> 00:09:46.300 you don't have a desk mat, it might get a little dirty over time. 00:09:47.140 --> 00:09:52.140 That's okay. We're plugged in, now we just need to calibrate it, so I'm just following the directions here. 00:09:52.140 --> 00:09:56.540 Turn the control panel on and press and hold the down button do not release until a beep is heard. 00:09:56.540 --> 00:09:59.820 I think it might've already beeped. When I first plugged it in, it beeped immediately. 00:09:59.820 --> 00:10:04.140 I think it might already be calibrated. So it goes from 72 centimeters up to, 00:10:04.140 --> 00:10:07.660 what's going baby? 117, that's pretty tall. 00:10:09.340 --> 00:10:14.580 What's up? One thing I really like about the Evo is that the motor is pretty quiet. 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:17.980 There's a little bit of wobble, but I really wouldn't worry about it 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:21.820 given the metal construction of everything. It feels secure. 00:10:21.820 --> 00:10:25.780 Wow, this thing goes, I'm really high up guys. Be careful, buddy. 00:10:25.780 --> 00:10:30.980 Help me. If you're afraid you're going to hit one of these controls and adjust your desk, you can turn this off. 00:10:30.980 --> 00:10:34.780 Don't worry, it's not going to turn off the power to your legs. Those will still work totally fine. 00:10:34.780 --> 00:10:38.100 You've got three profiles here that you can save to and go to at any point. 00:10:38.100 --> 00:10:41.980 And that's pretty much it for the control panel here. I'm using my work laptop for demonstration purposes, 00:10:41.980 --> 00:10:45.140 but imagine you have a whole desktop system here, okay? 00:10:45.140 --> 00:10:49.900 Grab the cords, route it through here, plug it right into there, and boom, you have power. 00:10:49.900 --> 00:10:54.340 One thing I really like about the Secret Lab Magnus series is that they have a full suite of accessories 00:10:54.340 --> 00:10:57.500 that you can choose from. So they've got PC mounts that go under your desk, 00:10:57.500 --> 00:11:02.180 headphone holders, they've got monitor mounts, cable management, but if you don't have their cable 00:11:02.180 --> 00:11:05.340 management, you can use MCM from LTTstore.com 00:11:05.340 --> 00:11:09.660 and you can manage your own cables. One of the ways that Secret Lab is able to sell the Evo 00:11:09.660 --> 00:11:13.420 for a cheaper price than the Pro is instead of having the entire desktop 00:11:13.420 --> 00:11:17.660 being completely magnetic, they have magnetic zone. So we've already talked through the one on the back. 00:11:17.660 --> 00:11:20.660 They also have some different areas as well, like the front here. 00:11:20.660 --> 00:11:24.260 Again, you could have a magnetic headphone stand 00:11:24.260 --> 00:11:29.300 or something there. Another really cool feature that Secret Lab has is it will detect if it's going to crush something. 00:11:29.300 --> 00:11:32.060 Let's try it, three, two, one, go. 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:38.620 It did it, it stopped. It's a little sketchy looking, but confirmed works. 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:43.820 That was good, that was good, it stopped. 00:11:45.340 --> 00:11:48.540 So that about does it for the Evo. We've got the XL variant here, 00:11:48.540 --> 00:11:54.620 which you can pick up online for about $849 or you can get the standard size for $749. 00:11:54.620 --> 00:11:58.900 My overall honest thoughts, I really like the build quality. I think personally, if I was going to buy this desk, 00:11:58.900 --> 00:12:02.380 I'd probably spend a little bit more for the Magnus Pro itself, but overall, 00:12:02.380 --> 00:12:06.500 the build quality, the power delivery, being able to switch it from side to side 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:10.920 and pretty much everything. I would say this is the go-to gaming desk 00:12:10.920 --> 00:12:15.300 that I would pick up and I know that's weird when it's a sponsored video, but genuinely, 00:12:15.300 --> 00:12:18.300 I do believe that. So what are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments down below. 00:12:18.300 --> 00:12:21.300 Make sure to like it if you liked it and thanks to Secret Lab again for sponsoring this. 00:12:21.300 --> 00:12:24.180 I'll see you on the next desk or chair video. 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:28.060 Peace. Bye.