it's been just about a month since our last episode of Handy Tech under $100
and I think this might be the best one yet so here we go
again with its power loss protection affordability and performance the sp920
from a data makes upgrading to an SSD remarkably safe and simple item number
one is something I've had for years and only used a dozen or so times to which
you might reply lus that doesn't sound very handy at all but you'd be mistaken
sometimes it's not about how often you need something but more about how
desperately you need it when the time comes this is a 2 Amp 12vt and 5vt
external power supply with a mlex connector on the end I can't find this
particular one anywhere anymore but there's a similar item on Amazon it
lacks the SATA connector but you can always use an adapter if you need to
hook up a hard drive or an optical drive I've used this thing when I needed to
hook up drives but I didn't have an enclosure lying around I've used it to
bin cheap fans to find the ones with the best undervolting characteristics I've
used it to test LED strips to find out which ones were which color since none
of them are ever labeled and every time I use it I save at least 10 minutes of
running around trying to find a doorstop power supply then running around trying
to find a paperclip to short out the green and the black wires and to top it
off this is obviously a much more Compact and tidy solution compared to
having a power supply all over your desk next up we've got something that I
actually just bought and I am like so stoked on it that I might pick up a
couple of dozen of them for the office and home now that this one has exceeded
my expectations so thoroughly this is
the apply named L Grand desktop USB SL
multi-outlet Charger station with surge protection basically I'm sure everyone
has had to dig around under their desk at some point or another trying to find
another Outlet just like everyone has dug through the same three bins
repeatedly all the while being certain that they had at least one more USB wall
adapter to charge their phone or tablet or something well no more if your desk
has a built-in Cable Management hole you can drop this in and stick it in that
hole just like that you know what I mean if it doesn't have a cable management
hole then you can either drill one yourself or just clip it to the back of
the desk with the included adapter it's got a built-in surge protector and
gives you three normal wall outlets one for your PC one for your monitor and one
for I don't know speakers or something and then two USB charging ports totaling
2.1 amps it's 45 bucks when you can find
stuff with similar functionality for closer to 25 or just mount power bars
all over the place for next to nothing but the integrated USB ports the
professional look and the mounting options are what sold me on this one
it's very ergonomic I mean they even thought of little things like putting the outlets upside down in case you have
a bulky wall wart that you want to plug in great product and now on to our last
item one that I actually have mixed feelings about it's more than I would
have liked to spend and it's hardly perfect more on that in a moment but
it's much better than almost anything else out there because most phone and
small tablet stands are complete and utter garbage this is The Cooler Master
Jazz mini it's a constructed solid aluminum phone SL fablet slash small
tablet stand with attractively finished accents on the hinges plastic end pieces
to keep your phone from being scratched and your table from being scratched and
a rubber foot on the bottom to keep it from slipping around on the table the
uses for it are pretty much whatever you can think of I've got a handful of them
as you can see here and I use it to prop up my phone to watch shows in the bath I
use it to avoid putting my phone down on my desk where it could get scratched by
random debris since I'm a bit of a you know be back kind of guy if you know
what I mean I don't use a phone case and from reading reviews on the Apple Store
it looks like everyone has their own idea of how to use it best which leads
me to my criticisms number one the Silver version very attractive by the
way is only available on the Apple Store although thankfully the other colors are
available elsewhere and number two while the stand is perfect for portrait mode
with these nice little rubber pieces up here to keep the phone from getting scratched in landscape mode it actually
sits up against the metal here so you got metal to metal contact and I wish
there was another piece of rubber there um it's still better than the other
options it's just not quite perfect and so there you go that's the Jazz mini
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that out of the way it's time for the full disclosure part of Handy Tech I
think it's important for these since they're basically product recommendations that you know where the
products are coming from the external power supply is something I picked up
years ago when I bought a bucket of yelon fans and wanted to find out which
ones were best for silent cooling the lran desk stand mounted surge protector
whatever the heck this thing is I picked this up on Amazon a little while ago
because we need to do something about the cable clutter in our office
particularly at uh charging stations where we have like all of our camera
batteries charging or on test benches where we got monitors and you know
desktops that are being moved on and off all the time and we need something more
convenient and finally the Jazz mini
stands were provided to my company for doing b-roll footage of smartphones when
we couldn't find anything else out there and just couldn't Source something that
looked as good or was as well built since then I've actually appropriated a
couple of them for personal use so that's how they came to be in my
possession anyway thanks for watching guys like it if you liked it dislike the
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