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handy Tech under 100 where I normally show you guys some cool affordable Tech

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stuff you can buy is going to be a little different this time around all

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the items will be priced at over $100

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and none of them are going to be useful so we're going to kick things off then

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with the Apple watch which I'm just

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kidding it's the usual thing

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Corsair's RMI series power supplies feature premium components for great

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performance with very low noise check out the link in the video description to

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learn more let's jump right into it no

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foreplay the first item for today is the kind of thing that I'd recommend

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ordering now and then putting away in a drawer somewhere for that day when

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you're running around trying to find a freaking notebook power cord and all you

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can find is the full-size PC ones

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adapters like this are available in the $5 range with shipping included if you

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have a Prime account and can adapt from a variety of different Power standards

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with some going as far as to also include a short cord so they can act as

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an extension now I'm aware that you can also just buy a bunch of C5 power cords

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I did but a handful of adapters is lighter and more compact to take with

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you in a tech tool kit where you'll already be carrying a c14 cord or two

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our next item is one that I've wanted to make a video about since I did this

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unboxing of the Razer Oro boros in my

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kitchen back in 2012 and was blown away

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by the Space Age material that they put on the base station so I finally got

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around to getting my hands on some this pack from Material samples shop.com

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includes three A4 size sheets of the material in. 3.5 and8 mm thickness

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depending on what you want to use it for the basic idea is pretty simple you peel

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the adhesive on the one side Stick it to the thing that you want to mount to

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something or hold in place and slap it down the way it works is this material

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is covered in thousands of tiny suction

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cups so the flatter the two maing surfaces are and the more contact area

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they have the better it can be used to mount pictures to Flat relatively glossy

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walls or Windows stick guitar picks to

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your guitar create Di y SEALS or gaskets

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and even hold docks in place much like Razer did with the Oro boros the sky is

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pretty much the limit it is a bit expensive but when it gets dusty and

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cruddy eventually you just wipe it with a damp cloth let it dry out

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and oops it's good to go I love this stuff finally my USB charging Hub

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doesn't need to fall off my nightstand every night dragging my phone down with

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it next up is the U key a two-factor

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authentication device that improves the ease security and convenience of

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managing your online Accounts at least once you go through the gauntlet of

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getting everything configured the UB key itself is pretty straightforward it's a

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thin USB device about half the width of a port with a touch sensitive button and

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an NFC radio for use with NFC enabled Android smartphones but where it gets a

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bit complicated is in the configuration the tools and guides use a lot of

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acronyms and Technical jargon with half a dozen different Windows applications

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for configuring settings and functionality on the UB key site depending on what you're trying to do

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something you may not realize until you've already downloaded it the good

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news is that for my purposes using it as an additional authentication Factor you

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can learn more about multifactor authentication here with last pass and

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using it as a Windows login key is a pretty basic config with everything in

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the personalization tool the one that you want to use pretty much left as

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default and then a quick edit within last pass to get it set up so the

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Achilles heel of the UB key is also its greatest strength though because as

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complicated as it might be for new users it is extraordinarily configurable if

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you want to dive into it so you can make it so the physical key is enough to

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authenticate you can force the user to touch it no fingerprint ID yet

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unfortunately but I'd be surprised if that's not coming and you can force the

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user to have both a UB key and a password but don't worry it has backup

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and restore settings in case you somehow manage to damage it or lose your

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keychain or whatever else for our next

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trick yes this episode of Handy Tech has more than three items we've got the as

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probe excuse me the am probe battery tester it's a simple little Gadget that

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tells you how much life is left if any in your batteries it works with all the

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usual 1.5 volt varieties AAA able a c d

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and with 9 volts as well and while it really doesn't do anything you couldn't

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do on your own with a multimeter it's easier to use and presents the results

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in a way that my sister or my mom could understand and while I might personally

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really wish that it would tell me the actual voltage instead of just good or

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replace I can help you guys out by interpreting it for you replace is in

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the 1.3 Volt range and if the needle bounces off the end you're sitting at

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about 1.6 volts now frankly I don't know

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if this is the best such device on the market but it sure helped me sort the

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batteries in the office into new still good remote control Duty and recycle so

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I consider it a winner especially for the price and finally we've got the Xbox

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One wireless adapter controller dongle this time I am not recommending a cheapo

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thirdparty one they can be a nightmare to find software drivers for and I

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actually had one die last time around and when I ended up replacing it I

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realized well now I've spent so much I could have just bought a first party1

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anyway and besides at this stage in the game Microsoft has the only one that's

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compatible with Xbox One One controllers anyhow it supports up to eight

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controllers now twice as many as before for you know all those PC games that

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support eight-way multiplayer and works with the standard Xbox One controller as

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well as the Fancy Pants Elite controller that Luke reviewed here but it does not

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work with Xbox 360 controllers for that you will still need one of the last

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generation dongles cool device for sure but it does come with some caveats for

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some reason we're not quite sure why Microsoft has decided to use the

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wireless adapter as a way to force users to upgrade to Windows 10 and has refused

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to provide a software driver for Windows 7 or8 or 8.1 users so beware of that

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which I guess concludes handy Tech episode 10 except for my usual

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disclosure section which is pretty simple today because all of the items in

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today's episode were purchased by me from Amazon and material samples

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shop.com for use at home or around the office with no prior contact with any of

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the manufacturers which t in nicely then to my usual reminder that while I

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frankly don't care if you buy any of these items if you guys are shopping at

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