1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:08,080 okay I'm having regrets now this is a really deep black it will like melt off 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:11,960 the ceiling no it'll be fine this paint 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:13,960 is designed to block 5G waves and while 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:17,880 it might be marketed to folks who are trying to protect themselves from the 5 00:00:16,039 --> 00:00:23,080 dangers of the 5G when we tried it over a year ago we 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:28,160 found that not only did the EMF blocking functionality work it worked 7 00:00:25,279 --> 00:00:33,239 surprisingly well which got us thinking if this paint can keep outside signals 8 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:37,600 from penetrating our box could it also keep outside signals from penetrating an 9 00:00:35,239 --> 00:00:42,440 apartment eliminating interference from pesky neighbors well you may remember 10 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:46,160 from our too much Wi-Fi video that having even as few as six people 11 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:51,640 broadcasting on the same frequency around you can noticeably degrade your 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:54,559 wireless internet is this the solution 13 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:59,399 there's only one way to test hey who wants me to paint their house 14 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:03,359 black okay I probably should have seen that one coming 15 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:08,759 wait I know someone with a weak backbone who can't tell me 16 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:10,840 no man I'm stoked our sponsor Asus sent 17 00:01:08,759 --> 00:01:15,479 over their new Wi-Fi 7 routers for us to run before and after we treat his 18 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:25,680 apartment hey there Elijah I'm here to paint your balls black and teir down 19 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:28,680 your book shells no please don't all the intro 20 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:42,000 let's begin with a quick recap of how this paint even works RF i50 has a very 21 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:46,280 high concentration of graphite which after applying and drying helps to block 22 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:50,000 almost all of the RF frequencies that you would find in a typical home War 23 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:55,040 more the brand of paint that we're using today graciously sent us all of the 24 00:01:51,799 --> 00:01:57,799 paint which is good because otherwise it 25 00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:01,840 would have cost us about $3,000 to treat this apartment and that's without the 26 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,680 strapping Lads will be applying now warm more has products on their site that are 27 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:10,800 obviously pseudo science snake oil nonsense but this isn't one of them it 28 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:14,920 actually blocks RF which means that you really shouldn't use it to paint a wall 29 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:19,519 that sits between your router and where you'll want to use your devices say for 30 00:02:16,879 --> 00:02:24,280 example this one they also say that you need to ground your walls in order for 31 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:28,560 them to be up to code um more on that later before we go any further I want to 32 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:32,360 make a couple of things really clear one is that while we're using product from 33 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:36,680 warm more we do not agree with any of the claims that they make about the 34 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:41,519 health benefits of blocking exposure to Wi-Fi and 5G cell towers our goal is 35 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:46,200 simply to reduce the signal strength of Elijah's neighbor's Wi-Fi to try to 36 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:49,920 improve the Wi-Fi performance within his apartment number two is that we know 37 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:54,360 that by not treating the Windows and the floor we are not going to be creating a 38 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:58,519 faay cage like environment here and there's going to be a lot of leakage we 39 00:02:56,159 --> 00:03:02,959 just want to see if it helps at all for science before we can do any of that 40 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:07,640 Elijah needs to choose one of the two routers that Asus sent over the rtb 88u 41 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:11,879 which looks more like your typical router but has a whopping eight land 42 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:16,280 ports with two of them being 2 and 1/2 gig for fast connections between your 43 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:21,000 wir devices not to mention an SFP Plus Port for 10 44 00:03:17,799 --> 00:03:23,280 gig kind of Overkill yeah speaking of 45 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:29,360 Overkill the other option is the r Raptor GTB 98 Pro it has fewer ports but 46 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:33,120 it does have dual 10 gig connections not to mention this delightful 47 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:40,799 box realistically we know which one you're choosing so you can put that one 48 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:46,560 down but both of them feature blazing fast Wi-Fi 7speeds and multi-link 49 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:52,560 operation or mllo which allows multiple bands to be used at the same time for 50 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:55,200 some truly shocking speeds this thing is 51 00:03:52,560 --> 00:04:00,799 the most extra Wi-Fi router that I've ever seen holy cow oh and it has four 2 52 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:05,200 and 1/2 gig ports twoo on top of the 10 giggers nice how much is this thing 53 00:04:02,959 --> 00:04:10,200 worth would you like to know no it's probably better not to okay dude this 54 00:04:07,439 --> 00:04:14,239 thing looks like a wraith king crown on your freaking 55 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:18,479 shelf and you got to know Asus knows they're doing it at this point routers 56 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:22,440 don't have to look like that anyway once this fires up we're going to use this RF 57 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:26,040 Explorer Pro to get some before measurements so that we have a baseline 58 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:30,039 to compare games this thing is really cool but I haven't used it yet so it's 59 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:33,600 going to be a bit of an adventure Alex gave me about a 30second crash course on 60 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,759 it so I'm basically an expert but we will be able to see all the DB levels 61 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:40,919 from wherever we measure as well as all the channels and even the Spectrum 62 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:44,960 waterfall view so we can see activity on the network okay cool it's not really 63 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:49,280 the activity that we're most worried about we are mostly worried about the 64 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:52,600 sheer number of access points that are surrounding Elijah's space mhm and this 65 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:59,960 will be able to tell us that as well polluting his blood with their RF yeah 66 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:03,080 then presky 5G I just want my 5G 67 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:05,199 dude this is wild I was like no way 68 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:10,560 there's this many devices broadcasting near you and then I was like 69 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:14,560 yo yep if everyone's using their ISP router they're probably by default 70 00:05:11,919 --> 00:05:18,560 broadcasting 2.4 and 5 gig just at full power already this thing's got a ton of 71 00:05:16,639 --> 00:05:22,720 cool modes there's this power meter where you can just see the exact power 72 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:26,240 that's being broadcast on a particular frequency there's the Spectrum analyzer 73 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:30,240 mode with a waterfall view so you can see activity over time this is super 74 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:35,400 cool by the way I set the rain a little bit wider than 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi you can see 75 00:05:33,639 --> 00:05:39,360 it right there oh that's kind of cool yeah and you can even set it up with 76 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:43,199 this trippy 3D view of all the activity that's around us but the one I'm most 77 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:47,600 interested in for our purposes is Wi-Fi analyzer this shows us how much Wi-Fi 78 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:52,680 pollution is around us potentially gunking up your signal making your 79 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,960 router wait its turn so rather than do 80 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:58,960 our before test the way that I had proposed before what I want to do is 81 00:05:55,840 --> 00:06:01,840 turn off your router it measure a 82 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:05,080 Baseline then we paint everything and we measure the Baseline again then we can 83 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:08,520 do a quick speed test or something like that and make sure you're getting good 84 00:06:06,759 --> 00:06:14,039 performance nice I just want to see if the paint works okay okay so let's find 85 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:17,319 a few key points I'm thinking in bed on 86 00:06:14,039 --> 00:06:18,560 the couch and the kitchen sure I was oh 87 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:23,919 you don't want to get in bed with me well not yet I was going to propose in the bathroom because that's going to be 88 00:06:21,479 --> 00:06:28,599 a really tight space surrounded by a neighbor right away and we can paint the 89 00:06:25,599 --> 00:06:30,680 roof and the wall there and also because 90 00:06:28,599 --> 00:06:33,880 of the importance of you know the 91 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:39,919 bathroom yeah I don't want to know what you're do there on your 92 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:46,840 Wi-Fi stop and we're done with that out of the 93 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:49,120 way we can get to painting nice put it 94 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:52,960 over over there I mean I know you weren't playing Dance games what was 95 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:56,720 that supposed to mean nothing what the heck is that supposed to mean nothing 96 00:06:55,199 --> 00:07:03,199 that you obviously haven't been playing Dance games had you considered maybe 97 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:05,319 like doing a good job of this what the 98 00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:08,840 patches in the wall those were there before I got the place do you have 99 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:11,440 sandpaper at least like can we no it'll be fine cuz we're going to put the TV 100 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:16,639 back anyways it'll just cover it in the end it's I'm not worried about it we're 101 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:21,080 painting and and it's costing thousands 102 00:07:16,639 --> 00:07:24,720 of dollars correct so you take 4 seconds 103 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:26,319 and sand it with sandpaper I don't have 104 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:30,840 sandpaper Timber no please please kill me so I can 105 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:35,120 the workers comp are you the Star Wars 106 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:43,319 kid see the graphite in the paint can pick up and hold on to a charge from 107 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:47,560 lowf frequency electrical Fields like from the wires in your walls so by 108 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:52,000 grounding it we give that buildup somewhere to go so if we didn't ground 109 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:55,560 it does that mean my would have electric walls to like electrocute people why 110 00:07:53,840 --> 00:08:00,599 would you want to do that I don't know someone like breaks in just like wow 111 00:07:58,159 --> 00:08:03,840 good timing for that siren okay as cool as that would be though no 112 00:08:02,479 --> 00:08:08,560 it would not turn your house into a home alone style trap the issue is that if 113 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:12,120 it's left ungrounded it can pick up some of the frequencies that we're trying to 114 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:16,560 block and because radio waves and electricity can make electrons wiggle 115 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:20,720 that wiggling can actually emit radio waves making the walls almost like a low 116 00:08:18,759 --> 00:08:27,080 powered antenna so that would defeat the whole purpose of applying this paint all 117 00:08:23,319 --> 00:08:29,840 right this is GSX 50 tape and this is a 118 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:33,560 GW grounding plate also made by warmart judging by the pictures on their site it 119 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:39,959 seems like one strip running the length of the wall is enough to keep it 120 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:42,200 grounded so I guess let's do it you're 121 00:08:39,959 --> 00:08:45,680 grounded you know there's speaker wire that you can run like this too hey oh 122 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:48,760 yeah for like surrounds and then you paint over it it's super cool it's 123 00:08:47,399 --> 00:08:51,839 called like ghost wire or something yeah I want to do a video on it at some point 124 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:55,800 I have not looked at the instructions for any of this do you have any idea what we're doing yeah so we also need to 125 00:08:54,480 --> 00:09:00,079 have one piece of tape that goes vertical what and then it looks like 126 00:08:57,680 --> 00:09:04,959 this actually goes over top of the tape so the only thing that seems to matter 127 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:10,440 is that every surface that's painted is connected to the tape in some 128 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:14,640 way yeah so you can go up the wall if you need to hit the ceiling M I see so 129 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:18,839 we could just run it all along the baseboards it seems yes okay then let's 130 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:23,399 do it that way bro couldn't figure out how to open sandpaper sorry my bad and 131 00:09:21,279 --> 00:09:25,760 keeps calling it sanding paper I do it because it's bothering you no that's not 132 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:31,360 why you do it you do it because you don't know what it's called and then you continue doing it it's bothering me 133 00:09:33,399 --> 00:09:40,440 that's what smooth is oh nice right yeah it looks about the 134 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:45,399 same no it uh I really hope that doesn't bust 135 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:51,200 open please pour the paint pour the paint Elijah pour the paint pour the 136 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:56,680 paint oh God I mean look it's not like we can make this carpet any worse man 137 00:09:53,680 --> 00:10:00,480 they really don't want kids to get into 138 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:03,480 this or Elijah oh my God 139 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:06,240 like cutting up my 140 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:10,399 hand that was a nice sound that was a nice 141 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:14,600 sound okay I'm having regrets 142 00:10:10,399 --> 00:10:18,680 now H oh no I touched it already nice 143 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:20,320 well I can just like no oh my God I mean 144 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:24,040 it's paint you know yeah but we're we're so cooked it's supposed to turn things 145 00:10:21,839 --> 00:10:28,040 to the color it is I was really tempted I can't believe you're painting this 146 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:34,079 entire Place black thanks Asus well full credit to them for 147 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:37,000 coverage here this is actually comical 148 00:10:34,079 --> 00:10:41,680 dude this is a really deep black like this is black paint like it's nice and 149 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:45,800 thick but it but it spreads the coverage is really good like this is this is some 150 00:10:43,279 --> 00:10:49,440 really nice paint I like it what are you doing I'm painting do you see what I'm 151 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:56,120 doing does it look like what you're doing okay I'll stop okay no hold on no 152 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:58,760 no you can paint but just jeez what's so 153 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:03,320 bad about it you saw what he was doing right Lyn do you paint I don't okay but 154 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:08,720 can you tell that was wrong why was it wrong first of all you hold it like a 155 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:11,519 pencil okay okay not like 156 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:14,639 a whatever that was okay yeah not like a spoon I mean don't hold a spoon like 157 00:11:13,079 --> 00:11:18,600 that either what do you hear Bohemian okay the point is you hold it like a 158 00:11:16,519 --> 00:11:23,959 pencil you come down on it so you have more control you don't hold it up here 159 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:25,800 okay no control lots of control okay and 160 00:11:23,959 --> 00:11:31,240 then you use the angle of the brush okay so the bulk of the paint goes 161 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:39,279 on here here okay and that's your fine line so you drag 162 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:41,639 it across the very very very bottom like 163 00:11:39,279 --> 00:11:43,880 that okay and then Tak a straight line like 164 00:11:44,839 --> 00:11:49,800 that what what why are you judging me 165 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:55,240 dude you're lucky this wall is going to be behind your TV and we're hiring Professionals for the rest of it because 166 00:11:52,920 --> 00:12:00,839 that is the most ass paint job that I have ever seen like it's bad and you 167 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:03,360 should feel bad Elijah I actually do 168 00:12:00,839 --> 00:12:06,560 need a taller stool I can't really reach the 169 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:11,800 ceiling I can't cut in well you don't have to cut in cuz we're painting the 170 00:12:07,839 --> 00:12:14,199 ceiling as well oh God I forgot that 171 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:19,440 yeah oh that's horrible yeah this is going to be so oppressive 172 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:24,600 oh okay well the other wall isn't going to be what this one's going to be black 173 00:12:21,839 --> 00:12:27,600 no that's not an exterior wall 174 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:35,279 oh a li did you check if 175 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:41,160 this what this ceiling has not been painted before correct so no we can't 176 00:12:38,959 --> 00:12:45,519 get this on the ceiling yeah we can no we can't this is a latex based paint 177 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:52,399 it's a water-based paint right that's what I just said this is a latex 178 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:55,399 water-based paint yeah this is water 179 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:58,440 soluble H it will like melt off the 180 00:12:55,399 --> 00:13:00,519 ceiling did the painters like mention 181 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:08,199 that well said they might have to treat it it's okay they'll treat it after what 182 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:09,920 no they can't stop it I it will melt off 183 00:13:08,199 --> 00:13:16,240 the ceiling if we paint it with this it's kind of cool okay sorry let's okay 184 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:22,079 well then be careful okay so can I have a chair then we've come full 185 00:13:19,199 --> 00:13:25,800 circle I don't think that's staple bro only one way to find out God you may 186 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,760 want to move that paint I'd worry less about me and more about the bucket of 187 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:32,800 paint that's going to spill on your floor if I fall line is at a normal 188 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:48,040 height wow I think we're basically done 189 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,720 for today though that took too long is this where we have the professionals 190 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:54,920 come in and actually paint your place yes they're going to do two coats they're going to come back over and try 191 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:59,200 to get it back to this white after this is a paint primer product yes and here 192 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:04,669 they are 193 00:14:06,639 --> 00:14:13,519 man this apartment is so dark now the funny part is Taylor and I actually kind 194 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:17,600 of like the way the walls look we might just have to go over with like a regular 195 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:22,360 a shell black because as you can see if I rub my hand a little bit on it there's 196 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:26,560 the tiniest bit of Sparkle on my fingers from the actual graphite that's in the 197 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:29,480 wall almost if like a pencil was shaded so if we bump or move anything against 198 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:35,360 it we're we're going to want to make sure we protect it with a proper eggshell coat one thing we don't like 199 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:39,880 though is the ceiling I'm not really sure if there was a miscommunication or 200 00:14:37,199 --> 00:14:44,560 what happened but they did not apply any sort of primer or protective coating to 201 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:50,240 the ceiling before spraying the RF paint on it so uh my ceiling is falling apart 202 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:54,279 now which sucks and we are working on a resolution with this but it actually 203 00:14:51,959 --> 00:14:58,199 hasn't stopped the paint from clearly working when I was at the office I 204 00:14:56,199 --> 00:15:02,240 texted my wife to send some photos to me cuz I wanted to see what it looked like 205 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:06,199 once it was blacked out only for her to respond to me on Facebook Messenger 206 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:10,680 because she was saying her messages the photos weren't actually sending over 207 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:14,199 text they were failing that's because she was still trying to use a cellular 208 00:15:12,399 --> 00:15:18,240 connection to send those photos some things still work such as texting and 209 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:23,000 phone calls but anything that was a large file loading a YouTube video 210 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:27,399 sending a photo or trying to FaceTime over that Cellular Connection it was not 211 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:30,639 a good experience thankfully though the ASUS router has been picking up the 212 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:35,399 black whenever we've needed to send like a large video file or a group of photos 213 00:15:32,959 --> 00:15:38,519 or even FaceTime family so at least I got that going just because the router's 214 00:15:36,959 --> 00:15:41,600 fine though doesn't mean I don't need to fix the issue with cell reception so I 215 00:15:40,279 --> 00:15:47,759 actually reached out to our friends over at way form and they sent me the Celli 216 00:15:44,399 --> 00:15:49,160 go g41 smart signal booster these are 217 00:15:47,759 --> 00:15:54,839 actually the same guys who helped at Linus's house when he needed to get better cell service it's just a little 218 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:58,519 antenna mounted on my balcony towards a cell tower somewhere which thankfully 219 00:15:56,759 --> 00:16:02,040 Marcus actually sent me over a map of the area so I know which direction to 220 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:06,720 point this antenna in then I get to do my favorite thing drill a hole through the wall run a cable through to their 221 00:16:04,759 --> 00:16:11,079 signal booster which is the indoor antenna that'll sit inside mounted that 222 00:16:09,079 --> 00:16:14,759 way my wife can you know send more cat photos over text we're actually not 223 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:20,240 going to set that up right now and in fact I need to make sure my router is not broadcasting anything because if you 224 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:24,279 remember in our before tests we just were analyzing our neighbor Wi-Fi to see 225 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:27,519 if it was interfering with ours so we're going to set up our analyzer in the 226 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:30,240 exact same spots we're going to take our measurements again and then we'll go go 227 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:35,279 back to the office and give lonus the results okay how'd it go why don't we 228 00:16:33,319 --> 00:16:39,040 start with the ceiling it's falling apart do you want to see the 229 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:43,000 pictures I already know what it's going to look like remember I professionally 230 00:16:41,319 --> 00:16:48,160 painted for a couple of years it's worse than you can imagine I can imagine a 231 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:53,240 lot if you paint a stipple ceiling with water-based paint it disintegrates which 232 00:16:51,399 --> 00:16:56,959 I warned Elijah about so really this is on him to be fair the contractor said 233 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:01,279 we'll probably need to spray this with something or prime it I was like okay 234 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:05,360 we're now in talks about getting it scraped cuz yeah you have to 235 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:11,720 yeah this is not my fault no it's not I 236 00:17:09,799 --> 00:17:17,319 brushed it a little bit and was like oh shoot this isn't coated and I told him 237 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:19,400 file roll the footage this is Ed cut the 238 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:25,600 footage no no roll the footage this is not on me this is water soluble it will 239 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:29,440 like melt off the ceiling yeah it's it's the 240 00:17:26,360 --> 00:17:30,960 entire apartment that's a disaster dude 241 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:35,799 it's pretty bad that's stipple ceiling for you yeah it was the worst home decor 242 00:17:34,039 --> 00:17:39,520 trend of all time they were asking me they're like well do you want to Res scrap it or do you want to retexture it 243 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:44,480 again I was like well let's just scrape it now oh retexturing it they'd have to 244 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:49,720 scrape it to retexture it anyway that's why I was like let's just scrape it what do you mean and then they would have to 245 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:53,080 put an oilbased coating on then they would have to put the RF blocking stuff 246 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:58,039 on again then they'd have to paint it again it' be like a six-step process 247 00:17:55,120 --> 00:18:01,799 yeah we're just getting it scraped cool but I want you to guess though did it 248 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:05,760 have any effect and if you think it had an effect what kind of percentage do you 249 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:09,840 think we saw well you already spoiled that with the coding on the walls Taylor 250 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:12,919 couldn't send MMS messages anymore right yeah 251 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:18,760 photos text she could still take phone calls but actual large chunks of data 252 00:18:15,159 --> 00:18:21,280 could not go through interesting yes as 253 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:28,600 for the the Wi-Fi access points around you I'm going to guess 15 DB okay I have 254 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:32,200 it in percentage not DB it's not quite that much though okay well just if you 255 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:39,480 scroll down though that's where it's on the script I need to read it oh I 256 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:42,880 see what so sadly on the 5 GHz Spectrum 257 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:45,080 we actually saw no improvement maybe 1 258 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:49,480 to 2% oh that would be within margin of error anyway that's kind of what I 259 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:52,080 thought but on the 2.4 Spectrum we saw a 260 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:55,799 20% Improvement in the bathroom and a 27% Improvement in the living room and 261 00:18:54,559 --> 00:19:00,240 then the kitchen was somewhere in between that that's actually not bad 262 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:04,960 yeah and is that just in the attenuation of the nearby signals yep well that's 263 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:09,280 awesome because 2.4 GHz is the problematic one 100% that's the one that 264 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:12,960 you're stuck using for your iot devices and stuff like that and they'll just 265 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:15,559 they'll be flaky and you won't realize while they're flaky they're flaky 266 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:20,280 because all your neighbors have all of their crap broadcasting on I mean I I I 267 00:19:18,159 --> 00:19:23,360 wouldn't spend this kind of money on it it wasn't groundbreaking but again like 268 00:19:21,799 --> 00:19:29,200 you said it was the walls and ceiling the price was right yeah I did for free 269 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:30,799 for me right so but I think I think this 270 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:34,799 is actually an example if we had gone all the way and on the floor I have more 271 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:41,200 neighbors below me you heard it here first Elijah wanted to go all the way 272 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:43,640 below me right if we had painted the 273 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:46,919 actual floor we could have probably seen even more of an improvement right cuz 274 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:51,159 there's a lot of people below you yeah and another thing we noticed with both 275 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:56,039 measuring the 2.4 and the 5 GHz spectrum is they appeared more stable there 276 00:19:53,320 --> 00:20:00,360 wasn't crazy you know Cliffs and valleys on each of the channels interesting I 277 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:04,480 had one other note which was I guarantee there was more people home that day I 278 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:09,400 don't know really yeah because we filmed the after results on boxing day and we 279 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:14,799 filmed our before results on a typical workday and judging by my parking lot 280 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:20,120 there was definitely more people home oh well that's cool so what that means is 281 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:22,679 that a we definitely got a good result 282 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:27,520 and B our good result is probably more better yeah than what we thought yeah 283 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:32,440 exactly so I wouldn't recommend spending this kind of money for this outcome but 284 00:20:30,799 --> 00:20:36,720 at the price you paid I mean it seems like a pretty clear upgrade yeah it was 285 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:40,919 sick and okay as for the ASUS router the isus router was fine and I think that 286 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:44,880 would probably be a better investment is like actually upgrading your network 287 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:50,039 inside whether it's a mesh system or wiring everything well realistically the 288 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:54,720 bigger one is probably going to be getting a router and devices that 289 00:20:52,159 --> 00:20:59,080 support 6 GHz yeah especially if you're in an apartment where the range is not 290 00:20:57,039 --> 00:21:02,360 going to be as important as using a frequency that no one else is using and 291 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:07,039 for the kind of money you would spend on a home renovation like this you could 292 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:11,240 literally buy yourself a new router buy your you and your whole 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