WEBVTT 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 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:11.960 the ceiling no it'll be fine this paint 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:13.960 is designed to block 5G waves and while 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:17.880 it might be marketed to folks who are trying to protect themselves from the 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:23.080 dangers of the 5G when we tried it over a year ago we 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:28.160 found that not only did the EMF blocking functionality work it worked 00:00:25.279 --> 00:00:33.239 surprisingly well which got us thinking if this paint can keep outside signals 00:00:30.880 --> 00:00:37.600 from penetrating our box could it also keep outside signals from penetrating an 00:00:35.239 --> 00:00:42.440 apartment eliminating interference from pesky neighbors well you may remember 00:00:40.160 --> 00:00:46.160 from our too much Wi-Fi video that having even as few as six people 00:00:44.440 --> 00:00:51.640 broadcasting on the same frequency around you can noticeably degrade your 00:00:48.360 --> 00:00:54.559 wireless internet is this the solution 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:59.399 there's only one way to test hey who wants me to paint their house 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:03.359 black okay I probably should have seen that one coming 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:08.759 wait I know someone with a weak backbone who can't tell me 00:01:04.720 --> 00:01:10.840 no man I'm stoked our sponsor Asus sent 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 00:01:19.240 --> 00:01:25.680 apartment hey there Elijah I'm here to paint your balls black and teir down 00:01:23.600 --> 00:01:28.680 your book shells no please don't all the intro 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 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:46.280 high concentration of graphite which after applying and drying helps to block 00:01:44.360 --> 00:01:50.000 almost all of the RF frequencies that you would find in a typical home War 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:55.040 more the brand of paint that we're using today graciously sent us all of the 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:57.799 paint which is good because otherwise it 00:01:55.040 --> 00:02:01.840 would have cost us about $3,000 to treat this apartment and that's without the 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:05.680 strapping Lads will be applying now warm more has products on their site that are 00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:10.800 obviously pseudo science snake oil nonsense but this isn't one of them it 00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:14.920 actually blocks RF which means that you really shouldn't use it to paint a wall 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:19.519 that sits between your router and where you'll want to use your devices say for 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:24.280 example this one they also say that you need to ground your walls in order for 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 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:32.360 make a couple of things really clear one is that while we're using product from 00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:36.680 warm more we do not agree with any of the claims that they make about the 00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:41.519 health benefits of blocking exposure to Wi-Fi and 5G cell towers our goal is 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:46.200 simply to reduce the signal strength of Elijah's neighbor's Wi-Fi to try to 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:49.920 improve the Wi-Fi performance within his apartment number two is that we know 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 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:58.519 faay cage like environment here and there's going to be a lot of leakage we 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 00:03:00.920 --> 00:03:07.640 Elijah needs to choose one of the two routers that Asus sent over the rtb 88u 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:11.879 which looks more like your typical router but has a whopping eight land 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:16.280 ports with two of them being 2 and 1/2 gig for fast connections between your 00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:21.000 wir devices not to mention an SFP Plus Port for 10 00:03:17.799 --> 00:03:23.280 gig kind of Overkill yeah speaking of 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:29.360 Overkill the other option is the r Raptor GTB 98 Pro it has fewer ports but 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:33.120 it does have dual 10 gig connections not to mention this delightful 00:03:33.200 --> 00:03:40.799 box realistically we know which one you're choosing so you can put that one 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:46.560 down but both of them feature blazing fast Wi-Fi 7speeds and multi-link 00:03:43.640 --> 00:03:52.560 operation or mllo which allows multiple bands to be used at the same time for 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:55.200 some truly shocking speeds this thing is 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 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 00:04:02.959 --> 00:04:10.200 worth would you like to know no it's probably better not to okay dude this 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:14.239 thing looks like a wraith king crown on your freaking 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:18.479 shelf and you got to know Asus knows they're doing it at this point routers 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 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:26.040 Explorer Pro to get some before measurements so that we have a baseline 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 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 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 00:04:35.320 --> 00:04:40.919 from wherever we measure as well as all the channels and even the Spectrum 00:04:38.520 --> 00:04:44.960 waterfall view so we can see activity on the network okay cool it's not really 00:04:43.280 --> 00:04:49.280 the activity that we're most worried about we are mostly worried about the 00:04:46.960 --> 00:04:52.600 sheer number of access points that are surrounding Elijah's space mhm and this 00:04:51.400 --> 00:04:59.960 will be able to tell us that as well polluting his blood with their RF yeah 00:04:55.960 --> 00:05:03.080 then presky 5G I just want my 5G 00:04:59.960 --> 00:05:05.199 dude this is wild I was like no way 00:05:03.080 --> 00:05:10.560 there's this many devices broadcasting near you and then I was like 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:14.560 yo yep if everyone's using their ISP router they're probably by default 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 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:22.720 cool modes there's this power meter where you can just see the exact power 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:26.240 that's being broadcast on a particular frequency there's the Spectrum analyzer 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:30.240 mode with a waterfall view so you can see activity over time this is super 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 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 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 00:05:41.080 --> 00:05:47.600 interested in for our purposes is Wi-Fi analyzer this shows us how much Wi-Fi 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:52.680 pollution is around us potentially gunking up your signal making your 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:53.960 router wait its turn so rather than do 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:58.960 our before test the way that I had proposed before what I want to do is 00:05:55.840 --> 00:06:01.840 turn off your router it measure a 00:05:58.960 --> 00:06:05.080 Baseline then we paint everything and we measure the Baseline again then we can 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:08.520 do a quick speed test or something like that and make sure you're getting good 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 00:06:10.520 --> 00:06:17.319 a few key points I'm thinking in bed on 00:06:14.039 --> 00:06:18.560 the couch and the kitchen sure I was oh 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 00:06:21.479 --> 00:06:28.599 a really tight space surrounded by a neighbor right away and we can paint the 00:06:25.599 --> 00:06:30.680 roof and the wall there and also because 00:06:28.599 --> 00:06:33.880 of the importance of you know the 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:39.919 bathroom yeah I don't want to know what you're do there on your 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:46.840 Wi-Fi stop and we're done with that out of the 00:06:43.400 --> 00:06:49.120 way we can get to painting nice put it 00:06:46.840 --> 00:06:52.960 over over there I mean I know you weren't playing Dance games what was 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:56.720 that supposed to mean nothing what the heck is that supposed to mean nothing 00:06:55.199 --> 00:07:03.199 that you obviously haven't been playing Dance games had you considered maybe 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:05.319 like doing a good job of this what the 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:08.840 patches in the wall those were there before I got the place do you have 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 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 00:07:13.440 --> 00:07:21.080 painting and and it's costing thousands 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:24.720 of dollars correct so you take 4 seconds 00:07:21.080 --> 00:07:26.319 and sand it with sandpaper I don't have 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:30.840 sandpaper Timber no please please kill me so I can 00:07:29.520 --> 00:07:35.120 the workers comp are you the Star Wars 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 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:47.560 lowf frequency electrical Fields like from the wires in your walls so by 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:52.000 grounding it we give that buildup somewhere to go so if we didn't ground 00:07:50.440 --> 00:07:55.560 it does that mean my would have electric walls to like electrocute people why 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 00:07:58.159 --> 00:08:03.840 good timing for that siren okay as cool as that would be though no 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 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 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:16.560 block and because radio waves and electricity can make electrons wiggle 00:08:14.280 --> 00:08:20.720 that wiggling can actually emit radio waves making the walls almost like a low 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:27.080 powered antenna so that would defeat the whole purpose of applying this paint all 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:29.840 right this is GSX 50 tape and this is a 00:08:27.080 --> 00:08:33.560 GW grounding plate also made by warmart judging by the pictures on their site it 00:08:31.400 --> 00:08:39.959 seems like one strip running the length of the wall is enough to keep it 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:42.200 grounded so I guess let's do it you're 00:08:39.959 --> 00:08:45.680 grounded you know there's speaker wire that you can run like this too hey oh 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:48.760 yeah for like surrounds and then you paint over it it's super cool it's 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 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 00:08:54.480 --> 00:09:00.079 have one piece of tape that goes vertical what and then it looks like 00:08:57.680 --> 00:09:04.959 this actually goes over top of the tape so the only thing that seems to matter 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:10.440 is that every surface that's painted is connected to the tape in some 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 00:09:12.640 --> 00:09:18.839 we could just run it all along the baseboards it seems yes okay then let's 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 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 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 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:40.440 that's what smooth is oh nice right yeah it looks about the 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:45.399 same no it uh I really hope that doesn't bust 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:51.200 open please pour the paint pour the paint Elijah pour the paint pour the 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 00:09:53.680 --> 00:10:00.480 they really don't want kids to get into 00:09:56.680 --> 00:10:03.480 this or Elijah oh my God 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:06.240 like cutting up my 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:10.399 hand that was a nice sound that was a nice 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:14.600 sound okay I'm having regrets 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:18.680 now H oh no I touched it already nice 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:20.320 well I can just like no oh my God I mean 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 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 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:34.079 entire Place black thanks Asus well full credit to them for 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:37.000 coverage here this is actually comical 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 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 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 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 00:10:52.800 --> 00:10:58.760 no you can paint but just jeez what's so 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 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 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:11.519 pencil okay okay not like 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 00:11:13.079 --> 00:11:18.600 that either what do you hear Bohemian okay the point is you hold it like a 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 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:25.800 okay no control lots of control okay and 00:11:23.959 --> 00:11:31.240 then you use the angle of the brush okay so the bulk of the paint goes 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:39.279 on here here okay and that's your fine line so you drag 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:41.639 it across the very very very bottom like 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:43.880 that okay and then Tak a straight line like 00:11:44.839 --> 00:11:49.800 that what what why are you judging me 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 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 00:11:57.680 --> 00:12:03.360 should feel bad Elijah I actually do 00:12:00.839 --> 00:12:06.560 need a taller stool I can't really reach the 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 00:12:07.839 --> 00:12:14.199 ceiling as well oh God I forgot that 00:12:11.800 --> 00:12:19.440 yeah oh that's horrible yeah this is going to be so oppressive 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 00:12:21.839 --> 00:12:27.600 no that's not an exterior wall 00:12:27.760 --> 00:12:35.279 oh a li did you check if 00:12:32.760 --> 00:12:41.160 this what this ceiling has not been painted before correct so no we can't 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 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 00:12:48.040 --> 00:12:55.399 water-based paint yeah this is water 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:58.440 soluble H it will like melt off the 00:12:55.399 --> 00:13:00.519 ceiling did the painters like mention 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 00:13:03.800 --> 00:13:09.920 no they can't stop it I it will melt off 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 00:13:13.560 --> 00:13:22.079 well then be careful okay so can I have a chair then we've come full 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 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 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 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:48.040 height wow I think we're basically done 00:13:45.920 --> 00:13:50.720 for today though that took too long is this where we have the professionals 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 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 00:13:58.160 --> 00:14:04.669 they are 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:13.519 man this apartment is so dark now the funny part is Taylor and I actually kind 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 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 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:26.560 the tiniest bit of Sparkle on my fingers from the actual graphite that's in the 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:29.480 wall almost if like a pencil was shaded so if we bump or move anything against 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 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:39.880 though is the ceiling I'm not really sure if there was a miscommunication or 00:14:37.199 --> 00:14:44.560 what happened but they did not apply any sort of primer or protective coating to 00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:50.240 the ceiling before spraying the RF paint on it so uh my ceiling is falling apart 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:54.279 now which sucks and we are working on a resolution with this but it actually 00:14:51.959 --> 00:14:58.199 hasn't stopped the paint from clearly working when I was at the office I 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 00:14:59.680 --> 00:15:06.199 once it was blacked out only for her to respond to me on Facebook Messenger 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:10.680 because she was saying her messages the photos weren't actually sending over 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:14.199 text they were failing that's because she was still trying to use a cellular 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:18.240 connection to send those photos some things still work such as texting and 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:23.000 phone calls but anything that was a large file loading a YouTube video 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:27.399 sending a photo or trying to FaceTime over that Cellular Connection it was not 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:30.639 a good experience thankfully though the ASUS router has been picking up the 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 00:15:32.959 --> 00:15:38.519 or even FaceTime family so at least I got that going just because the router's 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 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:47.759 actually reached out to our friends over at way form and they sent me the Celli 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:49.160 go g41 smart signal booster these are 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 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:58.519 antenna mounted on my balcony towards a cell tower somewhere which thankfully 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:02.040 Marcus actually sent me over a map of the area so I know which direction to 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 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:11.079 signal booster which is the indoor antenna that'll sit inside mounted that 00:16:09.079 --> 00:16:14.759 way my wife can you know send more cat photos over text we're actually not 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 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:24.279 remember in our before tests we just were analyzing our neighbor Wi-Fi to see 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 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 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 00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:39.040 start with the ceiling it's falling apart do you want to see the 00:16:37.160 --> 00:16:43.000 pictures I already know what it's going to look like remember I professionally 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 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:53.240 lot if you paint a stipple ceiling with water-based paint it disintegrates which 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:56.959 I warned Elijah about so really this is on him to be fair the contractor said 00:16:55.600 --> 00:17:01.279 we'll probably need to spray this with something or prime it I was like okay 00:17:00.040 --> 00:17:05.360 we're now in talks about getting it scraped cuz yeah you have to 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:11.720 yeah this is not my fault no it's not I 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 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:19.400 file roll the footage this is Ed cut the 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 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:29.440 like melt off the ceiling yeah it's it's the 00:17:26.360 --> 00:17:30.960 entire apartment that's a disaster dude 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 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 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 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 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:53.080 put an oilbased coating on then they would have to put the RF blocking stuff 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 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 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 00:18:03.840 --> 00:18:09.840 think we saw well you already spoiled that with the coding on the walls Taylor 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:12.919 couldn't send MMS messages anymore right yeah 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:18.760 photos text she could still take phone calls but actual large chunks of data 00:18:15.159 --> 00:18:21.280 could not go through interesting yes as 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 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 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 00:18:35.280 --> 00:18:42.880 see what so sadly on the 5 GHz Spectrum 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:45.080 we actually saw no improvement maybe 1 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 00:18:46.320 --> 00:18:52.080 thought but on the 2.4 Spectrum we saw a 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:55.799 20% Improvement in the bathroom and a 27% Improvement in the living room and 00:18:54.559 --> 00:19:00.240 then the kitchen was somewhere in between that that's actually not bad 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:04.960 yeah and is that just in the attenuation of the nearby signals yep well that's 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:09.280 awesome because 2.4 GHz is the problematic one 100% that's the one that 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:12.960 you're stuck using for your iot devices and stuff like that and they'll just 00:19:11.080 --> 00:19:15.559 they'll be flaky and you won't realize while they're flaky they're flaky 00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:20.280 because all your neighbors have all of their crap broadcasting on I mean I I I 00:19:18.159 --> 00:19:23.360 wouldn't spend this kind of money on it it wasn't groundbreaking but again like 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 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:30.799 for me right so but I think I think this 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 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:41.200 neighbors below me you heard it here first Elijah wanted to go all the way 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:43.640 below me right if we had painted the 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:46.919 actual floor we could have probably seen even more of an improvement right cuz 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:51.159 there's a lot of people below you yeah and another thing we noticed with both 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:56.039 measuring the 2.4 and the 5 GHz spectrum is they appeared more stable there 00:19:53.320 --> 00:20:00.360 wasn't crazy you know Cliffs and valleys on each of the channels interesting I 00:19:58.480 --> 00:20:04.480 had one other note which was I guarantee there was more people home that day I 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:09.400 don't know really yeah because we filmed the after results on boxing day and we 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:14.799 filmed our before results on a typical workday and judging by my parking lot 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:20.120 there was definitely more people home oh well that's cool so what that means is 00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:22.679 that a we definitely got a good result 00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:27.520 and B our good result is probably more better yeah than what we thought yeah 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:32.440 exactly so I wouldn't recommend spending this kind of money for this outcome but 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 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 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:44.880 would probably be a better investment is like actually upgrading your network 00:20:42.760 --> 00:20:50.039 inside whether it's a mesh system or wiring everything well realistically the 00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:54.720 bigger one is probably going to be getting a router and devices that 00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:59.080 support 6 GHz yeah especially if you're in an apartment where the range is not 00:20:57.039 --> 00:21:02.360 going to be as important as using a frequency that no one else is using and 00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:07.039 for the kind of money you would spend on a home renovation like this you could 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:11.240 literally buy yourself a new router buy your you and your whole family new 00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:16.120 phones 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