1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,799 It's handy tech under a hundred time again. And this time, no sticky stuff. 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:11,759 I've got a better way to charge, a better way to communicate, a better way 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:13,380 to cool, and a better way to dongle. 4 00:00:11,759 --> 00:00:18,329 Let's do 5 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:28,160 it. be quiet!. Silent Wings 3 use a smooth running six-pole motor to remain 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:33,120 silent and better cool your PC. Check them out at the link below. 7 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:37,520 Number one is the Ant Lion Mod Mic 5, a boomstyle microphone that can attach to 8 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:43,360 any pair of headphones, turning them into a very capable and modular headset 9 00:00:40,559 --> 00:00:46,879 for 70 bucks. This way, you get to keep your audio filegrade headphones that 10 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:51,360 you'd prefer to listen to instead of resorting to clipping a mic to your 11 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:56,559 clothes, putting a desktop microphone in front of you, or switching to a gaming 12 00:00:53,600 --> 00:01:03,039 headset. All of which might not be ideal solutions for a variety of unsurprising 13 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:05,519 reasons. There are good gaming headset 14 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:10,479 options like the ATTH AG1 from Audio Technica, but spending that kind of 15 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:14,799 money doesn't make a lot of sense if you already have awesome headphones that you 16 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:18,640 personally like and you don't want to lose their sound signature, which can be 17 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:22,560 annoying. Of course, if it sucked, we wouldn't bother talking about it. But 18 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:26,159 now in its fifth generation, the Mod Mic does sound great. Though I don't expect 19 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:32,000 you to take my word for it. I'm going to read the rest of this paragraph on a handful of competing solutions. Once the 20 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:36,960 bass is attached to your headphones, you can clip it on or remove it easily with 21 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:41,759 its built-in magnet. It has a dual mic capsule with an omniirectional mic and a 22 00:01:39,439 --> 00:01:45,759 separate unidirectional mic. A modular mute switch, a cable rack to protect 23 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:49,439 your wires and simplify your setup, modular cable lengths, the right 24 00:01:47,759 --> 00:01:54,159 adapters get you going no matter what device you have, other than I guess an 25 00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:58,640 iPhone 7. Although, if you have one of those Bluetooth audio dongle things, you 26 00:01:56,479 --> 00:02:04,159 could get it to work with the Y adapter. And there's also Kevlar reinforced 27 00:02:00,399 --> 00:02:08,000 wiring because why not? Number two, the 28 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:10,319 Silverstone 1 to8 PWM fan hub, which is 29 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:15,840 way cooler than the name makes it sound. Yes. Yes, it's just a fan hub, but it is 30 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:19,599 a four pin PWM, so it will support whatever fans you'd like. It looks very 31 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:24,000 sleek and will go in pretty much any case, even with all the tempered glass 32 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:28,560 that's been going around lately. The cables are an appropriate length, so you 33 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:33,280 won't have a ton of excess, but there also will be enough to actually plug 34 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:37,840 them in, which is important. And it comes with awesome 3M dual lock adhesive 35 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:41,680 strips, so you can put it anywhere in your case that you'd like. No more 36 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:46,040 awkward fan cables running all around your motherboard searching for just one 37 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:51,120 more fan header. Just one single cable to control 38 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:56,800 the speed, and it's only 12 bucks. less than you'd pay for many premium fans. 39 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:58,959 Anyways, number three, the Fin 6 Dart. 40 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:02,800 It's barely under a hundred bucks, but it's really cool. It's a laptop charger 41 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:07,680 that's so small that when I first saw it, I genuinely asked if it was actually 42 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:13,360 just for charging phones. And while I can do that with the integrated 2.1 amp 43 00:03:10,239 --> 00:03:15,519 USB port, it also charges laptops. In 44 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:20,480 the box, you'll get your Dart charger, a nice carrying pouch for everything, nine 45 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:24,519 tips for charging a variety of laptops, and a thank you note for their 46 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:30,400 Kickstarter. What? A decent product that I like from 47 00:03:27,879 --> 00:03:34,879 Kickstarter. Okay, that was weird. And it gets even more unbelievable. If none 48 00:03:32,799 --> 00:03:39,360 of the included adapters actually work for you, just email them and they'll 49 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:44,400 send you one that does for free. That's cool. Now, unsurprisingly, it's not that 50 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:48,239 strong. At only 65 watts of output, you'll be stuck with the thinner, 51 00:03:46,239 --> 00:03:53,280 sleeker selection of laptops out there if you want full charging performance. 52 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:58,159 But that being said, it does work with laptops that want more juice, like my 53 00:03:55,519 --> 00:04:03,680 old ASUS Bamboo, whose included charger is rated for about 90 watts. It will 54 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:07,760 charge just a little bit more slowly, which may be a fair trade-off while 55 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:13,040 traveling if you're going to be able to charge overnight and bag space is at a 56 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,280 premium. Thanks, United. Last but 57 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:24,400 potentially not least, we have number four, the Axel XL axle, whatever. It's a 58 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:26,720 DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 adapter. 59 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:31,360 Most graphics cards these days only have one HDMI port. Sometimes you need more. 60 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:36,880 Sure, your monitors probably take DisplayPort, but VR headsets, capture 61 00:04:33,919 --> 00:04:42,080 cards, TVs, and video splitters are almost always HDMI only. Big deal, Luke. 62 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:46,400 There's like a million of these on Newegg, right? Okay. But if you dig a 63 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:54,080 little deeper into the specs, most of them are HDMI 1.4, which means they're 64 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:56,160 limited to 4K at 30 Hz instead of 60 Hz, 65 00:04:54,080 --> 00:05:01,040 which means your highresolution display will feel laggy and stutter in 66 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:05,759 everything from games to even basic desktop use. Which brings us finally to 67 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:10,320 the full disclosure part of these handy tech episodes. Since they're structured 68 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:15,280 more as a recommendation to buy with links below to Amazon versus a review, 69 00:05:13,039 --> 00:05:20,639 we like to disclose why we chose these and how we acquired them. Item one, the 70 00:05:17,919 --> 00:05:25,039 Mod Mic 5 was actually sent to us by Ant Lion for an ad spot we did for them a 71 00:05:23,039 --> 00:05:30,639 little while ago, but Linus has always loved these things and I have too. And 72 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:33,840 this one is just well more to love. Item 73 00:05:30,639 --> 00:05:36,400 two, the Silverstone 128 PWM fan hub was 74 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:41,759 sent by Silverstone for Lionus' desk PC project, though unfortunately it didn't 75 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:46,800 arrive in time. The Finix Dart. Lionus backed this a thousand freaking years 76 00:05:43,919 --> 00:05:51,360 ago, and it just arrived a couple weeks ago. 77 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:56,479 Item four, the Excel DisplayPort to HDMI adapter was purchased by Lionus 78 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:03,759 personally to solve his decidedly firstworld problem of how to connect his 79 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:07,680 4K TV and his HTC Vive to the 980 Ti in 80 00:06:03,759 --> 00:06:09,039 his Media Center PC at the same time. 81 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:13,600 All right, guys. If you like this video, like it. If you disliked it, dislike it. Get subscribe to see all the awesome 82 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:16,720 stuff we have to offer. Jump on Amazon at the link down in the description 83 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:20,960 below to buy any of these things. I believe they're all available there. You 84 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:25,199 can also check the link around there to see shirts that we have available and 85 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:28,880 same location forum link where you can discuss a bunch of stuff or even suggest 86 00:06:27,199 --> 00:06:33,919 more items that might be good for another future handy tech under 100 87 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:37,600 video or useless tech over a 100 video. I'd like to do one of those as well. 88 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:43,360 I'll see you guys next time. Check out this video which is the handy tech 89 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,360 sticky stuff that I did last time.