WEBVTT 00:00:05.600 --> 00:00:11.599 This video is brought to you by the Corsair Vengeance K70 and K95. These 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:15.519 fully mechanical keyboards are designed for performance gaming. Visit 00:00:14.120 --> 00:00:21.760 Corsair.com/vvenancegaming to learn more. Welcome to my unboxing of the Folk 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:29.760 Us or Focus or whatever you want to call it. Their domain is folk. us. And the 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:32.719 objective of this product is to help you 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:37.920 focus. I have no idea if it's total snake oil or if it's an actual thing. 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:41.760 So, I decided to buy one. We did not have this review sample provided to us. 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:47.920 I just forked over the money. I'm like, "Okay, I got to see this in action." So, 00:00:44.239 --> 00:00:50.719 their tagline is be fast, be focus. And 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:56.399 the implication of that is that this will make you faster and more focused. 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:58.800 It uses a technology called TDCS or 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:04.080 transcranial direct current stimulation. So while there may be evidence that TDCS 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:08.159 does do something, it's usually in a clinical setting and it's usually with 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:12.880 uh much different equipment. So this is the first consumer grade device that has 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:17.280 gotten FCC approval. There's no FDA certification of any sort on it because 00:01:14.720 --> 00:01:22.960 it is not considered a medical device. it is being marketed as a gaming device 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:27.680 to help you well focus a little bit better. And uh whether or not these 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:32.960 claims are true, I sort of, you know, definitely open for to debate. But 00:01:30.479 --> 00:01:36.159 anyway, the point is that there is it is not being sold as a medical device. So, 00:01:34.960 --> 00:01:40.880 let's go ahead and open it up, find out what's inside. The first thing we get is 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:44.560 a couple of focus stickers. Maybe just staring at those will help you focus. 00:01:42.479 --> 00:01:50.240 You never know. Uh, we also get a manual and warranty which shows you how to use 00:01:46.240 --> 00:01:52.799 it. So, the default settings will do 1 00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:57.759 milliamp for 10 minutes. It also shows you on their website how to apply it to 00:01:54.880 --> 00:02:02.000 your head in a sort of similar to this but a little bit different graphic. 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:06.079 Shows you how to put the sponges on. It really does feel very spacey. Ah, here 00:02:03.759 --> 00:02:10.479 it shows you the available TDCS modes. Now, it should be noted that not much in 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:15.599 terms of clinical trials has been done on the default mode that the Focus runs 00:02:12.640 --> 00:02:19.280 in. But if you get the accessory pack or extras pack or whatever else it's 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:25.200 called, you get a few different things including some different modes. So, you 00:02:21.440 --> 00:02:27.360 get sinus pulse, nose, and sham mode. 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:31.520 Sham mode is exactly what it sounds like. It's actually faking it so that 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:34.800 you can do blind tests and so you can figure out if it actually has any 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:40.160 effect. It includes a bunch of extra sponges. So those are dampening sponges. 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:44.959 Uh includes whatever these are. Some more pads for things. Some more wires 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:49.680 and doodads. Ah external. Right. These are the external pads and external 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:55.040 leads. So you can actually hook them up a little bit differently. Right. We got 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:59.319 more of those. Again, another little 00:02:55.040 --> 00:03:02.879 carrying case as well as evidently a 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:04.800 stand for the focus. All right. So 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:07.760 there's the extras pack. At any rate, I was mostly interested in the additional 00:03:06.239 --> 00:03:12.000 modes since some of the modes that it enables have been a little bit uh better 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:14.959 investigated. Uh there's an app that allows you to control it. So, you can 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:19.360 use the touch sensitive controls on the device itself or you can use an app in 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:24.080 order to adjust from anywhere from 0.8 milliamps to 2 milliamps and anywhere 00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:25.840 from 5 to 40 minutes. So, the app is 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:30.799 coming soon for iOS, coming soon for Android, and there will be Windows, Mac, 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:32.879 and Linux ones as well. So, let's have a 00:03:30.799 --> 00:03:37.440 look at the Oh, okay. I guess so. Inside here, you get a little bottle for 00:03:34.720 --> 00:03:41.760 dampening your sponges. You also get a charging cable. It uses micro USB 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:46.720 because everything does these days, even though it's a big piece of crap. And you 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:51.120 get a set, two sets of sponges. Now, our Focus appears to have arrived damaged, 00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:55.040 which is very disappointing, but I can see what happened here. I may attempt a 00:03:52.640 --> 00:03:58.720 DIY repair, but I would have hoped that that buying something that's a 00:03:56.319 --> 00:04:02.879 commercial product versus a DIY product, I would have been able to uh, you know, 00:04:00.720 --> 00:04:06.400 just use it out of the box. Moving over to the back of the unit, we find the 00:04:04.480 --> 00:04:09.840 touch sensitive buttons. So, these ones are for adjusting things up and down. 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:13.760 This can be used in any number of different ways, whether it's to start 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:18.959 Bluetooth pairing. It flashes the logo over here, either blue or red or fading 00:04:16.400 --> 00:04:22.560 or breathing or whatever to uh signify different modes and different settings 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:25.120 as you as you're adjusting things. Wouldn't have minded a little on screen 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:29.680 display because I think that would make life a little bit easier. Um down here 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:33.840 we find the charging port as well as an onoff switch and the port for the 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:38.639 external electrodes which were included with our extras kit. So you can either 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:43.040 plug in one of them just like that. So, this is a single single lead or there's 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:49.440 a there's one that comes with uh with dual leads. So, there you have it. Now, 00:04:46.400 --> 00:04:51.199 it should be noted that um Focus does 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:55.199 not recommend using this thing for anything other than sedentary gaming. 00:04:53.520 --> 00:04:59.120 So, it's not like, oh, I want to be better at, you know, playing hockey, so 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:02.960 I should, you know, use this thing for a little bit and uh hope that that's the 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:08.320 effect that it has. They they're expecting you to just use it for gaming. 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:11.520 Um, so we'll see how long it takes someone to use it for something other 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:15.600 than gaming. Uh, they say there's quite a few, you know, various side effects 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:19.280 that you could experience. Nausea, headaches, fatigue, visual artifacts. If 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:23.360 you experience any of these side effects, stop your session. You may feel 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:27.520 tingling, hot or cold sensations. If they become uncomfortable, painful, stop 00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:32.000 your session. So, uh, basically, I mean, from from sort of a pure common sense 00:05:29.520 --> 00:05:37.520 perspective, zapping your brain with, uh, electrical sort of, you know, 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:41.039 nonsense just seems kind of insane. But I'm definitely going to try it out. And 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:46.639 we will be following up once we get a working unit with our impressions of the 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:50.720 Focus once we've had a chance to uh, sit down and try it out a little bit. So, 00:05:48.479 --> 00:05:56.639 very, very exciting, guys. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and overview of 00:05:53.039 --> 00:05:57.840 the Focus TDCS device. Don't forget to 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:12.399 subscribe to L's Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.