1 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:21,520 Welcome to something we've never done before. This is actually going to be kind of a three-way unboxing of just 2 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:25,199 some recent stuff that Linus Media Group employees have bought that we think is 3 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:30,560 useful and we wanted to show you guys. So, first up is the Anttech Advance uh 4 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:34,719 uniquely named four- port USB charging station. What this is is it is from a 5 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:39,440 reputable brand, so you can actually trust it. And it is essentially a USB 6 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:44,239 power hub that is able to charge your devices not only faster, but also more 7 00:00:42,239 --> 00:00:49,440 efficiently than other solutions. So, inside the box, you find an AC power 8 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:55,680 cord and the USB charging hub itself. So, it's got a 2 or rather a 2 amp port, 9 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:59,680 another 2 amp port, and two 1 amp ports. All you do is plug it into the wall, and 10 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:03,920 it can provide a total of up to 5 amps. So, you'll notice this is a little bit 11 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:07,280 less than the 6 amps of total power that it can theoretically deliver on the 12 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:12,479 ports. But that's fine. It just means that things will go a little bit slower if you occupy all of them in your 13 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:16,320 charging devices all at the same time. The reason for going with someone like 14 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:19,680 Anttech for this is because all these safety certifications over current 15 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:23,439 protection, over voltage protection, all of that kind of stuff that it says it 16 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:28,080 has, it'll actually have. There are lots of other sort of cheap um Asian 17 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:31,680 knockoffs of products like this, but many of them either I don't necessarily 18 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:36,960 trust them. I don't necessarily think they're safe, or they are not actually 19 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:40,240 rated to output a decent amount of amperage on each of the ports. So you 20 00:01:39,119 --> 00:01:44,479 could plug a bunch of things into it, but they'd be limited to anywhere from, 21 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:49,119 you know, two amps to three amps total in spite of having a ton of USB ports. 22 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:53,600 So this highly recommended one lives on my nightstand now and has replaced a 23 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:59,680 Power Squid with a whole bunch of separate AC to USB walls plugged into 24 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,880 it. It's definitely a lot less bulky. 25 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:06,799 All right, let's move that out of the way. The next product, this is actually something that I bought. This one was 26 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:10,959 for me. I picked it up from Sennheiser. It is their little desk clamping 27 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:15,120 headphone stand. If you're any thing like me, then you've got headphones that 28 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:19,360 either live around your neck or on your head or on your desk or on the floor. 29 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,200 Those are those are the places that they end up. So, this guy right here just has 30 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:26,160 a little adjustable piece. So, you can pop it out like this. If I can figure 31 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:31,599 out how to do it. There's a little clamp here. Okay. So, you pop it out. You put it into any one of the three positions 32 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:35,519 so that it can either clamp onto a small desk, a medium desk, or a large desk. It 33 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:39,200 just has a little spinning thing right here that you can lock into place. Then 34 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,319 when you're done with your headphones, you can hang them on there. And the 35 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:46,239 advantage of having a real headphone stand versus uh some people also use 36 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:50,480 banana hooks. That's a pretty common sort of like sort of DIY mod for a 37 00:02:48,959 --> 00:02:54,400 headphone stand. The advantage of having one like this is that because it's going 38 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:57,599 to match the curvature of the top of your headphones and it has a little 39 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:01,440 groove for it, they're not going to fall off and the foam and padding is not 40 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:05,040 going to be damaged or indented in any way over the long term. And as you can 41 00:03:02,959 --> 00:03:09,519 see, this is a Steel Series headset I have on it right now. So, it's not 42 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:13,360 limited in any way to just Sennheiser headphones. It's just one of the nicer 43 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:17,440 ones out there. It's nice and padded and stuff. Our third one, this one was 44 00:03:14,959 --> 00:03:21,440 actually ordered by Edel and he's got a very unique need for this particular 45 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:26,200 product, but there's lots of other uses for it. So, this is the Into Circuit 46 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:32,239 Powerbank PC Castle 26,000. And it's uh if anything was over 47 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:36,720 9,000, this is it. So, the first thing you find inside the box is the PC Castle 48 00:03:34,799 --> 00:03:41,519 26,000. On the top, you see a voltage indicator, 19 volt, 16 volts, or 12vt 49 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:45,440 output. You've also got an LED indicator for the battery life. So, you can see 50 00:03:42,799 --> 00:03:47,840 we're at around 80%. On the three sides, there's nothing other than screws. And 51 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:55,920 on the bottom, you've got some little feet to hold it in place. So, what the devil is this thing? It is a 52 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:59,280 26,000 milliamp hour essentially battery 53 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:01,920 bank. So on the back you find a 2.1 amp 54 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:05,680 USB output, a voltage selector switch that goes from 12 to 16 to 19. These are 55 00:04:04,319 --> 00:04:10,560 clearly labeled on the bottom of the unit, and then you have DC out and DC in 56 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:14,159 for charging. It also comes with a variety of tips. So while I'm unpacking 57 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:18,160 the accessories here, I'll walk you guys through why Edel needs one, and that is 58 00:04:16,239 --> 00:04:21,359 so Edel is Diesel, just for those of you who aren't familiar with the real names 59 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:25,280 that we're using for people now. Um, so he has a Blackmagic cinema camera and 60 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,880 wanted to have something that could be kind of strapped to the camera or 61 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:33,120 clipped to a tripod that would provide much longer battery life at a very 62 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:37,280 reasonable cost. So, it's under $100. In fact, all of the items we have here are 63 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:41,919 under $100. I think this one's like 30 bucks, 40 bucks or something like that. 64 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:43,440 And the headphone holder is about $20. 65 00:04:41,919 --> 00:04:46,400 Um, so he wanted something to give a much better battery life for that, but 66 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:50,320 it actually can work for a lot of different things as well. So you'll see 67 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:54,240 it comes with a wide variety of notebook tips. So you can actually use this to 68 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,840 extend your notebook battery life. Just for scale, I'm going to hold it up next 69 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:04,639 to what I'd consider to be a fairly typical gaming notebook. This is a 70 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:06,000 GX GX 660 from MSI. So it's it's bulky, 71 00:05:04,639 --> 00:05:11,440 but if you had this in your bag in addition to your gaming notebook, it's not the end of the world. And to put it 72 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:17,600 in perspective, this is 26,000 mAh. This notebook has a 7,800 mAh battery. So, 73 00:05:14,479 --> 00:05:18,960 you'd be looking at about 4 to 5xing the 74 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:24,080 effective battery that you'd get out of your notebook uh using one of these 75 00:05:21,039 --> 00:05:25,199 tips. There's also an AC to DC plug. So, 76 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:30,720 you go ahead and plug this in. This is how you actually charge the unit. So, 77 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:32,479 that is an 18.5 volt 2 amp adapter in 78 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:38,800 order to charge that baby up. You've also got a USB to DC adapter. You've got 79 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:43,759 some other random adapters. So, the idea is that it comes with H There we go. So, 80 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:48,880 we've got like uh looks like iPhone as well as micro USB. So, there are some 81 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:52,080 adapter tips for this guy right here so that you can have whatever you're going 82 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:56,080 to need in order to charge things off of the unit. And finally, it comes with a 83 00:05:54,560 --> 00:06:00,080 little carrying case and a warranty card. So, very, very versatile. I think 84 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:05,520 a couple other people here are planning to get one, so that was why I figured I'd show this to you guys. Thank you for 85 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:10,120 checking out our little I guess we'll call this segment stuff that costs less 86 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:13,919 than $100 and makes your geeky life better. 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