WEBVTT 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 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:25.199 some recent stuff that Linus Media Group employees have bought that we think is 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:30.560 useful and we wanted to show you guys. So, first up is the Anttech Advance uh 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:34.719 uniquely named four- port USB charging station. What this is is it is from a 00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:39.440 reputable brand, so you can actually trust it. And it is essentially a USB 00:00:37.360 --> 00:00:44.239 power hub that is able to charge your devices not only faster, but also more 00:00:42.239 --> 00:00:49.440 efficiently than other solutions. So, inside the box, you find an AC power 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, 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 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 00:01:01.120 --> 00:01:07.280 less than the 6 amps of total power that it can theoretically deliver on the 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 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:16.320 charging devices all at the same time. The reason for going with someone like 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:19.680 Anttech for this is because all these safety certifications over current 00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:23.439 protection, over voltage protection, all of that kind of stuff that it says it 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:28.080 has, it'll actually have. There are lots of other sort of cheap um Asian 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:31.680 knockoffs of products like this, but many of them either I don't necessarily 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:36.960 trust them. I don't necessarily think they're safe, or they are not actually 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:40.240 rated to output a decent amount of amperage on each of the ports. So you 00:01:39.119 --> 00:01:44.479 could plug a bunch of things into it, but they'd be limited to anywhere from, 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. 00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:53.600 So this highly recommended one lives on my nightstand now and has replaced a 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:59.680 Power Squid with a whole bunch of separate AC to USB walls plugged into 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.880 it. It's definitely a lot less bulky. 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 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:10.959 for me. I picked it up from Sennheiser. It is their little desk clamping 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:15.120 headphone stand. If you're any thing like me, then you've got headphones that 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. 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 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:26.160 a little adjustable piece. So, you can pop it out like this. If I can figure 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 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 00:02:34.160 --> 00:02:39.200 just has a little spinning thing right here that you can lock into place. Then 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:42.319 when you're done with your headphones, you can hang them on there. And the 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:46.239 advantage of having a real headphone stand versus uh some people also use 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:50.480 banana hooks. That's a pretty common sort of like sort of DIY mod for a 00:02:48.959 --> 00:02:54.400 headphone stand. The advantage of having one like this is that because it's going 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.599 to match the curvature of the top of your headphones and it has a little 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 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 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 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:13.360 limited in any way to just Sennheiser headphones. It's just one of the nicer 00:03:11.440 --> 00:03:17.440 ones out there. It's nice and padded and stuff. Our third one, this one was 00:03:14.959 --> 00:03:21.440 actually ordered by Edel and he's got a very unique need for this particular 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:26.200 product, but there's lots of other uses for it. So, this is the Into Circuit 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:32.239 Powerbank PC Castle 26,000. And it's uh if anything was over 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 00:03:34.799 --> 00:03:41.519 26,000. On the top, you see a voltage indicator, 19 volt, 16 volts, or 12vt 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:45.440 output. You've also got an LED indicator for the battery life. So, you can see 00:03:42.799 --> 00:03:47.840 we're at around 80%. On the three sides, there's nothing other than screws. And 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 00:03:51.720 --> 00:03:59.280 26,000 milliamp hour essentially battery 00:03:55.920 --> 00:04:01.920 bank. So on the back you find a 2.1 amp 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:05.680 USB output, a voltage selector switch that goes from 12 to 16 to 19. These are 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 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:14.159 for charging. It also comes with a variety of tips. So while I'm unpacking 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:18.160 the accessories here, I'll walk you guys through why Edel needs one, and that is 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 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:25.280 that we're using for people now. Um, so he has a Blackmagic cinema camera and 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:28.880 wanted to have something that could be kind of strapped to the camera or 00:04:26.880 --> 00:04:33.120 clipped to a tripod that would provide much longer battery life at a very 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 00:04:34.960 --> 00:04:41.919 under $100. I think this one's like 30 bucks, 40 bucks or something like that. 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:43.440 And the headphone holder is about $20. 00:04:41.919 --> 00:04:46.400 Um, so he wanted something to give a much better battery life for that, but 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:50.320 it actually can work for a lot of different things as well. So you'll see 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:54.240 it comes with a wide variety of notebook tips. So you can actually use this to 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:57.840 extend your notebook battery life. Just for scale, I'm going to hold it up next 00:04:56.080 --> 00:05:04.639 to what I'd consider to be a fairly typical gaming notebook. This is a 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:06.000 GX GX 660 from MSI. So it's it's bulky, 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 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:17.600 in perspective, this is 26,000 mAh. This notebook has a 7,800 mAh battery. So, 00:05:14.479 --> 00:05:18.960 you'd be looking at about 4 to 5xing the 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:24.080 effective battery that you'd get out of your notebook uh using one of these 00:05:21.039 --> 00:05:25.199 tips. There's also an AC to DC plug. So, 00:05:24.080 --> 00:05:30.720 you go ahead and plug this in. This is how you actually charge the unit. So, 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:32.479 that is an 18.5 volt 2 amp adapter in 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 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, 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 00:05:46.479 --> 00:05:52.080 adapter tips for this guy right here so that you can have whatever you're going 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 00:05:54.560 --> 00:06:00.080 little carrying case and a warranty card. So, very, very versatile. I think 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 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:10.120 checking out our little I guess we'll call this segment stuff that costs less 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:13.919 than $100 and makes your geeky life better. Like the video if you liked it, 00:06:12.400 --> 00:06:18.400 dislike it if you disliked it. 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