1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:08,800 If you're anything like me, there was a time when you thought wearable tech was 2 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:13,519 about to be the next big thing in consumer electronics. 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:19,199 Then 2017 happened and now you're just jaded AF because instead of having a 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:24,720 computer in your contact lens, all you've got is an endless sea of 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:26,720 inaccurate fitness trackers and smart 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:33,040 watches that make Homer Simpson look like a freaking genius. So, when I heard 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:35,200 about the Baselet, a subwoofer wristband 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:41,200 that promised to make you feel like you're surrounded by sound, I pulled in 9 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:49,600 enough internet for today and went to bed. But then I found out it was $200 10 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:55,920 and I thought, hm, this could be perfect fodder for useless tech over 100. So 11 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,440 then, are their claims completely 12 00:00:55,920 --> 00:01:04,030 baseless, or is this little device about to shake 13 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:13,280 up the way you listen to music? 14 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:21,600 The Rip Jaws KM570 mechanical keyboard from GSkill features full RGB, a simple 15 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:26,960 design, Cherry MX switches, and more. Check it out now at the link below. 16 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:32,000 The German engineered bass lit requires hardly any setup. Plug the sender into 17 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:36,320 your laptop or phone's headphone jack or dongle as it were. Then plug your 18 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:40,240 headphones into the sender. All the audio leaving your device passes through 19 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:45,680 the sender which routes the bass frequencies automatically to the IP 44 20 00:01:43,439 --> 00:01:51,280 rated bracelet over low energy Bluetooth. No pairing shenanigans 21 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:53,520 whatsoever. The design is an understated 22 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:58,479 matte black with a plastic finish that's subjectively okay and a single LED 23 00:01:56,479 --> 00:02:02,560 indicator light with two buttons for adjusting the intensity of your uh 24 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:06,799 experience. But good design is more than skin deep 25 00:02:04,799 --> 00:02:11,599 and lowfelt, the makers of the bracelet, cared enough to make the sender double 26 00:02:08,959 --> 00:02:16,480 as the unit's charger. And so to attach to the bracelet, you just magnetically 27 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:20,879 snap it on and the buttons are actually conductive contacts. It's an elegant 28 00:02:18,959 --> 00:02:24,400 idea, even if it only takes a slight bump to disrupt the connection. The only 29 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:29,680 part of the bracelet's design that stands out as flawed is the silicone 30 00:02:26,959 --> 00:02:33,360 wristband. It's pretty hard to put on, especially tightly, like the 31 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:38,000 instructions recommend. You should pretty much factor the replacement cost 32 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:42,800 into your purchase. Okay, then. So, you've got your beautifully designed 33 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:49,200 $200 vibrator strapped onto you, ready for the base psycho acoustic phenomenon 34 00:02:46,959 --> 00:02:54,000 to trick your brain into thinking your whole body is being accosted by sound 35 00:02:51,519 --> 00:02:57,519 waves. So, with your favorite tunes cranked, what does it actually feel 36 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:02,959 like? Well, just about exactly what you'd 37 00:03:00,239 --> 00:03:08,319 expect. Your wrist and by extension part of your hand and ARM will vibrate along 38 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:14,879 with the music. But but wait, hold on. Don't don't click away yet. It's not 39 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:17,440 like taping a a vibrating cell phone to 40 00:03:14,879 --> 00:03:22,800 your ARM. It's silent to the people around you. And there's variability in 41 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:27,280 the feel of the bass notes being pushed out. Like you can actually kind of 42 00:03:24,239 --> 00:03:30,480 distinguish a plucked string from a kick 43 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:32,319 drum, for example. And per the 44 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:36,720 recommendation of the reviewer's guide, we gave it some more time. It's 45 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:40,959 apparently supposed to take a session or two for your brain to adapt and merge 46 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:46,400 the sound from your ears and the vibrations on your ARM into a single 47 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:51,040 experience. And I have to admit, my 48 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:52,959 skepticism aside, it does in fact happen 49 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:58,319 if you wear it for a little while. Particularly with the intensity kind of 50 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:03,200 somewhere in the mid level, the bass starts to feel less localized and it 51 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:07,519 becomes harder to distinguish whether what you're feeling is coming from the 52 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:12,319 music or from the little trinket on your wrist, which is pretty cool. But that 53 00:04:10,799 --> 00:04:17,280 doesn't mean that the awareness that you're wearing a little subwoofer on 54 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:19,120 your ARM ever completely melts away. And 55 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:24,800 to expect that might be a little unrealistic. Then again, there are some 56 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:29,040 cases where having bass localized actually made a lot of sense to us, 57 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:33,199 namely gaming. So, cranking the basellet's intensity up to max and 58 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:38,639 throwing on a firsterson shooter like Doom can actually leave you pretty 59 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:43,440 shook. But we did find it worked best when it's on the wrist that's connected 60 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:47,840 to your mouse hand. Or thinking completely outside the box, you can 61 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:52,080 strap the chest thumping beats directly to your thorax to really get your heart 62 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:56,320 rate up. U please bear in mind though that the basel is not recommended for 63 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:02,160 people with pacemakers and also that duct tape sticks to chest hair really, 64 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:04,000 really well. Finally, while we did find 65 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:08,880 one guy online who likes to use his bracelet on his tummy, we got our best 66 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:13,440 results with the device above the waistband. Although, now that I think 67 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:17,000 about it, it does come with this extra shorter strap. 68 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:25,039 Anyway, the bassellet can also add some value in non- headphone situations, like 69 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:28,400 supplementing your base model car audio or keeping you immersed in your tunes as 70 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:35,280 you putt around the house. And it's got surprisingly decent range. So then I was 71 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:40,720 ready to tear this thing apart, but as far as jewelry goes, it's neither the 72 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:46,479 most expensive nor the most useless thing we have ever encountered. And my 73 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:52,560 initial skepticism and annoyance at needing to carry yet another freaking 74 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:56,240 dongle aside, it does make your music 75 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:58,080 experience feel a little bigger. 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