WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:08.800 If you're anything like me, there was a time when you thought wearable tech was 00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:13.519 about to be the next big thing in consumer electronics. 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:19.199 Then 2017 happened and now you're just jaded AF because instead of having a 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:24.720 computer in your contact lens, all you've got is an endless sea of 00:00:21.520 --> 00:00:26.720 inaccurate fitness trackers and smart 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:33.040 watches that make Homer Simpson look like a freaking genius. So, when I heard 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:35.200 about the Baselet, a subwoofer wristband 00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:41.200 that promised to make you feel like you're surrounded by sound, I pulled in 00:00:39.040 --> 00:00:49.600 enough internet for today and went to bed. But then I found out it was $200 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:55.920 and I thought, hm, this could be perfect fodder for useless tech over 100. So 00:00:52.800 --> 00:00:57.440 then, are their claims completely 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:04.030 baseless, or is this little device about to shake 00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:13.280 up the way you listen to music? 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:21.600 The Rip Jaws KM570 mechanical keyboard from GSkill features full RGB, a simple 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:26.960 design, Cherry MX switches, and more. Check it out now at the link below. 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:32.000 The German engineered bass lit requires hardly any setup. Plug the sender into 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:36.320 your laptop or phone's headphone jack or dongle as it were. Then plug your 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:40.240 headphones into the sender. All the audio leaving your device passes through 00:01:38.320 --> 00:01:45.680 the sender which routes the bass frequencies automatically to the IP 44 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:51.280 rated bracelet over low energy Bluetooth. No pairing shenanigans 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:53.520 whatsoever. The design is an understated 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:58.479 matte black with a plastic finish that's subjectively okay and a single LED 00:01:56.479 --> 00:02:02.560 indicator light with two buttons for adjusting the intensity of your uh 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:06.799 experience. But good design is more than skin deep 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:11.599 and lowfelt, the makers of the bracelet, cared enough to make the sender double 00:02:08.959 --> 00:02:16.480 as the unit's charger. And so to attach to the bracelet, you just magnetically 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:20.879 snap it on and the buttons are actually conductive contacts. It's an elegant 00:02:18.959 --> 00:02:24.400 idea, even if it only takes a slight bump to disrupt the connection. The only 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:29.680 part of the bracelet's design that stands out as flawed is the silicone 00:02:26.959 --> 00:02:33.360 wristband. It's pretty hard to put on, especially tightly, like the 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:38.000 instructions recommend. You should pretty much factor the replacement cost 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:42.800 into your purchase. Okay, then. So, you've got your beautifully designed 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:49.200 $200 vibrator strapped onto you, ready for the base psycho acoustic phenomenon 00:02:46.959 --> 00:02:54.000 to trick your brain into thinking your whole body is being accosted by sound 00:02:51.519 --> 00:02:57.519 waves. So, with your favorite tunes cranked, what does it actually feel 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:02.959 like? Well, just about exactly what you'd 00:03:00.239 --> 00:03:08.319 expect. Your wrist and by extension part of your hand and ARM will vibrate along 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 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:17.440 like taping a a vibrating cell phone to 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:22.800 your ARM. It's silent to the people around you. And there's variability in 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:27.280 the feel of the bass notes being pushed out. Like you can actually kind of 00:03:24.239 --> 00:03:30.480 distinguish a plucked string from a kick 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:32.319 drum, for example. And per the 00:03:30.480 --> 00:03:36.720 recommendation of the reviewer's guide, we gave it some more time. It's 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:40.959 apparently supposed to take a session or two for your brain to adapt and merge 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:46.400 the sound from your ears and the vibrations on your ARM into a single 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:51.040 experience. And I have to admit, my 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:52.959 skepticism aside, it does in fact happen 00:03:51.040 --> 00:03:58.319 if you wear it for a little while. Particularly with the intensity kind of 00:03:55.360 --> 00:04:03.200 somewhere in the mid level, the bass starts to feel less localized and it 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:07.519 becomes harder to distinguish whether what you're feeling is coming from the 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:12.319 music or from the little trinket on your wrist, which is pretty cool. But that 00:04:10.799 --> 00:04:17.280 doesn't mean that the awareness that you're wearing a little subwoofer on 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:19.120 your ARM ever completely melts away. And 00:04:17.280 --> 00:04:24.800 to expect that might be a little unrealistic. Then again, there are some 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:29.040 cases where having bass localized actually made a lot of sense to us, 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:33.199 namely gaming. So, cranking the basellet's intensity up to max and 00:04:31.280 --> 00:04:38.639 throwing on a firsterson shooter like Doom can actually leave you pretty 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 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:47.840 to your mouse hand. Or thinking completely outside the box, you can 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:52.080 strap the chest thumping beats directly to your thorax to really get your heart 00:04:50.320 --> 00:04:56.320 rate up. U please bear in mind though that the basel is not recommended for 00:04:54.000 --> 00:05:02.160 people with pacemakers and also that duct tape sticks to chest hair really, 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:04.000 really well. Finally, while we did find 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:08.880 one guy online who likes to use his bracelet on his tummy, we got our best 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:13.440 results with the device above the waistband. Although, now that I think 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:17.000 about it, it does come with this extra shorter strap. 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:25.039 Anyway, the bassellet can also add some value in non- headphone situations, like 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:28.400 supplementing your base model car audio or keeping you immersed in your tunes as 00:05:26.880 --> 00:05:35.280 you putt around the house. And it's got surprisingly decent range. So then I was 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:40.720 ready to tear this thing apart, but as far as jewelry goes, it's neither the 00:05:38.320 --> 00:05:46.479 most expensive nor the most useless thing we have ever encountered. And my 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:52.560 initial skepticism and annoyance at needing to carry yet another freaking 00:05:48.400 --> 00:05:56.240 dongle aside, it does make your music 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:58.080 experience feel a little bigger. 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