Handy Tech Under $100 is BACK - Ep. 12
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,379 words · ~6 min read
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it's handy Tech under 100 time again but
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this time something new a product that can simplify your DIY projects and clamp
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your nipples at the same time don't miss
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it be quiet! silent Wings 3 fans use a
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smooth running six pole motor to remain silent and cool your PC better check
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them out at the link in the video description number one here is the
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spiritual successor to a product that I bought a while back for a handy Tech
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episode then never ended up featuring because it just didn't work that well
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this thing sucks every time I've used it
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I've been blown away by how long it takes to adjust the position of the arms
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and the poor quality of the included magnifying glass so I recently replaced
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it with a quad hands helping hands that
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absolutely blows it out of the water it includes four locking alligator clamp
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terminated flexible goose neck arms attached to a heavy powdercoated steel
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base two of the arms are about 6 in Long
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these ones will be ideal for smaller projects where stability is key because
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a shorter ARM is inherently more stable then the other two are about 15 in Long
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making them ideal for holding holding larger items reaching around to provide
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additional stability to the small arms or even taking care of your uh other
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needs when you're busy and need to multitask as far as suggested
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improvements go I love this thing so far but some plastic or rubber guards for
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the clamp teeth might be nice so I don't have to cover them to avoid risking
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scratching something like a PCB and a couple extra threaded holes tapped into
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the base would let me expand it with more arms both both of which are lowcost
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upgrades that could be very valuable to potential customers which leads us then
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to item number two another spiritual successor this time to the Sennheiser
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hh10 an awesome desk clamping headphone
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holder that was discontinued almost immediately after I recommended it in
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handy Tech episode 1 almost 3 years ago
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this is the brain waves hangya and
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actually the brain waves truss as well
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both of them are under 20 bucks for a well- constructed metal headphone hanger
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that will help you keep your headphones off of your Tower your monitor your desk
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your floor or wherever else it is that you've got them right now the difference
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between the two is that the hanga clamps to the edge of your desk just like the
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hh10 did and holds one pair of headphones while the truss actually
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takes the space savings a step further and sticks to the bottom of your desk
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with an extra ARM that you can use to store your gaming headset and your audio
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file headphones for example not bad given that it only costs a few bucks
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more I'd like to see a wider more curved
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top surface on both of them to help avoid denting the headband foam on the
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nice cans you spent your hard-earned money on and I think the truss should
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have a couple of holes in the base to allow you to screw it into the bottom of
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your desk if you want the included adhesive appears to be the same
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excellent stuff included by GoPro on their mounts but it's onetime use and
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quality double-sided tape is not exactly available at the corner store so you
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might have to wait if you had to order it online or something leading us then
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to the next product I am a huge fan of
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the steel series qck XXL a 900 MMX 400
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MM mouse pad that's big enough for your mouse and your keyboard and like a
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secondary Mouse on the other side for your laptop but at 40 bucks it's pretty
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expensive enter reflex lab with their
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huge gaming mouse pad for half the price
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it's a little smaller it's the same width but about 100 mm shorter but I
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rarely use the very top of my XXL anyway
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and the huge gaming mouse pad has no
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tracking issues has a pretty pleasing soft texture to the top has the same uh
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grippy bottom so it doesn't slide around and rocks stitched edges to prevent
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fraying to boot if I'd seen this one
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before I started working on this video I'd have probably ordered the red lemon
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version of what appears to be a very similar product for only 14 bucks with
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free Prime shipping so you can check out that one too but I haven't personally
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tried that one and I don't feel comfortable endorsing stuff on handy
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Tech unless I've actually had my hands on it and I have with the reflex lab
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version leading us then to our last item for the day these
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adorable little thermal adhesive backed heat sinks have you ever wondered how
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you can add just a little bit of extra cooling to a mod uh maybe on a vrm
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module on your motherboard or graphics card or to some weird controller chip
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that just seems to run too hot on an Electronics project well at six bucks
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for 20 of these they're a great deal and sure to add not only some cooling but
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also a little flare to your next raspberry pie baby
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project which brings us finally to the full disclosure part of these handy Tech
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episodes since they're structured more as a recommendation to buy with links
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below to Amazon compared to a review
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item one I purchased by me for me
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personally and at work item number two I purchased by me for my use at work since
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I'm still using my hh10 at home and for Tan since he's been looking for
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something to get his headphones off and away from his desk item three was was
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purchased by me just to see if it was good before recommending it because it
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was cheap and I was like oh that's cool and item four was purchased by me
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because I saw it and I could think of a thousand times that I could have used a
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little heat sink like that in the past even having gone as far as to cut up
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swifttech MC1 14s into quarters with a hacksaw when I had a motherboard whose
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