Handy Tech Under $100 – Stuff for your Stuff
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
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1,244 words · ~6 min read
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welcome back to another episode of handy tech
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under a hundred whoa okay cool anyway
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today i've got something to make your life easier something to make it safer
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and something to make it handier so let's get into it
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check out the LTT merch store at the link in the video description we've got
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shirts mugs stickers hats and more
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our first item comes in right at 99.99
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technically under 100 the oraco duct 10p is a smart charging
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station equipped with 10 usb ports and 10 slots to hold your phones tablets and
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well you can also get a little bit creative this thing is great for
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business use like if you work at a restaurant where they take orders by
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ipad but i can also see it coming in handy
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for technophiles and large families too because you only need one wall outlet to
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output up to 12 watts per port and have to charge even power hungry tablets at
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normal speed the up to 12 watts per port bit is
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important because the duct np will actually sense the requirements of each
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connected device and provide only the appropriate amount of power and it even
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acts as a surge protector with active cooling through its
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cooling hole anyway
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the fan only spins up once the unit reaches 60 degrees celsius so it's
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really quiet and it's got the appropriate thermal protections
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including a safety shutdown at 100 degrees and abs plastic construction
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that's fire retardant rated to 750 degrees celsius lots of people don't
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realize how important it is to charge your devices and this is not just note
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7s away from flammable materials
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it comes in this color as well as black has non-skid feet and has a nice tactile
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on off switch but i do wish that the holders were padded
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so that vibrating alerts weren't quite so loud and i would like to see one or
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two usb type-c or fast charging ports
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then while we're at it some usb cables would
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be nice i get that they don't know what cables you need but it just feels a
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little bit incomplete coming with nothing thankfully you can get packs of
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colorful usb cables this one was eight bucks shipped in two days and keep your
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charging station looking proud or you could just get one of these
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have you ever struggled to just plug in
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your freaking charger onto your phone
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the volta cable is an elegant solution for the first worldest of all problems
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now you can give future you the gift of a no-hassle magnetic charging cable for
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just 20. tax is not included shipping not included other charges may apply
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okay but seriously in the box you've got one cable they're available from 50
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centimeters to two meters and two cable tips the cable tips are either micro usb
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usb type c or lightning and they sit in your device a little something like this
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pretty much forever when it's time to charge you just bring
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your phone close to your cable and bam
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it connects regardless of the orientation
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let's see that again the benefit works the other way too
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like a magsafe it's more likely to break free if you accidentally snag your cord
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and when it's time to go you can literally just pick up your phone
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and walk away another cool thing if you're in an
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inter-platform relationship you can buy extra tips so that your Android and
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iphone can finally share the same cable
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the cables themselves come in four colors have a lifetime warranty and due
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to their apparently military-grade tangle-free nylon
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are strong enough to pick up a brick but then again so was this ratchet ass
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ipod classic charger so
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yeah last but also least least expensive that is
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is this nifty little micro sd card holder if you're a gopro hero that is to
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say someone who shoots a lot of action cam footage not someone who is an action
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cam or you're a media hoarder who likes to carry a large movie collection with
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you on the go you will love the sd card holder this one fits 10 micro sd cards
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as well as one standard size sd card or card adapter the slots are keyed so you
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can only insert the cards one way protecting the electrical contacts and
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each slot has its own independent locking tab to keep cards from falling
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out the whole thing has the dimensions of a standard credit card just a touch
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thicker and to my surprise it can actually fit in a wallet as advertised
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plus it's got a handy keychain hole
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for bonus points you can head over to the immaculate
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sdcardholder.com website and get your very own personalized sd card holder in
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any color you want as long as it's one of these colors
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but if i were you i'd be ready to order by phone because the email request form
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is taking a break at this time man that's a terrible sight i guess another option
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would be to just use the label maker that you bought back in handy tech
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episode 7 to label your slots and your card holder
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bringing us to the full disclosure part of these videos since handitek is
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structured more as a recommendation to buy with links to amazon below rather
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than unbiased reviews we like to disclose why we chose the items we did
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and how we acquired them from the top oracle emailed us and we said yeah sure
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send that over that thing looks freaking sick and they did
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and it was sick so here it is
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other than that for the volta charge cables i've actually been trying to get
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something similar from a company called snaps that ended up being flaky as heck
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so when these guys reached out i jumped on it and as for the colored usb cables
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and the micro sd card holder which i
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there we go ah there it is we ordered these from amazon using dat youtube cash
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money so thanks guys for watching
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handy tech under a hundred
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corsairs one gaming pc is fast quiet and
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small it's built with premium b-blasted aluminum highlighted by subtle ambient
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lighting effects and it's got the horses
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under the hood where it counts it's powered by MSI GeForce gtx graphics
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cards air cooled or liquid cooled and
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the core i7 7700 processor the base
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model runs air cooling but the rest are all cooled with water in spite of the
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small size and their use of standard
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components that allow the user to upgrade in the future
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it's very quiet producing just 20 decibels at idle and you can learn more
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through the links in the video description we also reviewed it at one
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point like it's good if you guys dislike this video you can
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featured at the link below and also linked below you'll find our merch store
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which has cool shirts like this one and our community forum which you should
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totally join