A Drone That Fits in Your Stocking - Amazon Holiday Gift Guide #2
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
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1,063 words · ~5 min read
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amazon reached out to sponsor a video on our picks from their sweet gift guide
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it's an easy way to get awesome ideas and everything on the list is eligible
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for two-day shipping if you're a prime member so today we're focused on gadgets
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and gizmos so grab a candy cane and
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let's start stuffing some stockings
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that even fit
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up is the dji mavic pro because let's face it you got bored of that 35
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runs on double a's drone from last christmas after about half an hour
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what i love about the mavic pro is its balance between robustness and
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portability the rotor arms fold up so
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you don't have to lug a giant suitcase into the wilderness every time you want
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to fly plus its size makes it more agile
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in tight spaces than dji's more expensive phantom 4 lineup you literally
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could put this thing in someone's stocking the included controller is
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compact too but it still feels good in the hands and you can use it
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independently or with a smartphone plugged in for a first person view of
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what's going on up to seven freaking kilometers away depending on local
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regulations and don't let the mavic pro's diminutive
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size fool you this is a high quality product worthy of its thousand dollar
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price tag it records 4k gimbal stabilized videos it's got a
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sophisticated array of sensors it runs for 30 minutes between charges and it
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goes up to 65 kilometers an hour that's
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as fast as the world's fastest marine mammal the common dolphin
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can't afford all those cameras and sensors how about just one logitech's
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staple webcam the c920 features full
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1920x1080 hd video recording video
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calling and of course good old-fashioned selfies
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it's got 20-step autofocus and software and stereo microphones making it perfect
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for video calls or even streaming in fact this is pretty much the de facto
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starter streaming camera and logitech includes lots of options for mounting
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you can clip it onto the top of your monitor or attach it to a tripod or any
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other accessory using the standard one quarter 20 bsw mount we have tons of
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these things around the office and they're great for everything including conference calls because the built-in
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noise cancelling is good enough from my experience that in most cases i don't
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even need to use headphones for the other participants not to hear their own
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echo on the subject of echo
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our next item is actually not an echo that would be too
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obvious it's the roomba 890 and it's got some
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neato features over the lower tiered models like tangle-free brushes
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high-efficiency filters and five times the suck this is a great gift for anyone
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on your list and no not just mom or the wife
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not only are you sexist for saying that you're also wrong because there is
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nothing more masculine than being lazy about cleaning
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the 890 is wi-fi connected with a companion app so you can schedule
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cleaning times start and stop vacuuming and monitor cleaning cycles all from the
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comfort of the toilet and it'll even send you a notification when the dust
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bin needs emptying so that you can avoid that part of the house until somebody
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else does it not easy enough for you it even
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integrates with amazon echo see i was going somewhere with that so you can
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just yell from your bed and your benevolent robot slave will spring to
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life and do your bidding automatically returning to its charging dock when it's
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finished there has never been a better time to be human it even has what i call
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hunter killer mode where it uses optical and acoustic sensors to detect high
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concentrations of dirt dust and pet hair
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and then perform focused cleaning where it's needed most automatically adjusting
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brush height for whatever floor type you've got and using cliff detect
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sensors to not kill itself on the stairs but
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what if you want 10 times the suck then
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you need the roomba 980. remember the roomba you thought was amazing just like
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a few seconds ago well forget that because this one is the real bomb it's
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got enhanced machine vision to more easily navigate your home gets not one
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but two hours of battery life and will actually recharge itself as needed until
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your entire house is clean except for up or down the stairs and
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under rugs i mean it's still a roomba the last item
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in our gift guide is the house cleaner NVIDIA gtx no just actually i'm kidding
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it's it's a cleaning accessory but look at those aggressive gamer angles
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for real though this is the bissell pet stain eraser and it doesn't just work on
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bissell's pet stains it'll work on your pet stains too
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so if like me your jokes are so cringe that even your pets throw up then you
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need this on your wish list it's completely wireless with a lithium-ion
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battery super portable at under five pounds and boasts that it instantly and
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permanently removes stains like urine feces vomit dirt mud blood and more
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but litus how in science's name is this possible well it's the triple threat of
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spray scrub and suction action that clean spots and stains from a wide
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variety of surfaces this puppy runs for 15 minutes and charges in just four
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hours and if you need it more often than that then it's probably time to get new pets
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or stop getting pets because clearly you have enough urine feces vomit dirt mud
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and blood and more on your what is the more what
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is the more at that point do you need more
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anyway thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do but if
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it was awesome get subscribed hit that like button or check out the link to
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where to buy the stuff we featured in the video description also down there is
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