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Prime Day is forthcoming which means a barrage  of sponsored videos filled with crappy products   nobody cares about from lame YouTubers—NOT THIS  ONE THOUGH! Well, I'm lame, but the products   are cool! I’ve got 20 that you've never heard of  but will love—and only 1 of them is sponsored. I   dunno if there's deals on this stuff—some of these  products aren't even available on Amazon—this is   basically just like... things I like—that I want  to talk about. So, sit down and shut up, okay? Look, I’ve never been a Bluetooth speaker guy.  I’ve tried tons—at all price points—but I’ve   never found anything I think sounds good while  keeping a small footprint and price. That has   changed with the new BIGGIE from well-known  HiFi brand Morel. Remove the magnetic grille   and you’ll find both a 4” front-ported woofer and  1” soft-dome tweeter powered by a surprisingly   punchy 60W amplifier. The built-in DSP utilizes  both drivers well—with the woofer putting out   a remarkable amount of bass, and the tweeter  sinking down into the upper-mids for vocals. I   won’t bore you with the details, but you can use  on-device EQ to kinda make this sound however   you want—it’s really versatile. And with BT 5.3  support it’s pretty well future-proofed affording   multi-device pairing and incredible range;  however, Morel hasn’t forgotten the staples:   it comes with a line-in port—and you can both  charge or power the speaker entirely over USB-C.   They’re promising a lot more for the future:  stereo support if you’ve got two, in addition   to a smartphone app for tuning. Whether Morel  will actually deliver on this is anyone’s guess,   and at $300, it’s not cheap, but it sounds better  than any other battery-powered, portable speaker   I’ve listened to, and I really like it—especially  all the lacquered wood color options. Smart Home temperature and humidity  sensors suck—they’re poorly calibrated,   slow to recognize a change from delta, unreliable,  and expensive. Nothing works as well as those   old AcuRite sensors that grandpa had hooked up  to his weather station in the 90s. So why not   USE grandpa’s AcuRite sensors from the 90s? These  radio-based plastic-fantastics are crazy accurate,   update every 16 seconds, last nearly a year  on a pair of AAA batteries, and cost just $16.   The problem? They’re not designed for smart  home use—at all. But open-source software   knows no bounds and with an inexpensive USB  radio receiver, you can use MQTT and Home   Assistnat to—add these old-school sensors to any  smart home environment and automate accordingly.   It’s very simple and there are great guides to  get started that I’ll link below. This is one of   those things where once you try it, you’ll wonder  why you ever considered doing it the “proper” way. Today’s sponsor is a product I’ve been using twice  daily for over 6 months—the Laifen electronic   toothbrush. Look, here’s the deal: I moved to  soft-bristled Philips ultrasonic toothbrushes   a decade ago due to receding gum lines. Their  brush head prices are insane, so I tried to move   to other “ultrasonic” brushes but they all sucked  with weak vibration and lousy battery. That is,   until this one. Not only does it ultrasonically  vibrate as well or better than the Sonicare stuff,   but the head even oscillates which I thought  may have been a BS feature until my dentist   at my most recent checkup just a few weeks ago  told me he could tell I’ve been flossing due to   low tartar levels and to keep it up. Psst—I  suck at flossing—so it must have been this   brush. Beyond the cleaning capabilities, it looks  fantastic, coming in ABS, aluminum (my favorite),   or stainless steel. Battery lasts for months and  it charges via a MagSafe style USB-C connector.   You won’t collect pud underneath the brush head  like other brushes, and the heads themselves are   shockingly affordable—only $9.99 for a 3 pack.  It’s rare that I don’t have a single complaint   or criticism about a product—but I truly don’t.  Even the app is well done but you also don’t have   to use it if you don’t want by saving cleaning  profiles to the brush itself. I bought one   for my wife and have recommended it to friends  and family. If it’s time for a new toothbrush,   this is the one to get. Save up to 20%, the best  deal since it launched, using the link below. I have been using my iPad a ton lately, but the  fingerprints I get on the display drive me mad—and   because they use a different oleophobic coating  to remain compatible with the Apple Pencil,   grease is nearly impossible to wipe away—no shirt  rub trick here. Thus, these little self-contained   screen cleaners have been a savior. Basically,  there’s a little spray bottle located inside   a square microfiber case. Spray the fluid, use  one side to spread it around, another to buff,   and another to wipe dry! When you’re finished,  you can put it back in its plastic sheath to   stay clean. Even though they’re cheap, they’re  resuable since you can refill the fluid and clean   the microfiber with a bit of dish soap, water, and  24 hours of dry time. I keep one in my laptop bag,   one in my car, and one in my home office.  They’re hyper-generic and available from   tons of sellers so just get the best deal you can  to enjoy a portable, all-in-one display cleaner! This upcoming Prime Day, you’re gonna see deep  discounts on Kindles—we always do—but I have   some more advanced E-Ink devices to recommend.  First up, the Kobo Sage: my e-reader of choice.   Its spacious 8” display with 300 ppi renders text  superbly—not just those through the Kobo Store,   but any file uploaded to Dropbox and Google  Drive. Better yet, you can rent books for   free directly on-device from your local library  using OverDrive—I haven’t bought a book in a   long time. Libraries are awesome. The device even  supports pen input for notes and PDF markup. Next,   the Boox Palma. I’ve fallen in love with this  thing. It’s basically an Android phone—without   a phone or a typical display. The 300 ppi  screen is best-in-class and in addition   to the surprisingly good software that’s  pre-loaded, you have full Play Store access   to use whatever reader apps you want—even  Kindle or Kobo! And because its Android,   you can do a lot more—even watch YouTube videos  quite miserably with its fast-refresh display.   I mean, for E-Ink, it really is pretty good. The  price is up there at about $280, but I’ve found   myself just putting this in my pocket. I read  books and articles when I’m waiting in line,   on the toilet, basically everywhere. It’s the  anti-phone substitute device and it’s great. Do you have a stinky, poopy butt? If you haven’t  joined the rest of us civilized folk in the bidet   revolution, you do. Washlets are a game-changer,  but… and permit me to get a little bit, uh,   well… it has turned my little anus into a  pampered royal who expects nothing less than   the gentlest of treatments. One wrong move, a  couple days with single-ply toilet sandpaper,   and it’s like my rump has been dragged across a  cheese grater. Thus, I have purchased that which   my wife pleaded I not—a portable ass blaster  from Toto. The design is clever—you extend the   weapon by cocking which creates a reservoir kept  sealed by an internal o-ring. Fill it up with   some warm tap water, fold out the wand, select  low-or-high pressure (you’ll want the latter),   position it abroad as you would at home, and  press the button. It works surprisingly well. No,   it won’t give you the volume or pressure you’d  expect from the real deal, but it gets you 90%   of the way there requiring just one or two safety  wipes using paper. The only complaint I have is   that it is powered by a single AA battery like its  1994. Said battery is only good for about a dozen   cleanses before the power starts to taper off  quite aggressively. A USB-C model is long overdue,   but Japan is famous for being both 20-years  ahead and 30-years behind, so I wouldn’t count   on it—just get this one on a deep discount  instead and take it everywhere you travel. Inside your travel bag, you may also want a  GENKI ConvertDock 2. You’ve probably heard of the   original—it allowed you to travel with a Nintendo  Switch and play it at a hotel without the dock.   USB-C would supply power to the device and HDMI  out would supply video to the TV. Think that, but   with the addition of a USB-A port. What is this  for? Ah, USB in! So bear with me… 4K60 HDMI out,   USB-in, 45W USB-C PD for power and two-way data.  This means you can plug in—not just your Switch,   but also your Steam Deck or MacBook even iPhone  to a TV while charging your device; and you can   supply any USB input your heart can think of—a  game pad, ethernet, external storage, keyboard,   etc. Screw dongles… pack light and bring this  one-device does all gem with you anywhere you go. It’s time to talk about another expensive  audio gadget—sorry! These, are the Focal   Bathys bluetooth headphones. OK, they’re $700,  BUT they put every other Bluetooth headphone to   shame and its not close. They have most of the  features you’d expect from Bluetooth headphones   in this day and age—noise cancelling,  transparency mode, multi-device support,   a wired 3.5mm or USB-C lossless mode, a simple,  but functional app, and a premium but lightweight,   mostly-plastic build. Those features are not  the staples—and frankly, they’re not even   the strengths. The ANC is fine, not great, the  passthrough is pretty lousy compared to Apple or   Sony, the buttons are confusing, and battery life  is… adequate. So what do they excel at? Comfort,   and sound. These are without a doubt the comfiest  wireless headphones I’ve worn—maybe the comfiest   headphones ever, and their sound? Oh,  their sound is *muah*. Objectively,   they’re pretty close to the Harman combined  target curve. Subjectively, they’re so much   more… when you get them it has you do a hearing  test through the app that builds a user-specific   EQ. Mine resulted in a punchy low-end, great mids,  subdued but not overly dark trebles, and yeah… all   the stuff you’d expect from a high-end closed-back  headphone: decent if not impressive soundstage,   nice imaging, the works. It even supports Dolby  Atmos via Apple Music if you’re into that.   These headphones are nearing 2-years-old, so its  possible a refresh is in the works—and look, I get   it… they’re expensive. The average user won’t  care about them, but if you’re an audio-chad,   you’ll never want to carry around anything  else after trying these—they’re brilliant. I am not known around my home for keeping very  good track of things. I use AirTags for a lot   of stuff, but my wallet is an important item  I find myself misplacing often—especially now   that I usually leave it at home thanks to NFC  payments being accepted almost everywhere I go   and Utah’s ugly Mobile ID app. The thing  is… AirTag wallets are all garbage—nobody   wants something that thick and inflexible  on their rump. So, I converted to the new   Nomad Tracking Card. This thing is only $40,  integrates seamlessly with the Find My network,   has an integrated beeper for easy locating  once you’re in range, and has a 5-month   battery life. Unlike a lot of these things  you’ve gotta chuck once the battery dies,   this thing charges over MagSafe. It’s  about the thickness of 2 credit cards,   is flexible, water proof, and wonderful.  Buy one—if they’re not already sold out. This next one is a little overpriced, and there  are competing products that I’m sure do a fine   job, but the Patagonia Black Hole duffel bag  has my heart. This bag comes in a variety of   sizes—I’ve got the smallest 40L—and what I love  about it is that it basically doesn’t exist.   You see, the whole bag weighs just a little  more than a t-shirt—there’s no organizers or   dividers save for two amorphous pockets—you do  get caribiner loops, a vertical grab handle,   horizontal handle and optional shoulder straps,  but that’s it. It’s almost featureless—and that   is its feature. This thing is perfect as a  carry-on for planes because it fits an insane   amount of stuff thanks to the lack of rigid walls  your gear has to conform to. What’s more, the TPU   material is incredibly water resistant—I’ve  been in heavy rain camping with this and had   zero issues. When you’re all done, it folds up  into its own self-contained pocket pouch. It’s   my go-to weekender bag and will be for probably  decades to come thanks to its insane stitching   and material quality. This glossy variant is  no longer available—Patagonia now uses matte,   recycled TPU, but everything else has  remained the same and that’s a good thing. Like it or not, you deal with a lot of  cardboard—and cardboard boxes are a pain. I admit,   I have been pretty terrible at breaking them  down as I’m instructed to by my local recycler,   but that’s about to change with the Canary  cardboard cutter. This tool, made in Japan,   is astoundingly good and will put any utility  knife to shame. Not only does it absolutely   shred through packing straps, shrink wrap,  and tape (thanks to its non-stick coating),   but the serrated safety-blade allows for  excellent maneuverability when cutting   cardboard—its so precise, you can even cut  circles out of your boxes. Even better, the   rounded chisel tip is perfect for peeling-off  old labels and making shallow scour cuts to   fold on when resizing boxes. It works on cardboard  both thick and thin, stays sharp for a crazy long   time and is inexpensive enough its worth  getting a few to place around the house. The temperature delta between the surface  of the sun and my back patio is only about   20 degrees during dinner-time when I  need to grill. I’ve tried umbrellas,   neck coolers, and more—nothing works and the  miserable heat remains. I considered getting   high-pressure mist, but those systems cost  hundreds (even thousands of dollars), and on   windless days, really only serve to make things  MORE humid and muggy. I dunno if you’ve seen the   price of outdoor rated fans, but they’re insane;  so, when I saw the Lasko Misto for $80 at Costco I   thought it would be terrible. Turns out, I wasn’t  wrong—I was simply mistaken—this thing is superb.   Its an outdoor-rated fan that blows at 3 speeds  and can optionally oscillate back and forth. But,   hook it up to a hose bib and suddenly you’ve got  3 misting heads that spray fine water beadlets   into the fan’s path, providing a remarkably good  cooling effect. Now, it’s not perfect: this isn’t   pressurized mist—so stand within a few feet of the  thing and you’ll get pretty wet. Furthermore, the   mist volume isn’t variable—it’s on or off. That  said, the fan’s throw is about 20-25 feet which   means you can stay very cool (whilst remaining  dry) being even remotely nearby. The 6-foot cable   is on the short side, but inline GFCI is nice  and the build quality is so surpringly excellent,   it feels 2-3x its price. If you’ve got a hot patio  and you’re on a budget, this is the antidote. Ya like cheese?? Of course you do, you’re  not a filthy communist. When we got married,   we put the Wirecutter cheese-grater  recommendation on our wedding registry.   It’s really sharp and it still sucks. Man  invented the wheel 6,000 years ago—so why   not use it? This cheapo grater uses the power  of rotational leverage to absolutely churn   through any cheese you throw at it and  the crazy-strong suction base prevents   it from moving so you can crank out that  mozzarella like you’re 14 all over again. This next one isn’t for sale on Amazon—and I’m  not even sure I should recommend it because its   so niche, but I just think its the neatest thing  ever… we recently re-did our landscaping—it looks   great and we love it, but we have this tiny  patch of grass at the back of the house we   didn’t want to run a sprinkler zone to (we’d have  needed to dig up the driveway), so I bought this:   it’s called Oto and its basically a 3D printer for  your yard. Using a variable valve and servo head   it throws water exactly where and when you want.  Using an app, you create a point cloud volume or   single-point zone that it throws water on. You set  it up just like a regular smart sprinkler timer—it   can skip for weather or in high winds—and because  it’s designed to work on more than just grass,   you can, for example, perform deep root  watering on nearby trees rather than   having to run drip irrigation. The device  itself is pretty reasonable because their   goal is to sell you solutions like fertilizer,  mosquito control, and acid neutralizer for dog   pee—solutions I think work pretty well so  I’ve been suckered into buying them, but   you totally don’t need to. You can use it for just  watering. It’s a weird toy, but such a great one. Not everybody can finger a piece of protein  like Gordon Ramsay and determine its cook   temperature—thermometers never killed anybody.  I use probes from Combustion Inc. and LOVE them.   They have thermistors down the length of the whole  probe so you just jam it in there and it finds the   core temp so you don’t have to. There’s an app,  but you can also use their nice, monochrome LCD;   it accounts for your cook’s time of completion  in real-time, and because it just spits out an   unencrypted Bluetooth signal with open-source  libraries available for anyone to use, tons of   cooking apps, grills, and ranges support these  probes natively. The only problem? They’re a tad   pricey. For those on a budget, check out  Chef iQ’s smart probes. They don’t have the   cool TrueCore temperature functionality—there’s  just a single internal and external thermistor;   however, they do almost everything else the  Combustion probes do. The app is well designed;   it even has step-by-step video instructions for  a lot of recipes if you’re new to cooking and the   speaker dock provides audible alerts. Last, a tool  for huge grill nerds: this is the FireBoard 2.   It’s a K-probe temperature controller, but also so  much more. If you cook with charcoal on a Weber,   Green Egg, Masterbuilt, etc., ditch the crappy  built in controller and buy one of these. This   thing provides PWM control to your grill’s fan  to stoke the flames and evenly soak the heat.   You set a target temperature on device  or in-app and just walk away—your grill   will hold that exact temperature basically  forever. If you understand what this does,   you understand why you need one. And if you don’t  understand, thank your wallet for your ignorance. VU meters are mankind’s greatest  invention—watching boucing needles   is a delight and the VU1 from PC casemaker  Streacom taps into that analog nostalgia. These   are serial-addressable VU meters that have E-Ink  displays—just like a Kindle. Plug them into your   PC, install the local server app to your computer,  and open your web browser to the configuration web   portal. Here is where things start to, uh, fall  apart. You see, Streacom didn’t want to make an   app for these—they wanted to open source the  software in hopes that third-parties would   develop integrations for these dials. That uh,  didn’t happen. These have been out since January   and there are but single-digit post numbers on  their community forums. If you’re smarter than me,   you may love the idea of a network addressable  VU meter, but if you’re equal to or dumber than   me in intelligence, hi. What can *we* do with  them? Well, their “demo app” currently allows   you to show system info using LibreHardwareMonitor  libraries. So CPU and GPU load and temperatures,   network usage, power draw, clock speeds, stuff  like that. They’re not cheap, but they’re also not   that outrageously priced considering they’re built  incredibly well using extruded aluminum and the   $140 starter kit comes with 4 dials. It’s a cute,  minimalist way to spruce up your PC setup—they   work really well—if only they had a real community  to develop more integrations. And for macOS too! And that’s all from me. Are you a smarty  pants that already knew about all these   gadgets? I doubt it. Let me know what  your favorite was in a comment down below,   but most importantly, and as always, stay snazzy.
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Channel: Snazzy Labs
Views: 28,471
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Keywords: snazzy labs, quinn nelson, snazzyq, gift guide, summer gifts, summer gadget, tech, summer tech, tech guide, best gadgets, trending tech, trending gadgets, best bluetooth speaker, best wireless headphones, smart home, kindle, kindle vs kobo, boox, e-reader, patio fan, yard gear, sprinkler, box cutter, patagonia, bag, camping, camping tech, yard tech, outdoors, unboxing, cool tech, unknown
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Length: 21min 40sec (1300 seconds)
Published: Tue Jul 16 2024
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