Before we get started, I want you to know the product I'm reviewing today is illegal
in Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. But it's still pretty
interesting. Let's get started.
[Intro]
On my channel I've talked a lot about protection for phones. Today we're going to talk about
personal protection using a stun gun case for your iPhone. This particular case can
protect your phone, obviously, it's also a power bank, and it has 7 million volts of
stun gun protection, which is pretty crazy.
So this particular case is the teal case, and just out of the box it is super super
thick. And check out this warning: “This product can cause severe injury or potentially
death. Read user manual before use. Never leave unattended around minors.” That's
probably pretty important. “Only use if you are in serious danger.” I like that
they mentioned check your local laws before carrying a stun gun because these are illegal
in several states, like I mentioned earlier. But like always on my channel, we test a lot
of different things, and so we're going to test out the features of this stun gun and
then take it apart and see how it works.
It comes with a screen protector, and the case is detachable which is kind of cool.
I'll go ahead and slide my pristine condition iPhone 8 inside of this case, and slip it
into the housing and it should start charging. So I press this button on the back twice and
these LEDs lit up, and now the phone itself is charging up here in the top corner. So
that part of this case actually works.
[Buzz sound] Oh man! There is the stun gun. That is pretty scary. Okay, so in order to
activate the stun gun part of it, there are actually two safe guards. So first of all,
I have to flip this switch right here up. And then I also have to slide these metal
prongs out the top of the phone, which then releases the 7 million volts of electricity
through those two points.
One thing that I should mention is that when you do switch it into taser mode, it does
stop charging your phone. So you can't defend yourself physically while charging your phone
at the same time. No multitasking going on - either zapping people or charging your phone.
You got to pick one or the other.
So even though there is 7 million volts pulsing through these two needle-like connections
at the tip, it's not the voltage that kills you. There's not a whole lot of amperage flowing
through with those volts. So technically I should be fine zapping myself, but remember
this is illegal in quite a few states. So...let's see what happens.
[Buzzing sounds] Ready? I don't want to do this anymore! Oh boy. Okay. So I am in...okay,
I'm going to do it this time. [Laughing]
So right now we are locked into taser mode with the safeguard. The metal prongs are stuck
up. [Buzzing sound] Ugh!!! I could feel it like all the way through my fingertips...like
it made my fingertips curl at the very end, and I could feel it probably...oh, I'm getting
goosebumps over my whole arm...I could feel it all throughout this range right here. That
was so crazy. Okay, let's not do that again.
Now I vote we open this thing up and see what the external batteries like inside, and see
how these prongs of doom extrude from the case each time.
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So like I mentioned earlier, this does have an external battery charger as well, like
it charges your phone while you're using it. And it's charged with a micro UBS port that
charges this battery right here, which is a 3800 milliamp hour. And then from there,
that goes into the proprietary lightning port that Apple uses with all their phones. So
I'm going to disconnect that proprietary lightning port.
So obviously a normal battery can't produce 7 million volts, so there has to be a couple
other components inside of here that do that. So a transformer can step up the voltage to
that 7 million we were talking about. And all of that circuitry is probably inside of
this box right here. There also could be an oscillator that fluctuates the current and
produces that buzzing noise you hear on the back. And a capacitor which actually stores
the electricity and releases it in that pulse pattern. All of that happens inside of this
box here while sending it out of the electrodes up at the top, and the electrodes can slide
in and out just like that.
It's a pretty sweet set up. At risk of getting shocked again, I vote we take apart this component,
because this is the part that most cell phone cases don't have. But it looks like we can't
get inside because it is a solid block of plastic. I imagine this is where we stick
the transformers, the oscillator, and the capacitors that allow the electrodes to zap
someone. So there is no taking this apart because it is a solid block of plastic.
Overall, this is a pretty interesting device. I've never seen something quite like this
that, you know, protects you physically as well as your electronics. Now as far as the
damage it can afflict, it was more of a, I would say, like a distraction for me. Getting
zapped was a surreal experience and like, you know, I definitely don't want it to happen
again, but it wasn't like an immobilization thing. Like I was able to use my hand right
afterward. To be honest, it was the sound that was mostly the deterrent. [Buzzing sound]
That sound, coming from the voltage off of these electrodes made me not want to come
anywhere near those two points. So that's what would be the biggest deterrent if I was
a thief and I was going to go rob somebody. Just saying.
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Let me know if you want to get zapped by 7 million volts down in the comments. And thanks
a ton for watching. I'll see you around.