The iPhone Charging Hat!
Hey, what's up guys?
Keaton here.
So what if I told you that a hat could charge your iPhone?
Yeah, so, let's check it out.
So if you guys are new around here, I like to check out some of the coolest and craziest
tech ever.
It's actually in my "actually exist" playlist.
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For example I checked out an iPhone with two screens, so, yeah you guys can get a pretty
good idea of some of the crazy stuff that I'm into.
But I found this hat that could charge your iPhone, which I was just like "woah, hold
up.
I gotta check this out."
It goes for $70, link's below and it comes in a bunch of different colors.
Just because when you're dealing with like, fashion, like wearables, colors do matter,
because like, it's on your body.
It's not a phone where it goes in your pocket.
So, it comes in a few different colors.
I got the yellow one here just because I like yellow, and this color combo does look pretty
sweet.
So how this works is there's a solar panel on the brim here and, well, one thing leads
to another, the sun hits the hat, you use the USB port on the side of your hat which
sounds so crazy to say, and it essentially will charge your phone.
We're gonna go test it out in a bit, but I wanna talk a little bit more about the hat
here.
So when I was buying this hat, I was curious to know if it weighed like a ton.
Just because, when you have this on your head, it matters.
If the hat is too heavy, your head's gonna notice, you're probably gonna get a headache,
and you're just not going to want to wear it.
And when you're spending $70, that's kind of expensive.
So for example, I have another flat-brim hat here.
It's made by this company called Supreme.
I really like this, I wear it a lot.
I would say this hat weighs double what this hat weighs.
So that's just something to take into account, and I mean, if it actually works, who really
cares?
Your phone's charging on the go.
I personally know I can put up with it.
Now there's this USB port on the side which is just crazy because you basically just take
your USB cord that you get with any phone, you plug it in, and then from there, plug
it into your phone.
Let the sun hit it.
One thing leads to another, your phone's charging.
And then you get to look like this.
Isn't that kinda weird?
I don't know.
It's gonna take me forever to get used to it, but before we go outside and actually
see how it works, it comes with this little info booklet and it tells you what "good sun"
and charging is about and what "bad sun" and charging is about.
I didn't know the sun was good and bad, so that's just interesting.
What I'm kind of shocked is, at least in the bad part, "any activity requiring frequent
changes of direction."
So pretty much don't move.
That's what they want.
So I'm gonna sit on a park bench for an hour, see how much juice this hat is going to give
my iPhone, and just ultimately see if this is something you guys need.
So, let's go get some sun!
Just got to the park with my hat.
Pretty ready for this.
I did not put sunscreen on, so if I get sunburned, you guys know why.
And here's where it's all going down, this park bench.
I will be sitting here.
So here's the plan.
Basically, I'm gonna take my hat off, plug my phone into it, leave it right here, have
it faced directly towards the sun.
It's about 3:30 right now so we have around four hours left of sunlight and I'm going
to leave for an hour, and see how much charge we get.
So here's the setup that we got, we got the hat, the lightning cord, the iPhone 6, and
right now it's 3:37 and I'm at 18% battery.
So I'm going to turn the phone off at 4:37.
I'll put it in my pocket here.
At 4:37 I'm gonna come back and we're gonna see if it actually worked.
- [Voiceover] One hour later.
- It's 4:37.
I've been out here for an hour.
Shocked, I am not like a tomato.
So let's see how the phone did.
And it's 25%, so we got around a 7% charge, after being out here for an hour.
Okay.
Alright, so I just got back from the park looking like this.
I had the phone sitting on a park bench for an hour and I was able to charge my iPhone
6 from 18% to 25%, and on the little info booklet here, it says that it's not gonna
charge at the same speed as your standard wall, which is totally to be expected, like,
the wall has a constant current, it's super strong.
The sun, it's a little bit different when you're talking about solar technology.
And I knew that, going into it.
But, I didn't know it was gonna be this slow.
I was out there for an hour.
I don't mind going outside, but an hour, only to get 7% battery?
And mind you, my phone was on airplane mode too.
Only to get 7% battery.
What, are you serious, it's like, no.
That is not good and I actually emailed the company just because I was curious to know
if my hat was like defective or not.
It's not.
So, I'm pretty upset I just wasted $70.
I gotta be honest there.
Basically this hat is intended for like music festivals and what not where you kinda wanna
be lightweight, but, we all have phones that we need to re-charge at some point.
You're better off buying a tiny battery pack, just putting that in your pocket or your shoe
or whatever, and just sucking it up.
Because that battery pack will not only charge your phone faster, you're gonna spend a lot
less money than you would on a hat like this, and, here comes the best part, you're not
gonna look like this at a music festival.
Like, even if I stand up, okay, "Hey what's up?
It's your boy Keaton here, like, just chilling with a cord hanging out of my hat."
Like, what does that even mean?
Like, what, I don't even understand that.
It's just one of those weird things that for $70, totally not worth it.
Maybe if you were in an emergency, and I'm talking straight apocalypse here.
If the apocalypse strikes, I will say these hats are worth it.
Because then, there's gonna be no electricity, the sun's hopefully gonna still be shining,
and this is all we're gonna have to charge our phone.
But for $70, this is totally not worth it.
You are better off spending like $10 on one of those cheap battery packs, and using the
other $60 to buy a killer bandana for a festival, a bucket hat, another flat-brim hat that doesn't
weigh a thousand pounds.
Like use the just save your money, that's all I'm trying to say here.
Save your money, and unless the apocalypse strikes, don't get it.
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