How's it going guys I'm ThioJoe and I've got a bunch of cool gadgets for today specifically
We've got seven of them all of them under $50. Most of them actually well below that so they're really affordable
You might not have heard of some of these but they're all pretty cool and useful Before we jump in though
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So now let's get started. So starting off with number one
And by the way, all these are gonna have links in the description to Amazon so you can check them out
So first off we have the amos
USB volume knob which cost about 35 bucks. This one's pretty straightforward
It just lets you adjust the volume of the computer using the physical knob
Which I think is a lot easier than always having to click on the volume button or pressing the buttons on the keyboard
You just turn it and it goes up and down and I think the design of this one looks pretty cool, too
It just plugs in via micro USB so you can use any cable you want it does come with one
But I wanted to use a really short cable because I didn't need a long one and you'll notice when you turn the knob
It'll light up this blue light on the bottom, which is kind of cool looking when you use it
and you can also even mute the
computer by pressing down on it and then pressing it again unmute it so you can both control volume and just mute to and when
It comes to Windows 10
at least it automatically was recognized by Windows which started to
Automatically install the drivers so you don't have to go and download them from some website or anything
It should work pretty much right away. Even though this one might seem a bit expensive
$35 just for a USB knob it actually is pretty good construction
It's all metal and it feels really nice and weighty
So it seems like a quality product at least and super convenient. It should last pretty much forever
I think all right up next we have the yubico Yubikey 5 NFC version for $45 or
Alternatively, there's a cheaper security key bottle for just $20 on amazon
Now if you're not familiar with what these keys do you might seen before they're basically just a physical method of two-factor authentication
Where in addition to typing in a password to a website you also?
can use either a app to generate one-time codes or these physical keys where you tap on the side and
The person who has the key with them, which would be you can log-in which is a really good way to secure website
Even if your passwords get stolen not every website will support these many of the big services do like Google
Dropbox Amazon Web Services your bank might it depends but it's good on a lot of major services at least and both of these
Even the cheaper model now support NFC so you could theoretically use it even with your phone so you don't have to plug it in
Obviously you can just use the NFC chip to hold it up your phone and that's enough to authenticate it
The more expensive you Baqi five bottl that I showed the black one does have a few extra features
for security authentication methods, so it'll support you because one-time password and some other
Protocols, but if you are basically just using it for like Google and that sort of thing the cheaper twenty dollar one which supports Fido
U2f that's gonna be more than enough
probably so you probably don't need to spend the extra twenty five dollars or you could just get multiple of the cheap one and I
Should point out a lot of these websites support multiple methods
So if you don't have your key with you?
You can still use like an SMS message or the app generator that sort of thing. Okay moving on
We have a piece of hardware. You could put in your computer, which is the fehb smart USB PCIe card at about
$25 and this is basically just a PCIe card that has USB ports on it four of them to be exact
They're USB 3.0 ports. So that's like up to five gigabit speed
so if you're running low on USB ports
You can always add more assuming you have an extra expansion slot available on your motherboard
and this one in particular does not require an external power source, like connecting it to your PSU which some cards do so
That's really nice
You could just pop it in no additional wiring from your power supply
But also keep in mind that is going to limit
Potentially the amount of stuff you can plug into it and power so I believe can draw eight amps total which is enough to do
most things most devices, but if for example
you're gonna be
Plugging another USB hub into this and then running a bunch of stuff off that that you might run into problems
You might have to get a powered USB hub, but you should be of at least run it for things off of this. No problem
It because it doesn't require any extra connection to the PSU
You don't have to run into cables, and it should be easy if you're not really familiar with opening up your computer
It's really easy to just literally stick in the slot. You don't have to have much knowledge about it
Alright, so up next this one's really cool. Actually, you might not have seen anything like this before
It's a USB multimeter and the brand is maker hawk
And this cost about twenty five dollars depending on the model of the one you get
but anyway, what this basically does is you plug this into any USB port and then when you plug whatever other device into this
It'll show you all sorts of information about how much power the device is drawing
it's a multimeter so you can see on the screen how much info it's gonna show there and it shows things like the voltage and
Amps being drawn from the device the wattage and also the total milliamp hours and milli watt hours drawn
So if you're like mmm, I wonder how much exactly the battery of my phone has been charged
you can show it on here and see if it kind of matches up might not be exact because it's probably
Calculation but still neat and there's even a few different screens. You can flip through
so it'll show a lot of the similar info just differently and there's even one with a
actual real time graph showing the power drawn so that might be kind of cool if
You're wondering if like the power staying constant, or maybe it's fluctuating
Then you can see that I would say this is just a cool thing for people who are interested in electronics
not really sure how this might come in handy day to day use but it might like maybe if you're
Trying to see if your phone is actually fast charging or not
You can see the different amps and wattage is coming on to the phone, or maybe you're trying to test out different
Wall chargers and see if some are faster than others and maybe see if one is not working correctly something like that
There are a few different versions of this multimeter. So there's one that has the USB a which is here
and this one's also
Bluetooth and there's also one with USB C so you can get whichever one you want
and also the Bluetooth one apparently does have an Android app they can connect to
But you have to download it separate from the app store from like some
Link they give you so I know it's kind of sketchy
But I don't know if you really want the app, then you can get it
But anyway again, I think it's just a cool thing. You might want to check out. Alright before we continue
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Alright, so up next this is going to be a multi partner actually
And this is going to be good for anyone who ever works with electronics
Like maybe you're building a computer and you know how you're supposed to ground your wrist
So you don't introduce static shock in any components and damage it but sometimes it can be difficult to correctly do this
So the things we're gonna be talking about here
Are they static tech grounding adapter plug and the bare tech grounding block mount and together. These are about 25 bucks
So this grounding plug is pretty cool
You might be able to tell exactly what it does just by looking at it
But it's basically a plastic piece that plugs into an AC outlet in the wall
But the two prongs for the normal positive and negative prongs are just plastic so they're not conducting electricity
But there is an actual metal plug that goes into the ground outlet plug and that passes through to the back
Where there's a banana outlet and then this grounding block thing is basically just a really long cable that you will attach to the grounding
Plug in the outlet and then it also has some ports for grounding
You can plug your actual wrist strap into so you can mount this on a table
You can just have it sitting there whatever and it makes it easy to run the cable
So you don't have to just have a super long cable connected directly to the wrist strap, which might be kind of annoying to
Maneuver and stuff like that. I will point out though that on the end of this long cable
They actually put a ring terminal which doesn't go directly into this outlet correctly
so you might need like a banana plug like one of these and then just kind of stick it through so it can make
Contact or you can use like maybe an alligator clip to banana plug or something like that
But you will need some way to connect it actually, so maybe you don't need the grounding block thing
But at least the plug outlet might be pretty useful if you want to be sure that you're correctly grounding something now
You know your literally plugging it directly into the ground on the wall. Alright, this next one is pretty cool
I didn't even know this existed
But when I saw it, I realized how useful it might be and it's the so-called ACE UHN. I don't know pronouncing that right
Universal barrel plug power adapter kit and this is basically just a collection of pretty much every possible
barrel plug power adapter out there in existence
So if you've ever lost a power plug for some device or like the power adapter that plugs into the wall
Something like that. You're like, oh my gosh, how am I going to ever use this again?
because it's some
obscure weird barrel plug
Well now you can get this adapter kit and we'll probably have the one you need for all of these on the female end
They have a five point five by two point one millimeter female. Jack on the bottom
So you probably will want to spend the extra six bucks on
the USB adapter cables for that specific barrel plug that are sold separately but on the same listing so
Anything basically that is lower than five
Volts two amps that can be powered by USB
You can just use the USB to that plug adapter plug on the actual adapter and use it to power the device
So this probably wouldn't work for something that's super high powered like a laptop that's pulling a lot more than two amps
But there are so many things out there that are powered by these
random barrel plugs that you never know what size it is and you can it's almost impossible to get a
Universal one that's gonna power everything. So this could come in real handy
Alright now finally we have the a LAN phone tripod mount for about seven bucks. This one's pretty self-explanatory
it's just a tripod mount for a phone and it has a
1/4 inch screw that you can put onto pretty much any tripod and then it also has this adjustable
Screw that expands it so it'll fit pretty much any phone. No matter how big it is
It'll fit the biggest phones on the market today
And of course, you can rotate it to be either horizontal or vertical however, you want and considering the price
It seems to be reasonable build quality. It's obviously all plastic, but it seems to be sturdy enough
So I think it's a pretty decent deal. So with that those are all the different seven gadgets all under 50 bucks
So I'll put all those links
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