I Buy A Mystery Box of Tech!
That photo on the left came with the email iTech Deals sent me. … Did I get lots of awesome tech gadgets to make me happy and my friends jealous? Or did I just get screwed? Watch the video and make up your own mind!
Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/EubCNRCjH0E
Here are the items in the box and prices I found at the time I got the box.
Ijoy Wireless Light Switch. 12/$38.99 or about $3.25 each.
Lsting says ‘fast charging’ – photo shows it charges at 5V 1A, which is very slow. It was $8.
Free Rein earbuds: Under $20, but not good reviews.
GEMS Cord Wrap – 3 pack, which is 6 of them: was $2.84 plus free shipping
Scosche 3′ flat audo cable.
3′ HDMI cable – $7 to $8 (No brand, not in a box.)
If you bought each of those items separately you would have to pay more than $20. But looking at the photo and the $99.99 price crossed out, you’d expect a lot more. At least I did. Actually, there isn’t anything in that box of tech that I really want, or can use. So, if it sounds too good to be true, you know the rest!
If you couldn’t guess those devices from the picture, they are Hexagonal Touch Sensitive LED Honeycomb Wall Night Lights. I wish I had read the full description before I started playing them and thinking they weren’t working. It turns out they use a capacitive sensor as a switch to turn each component on or off when you touch it! Well, that’s what it’s supposed to do. As you’ll see in the video, four worked really well, and one seemed to be touchy about being touch sensitive. I don’t have a place to install them, but they do come with double stick circles to put them on a wall. You connect the lights together by the magnetic edges to fit the structure you want. I paid $30 for 5 lights as a ‘deal of the day’. And there are a lot of choices for these at Amazon too. They’re fun and different and I guess they could be called a great conversation starter. You’ll also see they are available in colors, but I bought white lights.
Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/9vxcZoN46Tw
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