Poundland Gaming Tech Special: OVERDRIVE | Ashens

[@joshuaDstarks]

Imagine Poundland’s e-sports team.

[@azn1011]

would Stuart be on it?

[@Calvin_Coolage]

@@azn1011 Stuart would be the top shareholder.

[@azn1011]

@@Calvin_Coolage i do have to say that Poundland's esports team would probably be the only one that would let *me* on it, so i would want to see them just cause of that

[@blue_jm]

@@azn1011 Stuart would be their mental performance coach.

[@LeeDee5]

Do you mean: Poundland’s £-sports team

[@kiruppert]

You’re not out of touch, Stuart. It’s the children who are wrong.

[@GreatestGamer9000]

He's not out of touch. He's out of time.

[@Sarahxxx666]

@@GreatestGamer9000 But he's out of his head.

[@dragonjgaming3035]

@@Sarahxxx666 its all that gone off food he ate 😂😂

[@Sarahxxx666]

@@dragonjgaming3035 that he ate ... when you're not around !

[@r3tr0gam3r89]

I came here to make this Simpsons reference. Wish I'd seen the video when it was uploaded.

[@CoolHandJames]

"that specific sort of muffled sound for cheap bassy things" Well I guess ashens is never getting a raycon sponsorship now.

[@andrewstewart1464]

I wonder what the DankPods/ashens overlap looks like.

[@HeelBJC]

The unfortunate reality is that a large percentage of products that KZbinrs resort to sponsoring for their living because of KZbin's unreliability are more or less glorified rip-offs. Raycon/most tech stuff are super cheap knockoff type quality, nearly any VPN (Tom Scott had a great video on that), mobile games literally designed to steal money from naive children, etc. I don't blame the creators. They need to make a living. But I do respect the hell out of the ones like Ashens who choose to perhaps sacrifice a bit of income to not do so (whatever their specific reason for doing so may be). And I'm going to make a "right after posting" edit that this is certainly not ALL youtube sponsors. Obviously stuff like Audible, Squarespace, etc. are legitimate businesses that don't have any more problematic sides to them than any business.

[@rolfs2165]

@@HeelBJC Well, considering Audible is part of Amazon, I wouldn't say they don't have _any_ questionable sides to them.

[@TheHutchy01]

@@HeelBJC Doctor A. has talked about being offered sponsorships before on his stream, and yeah he won't do the rip-off's for those reasons. An amusing one which came up while he was checking his emails was Keeps the balding thing which if nothing else tells you they don't watch the videos before they send the emails

[@MrEsphoenix]

@@HeelBJC To be fair, the same is true for things advertised anywhere.

[@JakePetrolhead]

I would genuinely tune in to see Ashens streaming "Who Dares Wins 2" with the various Poundland stuff as his streaming setup.

[@ojrmk1]

And Daley Thompson's Decathalon. And Spindizzy. Man the Amstrad CPC was ace.

[@RikuHino]

This would truly be a good time all around

[@TheHutchy01]

Unfortunately he usually streams much worse games than that. Usually old Amiga public domain games which are utterly shit. He'll be streaming tonight, since apparently he can't mention his own Twitch even when joking about Twitch.

[@gtageek86]

Wouldn't we all?

[@UkeofCarl]

I wouldn’t tune in and now I’m worried that my opinion will affect the outcome.

[@DragonTroopBeta1]

You can always tell cheapo RGB by how short the red cycle is. The reason being many of the cheap LEDs cant actually display more than 1 shade of red because you can't add or subtract red or blue light from equal outputs (cheap RGB strips have only 1 light of each colour and white in each source) The oranges also often look muddy and undersaturated as well.

[@TheVirtuoso883]

It will still add a few extra FPS though so that's the important thing

[@nowaymangoshtomuchna]

what is funny is we have this brand here in germany as well in so called "ACTION" market and some of their stuff is actually bloody brilliant and works really really well and here in germany we call em the chinese logitech for a reason... ya know logitech... some of their stuff is really good some of it is dreadful, but ya most of their stuff is alright if ya in a pinch and need a mouse or headset and YES i actually own those in-ear headsets from them and they are marvelous and awesome sounding.... they also have those tiny little in-ear bluetooth headsets for the phone and same... they sound like 200 euro headphones with a very level headed audio scheme... not to much bass, very good mids lows and highs absolute recomend them for normal music listeners who listen to rock, country music or pop music

[@oliverbrain4790]

That's actually super interesting 😂

[@zimbu_]

Thanks. I now feel better about the LEDs I always have turned off on my stupid expensive Ducky keyboard & Corsair mouse that I wasted my money on like a moron because they were on sale.

[@iHawke]

This is the criteria for gaming equipment these days

[@mikenewbold1699]

i will never ever get tired of your content or that brown sofa a true pioneer most of the channels i watch now are basically you in other forms

[@Aehzur]

I always end up rewatching his stuff, it’s his knowledge of stuff I find so Interesting not to mention his humour :)

[@inthegrass11]

I'm in the same boat as you! if you like stuff like this, DankPods is a good watch too!

[@the80hdgaming]

The brown sofa is nearly as legendary as Ashens himself...

[@Fuck_handles]

@@the80hdgaming and most likely older than some of his viewers

[@smittyn804]

Even that black couch in those interview videos isn't known as well as Ashens'.

[@04whim]

Doing my Christmas shopping yesterday I saw gaming peripherals in Wilkos of all possible places. And something about the phrase "My Wilkos gaming headset" is infinitely funnier than it has any right to be. The Ashens potential even crossed my mind at the time.

[@EthanfromEngland-]

Idk if they still do it but Wilkos sold a keyboard and mouse bundle for £5 once. It was the standard black keyboard you'd have at school etc but it was built pretty well. By far the best value bundle I know of. Not sure if they still do it tho.

[@Thaddeus2007]

@@EthanfromEngland- That's actually a really good deal if you realize most mediocre keyboards are $15 or $20.

[@plenus7392]

Watching Ashens from 2010 to 2021 and i can never tell the date on the videos, i bow down to your absolute consistency, sire.

[@poiiihy]

hmm wow yes that is true; still doin' it on the old sofa

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

@@poiiihy that poor bastard sofa

[@AsymptoteInverse]

I've been watching him about that long, too. And I, too, am shocked and pleased by his consistency.

[@TEIN-qi3ie]

Once you watch enough ashes videos, you can date them by the number and position of stains and tears on the sofa, kinda like the growth rings on a tree

[@thedutyfree-tdf]

You join youtube in 2015 🤣🤣

[@mugin92]

"If you're left handed, you're shit out of luck with this." The amount of left handed people who exclusively use mice in their right hand has to be more than just me, right?

[@frogsnott5284]

There's just some things that aren't worth looking for the lefty version of. Fuck those right handed school desks though.

[@mookow2]

Same I've always just used it right handed.

[@Redhairedviking09]

Yep. Same here. For most things I'm a lefty, but I've always used the mouse with my right hand.

[@bexrayspex]

Me too it’s just always been easier that way. The lack of lecture hall desks was a total drag though

[@sleipinova]

nah it's super common i think because if you're left-handed you probably just grew up using right-handed mice and that's how you learned how to use a computer. my boyfriend is a lefty and he uses his mouse in his right hand

[@hectorleach-clay2271]

Nearly bought lots of this at my local poundland but I thought I should wait until the ashens vid came out, and I was not disappointed! For once this has functioned as an actual review channel for my purposes.

[@nowayjerk8064]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA JUST A WEEK LATE THAT RANGE IS GONE ,OR SO MY LUCK ROLES

[@DoNotPassGO]

@@nowayjerk8064 Yankee doodle shite here. The range is still on poundland's site. I wish it shipped to the states.

[@bigmac7221]

Haha same here

[@galliman123]

Did you get those £4 earphones?

[@Axemun]

Every fucking time when you test a poundland mic it sounds significantly better than some legitech equivalent that costs £100+ I honestly have no idea why.

[@Lolkork]

Not really. There are a lot of factors besides microphones that can make someones audio sound bad. Such as background noise, compression, noise filtering, or digital volume boosting.

[@2BTO]

@@Lolkork lies sold to you by Big Headset

[@nimoy007]

@@2BTO lies told to you by someone with no concept of audio processing. You know how harmonics and Fourier Transforms work?

[@LennyMarcusNY]

@@nimoy007 lies sold to you by mathematicians

[@2BTO]

@@nimoy007 they need to teach you the concept of a joke next 🤣

[@karnak327]

So... When is Poundland finally gonna start selling GPUs?

[@_Piers_]

They'll probably wait untill the shortage is over...so hopefully, before the heat death of the universe.

[@karnak327]

@@slightlyevolved I suspect that Wish GPUs would eventually melt the computer or make all games run on EGA graphics.

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

@@karnak327 EGA graphics? that's setting the bar way too high

[@CocoaEm]

@@SmeddyTooBestChannel mga?

[@brandontechnerd]

@@karnak327 *CGA or MDA. Do you really think that they could sell anything that could display up to 16 colours at 640x350 resolution for ₤15 or less? Although it would be very interesting to see how an EGA card would perform in a modern PC with PCIe slots. Windows 3.1 was the last Windows version to natively support EGA, although you can run Windows 95 (and possibly 98, I can't remember) on EGA using the Windows 3.1 EGA driver.

[@tonybeattie3980]

I never thought I would see the day that Poundland would sell gaming stuff, let also Ashes covering said stuff. This is gonna be great!

[@torquetheprisoner]

pounland has turned in to pound strecher

[@alekpo2000]

well all that stuff its ultra cheap generic stuff china pumps by millons a second lol u can find the same design in whatever brand u like

[@MisterMosfet]

@@torquetheprisoner sounds like a great time

[@marttull5959]

The sounbar is decent recently bought one

[@phreakout93]

Can only hope the newest pop station comes through there

[@theangrymoose6681]

I can confirm that the gaming mouse is really good, I bought the same mouse, but with slightly different wording on it, from Home Bargains about a year ago and it's great for gaming and the double click button, the silver button just to the left of the main mouse buttons, is actually quite handy once you get used to it. And after a year's constant usage on my main PC playing DOOM and various other first person shooters it's showing no real signs of wear and tear, and all buttons and the scroll wheel function as they should, definitely a great bargain for the price, which I think was about £5 at the time.

[@Sonlirain]

That's a good sign, A lot of those cheap mice from my experience (Like pretty much the entire Genesis brand) feel great, have some cool features but tend to start falling apart after ~1 year.

[@MrEsphoenix]

And they based it on the Madcatz RAT which is a win.

[@zimbu_]

The double click button could be a problem with the rules of professional gaming competitions or with top leaderboard submissions of some speedrunning games. But I guess anyone getting into those activities would upgrade to something expensive just in case it helps.

[@massivepileup]

@@MrEsphoenix Speedlink Decus, actually. That's a much closer comparison. It's possible that Speedlink based the extra button to the side on the RAT but this clone is almost 1:1 to the Decus.

[@massivepileup]

@@zimbu_ Any programmable mouse can have a button like that, I'm guessing it falls under "no macros" in games where that's relevant. Most games don't poll the mouse frequently enough for multi-click buttons to work well.

[@milesedgeworth132]

I've had 30 dollar headphones that sounded like I attached two fans to my ears with someone singing behind them.

[@MrEsphoenix]

I mean, some of the current top selling headphones are those raycon ones that have trash drivers. Most people have never used quality headphones so don't have anything to compare things too.

[@marcel_kleist]

@@MrEsphoenix I hate the Raymond trend. I mean, I never tried them. But reading about them I know how bad they are. And then there are Creators that say they only accept sponsorships from brands/products they stand behind. Which means they either lie or they never heard good headphones. I would say it’s the first one since most of them make a ton of money out of KZbin. I would say that even their high-end gaming headsets sound a lot better.

[@wyterabitt2149]

@@marcel_kleist Or, and here's a revelation . . . . people can prefer different subjective sound profiles to crazy degrees. And even if in the minority, they are no less right about what they like or think are good.

[@hikaru9624]

Sorry but the idea of Miles Edgeworth owning crappy headphones amuses me and I don’t know why! Now to the meat and tatties. While I don’t have a good reference for quality headphones, one of the best headphones I had was a £20 turtle beach. Were they outstanding sound quality? Of course not. But for their price I felt they were good and comfortable to wear (the fact the ear cups swivelled helped) and it’s volume switch was very handy. RIP my cheap turtle beach headphones.

[@Phizzy]

Sounds about right for $30 headphones tbh

[@CdeM]

"Rubbery bottom and smooth top" Well that's going on my Tinder profile

[@Darx97]

Impressive how good the mics are

[@mattx5499]

Well, Mic technology isn't as sophisticated as people think and decent mics are available for low price. Of course they are not studio quality with dynamics and detail, but for voice recording for non-music KZbin vids they are ok. Also you can enhance the sound with proper settings. And mics presented here are for voice communication in gaming, Skype and stuff.

[@mattx5499]

@@TRACKSTARRR Bad products are bad products. Next time, if you want to spend such money, get something from a brand that is known for making good mics, headsets or whatever you need.

[@mattx5499]

@@TRACKSTARRR Whatever means 'Cristal clear'... If you are so audiophile get yourself a studio mic and some stand/arm instead of a gaming headset. I don't know your expectations towards mic sound in a headset for just voice comm, streaming etc...

[@27johnrick]

@@TRACKSTARRR omg That awful Astro A50. Cant believe I spent $300 on that thing. Wireless earturds. Disconnection issues. Bleh

[@Finallybianca]

Someone should send Dank Pods the Hawk headset.

[@Moist_Nugget939]

I'm sure he would love a big box of audio tat from Ashens.

[@gleggett3817]

or Ashens does Dankpods style microphone test "One day I go up city and I see a friend and I say Cor blast...."

[@FunBoysGaming]

i've been waiting for an Ashens x Dankpods collab for a considerable time now

[@ArchangelExile]

One of the rare videos where most of the Poundland products are actually winners.

[@Nimmo1492]

Poundland selling quality stuff might be the worst possible thing to happen to Ashens

[@RetroPlus]

I've gotten a lot of actual decent stuff from poundland

[@ArchangelExile]

Guess that's what happens when Poundland starts charging more than a pound. I wish that was the case for stores like Dollar Tree (formerly everything was $1 +tax) and Five Below (formerly everything was $5 +tax or below) here in the US. They just recently started charging more for certain products.

[@IndiBrony]

13 minutes into the video and I'm like "Am I sure I'm watching Ashens?" Not often you get videos with this many positive reviews in a row!

[@bofh139]

I bought the keyboard from Dealz in Ireland ~2 years ago, since I needed one to setup a RPi. It works fine and I've thrown it around a lot without issues.

[@10Diyes]

I’ve been watching your content for the comedic value even before i moved to the UK…and I gotta say I never thought that all your Poundland reviews will be of use to me. Here we are 4+ years later and you’re my main source of Poundland reviews..:) Thanks for entertaining us all throughout these years!

[@rzeka]

Damn, you know a country is hilarious when you move there just for the comedic value!

[@Cory_]

The microphone on that headset is actually incredible for the price. Absolutely good enough for voice chat in a game.

[@noahwestin8416]

Thank you ashens, you are the best person on KZbin to watch while being sick, just the tone of your videos have such an anxiety free feeling.

[@TheHylianBatman]

Man, I can't imagine a budget store having a decent range of electronic stuff, let alone anything good. That's amazing.

[@Lewis1995]

I'd love to see another Christmas special with you and Barry eating sandwiches

[@JSideFx]

I want a sandwich 😞

[@TheOfficialGlitchTTG]

Yes

[@TheHolyBushGod]

That's the video KZbin put as the next video

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

Yes Please more sandwiches.

[@TheOfficialGlitchTTG]

@Max lol

[@GreigerBDragon]

Oh good lord. As an American we don't have a poundland here, but we do have stores like dollar general and dollar tree. If I saw a dollar general 'gaming' mouse for around 5 bucks I would be terrified of plugging it into my computer.

[@blazengodz4207]

Whys that please explain hahahaha because i have what hes showing and yes it may be budget gaming equipment but there is no reason for you to shit on it when you havent even tried it lmao i personally use these for gaming and i havent had no problems with it and when you say your computer wont handle it then get your pc checked out because its just the same as everything else on the market just made cheaper.... Tbh the rgb lights are brighter than most keyboards that go for 30 dollars or more.... The mouse works wonders and no lag from it.... Not everyone can afroid 70 dollar keyboards or gaming keyboards that range to up 100 dollars or more.... Not everyone feels comfortable wasting money on something that they can just get cheaper that works the same.....

[@beldurnik21]

Generally trying to fix a computer by hitting it is called 'percussive maintenance '. It is generally frowned upon in the IT community. Especially by users.

[@adammcallister2260]

The classic joke “I rebooted my computer today. The first kick did fuck all” springs to mind!

[@cyberparrot]

I call it a 'love tap'.

[@SeriouslyMikey]

When I worked at Poundstretcher a few years ago. The computer mice sold there not only were still PS2 but also ball mice.

[@agy234]

Great for retro computer enthusiasts

[@StormkeeperPU]

I bought a few of them after seeing them, as for a quid, you couldn't go wrong, plus having them to hand for older systems is useful!

[@salaciouscreations4323]

Some bios only allow ps/2 access. Always worth having one in the repair bag

[@KingEurope1]

6:47 That looks identical to a £20 Microsoft branded headset that was as common as mud about 15 years ago. They were really good quality for the price (at the time).

[@lolman123401]

yep, it's an identical clone to the Microsoft LX-3000. except that one is USB and it's still sold today even if it's decades old.

[@BoogyMushrooms]

You're referencing the Lifecahat 3000, something Ashens has specifically mentioned using in the past in fact! And they were in fact very good. My high school as close back as 2013 ordered new pairs. The microphone on the dollar store option ironically sounds better, so technology has come a long way.

[@greyhope-loveridge6126]

@@lolman123401 I actually have one of those headsets and can confirm they're the exact same design, even down to the microphone. I would not be surprised if the company that made the 3.5mm jack ones gets slapped with a lawsuit over this. I saw them in poundland and my first thought was "Hang on, my headset looks exactly like that!". Funky colours though.

[@neroxen_]

@@greyhope-loveridge6126 Why would they be hit with a lawsuit? What's to say Microsoft hasn't been just buying rebranded versions of them to sell all this time? I mean the chances are definitely higher that the factory producing these is selling them under the table or something, but ultimately, we probably won't ever really know.

[@wesrrowlands8309]

All our PCs have come with the 3.5 jacks including our 2 newest ones. That gaming mouse looks like the cheap one I ordered from China years ago and it was a surprisingly good mouse, until it fell and hit the floor then it gave up the ghost fast.

[@ToastyMozart]

I think he means the four-contact (TRRS) jack that combines audio out and mic in, most desktops use two discreet jacks so you can plug headphones and microphones in separately.

[@mattx5499]

@@ToastyMozart There are thingies that can divide the four-pin mini jack to two standard mini jacks for headphones and Mic, so you can plug set like this into standard PC. These earphones with bendable mic are probably for some ultrabooks, tablets and phones that utilise those 4-pin connectors.

[@poochyenarulez]

@@ToastyMozart ooooooohhhhhhhh

[@mattx5499]

@LabRat Knatz They should just include a little cable divider with 4-pin mini jack socket on one side and two standard mini jacks on the other...

[@massivepileup]

@@mattx5499 Yeah that's the adapter Ashens said you'd need.

[@kyhillbillyhomestead8888]

Those ear buds look like they will turn you into a pound land cyberman

[@UnitSe7en]

Stuart: That's not good computer repair advice. Me: You obviously haven't repaired very many computers.

[@thespiffingamerican]

Mallet is the way to go.

[@rblxfan22]

@@thespiffingamerican yea

[@ChaseRaph]

Poundland has certainly improved over the years with the technical products. I suppose a large part of that is charging several pounds now, but still very cheap for what you’re getting. Honestly does seem good to just have some of these as backups with how cheap and decent they are.

[@R4K45H1_GAMING]

2:35 love this frame in particular

[@janX9]

Editing issue?

[@MrMonochromatic]

The spare keyboards are great for consoles and such, I have one near my Switch for Animal Crossing (I hate using the app) just like I did for the Wii. I also kinda prefer a physical keyboard with an OTG cable for tablet and phone when I have the chance, and the ones with weird slope in the back like that one support the phone in landscape just fine while I type. So any weird use like this, it's nice not having to swipe the one from the desktop when I need it. Any physical board is better than the touch or cursor boards.

[@Chaos89P]

Switch, PS4/3, Wii U... one keyboard to type for them all.

[@lulusinner]

Wait you can use an actual keyboard on the switch?

[@Chaos89P]

@@lulusinner Yup. Used it on Pokémon Sword, Saints Row: The Third, and the snapshot editor. Worked on all of them. -I even hear you can use one on Animal Crossing New Horizons, too.- As far as I know, the Switch has to be docked. EDIT: New Horizons was mentioned

[@lulusinner]

@@Chaos89P ahhh I never dock mine so that would explain why I didn't know

[@startedtech]

That cheap gaming mouse looks a lot better than a $5 Microcenter gaming mouse I bought as a backup, it was utter crap compared to this. Edit: in my near decade of watching Ashens, those headphones are easily the most satisfied I've seen him with Poundland stuff. Might look around for a version of them in the US.

[@svenbenglen7599]

very nice kv-4000 pfp

[@acid3129]

I have a steel series mouse o got for £12 from amazon . I recently got the pound land one as a backup just incase and I ended up switching to it and using the steelseries as the backup . I'm completely amazes that they managed to get such decent stuff and sell it so cheap . These are great for a kids first gaming setup you have the light the shape and the price is perfect I'm going to go back and get the in ear headphones for my switch lite

[@startedtech]

@@svenbenglen7599 thanks, you're the first to recognize it! I did sell it on to a collector earlier this year as I could use the money (I'm a university student). I collect a lot of vintage electronics/computers, and I've been considering making some basic vids/a website with some of my collection. Before I sold the KV-4000 I did make sure to take a bunch of good photos since it isn't that well documented, need to get those public online somewhere.

[@h3nder]

I find cheap gaming mice over designed which is weird. Design wise that is.

[@scoopypigeon1694]

Honestly, having those ridiculous lights come on if Caps Lock was on instead, might actually be useful for me to avoid accidentally yelling in chat!

[@Bluntbows]

Wow the mic on that headset is actually incredible for 6 pounds.

[@keiyakins]

I don't care about the latency I just like wired because I don't have to fuss with batteries.

[@jeff-gl1yx]

No serious mouse use batteries anymore. They last for a few days, and you just plug it in while you sleep.

[@Jackerlus1]

This isn't the late 2000s, wireless mice have internal batteries charged through micro USB connections now. I just have my mouse charging cable resting on my desk and after about 4 days I plug it in for a few hours (you can still use it while it's charging) and it's good to go again.

[@jeff-gl1yx]

@@Jackerlus1 it's crazy how people still think wireless mice have latency and battery issues.

[@keiyakins]

@@jeff-gl1yx okay sure but why not just... Leave it plugged in, and drop the batteries and wireless hardware? Wireless stuff is nice on laptops but my desktop sits in one place for years on end, it doesn't *need* wireless peripherals.

[@jeff-gl1yx]

@@keiyakins You really don't notice how annoying having a wire on a mouse is until you've gotten used to not having one.

[@SeraphimKnight]

I like that they printed "FOR THE GAME" on it so that you know exactly what this is for.

[@IamRobotMonkey]

I love The Game. It's my favourite.

[@khaosB47]

Because without it I'd try and use it for a book

[@Nono-hk3is]

Stewart giving off strong My Grandfather vibes with how excited he is about getting cheap electronics at Poundland

[@krank23]

Wired keyboards generally also have better rollover. Cheap keyboards & especially wireless ones often can't detect a lot of keys at the same time. I've found several where you can't press W, D, Shift and Space at the same time - in other words, running diagonally and jumping is simply not something you can do =)

[@sad9456]

that's mighty quick for another upload. the tardis calendar isn't just affecting the second channel's time it seems.

[@ArcturusDeluxe]

I'm pretty sure most desktop PCs still have 3.5 inch audio jacks right? most motherboards still have them as standard and most cases have a passthrough to the front? or am I completely out of touch these days

[@Jakek200]

I believe he's talking about the single combined Speaker/Mic jack on desktops vs having two separate jacks. While having a combined jack is common on laptops I don't think I've ever really seen it implemented on a desktop as they always have the separate Speaker and Mic jacks.

[@ffnbbq]

@@Jakek200 Unfortunately, a minimalist trend with some case manufacturers has seen them use the combined jack. Typically on cases that emphasise form (often flat, ventless front panels) over function.

[@Landfall364]

I can say with a fair amount of certainty, that no desktop or laptop has ever been made with a 3.5 _inch_ audio jack.

[@ArcturusDeluxe]

@@Jakek200 Ah ok, that makes more sense, thanks!

[@oneofmanyjames-es1643]

In the spirit of cheap, I'm sad Ashens didn't test these with his AliExpress PC

[@enigma776]

That computer along with the Wish one were destroyed for the betterment of mankind.

[@DominicKrall]

Wired stuff do generally have less latency, but some wireless gear actually has less than most wired, for example Logitech's Lightspeed.

[@JackZeAttack]

I have had a carbon copy of the light up mouse from amazon was about £6, worked very well, the little button adjusts dpi which was handy. Had for a few years while being a student and gamer. Would recommend as a cheapo or back up

[@megangorski]

As a lefty I can tell you we’ve always been shit outta luck :(

[@irreverend_]

Actually most modern PC motherboards allow for that kind of 3.5mm jack in practically any of the holes. The software usually asks you what you've plugged in. Makes me wonder why they have different coloured audio ports but yeah, mic and audio output should still work on any recent desktop I think

[@JamesThorWolf]

I can explain the multi audio ports, most motherboards have built in sound and amp circuits (like the old sound cards) these days, and can drive low impediance speakers just fine. so if you have say 7 small studio montors and know how to wire up the 3.5 jack you can hook them all up for true surround sound. Tl;dr they have a built in amp for multiple speakers for the 7.1 surround setup

[@irreverend_]

@@JamesThorWolf yeah I know why there's multiple outputs, I meant it doesn't seem relevant to still colour code them on machines where the audio driver just asks you what you've plugged in, since you can plug it into any of them

[@GannAinm]

As an appreciator of both Scorpions and Yogurt I would like to thank you for informing us of the existence of this mat.

[@supergeekjay]

It's great if you're also a Scorpio zodiac sign, because that scorpion looks mean :) I'm a Leo and wouldn't take him on in a fight!

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

That mouse is the exact same as tons of others, it's a design that everyone makes lol. I remember my friend had an anker branded one and I had another weird brand that I can't remember the name of. But they had all the same shape and buttons just the design on the top was different

[@ironsienna]

8:50 Man this sound better than your standard microphone! Why don't you use this one from now and on???

[@aqua_whale]

Honestly I barely noticed a difference between that and his normal mic

[@billybricker9202]

As a left handed person I'd have no trouble using that mouse. I have no clue how people use a mouse with their left hand, makes no sense to me. Probably because I've been using a mouse since before I could write. Edit: 3.5 INCH jack?!? That's a huge connector

[@Kwpolska]

Same here, I write with my left hand, and mouse with my right hand, and always have. Mousing requires less precise movement than writing, and mouse-on-the-right is the default in many public computing environments, so I would imagine this scenario is quite common.

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

it didn't look that big on camera...

[@SenkJu]

How can people still have absolutely atrocious microphones in multiplayer games when there are 6£ headsets with a decent mic?

[@alexe8375]

With this kind of quality, the weakest link will be whatever noise is in the room, the compression the games do when transmitting audio, etc. We really live in a golden age of super cheap audio

[@keyholes]

Wireless mics are generally much harder to do well for cheap, sadly.

[@TheRailroad99]

because they use laptop integrated mics... And those are horrible 99% of the time (the only exception are MacBook Mics, they are pretty decent)

[@systemmonitor5295]

I actually really love that keyboard. I grabbed it just for working from home and it's so comfy and easy to use. Although the functions don't seem to work (Internet Explorer and Email do not come up whatsoever). Tying the colours to Scroll Lock is odd, too.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

*Ashens:* "I'm going to punch this laptop, back in a second." *what we don't hear:* "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!"

[@amalananthcurumoorthy]

I remember watching ashens a while back, kinda mad how intro is still the same and the content is almost exactly the same aswell. Hats off for the consistency

[@eiv-gaming]

Been waiting on this one. More ashens vids in the last month than in a long time. So happy :) **Edit** Worth the wait. More please Ashens! :)

[@faumnamara5181]

He must be skint.....

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

I’ve actually found that old OEM keyboards are nice and cheap keyboards to get. They usually have function keys(often separate volume and mute buttons) and actually feel pretty decent to use. I use an old HP keyboard from around 2012 on one of my systems and it’s perfectly fine to use. You can find them really cheaply in thrift stores and yard sales.

[@lastchretien]

I’ve found the same, but with OEM mice. I bought a basic Dell mouse at a second-hand shop (that pretty obviously hadn’t been used yet) for C$3 or something and it’s served me faithfully for at least five years now, longer than any other I’ve had.

[@elhefe9065]

You should come to America and do a five below or dollar store episode

[@Roadent1241]

Or set up a new PO box and have peeps send stuff over, a lot les expensive XD

[@cactus3796]

i love the poundland specials, that is how i first found ur channel years ago!

[@MrManniG]

I found a quite reasonable "gaming" mouse in my local discounter about a year ago for 6 euros. well i bought 5 of them so far because I had more expensive mice break after 6 months and now that bloody thing won't break.

[@frankw9619]

Bought those £4 earbuds based on this review and can confirm that they are excellent. Maybe a tad shrill but nothing too nasty. Well worth the money.

[@furblokeEN]

8:37 More and more modern PC cases are coming with a 4-pole jack. After you've spent £150 on a case, this headset may be all your budget allows

[@LossyLossnitzer]

I brought one of the gaming mice today after watching your video : It rattled badly, so I took it apart to find the weight which they had put in there to make it feel more "premium" was just a screwed in (in my case not: Broken ) piece of metal with no function. It did give me the ability to see what sort of switches they used for the clicks and they appeared to be good. Most fun was the mouse wheel, it works great as a spinning top. I broke the casing too much trying to get the 3 screws out two under the rear glide pads and another under the central sticker to the left. I would have taken it back to poundland but I could do with a USB cable as that was perfect to the mouse PCB with all 4 cables exposed, or I could use the PCB as just a colour changing light. Thank you

[@renaigh]

Ashens should get an award for the consistent and unchanging content for a decade.

[@04whim]

I'm pretty sure the only contestants at this point are Ashens and Zero Punctuation.

[@xionkuriyama5697]

@@04whim AVGN?

[@able-fox]

If you get the 3.5mm to USB adapter you can use both headphones and microphone options on those combination units.

[@Gatorade69]

Really ? Good to know, thanks.

[@RikMcCloud]

I thought I'd seen that headset before! Microsoft sold one call the LifeChat LX-3000 and it looks the same apart from the cable is USB!

[@massivepileup]

A USB cable requires quite different internals (to convert the analog signal to a digital one) so I'm guessing the Chinese knockoff maker here just tried to copy the exterior of the Microsoft headset. Probably for the best since a cheap ADC would sound a lot worse than just sending the analog signal to whatever audio input you use that's probably part of a more expensive machine.

[@naxzed_it]

@@massivepileup Funny thing is though the Poundland mic and audio sounds better than the LX-3000???

[@cyberparrot]

Oh shit, knew it looked familiar

[@JimtheEvo]

Christ on a bike, that mic was actually amazingly good quality for something that cost less than a nice coffee.

[@Schatten.mensch]

Bloody hell, this is the first time I'm genuinely jealous of countries with poundlands, these things are bloody excellent for the money

[@fongus6420]

Here in ireland, we have Dealz, which is the exact same thing, probably owned by the same people.

[@JynxedKoma]

Incorrect: 3.5mm jacks are still widely commonplace, mainly for high end motherboards that support inbuilt 7.1 surround sound chipsets, of which many still require both 3.5mm ports and the use of a single USB connector for power. The only time 3.5mm will no longer exist, is when headset manufacturers no longer create products for it. Though a huge shift has already happened to purely USB powered stereo and 5.1/7.1 headsets

[@WickedGamerCollector]

LOL, we have the Action here and sells the same kind of products under different names 😅

[@therealchriscunningham]

Action's RE-LOAD mouse pad with an integrated wireless Qi charger (which cost €3.98) instantly supplanted every other mouse pad I've ever owned. Action in general is a wonderful land of incredible gifts.

[@janemba42]

Ashens is a masterclass on how to sweat properly, and tactfully. He doesn't swear too often but when he does it is very much to the point, and often quite hilarious.

[@RobertDempster32]

I went to Poundland after watching this and bought those £4 earphones out of interest. They are surprisingly good for the price! Very clean sound :)

[@quenguin2178]

Most of my Desktop PC's have the seperate Headphone/Mic connectors. Some headsets come with an adapter to convert the 2 seperate connectors into the 1

[@CloudHater]

love how those headphones look 1 for 1 like microsoft's lx-3000 headset, except with colour. might as well have slapped the microsoft logo on there too

[@handsolo1209]

It can't be a coincidence that BigClive is back on the mainland and now we are getting lots of Ashens poundland videos. The competition is real and intense for who loves that shop the most.

[@ajaxlewis7664]

Merry xmas, my dudes OR DUDETTES! 🎄

[@YokiDokiPanic]

I've been watching too much Dankpods. When he pulled out the headset and began talking about how they sound, I was expecting the freakish ears on a stand to make an appearance.

[@Zeloverevolution]

The only benefit of the overdrive speaker would be stereo audio. Gaming in mono is no fun.

[@JulianA-tr6pt]

Stereo, but the speakers are far too close together to really create a stereo field, given you're sitting more than a foot away. A problem with most sound bars in general, which are perfectly fine for TV.

[@kamikazepasi]

i hope so much you are doing a Christmas Special this year, it has really become a tradition lol, anyways i just wanted to say: thank you for alle the videos this year and all the time you have put in.

[@thesepsis1607]

But you should grow suspicious when they one day upgrade to Maximum Overdrive…

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

I knew I should've gotten the Turbo...

[@thewhiterabbit3221]

Ah man I love that brown couch!!!!😂

[@Bluemodsredvr]

Great to see you continuing to give us great videos.

[@TremiRodomi]

A lot of monitors do have 3.5mm jacks now, especially for HDMI-based ones. Mine certainly does.

[@vahdis]

That rubberized coating on the mouse looks like the stuff that turns to sticky goop after a couple years and becomes unusable

[@chloedevereaux1801]

no rubberised coating on it... i have one, its textured plastic apart from the shiny bit

[@61jason61]

f and j key have had a perforated or indented mark so you can feel the '' home key '' easier. they're there for us who can touch type 80+ words per minute in a dark room with our eyes shut.once your index fingers are '' home '' on f and j you can get to any key without thought.

[@VeronicaMowery]

I'm using the first mouse right now. It's actually great.

[@coyoteartist]

I use to look at those light up keyboards and think that would be kinda handy but they were so damned expensive. My laptop came with it standard and first I actually didn't think I was going to like it after all. Then I discovered you can make the number pad a different color then the rest and somehow this pleased me to no end.

[@Aehzur]

Never fail to please me with a upload ashens, keep it up and happy Christmas mate! :)

[@sjake333]

I bought the desk-size mouse mat a few weeks ago as a stopgap until I can get a Gamers Nexus one but I might just keep this - feels good! For a fiver it's pretty incredible.

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

Bluetooth speaker isn't good for gaming cause delays, also not good for switch when docked or Wii with HDMI adapter But to be fair, for gaming PC a soundbar is weird since we all have at least a decent 2.0 or 2.1 speaker system at bare minimum

[@TheRailroad99]

yep. those cheapo Logitech 2.1 sets are actually not that bad at all. Sure, a nice AVR + decent speakers destroys them in terms of sound quality, but if you set the bass knob correctly, they are MUCH better than most of those 90s/2000s micro hifi systems.

[@callmedaxter6552]

Customer: my computer won't turn on. IT specialist: Have you tried hitting it with a mallet?

[@scourgeneo7834]

"It does feel a bit on the cheap side." Me: well yeah, you got it at the dollar/pound store. what were you expecting?

[@Rapscallion2009]

I thought that. "It does feel pretty mousy" "Well......"

[@Xw3dn3sd4yX]

Mini rant - I'm glad you point out how having the single 3.5mm jack makes these kinds of headphones near useless on modern PCs (or even slightly less modern ones) due to the need for a MIC input for the microphone to work at all. I ran into this exact issue when I was able to finally upgrade from a dated Macbook to a proper tower PC. All I have are headphones with inline/built-in mics due to gaming consoles using that kind of setup for ease of use or keeping manufacturing costs down (a bit of a stretch, admittedly) or what is most likely the bigger reason being that 'gaming' brands could now just market their headsets across all consoles. Granted that IS handy especially if you have multiple consoles that you need a headset for but it quite literally ignores the use on a computer! Ok, rant over. I do want to say that I'm enjoying your content, especially the Poundland stuff like this. Some 'dollar/pound/etc' shops (at least in the US) don't have any of these peripherals so it's cool to see that the stores that have prices a little above the $1 point do stock cromulent and useable accessories!

[@jacoblawson1022]

I CLICKED THIS SO FAST I FRACTURED TIME ITSELF

[@61jason61]

the giant bar code makes it easier for cashier to scan your items speeding up the process, keeping your wait time down but more importantly, more customers through the till

[@3isr3g3n]

I'd love for some channel like Gamers Nexus to actually test that mouse. The mousepad seems to be genuinely well made.

[@_BangDroid_]

That peeling sticker is gonna catch on everything. Then you'd get annoyed and peel it off leaving adhesive residue that greatly increases the coefficient of friction

[@iana6713]

Also, those red keys on the keyboard remind me of the keys on a BBC Master Series back when I was at primary school!

[@guymontag5]

I appreciate the "zerg rush" comment, and your acknowledgement of the femtoseconds needed to stop it when it happens

[@LukanSpellweaver]

I bought that first mouse from amazon in 2015 and used it for 3 years. It still works! It does have different branding, the logo is a scorpion, but it's otherwise identical.