The unboxing experience I never had.

[@SleepyTaafey]

I feel like he needs a second microphone running alongside the current one at this point

[@ccortez392]

He does that’s why we have audio from the iPhone

[@obiwankenobi-]

@@ccortez392 no, like a second good one

[@constantinethe2hpencil409]

He makes over $40k per video from his Patreon alone and he can't be bothered to spend a couple hundreds for a backup microphone. How can people defend him? EDIT: STOP SlMPING FOR A LITERAL MILLIONAIRE! EDIT2: look at all his stans flocking to help a guy whom made more than $2mil in less than 3 years and can't even bother to get a decent microphone. Yes I'm sure he needs all your help ripping you off.

[@shea8830]

@@constantinethe2hpencil409 nobody is riding a stick up their ass quite as much as you mate

[@matejmikulcic9254]

@@constantinethe2hpencil409 i mean.... he can but why? Video sounds ok, if there is no need to buy one why buy one? Sometimes lower quallity audio can sound fun and nostalgic

[@BinaryArmorOnline]

Unironically this channel helped me get over my fear of devaluing collectibles in the name of making myself happy. Learning how to open my old sealed Lego sets and stuff and drown out the screaming of collectors with the joy of actually building them is one of the biggest glowups of my life

[@insertname941]

Its like not putting miles on a supercar...the good ones are meant to be driven, fast

[@that.neurodivergent]

Love that for ya

[@TheFrantastic]

Can't you sell the sealed one and get the same one not sealed? You would be able to experience the set while making money out of it and preserving the collectible.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I've never been the type to keep things sealed. I wanna play with them! That's what they're made for! Besides, when you just keep stuff in the box, it means you're going to just sell them later, which means you aren't even in it to enjoy them. Besides, because so many people hang onto in-package copies of stuff to sell later, they aren't going up in price the way they used to.

[@perfectsilhouette3317]

@@TheFrantastic🤓

[@designersheets]

I still adore the cassette aux adapter thing. I know it's pretty simple how it works, but it still blows my mind! Such a cool little plastic piece of tech history. And hey, CONGRATS on finally getting one of these!

[@jonnyroberts5545]

tech history,,,,,, this is my present day lol

[@BeesonsCars]

I just love how in 2023 I can get in a vehicle from the 90’s and easily connect my device through the tape deck. Working in the car business I’ve just kept a tape deck to 3.5mm adapter and lightening to aux adapter on hand if I ever get stuck driving something of the era.

[@handles_are_dumb_01]

@@BeesonsCars amusingly, if you want to hook up a music player to a car you're far better off with a 90s car. In the early 2000s they mostly dropped tape decks and had only CD players.... And that was several years before aux inputs came along. My father in law has an 03 Silverado that surprisingly has a tape deck. He uses a tape deck to 3.5mm adapter plugged into a Bluetooth to 3.5mm adapter. It's kinda amusing to look at but it works great.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

if my last car hadnt gotten totaled last year, id still be usin the old ipod tape--my new car has actual bluetooth and aux but those tapes are heaps useful

[@BeesonsCars]

@@handles_are_dumb_01 dude tell me about it. I used to have a Mercedes from the mid 00’s that had a PCMCIA / SD card slot, a 6 disk dvd changer, but no aux or USB. I ended up having the car coded by the dealer to tell the HU it had an aux port and installed it myself. The easiest solution for cars of this era is an FM transmitter, but I’ve yet to hear one that actually sounds “good.”

[@bradleymorgan8223]

This mans cracked open a veritable artifact for us. That's dedication

[@ukargeo]

Que es "veritable"¿?

[@Kitteh.B]

@@ukargeo it's called an intensifier, it's similar to saying "I'm crazy hungry right now" or "I'm extremely sad they cancelled that show." It's supposed to give more 'weight' or seriousness to what's being discussed. In the use case above, they're saying the ipod that was opened wasn't "just old" but "an ancient artifact" of sorts (obviously elaborating since the iPod is only 20ish years old, and a real artifact would be more like 20 centuries old) Other words that could be used as intensifiers: completely, highly, utter, authentic, bona fide, indubitable, absolute, total, genuine. Hope this helps! :]

[@RatBürgerSk8]

Man that old ipod marketing/packaging is so nostalgic. Really glad you finally opened this up. And honestly the iphone audio is perfectly acceptable.

[@karnickel-s33d16]

Those silhouette commercials and the countless parodies they spawned are very nostalgic.

[@hajilee4539]

Well _someone_ is listening out of their iPhone speakers.

[@standupstraight9691]

Vintage seems to get a more narrow meaning these days. these things are not even 20 years old, how is that vintage?

[@hajilee4539]

@@standupstraight9691 They never said the word vintage, did they edit their comment?

[@caolanmoore4027]

For anyone who haven't checked out garbage time and the drum thing, if you enjoy dankpods at all you are doing yourself a disservice by not checking those other channels out as I legitimately believe it some of the best content wade has produced in the last few months and I think dankpods is awesome

[@AfferbeckBeats]

I was into those channels first and didn't even know this one existed!

[@unknown547]

I bought the photo way back in 2006 after saving MONTHS of paper round money. That unboxing really bought me back some memories! Thanks Wade!

[@crimsonlion100]

Paper routes, brings me right back man.

[@spikes_johnson]

At this point I'm convinced that the tech that people lose over time just gets transported to Cashie's

[@Chickenbreadlp]

I love how on the packaging on the screen of the iPod it only says "Don't steal music" in English, but then in German it's super polite being like "Please do not steal music". I dunno I found that kinda funny xD Anyways, I'm legit surprised by how shiny these iPods used to be. I always thought they were meant to look kinda rough, because that's the only way I've seen those xD

[@punkerman7908]

This is one of the few times Dank has sung “a brand new nugg” and it was actually a crummulent device that kind of did its job

[@muuid1sk]

Get the popcorn everyone, a new dankpods video has arrived to our doorstep!

[@kikilafrite09]

man you are one of the few big youtubers i watch having this much microphone issues lmao, and im not even mad it makes the experience authentic because you still push out the content for us and i LOVE that! big love and support from France man! ps: (french translation: baguette, croissant fromage drapeau blanc!)

[@streamkeynanie]

ouah un français qui regarde dankpods, sah quel plaisir

[@kikilafrite09]

@@streamkeynanie on est la mon reuf! ca fait longtemps que je le regarde lui c un bon

[@fbicappuccino]

i'm from brazil, i agree with you ps: (brazillian translation: samba garota de ipanema carmem miranda caipirinha football)

[@kikilafrite09]

@@fbicappuccino 😂

[@gamingshenanigans4309]

I share the same amount of excitement as you… I was about 11 when my dad game me his 4th gen. His exact words were “I found this in my workshop you can have this ancient hunk of junk since you like iPods for some reason” sadly the 30 pin broke and the drive died but still 4 months of goodness

[@Wombattlr]

Hey, Wade Dankmus, congrats on KZbin AU|NZ putting this video into their "Out of the box" playlist!

[@clochard4074]

That was not lost value, it was value that you gifted to us! 🥰Thank you for the video!

[@obscuremix8198]

I was actually drinking milk when you said "It's biutifuuuuuul". You can imagine what happened later. Never change Wade.

[@natewilson1718]

Frank's a good dog for once

[@CantankerousDave]

Frank’s an Australian Longdog.

[@kazooduck]

Uhh frank is a spider this is Australia??

[@donaldhawkins541]

Those old 30 pin connector cables were built different they lasted a lot longer than a lightening cable ever could.

[@awesomejacob4035]

Wooo someone who never disappoints when it comes to making content. Never stop making videos my guy, keep up the good work

[@blackjack-bd3jb]

having audio issues every other video is disappointing

[@generallyunimportant]

@@blackjack-bd3jb "every other video"

[@Rolf97]

Wooo another generic like farming comment.

[@thebush6077]

@@blackjack-bd3jb meh the content is still good

[@urgae9125]

@@blackjack-bd3jb me when I lie Seriously, bruz, he’s a human being for fucks sake. Do you expect him to have some sort of production team when it’s only him who works on 4 channels, plus a streaming platform? He’s only got his mum and James working for him, everything else is just him.

[@user-sw7js4jw7v]

this model was the first iPod I ever got. it was Christmas the year the 4th Gen came out and I got a 20GB. it is still one of my favorite pieces of tech of all time. going from a discman to an iPod with all that music at my fingertips was a GAMECHANGER.

[@nwihel]

Keep it up Wade, loving the content!

[@Smolface.]

A dankpods video immidately makes my day

[@nwihel]

@@Smolface. same lol

[@kenny-ph9dw]

Except for the microphone part

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

It's a duck

[@K-EVOFFICIAL]

I think it's quite amazing the color of that CD-ROM from 2004 is still quite "modern" and pleasing to the eyes.

[@BA_115]

It feels like this video could be released 2 years ago and I can’t tell the difference, wich is good knowing how good he is since the beginning

[@tmntleo]

I dunno if you read your comments but I wanted to give you a quick thank you. I lost one of my nugs recently (My Shrek Green 4th gen one, RIP Pistachio) and needed a replacement, but all the ones I found online were super expensive and weren't even guaranteed to work. I'd never thought to look in Cashies because all the ones around here seem to sell instruments and nothing else, but I thought I'd give it a look and lo and behold I found a 3rd gen nano in the case, scratched up and clearly had been sitting there for a while. The guy let me arm it to check it worked and it went on, the wheel worked so I brought it home! Charged it up and it holds charge like a champ, it connected immediately to my computer and boom. And it only cost me £18! So yeah, thank you for showing me the magic that is Cashies and saving me about £40! Also that's a 4th gen nano, I tend to have 4th gen and 5th gens around :P

[@bojandamjanovski3087]

Love the sound, exactly the kind of quality we expect from this channel

[@kaijuuu2198]

It's really cool that the homie has worked hard enough and got far enough on yt that he was able to fulfill one of his curiosities and not have to worry too much about the value he lost on the item

[@PubstarHero]

Man when you said you had to get this shipped from way far away, I had sudden flashbacks to when I found your channel. All videos bitching about how the eBay international shipping facility kept just destroying the boxes and sending shit basically in pieces, and then refusing to give refunds. Its been great watching the channel grow since then.

[@trngls]

"Nice to uh.. have the honor of devaluing you. And not even using you." mate your hands have graced it, its value can only go up

[@idek3867]

I can't believe you actually did this. Thank you tho! I've never seen anyone unbox these, didn't even know what the packaging looked like 😂. I've wanted one of those for ages now, but never got my hands on one. There's no need for it anymore, but it would still be cool to own one.

[@standupstraight9691]

I dont really understand why some think MP3 players are obsolete? I have an iPhone like every other droog, but I also have an Ipod touch in my car and one in my bedroom. I'll own dedicated MP3 players for as long as they make them.

[@garetz00]

Dock was sold seperately. There are also several versions.

[@KiraKiraDaze]

Great video!, hope you and Frank are enjoying yourself!

[@ExperimentLife]

"Nice to have the honor of devaluing you and then still not using you." Hits hard for some people.

[@UnbelievableSeries]

You have a wonderful low/hum singing voice. And you have a wicked sense of humor. I’m not surprised your channel had blown up cause you have all the makings of being a great entertainer!

[@davidbolha]

But makes you wonder just how exhausted he has to feel after every single video... 🤔😑😖

[@sichunlam]

Thank you for this - the iPod 4th gen was my first (and only) iPod ever and it still (kinda) works when plugged in! The classic six-pin FireWire cable to Dock Connector cable is also a rarity - it is pretty much impossible to buy a working one anywhere these days!

[@DivineNihilism]

I never owned an iPod so I thank you for this experience.

[@thekivster]

I like the elaborate packaging. It’s worth it.

[@MrMegabart]

I will excuse the iPhone audio if it means a new dankpods video, keep up the good work Wade! Always happy to see one of your channels pop up on recommended

[@TadanoHitohito]

People who get upset when someone opens a sealed product are unbelievable, these products are supposed to be enjoyed and not be on a shelf forever.

[@NightsIntoDreams777]

Honestly, because you had your hands on it. You probably increased it's value.

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

@@i_dont_want_a_handle ayup mr grammar nazi

[@miscl_anon]

5:16 i'm amazed that such a comparatively modern os still recognizes content created for a much older computer. like, it's not just a generic "unsupported" error

[@jesselox3470]

This feels like an important moment in life. DankPods opening up a brand new ipod. The world is healing

[@OmicronFra]

This scene is a masterpiece on so many levels, the drama, the goodbye, the absolute panic

[@JabbieYT]

I am so pumped that this video has come out, possibly the best dankpods iPod video to date? You decide!

[@tylern6420]

yay another iPod

[@fuaryo]

This was my first iPod, I was 19, uni student, saved up all year, and split the cost for a Christmas present with my dad and girlfriend at the time, such great memories!

[@K_Safe538]

YES I DID IT, I’ve had watch every single one (except your aftershow episodes, no money) of your Dankpods videos with in a week and what a prefect timing for me to finished it off with a brand new video. And wow what an adventure I had, knowing all the family members and inside jokes in this channel, oh and even the watch every ad that show up, to try to say here’s my way of helping. And even went through a phase of first enjoying, then getting annoyed to then back to loving scarlet fire Oh you frank!

[@L-73580]

ayy had the same experience a few weeks ago, it was a wild ride!

[@NHT2]

I still remember with full clarity unboxing my 3rd gen in 2003. It was magical.

[@CantankerousDave]

I got my 5th gen in 2005 and it’s still chugging along with a new battery and SD mod. It came in a box that wasn’t cartoonishly huge, though.

[@NHT2]

@@CantankerousDave Mine came in a huge box but it came with a little case, a dock, charger and cable, and an inline remote/cord extension. My 6th gen was in a tiny box with a cable. I honestly missed getting all the accessories.

[@ryanphillips8562]

I love the “FREE MUSIC!” at 4:46

[@jayzworld_2763]

That’s exactly what he did on the video that he opened a brand new iPod shuffle

[@MrVlodato]

The "splotches" on the screen are most likely due to the battery starting to expand and its pushing the lcd into the plastic cover. As crazy as it sounds it might be worth replacing it before it inevitably breaks the lcd.

[@EPICMAN-ld8oq]

Is this the ultimate unboxing you've been teasing us with for years

[@aidanjarosgrilli]

you can pull the american plug off the brick and swap it out for an aus one or use a normal ac cable. there is also a locating lug the holds the plug in place that can also double as a bottle opener

[@dubstepking121]

Always warms my heart seeing frank ❤

[@OriginalBadRobotz]

I used to work at circuit city back in the day, it was really fun, unboxing customers, iPods, and playing with all of the new models when they came in

[@Jdbye]

You should charge it to 60% before putting it back, the battery seems to still be good but that's not gonna last if you leave it to discharge even further.

[@jrgenjohansen2799]

Ok, so this audio was quite the adventure. When you moved sexy speaker behind the camera, I actually heard it behind me through my headset. Now that is immersion!

[@TheOfficialDorianelevator]

9:32 as allways each time he says "na-no" i laugh

[@randomchannel252]

its funny cause the cardboard table is where the dock is supposed to be on the high storage models (that actually came with a dock), so they used the same box for all ipod sizes.

[@K4hhny]

Imagine if he forgot to record 💀

[@Cinema_Fiends]

God this brings back so many memories love the channel brother thanks for the nostalgia 💪🏽🙏🏽

[@ThunderbolttheFox]

My first was a 4th gen Nano. I had sonic the hedgehog 1 on there and got so good, that I was able to beat the entire game hitless, with the clickwheel controls Sadly a teacher confiscated it for like a week, and then someone stole it from the teacher's stash of confiscated stuff. I still wanna cry about it to this day. Was the first time I ever had a music player that wasn't a filthy nugget, and I lost it due to a teacher's power tripping ;~;

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Remembering 120 gigs for an MP3 player was the absolute top of the heap. Now it's literally something you can find in microSD form in practically any shop for under ten bucks or less.

[@marcberm]

0:49 I'm a crossover between the oldest millennial and the youngest gen x. My car audio starter pack included the casette adapter and a CD walkman 😂

[@EMoncayoC]

!!!!! Fun video! My first iPod was an iPod mini (not sure if it was first or second gen), my mom bought it for me between 2004-2005, took it every day to middle school, and I loved that thing. I used it for years until it stopped working and my mom bought me an iPod touch first gen (or maybe second gen), it was so groundbreaking and awesome back then.

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

I've got a 20gb 4th Gen with a dead drive. Need to find a good one eventually. Because I'd like to fix it. My car is a 2004 Lincoln LS, the same year as my 4th gen. And Was specifically targeted at the same demographic as the Ipod, so having the two just feels right to me. Funny thing is tho, car has no USB ports or a headphone jack, despite being advertised at the younger generations at the time.

[@MrThankman360]

Man. You go thru so many of these. I want a classic so badly.

[@frankluck3292]

3:04 well that's interesting

[@baitboy3191]

I remember going to a small electronics store in the middle east, this town was pretty remote, and on the shelf were still in the package Ipod shuffles and Ipod videos........ safe to say that guy didn't really move much inventory.

[@keonxd8918]

When everyone is striking packaging in their products for the "environment", seeing products packed with accessories is refreshing

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

Honestly I don’t see how designing packaging that has to have a bunch of stuff printed off for it and has to be shipped probably separately and otherwise for everything else you used to get in the box is any better for the environment. If they included the adapter and headphones they wouldn’t need to print separate boxes off for those.

[@s8wc3]

You can be not wasteful and also include accessories. The wasteful part is all the little plastic bits you immediately throw away.

[@mayw6571]

It's my boy! I saved up all summer at my very first job doing grocery store bagging to get one of these lovely 20 gigs. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@Kobanermani]

My right ear really loved this episode 💀

[@Bururaian]

New lyrics for the Brand New Nug song! "And I'm getting frustrated...how haaard this is..." 🎵

[@kingofthepod5169]

5:29 don't steal music hey don't tell me what to do.

[@Cringetopiamusics]

Lmao

[@KBsRetrospective]

This is the exact size and model of ipod I first purchased in 2004. My dad got me to work with him over the school holidays and I spend me earnings on this bad boy and it was amazing. Great memories.

[@xortiche]

This dude never disappoints with his content

[@JasonBoon02]

yeah

[@capturelightmedia]

I appreciate your composition and framing. When I clicked on the video it was buffering so the KZbin loading circle was spinning around the Apple logo on the iPad perfectly. You had that thing dead center in the frame.

[@caramelldansen2204]

8:28 Isn't EVERYTHING the oldest it's ever been...?

[@tylern6420]

Are you the Caramell Dansen itself

[@caramelldansen2204]

@@tylern6420 I am Legion, for we are many.

[@tylern6420]

@@caramelldansen2204 now what do yall do

[@caramelldansen2204]

@@tylern6420 Shitpost online.

[@tylern6420]

@@caramelldansen2204 and like are yall magic

[@snughug1181]

This is slightly unrelated to this video, but Dank shows that it’s not the topics of the content you make that makes it entertaining, it’s how much you’re passionate about the topic that makes it entertaining! Take for his example his calculator video, he literally made a video looking at a bunch of old calculators, which yeah is a topic people enjoy, but for quite a few people they wouldn’t have any interest yet still watch the video and have a good laugh. I am AMAZED that this man can make anything seem fun.

[@michaelmechex]

Baller episode this week! Everytime I open a special factory sealed package I have to get a whiff of the original factory smell. Am I weird? What is 19 year old Apple factory stink like?

[@Thewaterspirit57]

The patreon supporters are SOOO DAMN MANY, that you’d have to most likely go frame by frame just to see each name…. Great. This man has soo many great people helping him out.

[@Geoff900]

Remember, DON'T STEAL MUSIC.

[@Cyndaqueer]

Dont copy that floppy

[@AmyStrikesBack]

I would download a car

[@dontu_knoware]

I have an illegally download of scarlet fire .mp3 because I used a yt to mp3 download

[@deathswell]

1:40 ahhhh 2019 and 2020 dankpods videos makes me shed a tear every time I watch them. So much nostalgia.

[@airjsn9769]

First

[@robhasnofriends]

Well done

[@ferroweld1594]

holy shit for once the first comment is actually first

[@shawnlazore698]

Nice

[@Blixillion]

Real

[@TheRoyalCheez]

Nobody cares

[@imstupid880]

I feel like it's in the spirit of the channel to have the unboxing DankPods has been looking forward to so much for so many years have audio problems.

[@MrCooper83]

I still got one in its box. There is a protective plastic on the back so it is scratch free with a new battery.

[@bokexd3173]

This reminds me of phones back then, Back in the old days you get not only a charger, not only a USB cable, NOT ONLY EARPHONES, BUT ALSO A FREAKING CABLE TO HOOK UP YOUR PHONE TO A TV (Nokia N95)

[@oxymoronic-ephiphanies]

Yeeah we had one but Never used it. How was the quality?

[@pizzicati]

I won one of these as part of a "raffle giveaway" in 2005 when I was a broke college student. The convenience store at the student union on campus held a several weeks-long (maybe even months) giveaway raffle. The only way to enter was to complete a "loyalty card" of stickers (ten?). You get 1 sticker each time you buy a cup of soup from the convenience store. I was dead set on winning myself a free iPod, so every day for weeks I had a cup of soup for lunch. After I won the giveaway, I was ecstatic! Only to find out that I was basically the only person who'd entered the raffle. HAHA! But I didn't care cuz now I had a FREE iPOD!!! Which I still own till this day. Only need to fix it up...

[@CallMeJoy_wastaken]

I love iPod classic 4th gen, I used to use it throughout middle school and high school, I used to also mod it. Thanks wade.

[@peterclarke7240]

Jeez... The sheer amount of landfill involved with just opening an mp3 player was actually kind of impressive.

[@xFluing]

Actually the 1.4 GB "lost" are due to formatting the drive.

[@sykogrimm]

It's only a few years ago I found out why memory is always less than advertised. We measure 1GB as 1000MB but 1GB to a computer is 1024MB

[@h3971]

Glad being early in a dankpods video. I really hope the mic quality is the same as every other video!

[@natefourreal]

The mic quality adds to the dankness of the channel, and adds a 2000's periods feels to the videos

[@ShowXTech]

5:55 You can get replacement plugs for those chargers or you can plug a cable into it, even a black third party one.

[@Optimus7591]

Man I missed the iPod content, it was the reason I subbed all those years ago but I still watch every video on every channel as soon as it comes out because I just love the content

[@ken1w]

That’s also my favorite “classic” iPod model, 4th gen with monochrome display. Mine also has flash card inside connected with adapter (64GB). It even has HP logo on back. Never owned one brand new, fixed broken ones from eBay. When an iPod just played audio, no photos, no videos, no apps…

[@ExperimentIV]

hell yes, the 4th gen classic is my favourite too! the b&w display, not the photo one. it’s just super cool.

[@KrocCamen]

I bought the 3rd Gen, new! This was before 3rd-party accessories so basically *everything* came in the box! Dock, in-line remote, charger. It was expensive but you got your money’s worth!

[@KiraSlith]

It's even more wild to think they still charge the same price (or sometimes even more) for the same device basically by itself in the box these days.

[@MrFreshthinking]

Wade, I remember watching this a year ago and today I finally got one of these! Only paid $2 and it works perfectly.

[@stacybrown9131]

The reason the thing was “bugging out” was due to the plastic and gloves the button couldn’t get enough heat from your finger to properly register.

[@beitie]

Very nice! I had this same experience in 2004 or 2005. My first iPod and Apple product was a 4th Gen 20 Gig iPod, that I bought off the apple website, and had engraved.

[@TheSwitchBlade593]

did anyone else see the patron called Back to the Future?