Gold Balls In Your Brita???

[@nicky5185]

"it is sealed so it can go to the diswasher"... well, I think it is sealed to prevent users from changing the battery, throw away a perfectly good electronics device and buy another one.

[@chubbyadler3276]

That's something that has always driven me nuts about the filters I use. Most I've had probably since early 2000s, and while they don't indicate reliably, they still do the filter thing.

[@petertrebing6875]

Danke! Last year I threw one away and wondered what it was made of. Now I know. You have a kind of respect for technology and open it very carefully.

[@wesrihn]

Every tool is hammer, unless it's a screwdriver, then it's a pry bar.

[@ericfielding2540]

The key tool for this disassembly was a saw.

[@chnhakk]

You never used the handle of the screwdriver as a hammer?

[@sheep1ewe]

@@chnhakk A combined hammer and prybar...

[@pauljs75]

On Ivan Miranda's channel, the screwdriver is also a hammer.

[@chubbyadler3276]

I'm surprised she used an actual proper chisel instead of a whoopin' screwdriver like I usually end up using for my hack jobs. Gotta do it the professional way.

[@keithdilliplane]

There's gold in them thar lids!

[@bubullenoiraude]

There are many types of counters and timers on the various Brita jugs or licensed Brita compatibles. I have one with a fully mechanical counter with a dial that moves forward every time you slide the louvers to let the water flow into the jug. One of the disadvantages of these louvers is that they retain water droplets which leave scale deposits on the joints. I therefore have to periodically remove the louvers to clean it properly.

[@KeritechElectronics]

Goodness gracious, gold balls of water! Pretty interesting, nicely discombobulated. I was expecting metal electrodes going into the water to check for refills, but a position sensor will also do. The problem is, it can give false readings from the jug/lid just lying there, but hey, everything has trade-offs.

[@Donna230]

Friends of mine used to drink Goldschlager, which supposedly has flecks of real gold in it. I used to wonder, was that even healthy? :)

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

2:41 send to Big Clive, he's quite persuasive. 2:59 his 'spudger'? 19:47 now I'm panging for a McDLT.

[@kneau]

I happen to see a Big Clive video about a "dodgy Turkish kettle Stinger" in my recommended beneath this video!

[@michaelwoodhams7866]

Yes, Big Clive might well be interested in analysing the circuit. I'm not sure what he'd be able to make of that unlabeled chip.

[@fluffycritter]

I never had a McDLT while that product was available but I do wonder if they'd be willing to make another thing like that with more environmentally-responsible packaging.

This is a micro-controller, not an arrangement of counters. Most micro-controllers have a built in RC oscillator block that can run fast, but is not accurate. The 8-bit PIC micro-controllers have an RC oscillator that can run at up to 8 MHz, with an accuracy of 1%. No need for an external quartz in a lot of applications, like this one!

[@geralyn-mm]

I thought you’d crack it with the end vice!

[@ericfielding2540]

I wonder how much of the cost of the Brita water jug is in this fancy counter that counts how many times you refilled it.

[@Chris_the_Muso]

They've only got to remind you to change the filter once and it's paid for itself. The problem with water filters for the manufacturer is that most people forget to change them for extended periods. Like inkjet printers, cartridge razors etc the initial hardware purchase is a loss leader for the manufacturer. Once you are locked into their brand you are stuck paying for expensive consumables. It's called a loss-leader in the manufacturing world. Some of the key indicators of this are proprietary fitment to prevent the use of generic alternatives (like the Brita filters), A chip that disables the printer if it isn't present or you try to refill it (inkjet printers etc). I heard that Dymo started doing that with the LetraTag machines - in that case you can buy a complete ASCII label maker for $40, but they charge you $15 or more for a 4m label cartridge. I don't know if Dymo actually managed to do this, I'm hanging on to my old one and buy generic labels for a buck each. Even some 3D printer companies tried to do it to lock you into their very expensive and small rolls of filament, but that didn't go so well for them I think. DIY hobbyists that run 3D printers tend to be a bit more savvy about that sort of thing. In most cases there's also a little extra sting in the tail in that using third party consumables will void the warranty.

[@listerdave1240]

I would guess the chip is an 8 bit MCU, possibly a PIC. Much cheaper than having a custom made chip.

[@MarksGoneWicked]

I haven't owned a razor saw since I was a single digit midget. Have one on a wish list, time to just get one. Going to a model train show later today, should be able to get one there.

[@FranLab]

Ooooo! Trains!

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Just as a heads up. I respect your caution around the cr2450 lithium battery but you can be more rough with those. Directly shorting the battery wont cause a fire or anything. It can get warm if shorted for a long time but cutting it off the board like that youll be fine. I work at a battery store and have for jearly 10 years (jesus its really been that long) and the way we atore old ones is just on a dmall cardboard box all just mixed together. They short out on each other and fully discharge this way. Never had an issue with these. However the alkaline button cell batteries (like a76 or lr44) will actually explode if tossed into these boxes. Those being shorted causes them to build up pressure and they just pop. It sounds like a weak firecracker when it happens.

[@soulmate07748]

It actually counts out the number of times you pour. Not sure what amount of water they calculate you filling but after a certain number of glasses you fill, the red LED will light. Your version seems to be more secure than the one I have which has a much smaller battery. Their original version had a membrane with a clock mechanism that did indeed count the number of times the thing was filled. They seem to change the way they measure the filter usage every few years.

[@JohnDlugosz]

Where I come from the "washing machine" is a different appliance than the "dishwasher". Don't put your plastic containers in the washing machine.

[@MeneGR]

I was confused as well, but later Fran said "dishwasher" and then I got it!

[@Petertronic]

I never trust the "give us more money" flashing light on things. My shaver does it, telling me to replace the cutters, and my coffee machine does it, telling me to de-scale it (with its proprietary descaling tablets) etc. I'll change it when I decide, not when I'm told, dangit!

[@timothyclarke37]

Gorgeous work bench, is there a story behind it?

[@FranLab]

Yes! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnfCYqRrgcl4epI

[@xvdifug]

The Holy Roman Empire had The Spear of Destiny, Fran has The Chisel of Discovery ! ROCK-ON!!!

[@TheOwlman]

Our oldest Brita jug had a lid with a door that you had to open to fill and that one had a mechanical counter, so each time you opened the door it counted down litres to the demise of the filter. The modern ones have a compact little unit with a start button and a bar graph LCD; you hold the start button down whenever you change the filter to get the display to 100% and it goes down by time, not by the number of times you fill the jug. I have two of these timers, one completely dead and the other very low on juice because the non-replaceable lithium coin cell has depleted. Since they just pop out, at least the UK ones do, I always thought it was somewhat wasteful, but the jugs develop an internal roughness that seems to attract the growth of nasties like algae... this is despite always hand washing the jugs, I don't know what would happen in a dishwasher. We just replace the jug - they are the cheap part and Brita make their money from the filters, just like HP et al do with inkjet cartridges.

[@wiesejay]

Quick rinse with a few ml of 70% (or higher) grain alcohol to sanitize 👍🏻

[@TheOwlman]

@@wiesejay Honestly, it was easier to just replace the jug. I know this is bad but at least the old jugs went into the recycling bin. We did use a bit of Milton at first but the recurrence just became wearing, hence the new jug. The later ones are a pain though, the batteries give out long before the jug is past its best - changing them is too destructive, so the manufacturers are dicks.

[@CybershamanX]

(3:10) So much for Right to Repair, eh? 😕 I have the very same filter "monitor", so thank you SO MUCH Fran for showcasing this. Take care and be well! Love your content! 😎🤘☮️

[@qlue7881]

Just a fancy gravity tilt switch Gold plating the ball bearings was overkill on the corrosion resistance Steel ball bearings are plenty corrosion resistant for the application The entire unit is hermetically sealed after all Some nice parts to scrounge tho' Multi colour LEDs, a tilt switch and an uncommon size of pcb mount battery If you remove the lids anyway, you could put the battery to good use in a project I wonder if you can safely trickle charge that battery the same as the cmos backup battery on a motherboard?

[@RichardMellish]

I also had the thought of using a spudger, but it probably really needed the saw. Presumably they make their money from the filters, so it's worth their while to put considerable resource into counting how many times the jug has been filled.

[@davidellis6995]

I can just see my self doing the same thing. That is why I watch you Fran !

[@OneBiOzZ]

The Pur filtered pitcher i have at home uses ultrasonics (confirmed with a transducer and a scope) and i believe it monitors how fast water goes through the filter but never bothered to test it (or even use it, i can taste)

[@ELEKTRON1]

Hey, a very interesting video. I think it might be a microcontroller. In my workshop in Poland, I very often open integrated circuits and then read their markings under a microscope. Then, if possible, I take the same PCB with this chip and write my own code on it, just like in Arduino. As a point of honor, I decided to make "BLINK" on everything I could. I have already blinked a heat meter, a central heating furnace controller, a microwave board, a toothbrush and a hundred other devices. It is great fun for me, and my viewers learn new things. Sending greetings from Poland!

[@RoySATX]

It's astounding the amount of engineering, technology, material, and expense put into something so needless and ultimately misleading. But then that sort of describes the world we live in today. I'm sure they've done the research and the accountants have determined it will remind (trick) a sufficient number of people into purchasing replacement filters to more than adequacy recover the expense plus a sufficient amount of added profit. Again, a rather good description of the world we live in today.

[@johnfitzgerald4456]

Thank you Fran. Every time I would fill the Brita, the exact model you have I would be interested in that is happening with the lid. I did assume a counter. There couldn't be any other means to tell when to replace filter. Good video 👍

[@pauljs75]

Using the Big Clive approach on this one, short of doing the circuit diagram. Also gold contacts? Not even computer mice do that on their micro-switches where you'd expect them to last, so Brita is spending a bit more pennies than you'd think on this one.

[@MartysRandomStuff]

Wow, seems like they made that thing to last the full life of one of those cells (10 to 15 years) no matter how many times you flipped the lid, I also was expecting a tiny battery that would die in a couple years making some people go out and get a new one. When you started sawing I noticed in the upper corner of the screen sitting on the bench (apart) the saw I would have used...

[@ggarber4763]

There was a toy Battlestar Galactica that had the advanced version of the ball bearing switch. I think it did use a drop of mercury instead of the ball bearing. The bottom of the sensor was dished out so the ball would tend to rest there on the middle contact. Four more contacts could come in contact with the ball if the space ship were rolled or pitched and based on that the tone of an oscillator would change so you could get those hyper-realistic revving engine sounds in vacuum. The sensor was much smaller though, about the size of a small metal jacketed transistor, or some surface mount electrolytic capacitors.

[@scottthomas3792]

Reminds me of the disposal temperature monitors I find at work occasionally...the plastic case is conveniently transparent, and it has the larger lithium battery with the yellow shrink tubing. They come in boxes that are used to ship transplant organs. Overbuilt, with a USB port....I haven't taken one apart just yet.. I wonder how long the battery in the counter will last? A decade or so? I've had Casio watches run a decade or slightly longer on the original battery...

[@franklittle8124]

The version of Brita pitcher I have has an optical sensor to count the number of times the lid is flipped open to fill the upper reservoir - or any other reason. It seems like a crude way of measuring the water going through the filter.

[@Donna230]

They used to have fobs in the bottom of my Nike sneaks, for a thing called Nike Plus. That allowed the distance and steps I walked to be read by a phone app. I don't use that anymore, but I hope that was healthy. I think it can't have been too bad, because the fob was pretty small.

[@lutam921]

Any idea why they didn't used an accelerometer or gyroscope chip? It would have consumed the battery too quickly? The accelerometers chips they have low power mode and can wake-up the processor. I'm thinking the vibration of the refrigerator could have waken up too frequently the processor and drain the battery quickly.

[@KeritechElectronics]

Probably too expensive. Simple is better than complex, complex is better than complicated, yadda yadda yadda.

[@qlue7881]

Simple is cheap It's much less work to code up a switch counter and it gets the job done

[@RNMSC]

Besides those two reasons, some of the microprocessors at this price point don't talk i2c or faster I/O, especially w/o an oscillator of some sort. It wouldn't surprise me if most of the accelerometer or gyroscope chips need at least an i2c buss to handle the data for all three axis.

[@Derpy1969]

Metal balls. Poor man’s tilt switch.

[@weaton25]

I have got one fairly new in the UK so may be a bit different I got tired of the think keeping on flashing as I tend not to change the filters as often as they say when my electric water heater starts to fur up with lime scale its time to put another filter in the simple way to stop it flashing is when i put a new filter in do not press the start button on it or should that be when I buy a new complete filter machine.

[@ferulebezel]

"position sensor", fancy talk for a tilt switch.

[@NullStaticVoid]

and everyone just ignores that little flashing light

[@rb032682]

My initial glance at the title made me think this was about a certain model of countourcorset.

[@elvinhaak]

Wow! Now I know why they are soo expensive... never thought about it. Thought it was just a timer since it states I believe half a year or something like that. Mine has a lcd display with stripes on it and I think I can replace the coincel somehow.

[@nerdful1]

The (now defunct) Meade telescope company used a rolling ball in a plastic case, you could hear it click. It was not gold plated in there that I could see in their multi-thousand dollar scopes.

[@rf159a]

I think it's called a kerf saw but not sure.

[@paso193]

Where did you get that ancient looking wooden vice/work table? It looks like it might be circa 1930s' or earlier. HA!, HA! Love your content.

[@SiteSpecialistsLLC]

I highly recommend a competing product called ZeroWater. It comes with a meter that measures PPM of solids in the water. When I measure what's coming out of my faucet it gives me 300 PPM. After it is filtered through the zero water filter in the pitcher, it measures zero PPM. Of course that number changes after several refills of the pitcher. But with a meter you can make a decision on when you want to change the filter. they recommend 007 PPM. however I don't usually catch it until it's about 40 or 50 I can taste the water changing.

[@connie3717]

I appreciate you, Fran! Thank you for this one.

[@davidclarke6658]

Interesting, I always thought they were just a timer estimating when you should change.

[@flymypg]

My guess is that chip is one of those ten-cent processors EEVblog reviewed.

[@KeritechElectronics]

Possible; no need for anything more expensive there... and I'm still surprised about the use of an electromechanical sensor rather than two electrodes going into water. That would be far simpler and cheaper.

[@mikebarushok5361]

I'm surprised it's a 16 pin chip. An 8 pin microprocessor would be sufficient. Also surprising is that it has more than 3 capacitors. I guess that the tilt switch is the most expensive component, then the battery. Probably the housings cost as much as the electronics.

[@RNMSC]

@@KeritechElectronics I wouldn't be surprised if the issue was the prospect of some sort of deionized water being run through the filter not triggering contacts, or the other possibility that some material being filtered would lead to a corrosion situation for the wires, and that might lead to water infiltrating the capsule.. My thought was why are they not using a MEMS accelerometer to detect the lid flipping that would put only as much added depth to the board as the microprocessor they have used, and they only need to get the information off of one of the axis, They might bie I2C chips though, and I seem to recall that Great Scott had some issues with that on some of the very low cost uProcessors he was testing. Something about not having the built in support for that.

[@gorak9000]

@@KeritechElectronics Oh, I can just imagine the outrage of a bunch of conspiracy theorists coming up with the most insane stuff about two electrodes going into the water from the filter... I'm sure that'd end well!

[@TheGreatAtario]

I don't see a crystal, no, but there has to be some timer-equivalent to create that steady blinking of the LEDs

[@FranLab]

Capacitor and resistor.

[@gcewing]

At least it doesn't have DRM that disables the jug when the filter expires.

[@LynxSnowCat]

I like that it's actually gold plated. I've seen too many ball-bearing tilt sensors in toys and gimmicky 'tool' accessories corrode into useless dust. ... and the surprisingly rust-proof swinging weight/contact in the "remote sensor" (Sears-)Craftsman bundled with Chamberlain's garage openers chronically [got] stuck on the crude axle that [kept] it captive, resulting in far too many fights with my family constantly taking turns hitting the button because the sensor -lies- [erroneously tells them falsehoods] that they blame me for instead just looking with their own eyes ... I just realized while typing that that [after an hour's break] I still have intense anger and resentment hyper-specifically focused on that thing after a decade since I last unplugged it; So I went and smashed it to splinters with a hammer instead of holding onto the coerced "promise" that I'd eventually scavenge a working tilt sensor that _actually_ works and [willingly] re-activate it. Still slightly mystified why Sears never paid Chamberlain to supply their version of the "remote sensor"; but at least now I won't be repressing that frustration every time I get the car keys.

[@Stelios.Posantzis]

24:02 Whaddaya mean that's it? You didn't count how many times it takes for it to start blinking! You could've shorted the pins a few dozen times. Easy!

[@JessHull]

when you first said it probably counts lips open/close cycles I was thinking we were going to see some type of MEMS device or something, those gold balls are way simpler and imo way cooler.

[@RNMSC]

I think that what you read off as 8022 was actually 8/22, meaning it was likely a date code of production in Argust of 2022 (perhaps.) I imagine that they went with the CR2450 more because that cpu, which may have only been drawing power at each interrupt from the balls moving or the button being pressed is most likely still drawing enough power that 2 years might drane a cr2032, even if it was sitting on a shelf.

[@charmio]

I've got another type of those filters which has a liquid crystal display with a bar graph. With that one, I can definitively confirm it is nothing more than a timer. It's almost criminal in my opinion, it is a scam in every sense of the word.

[@jamesharris9352]

I agree, destruction! is so much more fun than construction! 😄👍 "It's not a party until you break something!" 🥳

[@williefleete]

I think the word for the saw “setting” is kerf.

[@BubbleLandia]

This is a product I bought (In black maybe?) around the year 2019. I was wondering the exact thing. Is this a "dummy" device, sort of like a sizable portion of cross walk buttons. Or is this designed to look functional AND actually is counting down the uses of the filter? I felt there was a design flaw either way... where if you poured the last of the water out of the jug, the flap would move on its own by gravity. Also, I'd have the tendency to want to put water in before the jug was entirely empty. So the count at least for my use didn't seem like it was going to be accurate at all.

[@Broken_robot1986]

So neat. I wonder why there is two balls instead of 1. They could just say on the lid that it's counting to x, that's neat feature for the consumer that wants best filter quality i guess. I have the big Brita pitcher with the spout at the bottom and i change filter once the water doesn't taste as good 😅. They give you a cling film calendar to mark when you changed it. Their long life filters last me like a year.

[@RNMSC]

I suspect that it's because it's a component that is mass produced for a variety of markets, and in some of those markets there may be arcing involved, so one ball or the other could get arc welded to the contacts, and having two balls allows related hardware to both continue working, and advise that there is a fault in the equipment that needs to be addressed.

[@ricardodc182]

"The Chisel of Discovery"...lol...always the right tool for the job...nice....R

[@romancharak3675]

Probably a microcontroller running at 31 kHz, and mostly in SLEEP mode to save battery power.

[@sometimesleela5947]

That would explain why they needed a larger battery than if it were just a static counter chip.

[@ericmc6482]

Big Clive says hold my beer 😅.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

I mean, they would never think to put mercury as a filling in a switch next to something that would go so close to being in your mouth. I see what I did there.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Stupid question but is it real gold or gold plate?

[@FranLab]

Plated, certainly.

[@qlue7881]

Yeah, that would be a lot of gold if it was solid No chance they'd be that foolish Probably just standard ball bearings with a thin plating

[@kneau]

I know it is a common expression and doubt you need a pep talk. Nevertheless, In this instance - I'd describe your question as reflexive or natural, not stupid.

[@highpath4776]

so what could you repurpose those components to do, and is it worth it ?

[@DaveF.]

Not to be too wimpy about health and safety, but kinda glad there's not a mercury tilt switch in my WATER FILTER :)

[@MeneGR]

We're in, like Flynn

[@CybershamanX]

BTW, I am currently working on another puzzle box made by the good folks at Puzzle Potato. This one is titled _Nikola Tesla._ Have you ever tried something like this? I did another one from a different company and now I'm hooked. I like this one since it involves a hand-crancked aspect that provides a brief amount of electricity for problem solving/unlocking. Anyway, I'm just curious if you have ever tried something like this. 😎🤘☮️

[@Blitterbug]

Gah! I'm not normally an eco-freaky dude but that's mega e-waste! (cool though.) I bought a water jug that takes Brita filters but has a mechanical mechanism that turns a dial pointer slowly each time you flip the lid up to refill, until the needle goes in the red after about a month. Brilliant! Never looked back.

[@lenimbery7038]

When I change my brita filter I just write the date on a piece of masking tape and put it on the side

[@captainmidnite93]

2450 battery, same one as in my wife's reactive welding mask. Long lasting.

[@bbanzai444]

haven;lt watched it to the end yet... my guess is it just counts how many times the lid is opened.

[@uni-byte]

Wouldn't a MEMS device be MUCH much much cheaper?

[@TvistoProPro]

You should contact/post photos of the board to BigClive, another KZbinr that reverse engineers such things and shows how they actually work. Often he can identify chipsets that are completely filed off based on the pin usage.

[@CybershamanX]

(12:34) We're in! Woohoo! 😎😁👍

[@ekaa.3189]

All that expense to get you to buy more.

[@americanpancakelive]

Interesting that it is just a counter. I thought they actually sensed when the water filter was dirty, that is how stupid I am.

[@geneard639]

Solder? Those tabs were sintered on! You can't desolder that!

[@gorak9000]

Sintered? Sintering is heating a powder and turning it into a solid. The tabs are most definitely soldered to the PCB, and spot welded to the battery (not sintered)

[@A3Kr0n]

It should have an expiration timer, too, if it's going to be useful at all. Other than that it's just marketing.

[@portneuf57]

Interesting! Thank you

[@me2big]

Maybe a microscopic spot of gold will help with Arthritis etc. ???

[@ajmthisisinteresting1403]

Yup.... I watched the whole thing.

[@beefchicken]

Why didn’t you dig the gold ball out?

[@alienfleet3702]

Can't say it's not made well!

[@karstentopp]

I would have used the Dremel of Destruction...

[@AJMansfield1]

Send the other to Big Clive, I'd love to get his take reverse-engineering the circuit.

[@3pan1]

Yes Fran plus microplastics in your drinking water, BUT, German made

[@_BangDroid_]

Some nice unintentional ASMR

[@nl_morrison]

the thumbnail on this one is really solid

[@AdricM]

yay a teardown.

[@Stelios.Posantzis]

20:35 YUSAN

[@TheLemonhawk]

An expensive pinball tilt sensor!

[@kurt9232]

And it's meant to be thrown away.

[@sometimesleela5947]

An inexpensive ordinance initiator

[@johnwinter5597]

Fran why am I always drawn to your channel like a moth to a FLAME

[@JohnDlugosz]

What happened to Big Clive? He'd get it out.

[@CARLiCON]

jeesh Fran...Fort Knox is easier to break into than that dang thing

[@wmrg1057]

Don't force it use a bigger hammer 😅

[@bobweiram6321]

They only needed a single SoC with a built-in position sensor. What a terrible and wasteful design.

[@cyul]

Or a 555 and a ball switch. lol

[@Incorruptus1]

As for being an American, I would have expected you to -, and think you ought to know -, that next time when you open undiscoverable areas in our machines, I would expect and request you to use way more C4. The board of annoyed youth using the couch, because it is their couch, think of this as a sloppy form of American styled handling, of unopen able devices. 🤪 Like a serious lot more C4 and or gasoline! You are opening this way too European, it has to be done the American way! So with bombastic fireworks and lot's of fire and smoke! 🤠We Europeans like to experience and understand, with clear and directly noticeable content, that we are watching an American techy Fran Lab channel, show, and the show part is the important part Fran! 😉 We are wanting to un-watch all the piles of written complaints from our pyromania departments. 🔥 So the Chinese are counting how many times we open our lids? Lol....🤣 Using their weapon's grade ball baring and cheap tech that sends yes/no type data to the maker? 🤨 Fran you are uncovering important things here...but what is your conclusion? So now they know, we know, that they know and are keeping the count on our lid openings. I would like to understand, why, Fran? So they can relate it with an app, and have us count our drinking behavior or at least have a track on it, and in the app we can help them exact the counting, by switching some digital switches and take out / filter out, the times we open it for fun, and for the heck of opening it? 😂 Hmmmmmm... ok... 😇 ...and data can be used for many things as well. It can be used to tell you what you drink during a day, but it can also count it in ways, and send the data to some maker, that has it's own agenda on the why it is counted...hmmm? 🤔 Data is like a two edged sword...

[@medicman4444]

Yey the tube rembered to show me you had posted a vid :3

[@mrphotomanseattle]

When the mighty chisel of discovery fails, it's time for The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!

[@simontay4851]

The number of the counting shall be 3...

[@FranLab]

Brother Maynard is never around when you really need him.

[@NunoFerreiraX]

Two words: dre... mel. 😂