I Bought TERRIBLE Gaming Tech From Temu...

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9027]

The camera from that console has recorded dawids shenanigans and uploaded them to the chinese database where it will get evaluated and studied as "average canadian male behaviour" for chinas AI models

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

It wasn’t plugged into the internet. Once they get hold of the footage though, I’m sure they’ll find me flailing real useful. 😂

[@gummboote]

Can you be SURE it wasn't plugged into the internet?

[@Deexeh]

That's what they want you to think @@DawidDoesTechStuff

[@buildyourcomputer]

they will send you more crap for free once they see the video.

[@Entenuk1]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff it wasn't plugged into YOUR internet, it doesn't mean it didn't have a way to connect to their database 😏

[@ahnkor]

"Selling piles of manufactured garbage to people with no impulse control" perfectly describes Temu and I don't think I could've come up with a description so spot-on myself.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I don’t really understand how people shop on these sites. 😅

[@eliasroflchopper3006]

Guess there's hundreds of millions of those people. It's fucking depressing.

[@eliasroflchopper3006]

​@@DawidDoesTechStuffbecause people just want cheap, not quality or ethically correct. The world is doomed man.

[@t0uchmyh0rn]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff I mean I sometimes use Ali for PSU cables, Ali was good for RX 580 cards. But I guess Ali is 10x better techwise than Temu

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@t0uchmyh0rn Yeah AliExpress is much better. There is a whole bunch of useful stuff on there.

[@jobanski]

I have been using a similar “mouse jiggler” for a year. The reason was because someone in the department was informing my boss of people being away from their computer a lot. Best $10 investment ever!

[@100Stratusfiedx]

lol yeah it’s rare that they are actually watching the screen, but seeing how long you’re afk

[@misterthegeoff9767]

Yeah Last year I was made redundant and for the last 6 months I was there a device to stop my work laptop from locking due to inactivity and then showing my status as away would have been really useful.

[@BuckyKat9999]

I use one of those half keyboards things from Amazon for about £10 to use with my laptop for gaming, makes it way more comfortable, give it a whirl!

[@saschadiestelow8368]

Agreed. I play with Logitech G13 and I can say:

[@AnnaDoes]

Oo paired with a laptop makes sense

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I guess that makes more sense. Maybe this one just isn’t a good example of one, because it’s lacking some real important keys like enter.

[@saschadiestelow8368]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff True. The G13 also have an Analog Stick, which I used as F1-4@ SWBF I+II yesterdays for e.g…. Today I Play Call of Duty Mobile and can say that claws or Controller with this Kind of cheap Mechanic works very very well. I was very surprised about that…..😅👍

[@chris-a-wb]

@@saschadiestelow8368 just can't buy them any longer unless you want to pay $1200 on Amazon haha

[@ayylmao8006]

the mouse jiggler i think is more for anti-AFK things in game so you dont get logged out. Seems archaic now but maybe more safe/undetectable for games than a macro?

[@Eric_Fate]

The mouse jiggler would be an absolute godsend for jobs like mine where the IT department doesn't count actual computer activity as *use*, so if I trigger a large batch script and let it run -- odds are good I will come back and find my VDI session has timed out and been recycled even though the script still had several hours to go. I usually have to put the mouse on my record turntable and clip the cord in place to keep it from entering sleep mode when I can't be bothered to sit here and interact with the stupid thing every fifteen minutes.

[@duckseatbread104]

Theyve become increasingly popular because of wfh as a lot of jobs just check teams to see if youre nit wfk and that's about it

[@swaggynachos]

You should try to use the mobile phone cooler to cool increasingly higher TDP desktop/laptop cpus.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I was also thinking that. It seems surprisingly powerful for what it is.

[@ItsHonski]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff Throw the 14900K at it. Just kidding but I would love to see how it performs compared to the older crappier intel stock coolers

[@Gatorade69]

Great minds think alike. However our minds probably aren't great if we are seriously asking about using that fan to cool a CPU. You know we just want to see things go horribly wrong.

[@joe--cool]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff Could it maybe have a Peltier element in it? If they didn't lie about the condensation it might. Probably not, but it might. How much power does it draw?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@joe--cool that was my thought as well. The whole "condensation when not gaming" suggests that there is some active heat transfer going on. But the laptop cooling idea is exactly what we need to see next.

[@rocketPower047]

I recently got demoted and for some weird reason I can't explain, this channel became my safe space while I mourned the loss. I binged pretty much all the videos of the last few years. All day. It's really weird but now i feel better and watch it normally. And I'm enjoying my new role anyway. Thank you!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Sounds like you got a positive from that demotion. Good Luck out there.

[@rocketPower047]

@@Thurgosh_OG yeah back to engineering and no more toxic management

[@steelfox1448]

Toxic management is the worst

[@crylune]

capitalism moment

[@accountname-tu2om]

Promotions bring 100% more stress and only marginal monetary gain.

[@xdcosmic9368]

Really interesting, the difference between in quality between ultra cheap and cheap feels really huge

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Yeah, ultra cheap crap is often some of the worst value.

[@Fay7666]

Cheap makes money in you coming back. Ultra cheap makes money by churning through people.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Yup, that is the way of the budget market. Every step up gives a massive increase in performance and quality. Like going from a $30 GPU to a $50 GPU to a $70 GPU to a $90 GPU, each step massively improves the result. And there are lots of budget things that are budget, but not cheap. For the longest time I played with a 20 € mouse, and it did a great job. Not as good as one for 50, but a noticable difference to one for 10

[@thecodex0994]

To be fair those half keyboards make ideal sim racing button boxes when added to a sim rig (frame)

[@ElZilchoYo]

Yeah or for gaming with a laptop in a more comfortable way.

[@kylemulkey9659]

So I dont use them, but when I had a gaming laptop the half keyboard came in handy. I hated using the onboard keyboard and it was a lot easier to pack a half keyboard in my bag for when I needed a gaming style keyboard.

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

condensation means it's like sticking a fridge to the side of your phone kid💀💀

[@TheWretchedEgg12]

im actively playing ffxiv on one of these half keyboards. Its very neat and customizable, for example i use different height keycaps to have a better feel for what im clicking and use many custom shortcuts on all the buttons. I dont have to do any stuff to my keyboard either while the half keyboard is just the right size for my hand, very comfy to play on for extended amounts of time.

[@maxoweenie]

i just use an mmo mouse for ff haha. i have small hands though, so it's a lot more comfortable for me to have my buttons on my mouse rather than on my keyboard

[@SomeoneWitSkill]

9:45 I know a lot of people that use these, mostly because a lot of office work from home jobs use terrible apps like Microsoft Teams, which...after about 5 mins will show you as "away" and when that happens, your boss will contact you because they assume you're not working. Also, a lot of WFH supers have a monitoring program showing when the last time you did an action, like move your mouse.

[@ItisDylan]

These peripherals look like something that would be given away with a McDonalds happy meal....actually, there is an idea

[@AnnaDoes]

10000000% especially the console thing lol

[@Gatorade69]

An idea.... The McDonalds gamer meal ? Made for 15 to 30 year olds ? Kind of like when Burger King had the "Big Kids Meal ?" It comes with cheap gamery RGB crap and has a Big Mac, 3 Chickie nuggets, a large fry and an energy drink ?

[@Vittrich]

@@Gatorade69 Gamer Meal? More like 60 Nuggets, 3 Big Macs and 4l of Diet Coke.

[@Gatorade69]

@@Vittrich Yeah there would probably be more Chickie nuggies. Also not all gamers are obese but the stoners could probably eat a lot. And diet coke ? What gamers drink diet coke ? It's either Mountain Dew, energy drinks or something like Gfuel or Gamersupps. Also that's just bad business, if the person is a fat ass you make them buy multiple gamer meals and it can be bundled with Double XP tokens for their favorite battle royales. Off topic but your comment reminded me of the one time I was at McDonalds and saw a man buy 5 Big Macs, 2 buckets of fries (at one point McDs sold buckets of fries) 2 large drinks and then he brought a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos into the restaurant to eat with his meal. He was 500 pounds if I had to guess.

[@tbone9912]

In a few years, they will be giving stuff like this away with Happy Meals

[@allenellisdewitt]

The left hand only keyboards made a lot more sense back when your main keyboard was mushy AF. I had one back in the day, and it really was more comfortable to use, and freed up more of my tiny dorm desk space for my mouse.

[@652T4V0]

had one when my main pc was an old vaio, I didn't want to buy a whole new keyboard because the vaio keyboard was fine for typing but not for gaming... it was nice to use it just for fps.

[@KingsNJenssons]

think of it like you are a laptop user but you like to have a external keyboard for gaming and you dont want to carry a nomral size one around when you arent home

[@MartyrKomplx]

The Nostromo one handed keyboard I used to own had a D-pad and a trim-style analog input. The additional controls aside, I could see it useful as a side hotkey keyboard for a simulator setup, where space is at a premium and you don't need a full size keyboard

[@Xulious]

Feel like, maybe not this keyboard specifically, still seems a little bulky. But a half keyboard would probably make sense with a steam deck

[@Fay7666]

​@@MartyrKomplx I used a G13 (or whatever the Logitech one was) for Elite:D, the stick and overall config was pretty good for it. Not really for FPS or MOBA tho, and I never got into MMOs.

[@thewedgebiggs]

I wonder if the mouse jiggler could keep you from AFK logging out of games (like World of Warcraft)

[@archgirl]

Oh, that’s actually quite an interesting and plausible use case. I expect it would work just fine for that, too.

[@DeBenne007]

Yea i think thats the only reason they made that. And might be the best tool in this review. Had wow friends who used teamviewer/remotedesktop to move their mouse every few mins cause the login queues were so high.

[@wierdcreations]

Hey David, the half keyboard exists because in early esports days you would have tiny deskspace in the lan you're going at and having more mouse space is generally way better for FPS games than having most of the keyboard you aren't using for gaming.

[@jemaka6058]

Yea but he prefers to be ignorant to be "funny" so he doesn't bother to look up a use case

[@andyvance101]

Also good with laptops

[@xfy123]

They are also great as a stream deck and if you play games with a lot of keybinds like flight sims.

[@joaopepa]

Or if you need a full keyboard with num pad for work that gets in a way when gaming. No need for a second one just half

[@DomzyDX]

​@@njelegendarazer released the orb Weaver (this except not from china) in like 2011 and eSports didn't pick up until 2014.

[@TIDK88]

Dawid You should definitely should try that phone cooler thing on the back plate of a GPU and see if it helps cool the GPU.

[@DilldoniousTestikleez417]

Yea Like on MSI 3060 Ventus 12gb OC on some of my game that use Resizable bar I notice it goes up from 70C-72C up to 77C I wonder if this would work to help keep it cool.

[@colestowing8695]

Btw, the mouse jigglers were popular (mostly a few years ago) for the cubicle types so they wouldnt get tagged for being inactive if they went to use the bathroom or get a coffee etc.

[@davyc412]

I use one at home to keep my teams from going into away mode while im not at my computer. I'm actually running it right now so I can watch this video lol

[@colestowing8695]

@@davyc412 I thought they were kind of obsolete. Glad you're able to beat the system... Power to the people! 👊😄

[@some-replies]

That sounds like a miserable job. If I'm there I'm getting paid

[@luheartswarm4573]

depending on the polling rate of that half mechanical keyboard, it can be awesome for quick rhythm games! I don't think it will be anything decent however

[@TrusteftTech]

I like the mouse and dare I say it...the game console. It's not often to see a budget mouse with software allowing you to change the polling rate. Very useful feature. Well, in one game, but still, very useful. EDIT: Hilarious video, thanks for sharing.

[@xaytana]

If you want to look at what the mouse rips off, look at Swiftpoint's Tracer, Creator, and Z/Z2. Nearly identical outside of the obvious missing buttons and features. Though they're a bit overpriced, but they also have no competition.

[@TrusteftTech]

@@xaytana Thank you. I am poor so no chance of buying anything now. If I had money I would buy another Xornet II mouse. Fraking love it and it served me for years till it died on me.

[@Gigabarto]

@@xaytana get out of your privilege bubble not everyone can buy premium hardware

[@Stealth86651]

Thanks for doing these videos, love when you buy weird/cheap stuff and try it out.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I’m glad you enjoy it. Hopefully it also prevents other people from feeling they need to buy this crap.

[@wisico640]

Please don't encourage temu again tho 😂

[@battoisoutto6657]

I’ve debated on getting one of those half keyboards to use as a macropad for CAD software. You can get software that allows to reprogram what each button does, meaning entire macros is possible. Might be a cheap option for video editing as well. But even my usecase requires hacking it.

[@maxman1244]

Logitech g13, exact use case for ya. onboard macro creation, customize buttons, data screen

[@ВладиславКонопля-с9ъ]

Bro, that "light show" usb that came with the console is actually really useful. You can put it in one of the rear USB ports on your pc and have cool asf lighting on the wall behind your pc!

[@Ariannus]

"Piles of manufactured garbage to people with no impulse control." Yep that sums me up pretty well.

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

ok it's time for you to go on a temu shopping spree💀💀

[@Ariannus]

@@SaraMorgan-ym6ue Oh I've been on several.

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

@@Ariannus I guess it's time for another one then🤣🤣

[@inhotwater457]

The phone cooler must have a Peltier cooling device in it.

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

Isnt they are...kinda expensive?

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I was thinking that too. I may do a video where I try cool a CPU with it.

[@karanveer6130]

​@@DawidDoesTechStuffyou really need to

[@inhotwater457]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff Try a can of soda? One of those is all that is in those novelty mini mini fridges for soda cans.

[@ffwast]

There must have been a warehouse full of them laying around after intel discontinued that product line

[@GamerDave1974]

That device that moves the Mouse Cursor around could be very handy at my job lol. I work Corporate security and have to watch CCTV cameras BUT every time the PC goes to screen saver, I have to reinitialize the CCTV program and all my Cam views lol...Does it every ten minutes and it's a royal pain in the arse lol

[@Titanicus2]

I quite like the half keyboard idea. When I game I use a mouse and a usb number pad. I just allocate all my games functions that are not on my mouse to a number. Keeps everything in fingers reach and I can have many more options for hand placement with my keyboard out of the way its only just in front of my monitor so in easy flaming range! Been doing it this way since the Doom and Quake years.

[@BrianBommarito-yd3ni]

Okay, to be fair, mouse jigglers have one purpose that can be really handy. If you get a laptop from the government, or from a massive corporation, they typically have very short lock periods (mine is about a minute.) What that means is you can't even go to the bathroom without the laptop locking, requiring logging back in (generally with a smartcard) and re-opening your VPN connections. A jiggler allows you to go to the bathroom, or make a cup of coffee without having to relogin to everything. Obviously you don't use them in an unsecured environment, but if it's sitting on your desk at home... yeah, they are a huge time saver.

[@oxymoron458]

I never get tired of hearing dawid's funny moans in his videos. Very therapeutic

[@nno7532]

5:30 in the vid is a gloriously wimpy moan for your "therapy"

[@aelinskyfiregaming]

I use the razer Naga and razer Tartarus Pro for MMO gaming and I will never go back. Very specific use case, but it works really well. None of the knock off brands are worth it at all. Great video.

[@Gobeman]

Regarding the Half Keyboard. It got all the keys you 99% of the time would you use in videogame with said hand. With some models certain companies sells having Plenty of extra keys for macros placed around it. Hell i think Razer sells one with a joystick.

[@some-replies]

The razer one isn't a joystick, it's more like a d-pad disguised as a joystick.

[@trueNahobino]

That cooler was actually a little impressive for how much of a difference it made. Could be interesting to see it used for a desktop cpu?

[@JasonMendoza-hd3ce]

It's likely a "Peltier" cooler. Peltier devices use materials where when a voltage is applied, one side gets really hot and the other gets really cold. There used to be CPU Peltier coolers like 15 years ago, I think they are out of fashion because they generate a lot more heat than they take away. So the CPU does get really cold, but the inside of the case gets very hot.

[@trueNahobino]

@@JasonMendoza-hd3ce Did some research and it turns out these were actually still made until a few months ago. Intel and EKWB made water blocks for Intel's "cryo-cooling" software back in 2020 that use this kind of cooling... except that they discontinued it just in November 2023 according to an AnandTech article... so yeah, it doesn't exist anymore lol. Interesting though

[@dividion8102]

If you had the other half of that keyboard, you could set up a wicked space sim setup, with that half right behind the throttle and the other half right behind the joystick. :) (and yes, I understand it's designed to be used with a mouse for the right hand and there's not actually an "other half")

[@MrPruske]

5:57 That piece of spying hardware has an infrared window lol

[@sheikha.9758]

i love your contents dawid. everytime you upload a vid, i'll be excited to watch

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Thanks for watching!

[@digitalphoenix72]

The mouse jiggler makes sense, because some computers have 'power saving' permanently on, and the screen shuts off if you dont keep moving the mouse. It drives a person crazy when theyre watching an embedded video or reading pages of information. On the other hand, never plug a USB anything into your computer or phone if you dont know the brand and trust it.

[@jamesbrassfield8409]

Hello everyone

[@onebladeprop]

Hello

[@RobDEV]

Hi

[@FKnight808]

Hello

[@mylessimms8684]

Sup

[@Alien_Bob]

Yo

[@davec7]

Please don't touch my USB hole 😂😂😂

[@AnnaDoes]

Top notch 😂 giggled throughout

[@megaman2000ish]

I will say the half keyboard does actually have a use case. Some people don't have a lot of desk space so the half keyboard allows them to have more mouse travel space while gaming. It is in no way a replacement for a full keyboard but it is an instead option. Artists also use similar keyboards for macro keys as there desk tends to be taken up by their drawing tablet.

[@macking104]

I was waiting for someone to do a temu pc because their stuff looks like its Chinese spy products.. Oh, you didnt test the sdds and memory modules…

[@Safetytrousers]

Why would they want to spy on a beardy Westerner flailing around?

[@some-replies]

"spy equipment" unlike the phone in your hand? The camera constantly pointed at you face, microphones, gps tracking, etc.

[@MKojiro]

The half keyboard is useful for sitting next to a drawing tablet, where you only need a few shortcut keys but you don't want to have to reach too far.

[@vanyaleitao8202]

To make a point in favor of the half keyboard. I use one myself, and every day. I have a regular keyboard ALSO plugged in. It's just when I gane I like my arms to be more spread put and I hate having to pick up my heavy mechanical keyboard and move it over to the side and at an angle so I can relax and use one hand on keys one on mouse. With the half keyboard it's so convenient, and 90% of games I play, mainly competitive fps games, never have a need for a button I can't hit with one hand. And if I need to chat, my other full size is right there. But again, I also have a huge desk and use a 42 inch monitor so, your milage may vary.

[@kangaroo4024]

The half keyboard is good for VR. When I was playing Elite Dangerous in VR, keeping control of where you are on a regular keyboard can be a little bit of a mess, so I got a Razor Tartarus Chroma , a partial keyboard with some mouse control on it. Bound all my auxiliary controls to that and never needed to bother hunting over my keyboard blind. :)

[@GamingPsychologist]

I've always liked those half gaming keyboards for gaming in my living room. I turn old PC's into media/gaming rigs for my TV, and for a lot of situations the half keyboards are perfect for reclining in my living room and playing an RPG or something turn based.

[@lindah6954]

After seeing Temu stuff catching on fire. And some incidents damaging PCs and other expensive electronics. I wouldn't chance it.

[@oplkfdhgk]

0:37 i know the packaging looks like trash but i actually kinda like this type of packaging because it is easy to open. :)

[@dvvolynkin]

📝 *Summary::* *Introduction to Temu's Gaming Haul* 🎥 00:00:00 The video begins with Temu introducing a haul of gaming-related products. 💰 00:00:16 Temu admits to having no impulse control and purchases the gaming items. ▶️ 00:00:22 The items are described as looking like they were fished out of a rubbish dump. 📦 00:00:36 The unboxing of the gaming products begins. 📦 00:01:25 A magnetic semiconductor mobile phone radiator is unboxed, and its packaging appears to have been returned multiple times. ⌨ 00:02:19 An unmarked box containing a gaming mouse is opened, and its unique design is described. *Key Insights 1* ⚠️ 00:00:16 Temu admits to having no impulse control when it comes to purchasing gaming products, setting the tone for the unboxing video. 📦 00:00:36 The unboxing process begins, revealing the appearance of the products and their packaging condition. ▶️ 00:01:25 The unboxing of a magnetic semiconductor mobile phone radiator highlights the questionable quality and packaging condition of the product. 🖱 00:05:42 The introduction of a mouse jiggler with a mute switch raises suspicions about its intended use, adding an element of intrigue to the video. 🎧 00:09:01 The critique of uncomfortable headphones with poor sound quality adds a layer of disappointment to the unboxing experience. *Review of Gaming Products* 🎧 00:04:45 A headset with a biohazard symbol and inline volume wheels is unboxed. 🖱 00:05:42 A mouse jiggler with a mute switch is introduced, raising suspicions about its intended use. 🕹 00:06:08 An augmented reality game console is unboxed, and its low cost is highlighted. ⌨ 00:07:25 The half keyboard layout of the MC Axe 2 is critiqued for its impracticality. ⌨ 00:08:13 The half keyboard's limitations are revealed during a gaming session, affecting the user's experience. 🎧 00:09:01 The uncomfortable and poor sound quality of the headphones are highlighted during use. *Testing the Gaming Accessories* ▶️ 00:11:02 The magnetic semiconductor mobile phone radiator is tested, and its impact on phone ergonomics is noted. 🖱 00:11:21 The mouse jiggler's functionality is tested, and its potential use for simulating work activity is suggested. ▶️ 00:11:33 The effectiveness of the shoulder triggers for mobile gaming is tested, revealing some limitations. ▶️ 00:12:30 The impact of the mobile phone cooler on device performance is measured using Geekbench. 🖱 00:13:08 The mouse jiggler's unexpected functionality as an entertainment device is demonstrated. *Key Insights 2* ▶️ 00:11:02 The testing of the magnetic semiconductor mobile phone radiator reveals its impact on phone ergonomics and raises questions about its practicality. ▶️ 00:11:33 The limitations of the shoulder triggers for mobile gaming are revealed during testing, affecting their usability and functionality. ▶️ 00:12:30 The impact of the mobile phone cooler on device performance is measured using Geekbench, demonstrating both positive and negative effects on performance. 🕹 00:13:45 The evaluation of the augmented reality game console highlights its limited functionality, poor game quality, and challenges in use due to lack of instructions and poor motion capture. *Evaluation of Gaming Console* 🕹 00:13:45 The augmented reality game console's features and game library are explored, revealing limited functionality and poor game quality. 🕹 00:15:49 The challenges of using the console due to lack of instructions and poor motion capture are highlighted. *Conclusion and Final Thoughts* ▶️ 00:16:21 Temu concludes that the $95 asking price for the gaming console is too high given its limited functionality and game quality. ▶️ 00:16:25 Temu encourages viewers to subscribe and humorously threatens to send them the gaming products if they don't subscribe. ------------------ *Summarized by TubeSum Chrome Extension*

[@VanguardDragon]

The mouse jiggler would actually be pretty handy for when you have to go afk for a while in a game which kicks you for being idle for too long.

[@gray3508]

you can use software for that

[@JamesBrown-ki2cn]

I use to have a half keyboard and it was one of the most comfortable gaming keyboards I've ever used. Of course, not having a full keyboard is a problem, I just had a cheep 60% as well for everyday typing. But the way the spacebar was helped, and the macros were good too.

[@jingo500]

"A handful of pennies, and some shame" Sounds like a sad date lol

[@bishop5400]

I did fall for the gimmick, and did buy some gaming peripherals from temu, what a waste of money. The game controller from temu for the PS4 would not work at all despite it being new, to gaming mice absolutely would not interface with Windows PC 11 no matter what we tried. The one thing that did work okay was a portable battery charger , but the annoying thing was the charge cord was only 3 in long.

[@zachary_gongaga]

i could see the half keyboard MAYBE being useful if you wanna game on a console using a keyboard/mouse, but clicky switches on a gaming keyboard is a crime.

[@Gunfart01]

"a handful of pennies and shame" classic!

[@Gigabarto]

bro dafuq? i love that mouse, since i do not gaming whatsoever for me the many buttons and the silent clicks are welcome i don't want the whole house to hear every time i click the damn thing. also my hands are big and never miss clicked in any of the buttons is actually quite comfy, the macros software is completely optional as well

[@ogrejd]

I'm almost surprised the 'mouse jiggler' didn't try to open up your browsers and try to access their password vaults. :P

[@jaxx4040]

It probably did, he just doesn’t know yet ;)

[@vanthemanhalen1]

I truly love watching this channel!

[@KomradeMikhail]

That half keyboard is potentially useful for anybody that takes a wide gaming stance, with a lot of space between keyboard and mouse. Place it off to the left of your typing keyboard.

[@StarHope86]

Another comment on a separate video described you as having "dead-pan sarcasm". I was sold on that and had to subscribe. Also, 2:55 the radioactive platypus mention...funny as hell.

[@HairyScrambler]

Dawid we need an entire dedicated video essay on the intricate lore of Throwing Gobling

[@dodgydruid]

I started my World of Warcraft with a very similar game pad, it was an absolute game changer and even today I have an ancient Cyber Snipa still in use and currently doing duty in the mines of Moria.

[@Graytail]

04:13 Why? Because it can save wear on your gaming laptop's keyboard, those things arent cheap to replace...

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

- Okay, the shoulder triggers have an actual use case. The most likely use is for emulators. - And that cooler seems to have a peltier element? - But the mouse, nah, there are better options. A mouse in that price category with such a focus on "g4m3r" design means they don't spend the money on things like a good sensor. - And the "half keyboard" isn't anything new. The biggest benefit is that the saved space can be used for a huge mousepad. (as you found out) And you can still keep a full keyboard as well. Obviously takes time getting used to and requires rebinding some stuff. And there are better options. - The headset falls in the same area as the mouse. All fancy visuals and no quality. - The best use for the mouse jiggler is probably to prevent from appearing afk to not get disconnected in games. - And then a fake wii? Probably a famiclone or some cheap ARM thing? Oh no, it's EyeToy for PS2, but cheaper.

[@brianc5581]

Yes its Peltier cooler

[@fredrickbambino]

Having a tech KZbin channel immediately disqualifies you from having any impulse control

[@boblatte123]

those half keyboard things are surprisingly popular, razer makes them too

[@ThunderbolttheFox]

1:30 these things are actually pretty good when stuck on the end of a mic arm to hold your phone for usage during streams where an app would normally overheat the phone. I got a dual-fan cooler to hold/cool my iphone x because ifacialmocap practically melts my phone unless the cooler is turned on. EDIT: I got mine of Amazon though, not temu, so I can't speak on the quality of the model in the video

[@startedtech]

5:05 L/R balance issues was a big problem for my V-moda Boompro, I just keep a can of contact cleaner at my desk and spray it in there every week, good workaround lol.

[@Pugwash.]

That was both enjoyable and alarming.

[@natedostalik3538]

AR flappy bird is something I never expected to exist

[@mrmotarium]

If you have enough desk space, the half keyboard combines well with your "normal" keyboard, allowing you to spread your arms in a pretty comfortable position. Needs some time for the brain to get used to what's effectively an extremely wide keyboard of sorts, but it can be VERY comfortable, especially for longer gaming sessions or laborious manual data entry (ask me how I know).

[@chris-a-wb]

that's intended to be used as a gamepad/macropad not a keyboard replacement. There's a few different ones out there but the best and now not being sold (I saw a listing on Amazon for 1200USD) was the Logitech G13 but Razer Tartarus is another one. There's also a really funky monstrosity called the Azeron Gaming Keypad :) I think these were most popular with MMOers

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The classic Saitek cyborg command unit comes to mind.

[@Silv3r.8901]

The gamepad keyboard things make alot of sense if you have a small desk. You don't have to play with insane keyboard tilt, to get room to move your mouse.

[@some-replies]

That's why they've been making one hand keyboards for 15+ years...

[@dirkbonesteel]

@6:00 the mouse jigguler' the only known use was in the early days 200? ISPs would disconnect if there was no input going on. I used a software mouse movement thing to stay online. 20 years ago it would be semi-useful

[@GamerDave1974]

That last pink one looked like and egg in a pink one piece bathing suit LOL

[@jtnachos16]

That mouse kinda looks like someone looked at a swiftpoint tracer and went 'oh, we can do that!' and it turned out that no, they could not do that. I have a swiftpoint Z (which is the premium version of the tracer) that is currently in a drawer because, unfortunately, after years of use it started to wear (got very rough on the bottom skates and on the rubber sections of the grip), and it is surprisingly comfy and natural, despite the odd shape and button locations. It's basically the 'fully loaded luxury car' of gaming mice, full of features that you have to actively go out of your way to remember the existence of, but if you work them into your mind, they actually work pretty well. I really hope they start making them again. The knuckle buttons on the swiftpoint mouse are actually fairly accessible and easy to use, while having enough resistance that you aren't going to accidentally trip them. They can also be pulled up instead of pushed down for alternate inputs. The swiftpoint Z actually TRULY shines in creative pursuits. Can have nearly every shortcut right there on the mouse, and rarely have to deal with modifier key inputs on the keyboard. In games I found myself using a lot of the buttons on a pretty rare basis initially, but after getting used to binding certain things to the mouse and having dedicated buttons for them, it was awkward to switch away back to a more 'normal' mouse. In my case that was a G502, then a G305.

[@demontekdigital1704]

The keyboard peripheral is supposed to be used in conjunction with a normal keyboard, not replace it. I still have an old Belkin Nostromo Speedpad n52 I used to use all the time. Then they stopped making drivers, and software for operating systems from Vista forward. Razer made two versions of it too. One was called Tartarus, and the other was Orb Weaver. They're great once you get used to them, but it takes a good while.

[@cheex18]

Watching Dawid attempt to paddle the kayak was WELL worth the price of admission.

[@jujuu1339]

"semiconductor" (thermo electric) coolers are a double edged sword. Pubg, mariokart, its fine. But for more intensive games like Genshin Impact ~which brings every phone to its knees due to high CPU+GPU usage~ can overload the cooler and make it heat up the phone instead. This is why thermo electric coolers aren't common in PC cooling.

[@dyscotopia]

I should be more depressed about the mountains of ewaste we're burying future generations under, but it's just too funny to be sad... I'll be sad later

[@raiyankhanmajlis6112]

Dawid, in your video ""Can a Noob tell the difference between a calibrated and uncalibrated monitor?"" you said you'd do a follow-up where you tried calibrating a monitor that had horrible colours because the IPS monitors you calibrated were already great out-of-the-box. Can you please make that video? It's very satisfying to watch monitors with a terrible colour tint become neutral.

[@MrBuyerman]

I have to say, as a lefty, using wasd is terrible, so using a half keyboard might be useful.

[@TheOfficialOriginalChad]

4:40 these half keyboards are great for space and flight simulators. Especially if you have a cockpit, where finding a place to mount a full keyboard is difficult.

[@safedave9689]

Dawid Does Tech Stuff: The Solution to no buyer regret

[@mr.grotto]

That half keyboard can be mapped entirely separately as different keys and you can relabel them. The beauty is less in what it shows and more in what niche editors can make it into. Several people like nutty have done tutorials on the "budget" streamdeck.

[@switchlanez08]

I been using those same triggers for 6 months, didn't really expect them to still be functional but their really useful in call of duty since I struggle playing claw on my tiny phone with big fingers 😂

[@volvo09]

2:02 omg that is way too funny! A fan causing condensation and freezing! 😂

[@ItsHonski]

I once bought a battery voltage tester off temu. I tried testing a 12V lithium-ion battery and the device crackled and then started smoking. Now that I think about it, that was probably my fault.

[@zbrkesbris5987]

Mouse Jiggler can be useful for preventing PC from going to sleep (for whatever reason) or in MMOs that usually kick you out/disconnect for AFK.

[@The_Jack_Doe]

Ordered "PS4 controller" and two sets of wireless android headphones for 13 euros... And it states I saved 111 lol I just wonder on quality of these things when and if they arrive.

[@anthonygrimaldi9483]

The headphones that were more comfortable to wear backwards remind me of a set of cheap headphones I have from Five below. They're comfortable, but the microphone only come out one way... and if I have the microphone in front of my face, the headphones play audio backwards... But that's at least better than the "gaming mouse" I also got from five below, that one I returned because it was unusable for gaming. It only allows you to click one button at a time... so if you're doing something crazy like, aiming with the right mouse button, you can't actually shoot with the left mouse button... I tried another one to be sure it wasn't defective, and nope, those mice are made that way.

[@Galiant2010]

For the shoulder button thing and getting games with buttons up there... I'm wondering if they were thinking of Steam Link where you can move around on screen buttons for the controller prompts so it would work with any game you stream that way.

[@NickxTM]

Just stopped what I was doing to watch this when the notification popped up. I know Temu never disappoints

[@safouenelemsi6119]

Dawid you're the best and thanks for always putting subtitles

[@pyrophobia133]

TEMU: the world's biggest flea market of random vendor stuff

[@benjbk]

Have you checked whether the "MK Axe 1" is the other half of the keyboard?

[@BunzelsBrood]

I love my Razer Tartarus V2 "half keyboard" for FPS games. Although I also have my PC and monitor on a rolling cart and I game from my couch. So the half keyboard easily rests on the arm rest of the couch and I have a lap tray to put the mouse on to my right. Surprisingly very agronomical!

[@cristianitsirc6830]

If you don't mind me asking, what is that watch you're wearing?

[@Yuushiboy]

I use the Razor Tartarus "hand gaming keyboard" and before that the Logitech G13. Ive been using these for over 15 years in almost all games and dont want to go back to only keyboard. I use voice 90% of the time if I'm playing with others so no need for a full-size keyboard. What you got does not look good though.

[@285049]

So, just a quick note, the reason why things from China don't come with a battery has to do with the face that having batteries in devices are a fire hazard when in transport (and won't pass customs check anyway.), so, they will either come with no battery or with the battery detached from the unit.

[@fulminate]

"well he didn't have button triggers .." nailed it.