£2.72 for an Ultrasonic Cleaner? REALLY? TEMU Product Test & Teardown

[@MarkFixesStuff]

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[@davidsejas8452]

Bro i got the same one while ago and never used it till i saw your video yesterday grabbed it and watched other videos where you use soap and i used it to clean my chains and rings and it got a lot of small gunk in 20 mins i think the vibration helps it clean kinda like tumblers but i did also use the blue dawn dish soap now im trying to get magnasonic from amazon 😂

[@aminasundas9739]

which cleaner would you suggest for cleaning jewelry? gold silver or metal.

[@davidsejas8452]

@@aminasundas9739 if you are cleaninv it by hand get some silver polishing cloths from temu its like 100 sheets for $3to$5 now if you have this or another ultrasonic cleaner just get dawn dish soap hot water to help if work fater and that should be it

[@castleladpaza76]

Now I know where I can get my niece a jacuzzi for her barbie doll lol

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Watching the motor jump all over the desk was quite funny. You made a good point about the place of manufacture. It's nice that you were able to use the parts though, every cloud etc. 😊

[@JB-fh1bb]

I was impressed by the consistency of the wave wobbles. Nice as a k-3 science demonstration

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Yeah. It was almost convincing.

[@accountid9681]

Why only k-3, I could even see some use for it in first year college physics classrooms studying oscillating motion, of course that's assuming that changing the input voltage will speed up, or slow down the motor, and not just break it

[@alanhaynes4576]

Thank you Mark for investing in this so I don't have to. Keep up the great work. Merry Christmas.

[@RetroSegaDev]

Spat my tea out laughing at "slip it in" 🤣Great video as always Mark!

[@FastJack42]

Bought the same thing on Aliexpress. Got my money back when I sent them pictures of the inside

[@lmfsilva3000]

My first impression looking at that diagram was "game controller vibration motor hooked to the sink" and it just couldn't be anything else could it?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

It wasn’t even in the same place as the diagram! Gits!

[@itemushmush]

found your channel from the algo. great video, definitely subscribing!

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Thanks James! Don’t know why this video has gone nuts but I’m happy!

[@hilham89]

I was fixing to order one. Glad I decided to look it up before I did. I greatly appreciate it sir.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Great! Not everything on Temu is garbage, but you have to be careful.

[@valerin0]

Just bought one of these then saw this video, it’s on its way back to Amazon thanks

[@yadwindercap3194]

Thanks, I bought this item and more stuff from Temu and looking for review I come across this video. Lessen learned. No more Temu for me.

[@RakeshMondal]

Thank you soo much...I had by doubt.. now it's clear.

[@acerot]

I more or less expected the outcome but thanks for really doing it anyway. Your humor level is super.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@teh_supar_hackr]

Once I bought this device that would auto-swimg your phone to give it fake steps for those AR games that you have to walk around like Street Pass, and Pokemon Go. Well I got it, and it did not do anything, and felt ultra light, so I disassembled it to see nothing on the inside. Only thing in there was the DC power connector floating in a drilled hole. Instantly got a refund on it.

[@JaredConnell]

You got cheated while trying to cheat lmaooo

[@SomeDudeOnYouTube]

The way the water vibrates it makes me wonder if this little fellow would be any good on mixing paints in the miniature hobby (you know, Warhammer and stuff) It can't be worse than the cheap nail polish shakers and might give cheap vortex mixers a run for their money. Especially since you can fit so many paint pots into that thing to shake simultaneously.

[@garylangford6755]

I checked with chatgpt. You can!

[@coucou729]

I bought one of these off eBay. Exactly same model. Realised it wasn’t an actual ultrasonic cleaner as I have a proper one… but I took this one to work and what it can do is clean my glasses well with some soap added to the water!

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Glad it worked out for you at least!

[@Super_Bros.]

Yeah, it does work for cleaning glasses… but nothing else.

[@bruhitsme2601]

Thanks for testing.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Any time!

[@jasmijnariel]

Got it as a gift ... used it once, after 5min it was in the garbage bin...

[@TheDarkHour684]

Hopefully you ended the relationship ;)

[@dodgydruid]

The ultrasonic I use is an Aliexpress AIPIO, paid like £20 for an all stainless steel construction small unit which is pretty potent and having two horns on such a small unit pretty much obliterated dirt and grime very quickly.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I do need to get a real version of a smaller unit. My only cleaner is 42l and that’s too big for casual use

[@maxwel1]

Thx. I was thinking to buy one.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Glad to help!

[@NerdySatyr]

So glad i found this video before i bought one!!

[@X-Bit-Gits]

Yeah, I paid AU$5 for one of these from Aliexpress and it worked about as well as I expected. I had a good laugh when I opened it to discover the approach to "ultrasonic" wave generation. Well... at least it has a neat rocker switch I can use in something else. I guess?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Yeah. It’s good for knocking up a “Personal Massager”. Just watching your Metal Slug video. Love it!

[@X-Bit-Gits]

@MarkFixesStuff bit of a side tangent, but I was watching another one of your vids where you mentioned BitFunx were a bit shady. What have your experiences been? I have used their SaturnPSU DC supplies in about 10 refurbed systems so far with no issues with the products themselves.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

They are knock-off merchants who steal other people's designs. The quality is all right, sometimes a bit dodge. They knocked off LOADS of makers work.

[@X-Bit-Gits]

@MarkFixesStuff yeah, that's not good then. I guess I shouldn't be surprised buying off Aliexpress 🫤. It's time to look for new vendors. Any suggestions for Saturn DC PSUs?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

My feelings on original PSUs is that really they are good designs already. The new versions that people design might be more efficient but servicing the old power supplies with good new capacitors is a great option. Have a look at this analysis by Bob from RetroRGB based on direct scrutiny by Voultar: www.retrorgb.com/dreamcast-replacement-psu-design-analysed.html - Sometimes new isn't always better I guess.

[@lanzer22]

I can't help but to laugh when I saw the cheapest toy motor in the bottom. Thank you for the good laugh.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

It’s from a “personal massager”, I’ve been told.

[@lykou1821]

It was 9€ on Temu and I ordered one, it hasn’t arrived yet but I have been duped! Honestly props to them, doesn’t happen often to me.

[@BluffMunkey]

I like the Temu 'Living in a Box' soundtrack.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Yeah. Ironic really because everything turns up loose in a bag.

[@eileenann1510]

I do too. A lot of items I ordered were better than I expected.

[@zero-k7466]

Hey my girlfriend bought two of these ine for me and her mother, been trying to find a real ultrasonic driver thingy to replace the poo motor in it and have it working properly

[@MarkFixesStuff]

It’s a lost cause I’m afraid. You need a transducer and that needs to be welded to a steel tank. Better off finding one and the same size with a steel tank. Should be about £25 ish.

[@zero-k7466]

Yeah that's where all my searches ended

[@tonywharton5220]

I made the mistake of putting my glasses in an ultrasonic cleaner designed and advertised to clean glasses. Big mistake and £300 on new specs ✌️

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Yeah. Real ultrasonic cleaners are very aggressive.

[@frankowalker4662]

I'm surprised Terry and Dave did'nt use it as a hot tub.

[@ChrisShadowens]

That's for Mark's "other" channel 🛁

[@frankowalker4662]

@@ChrisShadowens LOL

[@Tims_Projects]

I would make a nice etching bath for my small circuit boards. 🙂

[@tharkthax3960]

10.29 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Youve got me interested in temu now! A motor and switch for under 3 quid. Flippin bargain

[@damustermann]

Fill it with sand and use it as a mini tumbler.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Would need a bit more oomph I reckon

[@damustermann]

@@MarkFixesStuff I guess so, but now I want to try it out, challenge accepted ;)

[@Jdbye]

You can get ultrasonic cleaners cheaply, I have one slightly bigger than this that cost me around $15. It is probably quite weak though, with no visible water movement but if you stick your finger in it you can feel the vibrations. Pretty sure it's legit, it was bought locally, runs on AC and has a metal container. Seems to work okay for cleaning jewelry.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

If it works then it's likely a 40khz single transducer. won't remove rust but will clean the "patina" from metals, which is what it's made for.

[@Owza57]

They're onto something here, an infrasound cleaner 🤣

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Vibrasonic? Actually, that sounds like a Sega based adult toy.

[@UberAlphaSirus]

A jacuzzi for a whole bag off jelly teddies. Rusty spoons make the milk come. ;P

[@Cqta.20]

Great review! I naively purchased this same device expecting an "ultrasonic" device but at the very first sight it doesn't look at all like "ultrasonic" but a physically vibrating device 😂 I didn't know about the mechanism of an ultrasonic machine but I know how it should look like. Definitely a rip off no matter what cost. Thanks for sharing

[@theforthdoctor7872]

Mark, have you tried it on any household brass fittings? I suggest you test it on a dirty nob.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Yeah!! The vibrations might just help polish one off!

[@Retroguyuk75]

There is some real tack out there isn't there.. I remember a wish iPhone charger that I bought off wish that got so hot it nearly melted the socket 😮. Glad the wife noticed.. few 😊

[@MarkFixesStuff]

That’s how my house fire started.

[@Retroguyuk75]

@@MarkFixesStuff oh no 😮😱😔

[@MarkFixesStuff]

@@Retroguyuk75 Is ok now. Rebuilt the house and am trying to collect my treasures

[@TheDarkHour684]

@@MarkFixesStuff NoooOOOoooOOOoooOOOOooOOOOOooOOOOO!

[@Colin_Ames]

I only shopped with Temu once, and to be honest the stuff I got wasn’t too bad for the price. The items were dirt cheap and were as described. However, I heard too many negative things about the company and have never bought from them since.

[@Vaskomyr]

I half imagine you adding the motor to the eprom reader as well just to mess with everyone, lol.

[@Ro-Bucks]

I really don't like the power switch they used, a bit unsafe with that switch in that spot. I called the rambler inside lol it looks real. I wonder if two motors 90 degree from each other would make it work a bit? prob not.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Agreed! Lucky it’s just 3v 😜

[@marleyyates2995]

I bought one of these because it was so cheap and I was curious - I figured it wouldn't work. Is there something I could take this apart and turn it into?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Maybe a massager for a hamster 🐹?

[@queazocotal]

The pictured in the listing transducer looks fairly like a magnetostrictive ultrasound transmitter. ' Homemade ultrasonic transducer ' on youtube has one that looks broadly similar.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Really? Thanks for the info. That makes the whole thing feel worse somewhow hahah!

[@cawschwarzraben359]

I wonder if someone will ever review Temu dental drills

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Wait… is that a thing?

[@zynaps666]

I bought one of these for the missus. I knew it was shite but she swears it cleans her glasses. She doesn't know but she's happy so so am I. 😆

[@mikamajlund3622]

You could build a self mixing cup of that vibrant motor 😅😅

[@jko7337]

I bought one in the netherlands in a online shop, cost €20,- I send it the same day back ! I did the same, no transducer there but a motor 😢.

[@willmorton6800]

How about a link to an unltrasonic cleaner that is cheap, but is actually an ultrasonic cleaner? :)

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I don’t have one yet. I need one that is small because my 42l cleaner is a lot of effort to use. I don’t want to link to anything I’ve not seen personally, but when I’ve got one I’ll update the description. Mainly you need to look for one with a steel tank because that’s a good indicator.

[@willrobinson7599]

£2.72 ,posted from the other side of the world , costs me £3.30 to post in the uk lol

[@aphilzitrone]

Should have watched that before ordering xD

[@twinjuke]

Hey, great video! Can you recommend one that ACTUALLY works for cleaning stuff?

[@Zonniezonnie_Minecraft]

I'm opening mine. I have my doubts but it is steel and uses a plug but I'm skeptical and even more so now lol I'll get back with my findings .. I'm sure you're all going to be refreshing over and over to see what happened.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

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[@Zonniezonnie_Minecraft]

@@MarkFixesStuff what's F5 mean

[@MarkFixesStuff]

@@Zonniezonnie_Minecraftf5 refreshes your browser

[@bailzzzzzz]

So... What happened?

[@azimalif266]

Probably will good for small silicon mold degasing.

[@chrisrobson8540]

all well and good but how are you going to get the spoon clean??!!???! not sure i'll be able to sleep not knowing🥴

[@HantsLeo]

My wife would find a use for it 😮

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Pleased to help.

[@konsul2006]

Thank you. Happy I never went to shop on Temu. Sad how these scam products are allowed to flood our markets!

[@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533]

I refuse to order anything from temu, the adverts anger me. I'm rubbing one off whilst watching 👍

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Again.

[@samuelfellows6923]

😡

[@RavenLuni]

An oversized glasses case that vibrates - just what you need to not in any way help you remember to take them when you leave the house...

[@gavincurtis]

30v on motor to generate 40Khz?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

3v!!! Even you wouldn't buy THAT for a dollar!

[@Zeebee1971]

A hydromassage bathtub for Barbie dolls. A motor that produces vibrations can be useful for building a prank device.

[@UberAlphaSirus]

Hey, Mark, When you do the mod video to the minipro2. Would you have a look about how to make a custom chip pinout in the software. I looked thru the files in hope of modifying a chip in the library to the pinout/voltages and timings of some od ball roms I come across. So far I have hit a wall.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I’m not sure it’s possible

[@Keaton.]

Stupid question: how much tension can this PoS motor take? I'm thinking into putting 12V/24V to see what happens... lol

[@MarkFixesStuff]

anything more than about 5-6v and the brushes in the motor burn out usually.

[@RyanMercer]

What does it taste like though?!?!

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Disappointment

[@h45e]

I wish I knew this before I put my glasses in. Totally distroyed my glasses.

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

More deceitful, cheap chinese tat that's destined for the local landfill. This stuff should be banned, but governments seemingly don't give a damn. Neither do those online stores that sell such garbage. It's appalling - people are conned, money is wasted and it's obviously NOT environmentally friendly. I hate the greed in society that's seemingly increasing in magnitude.

[@_Matthias_0815]

I commend your attitude, Sir!🫡 By the way. I appreciate your "Hitchhiker" inspired Username.👍🏻

[@TheWasher18]

Every country should simply put sanctions on imports from China.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I totally agree.

[@PaweBudrewicz]

What else should banned by government? 😂

[@nsmlsof]

Yeah we just need more government banning. Stop the virtue signalling please and mind your own behavior. I’m pretty sure you yourself can reduce your carbon footprint by a lot.

[@behramcooper3691]

Nice insight. Can you provide a link to a genuine ultrasonic cleaner for domestic purposes? Thanks.

[@93rogerrr]

Although i didn't know about the fact that plastics would be damaged by real transducers which would explain why genuine ultrasonic cleaners have a (stainless)steel pan or bath, at work i use 2 different sized (real) ultrasonic cleaners. Personally i don't like the sound of ultrasonic transducers in cleaning equipment so i'd only start them when i don't have to be around them, looking at the odd waves in the bath on the video (plus reveiling the vibrating motor) i don't recognize the waves from the equipment i use compared to the ones in the video, plus the sound from a fake cleaner is very different from a real one i would imagine.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I didn't include the original sound due to a mistake in editing, but it sounds like if you leave a "rumble" enabled game controller on a table whilst it's working. Nothing like the drone of a real UC as you correctly guess.

[@redheadsg1]

So it is not a ultra sonic cleaner but a vibrating cleaner ... which it is better if you have coatings on your glasses. Ultra sonic cleaner can destroy coatings on your glasses.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

It would be better if it actually did something but it doesn’t. You’re better off with a glasses wipe!

[@abruptlyblunt]

it may not be an ultrasonic cleaner but it's a sonic cleaner which does have some merit, since i don't have an ultrasonic i built a homemade sonic cleaner to clean motorcycle carburetors, i jsut have to leave them in longer than i would with an USCleaner but it does work........

[@beaniiman]

fulll bridge rectifyer!

[@xanxusvaria8492]

Would have loved seeing a real one as comperission.

[@zebo-the-fat]

Does this violate the sale of goods act?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

It violates everything. Including my happiness.

[@celestialstar124]

Thanks. This video save me SGD$1.77 from buying the ultrasonic cleaner for my spectacles. As i wear think lens so the rim of my lens gets dirty and i can't find a way to clean it. Maybe remove from the frame can clean my lens but the optical shop refuse to help me remove my lens as they claim my frame may crack. I wonder if a good quality ultrasonic cleaner can remove the grim at the side of lens that is between the frame?

[@autoneurotic]

When will we be seeing you on RMC next, Mark?

[@CheapCheerful]

I knew my "ultrasonic" was a fake! I hadn't got around to proving it yet, but it's just a bigger version of this. Mine was the USB Rechargeable version, and had a VERY odd looking plastic item, similar size/shape to a 9V battery, but appeared to be hand made, and all black plastic. Don't think a capacitor as it held charge for months, more like a cheap hand made Ni-CD perhaps. It put out around 4V on arrival. The battery case was completely disconnected.

[@billykulim5202]

can it be used as screw cleaner? put sand and screw, try turn it on

[@eidgenossenarkebuse]

The Music makes me think i'm watching an Episode of Abroad in Japan.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Blame Epidemic Sound! We all licence from there 😂

[@buddyweiz]

Finns have a saying " Poor people cannot afford to buy cheap stuff"

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Commander Vimes' Boots

[@justinseau]

I found your video after looking for tutorials on how to use my cheapo “mini cleaner” from AliExpress. Wished I known before and now all I can think of is regret 😅 Will try with a drop of dishwashing liquid to give it one more chance, otherwise it’s a refund. Forget that, I’ll just ask for a refund!

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

[@justinseau]

@@MarkFixesStuff at least it was well informed bad news. Today I learned something new!

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Metal also cavitates. I would be more worried about the plastic in the glasses than in the container itself had it had a piezo trasnducer in it.

[@DracoVM]

Hey! That's cool. I'll buy one of that. It looks like to be a good PCB etching bath for small PCBs. It's all plastic, right?😉

[@LabArlyn]

Isn't it too small for pcb etching

[@guyh3403]

My wife really loves that vibrating wobly thing. Not sure why....

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Hey, happiness is happiness!

[@voltare2amstereo]

could make something, for the missus

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Ah... I could retire...

[@tk-maker]

hahaha, cant stop lol...those CN seller, too good to be truth

[@draygosmith]

But what of the spoon???

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Dishwasher.

[@draygosmith]

*Phew!* @@MarkFixesStuff

[@R33043]

​@@MarkFixesStuff What happened to the dishwasher?

[@Uterr]

If you say your ultrasonic cleaner would clean that spoon then you should show it right next to this "ultrasonic cleaner". I have a real ultrasonic cleaner and I want to say it's not always the case that stain goes right off, so it would be nice you to show results of what you talking about.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

My real ultrasonic cleaner is a 42l industrial model that can remove rust from old tools so it wouldn’t be a fair comparison. If I find a real ultrasonic unit (and not just a vibration motor) then I’ll maybe post an update.

[@siberx4]

One minor nit; the fact that the unit only has 3V from the batteries to work with is not itself a showstopper. In theory you can use a boost converter to get whatever voltage the transducer needs, although you're unlikely to get more than an amp or two of current out of AAAs for any length of time so you're limited to a total power budget of maybe 5-10W with two of them, when you likely need something more like 20-40W to get effective cleaning even with a very small ultrasonic bath like this.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Oh yes. I know. The point being it wasn't a terribly goood sign to see it ran on two AAA batteries.

[@bugz000]

i, too, know what a buck boost converter is, let's hi-5 then cover eachother in mayonnaise and slide around the kitchen together pretending we're slugs

[@MarkFixesStuff]

@@bugz000 no because I’ve just cleaned the floor.

[@MuellerNick]

It is astonishing that they can build such a box, manufacture the molds and even ship them for just 2.72. Pay the labour and make some money.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Ahh Temu. You just never know what you're going to get but you do know it's probably gonna be crap. 🤣🤣🤣 So Mark, do you feel like a billionaire now? 😉

[@MarkFixesStuff]

All the billionaires I know buy sub £3 crap.

[@user255]

@@MarkFixesStuff Well, that is actually a lot for a crap.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Yeah. @@user255 it's shite.

[@IntoTheAmazingBox]

I was considering a cheap ultrasonic cleaner for my teeth retainers but I knew all of these ultracheap were suspicious. Do you think that the Xiaomi Ultrasonic Cleaner will do the job or it can also be a disappointment like the one in your video?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

The EraClean GA01 is a real ultrasonic cleaner from those guys. It’s low power but should be good for teeth retainers

[@Ataraxia27]

Fill it with some abrasive media and polish something.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Sounds painful.

[@Craig_79]

I was going to say that the ripple of the water could be achieved by glueing a vibrator motor to the bottom of the tank and sure enough 😂😂😂

[@pault6533]

I turned it on and thought I received a call.

[@tatjanam7543]

I bought one of those and cleaned few different metal and plastic frames glasses. It worked perfectly, my dad was very surprised. It was the same for some of my jewellery...that is what they advertise. Cleans jewellery and glasses. In video you should try with glasses, not a spoon. I tried and it worked🙂

[@TheDarkHour684]

But it doesn't work, because it is advertised as an ultrasonic cleaner. It is not one of those.

[@davehud2831]

Bought the exact same one for wifes jewelry.. Its garbage like everything else on temu 😂👍

[@MarkFixesStuff]

There certainly does seem to be a trend.

[@SianaGearz]

This Mabuchi 130 clone motor is way cute with its red butt and large dimples!

[@Idiomatick]

These products are impressively cheap if you look at the components. That motor is about $3 here. So if it is a scam they probably only have a profit margin of like 5%.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Yeah. Something dodgy here.

[@Polymorph71]

Love the refund

[@PG-gs5vb]

Yeah, I got a similar item from Aliexpress and it's completely useless. 😛

[@jocool7370]

Did I hear Living In A Box?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Great spot!

[@ChrisShadowens]

Sooo, it's a mini, pocket-sized, vibrating bathtub that's the perfect size for...glasses? Lemme grab my wallet! 😏