Menards Watch Rip Off!

[@charlesdeens8927]

Oh man, thats freaking hilarious...a square lcd in a round shell. I love these vids because they're like a all in oner. You got shopping haul, electronics review, tear down, and critique with some fun commentary.

[@You_Eat]

What a scam!

[@TengizAdamashvili]

Ben be like "Those Menards watches videos are doing pretty well for some reason" Menards be like "Our cheap smart watches are doing pretty well for some reason"

[@zaremol2779]

Menards sounds like something a pirate would say after getting hit in the balls

[@Haltedboy]

What did the pirate say when he was hit in the balls? Arrrr Menards.

[@ian_b]

Just to add, "CE" isn't a certification, it's just an assertion by the manufacturer that they think it adheres to European Community standards. It doesn't mean it's been tested against them in any way i.e. there is no certification process.

[@big0bad0brad]

The joke is that it just stands for China Export :)

[@MobCat_]

"Where is X project, yeah I really need to finish that" Yeah that hits harder then it should...

[@timg2727]

Menards is the Kmart of home improvement stores. You can usually find what you need, but it feels a little dirty being there.

[@MichaelGisiger]

Just in case, those "mini police batons" are quick change spring bars. With these, you don't need any tool to change the strap on a watch.

[@BenHeckHacks]

Good to know thanks!

[@wyldelf2685]

@@BenHeckHacks Hey BEN HECK ,imagine the "cartridge-sized Sega NOMAD you could build using one of those tiny LCD screens you just picked up ,not forgetting 2nd player input of course "" ,keep cool Ben 🎮😎😎👍

[@wyldelf2685]

@@BenHeckHacks hey BEN , did you consider this Sega build concept smaller two player NOMAD with LCD screen the size of the smart watches you just bought ???

[@3DJapan]

12:16 Note that it says CE not C E. CE is "China Export".

[@greenaum]

No, that's a myth. It's just a fake CE mark, the Chinese don't give a fuck.

[@PhilipHerlitz]

You should do your own subscription box service "For $20 a month, I'll send you some loose junk from my shop! No instructions! No Plans! Just Parts to stimulate your imagination!"

[@petergamache5368]

Each month, a lucky winner gets the detritus that's swept off the ESD mat! :)

[@BenHeckHacks]

Oh man. I'd do that for FREE.

[@John_Ridley]

The side bar on the band pins is for pulling the pin back to remove the band. You can just catch it with your fingernail and pull the pin back to change the band. Without it you had to get in with a blade or something and try to pull the pin back by the little ring.

[@TVsMrNeil]

The Hyper-Chicken lawyer from Futurama is the character that gave me the hardest laugh of the entire series. "Your Honor, I move that I be disbarred for introducing this evidence against my own client."

[@BenHeckHacks]

"I refuse to testify on the grounds my lungs will be made into a patty!"

[@awo1fman]

There needs to be a law that smartwatches can't advertise features or functions that are not native to the device itself. It's really annoying that the majority of features require a phone and app, which means you don't even need the watch. You can get heart rate and other sensors that will work directly with a phone and skip the watch entirely.

[@bloviatingbeluga8553]

The nibs on the watch bands are used to compress the springs to remove them from the watch and install them/interchange them. They are a feature on several watch bands including my mid-tier timex.

[@slice1208]

I'm a southerner , and I worked up north for a bit . I would describe Menards as the store at the end of the rail line were they sell whatever is left on the train . P.S. Moxie is horrible !!!

[@scottcol23]

Menards was around before Home Depot though. They were around in the early 60's and home depot was early 80's

[@JamesPotts]

I've got all three, and I prefer Menards. For one thing, Home Depot never has a special on bratwurst.

[@Wanton110]

This is a weird question, but is it feasible to be able to output the first ones 'video' to a tv or monitor?

[@John_Ridley]

The cover shows SpO2 on the display - if it really measures that, even with the same board it might have a slightly different optical sensor pack and firmware. Or it could just be lying.

[@Shl0kk]

12:25 - 95 BMP ... yeah, typo on BPM

[@madkvideo]

Where is part 2 of the Watch rebuild Ben? WHERE!?

[@odius94]

4:55 is that a Venture Bros reference?

[@salty6pence672]

That sewing machine screwdriver takes me back to my childhood. That was my first screwdriver.

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

7:36 Ow, Menards!! I usually pronounce Menards as mehn nerds.

[@aaronblair9583]

Talking about his testicles??? Menards? Ohhh "meh Nards" Too me longer than I expected...

[@nikdog419]

Lower quality than Home Depot? In central Illinois it's significantly higher quality than Home Depot. 🤣 My dad and I both wish they existed in California.

[@Azlehria]

I've spent hundreds of hours per chain in the Illinois/Indiana area (Menards) and California/Nevada/Arizona (Home Depot and Lowes) as a contractor, and dozens to thousands more as a customer. Menards is definitely the better store all around between those regions, from their stock quality and selection to their store construction to their inventory/POS systems.

[@BenHeckHacks]

@@Azlehria Not just because it's half a mile from my house but I prefer the Menards store layout better. HD is way too vertical and dark, dense and confusing.

[@Azlehria]

@@BenHeckHacks If the rest of the chain is similar to the stores I've been in, I think Menards' superior layout is a function of size. The stores are just _bigger,_ and that allows them to arrange things more cleanly and without having to use vertical space so heavily. The white-based color scheme doesn't hurt, either. Brighter colors make a space _feel_ bigger, more open, and better-lit.

[@JessicaFEREM]

BTW my $120 samsung watch also has the removable springy thing, it's so you can replace them when you eventually grow tired of them maybe the seperate bands are different sizes like mine?

[@sekazi]

I had to get a CPAP because I was always tired. Turns out I stop breathing for several minutes during sleep resulting in not getting much quality sleep. The the day after the sleep study I was more awake than I ever had been and that was with only about 4 hours on the mask. The first full night with it I ended up waking up after about 6 hours of sleep fully awake. Since then I average 4-6 hours of sleep every night and never as tired in the morning like I used to be.

[@chrisedwards8835]

I wonder why Apple didn't go with the chip clip charger on their watch?

[@Marc_Wolfe]

Ever tear down power tool batteries to inspect the PCB/internal protections etc.? Been wondering which would be best to invest in and then get cheap adapters to use them on different brand tools.

[@TransistorBased]

Ben the type of guy to measure a watch in inches

[@BlackHoleForge]

If you want to know why you're cheap electronics from Menards videos do well, it's because for us that love electronics and want to learn about it, these cheap things are a good way to tear things down and learn. The problem arises when we don't know what things are good and worth keeping, and what is not worth our time. So thank you Ben for sharing your knowledge, and sometimes your singing.

[@notanimposter]

I wish my expensive smartwatch came with a pure octopusium band like that

[@ObiWattKenobiLive]

Must you taste and/or bite everything?

[@trevorhaddox6884]

He's like Doctor Who, he has super mouth powers.

[@BrianBonnema]

Thanks for the fascinating video. I bought a very similar watch on sale for $9 at Menards just out of pure curiosity of how that much functionality could be put into a $9 package. It had the same round body as this one, but the inside-the wristband USB charging method of the square one, and entirely different packaging than both.

[@Crosshair1990]

12:25 "Heart Rate Monitor, 98 BMP" My heart is going 98 bitmaps per minute? Oh GOD.

[@devikwolf]

"I don't know why but these Menards crap videos do really well." I don't know why either and I'm the one watching it, so yeah, that tracks.

[@awo1fman]

That type of watch band pin is to make it easy to install and remove without tools.

[@Henchman1977]

The iFit wristband is actually a legit item.

[@fuelvolts]

Except it's no longer supported and won't work anymore. The app no longer exists. You could wear and charge it, but it would never sync with a phone. It's from 2015.

[@Henchman1977]

@@fuelvolts I didn't know that. Just read their website, kinda shitty they pulled the app that supports it. Point I was making though it was a legit device (at one point), not just a cheap knockoff thing.

[@greenaum]

Is there any way to program these watches yourself? Bluetooth would be really handy to write stuff to connect up to the phone.

[@absalomdraconis]

Most of the time folks will just replace the entire watch band with one from Wal-mart or something, so there's not much call for the clasps. You'd have an easier time finding those spring things by themselves than the clasp.

[@absalomdraconis]

Also, you should now see if you can add dual screen support to your watch, just for the nonsense inherent to a dual-screen watch.

[@jaczob666]

Damn you, Menards!! Still can't wait to see that project man.

[@johnedwards8795]

Dude if anyone could make or scavenge an oxygen monitor (red led and a light sensor) and slap together a nighttime data monitor to check your O2 %sat at night it’s you. Apnea is no joke…I had the same “you just stop breathing at night” conversation so your words hit home.

[@justovision]

CPAPs aren't cheap (covered by insurance usually) but they're cheaper than a heart attack. I'm not sure how much it costs but you can get an outpatient sleep study done where they send you home with a o2 monitor hooked up to an SD card. Covered by insurance. Not sure cash price.

[@Joliie]

Here if you have a serious case of apnea they can take your driver licenses until you are well regulated.

[@Rickmakes]

I prefer Menards wood over Home Depot any day. Their select pine is great quality. Their shrink wrapped hardwood is so nice. I once went to Home Depot for some s4s oak and couldn’t find a straight piece.

[@JamesPotts]

Agreed! That hardwood at Menards is way too convenient. And for smaller projects, not a bad price.

[@banditkeithkingofduelmonsters]

Home Depot's and Lowe's prices on hardwood lumber are insane for the low quality selection too. It's worth finding a local lumber yard without a name brand which will have much better prices.

[@primus711]

Everything has been shit with covid

[@NorthshireGaming]

Can we please look into the prospect of a senior themed loot box experience? I feel like this is an untapped market. We can mix up different meds, adult diapers, a variety of catheters, maybe some denture cream, the sky's the limit!

[@MilanMaligec]

Hey Ben, I have a bunch of broken electronics from an electronics store I used to own (Smart Plugs, Bluetooth speakers, programmable fans, etc) and I was wondering if you wanted them to tear them down for your various projects or whatnot

[@woofy1988]

"I don't change my xacto knife blades that often because the tip almost always immediately breaks off" But... That's when you can start REALLY using the blade! Who would change a blade as soon as the tip breaks off?!

[@1pcfred]

I'm so cheap I sharpen X-Acto blades. I'll only put in a new blade if I snap one. That is a moment of regret then too. I like my sharpened blades better than factory sharp ones.

[@rager-69]

I assumed it was a square screen in a round housing when you showed the box. On the other one, those watch bands look like different sizes.

[@Astinsan]

“Premium” cut lumber has rounded and sanded. Surfaces.

[@RussCottier]

I’d love to see you attempt a firmware replacement on something like this. I know that will only be possible with certain devices. But could be fun.

[@evensgrey]

Some cats are good at escaping. I once tried to lock my little cat in the room her litter boxes are in. The door has an unusually large gap, but nothing I thought she could squeeze through. Little did I know, next thing I knew, there she was trotting down the hall outside the room. I had to have the door of my home open for a long while for a delivery, so I had to shut her in the bathroom. That door has only a very small crack underneath.

[@Joliie]

0:45 If there is a new Ben Heck Hacks video out, I watch.

[@synaesthesia2010]

jesus christ, my mum paid about $70 for the same fucking watch with the same fucking GUI last year. she got proper scammed

[@Vynncent]

I wouldn't say Menards is a cheaper version of Home Depot, because it really depends on what you're buying. Paint (in the middle and higher end) at Menards is much noticeably better for example, but Home Depot carries much better power tools.

[@BrandonFreemanAwesome]

I'd guess that both of these were made by the same company that acts like a boutique. Some other company contracted N number of watches to be built with M specifications. Each company probably had their own MSRP on the units. Menards was probably none the wiser. The people that handle product purchases probably had no idea that they were the same watch, but probably thought, "hey, it must be more skookum because the packaging looks better."

[@tommyeugene]

I don't have a clue what your talking about when it comes to electronics, I just like the way you say it..fan for life..

[@sjenkins1057]

Darn, no Bud appearance!

[@123JAILBREAKME]

I work at Menards in the electric department your right all the electronics is crap stay away

[@Vynncent]

I've strangely found a few things to be okay from the electronics section, nothing ever really fantastic, but the HDMI and ethernet cables are decent, even some of the USB stuff from time to time.

[@BenHeckHacks]

There's a $60 HDMI projector, very tempting....

[@123JAILBREAKME]

@@BenHeckHacks yeah they sold out today and the mini flash drives for phone did as well

[@nubatman]

I bought that $6 watch as well from my job. I hate how the battery lasts almost 4 hours, but it does sync flawlessly for some reason.

[@Alluvian567]

I miss menards. Have not lived in the Midwest for awhile. We do have harbor freight which is even CHEAPER, but the selection is very different.

[@theforthdoctor7872]

I managed to mess up my two front teeth by stripping wire for years as a kids. Guess its a right of passage.

[@allluckyseven]

Now you got TWO smartwatches ... for the price of FOUR!

[@John_Ridley]

I went to Marshall's a week ago for the first time in a few years. They have NOTHING there and nobody who knows anything on the floor. They don't even know their own inventory anymore. Probably not willing to pay enough to hire actual knowledgeable help.

[@skism007]

I used to work at Menards years ago. Needed the extra money. They put me in floor coverings. I knew NOTHING about floor coverings. If I saw a customer that needed help, I'd duck down another aisle to try and avoid them as much as possible.

[@Vynncent]

@@skism007 I used to work in Wallcoverings, apparently years before I worked at Menards, there was a guy in floorcoverings that would climb up and sleep in the carpet rack. Otherwise, I know the same exact feeling, I got stuck in the paint part mostly and it took me awhile to learn. I knew more about Electrical than I did paint coming in, at least I had a very good department manager.

[@davidsharp9166]

If it's "Sonically Welded", wouldn't a Sonic Screwdriver work?

[@greenaum]

Ah, I was born to strip wire, or at least once my adult teeth came in. The front 4, top and bottom, have just the perfect gap where the 4 meet, to let maybe 1mm diameter wire through, while the teeth themselves are sharp enough to cut through insulation no problem. I haven't had them tested for what AWG they are, but in practice they rarely fail me. The time I stripped phone wire for an extension was quite enlightening. I'd forgotted I'd already plugged it in at the other end, to save me going back downstairs. 60V or so through the teeth will get your attention!

[@Ayelmar]

12;16 - I'm not sure whether that "CE" logo is the actual EU certification...or the China Export mark....

[@GrandTheftWatto]

"And then he greeted The X-Acto as an old friend, and went with him gladly, and, equals, they departed this life."

[@BenHeckHacks]

"Oh happy dagger, in my find thy sheath!"

[@CallousCoder]

Oh Me Nards! Ouch Me Nards! Screw me Nards -- well it's not that time of month yet...

[@midiman369]

Should make a mock cooking/foodnetwork style spoof, going through the various electronics delicacies. Prominent use of the words vintage and bouquet required.

[@richardpointer]

Did you save big money?

[@madatyoutoob]

Love ya ben but your voice at 1:59 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@OktaFierce]

You really should test these things before pulling them apart. You would discover most of these cheapies heart rate monitors are just are fake, just an led on the back with no receive sensor and just give out a random BPM.

[@mystupidvideos4347]

Do these watches ring and show you have a call on your phone, or does it work as a speaker, too? I have a cheapie smarthwatch that I like, just for the fact that it rings and shows my call on my wrist, while my phone is tucked away, but the problem is that if I answer the phone, the audio goes straight to the watch if the bluetooth is on. I just want a sound/screen on my wrist to let me know I have a call/text, but I don't want to talk through the watch. I don't care about blood pressure crap, I know none of these can actually do that, but for $10 at my Menards, it's well worth having the ring/alerts on my wrist.

[@HsMals3n]

BOBBY SCAMMER brought me to tears! xD

[@tigheklory]

I think you have absorbed Dave Jones manner of speaking and I don't know where you end an the Jones impression begins.

[@gustavodinosaurio]

One Big Clive and not one Indiana Jones in this episode!

[@holderbee7811]

Bud could use a friend btw

[@waynedrew7074]

More fast food videos.

[@jacobdavidcunningham1440]

2:23 look at that side profile, thicc 7:00 lol nice bucka! thought you was corn

[@Liofa73]

I mean... who would make a watch round?

[@aerodigital]

Lol I got one of those band knockoff's displays sitting right next to my laptop connected to a pi pico. Tj Maxx and Kohls also have these cheap electronics sections, I just call them the parts bin.

[@tillytony]

People are like, "why is he talking about his testicles so much" My brain 30 seconds later "That was funny"

[@BenHeckHacks]

I call that a "joke grenade" Takes a few seconds to go off.

[@dougkinzinger]

You had me at "country space chicken." Futurama references always win.

[@KazyEXE]

The two bands are probably differentl sizes

[@jjjacer]

my fit bit came with 2 of different sizes

[@slammedniss]

It might be time to clean off your electronics mat.

[@cdsmock4512]

I live up in the UP and frequent Menards...the crappy electronics aisle is always worth a quick walk-through and a laugh. 😂

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

No bud, there is not enough cat in this video.

[@Joliie]

11:28 I started with the full face and now just sleep with the nose one :P but I do sound like fake Vader..

[@FischOderAal]

CE is actually a self-certification. So it means nothing.

[@1pcfred]

I thought CE stood for China Export?

[@jdvd]

@@1pcfred There are two (very similar) kinds of CE: one is for official European certification, and the other (made to look like the European one) is for China Export.

[@xlnyc77]

Bud hears you talking and wants to join.

[@Birdman_in_CLE]

I am a Menards junky. I end up there at least once a week. Is there an outpatient 12 step program to break me of my addiction? Currently sitting on $180 of rebate coupons, after cashing in $700 for my new grill.

[@BenHeckHacks]

I think my record was 4 visits in one day.

[@Azlehria]

My record is 37 hours, continuous. In a 30 day period that had me inside multiple locations for nearly 500 hours total. Now, you may consider that cheating since I was (theoretically) getting paid for being there, but! Because I didn't actually _get_ paid, I don't count it as working time - otherwise I'd have to get pissed off and depressed whenever I remember it. (Note: not Menards fault, exactly. Subcontracting issues.)

[@Jaspel]

I'm guessing it's a $5 blackfriday deal.

[@pudelz]

🎵 save big money at menards 🎵

[@carlklitzke9455]

Please rise for the midwest national anthem

[@snoballuk]

I knew that the screen wouldn't be round.

[@kylehurd6956]

Oh no he has an addiction to cheap smart watches now lol.

[@WildEngineering]

when you did the futurama announcer voice i lost it XD

[@MxArgent]

It's a janky $20 smart watch of savings at MENAAAAAAARDS!

[@paulwood2329]

One of my daughters used to stick a 9V battery in her mouth and hold it there till it was flat! I bet you couldn't do that.

[@sporluck]

so I'm not the only one who does that! Do you also buy your root beer and cream soda there too?