Viewer Challenge: Fixing Your Broken Gadgets & Toys! Can I Save Them?

Here we have more broken items sent into my PO Box, can they be fixed? Let's find out.
Link to the No Waffling KZbin Channel / @nowaffling
Thanks for the title idea by Daniel W who found it via ChatGPT. So this one was generated by AI (let's see if it does better than the previous video which was also fixing PO box items).
If you would like to support these videos, please click here / mymatevince
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince.

[@TheCod3r]

That ending is exactly how I'd have acted 😂 just proof we're all big kids at heart lol. Merry Christmas to you all 🎉 🎄 🤶 🧑‍🎄

[@Mymatevince]

Hahaha. I hope it will always be the same. Have a great one Phil. A big Merry Christmas to you and yours. P.S I haven't forgotten about the Southbridge...I just can't face it before Chrimbo. A project for early Jan👌

[@TheCod3r]

@@Mymatevince definitely mate! I love to release my inner brat once in a while 😂 oh and it's all good. I didn't send that stuff for any kind of props or kudos. Just wanted to say thanks 😊

[@Mymatevince]

Cheers Philip 🎄

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Mary Christmas!

[@Shadow_1_b]

Merry Christmas everyone

[@1969alw]

Hi Vince ! It was me that sent you the wingpack! Was so long ago, I thought you hadn’t received it 😂 So glad you fixed it and had fun with it ! Great video and thanks for the chuckles - Merry Christmas and hope your channel keeps growing through 2024 - and BEYOND 😊

[@Mymatevince]

Haha, thank you. It's been sat here for 1 and a half years!!!!!! Time goes too quick for my liking. Cheers for sending it over and have a lovely Christmas🎄

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

The child in man. I love it. I'm 30 years old and you can bet I had some fun with this Buzz Lightyear backpack😂

[@JAYG6390]

That running around in the kitchen made my day Vince! 🤣😂

[@MacMelmac]

The squiral at 52:09 on the fence outside is probably wondering whats happening inside the house!

[@El-Ritmo]

_"That wasn't flying, that was fixing with style!"_

[@slaphead2965]

Hi Vince, Just like to say that I appreciate the fact that you recycle all these potential landfill items. Also, for putting out videos to resolve common problems so that your viewers can recycle things for themselves. Top bloke! 👏 Always look forward to your videos. Cheers 😎👍🇬🇧

[@leeslatter120]

Tunes menthol sweets were round-shaped lozenges that were manufactured by The Wrigley Company Ltd in Plymouth, and came with the slogan "Help you breathe more easily". Unfortunately, the company stopped manufacturing Tunes in 2017, with Cherry Menthol Sugar Free being the last available flavour.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

Tuoones.

[@sprint955st]

They were square, radiuses corners, with a circular dimple in the middle of each side. About 4mm thick. Same shape as Spangles.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@sprint955st IIRC Spangles were more pillow shaped. Tunes were as you say.

[@YoshMaster]

By far my preferred repairs are toys and household items!! Loved the Toy Story repair!

[@hadesmcc]

The Buzz Lightyear wings were the icing on the cake. :D

[@davidk6271]

Enjoyed the Squirrel. Cheers.😊

[@Josh31287]

You just wanted to play with the buzz lightyear wings! 😂 That was great!!

[@pelculator]

Hello Mate Vince. Thanks for another great video. Merry Christmas to you too. For a raspi, hdmi audio is not automatic, using raspi-config on the command line you can enable it. One of those little quirks ;) Note to self; keep watching before commenting ;)

[@Rosa.Elefant]

Haha started looking for this comment then saw you edit then next part did come up 😅

[@MarcSiqueira]

That ending was great Vince! Gave me a good laugh! Loved it! Merry christmas!

[@micXfam]

You're never too old for a bit of fun Vince, I actually enjoyed it somehow please do more messing around like that at the end

[@jochenstacker7448]

Watching Vince run around his kitchen wearing a Buzz Lightyear toy is the Christmas surprise i didn't know I needed! Happy Christmas! 🎉🥳😜✌️

[@raymoorhead3783]

Never has a youtuber earned his Like follow and subscribe more than a grown man running round his kitchen wearing Buzz lightyear wings.... Hats off to you :)

[@mentalleevoid]

Another present on my wish list checked off, a new video from Vince! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@TheDefpom]

Merry Christmas Vince... I already opened my presents.. well I can as it is 9.45am, benefit of being in the future.... @5:00 I have had to repair those kinds of switches before too, dirty from new ! Polish with fibreglass brush and squeeze terminal closed a touch to grip a bit tighter.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Scott, Merry Christmas to you too! 🎄🥳

[@theshemullet]

Vince's repairs... to infinity and beyond!!!!

[@tristonsmy2434]

Love the squirrel on the fence, stopping thinking what's that idiot doing now? Lol

[@AlecCuellar]

Can you bring back the KZbin fixers as a holiday special next year? 😬

[@rogerrussell5155]

Subscribed to no waffling..bosh ...thanks for the heads up vince

[@MrAsBBB]

Keep it for fancy dress parties. You will go down like a storm. Great fun

[@P5ychoFox]

Vince falling with style there at the end.

[@davidjeffery2823]

Don't pretend to be embarrassed, you loved playing with your Buzz wings.

[@oliverschmidt3673]

If I could give ten thumbs up, I wouldn‘t hesitate a second! Your performance at the end really made my day, thank you so much, Vince 😂😂😂 and keep on going with your videos, I enjoy them for years now!

[@brutlern]

I did not know that No Waffling was another Vince channel. Subbed.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Nandi. It hasn't been going long, but I would like it to have everything on there eventually. A proper 'how to' channel straight to the point 👍

[@jonbeige9877]

I loved the video! Testing the jetpack at the end earned my thumbs up! Great job!

[@Longplay_Games]

That was excellent! Never too old to have fun :D

[@snowysnowdon5584]

Loved the ending Vince, A Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🎄🎉🎊

[@dash8brj]

Sound toys like the buzz lightyear use little to no current so the split off from 4.5v on the batteries would hardly make a difference. A kid is not going to constantly open and close the wings, using the motor which is the main current draw. So the batteries should discharge relatively equally. Saved the company 2 cents on sundries and a voltage reg. Fixed a bluttooth speaker the other day thanks to one of your videos (could not for the life of me work out how to get it apart). Then hid it under a table at the pub and sat at a nearby table with my iPad open and a rattle snake documentary open on it. Every time someone approached that table, I played the rattle snake. A lot of confused, and even one scared punter backed away from that table :) (there are no rattle snakes in Australia!)

[@router5840]

Ha ha I hope you start all your new videos running arround as Buzz :)

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

The squirrel in the backyard was like "What the hell is this guy doing?" XD

[@Gablerino]

I'm so happy you saw my PI It's surprising that it was a water damage!, I didn't realise even after having a good look at it 😒 Really happy you got it working! Thanks

[@markianclark9645]

jake...it puzzles me how you and countless others get PCBs wet with liquids so often...stezfix buys eBay Nintendo Switches for repair regularly on his channel with water damage...i have several Pi's as i'm an SBC enthusiast...my 3b i've had for about 7 years...these days sits in a NESPi case...one of my earliest emulation builds with RetroPie...glad to see this one saved...the older ones are quite scarce now

[@Gablerino]

@@markianclark9645 Hello Mark, I wasn't the original owner as specified in my note. I simply didn't see the signs when I had it :)

[@kenhaupt1865]

The camera you use is fantastic! I love your videos even though I only have a hobby grade knowledge of electronics. I always learn something and good troubleshooting steps are always fun to watch for me.

[@mrbussey]

That was great stuff, Vince! I loved the Buzz Lightyear wings too. They should make some for adults! 😀

[@derekpaisley620]

Classic demo, love it

[@OliverMullins]

Happy Holidays Vince! Thanks so much for all the wonderful videos, this, and every year. I absolutely love your approach to fixing electronics. It has given me so much motivation to do my own repairs. Your videos just make my day when things aren't great. I wish you the best and know you'll have a great 2024. Cheers from Colorado!

[@scumdeathscorner2099]

Merry Christmas Vince and viewers xx

[@NatureOkie]

Would love to see you begin in 2024, to WEIGH-IN all items fixed, and failed fixes. Thus proving at end of year you saved (let's say) 3/4 ton of refuse from the skiff /landfill. Saved weight - failed weight = Actual Amount saved.

[@davidryder6017]

Next year i'm buying you a pad of full sized rectangular pieces of paper. 🤣 It seems like you have endless supply of torn off corners, is that to avoid paper cuts? Always makes me laugh. Keep up the great work and content & looking forward to seeing the rolls finished. Happy Holidays

[@geoffowen7627]

Merry Christmas Vince, don't get too sober. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@CTCTraining1]

Well done Vince 😀👍. And Happy Christmas 🎉 Maybe next year you could load your repair equipment up into the Rolls and make a series travelling around visiting folk (other KZbinrs) and fix their faulty stuff?? Definitely one up on The Python’s Bicycle Repairman!

[@xzytqweo3538]

Oh you made my day! Loved all the video but really enjoyed the last part! Keep up the great work, Vince. Until the next one take care!

[@SteveRand]

52:10. Is that a squirrel? Over here it'd be a possum for sure.

[@andymcgarty3099]

Nice bit of nature video as the squirrel ran along the fence as you did you Buzz Lightyear bit. Great video. Subscribed to Nowaffling too. Have a great 2024.

[@alastairmackay4589]

I’ll still be following in 2024. Happy Christmas Vince!

[@DavidVR2]

A Christmas Classic! Thank you Vince, happy holidays to you and your family!🎄

[@paultasker7788]

Some brilliant fixes there. Especially the buzz light year. That's a cool toy. Have a great Christmas

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you Paul. I hope you have a good one too!

[@smikee]

Brilliant video and hilarious ending Vince. Merry Christmas to you and the family.

[@stewartjdrummond]

Vince Lightyear 😂🤣😂. Have a great Christmas mate.

[@Babydoll3133]

Awesome fixes! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@colinboneham7387]

Merry Christmas Vince & viewers

[@sean9595]

Vince you had me 😂🤣😂🤣 merry Christmas Vince and family

[@alext8828]

Another fantastic video. I think I like the waffling the most. I'll switch over to No Waffling and see how that is. Maybe I'm a fan of waffling. Who knows?

[@lloydsshednanigans]

Vince, et al, here's a handy thing (if you didn't know about it already)... Make yourself up some leads with "IC Test Clips" for testing out the single wire points rather than having to hold the fiddly piecers on them. I got a handful and made some Banana to IC Clip, Alligator to IC Clip, IC Clip to IC Clip etc etc Very handy indeed. Good for hooking onto things in-circuit too if need be!

[@GadgetUK164]

To infinited, and beyond!!! I've seen everything now - you fly well!

[@paulfox89]

Anyone else notice the Squirrel?😄

[@Mymatevince]

Well spotted, even the squirrel wondered what the hell I was doing!!

[@csgultekin]

Stealing the candies?@@Mymatevince

[@RaZZaR18]

Merry christmas to you all, ty for all the videos you do, i enjoy them allways

[@rayhill8691]

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your Family Vince Great Videos

[@randomretroplays3123]

The end made my day and made me smile 😊, nice upload vince. Always a pleasure to watch. Merry Christmas mate 🎄🎅👍

[@spitfireraf1003]

Thanks for all the content of 2023 Vince. I enjoyed all the videos. I can't wait for 2024. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours.

[@markianclark9645]

me being an SBC enthusiast (single board computer)...the raspberryPi 3b was the most interesting to me...how you let something get that corroded is a mystery...i have several Pi's...including one of these 3b from about 2016...one of my early RetroPie builds for emulation...sits inside a NESPi case these days...glad to see that one working

[@mrmelo7084]

Watching you run around with backpack was worth 10 likes ❤ Thank you

[@leebryant5443]

Thank you for another great video as always. Merry Christmas from my family here in the states to you and your family.

[@Flash_Of_Lightning]

Hi Vince, great video as usual. I’ve had something really terrible happen to me lately and your videos seem to make me feel much better, so thank you

[@TrueBrit1]

OMG! You didn't get a Bush branded gift for Xmas did you? Joking, I wish you all the best and hope things improve asap.

[@mehere8299]

Happy Christmas, Vince and family!

[@StevanOvich61]

Merry Christmas Vince and family ... 🎅

[@mandragor85]

52:00 Squirrel :D

[@twin_o7m.364]

Merry Christmas! Vince & Family ❤ May your New Year be beautiful & bountiful. God Bless +

[@dodgydruid]

Only things in the kipper season I got today was a NOS Sharp ana-digi promotional watch and a spare working Xbox One motherboard and daughterboard because my spidey sense tells me the £4 one I did buy previously may well not be long lived and its just handy to have a proven warrantied spare to hand for just in case... I would buy a V1 Switch motherboard from that naughty boy from up north below but always sold out so it seems... funny lot them northerners, must be all them flat caps and whippets sends 'em round the twist :P

[@Sharkie1717]

Awesome wholesome video. Great work, cheers!

[@andymouse]

Awesome !! Merry Christmas to you and yours and Buzz for the loan of his jet pack for you to play with....cheers!

[@scooter13uk]

There's a big kid in us all....ace as usual. Merry New Year :D

[@danielross868]

Hi Vince . Merry Christmas. In the first video on the switch contacts. Instead of scaping, use some car polish on cotton bud- cleans really well. Then rinse with contact cleaner and finally some Deoxit red ( for switches) to prevent future corrosion and oxidization. Cheers

[@andysmith1706]

Merry Christmas Vince! 🎅 Hope you and your family have a great day! Thanks again for taking a look at my satellite dish motors in your previous video! 👍 All the best for 2024!

[@RallyandTrail]

Merry Christmas Vince and family 🎄😎👍🏻

[@andrasszabo7386]

Nice video, Vince :) I keep the battery contacts of the non-fixable items in a small pill bottle, in case I ever need some for something that has broken or lost contacts. Last time, I got a JBL iPod dock for free from a friend, and it needed one because the battery leaked.

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Brilliant end to a good video!

[@grumps75]

Merry Christmas, Vince!

[@jonstout9236]

I so wish that existed when my kid was into Buzz !! Nive content as always, Vincent!

[@The-Weekend-Warrior]

Love the ending :D:D Merry Christmas everyone (or whatever you're celebrating where you are :D) Cheers. Peace, Love.

[@ComputerTechNL]

He just playing the whole day with that toystory thingy😂

[@leefreeman-roach3526]

I subscribed to the no waffling channel as i love watching your videos with or without the chat but to be honest i prefer the videos with you “waffling” as it makes you get deeper into the video if that makes sense 😊

[@HA05GER]

Beauty of the innet child lovef the ending i love the toy and household repairs and also argis the most as they are niche unlike say laptops. I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family keep up the great work.

[@jamesearl5071]

buzz lightyear backpack all the way, vince 👍

[@gower1973]

That squirrel saw Buzz Lightyear in Vince’s house and shit itself

[@techgaminglane]

merry christmas vince great video

[@danielhulan3058]

Surely it has to work, famous last words lol.

[@davegreen7223]

Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family

[@tgheretford]

For those who need 99.9% IPA, if you have a branch of Boyes near you, they're selling 200ml at £4 a bottle if you need some in a pinch. First time I've seen a high street retailer selling it because until now, it's been online or bust.

[@wisher21uk]

Nice fixes Vince I was just picturing you running round your garden with shouting out “ to infinity and beyond “ That to will need backlights soon it looks like it’s going a bit blue…. Only a few pound on Aliexpress worth a video 😊 All the best for Christmas and have a great new year 🎉😊

[@Retrybob]

Best Christmas Gift Vince :D Thank you Made my day :D

[@josephdoiron8376]

Most aircraft landing gear systems work like those buzz lightyear wings. Hydraulics raise the langing gear, but to lower gravity does most of the work. .

[@Mikelp73]

I love how those varta batteries look. They kinda remind me of old school everready batteries here in the us.

[@Jammerk40]

Very cool fixes!

[@sweetsmcgee1823]

Vince there's a bubble machine that uses 10 (yes, ten) batteries and does the tap trick to supply different voltages. One is 3V for the rotating loop carousel (with bubble rings), another with 6V for an array of LEDs and the full 8 battery/12V for the blower fan. I had a similar wtf-aha reaction to yours.

[@sweetsmcgee1823]

Oh and 2 of them are separate for the carousel, hense the 10 in total)

[@sunflowers6612]

merry christmas . enjoying the channel 👍👍🛠🛠

[@nuetral2374]

Vince lightyear 🙂 great vid vince 👍🏻