Post Purchase Regret = tech I regret buying
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Prawn here with tech I regret buying.
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I don't have to many regrets cause I got you.haha
I'm in my late 50's and I bought a Azeron Cyborg. I persevered with it and am totally adapted to it. I use it with my right hand, mouse in left hand. Using a keyboard with the right hand is a compromise, so the Azeron has been a game changer, HOWEVER, the build quality isn't as good as I expected for the price. Within the 1st year of ownership, the material surrounding the ball joint on the finger tower is to weak and it cracked. Azeron sent me a tower replacement on warranty. Now the hat switch has failed. 🙄🇦🇺
Bravo!
I've spent thousands on Tech, PC parts, action cameras, DSLR cameras TV's, sound equipment, consoles and more, over the last ten years. My main regrets have been DJI Pocket 2 combo kit camera, an ASUS Strix RTX 4080 on release in white ...wtf, a £2500 electric scooter that goes 50mph....never again. I also feel as though i should have shares in Steelseries as I've propped them up financially over the years ffs.
My best buys lately have been the Ray Ban Meta glasses(such good fun with camera and Ai) and The Apple Watch Ultra. I still think i need help though.
The latest piece of tech I got was an air purifier.
What a waste of money. Sure, it technically "works"...but opening a window works better.
Fresh air is great if you can get it
There is a difference between a purifier and air conditioner,though some are both.
1 purifies the air increasing it's quality while the other makes the temperature of it more pleasant.
Depending on where you live as well as possible medical conditions, it can be a great investment.
@@GameslordXY I never said that a purifier is an AC?
I just posted a comment on the last piece of tech that I regret buying.
The last thing I regret buying was my ASUS ROG Swift PG42UQ monitor. The 42" 120hz OLED screen was fantastic but it was a pain to use. The controls are just bad and it sometimes became unresponsive when trying to get into a computer bios. I ended up giving it to my Son but I still had to do the updates for his i9 13900k and relive the nightmare that is this very expensive monitor.
I went back to using my LG 55" OLD TV as a monitor that is only slightly annoying when it wants to update.
That's a shame. Bet it wasn't cheap either.
I have a REALLY hard time finding a -30 inch monitor (to fit the "slot" on my desk between the wall and a shelf) with, what I need and like MOST of all... a gaming monitor with _GREAT_ uniform blacks.
(Also, under $400 - $500.)
Since I play a lot of dark games (survival at nighttime, dark corridor, nighttime stealth) at night in the dark, I LOVE great uniform _DARK_ screens, and I've purchased many great reviewed/rated gaming monitors only to later return them because the black/dark screens SUCK.
Usually, it's an amazing monitor with high refresh rate and great color, but then when there's a dark scene, you see "halos" on screen or certain corners will have light artifacts that are always present whenever that area goes dark because of backlight bleed.
I settled on a 1080p, 200 Hz, 24 inch ASUS (VG259QM) monitor.
I _do_ love it as it gives me REALLY great darks and great frame rate, but not for screen size and resolution. As it stands the size is just small enough that 1080 is okay-ish, definitely not as bad as it would standout on a larger monitor.
Unfortunately from what I've read online, backlight bleed is very common as it's also a lottery like the silicon lottery.
Complete differences in model series of course.
That's my understanding of the "backlight bleed lottery" you get with monitors using backlights anyway.
That's why I'm currently saving for a ~30 inch OLED _gaming_ monitor.
Yes, sir. Nothing but tap water and Top Ramen diet for me for a while. 😅
Love the channel 👍🖖 the latest Azeron Cyborg 2 is Awesome! I’ve owned the last 3 I now use my original cyborg for design work much better overall on cyborg 2
I bought all the bits for the NZXT Relay audio ecosystem. Headphones, speakers and subwoofer, switchmix. Plugged it all in and it sounded weak and the bass was barely even there. Returned it all the same day.
Oh no. That's sad. Sorry to hear it.
Regret letting the FOMO bug bite with all these current OLED monitors...
Bought & returned several.
I'll find my end game one day...
My first big purchase was a CD player that could play burnt disks with MP3s. This was just before the first iPods took off. It was $300. It skipped a lot. Also, I dropped it and it shattered into a thousand piece.
I remember having a 300 disk CD player, that was like a jukebox. It was great but slow. Then minidisc arrived 😂
There is sadly no such thing as a quiet air con.
Portable and window rattlers, sure. A half decent split system will be quiet and a Ducted system is as silent as you'll get. Obviously not a priority for Brits but it's pretty much mandatory to survive Aussie summers.
@@darudesandstorm7002 How well can those larger units cool down a hot summer room without making too much noise?
Prawn, regarding air conditioning. You have to go way dearer. Buy a reverse cycle air conditioner. It can cool in summer, heat in the winter. They're hard wired into your hot water heating supply for a reduced tariff. Mine cost me about AUD$3000. They'll last about 10 years before they fail. I use mine 99% for heating in Tassie 🇦🇺
Literally returning some Bose Quietcomfort Ultra's today cuz they are great but not 349 USD great!
I purchased Beats Studio Buds from Target, $160 on sale for $100. Was looking to replace current JBL Tune230nc buds I purchased at Best Buy for $50 ~2 years ago.
My first time ever buying Beats anything, I'm thinking that because it's "Beats" it's gotta at least have decent bass. Not GREAT, but decent. I can live with decent.
Tried the Beats Studio Buds and they SUCK _HARD!_
The Beats Studio Buds LITERALLY (and I use that in the literal sense), they LITERALLY have the sound profile of $10 ear buds. No exaggeration. I've purchased $5 - $10 ear buds in Mexico once as an emergency pair and they sound about the same.
I thought I had to activate an EQ or maybe a bass button on the Beats so the "real" sound would come in. Nope. They just SUCK.
The JBL Tune 230nc buds have WAY better sound all around, and while nothing special, the bass on the Tune230's is also better than the Beats.
I saw the Tune 230nc's on sale at Best Buy a few months ago for $30, I tried going back recently and I couldn't find them anymore but now they have the Tune 235nc earbuds for $50 on sale. After looking at multiple reviews and even _Rtings_ and _Versus_ websites, they're pretty much the same thing with very, VERY, slight differences here and there.
While looking at Beats Studio Buds specs online trying to see if I missed something I happened to read that Apple owns Beats now. And everything made sense.
$100 for Beats Studio Buds are a joke. For $160 it's an insult.
Overpriced junk.
Very surprised about the Herman Miller chair. I was debating between that and Secret Lab but I really thought the Herman Miller was ugly. Their office chairs were very comfy but the price was... wow. I didn't want to jump in without at least sitting on one first in a show room. Judging from your review, I think I made the right choice sticking with my secret lab chair.
It's a very subjective experience of course.
Very intresting video, I also buy a lot of tech things and I also regret some of them, and I dont have a yt channel to present them (no time because of the job) so I feel that I throw away money on them, but at least I feel good sometimes😅. Cheers!
There's never enough time
I hope you can find some time. Maybe get some of your money back
My AC went out the whole month of July. I live in Georgia, USA. Summers here don’t mess around. My point is, we have a similar AC unit as a backup and it was a life saver. Granted, we could only cool one room, but we could at least seek relief until HVAC could fix things.
Ooof that must have been rough
I can relate about the back pain. BTOD has some excellent ergonomic chairs. Not cheap, about half the price and equal quality of Herman's. I use the "Akir" and it saved my back 5 years now.
Thanks for sharing
I always regret mouse purchase after making them haha. Need to just stick with one for now.
Not found a fave? I like the SteelSeries Aerox 5 most.
@@TheProvokedPrawn not really I always worry about the next best out there and kinda wanna try them all lol
My biggest buying regret was buying that last beer. The Hangover the next morning didn’t justify buying that beer. In fact the 4 before that, shouldn’t have been bought either! Yup so that last Beer.
Tech I’m sensible with Tech I can’t afford it I don’t buy it. And why save up for a graphics card when you can have one last beer!
Hahah love it
With regard to a bad back, why not consider an electrically powered height adjustable desk. Ive had one for 8 years now. When my coccyx (tail bone) hurts to much from sitting, I stand at my desk. Mixing up sitting with standing is a help with repetitive strain 🇦🇺
Yeah I have a sit stand desk now and it's great
@@TheProvokedPrawn irony being, I rarely use it standing up, the desk that is. 😋🇦🇺
It is a very nice paper weight!!
5:25 noo not the indoor air conditioner 🤐
14:35 that screen crack is so minuscule, i didnt notice it until you zoomed in
It actually spider webs out across in multiple directions
Mine would be buying current intel mobos/cpus. Not working out great.
I felt this
I think a video about why Prawn, why the Prawn has been provoked, and who provoked him, is warranted!
😂I like to remain mysterious
@@TheProvokedPrawn I have my theory, but it requires a testimonial from Mrs. Prawn....
speaking of phones, I got myself the iphone 15 pro max on contract and hated it. Few days later I sent it back and the phone company let me have the Samsung S24 Ultra instead. So that was my regret, getting an iphone.. I often regret buying new keyboards or mice just to get bored of them months later then I end up selling them off for something else.
What did you hate about it out of curiosity?
I thought I regretted getting a 14900k but Intel RMA'd it gave me 2 more warranty years and is running fine on 0x129.
i’m regretting my 14700k right now. i strongly considered the 7800x3d, but that was around when 7000 series were melting so i decided against going AMD.
now my 14700k, which has been under volted from basically day 1, seems it’s starting to give up. waiting for Intel to respond to me 🤞🏻
Samsung A55 is great for half the price.
Xiaomi has even greater speced stuff for half the price than Samsung, but I hate it's ugly and often unstable software.
Love their charging speeds
did you check out the ge clearview a/c? the loud part sticks outside the window so "should" be quiet. getting it delivered soon so hopefully will find out if it works.
the only tech regret i ever had was buying BF2042.
Ha. They ruined battlefield!
@@TheProvokedPrawn they sure did...its a lot way back from playing BF2142 on EBS :), we'll never have games like it again I'm afraid
Delta Force coming out looks like what i hoped 2042 would be, so maybe that will be decent..? i hope lol
@@msandonato23 I must check it out
I was tempted by the Azeroth a while ago but thought I didn't have enough games to use it with.
I am currently looking at the Dygma Defy as my next keyboard but I am worried I won't like it compared to my Corsair K100 and it is by far the most expensive keyboard I have ever considered getting. Have you seen it? Would you consider doing a video on it?
I haven't heard of that one, I'll have to have a look.
The A/C unit has to be my Fav 😂
Urgh such a first world problem. Loud, unwieldy and not even useful. If you pay that much you should at least get a long exhaust tube. 😂
@@TheProvokedPrawn hilarious and I've had so many and they all loud and such catch 22 cause you turn it on and it's loud as hell and if turn it off it gets hot as hell.cant win and there's a longer hose the you can buy separately FYI
Tablets are usually my regret. They end up becoming a big paperweight
Yeah. I've not bought tablets just for that reason
@@TheProvokedPrawn great for the 1st week or two then I just find myself doing everything from my phone or PC anyways
For dyslexics - the tablet is a dream.
Old CAD-guy ('82) who feels the same way about CAD-software!! Still miss pencil-on-vellum :-) One thing I don't Regret is dumping the greedy CAD-monsters, and buying ActCAD. Imagine...a pro CAD, bought outright, for $300?!!!! The world need young Designers who don't have to "pirate" their CAD-software (don't lie) to do their planwork. Now, if I could figure out how to run it on Linux 🙂 Pssstttt...been Design/Building Florida (USA) ECOhomes since '79, and my latest one's electric bill for 8/2024 was $48 (the highest yet). Imagine that!! psssttt..for a "techy", NOTHING replaces some time EVERY day...cycling or walking or weightlifting 30-minutes. AND installing a BREAK-REMINDER app when working. Pain cares not what gizmo your ruin your body with, it just...DOES!
If the azeron is useless to you and you aren't planning on selling it, I've been super interested in one but I'm a teenager and currently jobless so it's way out of my price range. If you're willing to sell it for cheap or even just give it to me I'd be super grateful. I don't want to sound like a beggar or anything but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask.
Sorry I already gave it to a friend
@7:22 correct
Thank you my friend.
Thanks for watching
@@TheProvokedPrawn 🤩
I do this all the time. I have 4 wireless mice but only 2 PC's
And only two hands
£30 for SIM only is a bit much. I'm paying £10.92 a month from Three. I'd have a word with them.
Unlimited data?
@@TheProvokedPrawn ooh, no. That actually strikes me as a decent deal.
I massively emphasise with your irrepressible need to buy the latest tech. I'm the same way! But on the Pixel 7 Pro point (which I own and also like very much), you do know that screens can be replaced for like 50 quid right? ;)
Shhhh. That's not as much fun 😊
Barely recognized you without your onesie on!
😂
spoending £2099 on a rtx 3090 asus strix oc edition,during the crazy prices. still got gpu 2 years later but the price/power consumption wish i waited and got a 4080/70 .had 1080ti before which i bought on release.
Nice upgrade from a 1080 though?
Buying stuff feels good. Who needs money anyway?
@@robind8526 😂 you can't take it with you
I feel like we are kindred spirits, except I'm not a youtuber so I don't have an excuse to buy things that I never use.
It's a terrible excuse unless the video does well
A good idea might be to make a poll on something you want to review. Have your audience choose what they are most interested in, may help 🤷♂️
1:19 yea i guess in theory it seem like a handy gadget but heck nah!! LOLOL
Im pretty sure you can get the screen replaced.
Yes but that's not fun
I bought 7 of Lianli Infinity fans a few years back and the software was just so horribly unreliable. It randomly set the fans to 0 RPM mid gaming and that almost fried my CPU once because the 5800X3D gets really hot.
Oh noes. Sorry to hear you have problems. I'm running Infinity fans still in my main build and haven't had that issue. But I know others complained of software issues. Did you check for firmware updates and software too regularly?
what kinda cpu would ya say is good for a 4070super
Triple H Lite (WWE) 😛
What are your thoughts on the new AMD Ryzen 9000s chips?
I haven't tested any or followed closely enough. I watched some early reviews because I was curious if people would jump on the AMD train with the current Intel problems. But looks like AMD dropped the ball a bit?
@@TheProvokedPrawn i have a 4080 super with a i9 14900k and I haven't had a single problem tnk God.and yeah I they did drop the ball
@@Eldon.308 nice. Hope you have updated your bios still anyway as a precaution
My quick summary: If AMD had just been more honest about the 2-3% increase yet power efficiency, they would still be in the good graces of gamers. They bungled things with crazy marketing and then doubling down with poor consistency in their reported numbers.
You gonna make a video on tech you’re glad you bought? Like outside of the usual stuff you’ve reviewed? Also £1000 for a chair that ended up hurting you back? Double ouch, that’s like $1300.
Hmm not sure what that would include I'll have to think about it.
Phones are such a rip off, they have built in obsolescence you cant do without one
but have to keep spending a fortune to get the latest version. I have repaired Iphones in the past but now if you mess it up its a lot of money.
Yup
Insane prices.