The bone conduction headphones may not sound the best, but for people with hearing problems they are awesome. My mom lost her hearing in her left ear, but with the bone conduction headphones (better ones then those haha) the sound can bypass her outer ear (damaged section of her ear) to her inner ear helping her hear the music or videos in her left ear. It’s actually really cool how they work.
Fun fact: bone conduction is how Beethoven was able to write music. He attached a metal rod to his piano and would hold it with his teeth so he was able to hear the music.
I don't know which brand/model your mother have but the Shokz Openrun are awesome. My daughter was born with hearingloss and has to use a Baha hearing-said, so I wanted to test the technology and man, I'm impressed!
For the 'Power Conditioner' scam thing, you can find a lot of teardowns & explanations on Big Clive's RUclips channel. Basically it uses a voltage dropper (red capacitor & resistor on the PCB) to lower the voltage to light up the LED, while the big black module is a larger capacitor that... doesn't do a whole lot. If you were running a big factory it could have some uses, but you'd also need much larger capacitor banks for that. So yes, it's in fact a total scam that just wastes a few Watts of power and takes up an outlet.
If you have a ceiling fan it will have that same capacitor in it. Its used so the lights don't dim when the fan starts. If you were charged for power factor in a home (which you arent) this would save a few cents a month. In factories it is an issue but all the equipment will have power factor correction build into them. Also +1 to big clive and Krazy Ken. They are both a fun watch.
Also, the box screams SCAM due to how it looks, bright colors: check and overuse of exclamation points: check, oh and before I forget box design (print) is super basic, like it was just slapped together in MS Paint.
@@bobothn Yeah, if you have lots of inductive loads around and your energy provider cares about this it can make some sense. In this particular case it's a great way to recycle an enclosure for what appears to be one of those ozone generating devices with a cheap PCB and some low-grade parts, while selling it for like $30 or more. It's basically like those 'car tuning' devices that go into the OBD port, but only use the 12 V rail to blink some LEDs. Good way to scam gullible fools out of their cash.
Okay. So Austin. The content is good enough to make me watch your channel regularly. But your editors are some next level dudes. I mean special hats off to those guys. Really make every video pop. Amazing content throughout!
Those look like air conduction headphones not bone conduction. AKA, there is just a speaker pointing at you ear canal. Bone conduction has to touch bone. Also if someone cuts you off, they won't see your back glass, so it is pointless unless you are the one cutting people off.
At first i didnt understand the "appeal" of bone conduction earphone. But after a friend of my explain it that it super useful for people having ear problem like him where he literally cant stand normal earphone/iem/earbud its really a lifesaver for him!
That last one might actually be somewhat useless in older cars. Yes, it sounds useful, BUT there are equipments that are cheaper and uses your existing radio and sound system. I had it in my old corolla, and it's useful. The rest of the items are a gimmick, I see the band possibly replacing business cards though.
I wear Aftershock bone conduction headphones for a minimum of 8 hrs but often up to 12-14 hrs a day. These are extremely comfortable so much so that I have actually fallen asleep with them on. Like many of the people here I have hearing issues in one ear and this makes it so I can actually hear in that ear. They are also great for those of us that work in a manufacturing environment that are required to wear safety plugs since you can still wear those with these on.
I've heard of bone conductive earphones being used by teams overseas because they are supposedly quieter than the IEMs and are great at translating voice.
fun story. I actually used a similar product to the UGreen Bluetooth receiver to turn a pair of headphones with swappable 3.5mm jack into bluetooth headphones.
No cuz I was literally on TikTok earlier at work, thinking to myself “why hasn’t Austin done a TikTok mystery tech video yet?” And I come home from work, and here it is
17:28 For years I've used my Bluetooth FM transmitter. It uses the microphone on my phone, and the speakers on my car tuned to an unused FM signal. Apparently, the kind I got off Amazon works so well it is as if I'm just using the speakerphone on my car. This is good since my car doesn't have an AUX In port.
To be fair on the watch your supposed to use monitor devices on your left arm/wrist and resting at same height as heart. It's probably still bottom tier even if the user knows how to use a monitor properly
I use the Bluetooth thing a lot. I go through headphones a lot. So rather than buying cheap earbuds, I get wired earphones that are a lot better than buds and use that as a Bluetooth receiver
Did Austin really call “I love you” in sign language “Hook ‘em horns”?! 😂 The instructions said the third one was to show love. Was it just to show love to UT fans?! 😂
With how well known the horns are as a gesture I don't think anyone that doesn't know sign language is gonna assume the "show your love" bit is anything more than a weird marketing and/or translation thing
(4:10) If your turn signal is broken you can signal your turn using your arm out the driver's side window. Also the 10 and 2 position is not a legal requirement its a suggestion for how to hold the wheel but given that its supposed to be the "best" position for controlling your vehicle and if its not used during your exam its considered a fail of "failure of skill" and not disobeying the law. Requiring 10 and 2 as the only legal position would be a violation of the "Persons with disabilities act".
I have the Apple Watch Series 1. A year and a half ago I was in the emergency at the hospital and they had me on a heart monitor. I compared my Apple watch to the very accurate, medical science machine and. . . it was an exact match. Apple watch heart monitor is accurate, once it takes that moment to start reading.
When did they start using these microphones (I've only known some units to use the throat mics, but not bone conduction). We for sure did not use them in the SEP V2 while I was in 2013-2016, we just had a Bose noise canceling headset w/ mic put inside of a helmet. You can actually still communicate without the microphones, but its about the same as trying to talk to someone at a nightclub, a lot of yelling (in this case over a high pitch whine, and only when certain systems are active, otherwise you can just talk normal).
Not a buck converter, its a transformer that takes 120 volt ac and converts it to 12 volt dc. The only thing that thing does beside taking up a power outlet is light up some leds in it.
Ca driving code does not say to keep your hands at 10 and 2, because it is literally impossible to keep your hands at 10 and 2 at all times AND shift. There is in fact no law in Ca about how you hold the steering wheel, but there was a comment from the CHP once about not keeping your hands at 12, aka the top of the wheel, and that is because in case of airbag deployment it will drive your own arm through your face.
I'm totally NOT surprised that the bone-conducting earbuds that clip on to only your ear don't work very well. Considering you don't have ANY BONE in those parts of your ears!! It's all cartilage which doesn't vibrate the same way or allow sound to travel through it the same way as actual bone does. That's why _actual_ bone-conduction equipment touches _behind_ your ears on your skull, or touches your jaw bone instead. To you know, actually use YOUR BONES.
That button pushing cube looks like a knock-off/copy of the switch bot. If I wanted Smart cube that was designed to push a button I would get the switchbot because I trust them more.
The Ugreen Bluetooth thing is good I'd you have normal wired headphones that you want to add Bluetooth for. I have that exact one and use it for my various headphones and earphones. It sounds good enough, but I don't think I've ever used the microphone. The output varies from om device to device though.
I was honestly embarrassed by how little you understood the value in the car gadget. Like seriously? You can’t imagine why that thing is amazing? You can passive aggressively annoy all of the idiots riding your tail. That’s the best gadget I’ve ever seen.
I was further investigating about the Linq bracelet and I think it's a clever replacement for business cards or the picture I have of my iPad that has a QR code to my Carrd site when I go to conventions.
If the power factor device actually had an output outlet and improved your power factor (from 0.7 to 0.90+, for example), it wouldn't be a scam. Having a lower power factor makes you use more energy from the wall while having less useful power for the device. Power factor correction devices aren't scams if they're actually built to do the job and work correctly. Sadly, the one in this video seems like a scam
I live in China and I’ve seen quite a lot of people wearing those bone conduction ear phones a lot young and old. Same shape not sure if it’s the same brand
those aren't real bone conduction earbuds if you pause the video at 3:25 you can see there is a tiny speaker in them. If you want real bone conduction i suggest shokz just get the sport ones
Those bone conduction buds… afaik that is the completely wrong place for bone conduction. Almost all bone conduction headphones ive seen contact closer to the temple
First of all, if you got an older car, you have a lighter and radio for CD/Cassetes and no audio jack... If you got an audio jack, you most likely have BT in the unit by default... And if you got nothing, you have to buy new unit anyways so its better to think ahead and get a unit for 90 bucks that has USB and BT already there so u can play songs from USB stick or via BT on ur phone...
I'm an electrician and you would be surprised how many older people buy into crap like this. Can't tell ya how many cat ladies I've seen have those worthless anti flea things plugged in all over their house. Those come in all ages.
Ya let me just buy a lock box that's intended to reduce phone time then continue to watch my phone and operate it fine just with an extra dumb case on my phone lol
I never need to give other drivers the bird, what I need is 'dude, your right rear tire has no air in it' or 'you only have your daytime running lights on at 2am' or 'turn off that foglight it's only raining, belgian driver' or 'I think your coat is dragging on the ground'.
put the phone on the display in the locking box, boom you can't use it. You have also other methods to check the time, like your watch or ask Siri, google, whatever phone assistant
That car bluetooth gadget would be nice if the mic was better, sure, but even with a better mic would it be good enough to overcome road noise? The highways and byways are a lot noisier than sitting in a parking lot with the engine off. I do kinda like that "finger switch."
the linq thing. its better to print QR codes. my friends a dj. and he just printed out QR codes to put on his gear. so when people want his info they can scan the code and it links to his page. kinda smart. and it costed him barely 10 bucks.
The bone conduction headphones may not sound the best, but for people with hearing problems they are awesome. My mom lost her hearing in her left ear, but with the bone conduction headphones (better ones then those haha) the sound can bypass her outer ear (damaged section of her ear) to her inner ear helping her hear the music or videos in her left ear. It’s actually really cool how they work.
Wow it might have some use cases for that
Fun fact: bone conduction is how Beethoven was able to write music. He attached a metal rod to his piano and would hold it with his teeth so he was able to hear the music.
Good ones ain't really that bad but I'm not a sound nerd that spends hundreds on earbuds.
I second this. They really help. Especially if they are ones with sound passthrough it's like hearing aids that are cheap
I don't know which brand/model your mother have but the Shokz Openrun are awesome. My daughter was born with hearingloss and has to use a Baha hearing-said, so I wanted to test the technology and man, I'm impressed!
For the 'Power Conditioner' scam thing, you can find a lot of teardowns & explanations on Big Clive's RUclips channel. Basically it uses a voltage dropper (red capacitor & resistor on the PCB) to lower the voltage to light up the LED, while the big black module is a larger capacitor that... doesn't do a whole lot.
If you were running a big factory it could have some uses, but you'd also need much larger capacitor banks for that. So yes, it's in fact a total scam that just wastes a few Watts of power and takes up an outlet.
Also the Computer Clan (aka Krazy Ken) has made a video on this
If you have a ceiling fan it will have that same capacitor in it. Its used so the lights don't dim when the fan starts. If you were charged for power factor in a home (which you arent) this would save a few cents a month. In factories it is an issue but all the equipment will have power factor correction build into them. Also +1 to big clive and Krazy Ken. They are both a fun watch.
Also, the box screams SCAM due to how it looks, bright colors: check and overuse of exclamation points: check, oh and before I forget box design (print) is super basic, like it was just slapped together in MS Paint.
@@bobothn Yeah, if you have lots of inductive loads around and your energy provider cares about this it can make some sense. In this particular case it's a great way to recycle an enclosure for what appears to be one of those ozone generating devices with a cheap PCB and some low-grade parts, while selling it for like $30 or more.
It's basically like those 'car tuning' devices that go into the OBD port, but only use the 12 V rail to blink some LEDs. Good way to scam gullible fools out of their cash.
That box design looks clean & super good tbh, i like it @@PinkAgaricus
The locking box for phone is funny because you can still use it 💀
Well not with ease
Okay.
So Austin. The content is good enough to make me watch your channel regularly.
But your editors are some next level dudes. I mean special hats off to those guys. Really make every video pop.
Amazing content throughout!
When Austin said kacchow i almost spit my tea.
cool
Are you the editor by any chance?
the glazing is crazy
14:44 didn't age well lmfao !!!!!!
P diddy
Austin claiming he rolls his window down and flicks anyone off is comical. We all know damn well he aint flicking anyone off😂
The last device was meant to be placed on the main console that most older cars use. It's meant to modernize 90s-pre 2010s cars
The fact that this video was edited in Capcut is just surprisingly amazing 😅
“Hook em horns” it’s “I Love You” in sign language 😂
I bought those Road Rage leds and actually gave a finger to the officer behind so...here I am watching my car get towed.
And sue him for violating the 1st amendment
They can't tow you for that. Free speech is a thing.
You're not supposed to use it while driving drunk or doing anything else remotely outside the law.
@@user-neo71665you gullible believing this
Those look like air conduction headphones not bone conduction. AKA, there is just a speaker pointing at you ear canal. Bone conduction has to touch bone.
Also if someone cuts you off, they won't see your back glass, so it is pointless unless you are the one cutting people off.
"Now our dumb studio is smart!".. my sides
Thank you Austin and overclock media crew for all the great content. We all love you!
At first i didnt understand the "appeal" of bone conduction earphone. But after a friend of my explain it that it super useful for people having ear problem like him where he literally cant stand normal earphone/iem/earbud its really a lifesaver for him!
That last one might actually be somewhat useless in older cars.
Yes, it sounds useful, BUT there are equipments that are cheaper and uses your existing radio and sound system. I had it in my old corolla, and it's useful.
The rest of the items are a gimmick, I see the band possibly replacing business cards though.
Never ever thought of a Johnny Sins and Austin collaboration before this video.
I wear Aftershock bone conduction headphones for a minimum of 8 hrs but often up to 12-14 hrs a day. These are extremely comfortable so much so that I have actually fallen asleep with them on. Like many of the people here I have hearing issues in one ear and this makes it so I can actually hear in that ear. They are also great for those of us that work in a manufacturing environment that are required to wear safety plugs since you can still wear those with these on.
I've heard of bone conductive earphones being used by teams overseas because they are supposedly quieter than the IEMs and are great at translating voice.
fun story. I actually used a similar product to the UGreen Bluetooth receiver to turn a pair of headphones with swappable 3.5mm jack into bluetooth headphones.
I hope you wasn't doing that for gaming, the delay would be horrible imo
My current setup for adding blutooth to my car is
Bluetooth receiver to 3.5mm jack to cassette and to the radio :)
It works though...
They sell bluetooth cassette adapters.
No cuz I was literally on TikTok earlier at work, thinking to myself “why hasn’t Austin done a TikTok mystery tech video yet?” And I come home from work, and here it is
I loves the gambit references. He's my favorite x-man😊
austin listening to kanye 🔥💪💪💪
I've been watching Austin for years before the house fire... and I watch informative new tech... and now I just watch products he buys I cant afford.
It's hard to believe that the fire was almost a decade ago
Yeah that p diddy comment aged really poorly
17:28 For years I've used my Bluetooth FM transmitter. It uses the microphone on my phone, and the speakers on my car tuned to an unused FM signal. Apparently, the kind I got off Amazon works so well it is as if I'm just using the speakerphone on my car. This is good since my car doesn't have an AUX In port.
Watch earbud combo is actually pretty neat.
bro how have i not found this channel before?? i’m gonna binge watch every video
If someone cuts you off... they're generally in front of you right? Or am I missing something
To be fair on the watch your supposed to use monitor devices on your left arm/wrist and resting at same height as heart. It's probably still bottom tier even if the user knows how to use a monitor properly
Austin’s arms are lookin pretty good in this video. You been workin haven’t you? Yeah buddy!
In the 90s, my family had a card dealing machine and it definitely shuffled the cards. Battery operated.
I use the Bluetooth thing a lot. I go through headphones a lot. So rather than buying cheap earbuds, I get wired earphones that are a lot better than buds and use that as a Bluetooth receiver
I hate products that help you use your phone less. Seriously. Why spend money for something like this? Just have self control. It's free.
If they sell that watch to hide party powder to get into the club it would sell out lol
I mean....put the earbuds in ur ears and...ur powder inside the watch lol. Not sure how much it can hold😂
Did Austin really call “I love you” in sign language “Hook ‘em horns”?! 😂
The instructions said the third one was to show love. Was it just to show love to UT fans?! 😂
With how well known the horns are as a gesture I don't think anyone that doesn't know sign language is gonna assume the "show your love" bit is anything more than a weird marketing and/or translation thing
Hooray for manufactured ewaste! 😂
9:21 we need Big Clive to show us the tear down to prove what utter crap this is
Literally bored outta my mind and here comes Austin to the rescue
I Love Love Austin Evans Videos ♥️
Hahaha if they cut you off they won’t be able to see the gesture unless it’s mounted in the front 😂😂😂 love the product tho 😂😂😂
(4:10) If your turn signal is broken you can signal your turn using your arm out the driver's side window. Also the 10 and 2 position is not a legal requirement its a suggestion for how to hold the wheel but given that its supposed to be the "best" position for controlling your vehicle and if its not used during your exam its considered a fail of "failure of skill" and not disobeying the law. Requiring 10 and 2 as the only legal position would be a violation of the "Persons with disabilities act".
The “Horn” signal is actually the ASL (American Sign Language” for “I Love You”
I have the Apple Watch Series 1. A year and a half ago I was in the emergency at the hospital and they had me on a heart monitor. I compared my Apple watch to the very accurate, medical science machine and. . . it was an exact match. Apple watch heart monitor is accurate, once it takes that moment to start reading.
So you're telling me its a device that directly stimulates the small bones of your ear, and that no one but me will be able to hear it?
Rethinking that Diddy reference right bout now ain't ya?....
Mystery tech is life
The power saver things remind me of the obd fuel saver for cars. Again just a blinking light
Huawei has a watch with earbuds too
Should test out bone conduction microphones... the military uses them inside tanks, because it is so loud normal mics can't be used.
When did they start using these microphones (I've only known some units to use the throat mics, but not bone conduction). We for sure did not use them in the SEP V2 while I was in 2013-2016, we just had a Bose noise canceling headset w/ mic put inside of a helmet. You can actually still communicate without the microphones, but its about the same as trying to talk to someone at a nightclub, a lot of yelling (in this case over a high pitch whine, and only when certain systems are active, otherwise you can just talk normal).
The thing I like about the smart watch is that it looks like a watch and not a cheap brick
this is the EXACT reason why i watch Austin Evans because of temu, wish and the bullsh*t that he buys from tiktok
nah editors did austin dirty 0:11
This is why I use the AfterShokz bone conducting headphones
Not a buck converter, its a transformer that takes 120 volt ac and converts it to 12 volt dc.
The only thing that thing does beside taking up a power outlet is light up some leds in it.
Ca driving code does not say to keep your hands at 10 and 2, because it is literally impossible to keep your hands at 10 and 2 at all times AND shift.
There is in fact no law in Ca about how you hold the steering wheel, but there was a comment from the CHP once about not keeping your hands at 12, aka the top of the wheel, and that is because in case of airbag deployment it will drive your own arm through your face.
Fun fact: everything you’ve shown on here is available on Temu and Aliexpress for 1/10th of the price
I'm totally NOT surprised that the bone-conducting earbuds that clip on to only your ear don't work very well. Considering you don't have ANY BONE in those parts of your ears!! It's all cartilage which doesn't vibrate the same way or allow sound to travel through it the same way as actual bone does. That's why _actual_ bone-conduction equipment touches _behind_ your ears on your skull, or touches your jaw bone instead. To you know, actually use YOUR BONES.
the card dealer is actually sick lmfao
At 1:36 you forgot to add that colored vertical lines screen with the continuous beeping sound.
That button pushing cube looks like a knock-off/copy of the switch bot. If I wanted Smart cube that was designed to push a button I would get the switchbot because I trust them more.
Was hoping that last product be the one that adds "wireless" andriod to your cars that already have it
Hold up the song at 14:42 we might actually really need that full version 🤣
15:27 "oh my gosh....a random white dude!" best description of Austin I've heard :p
“I’m scared” 😂
Had to make sure to comment on the fact that you used Yeezus to test the watch earbuds😂 but I wanna know what song it was???
The Ugreen Bluetooth thing is good I'd you have normal wired headphones that you want to add Bluetooth for. I have that exact one and use it for my various headphones and earphones. It sounds good enough, but I don't think I've ever used the microphone. The output varies from om device to device though.
I was honestly embarrassed by how little you understood the value in the car gadget.
Like seriously? You can’t imagine why that thing is amazing? You can passive aggressively annoy all of the idiots riding your tail. That’s the best gadget I’ve ever seen.
Seriously! And say someone lets you over into their lane, you can have it wave as a thanks. I like that gadget a lot actually.
That’s not horns. It’s ASL for “I love you”
I was further investigating about the Linq bracelet and I think it's a clever replacement for business cards or the picture I have of my iPad that has a QR code to my Carrd site when I go to conventions.
That means I love you. Horns are without the thumb XD That was driving me nuts, but great video otherwise lmao
Bro is a Diddy disciple
If someone cuts you up they’re in front of you - not behind you 😂
I just found your videos a few days ago and i love the videos keep up all the good videos
If the power factor device actually had an output outlet and improved your power factor (from 0.7 to 0.90+, for example), it wouldn't be a scam. Having a lower power factor makes you use more energy from the wall while having less useful power for the device. Power factor correction devices aren't scams if they're actually built to do the job and work correctly. Sadly, the one in this video seems like a scam
The car sign to flip people off should catch on hopefully
I live in China and I’ve seen quite a lot of people wearing those bone conduction ear phones a lot young and old. Same shape not sure if it’s the same brand
those aren't real bone conduction earbuds if you pause the video at 3:25 you can see there is a tiny speaker in them. If you want real bone conduction i suggest shokz just get the sport ones
Those bone conduction buds… afaik that is the completely wrong place for bone conduction. Almost all bone conduction headphones ive seen contact closer to the temple
First of all, if you got an older car, you have a lighter and radio for CD/Cassetes and no audio jack... If you got an audio jack, you most likely have BT in the unit by default... And if you got nothing, you have to buy new unit anyways so its better to think ahead and get a unit for 90 bucks that has USB and BT already there so u can play songs from USB stick or via BT on ur phone...
Imagine paying $20 for a goofy nightlight
I'm an electrician and you would be surprised how many older people buy into crap like this. Can't tell ya how many cat ladies I've seen have those worthless anti flea things plugged in all over their house. Those come in all ages.
@@user-neo71665 that’s crazy
Rough odds of that mega box 1 in 105,000
I use the car thing everyday the only problem is the track forward and backwards is reversed
Ya let me just buy a lock box that's intended to reduce phone time then continue to watch my phone and operate it fine just with an extra dumb case on my phone lol
I never need to give other drivers the bird, what I need is 'dude, your right rear tire has no air in it' or 'you only have your daytime running lights on at 2am' or 'turn off that foglight it's only raining, belgian driver' or 'I think your coat is dragging on the ground'.
put the phone on the display in the locking box, boom you can't use it. You have also other methods to check the time, like your watch or ask Siri, google, whatever phone assistant
People with epilepsy or hatred of flashing lights skip the Smartwatch with headphones
Tiktoktek has to be a store name by now
That car bluetooth gadget would be nice if the mic was better, sure, but even with a better mic would it be good enough to overcome road noise? The highways and byways are a lot noisier than sitting in a parking lot with the engine off. I do kinda like that "finger switch."
I use a Bluetooth adapter to use my phone/iPad with computer speakers.
the linq thing. its better to print QR codes. my friends a dj. and he just printed out QR codes to put on his gear. so when people want his info they can scan the code and it links to his page.
kinda smart. and it costed him barely 10 bucks.
The biggest problem with the bluetooth adapter is, if your car doesn't have bluetooth then probably doesn't have a stock aux input either
aux came first and it was in most cars then bluetooth came alone and replaced it.
That small keyboard is giving me old PDA keyboard vibes.
The phone lock box can be broken into in less than ten seconds so it should get a zero.
i just googled it bone conduction headphones can cause hearing damage
Rather have the Road Rage thing in a design you can use to indicate to people behind you that their lights are broken/off...
headsup, you flick off people in los angeles you could.. well "bad" things because seems like every driver is always pissed.
People who drive with handcontrols like me could use the finger light
This video proves to me that people on tiktok are falling for snakeoil sales.
Hey, one of my videos showed up in the recommended list in that scroll. Wild to see. :)
huawei watch bud knock off