Handy tech things under $100 - The Thread

[Dude]

Hey guys,

 

I don't feel as if new installments of Handy Tech under $100 come quickly enough so I thought we could make a thread to highlight other handy tech items under $100.

 

Rules

 

1) Make sure things you suggest actually are helpful, although things such as Nerf Guns, or items which serve a similar purpose are permitted

2) $100 or less, no more unless you can fairly justify it

3) Try not to feature things Linus has already highlighted in his videos.

 

Have fun!

[Dude]

Just to get things started, I will bring the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit to light.

 

https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Pro-Tech-Toolkit/IF145-072

 

This is the toolkit. Not a toolkit. The toolkit. This toolkit contains over seventy tools, including tools which can be used to repair phones among other such things. It's currently on sale, so you'd be foolish to not buy it.

[Florb]

Panasonic Eneloops!

[Agent181]

I have 3 good ones I use

 

PC Fan Dust Filter cause there is always a place that dust can get in your case sadly....

 

 

XPOWER Airrow Pro Multi-Use Duster / Dryer / Air Pump it does so much besides getting the dust out of my case and its also an air pump.... a certain group of people could of used it in a channelsuperfun video 

 

 

Swiftech 8-Way PWM Splitter cause fans at full speed are loud

[Dude]

Panasonic Eneloops!

Links please and why are they useful?

[Tom is a Door]

 

I have 3 good ones I use

 

PC Fan Dust Filter cause there is always a place that dust can get in your case sadly....

 

 

XPOWER Airrow Pro Multi-Use Duster / Dryer / Air Pump it does so much besides getting the dust out of my case and its also an air pump.... a certain group of people could of used it in a channelsuperfun video 

 

 

Swiftech 8-Way PWM Splitter cause fans at full speed are loud

 

Was about to use my moms stockings(jk) but now I have this thanks mate

[Antibull]

Was about to use my moms stockings(jk) but now I have this thanks mate

 

just use your moms stockings it is cheaper. 

[Tom is a Door]

just use your moms stockings it is cheaper. 

Im afraid someone will see me trying to steal it out of her wardrobe

[Dude]

Im afraid someone will see me trying to steal it out of her wardrobe

Steal someone else's mom's stockings

[Mightyinvader]

Steal someone else's mom's stockings

Kappa

[Calavera]

Kappa

Nice job spamming the thread with useless posts guys, good job!

 

Audio splitters

 

SD card reader, always useful

 

Analog to USB converter, super for digitising crap.

[GlassBomb]

A small flash light. Something that uses a single AA batteries.

"But I have a flash light on my phone!"

You might have that. But that thing is crap. And won't substitute an actual flash light.

[Dude]

Nice job spamming the thread with useless posts guys, good job!

 

Audio splitters

 

SD card reader, always useful

 

Analog to USB converter, super for digitising crap.

  

A small flash light. Something that uses a single AA batteries.

"But I have a flash light on my phone!"

You might have that. But that thing is crap. And won't substitute an actual flash light.

Could I have links to the models of these products you use?

[GlassBomb]

Could I have links to the models of these products you use?

Got a similar model to this one.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0054KWJKK

[Mightyinvader]

Nice job spamming the thread with useless posts guys, good job!

 

Audio splitters

 

SD card reader, always useful

 

Analog to USB converter, super for digitising crap.

One post isnt spam... You need to go research some definitions

[Calavera]

One post isnt spam... You need to go research some definitions

I was talking about you guys as a whole, instead of posting products you started commenting on each other without contributing at all.

I don't mind a conversation at all, but then at least contribute.

[Mightyinvader]

I was talking about you guys as a whole, instead of posting products you started commenting on each other without contributing at all.

I don't mind a conversation at all, but then at least contribute.

Who are us guys? And Honestly I could care less what you think, you could have just ignored my comment and moved on.

[nicholician]

A 4GB USB key with nothing on in but Windows (and labelled windows). I came up with this idea to just keep one lying around after I was faffing about on my old laptop with dual boot and screwed up windows, and had to borrow another computer to get a bootable USB drive. Now I just keep it around, and it's actually surprisingly saved my bacon a couple of times. (I need to stop playing around with dual boot on that laptop honestly)

[Guest]

Zalman's ISO mount is the best tech thing you can get, shame it's no longer produced. Enables you to cycle through up to 512 ISO's via a built in LCD screen. Plus functions as a usb enclosure.

http://www.zalman.com/global/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=674

[minibois]

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I have 2nd product you mentioned. It's for phones mostly right? (Hence the micro USB connection).

What do you mostly use it for?

It doesn't work with my mouse (wired) or graphics tablet (wired), but it does work with my mini SD card

[Calavera]

I have 2nd product you mentioned. It's for phones mostly right? (Hence the micro USB connection).

What do you mostly use it for?

It doesn't work with my mouse (wired) or graphics tablet (wired), but it does work with my mini SD card

I use it for my tablet, to transfer photos.

[Dude]

A 4GB USB key with nothing on in but Windows (and labelled windows). I came up with this idea to just keep one lying around after I was faffing about on my old laptop with dual boot and screwed up windows, and had to borrow another computer to get a bootable USB drive. Now I just keep it around, and it's actually surprisingly saved my bacon a couple of times. (I need to stop playing around with dual boot on that laptop honestly)

 

Which one do you use? =P

[nicholician]

Which one do you use? =P

 

Just some Lexar one, nothing special, just really handy. Like Linus has said in a previous handy tech episode, it's not about how many times you find it handy, it's how handy it becomes when you desperately need it.