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00:06Okay, so cool little tech budget episode. This one is around that $50 mark right in the heat
00:11of tech season. So tech-tember, tech-tober, whatever you want to call it. I've been at home
00:14expecting a little one on the way. So I've been playing a lot of Switch 2. This obviously is not
00:19around $50, but some accessories are. So this is the first one. This is the Nintendo GameCube
00:25controller specifically for the Switch 2. If you missed the announcement, you can now play some
00:30GameCube games for your Switch. Obviously, if you decide to do that, please, please, please grab
00:34a controller. If you're someone of my age, maybe a bit older, you grew up playing the GameCube. The
00:39nostalgia factor in this is super nice. This is slightly over that $50 mark. This episode is like
00:45in and around $50. It is so nice to feel this and use some of these OG controls. So I
00:51used to really
00:51play a lot of Super Smash Bros. Melee growing up. Unfortunately, that is not available. But for
00:55example, Zelda Wind Waker, they've got Super Mario Strikers, they've got F-Zero, they've got a couple
01:00of games and I'm sure more will come out over time. But like I said, the big thing is using
01:05this
01:06GameCube controller. It is so nice. Some of the buttons, they just don't make them like they used
01:10to. What I'd love to see from Nintendo is releasing more colorways, like some of the see-through ones
01:15that we've seen. But that is item number one. Like I said, slightly over $50. There are some actual
01:21items that are within that category. So this is obviously an amiibo. This is nothing new. I
01:25actually picked this up when I was in Japan. You can see some of the lettering right there. You can
01:31obviously get an amiibo for your Switch. I like to collect them for my own personal collection. So
01:36this one is obviously Link from Majora's Mask. He's got the little Goron mask there. This was, I think,
01:42my first game. Like Majora's Mask, I think, is my favorite OG game from the good old N64 days. I
01:48would
01:48even go as far as saying this is my favorite video game of all time. Like if they remade
01:52Majora's Mask with Unreal Engine, that is like what dreams are made of for me. So if you want
01:57amiibos under $50, obviously rarer ones are more expensive. And I also picked this up as a little
02:03tech desk accessory just because I thought it was super cute. I'm also a big Pokemon fan. I thought
02:08this was really nice. Not that I can read like kanji or Japanese, but it's got the OG 150. Looks
02:14cute. Maybe I can give it to my kid as a bedtime storybook and they can learn Japanese faster than
02:20I can. So that's kind of cool. $50 stuff all within like that Nintendo space. So the next item is
02:25a
02:26cool little travel tech accessory around that $50 mark. This could be used for the upcoming iPhone
02:3017 lineup. This is the Belkin Ultra Charge. This one specifically is the two-in-one magnetic foldable
02:36charger. So as the name implies, it kind of snaps open and shut and can be used to charge two
02:41different
02:41devices. So I've just got it plugged in right now. And you can imagine when your new iPhone model
02:45kind of sticks on the charger. This obviously works with older ones, just like I've got the 16 Pro Max
02:49right now. That is charging. We should also be getting an update to the AirPod Pro 3s. But once
02:53again, any pair of headphones with wireless charging should charge up. I've got my Beats or the PowerBeats
02:59Pro 2s. This does have Qi 2. So you have a power output of that 25 watts. It does have
03:03a 45 watt little
03:04charging brick inside of the box. And with that extra power, you can charge your iPhone all the way from
03:08zero to
03:0950% in just around 29 minutes. It also has something called Chill Boost, which is passive cooling
03:14technology to cool down your device to make it optimal for charging. That also helps it charge
03:19faster. There's also an extra little five watt charger on the bottom here, or I guess on the side
03:24that you can charge an extra device, say like an Apple Watch, for example. It's just a really nice
03:28handy charger that is super portable. So if you are someone that's on the go, if you are traveling all
03:33the
03:33time, once again, when you're done, say you're at a hotel room, you just quickly unplug it. This can fit
03:37into any
03:37travel bag, any sort of small pack, really, really thin and portable. So if you are in the market for
03:43a new device this fall, whether you are getting an iPhone or whatever kind of device, most of them
03:47don't come with good chargers these days, spend the extra money, get something like this. And it's got
03:51this handy little MagSafe magnet on the back, which I will say that technically also works for the new
03:57Pixel as well, which has something called Pixel Snap, which is essentially just like a copy of MagSafe.
04:04This also has Qi too, so it can still take advantage of that full 25 watts. But as an example,
04:08there are some great accessories for your Pixel device as well. Obviously, Pixel is not $50. These
04:14are probably two OEM tech devices that Google makes still under that $50 mark. So the first one,
04:19just because I love the color so much. So if you did miss my Pixel video, the new Pixel Pro
04:24comes in four different colorways. Moonstone has to be my favorite. And what I really love is they have
04:30a exact like silicon matching case. It's nice, clean and simple. And they also have to take
04:35advantage of Pixel Snap, this little magnetic ring stand to fit on the back. And like I said,
04:41the magnet, it's exactly like MagSafe. It's nice and strong. And then from there, you can use this
04:45little kickstand to prop your phone up and watch content in whatever orientation you want. And if you
04:50are looking for something completely mobile, you can't have the chance to actually plug in. I
04:54typically keep one of these in my backpack anyway. So this is once again, from Belkin. This is a 20
04:59watt
04:59power bank. This has 20,000 milliamps of juice, and it has a little LED display to let you know
05:04how much battery or how much percentage you have left. You can see the power outputs here. And like
05:08I said, if you are completely mobile and you just need to juice up your device, I just have a
05:13little
05:14cable that I keep off to the side. This will just plug in my phone. And because it is 20
05:18watts,
05:18you can see there that it is fast charging, which means that your device will obviously charge faster.
05:23That's a no brainer. So that's kind of cool. And just to kind of showcase the little cable that I
05:28use,
05:28we can include this in the tech episode. If you didn't know, Beats creates these new tangle free
05:35cables. These are obviously USB-C and they come in a couple different sizes and colorways. So I've got
05:40the small one right here, as well as this long one, which I used to charge like my camera, some
05:44other
05:44devices around the studio. Beats claims that these are tangle free. I actually haven't had them tangle
05:50on me at all. So maybe they live up to the claim. Sadly, we are in that space where $50
05:56or just,
05:56I guess under is what you would pay for a USB-C cable. But if you want something braided,
06:00if you want something that just works, it's reliable. These have actually frayed a lot
06:04less. Like I typically buy like the cheap five, $10 ones off of Amazon that just end up breaking
06:08down after a month to two of using them. They end up just getting all weird and wonky at the
06:13ends.
06:13These ones I can say are better. So spend the extra bit of money, then you only have to buy
06:17them once
06:17and you don't have to repeat buy in the future. So another cool product around that $50 mark,
06:22also from Beats. So surprisingly, they have a pair of earbuds. These are the Beats solo buds.
06:28They're a couple years old now, and they typically go on sale, to be honest, for around that $50 mark.
06:32So there are some sacrifices. This charging case technically doesn't charge the actual earbuds.
06:38You have to plug them in to charge. So this is essentially just a small little travel case.
06:42These unfortunately don't have active noise cancellation, but that's kind of the sacrifice
06:46that you're paying for getting a pair of earbuds for around that $50 mark.
06:50What I actually really like is the transparent tech. I mentioned that I am like an 80s, 90s kid,
06:55so I grew up on like see-through Game Boys. I mentioned the see-through GameCube controllers
07:00that I wish Nintendo would kind of bring back. This is kind of like my jam for tech,
07:04so maybe that's why I'm drawn to it so much. But for $50, whether this is like your second or
07:08third pair of earbuds, or if you're just not looking to break the bank, I think these are pretty solid.
07:13So next, the actual only piece of Apple tech that is around that $50 mark,
07:17that isn't just like a plain accessory that has stuff going on are AirTags. And we will be getting
07:22updated AirTags with that new September event, depending when this video is live. You already
07:26may have seen that announcement, but AirTags have kind of just been like a no brainer for me. I
07:31attach them on all my keys. You can just easily find everything through the Find My app. Easy,
07:35simple. They just like work. You can either grab these. Tile has a couple. I know Samsung has their own
07:41ones as well. No matter which you end up getting or ecosystem that you're in,
07:44I know that it is so easy to misplay stuff. I can only wish, maybe we'll get it,
07:49Apple coming out with like thinner ones, just like the credit card ones. So you can fit that
07:52into your wallet. I know that Nomad has some. So Apple, if you want to capitalize on that,
07:57just come out with a credit card AirTag and you will make so much more money.
08:01So the next cool little tech accessory that I typically not only bring with me to all sorts of
08:06events, but I just have kicking around here in the studio is just this cool little small rig light.
08:10It's really great to just shine lights on certain products. If you want to give it some like moody
08:15lighting, if you want to bring like extra light into the scene, it's technically also RGB. You
08:20can have some weird little effects. If you want to be like a police person, paparazzi party. I usually
08:26just use it with the regular lights. You can control intensity. You can also control light color
08:30temperature for around that $50 mark. I think it's a great little creator tool. It's also magnetic.
08:36You guys in the A-roll frame can't technically see this, but right over top, I have this little
08:40top down set that I use for all things like looking down that is just kind of stuck to there.
08:45And once
08:45again, it's all wireless and doesn't need any cables. And last but not least is technically tech
08:51related. So in two ways. So this is just a Lark water bottle. Technically Lark has tech built into
08:57some of the caps for their more expensive ones. You can get like cool little filtration devices,
09:01but I just typically use a reusable water bottle. Funnily enough, this was from a Snapdragon builds
09:07chipsets for laptops, computers. That's what their X-Elite chip is. Obviously A-Elite is for
09:12mobile devices like smartphones. So that was a cool little tie in. You can obviously get ones that
09:17don't have the little tech built into the top for around like $25. And the filtration devices are
09:22around like that $50 mark. And to conclude, we want to talk about drinks. This is kind of like in
09:29that
09:29tech lifestyle space. Check this out. I just got this from Coke thought I would share it because
09:33it's a bit on budget. This is my first time looking at this. Oh, so inside of here, this is
09:40a cool Coke collab with Star Wars. So you can see right here, this is limited edition Star Wars Coca
09:45Cola collectible cans. So if you are like into the collectible space, maybe if you try to hunt down
09:50like all four, that would probably net you around like 50 ish dollars if you were buying like two,
09:56four cases. Check out these bottles, or I should say cans. We've got Darth Vader. We've got Princess
10:02Leia, Yoda, and Kylo Ren, maybe my least favorite. I'm a big Darth Vader slash like Star Wars guy. If
10:09you can't tell, I've got like Star Wars Lego, which technically that's also some of the sets,
10:13like some of the smaller ones, like in that $50 range, small little builds like this. It's like
10:17crazy how expensive Lego has gotten. But yeah, this is kind of a cool little collectible edition,
10:23fun little way to end off the episode. Hope you guys enjoyed like my best tech under the 50 or
10:30around that $50 mark. If you have a favorite, let me know. Maybe I can try to hook you up
10:34with one of
10:34the Belkin ones. Just be sure to leave a comment down below on say your favorite item and make sure
10:38you're subbed to the channel and hope you enjoy all the vids coming out in tech-temper,
10:43tech October as we get into the hecticness of a Q4 season in the tech space. Peace.
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