He told me last year that Monster cables are a total rip off and a cheap $15 one from Amazon works just as well for 4K. After a year of using one I finally get it, has anyone else found any other tech products where the cheap version is actually identical?
Picked up a cheap HDMI cable at a Shell station in Pittsburgh last month for 12 bucks because I forgot mine on a job site. Plugged it into my Fire Stick and the picture kept cutting out every few minutes, real annoying. Ended up driving 20 minutes to Best Buy for a 15 dollar one that works fine. Has anyone else had luck with those gas station electronics or are they all garbage?
Picked up this no-name speaker from a guy at the Columbus flea market for $20 three years ago. It still works fine, while my name-brand one from Best Buy died after 18 months. Anyone else find that the cheap stuff sometimes just keeps going?
So my $15 indoor antenna from Target kept cutting out during football games. I read online about wrapping the cable in foil to block interference. Tried it with a sheet from my kitchen and it actually boosted signal by like 20% lol. Now I can watch the whole game without flipping out every 5 minutes. Has anyone else found weird hacks like this for cheap antennas?
I picked up a set of no-name earbuds from a booth at the Austin Flea Market for $40. They sound fine and last about 5 hours on a charge. Meanwhile my friend spent $15 on a pair from a gas station and they stopped working in 14 days. Anyone else find cheap tech that actually holds up better than expected?
Was scrolling Facebook Marketplace last Tuesday and saw a gas spring monitor arm listed for $10. Guy said his wife made him clear out the home office. Picked it up, works fine with my 27 inch Dell. Anyone else score decent office gear for cheap on resale sites, or do you mostly get burned?
Picked up a no-name speaker at the grocery store checkout for $18 last Tuesday. Figured it would crackle and die in a week like the last cheap one did. But I've been using it daily in the garage while working on my truck and it's held up fine for 3 weeks now. The bass is weak but the vocals come through clear enough. Has anyone else found a random cheap tech item that actually worked way better than expected?
I was helping my cousin set up his home theater in his basement in Columbus last weekend. He insisted on buying a $40 Monster HDMI cable for a 6 foot run, but I've been using $8 Amazon basics ones for years with no issues. But then we had to run one 25 feet from his PC to the TV and the cheap one gave us constant signal drops. So is there a magic length where cheap HDMI just stops working? Has anyone else hit this wall around 20 feet?
I kept wrapping the cable tight around my phone and wondered why the left side always died first. Saw a guy at the bus stop just loosely coiling his and it clicked that I was basically breaking the connection every day on purpose. Anybody else find out they were mishandling cheap tech in a dumb obvious way?
Honestly, I was just looking for something cheap to shut my wife up about all the bad drivers around here. Found this no-name dash cam from some guy in Austin for $30 last month. The box was all beat up and the instructions were in broken English. I figured I'd get maybe a week out of it before it fried itself. Hooked it up and it actually records clear enough to read license plates during the day. Night vision is pretty rough but I caught a hit-and-run on my street last Tuesday and the footage helped the cops ID the car. Still working fine after 3 weeks with no issues. Has anyone else had luck with super cheap dash cams or did I just get lucky?
I finally caved and grabbed a pair of those cheap Soundpeats last spring, and by June the left bud just stopped pairing no matter what I did, so why does nobody check the return window before pulling the trigger on these things?