Gadgetory

hey guys johnathan here and welcome back to a fresh episode of the best tech under-15 now finding gadgets and accessories are at the very least good ones under 15 bucks is a bit of a challenge but after searching and scouring the interweb these are some good ones so first off is a magnetic lightning cable from smart right on if you're familiar with how MagSafe works on a macbook charger that is bringing that functionality to your phone in this case I am showcasing the iPhone version but there also is a comparable microUSB version which I will also link below so how it works is there's a small tip that you insert in your phone and this is meant to stay there now normally yanking the cable out of your phone is not something you want to do but in this case it just pops right off a couple cool things with this is that it's not just for power and for charging but it also supports data transfer as well there's a pretty cool LED light towards the bottom to let you know the cable is active and most importantly it functions as advertised it did scare me a bit to test this out with a non magnetic cable but for science I did and it was nowhere near as pretty the only downside is not going to work with your existing cables and if you lose that piece you're kind of out of luck but the fact that is not crazy expensive and more than anything it works extremely well I would totally pick one up now keeping the magnetic accessory train rolling next up is the Clube cable keeper which is also extremely useful these come in packs of three and small and large these being large which do work with bigger bulkier cables like this but for reference here is how it will work with a pair of earbuds and if you look closely there's a little insert where you put the headphone jack in and what that's going to do is ensure you don't lose the little guy because it is really tiny clearly the large set is not ideal for earbuds if you're looking to use these for that specific reason I would definitely grab it small but in my case where I'm using them for a longer bulkier cable or in this case an SSD the large set works fantastic I've messed with cable ties before and really haven't found one that I've liked but I think what separates this is how easy it is to use because of the magnets following that next up is the alkie mini five thousand milliamp hour external battery yes there are a ton of external battery banks out there but this one stood up to me for a couple reasons one it's extremely compact - the price - battery capacity is killer this is ten bucks right now and usually lipstick style chargers this size or anywhere from 15 to three thousand milliamp hour but this one smashes those and finally three they come in some damn cool color options six them total and you can see the blue here really really pops because I know someone out there is going to ask the blue USB cable that I'm using with the Chargers from anchor and this is the answer for those of you out there who have dealt with this so drop a like of you're tired of Apple lightning cables explode and if you look at them the wrong way because the idea with this one here from anchor is not only is it extra long at ten feet but it's super high quality using Kevlar fiber which makes it much more resistant to everyday wear and tear not just like the magnetic lightning cable earlier this does also come in a microUSB very and that of course will also be linked down below now when it comes to ear pods I must be one of the few people out there where they actually fit very well because I hear a ton of people say they fall out and if that happens to be you last up is a $10 fix called ear hooks so with this you actually get two pairs small and large to accommodate different ear sizes and how they work is extremely simple you slide these onto your ear pods and then from there that kind of hook into your ears allowing for a much more secure fit now most you may know us and Evans for extreme sitting but in this case he's putting the ear hooks through his patented head cocked test as you can see it passed that test with flying colors so maybe you like how ear pods sound but not how they fit this is a pretty solid and expensive solution to fix that without having to buy entirely new ear buds on top of that if you're active or you use your ear pod at the gym these are almost a must buy but aside from that hopefully enjoyed the video if you want to see more tech on a-15 check out the link below with a cart here and lastly before I hop out of here I want to give a huge shout out to Braintree payments for making today's video possible they are a killer choice for app payments and their V dot zero SDK gives you one ridiculously simple payment integration that supports Android pay PayPal Bitcoin Apple pay and more it's ready for Android iOS JavaScript and works in over 40 countries and 130 currencies it's simple its secure and you can check it out below at brain free payments comm slash tech fist