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hey Siri Alexa hey Google I can't get the answer to that on home pod sorry I'm not sure about that sorry I can't help with that yet do you ever find that your modern conveniences are just not that convenient well thankfully there's a better way meet the smart clapper a smart home device from before smart home and Internet of Things for the biggest bullshit buzzwords it requires no smartphone to operate sets up in less than 30 seconds and is exactly as stylish as you'd need something that sits behind your couch to be remember zero design budget means more money in your wallet for avocado toast the smart clapper is great for home security too as long as your hands are still free you can activate it in less than a second and wired connectivity means it's always reliable it's so simple a dog can use it and it even works in a power outage why would I so get your smart clapper today for just $30 or like a lot less if you want to get a cheap knockoff on eBay in all seriousness though I still haven't really bought into the whole smart lighting thing so in today's video we are actually going to be comparing a vintage still in package the smart clapper against a philips hue system let's see how they stack up you're going down private Internet access is the VPN service that encrypts all your internet traffic and use a safe protected IP it's got a ton of other useful features as well so you can check it out at the link in the video description all right so this video wouldn't be complete without an unboxing of the smart clapper this is fantastic I actually don't think this is the original smart clapper but based on how old everything about this packaging is from its two color print so you can see they couldn't afford more than blue oh no wait no they've actually got some some different hues they've got some red pink purple blue okay so it's got color maybe it's just that it's faded so between the cheap looking packaging the like old crappy looking logos like that has got to be like vintage 80s and oh the legitimately yellow plastic oh wow you can see it gets a lot of its color back so what is this thing the sound activated on/off switch that's smart enough to control two different appliances at the same time yes my friends this is the smart appliance that predates smart home instructions and warranty if you're honestly stupid enough that you can't operate a clapper then you should probably just not have electricity oh no way it doesn't have a ground plug oh that's kind of lame but it does have a home-and-away dial and that is not a binary dial that is a spectral dial so you can be like a little bit home or mostly away actually I suspect it doesn't work that way they actually need the instructions damn it James here is gonna be helping me co-host things as we compare the smart clapper and I'm on Team smart clapper you're on Team clap I am on Team Hugh all right so let's get started here shall we we will each present arguments for our side of the equation and we're going to allow the audience at the end to let us know just like a rap battle but with no rap and not cool who won hey speak for yourself this is gonna be pretty easy all right you know what mister this is gonna be easy i'ma let you go first no no no cuz my my goings are responses to the limitations of your clapper meditations no no no no you go first I'm ready to receive your argument okay well let's say that your partner is asleep and you want to turn the lights off without waking them up can you do that let's find out actually sure but in the meantime I've actually got an argument for you I can set up the clapper in less than 15 seconds hmm how long did it take you to set up your cue yes zero cuz a prime set it up for me how long does it take to set this crap up if you only plugged in the bridge and then like hooked up a light like two minutes but if you want to do some custom stuff so I beat you by eight times mmm now you get far less than eight times about you allow me to demonstrate a soft-top little too soft soft flaccid would I turn you off shut up it can't hear me maybe that's three clap hey wait a second group does this factor into your set-up time just oh wow does this thing even work oh I'm in a way mode I'm gonna wave ode and no no it doesn't work okay okay okay your liability soft clap demo stressing me oh yes okay hold on a second that fast setup oh so there's that allow me to demonstrate the soft clap there we go very unlikely to wake the way okay I'll hear your next argument now I live in a loft that would wake everyone up do you mean to tell me that the clapper only works with lamps and other lights that plug into the wall and not say overhead lights or maybe even completely wireless lights like this the clapper can work with that light because the clapper can work with anything that plugs into a wall yeah sites like that was me okay is your okay okay I always kind of wondered why these things didn't take off well mr. fancy pants should have read those instructions and clapper has an indicator LED for each of the two outlets indicating whether it is receiving power or not aiding you in diagnosis nice what's up what's your point hit me look what do you got what do you what can your Phillips you do that counters that fantastic feature well it tells me which ones are reachable or not right on there plus the most important thing at LTT it's RGB are you getting that bring that over here bring that beautiful beast over here I want to I don't want to make you hold it just for the shame true Ricca be' okay raise your hand if you'd rather use hugh granted it can do RGB but as we've discussed many a time on this channel sure RGB is a cool feature lots of people like it but not everyone is willing to pay extra for it and with the clapper you can control many devices at once with an inexpensive extension cable there we go okay so there's a cost argument to be made here because I with just one clapper and an inexpensive power squid can control three lights at once up to 400 watts according to the box I don't think you can control him boom I got served see so if I was in bed with you no bring the hand leave the hand oh and they were like you know what I'd like to do some light reading right now let's see who's quicker on the draw go that's right what if you only want to part way why would I want that because you want some mood lighting you know is that right dim the lights to 50% yeah look how long that takes he's consulting the literature right now The Clapper uses a wired connection so if your Wi-Fi is out it'll still work hmm if your Wi-Fi is out Hugh still works with your normal light switches you can turn them on and off it just displays the normal yellow light which means it's more versatile than the clapper because you can attach it to lights that you don't plug into the wall like the overhead light and still use it the clappers more about speed so I challenge you to another quick draw okay because we have to assume that you don't actually have your hue app open all the time so first of all let's have the lights on it's time to go to sleep who can turn out the lights faster hey Google turn the lights off ready set go hey hey hey Google turn the lights off [Laughter] fast you're right you win on the speed count calories burned is a whole different metric keep in mind keep in mind you can get hue accessories that are physical switches I would actually still argue that assuming that yours wasn't actually manufactured in like the late Ailey 80s or early 90s and is like broken now that there is still room for this kind of this kind of a technology like I would love it if that's kind of like a gesture control feature of philips system or a Google home type system you could configure like double claps or triple claps and you could have that be like you know three claps for movie time or like two claps for turn everything off or whatever the case may be but I think as much as I'm a bit of a Luddite when it comes to smart home technology and honestly this still holds a fair bit of Appeal for me James has definitely made his point ah you see this you're grounded mister it was the ground is the girl you get it yes it good now go to your room alright so this video was brought to you by ting ting is the mobile carrier focused on customer service and customer satisfaction when you call ting you speak directly to a human being rather than being put through a phone tree or dealing with a callback or anything like that and you don't pay extra for the privilege the average ting bill is just 23 bucks a month per device and you can find out if you'll save on ting they're going to Linus dot ting comm we're gonna have that linked in the video description it's their savings calculator where you enter your last few bills and see what your ting bills would work out - based on your usage ting has lower mobile data rates than ever before just ten dollars a gig beyond the first gig and if 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