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so I've always been a fan of magnets I love anything magnetic for as long as I can remember my favorite character in x-men magneto although I always wondered Magneto Professor X because Professor X I mean he can move any object magneto is stuck with metallic objects anyway there's one magnet that I missed especially and that's the magnet on the MagSafe connector of the MacBook Pro anybody who's ever owned a MacBook you've seen it you've known about it you've just connected your charger and not even thought about it nestles itself up to the connection point it's quite charming in fact Wow as you know the latest iteration of the MacBook Pro no longer has a MagSafe connector but it's not over because this company right here VIN puck they think they've solved the situation not just for the new MacBook and MacBook Pro but also any USB C device this is essentially the MagSafe concept for USB type-c it's called the pop mag bolt s and it's capable of fast charging various devices notebooks tablets smartphones etc now right about now you're saying Lou I don't get it what's the big deal you plug in you unplug get on with your life well here's the thing okay I've seen this before over my years of being a tech enthusiast and dealing with many people's tech problems in my personal life I've seen the laptop fell off the table scenario somebody tripped over the cable it's all bent out of shape the laptop you you don't want that and the MagSafe was a solution to that problem no problemo so that's the reason that this is especially exciting all right I'm gonna open up the silver one and let's take a closer look at this thing whoa it comes with its own case a table SATA first they're not messing around vim POC is not messing around okay a substantial cable there it looks pretty long longer than I expected in fact a little velcro cable management on there and this is what the cable looks like okay of course two connectors here it actually kinda looks like just a normal type C cable now this end is completely normal because you only need the trip side on one side this side here will go into you phone or your laptop so here's the magnetic portion look at that it's as simple as that you see that there Jack look at that this thing slaps in there and that's it meg safe is back so let's give this a shot okay here are my devices it's an SI it's a MacBook Pro I'm going to insert this on this side here so this guy will just live in there like that it's time to charge as it often is and you just line this baby up Oh convenience that I just saved the day is the MagSafe back well I don't know it might be you just get near there Oh satisfying yeah I thought so this is a Galaxy s8 insert that into the bottom there now yes in this particular scenario you have to get used to having a tiny little bump on the bottom I don't know to me it's not that offensive same idea kaboom yes it's a long cable - how about that they're not messing around I guess since its intended for a laptop it kind of has to be can I tell them a quick story alright I don't want to throw anybody under the bus here and this is why I was avoiding this story earlier but this that issue it just happened to me like two days ago there was a trip over a laptop I'm not throwing anybody under the bus luckily the laptop was ok but the charger itself was busted now you know what I just felt I had to tell you I personal experience with this was which is part of the reason that I'm this motivated and wasn't me who tripped over the thing just to be clear so the other end of this thing just like you would normally do with your charging brick and the magnetic end is on this side oh there it is dunt dunt and we're charging the real test is the trip test I'm put I put my laptop on the line for this Oh and dangerous kind of nervous right now actually use that I use I use this laptop it's not a decoy oh man here we go okay course it works though you know one thing that I noticed depending on the way you pulled it out so what you'll see is like if I wanted to pull the whole thing out I could you just get used to pulling it off a certain way like you just flick it up or to the side and then that thing just stays in there no big deal right like that it really is like adding mag saves back to the MacBook Pro without needing to permanently modify anything and I've seen this type of product for phones and other devices but I think on the laptop is where it makes most sense because if somebody walks past this thing you know that they're there very frequently sitting on tables with the cable going to the wall like that's not an uncommon scenario and this essentially guarantees that your laptop's not going to go flying off the table or that your Chargers gonna get busted or anything else it's just gone look it's it that's just it's a simple thing but it's great question time I like this one from Matt Bryan here will you receive fan mail well the answer is yes I have been for a while there's an address on the about page of my youtube channel where people have sent stuff in the past I haven't done any type of fan unboxing series but I just spoke to the other people here at unbox therapy and they think it might be a good idea some a fan unboxing episode maybe send me frequently it could be insane it could be bananas I don't know leave a thumbs up down below if you think that might be interested send some stuff here's one from Cole how much are you willing to pay for the iPhone 8 well not the most fair question because I'll be buying it regardless cuz I'm going to be making videos about it here on YouTube but if I was a regular person like just just your average tech enthusiast I think it will be hard to justify at the rumored price twelve hundred dollars people are speculating but the Edition version could start at 1200 or be around a thousand this is starting to become a major investment for the average tech head and on top of that there are so many great budget phones now it's kind of tough to justify I will buy it regardless but at $1,200 I'm gonna have a hard time recommending it to people so here's one hey Lou what is the weirdest tech you have ever seen in your life well it's hard to answer because we get a ton of tech and gadgets and general weird things here at unbox therapy now if you want to know what that thing's for you got to tune in to the next episode of question time