5 Tech Gadgets Under $30 #Helpful Post

ey guys this is Austin so you've

probably seen a lot of tech under videos

so all of the tech I'm going to take a

look at five items in total cost less

than $30 the twist is I have no idea if

any of it because remotely good this is

the ZTE maven - how much is this $30

exactly okay alright so this guy is

rocking android marshmallow 6.0 point

one which is only like two years old so

not that that happens it gets eight gigs

of storage a five inch touchscreen which

actually looks like a pretty decent size

for thirty bucks no it always surprises

me how much you can get for so cheap

especially when it comes to smartphones

so last year I spent a little while with

a $20 smartphone and while it probably

was not as good as this it was kind of

usable it's definitely plastic II

although to be fair doesn't have the

battery in it yet so that might help a

little bit the first thing that jumps

out to me is that the screen actually is

pretty decent

so yes it's definitely low resolution

big gets pretty bright and that same

thing goes for the build quality it's

not perfect it definitely is very

plastic II but it feels reasonably

sturdy okay yeah that's a lot of

bloatware get shot a savage Kenny oh

wait no hey no we got switch over to fun

mode oh it totally worked so it'll

actually take the picture when you

smiled that's that's kind of cool

alright I'll give them that okay nothing

pictures me okay all right so we're

recording this is the 720p video can

you're looking not as savage as usual

I'm good so is the Maven 2 worth the 30

bucks yeah when I saw a $30 smartphone I

had pretty low expectations

well you consider that this is one

twentieth the price of a flagship and it

does basically everything maybe it's not

quite as fast or not quite as sexy but

at the end of the day it's hard to argue

with a smart phone at this price

all right so that actually wasn't bad

what do we have for item number two

the Roku Express so for reference this

is about five dollars cheaper than a

chromecast so we have the Express itself

which kind of looks like an IR receiver

we also have a USB wall adapter some

batteries and what you don't get with a

chromecast is an actual remote this is

actually a lot of stuff for thirty

dollars I will say that navigating

through the interface action is

reasonably snappy it's a little bit of a

different thing than a chromecast

because that really does rely on you

casting things from like a phone or a

computer or something whereas this is

more meant to be used with the remote

and as a proper streaming box this

totally works so there's really not that

much exciting about the Roku Express for

30 bucks you are getting a pretty solid

standalone experience homeboy the mini

wired controller for Xbox one and

Windows to be very I have not used a

third-party controller for a console

since like the PlayStation 2 days but

this just looks really cheap oh boy

that's some shiny plastic oh it's a

wired controller okay I guess that makes

sense

putting the mini controllers

side-by-side with the full sized one it

actually isn't a huge difference in size

it's a little bit smaller but what

really jumps out to me is that this

doesn't feel that bad so the glossy

plastic definitely looks super cheap but

having the textured finish on the back

actually feels pretty nice more

importantly it feels like we saw the

controller so there's really no flex in

it maybe just a little bit if I really

torque it adds a lot a lot of weight the

controller itself feels pretty good it

deadly is a little different from the

normal Xbox one controller and for $20

less I don't know if the difference is

really going to be worth it maybe if

you're just playing on PC you don't care

about a wireless option it's fine you

even do have the impulse triggers and

you also have the death that's more

important you have the death the Corsair

Qatar fps and mobile gaming mouse and

Heather $30 actually did a good job of

getting everything exactly on point so

we have four programmable buttons and we

also have on the fly dpi tuning that

sounds exciting for $30 though this

actually isn't too bad that's gonna be

pretty solid for a gaming mouse

actually feels pretty good so the entire

thing is coated in a sort of soft touch

rubber oh yeah that actually feels

pretty good it's a little bit on the

smaller side though what really jumps

out to me is that this feels a lot

better than most sort of cheap low-end

mice the tracking is nice and responsive

and I think it might be a little bit on

the smaller side for some people but

more importantly it feels really nice so

far I actually think we've been doing

pretty good but it's time to see what

the final item is mr. Pulido Cinderella

girl haha very funny

lightning air Potts

oh cool something I actually want these

sony MDR VX 110 a powerful high-quality

sound how much were these 14 alright

14 bucks it is it's been a while since

I've tried cheap headphones and even

those were usually earbuds so Oh the

folding mechanism actually doesn't feel

that bad hmm I mean they're definitely

cheap and plastic but for fourteen box

you wouldn't expect anything too crazy

plot our super cool ZTE maven point out

the greatest headphone amp but I'm

curious what a bag of Doritos what why

is this smell so bad

wait what are these a USB cable and some

really terrible headphones wait what

while you're crunching on the bowls of

snack in the universe plug your

headphones straight into the front of

the bag play and rock out two songs from

Marvel Studios guardians of the galaxy

soundtrack there's a headphone jack on

the bag okay hold on hold on so I just

plug it in and just do it where did you

get this bag

this is the Canon Jimmy special huh

all right that's actually cool

so the headphones sound good when you

plug them into a bag of Doritos

something I never thought I would say

hey okay that was like you got it cool

let me try it with some real music

so are these going to match really

expensive headphones absolutely not but

especially if you're coming from

something like a headphone that's

included with your phone these sound a

lot nicer there's a little bit of lack

of clarity especially when you get

toward the base your side of things but

for $14 this actually might be my

favorite thing year as always I'll have

links to all the stuff in the

description of this video with the

possible exception of the Doritos bag

which I don't think costs $30 anymore

but let me know in the comments which

one of these pieces of tech would you

guys pick up for 30 bucks let me know in

the comments below and I will catch you

on the next one