Chinese Tools vs iFixit Kit! #Helpful Post

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and we use their kids for all kinds of

things from repairing phones to building

computers - I mean I'm sure someone in

this building has picked their nose with

an eye fix-it kit that doesn't

necessarily mean that an eye fix-it kit

is the be-all and end-all of tool kits

in fact some of you have suggested to us

that you can actually build your own

iFixit kit for much cheaper on

Aliexpress so that is exactly what I

tasked Anthony with this is what we're

calling the eye Foxit kit we changed one

vowel and we're gonna walk you guys

through how it compares to the brand

name iFixit kit for half the price mac

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okay so let's start with what's in a

typical iFixit protec toolkit you got a

few of their astonishingly bendy like

fried tools you've got one of their

suction cups you've got an ESD wrist

strap you've got some ESD safe tweezer

like reverse tweezers you've got a

couple of little grabber tweezer doodads

you've got ah these are great so these

are their sputters so these are Price

lash poking tools you can use these to

like pop off a Wi-Fi antenna or whatever

else you've got this metal pry tool

you've got there I forget what they call

this something knife with Jimmy Jimmy

yeah Jimmy tool and then you get their

64 bit driver kit which has the

extension the driver handle and then a

whole bunch of different bits that we've

used to take apart everything from a

Nintendo DS to a computer monitor pretty

much you name it you can take it apart

with one of these and a guide on

ifixit.com but the thing is that none of

this stuff is really that unique oh I

miss the guitar picks which are

literally guitar picks except blue with

an eye fix-it logo on like you can get a

lot of this functionality elsewhere so

let's try to do just that Anthony hit me

with what you found alright well the

screwdriver kit is obviously the most

important part for what most people

would call the most important part and

this here is the it's called Alouette

the Alouette so you know what this

actually reminds me a lot of the older

iFixit kit so it's got these little

rubbery bases that all of the bits go

into like that it's got a really

different looking extension and the

driver itself is quite different from

either revision of the iFixit but feels

okay the rubberized grip is not bad

this isn't metal this is plastic so it

does feel a little less you know the

quality but is this a ratchet I can't

really tell I don't know this is

you know you wanna keep yeah ah Oh

interesting so there's a couple cool

features of this guy then now this won't

necessarily help you get into some of

the tight spaces that I've had trouble

right it's the iFixit kit because the

way to it the only way to extend this

one out of the box anyway is to take the

hex driver that's just the same size as

the as the Pitts and then you can get a

little bit of extra length now one other

thing that they actually removed that

they used to have on the old iFixit

driver is this hex hole through the top

that you can use to jam something in it

and then get a little bit more leverage

if you if you don't have enough from the

rubberized grip they removed that from

this revision and that is something that

I missed from the old one now the last

thing that I'm not that pleased with is

the variety of the bits here there's

just not nearly as many bits and some of

the really obscure ones like security

Torx a--'s are simply not present so for

those of you not familiar as security

Torx has a hollowed out middle so that

you can use it to remove security Torx

screws all right so that's our

screwdriver oh wait hold on I want to

see if there's anything else interesting

here three Torx is up here with the to

try wings and then a like a Phillips a

female Phillips with a hex on the end

that's kind of interesting so you can

use your screwdriver did something I

guess there's one pentalobe bit that I

can see the the springy thing here it

actually works at the like very extreme

angles so like you can actually do like

180 degrees here that looks like a much

smoother action there much smoother or

it's cross-compatible these use the same

diameter I believe how handy so if you

like certain components of a different

cater you just needed a top-up of bits

or whatever else yep alright so you're

saying this is by far the most expensive

part of our DIY kit how much is this

yeah it was about twelve thirteen

dollars oh that is called the Jake me I

like this and I actually like that it's

a little bit longer and doesn't taper

quite as much it feels a little more

sick

in my hand so how much is it Jake me so

Jake me costs two dollars and 42 cents

us great value recommended cordless

wrist strap be a bro wear an anti-static

strap so basically as we conduct to the

metal screw that's in the top through

the resistor we will we will dissipate

some static buildup

I really wouldn't count on this though

so the few things that I've seen that

actually test these out ya show that is

basically no different then if you're

not wearing one so the iFixit spudger

actually doesn't go quite so thin at the

tip this one's a little worn but that's

not the entire reason why it's so dull

at the end so I'm gonna pick a spot okay

got my spot and I'm gonna just bend it

back hopefully without hurting myself so

I can bend that back 90 degrees with my

hands spudger same spot not a freaking

chance like this I don't care how much

it cost I wouldn't try something with

this because I'd probably end up hurting

myself you know I'm gonna give a pass to

the screwdriver set because I think it's

a great value

it's not about fixes kit but so this is

I fix it this is the off-brand one and

in terms of strength I'd say not quite

but the blade is a little thinner and

there are times when that might have

actually been handy for me it's nice

that I get all these other options now I

don't typically like to use metal tools

for prying because you tend to leave

marks in the casing of whatever it is

you're trying to take apart but this

curved one here it's got quite a lot of

strength to it you can really get some

leverage on that depending how much this

whole kit is even if I hadn't I fix it

kit I'd probably run out and grab one of

these just for this guy and then these

are there similarly bent ones you got a

nice wide one here and then a more

pointed but but wider like really strong

tip here that you could really put some

force on I really like these extra ones

that

come with it yeah so this one cost $3.75

u.s. for those strong strong

recommendation for these ones by the way

policies so I've got the iFixit ones in

my right hand and I've got our off-brand

I fix it in my left hand here and you

can see that I fix it includes this sort

of broader tweezer that I actually find

myself using an awful lot just to pick

up a screw that I have dropped that's

non-ferrous or whatever the case may be

but really my main criticism of the

iFixit angled one is that the tip if you

try to do any real grabbing or prying

anything forceful with it they do Bend

quite easily and so that's you know

where these can really stand out to me

yeah my I fix a kid at home I ended up

breaking off the tip of the angled ones

because they're a little bit you know

less sturdy now it's not a direct

replacement for a broader grippier like

more of a grabber and I still want one

of those in my tech tool kit but I'm

liking these yeah these get a pass how

much are they a dollar eighty one heck

yeah next round let's go for these are

suction cups these are garbage okay I

actually had an off-brand suction cup I

lost my eye fix that one that's from my

kit a while back so I was using an

off-brand one to try and pull this graph

it unless you have a really good suck

you you can't apply enough force to lift

up the adhesive just for your reference

though those suction cups were a dollar

fifty five four fifty cool not even

worth it as for the rest of the stuff in

here first we've got our off-brand pry

tool now these are really really

impressive I absolutely love these I

think they're one of the highlights of I

fix its kit and this one is not now the

handle itself seems fine but there is no

way I'd be able to snap one of I fix its

pry tools Bend yes

break absolutely not these things are

fantastic and this is no substitute I

can't believe I forgot to talk about I

fix its lifetime warranty though so if

your spudger from them did this then

they'll send you a new one and that's

something that you won't get if you're

ordering random stuff off Aliexpress so

I think the conclusion then of this

video is something I wasn't really

expecting there's not a clear winner

here what we do know is that piecing

together your own electronics toolkit

could yield actually better quality than

what you get from I fix it at a similar

or even better price but the other thing

that we've discovered is that unless you

can find lots or very reputable reviews

all the things you're buying it's quite

likely that even though you're paid half

the price half of what you ordered or

more might not actually be usable or of

sufficient quality compared to what

you're getting from the name-brand

toolkit that's a real roll of the dice

okay I was sort of expecting a more

clear winner or loser but we don't have

that so hopefully you guys enjoyed the

video anyway you'll find links to where

to buy all the stuff that we feature

today in the video description but the

only ones we're really recommending are

the tweezers if you need that kind of

tweezers the screwdriver kit if you

don't need all the bits that are

included with the iFixit kit these pride

tools and the Jake me these ones I

really like these are absolutely going

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say the washer and I don't know why um

quick question though yes if you could

tell I fix it to copy any of this what

would you say to copy this guy for sure

a greater variety of prying tools in

general is something I think they could

improve on yep and it's not really any

better here but a better suction cup is

another thing that I'd really like to

see them improve overall though I mean

we've worked with them for a long time

that's not an accident I've been using

iFixit tools since before they were even

a sponsor and I really I like their

stuff because there's that consistency

yeah

whatever it is that I need to do I know

that the tool they've included is good

enough maybe it's not the best but it's

definitely not just complete garbage

the spotters are supposed to do that