The Best Tech Under $100 - January 2016 #Helpful Post

hey guys johnathan here welcome back to

the best tech under 100 we got some cool

stuff to check out so first up is in

regards to the number one question I saw

in the most recent tech under 50 and

that is what is that MacBook stand this

is the book arc mod from 12 South mods

noting the fact that it's wood there are

a couple other variations and a standard

aluminum model but the one we're looking

at here is birch now this is perfect for

those who have a mobile workflow but

still want to be able to have a desktop

like experience whether it's at home or

the office as far as compatibility goes

this will work with MacBook Airs older

MacBook Pros and of course the newer

generation retina MacBook Pros there are

of course other stands and docks but if

you're into aesthetics you want

something clean something pretty and

really just visually satisfying this is

awesome following that is the dotty

smart pixel which I drop on Instagram

and got a ton of requests do a video on

so I figured why not drop it here and

the funny thing about this is when I had

purchased it it was just about 70 bucks

but when I checked recently it was

thirty bucks I of course am not sure how

long that'll last but for the most

up-to-date pricing and availability

makes you guys check out the description

so what it is is this really cool little

gadget that outputs pixel art you can

see you have some basic options like

Batman a heart a thumbs up pac-man on

top of that you could also even sync

this with your phone to see your

notifications whether it's messaging

Twitter Instagram and that is pretty

badass when it was over 50 bucks it was

a little hard to recommend but if you

can scoop it up for under 50 it's a

really cool piece of ambient tech that

will definitely add some character to

your setup following that I'm gonna go

and give you guys a sneak peek at an

upcoming desk tour it's not quite

complete yet but if you guys want to see

that once it's finished let me know by

hitting that like button we're going to

take a look at the keyboard and mouse

that I'm using right now both of which

are under $100 the keyboard is the

Logitech k7 50 it's one of my favorites

I've tried a handful of different

keyboard but somehow always end up

coming back to this one one it looks

clean as hell too it is solar powered so

assuming you have enough light in your

setup you will never have to charge this

thing and lastly if there are any number

pad keyboard junkies out there who don't

want to give that up but still want

something wireless this is the perfect

solution now even though it's wireless

it is not bluetooth so how it actually

works is through a USB receiver that you

plug into your computer and what I

really dig about that is that one

receiver will also pair with my mouse

now this is the Logitech g600 2 which I

recently picked up and even though this

is really

here does a wireless gaming mouse I've

really come to like it for video editing

and really just everyday tasks

it has ridiculous battery life logitech

is claiming up to 250 hours i of course

have not tested that or time net but i

can assure you it does last a long time

now on top of that this mouse screams

customization there's a total of 11

different customizable buttons which of

course is awesome for gaming but it

works just as well for everyday tasks

and shortcuts

ergonomically this mouse is on point the

precision is laser sharp and when you

factor all that in it is no surprise

while this mouse has over 1300 near

five-star reviews on Amazon now the

speaker's those are the audio engine a 5

plus bamboo Edition they unfortunately

are not under hundred bucks but I did

get a lot of questions on what they're

sitting on and those are the ds2 speaker

stands which do fall under 100 there of

course audio engine branded and

therefore recommended to use with audio

engine speakers but I've seen a ton of

reviews of people using this with others

so assuming you have a pair of speakers

around the same size you should be good

to go now the idea here is to elevate

and angle the speakers at a more optimal

listening angle I'm just going to do is

give you a more accurate representation

of the sound coming out of your speakers

lastly that colored lighting that you

see towards the back of the desk that is

a second-generation Philips you

lightstrip do keep in mind that for this

to work you do need the starter kit but

assuming you already have that this is

an awesome addition now for me there's

just something about the color line that

really just puts me in this creative

zone when I'm shooting video having the

ability to instantly change the entire

mood of the video is awesome it makes

products shots more interesting too

honestly I just really love eye candy so

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