The Best Tech Under $100 - January 2017! #Helpful Post

yo guys johnathan here we're kicking off

2017 with a fresh episode of the best

tech under 100 bucks and first up is a

revisit of sorts the Logitech MX master

now the MX master is a new by any means

but I was browsing Amazon it said holy

crap there are two brand-new colors Navy

and stone so what they're being new

colors of course I immediately purchase

them and after getting them in and

comparing them side by side I would

definitely say stone is my favorite out

of the two simply because you don't

normally see mice this color now

recently we dreamed up for that's what

actually got me to switch back to the MX

master because my initial experience

with this mouse right when it came out

was really bad the connection issues the

headache kind of outweighed the

usefulness of it but this time around

those problems were gone and it's been

nothing but a really pleasant experience

and what I love specifically about this

mouse is the side-to-side action so if

the de Final Cut Pro for example being

able to navigate through the timeline

left to right and right to left is

immensely helpful you can find that with

the fact that it's super customizable

really comfortable and that is why it is

currently my favorite mouse out there

right now and the fact that there are

now two new colors makes it even better

there recently I got an awesome

opportunity to actually shoot some

commercials for Philips and thanks to

that they were awesome enough sponsor

this video and with that next up is the

Philips Hugo but these are essentially

our portable Philips you that you can

place pretty much anywhere you want if

you haven't noticed yet that is actually

what is giving me that splash of color

back here and what's especially nice

about these is the fact that they're

battery-powered and rechargeable which

means you're not tied to an outlet so

you can move them you can take them

outside and really have a lot of

flexibility just like any of the Philips

you stuff you have instant control over

this through the color through the

brightness if on a dim it brighten it

back up or maybe change the color I'm

doing that on the fly a little bit of

red pink maybe a little bit of orange

and I think we're gonna go back to blue

what's also kind of cool as these works

standalone as well so if I have a

Ralphie grab one of the Hugo's he can

actually navigate and change the colors

by clicking through them that's gonna

shuffle through some pre-selected seams

brightness and colors you do of course

get the most control through the app but

if you're outside or you don't have your

phone near you this is a cool way to

switch it up and mix things up so if you

only got into the philips hue game you

know it is extremely addicting and these

are no different the portability the

flexibility is awesome and I apologize

in advance to your wallet because these

are the next things you're gonna want to

buy the next I'm gonna change things up

a bit normally when you watch a best

tech under 100 under 50 bucks you only

see the tech that makes the cut but what

actually happens is I'll go down these

deep Amazon rabbit holes in order 10 15

20 pieces of tech under that certain

price point and actually test them out

to see which ones are worthy recently

you guys have seen the circle LED lamp

in a ton of my videos I even went as far

as putting it in the tech under 50 Hall

of Fame so when I saw they had a

standing tall lamp version of this I was

super excited now as much as I love this

guy behind me it was kind of the

opposite experience with the standing

version because for 90 bucks the build

quality is kind of bad I really really

wanted to like this thing but I just

cannot justify it for the price so if

you're looking for a circle LED light

stick to the original right there now

jumping back to the tech that actually

made the cut next up is the Google

chromecast Ultron I'm sure by now

everyone knows what a chromecast is this

does everything that did but that ultra

gets you 4k and HDR now obviously if you

don't have a 4k TV do not buy this

because it's not gonna magically make

your 720p TV output 4k if you do have

one however this is a really great

relatively inexpensive option to enjoy

4k content now yes I know most 4k TVs

out there do have some sort of smart

capabilities but the convenience with

this is the fact that you have control

with your phone whether you're watching

YouTube Netflix Hulu there's a ton of

apps that support this now so with that

if you look at a step up your pixel game

you google chromecast Ultra is a

fantastic choice now recently in the

latest episode of the best tech runner

50 I showcased the tp-link smart outlet

which worked really well with the Amazon

echo and I got a ton of questions asking

does it work with apple homekit the

short answer is no it doesn't so with

that I thought I would showcase one that

does this is the iHome smart plug so

even though this is the best tech on our

hundred bucks this is actually around 50

and personally I bought mine at Best Buy

but if you pick yours up on Amazon it

actually comes with a free wireless

remote that you can use in addition to

your voice into your phone not sure

exactly how useful it is to most people

out there but something free is

something free and again really the main

part

with this is to have control over

something plugged into your outlet that

you control with your phone or in this

case with your voice through Siri hey

Siri turn the living room off okay air

off the setup was simple it was quick

and more importantly this is an

extremely versatile smart plug because

on top of working with apple homekit it

also works with Amazon Alexa and Samsung

smartthings last up is the who to

shuttle which is a USB type-c hub that

works really well with the new MacBook

Pros and is personally what I am using

the specific one here is Space Gray but

it also comes in silver and rose gold so

in addition to the 15-inch MacBook Pros

that just came out it also works really

well with the 12-inch models in addition

to three USB eight ports you're also

getting HDMI and SD card slot and on top

of that there's also a USB C port that

supports charging really for me though I

only truly use this for an SD card

reader because luckily for the most part

all my peripherals I've been able to

find USB C cables but just in case I'm

ever in a pinch having those extra ports

and even HDMI is a super nice touch I've

had it pretty much ever since new

MacBook Pros come out so so far it's

been reliable it hasn't gone out and

overall if you're looking for a

well-built good-looking USB see how

that's gonna give us D card slot USB a

and HDMI you cannot go wrong with the

whoo to shuttle aside from that

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