The Best Tech Under $50 - November 2015#Helpful Post

hey guys johnathan here and yes it is

that time again welcome back to the best

tech under 50 so first up is something I

personally been on the lookout for and

that is a solid USB C hub for the 12

inch MacBook

this one's from tsuitachi it's clean

it's simple and more importantly blends

in really well with the MacBook so with

this you're turning that single USBC

port into three USB 3 ports then a micro

SD and SD card reader now the one

critical element missing from this that

keeps it from being the perfect 12 inch

macbook hub is another USB C port which

in this case stops you from being able

to charge it while you're using this

aside from that functionally it worked

great at tried it out with an SD card

and external USB 3 Drive and it worked

no problem and on top of that not only

this under 50 bucks it's under 40

following that might be a contender for

the best tech under 50 hall-of-fame

these are the pebbles from JBL which are

an awesome set of USB speakers so when I

initially picked these up there were 43

bucks which was a freaking steal that

was for the white and orange set that

you see here which have gone up slightly

in price but the good news is they have

the silver and the black models for

under 50 bucks right now

now like I mentioned because these are

USB they are literally plug and play but

the plus is they also come with an aux

cord so just in case you don't have that

USB connectivity

they still got you covered they're

fairly compact and had this really cool

clean modern look to them and what I

like most about these is the volume

control that's done to this dial right

here and if you notice that is not just

controlling the volume on the speaker's

themselves but also the volume on your

computer now as far as sound quality

goes because that is obviously the most

important element when looking for

speakers it doesn't matter how cool it

look if they sound bad but these things

did not disappoint not only do they pack

a ton of volume for the size they're

also really well balanced so if you can

find these for under 50 bucks you jump

on these and jump on them now now

following that we're going to take a

closer look at a couple pieces of tech

that you may have seen in the pilot

episode of the dream desk and the first

of which being the anchor Lumos LED desk

lamp this comes in two colors white and

black features four modes with five

different dimming levels now what's

sweet about this is the adjustable arms

not only keep dialing that perfect

brightness and temperature you can also

dial in that perfect angle being that

this is an LED light it's going to last

a ridiculously long time in fact Ankur

is claiming over 20 years and on top of

that it also features a really

sweet USB port so you can also charge

device at the same time following that

is probably one of my favorite items

from the dream desk that is the truffle

five port 36 watt USB charger what you

guys are seeing here is the cherrywood

color but it also comes in a darker

walnut wood which looks just as awesome

with this you're getting two quick

charge 2.0 amp outputs and then 3 1 amp

outputs that can all be used

simultaneously now not only does this

look fantastic but it's also built

really well there's a rubber base at the

bottom which is going to prevent

slipping but it's also got a lot of

weight to it which screams premium at

your face so if you've yet to pick up a

multi output USB hub this one's hard to

argue with not only does it work really

well but it looks killer last up are the

blue T ot2 wireless bluetooth headphones

and these surprised the hell out of me I

initially picked these up on an Amazon

lightning deal for around 30 bucks

currently they're 35 but if I handed

these to you would probably think there

are at least twice or triple that cost

these are packing 57 millimeter drivers

bluetooth 4.1 and you can rotate the ear

cups 195 degrees which make these

perfect for travel now as far as sound

quality goes are these going to be

audiophile quality absolutely not

but for the price point they sounded way

better than I ever would have expected

plus not only are they Bluetooth and

wireless they actually look cool now in

addition to the black model you see here

they also come in white which I will

link to down below along with everything

else featured in this video but aside

from that just about wraps up this

episode of the best tech under 50

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