The Best Tech Under $500! - July 2017 #Helpful Post

o today I'm taking a look at some of

the best tech under 500 bucks that

includes this beautiful monitor behind

me and even a look into the world of

music tech now if you chat it to today's

sponsor Beautyrest who has been to

showcase their sleep tracker monitor and

like I talked about my 4k setup video I

want to shake things up when it comes to

sponsored videos so anytime a brand

wants to sponsor video and ask me to

showcase their product I want to use

that as a chance to give back to you

guys and make sure you have a chance to

win that products if your chance to win

a beauty rest sleep tracker or an Amazon

equivalent gift card details are down

below so this is the Beautyrest sleep

tracker which is a lexan able it allows

you to turn any bed into a smart bed how

it works is out of the box you get two

sensors so in this case I would set up

the track two people but if you're right

and slowly would simply place one in the

middle from there then feeds information

in the brain which is located underneath

your bed this does the tracking the

processing and ultimately allows you not

to have to wear a tracker to bed but

this works hand-in-hand to sleep tracker

app which allows you to set bedtime

goals when you want to wake and what's

awesome is because the sensors are

integrated into the bed it can track

your heart rate your body movement

ultimately give you the most accurate

information possible beyond that because

there is a dedicated processor just

constantly adapting and getting smarter

over time in my case if I could get six

to six and a half hours of sleep every

night that would be ideal if you need

less or you need more let me know the

comment down below but if you look for a

sleep tracker with an upgrade from an

app or you just hate wearing things to

bed this is a super cool piece of tech

from there we are jumping straight into

that monitor this is the Asus MX 299 Q

if you're looking for an ultra wide

monitor but don't want to drop a ton of

cash this guy is a hair over 350 bucks

right at the bat what I love about this

monitor is how it looks and in this case

I think the contrast of the silver and

white looks amazing but ultimately I

think it would look awesome on any desk

I think the circular base gives up is

really cool futuristic look you have a

ton of inputs DisplayPort HDMI sadly no

USB C but for the price I can live with

that this is a 21 by 9 aspect ratio

which gives you a resolution of 2560 by

1080 P no 1440p but ultimately that is

what allows it to sit under the 400 our

price point if you don't need those many

pixels that's going to put some cash

back into your pocket quality wise this

monitor looks awesome and personally I

am a single non ultrawide monitor kind

of guy but I can totally see the appeal

one it looks awesome in two if you need

that extra screen real estate it almost

mimics

dual monitor setup but while keeping

things nice and tidy beyond that there

is a pretty nice set of speakers built

into this monitor they're not going to

blow your mind but if you don't need

anything loud or you're looking to

upgrade your speaker's later they will

definitely do the job in this case I've

hooked up to a MacBook Pro but I think

it has me inspired for a windows-based

setup I have a challenge to get

everything including the monitor the

computer the desks for under a thousand

bucks and that's what you want to see

let me know about dropping a like down

below overall this is a really good

looking monitor both on the video

quality spectrum and the aesthetic and

if people looking for an ultra-wide 21m

monitor but didn't want to spend over

500 bucks this might be your go-to

option next we're taking a look at a

backpack I've looked at backpacks

ranging from 35 bucks all the way up to

$1,300 this is nowhere near the cheapest

nor the most expensive but it is for

sure unique this is the S series travel

camera backpack from vinta and I think

when most people see the price at 240

bucks they might react and say holy crap

that is kind of expensive but when you

sit back and breakdown the purpose of

this backpack it's not that crazy for

starters this is a camera backpack so

its purpose is to potentially carry

thousands upon thousands of dollars of

gear and I think what I like most about

this backpack is that it doesn't look

like a camera backpacks no one's going

to know that you have tons of gear

inside it is surprisingly compact which

is awesome for traveling because if you

can minimize a big bulky backpack on

your back that is awesome from there to

small things like having magnetic straps

that really make the backpack an

enjoyable experience and I know that

might kind of sound silly but it's the

attention to detail that really takes

things over the top now even though this

is a relatively compact backpack there

is a ton of room inside so on top of all

your camera gear there's also room for a

laptop so in this case I have a 6500

some lenses a 15-inch MacBook Pro and

there's still room for the charger hard

drives headphones and overall this is a

really well-thought-out and will execute

a camera backpack that doesn't look like

a camera backpack that still looks

really good next from there this is the

one from Apogee which is a beautiful

interface that allows you to either

record an instrument like a car or bass

or a microphone into your Mac so this

connects via a USB to your Mac and on

top of being a fantastic interface it

also doubles as a really high-quality

DAC and headphone amp one thing that

drives me crazy with audio interfaces in

particular is when they don't talk to

your computer and don't allow you to

control your systems volume through the

hard way

or in this case the Apogee one works

perfectly so how it works is when you

want to plug in an instrument or plug in

a microphone there's a breakout cable

which connects to the Apogee this is

cool because when you're not using it

you can keep it tucked away which keeps

things clean and the next from here

we're gonna go to plug in a microphone

and this microphone is actually the

final piece of tech of the best tech

under 500 bucks I'm just going to use it

hand in hand with the Apogee one this is

the spirit from ass and microphones

which looks great but sounds even better

never doesn't give you a demo of me

talking with the microphone it that'll

be cool let's you hear how it sounds

with different voices so this is the

spirit microphone going into the apogee

one into a MacBook Pro man sometimes the

attention from fame is so annoying then

why is your shirt off often Evan oh my

god my favorite youtubers so much more

ripped person

Wow Evan do we love you selfie my god

that was so beautiful you test burn yeah

if I were you I'd be flattered

you want to step right there for a few

seconds sure George goddamn internet

celebrity again I know you check

socialblade every day reap the benefit

second reap the benefit you know two

million subscribers isn't that bad Evan

all they want are PC bells

I'm tired of the attention maybe you

should do the PC build shirtless with

your big meaty claws Evans use them big

meaty claws I can't do it anymore

all right we acted like fans pay up all

right fine thanks to the attention this

is 100 you said 200 bucks yeah being

your fans ain't cheap

two words ad pocalypse so you can see

this microphone does an amazing job on a

voiceover but if your musician here's

how it sounds on acoustic guitar and

vocals

no matter what I do I'm no place without

you and I can't get enough turkey so all

in all a really impressive microphone

honestly I think you compete with

microphones twice the price whether it's

a voice over an instrument or vocals it

all handled it really well in this case

I think the spirit microphone plus the

apogee want is a killer audio combo

under a thousand bucks besides from that

thank you guys very much for watching if

you want to check out that full cover

using that microphone and check out the

video here or if you want to check out

some more Lego stop-motion awesomeness

you can check out build play repeat this

is Jonathan and I will catch you guys

later