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**Are Tech Mystery Boxes Actually Worth It?**

We have done a lot of mystery boxes over the years, but today I'm going to find out if tech mystery boxes are actually worth it.

The answer is no. Normally, mystery boxes are not worth it, right? It's usually a bunch of like return stuff. It's a bunch of stuff that nobody wanted to buy, so they just throw a bunch of it in a box and give you a supposedly valuable prize.

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- We have done a lot ofmystery boxes over the years,but today I'm going to find out,are tech mystery boxes actually worth it?- No. The answer is no.- Normally mystery boxesare not worth it, right?It's usually a bunch of like return stuff.It's a bunch of stuff that noone wanted to, you know, buy,so they just frickin' throwa bunch of it in a boxand give you a supposedly "great value."Box number one. Let's begin.(fart tooting)Hmm, that's it?All right, very underwhelming.All right, we got a few things in here.- (chuckles) What did you expect?- I don't know.Some confetti?(party horn tooting)First item in this box, isa multifunction headlamp.I was excited for this videountil about seven seconds ago.Editing team, can you just rewindto the moment where I open the boxand just get like a 300% zoom on my face?That's the way I feel right now.- What?- Oh no.- Oh, that is very bright.- Okay, actually-- The flickering.- This is gonna be greatif you're trying tocosplay as a Cybertruck.(Austin and crew laughing)- Yeah. See?That's why we need Matt.He's the strap master.- So while you're figuring that outI'll give you a little bitof background on this box.So this is called the BREO BOX.They specialize in gift mystery boxes.- Oh.So it's some nonsense yougive the friend in your lifewho you only like a little bit.That'll be great.(strap clacks)Ow!(Ken and crew laughing)Hey.Oh dimmer?Oh, am I multicolor right now?- Color temp. Color temp.- Yeah.- Or else am I a spotlight?Sir, come toward the light!(ethereal music)Come toward the light!- I'm still 30.- Oh. Oh.- Hello. It's me.Next up we've got Rocketbook Beacons.So you just put these littleorange guys on your whiteboardand you like use the app to scan it?All right, I will say that's kind of lame.This is a wall outlet shelf-mate.- Oh.- So you unplug your...You take off your existing wall plateand you put a shelf on it?I hope this box is cheap.Oh, it's all dirty.No wait, is this actually 3D printed?So basically you couldrun a cable up here,set like a little smartspeaker or something.- Your Apple Watch.- This seems like a coolthing if you saw it on Amazon,but in reality, if this ismore than $5, I'd be grumpy.Last and maybe least, isa massage roller ball.Whoa.(massage ball buzzing)- Oh, that is very vibrate-y.(massage ball clicking)- Wow.- You wanna put it...Oh yeah, try it on your back first,but I think you'resupposed to like roll it onlike your arm and stuff.- Oh, as soon as you did that,the entire floor started shaking.I can feel it.- Aah.- Wait a minute.I don't know if weshould let you have that.(Alex laughs)- I would not pay more than $2 for this.- It's okay.The problem is that if you'veever used like a massage gun,that's a lot better,because the thing is,while you're holding it,your hand's getting vibrated like crazy.So it's kinda uncomfortable to hold.It's probably better-- You're probablydon't have to hold it.- Not everyonecan afford a Theranos.- (chuckles)Theranos? You mean Theragun?- Theranos.- Theranos wasthe scam blood test.- Oh, same thing.- I'm not sure why I decidedat the bottom of my thighsthat I'm gonna do this.- Oh my god. (laughs)- Yeah.- That's what-.- My thought on thismystery box is that it has,I would be generous and say$25 worth of stuff in it,I'm gonna guess is a $40 box.- (laughs) This box cost us $89.(Ken laughs)- Brother!- And they claimthat it has a valueof at least $100.- $3, $15,(graphics dinging)$10, $5.(graphics dinging)Ugh, this is a hard pass.This is a 1.5 stars out of 5.That's an ETB box. What is it?A Pokemon shipping label.- I pitched thisidea to you like months ago-- You did.- and you said,"Okay fine, but you betterget me something Pokemon."So I did.- I think Mystery Box,I think Pokemon cards.Okay, we got some...(soft intense music)What? That's it?So we've got one Miraidon tin,and then we've gota 3 Pack Blister ofParadox Rift, two of them.That's it.I think that this companyprobably paid $30,and I'm being quite generous with that.- Okay, well, congratulations!It costs 35.- Actually...(Alex laughs)Wait a minute.Okay. All right.I got a Ferroseed.What the (duck quacks) are you?- I mean it's basic,but this, I got a Gimmighoul.- Oh, that's not basic,that's a fricking alt art.That's a really good pull.- All right.Well-- This-- thank you PokeNest.- PokeNest, very solid. I'mabsolutely striking out.But that's not PokeCaves orwhatever's fault because-- (laughs) PokeNest.(laughs) Poke cave.- PokeNest, PokeCave.I only buy my Pokemoncards from Rare Candy.Ding.I'ma just lock that one in at 3.5 stars.It makes me nervous that that boxlooks like it weighs absolutely nothing.Is there anything in thebox? Is it a box of air?It says it weighs 8 ounces.(box thumping)What?(Ken laughs)- Oh, that's mine.I was looking for this.- Oh.- We'll be right backafter we find where Kenlost the mystery box.(object dings)- This next one you may recognize.(box thumps)- Oh goddammit.Plug...Okay.So, basically I did a video,buying all kind of stuff from Plug Tech,and one of which was a mystery boxthat had a whole pile ofchargers and nothing else.Someone from Plug Tech reached out,I actually think it was the CEO,and said, "Hey, we're gonna work on this."And they did a bunch of videos,used my face in a bunch of thumbnails.Fair play Plug Tech.(hand thuds)Three,two,one.Hey, there's a charger.I need more of this in my life.But all right, one charger. Sure.And one Plug TechPopSocket for your laptop.(crew laughing)- Thank you.- But then the thing I'm alittle more interested inis this, which looks likea phone of some kind.iPhone 11?Does have a screenprotector already applied,which I assume is oneof the Plug Tech ones.It is in, I will say,kind of rough condition.It's not terrible, butit's definitely likea little bit on the scuffed sort of side.Let me fire this up andI'll see how it works.It launches without a passwordor anything. That's cool.Let me plug this in 'cause it is...Oh well,(fanfare music)I'll plug it in usingmy Plug Tech charger.(cell phone chimes)There we go. 1% charged.Wow. Impressive.You shipped it to mewith 1% charge. Got it.Battery health wise, 82%.Okay, 82% battery is low but acceptable.I'm gonna guess that this phone,if I was going to buyit in a non-mystery box,is probably like 160bucks, something like that.And of course Plug Tech isgonna add a bit of extra moneybecause it is a "mystery product,"and it comes with a screen protector,and it comes with a pop socket,and all this kind of nonsense.This costs $180.(graphics whooshing)- Ah, very close, but no cigar.It was a $200,(intense music)limited time only,Happy Father's Day mystery box. (chuckles)- "Happy Father's day.Here's a random phone, Dad.""What is it?""I don't know."This is like for a dad that like,yeah, he's your dad,but like he went out to go get the milkand then it took him afew years to come back,and then you know,the relationship was alittle weird at that point.And then you have a lotof deep-rooted issuesthat you're still workingthrough in therapy,but you haven't really quite gotten there.Well, this is the phone that you get him.No, this is a 2 star.(graphics zap)Not it.All right, next up we haveThe Curiosity Box by Vsauce.I actually am gonna be alittle bit biased in this one'cause I'm friends with the Vsauce gang,and Corn Dog Willy wouldnever leave me astray.The Curiosity Box used to be quarterlyand like 45, 50 bucks a month.What do we pay for this one?- So it is still quarterly-- Yep.- but now it is $60.- Okay, inflation. That's fine.So we have the Ambigram Escape.So it is a plastic disc.There's a coin inside.So theoretically,if you can get all thoseballs out of the way,the coin will just slide right through.A one-word hintwould be lovely. Force.(disc thudding)(balls rattling)Nope. Not that kind of force.Okay. It's on a rotationalkey chain for a reason.- Yes.(disc rattling)Yeah! (laughs)- Yeah. There you go.- That's a neat little gimmick.All right. I'm having fun with this.At least this is somethingthat's a little different.What else we got here?An EDC Multi Tool.So you got a bunch of stuff in here.So you can do the average pinky length.Let's see here, is that...Oh my god, it's the exact same length.I have an average pinky.If the earth was this small,we'll turn into a black hole.The card will melt to this temperature.If the card is solid rather than liquid,then it is cooler than1400 degrees Celsius.(Ken laughs)Yep.The thermometer's working.This is in fact not melted,so that's great.- Okay.- So, this little kangaroo,what you're supposed to do is,you're supposed to holdit out to the kangaroo.If the kangaroo is smaller, you're fine.If the kangaroo is bigger, run!This is the Uranus shirt.- The what shirt?- The Uranus shirt. I didn't stutter.This is the Schwarzschild'sradius of Uranus.So if Uranus is this small,run 'cause it's a black hole.And then here's the equationson how to get to Uranus'sSchwarzschild's radiusand how Uranus blackhole becomes really bad.There's The Body Deck that sounds sus.As you go through,you see more and moreor less of the person.(cards rattling)- Wow.- Oh you were a human.- That's crazy!And last but not least,we have ourselves a book,which is "The First Six Booksof the Elements of Euclid."- When was the last timeyou went to like an actual bookstore?(Joanna chuckles)(intense music)- You don't have to laugh, Joanna.I used to read.Preface.The relevance is without question...Oh good luck.(Ken laughs)Oh no, What the...Oh it's got colors at least.I'm like, I feel pretty good about this.This is goofy, this is funny,and most importantly,(graphics zap)it's Corn Dog Willy-approved.Next up we have the PureGear mystery box.Now, this sounds techy,this sounds encouraging.Let's start out with the PureGear,or sorry, the PureBoomwireless headphones.Initial impressions based onlooking at these headphones,they look cheap.Okay, well, it does comewith a little carrying case,which is nice.It's very squishy and soft. That's fine.(headphones clacking)Ah, yeah.- Ooh.- kinda cheap. I mean,let's be reasonable here.They're not terrible. They'requite soft on the sides.Oh micro USB.(Alex laughs)Nope.Oh they're dead too 'causethey've been in this boxfor a long time.We're gonna let theseheadphones charge for a minutewhile we look at some of the other items.So we've got a phone case lanyard.But doesn't your phone casehave to have a specificloop for a lanyard?I don't think you just put alanyard on anything, can you?That go inside the case,but then where would it go?I'm not normally a big case guy,but I dropped my phone the other dayand I felt peer pressuredinto getting a case.So you can see on thebottom of the phone there,it basically just kindalike tucks into the caseand there's plenty of space.- Okay, cool. Yeah.You can do that around your neck.Hold it as-- I feel like I'm tryingto get into a concertand I'm pretending that this is my pass.Whoo! Whoo-hoo!- Oh, that wasvery close to that light.- Well, it didn't hit so it's fine.So there are a couple of aluminum straws.You got a little bendyguy which is pre bent,and then there's a straight one,and then there's a little straw brush.This is just a smallerversion of the lanyard?- You keep asking melike I know what's in the box.- I'm asking you becauseyou all are worldly,and you will go out and hangout with the kids these days.You're in touch with what they're doingwith their phones or whatever.I guess it's just sort ofthe same kind of thing but smaller?- Yeah.- Then there's another onewhich looks almost the sameexcept it's chunkier looking.I'm still not gotta do this'cause I put my phone in mypocket like a civilized person.- And that's why you dropped it.- Hey, what's going on... (grunting)So these are the KikStikswhich looks like a littleholo foil sort of package.So, you know, I like shiny things.One, two, three, four, five, six.I don't know why, thisjust looks like a tail.Like, I don't know why my phonefeels like it has a tail now.If I'm watching video, I'm TikToking,you know, as I do, 'causeI'm one of the kids,I can pull my KikStik outand just set my phone.If I wanted to shoot a story, perhaps,a little bit vertical action,this feels like an option, I guess.And then the last thing I've got hereis a car charger inUSB-A port with Lightning.I see why they put that in there'cause they wanted to get rid of it.So let's do this.Let's go ahead and pair these headphoneswith my beautifully adorned iPhone.Okay, I'm gonna plug it.It's almost out of battery.But whatever, we'll just give it a try.(upbeat music)It sounds like you're listeningto someone's car stereofrom outside the car.So, how much did I pay(glass breaking)for this PureGear setup?'Cause I'm gonna guessthat it was 50 bucks.- Ooh, it was 30.- Actually-- Yeah.- I think we actually got $30 of value.I mean, these are badand you should give themto your little brotherthat you don't like very much.But like these little wristlets are fine.I mean, I don't think I would use one,but I will say my phone lookslike it's slaying for sure.I'm not excited about it I guess,'cause I feel like most of the stuffis not that interesting.But, I mean, this is alot of stuff for 30 bucks.Like, I don't think you canbe upset about this one.Now, I don't know what this is,but it does say Stylin' Online.Well, as we all know,I am the pinnacle ofstyle an icon of fashion.A beacon of hopeto the many millions ofstyle-less people out therewho just want some inspirationon how to just pull this fit off.Oh, gaming surprise.I read stylin' and thought clothes.This is a gaming surprise.Now look. What's the first item?Oh, it's a big one. It'sfricking half the box.We've got, first of all,a Halo soft blanket.This is 100% meant to besold at like AX or something.(Austin vocalizing)(Austin vocalizes)- That's Master Chief.- That was the closestyou'd been on key until the...(people clapping)- Thank you, Joanna.I really appreciate that. I try.No, I thought he'd be alittle warmer in person.(crew laughs)Luckily, Master Cheeks isthe perfect replacementfor Matt and Ken, 'cause he's quiet.Those two never shut the hell up.Is this some Watch Dogs hat?"Watch Dogs 2."Wait, when did "Watch Dogs 2" come out?Hello, kids. How do you do?I am wearing licensed merchandisefrom a failed Ubisoft game from 2016.Next up, we got...Oh we have big box here.It's a mug. It says Zombies in Spaceland.What the hell is Zombies in Spaceland?Oh, it's "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare."- [Alex[ Oh yeah.- Oh.- This is like one of the,like little like arcade mini games, right?- Infinite Warfare is also like(graphics pops)2015, 2016?Why are all these things so old?Oh, "Animal Crossing" socks.So Tom Nook took all my moneyanyways, so I need some socks.Look at how, like, stretched that is.Do you see how the green on the foot,and as soon as he triedto like wrap it around...(Austin grunts)(Austin vocalizes)There is a "Assassin'sCreed" like keychain...Origins,(graphics boing)"Assassin's Creed Origins."These are all, like, legitimatelike 8-year-old items.If you're really big fanof 2016 and 2017 era Ubisoft games,this is the box for you.There's a pin.It is a "Sea of Thieves" pi n.To be fair, this is the onlyone of any of these gamesthat is still relevant in 2024.There we go.(upbeat music)I'm a "Sea of Thieves" fan.I'm also a fan of "WatchDogs 2." (chuckles)I can just look now.There's only one more item.It's gonna redeem the whole box.It is a lanyard.(plastic rustling)I don't know what this is.I don't recognize any of these symbols.Oh is it "The Witcher"?Oh it's "The Witcher."You know, I feel likeI'm just doing a really(duck quacks) cosplayof someone who pretends to be like,"How do you do fellow gamers?"I would guess that this isactually like $20 worth of stuff,but I'm gonna guess thatthey're actually gonna charge$40 for it.- Oh, it was 55.- $55?Not even the warm lovingembrace of Master Cheekscan make me feel better about that.This is all junk that didn'tsell at Target in 2016.That they're like, "Oh, cool,let's throw it in the gamesurprise box for Austin."I feel like I need a Monsterin my hand right now. (laughs)I'm gonna need a Monster,and to have not showered,(graphics hissing)and I feel like I'm gonnareally embrace this character.(tool box thuds)DeWalt tools?Came from New Zealand.This is just a toolbox.(plastic rustling)- Well, they could have just-- Well-- Yeah, maybe there'ssomething in the toolbox.I don't know.- You ordered it!You should know atleast somewhat about it!- These are mystery boxes!We don't know what's in them!- Brake fluid tester.What else could be inside here?(tool box thuds)It's a brake fluid tester!(group laughing)This is a New Zealand mystery box?A brake fluid tester?(Alex laughs)What?What are we doing over here?- Wait, didn't thisone cost a lot of money too?(Alex laughs)- Ooh, we don't know.- Okay, how much doyou think it costs? (chuckles)(tools clattering)- I don't knowhow much is a brake fluid tester.40 bucks. I don't know.Wait, before you tell me the price,what was the, like, pitchon why you picked this one?Like, you-- Okay.So, this was a, like,tech gaming mystery box.(crew laughing)- What?They-- And they had different tiers.You know, on the lower end,you get like some games, whatever.On the higher end, youcould potentially getlike a straight up, like, gaming PC.- I'm so mad right now.So mad right now.- and like a streaming setup.- So, I'll begenerous and say 30 bucks.- Okay, I will also say that-- You're giving me a lotof disclaimers right nowbefore you tell me what it is.(Alex laughing)- I will also saythat they didn't ship anything to usfor like almost a month.I had to like email them 20 times.- They were out of the good mystery boxes,so they went down to theirlocal hardware store,bought this (duck quacks).- We paid...I don't wanna tell you anymore.(crew laughing)- I'm all ears.- We paid $578. (chuckling)- Sorry, one more time.I thought I heard you say $578, Alex.What was that price?- It is $578. (laughs)(bell dings)And it was called the"Epic $1,000 Mystery Box."It was supposed to beat least worth $1,000.I'm sorry.(group laughing)- The worst part is, Igotta change my brake fluid.(group laughing)Hey, it's like $200 to shipstuff from New Zealand, right?(group laughing)Were you like an (duck quacks)?(group laughing)- Like, we put the order in,and we're like, we didn't hear anything,and then we're like, "Okay,we gotta shoot this video."And we're like, "Where is this box?"And so, Alex like,you know, pestered themlike quite a bit because we-- They didn'teven give us a trackingon their package.- I've just spent $570.- Yeah.- And sothey probably were like,"Man, this American guy's really annoying.Hey, go down to the shopand go get some $20 nonsenseso we can ship it,(tool box thudding)so he's stop emailing me."You agree there are noreturns in most cases.""You agree that there'sno change in content.""You agree that you may receiveproducts you did not expect from us."- (chuckles) You wannasee if it even works though?- No!(staff laughing)You know what? I don'twanna see if it works, Alex.That's actually the oppositeof what I wanna do right now.I wanna see how far I cankick it out the back doorand into the garbage can,'cause I'm real, real grumpy.Thank you very much for watching.Please subscribe to the channel.Alex is gonna put us outof business any minute now.(Austin and Alex laughing)(upbeat music)