AliExpress: A Treasure Trove of Hidden Gems

As I browsed through AliExpress, my eyes immediately landed on a tantalizing deal that had me eager to explore further. The product was a Transformer's robot toy, and the price tag was an astonishing $8. This caught my attention because in our previous episode of Mystery Tech, we had examined a similar item called the Robosen, which was much more expensive but proved to be genuinely impressive.

Now, if I were to imagine having Optimus Prime at such an affordable price, my curiosity would get the better of me. "I want that," I thought to myself as I pondered the possibility. But, before I could indulge in this fantasy, a question arose from an unexpected direction - bad posture. The narrator pointed out that anyone watching the video was likely slouching right now and suggested a solution: the smart corrector belt sensor. This innovative device would automatically detect poor posture and vibrate to remind the user to straighten up.

The conversation took an interesting turn when Intel's latest GPU, A310/A580, made its appearance on AliExpress. The narrator was perplexed by the sudden release of this product, which had not been officially announced until just a few days ago. This raised questions about the origin of the GPU - was it a prototype board that had somehow escaped an Intel lab? It seemed unlikely, but the mystery surrounding this item only added to its allure.

As I continued exploring AliExpress, my gaze landed on a peculiar item - a $600 portable dental unit with ultra scaler and LED curing unit. The price tag of $300 for shipping was staggering, making me wonder if this product was truly worth the investment.

The narrator then shifted gears to discuss a more unexpected find: a portable PlayStation 2. Dubbed as "PSP," but unmistakably resembling the original PlayStation 2 console, this device seemed like an intriguing collectible item. The narrator's tone conveyed a sense of amazement and curiosity about this unusual product.

Throughout my exploration of AliExpress, I encountered numerous items that defied explanation or raised questions about their origins. Whether it was a cutting-edge GPU, a portable dental unit, or an unlikely console, each item presented a unique challenge to my expectations and understanding. As I delved deeper into the world of online shopping, I discovered that there were often hidden gems waiting to be uncovered, making AliExpress a treasure trove worth exploring.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- It is time my friends to returnto AliExpress to find what wonders await.Boy, that sounds like an ad.AliExpress, 'what wonders await'.Oh, I immediately see something.It's a Transformer's robot toy for $8.So in a recent episode of Mystery Tech,we took a look at the Robosen,which is much more expensive,but actually really legit.How about we want OptimusPrime for 10 bucks?I want that.Do you have bad posture?Are you slouching right now,as you're watching this video?Well have I got the item for you.The smart corrector belt sensorthat will automatically tell youand vibrate you if you've got bad posture.Intel Arc A310/A580NVIDIA GPU.Wait A310 and A580?Wasn't this something thatIntel was going to release?Is this like a prototype board?Is this something that escapedan Intel lab somewhere?Just to quickly interrupt,current Austin here.When I was recording this ordering scenea couple of months ago, thisGPU had not been announced.However, it actually justgot officially unveileda couple of days ago,meaning that AliExpresshad an unreleased graphics card on sale,like two months early.(elevator music)I'm looking through Z Flip stuff.Here's a $600 portable dental unit,with ultra scaler andLED like curing unit.Dude, this shipping on this is $300.Oh my god.This is a portable PlayStation 2.It might look like a PSP,but this is a quote, "RealPS2 handheld game console""using a modified PS2 motherboard."Last time, we took a lookat a portable GameCube,which while very homemade looking,was incredibly impressive.And this is essentiallythe same kind of concept.I mean this is really whatAliExpress is great for.It's finding the stuffthat you quite literallycan't find anywhere else.Raspberry Pi video capturecard via USB for Game Boy.A Game Boy interceptor.So are you trying to tell methat you plug your Game Boy game into thisand then it gives you a USB capture?That's cool.I've heard of these in the past.I've never actually used one.Oh, this is actually kind of neat.It's really expensive,but it is a 3.8 inch 1080p display.Oh, oh, wait, wait, wait, I get it.So you plug it in and you've got yourselfa little baby monitor.Which again, it's a full like--Well it's technically 1200 by 1080,but I mean it's a very,very sharp display.That, my friends, is everythingwe need from AliExpress.I'll see you in one to two months,when everything actually shows up.This video is sponsored by Eight Sleep.We spend a third of our lives sleeping.So I think it's importantto invest in the qualityof that sleep, and that isexactly what this is all about.So this is the Pod Cover by Eight Sleep.And it's essentially watercooling for your bed.So it works just like a fitted sheet.So you put it over your existing mattress,and then you've got sometubes that go to a pumpwith a very stylish fan insideand that will either heator cool your mattress.To make sure that I canenjoy my best night of sleep,not only can I manuallyadjust both sides of the bed,so say if I want it to be cooler,my partner wants it to be warmer,that's fine, but on top of that,it can actually automaticallyadjust the temperatureof the bed based on your level of sleep.So it'll detect if you'regoing to be going into lighteror deeper sleep and tryto keep the bed at justthe right temperature to your preference,to make sure that you're having thehighest quality of sleep possible.This is really, really cool stuff.Take it from a guy whodoes not get enough sleep.It is worth the investment to make everyminute count to be asrestful as possible. (yawns)You can check out your own Sleep Podby Eight Sleep at thelink in the description.Thank you very much to Eight Sleepfor sponsoring this videoand sponsoring my dreams.Actually, I'm not gonna have any dreams.I'm just gonna sleep solid.I don't need dreamswhen I'm really sleepy.Let's see what AliExpress has delivered.Starting with, now wouldbe a good time to mention,that we ordered this stuff a while agoand I subsequently forgotwhy I purchased this one.What is this hat?Who is this--Is this made for babies?This is a large?Ah, that explains a lot in my life.Ah, it's too small.There's no adjustment with this either.It's leather, but cheapy.Silly rabbits, Trix are for kids.Okay, well now that we'veproperly set the stage,let's see what else we got.Voila, it's me.- Aw, look at that.- Still haven't seen the movie.So I don't get the reference.But everyone told me it's really funny.- All youneed to know is you lookexactly like Ryan Gosling right now.- Aw, thanks.- Wow. Uncanny.- Okay, so this is the JS 26.Inside we have,wait,oh, it's the controller.That's so extra for a controller.So I'll put the phone hereand then I guess, does this pull out?It does. Okay.So it vaguely keeps the phone in place.Okay, so that's a start.Oh dude, wait, wait, wait!This is like an N64.What the hell's wrong with them?No, we agree on this in 1997.Two, not three!Oh good Lord.Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait,the controller like, rotates.What the hell?And then something's blinking.What is this controller?This is so janky.If I press the trigger,it does click the screen.So it does open and thenI'll put something over here.I'll open up, I dunno, the camera.So I'm gonna press the right triggerand it's gonna open the camera.Oh wait, it did it automatically.What?Nah man.How much did I pay for this?- You paid $30.- Maybe I'm missing something here.I probably am.If you want a coolingdevice for your phone,I get the fact that thereactually can be real benefitsto having a fan that clips on the back.I get that.But I don't know why thehandles move like this.I also don't fullyunderstand who wants to dealwith plugging these things in.I get it, having those triggers is nice,and they kind of work,but they're so fiddly.It might work better ifyou have a thicker phone.The Z Flip is quite thin,so it doesn't wanna stay on.Every time I get it on,it just kind of falls off.Man, it is not 'Kenough' for me.Next up, we have a box with anHDMI cable taped to the top.Oh!Okay.So this is a little mini display,that's meant to look like a Mac.In fact it's even got thelittle rainbow Apple logo on it.Wow, that's actuallybigger than I thought.There's a little bit of agap here, which is not great.So it doesn't fully gotogether, right here.But this is pretty nice.So it does have a coupleof ports on the back.So we've got mini HDMI, USB-C,and well it looks like aux,but I wonder if that'sfor the power adapter.Or does it actually run on USB-C?Oh, there's no power adapter.Oh, okay.So I guess, wait,did they not take the screen protector offwhen they 3D printed the shell?Because you can look--Typically with these displays,you'll see that there'sa screen protector on it,it's all scuffed, which looksexactly like it's plastic.Okay, while I plug this in,could you just remind me onhow much I paid for this?- You paid$112 for this 3.8 inch1080p external monitor. (chuckles)- (groans)Let's try with myincredibly long USB-C cable,to see if this actually will work.Oh, well yeah, itimmediately lights up green.Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.Hold on, hold on.Is it pulling power off the HDMI?Hold on.Watch, watch this, watch this.What?Does HDMI push justenough power to turn LED?The computer does not see...Oh my god, the computerdoes see a second display!Wait, it's flickering on and off.Do you see?So the monitor shows up,and then turns off.And then shows upand then turns off.So the monitor's flickeringand it's only plugged in via HDMI.So there's no power going to this.There's literally just an HDMI cable.It's enough for macOS to briefly see itand to fire up this light.What is going on?Hey!So it doesn't work with a Mac.It just works withWindows, because of course,why would a Mac display work with Mac?So this is a 1200 by1080 90 hertz display.It is insanely sharp.I can look as close as I want.I cannot see pixels.It is incredibly small.- What isthis, a monitor for ants?- It's so small!Okay. Okay.If you recall, I found an unreleasedIntel ARC graphics card on AliExpress,which is very strange,but AliExpress is the kind of placewhere you can find somereally weird and wacky tech.I'm not sure why I have to close my eyes.I'm not sure if I'm "Kenough" for this.- All right,you can open your eyes.- I don't see the thing.- All right, look behind you.- Oh no!It's so much worse.Why is it printed so big?Let me guess.It just didn't show up.- It did not show up,but AliExpress was kind enoughto refund us the full amount, so...- Okay, that makes mefeel slightly better.Okay, well let's keep going, shall we?What else do we got?I would just, at this point,settle for something that functions.Aw, what did past Austin do?Skincare options.You know what?There's a lot of skincare options.This is one of...- Them.- Juan piece!- Jesus, is this a shower head?Wait, well why does itsay infrared and sonic?What did I buy?- This is the three-in-oneultrasonic capacitive machineweight loss micro-currentEMS, body slimming--- Wait, wait.- Fat burn. Yes.- Weight loss?- It theoreticallyit will burn some fat.- Well, as we all know, I'vegot a lot of fat to burn,so...No!It's zapping too.No!No!Why is it zapped?Starting from the center of buttocks,massage your buttocks in acircling motion towards the back.Do you wanna help massage my buttocks?- What?- Right below the stomachapplied clockwise movement.Oh, good Lord.So basically what it'stelling you to do is,then you do this.- Belly rub.- Infrared is just...- Oh, oh, I I feel it now.- It's hot, right?- Put your hand on it.- Oh.- It's like vibrating but itis like, it's like ultrasonic.It's not like an actuallike major vibration.Okay, so I gotta do, I gotta do the thing.So I'm just gonna- Okay.- Is it a boy?- Oh, it's getting, oh, oh!It's getting warm.- Instructions forslimming your body line.We start with EMS.- No we don't. That's electric.You know, let's justput on the zappy things.Is that a connection? Just do it.Ow! (swears)Ow!Ow!- (chuckles)- Woo!Does it tell you at whatpoint I can feel my arm again?Because I'd love toknow when that happens.- I mean, I think theywanted you to put on your,like your abs, or your buttor something. (chuckles)- No, I'm not puttingthat thing on my butt.That's why you subscribe andringling the dingling button,to see me do the thingsyou're not supposed to.I'm like Jackass, exceptless entertaining.This is a small item.There's a little envelope.What could go wrong?Solid state drive.Nothing can stop better.- Apparentlythis is a 120 gig SATA3 SSD.Now you know what we should do?Let's plug it in and see if it even worksand we can write some data to itand then if it works thenI wanna crack it openand see what's inside.Oh, it's just uninitialized.So it does see it as solid state.All right, we're gonna erase itand I'm just gonna, yeah, sure.We'll reformat it.So 120 GB.They claim we should be gettingabout 500 megabytes per second.All right, 400.- I mean it's within reason.- Usually though the 120 gigs are slowerthan like the 256 and the 512s.- Sure.- So 400 megabytes persecond write, is fine.And that's a five gigabyte writes?So that actually seems like it'sin a reasonable sort of spot.And read is also about 400 megabytes.To be fair that we are goingthrough a USB controller.So that might slow it down a little bit.Okay, I think we can confirmthat this is a real SSD.I don't know how muchI would trust the ideathat you're spending $11 on an SSD,but it does work though.So at least we didn'tget completely scammed.The reveal is,it's so little!That actually is a legitlooking SSD though.This is the only thing that actually worksand doesn't shock the hell out of me.So...- I mean it can shock the hell outta you.Just, we can, we can makeit, we can arrange that.No, the...- Oh sorry.- Lemme plug it into power first.(chuckles)- I think I know what this next item is.So in the last episode of AliExpress Tech,we found an incrediblycool portable GameCube.And if I'm correct,this is another one ofthat style of console.Although I think this oneactually might be cooler.Inside we have...More padding.Okay, that's a little excessive.I'm gonna admit, that'sa little bit excessive.Behold my friends,a fully customportable PlayStation 2.Holy, that's big.I thought this was smaller.So it's meant to look like a PSP.And oh my god.When I saw this, I knew I wanted to trya portable PS2.I don't think I quitehad the heft in mind.I mean, just for context,here's a hand, here's a face.I, this is huge.I will say I know that these are hand heldand very difficultly done,but can I just say that all ofthese buttons are misaligned?Like did you see hownothing is straight there?Like and they do physically click.How much was this again?- We paid $550.You can buy it for $500 now.- It was on sale.- It is on sale for $500.- Keep mind that this is an actual PS2in a 3D printed shell, with all of the,you know, the screen, thebattery and everything.- It's impressive what they're doing here.- So turn it on.- Oh, oh there we go.We have a little LEDindicator for the battery.- Okay, that's kinda cool.- Okay, that's kind of cool.So, oh!So this actually I see it now here.So the memory cards PS2 MC hack.I'll be honest, I've actuallynever used a hacked PS2,so I don't fully know what I'm doing here.So one thing I don't get,there's a little like USB dongle here.Are you trying to tell me,that the controlleris a wireless USB dongle?What is this dongle for?- The listing does mentionthat you can connect a PS3or PS4 controller wirelessly.So maybe that's what that's for.- Oh that's probably what it's for.- And also you know what?On the inside I see a HDMI port,but I assume that's on likethe display or something.- It says thatyou can connect this to a TV.- You can?- You can.- Oh of course!Because there's the actual AV outon the bottom and there's also ethernetif you wanna plug it in and optical audio.I will say, I now dosee that on the SD card,it's actually been modified.So even though this looks like a regularPlayStation memory card,it actually has a little 64 gig microSD.So that's how youactually load the ROMs up.So some initial thoughts,this thing is really heavy,like really, really heavy.So first of all,I think this whole thingis clearly 3D printed.You can see like these like artifacts,from like wherever likethe like the supports were,which you're definitely like kindof blemishes on the appearance.You also can see how like the screen islike kind of being touchedby the actual plastic.So every time I push a button,do you see how like righthere, you see how there'slike pressure on the screen?It doesn't look great.That being said though, Iactually think the screen might beslightly better than whatwe had on the GameCube.Something else I'mrealizing, I actually thinkthat they took apart aPS4 controller for this.'Cause these are definitelylike DualShock for like sticks.Yeah, hang on. I'm justrealizing something.My hands aren't big enough.Like my hands are literally not big enoughto like reach all theway over to the triggers.So, I will say, that this is just toophysically big to actually use.Like unless you're Shaq,it's just too heavy and too big.I think this is actuallymuch more meant to be usedwith that dongle with likea PS3 or PS4 controller.At that point, I thinkit's gonna be a lot easier,because I'll say the audio is not bad.The screen is acceptable,considering that this isan SD console, it's getting a little warmand by a little warm, I mean fairly warm,but it's not terrible.It works.It does exactly what they say it does.I mean there's nothing Ican really hold againstlike what they did in the job they did,but like it is, it is unbelievably huge.Here's one head for scale.And I got a big head.What a rollercoaster of a video.- Smart posture corrector.- Oh man.- Do you need suspenders totell you to sit up straight?Are you sitting up straightwhile you're watchingthis video right now?How's your posture?Are you leaning over with your phone?Have you straightened your shoulders?Have you arched your back?Have you taken a stepin the last three hours?I didn't think so.- I'mhaving a strong deja vu,because I feel like you said theexact same thing when you ordered it.- I'm so repeatable and predictable,that a lot of times whenI'm watching a video backafter we filmed it, I'llsee myself do something.And I will think about a joke to sayand then I'll immediatelysee myself say it on camera.I am nothing if not predictable.Improve your hump.I've got too much of a humpand I need to improve it,with this smart posture corrector.Do I look cool yet?I'll just show you here.So just for reference, posture.Right?So straightening the back,I'm gonna raise my head andI'm gonna open my chest.Oh, oh, oh, oh! It's working.Okay, so it is now functioning,which means that I'm holding my posture.If I'm gonna get a little lazy,oh nope! Wait, this actually works!Yeah, it's straight up--So it's not doing anything,well wait, it is working quite well.But I don't understand why it's very hot.Oh you know what it is?I think it's a little vibration motor.Every time it vibrates it gets hot.So if you have bad posture,you're also gonna have a burnt back.I think it's gotten like uncalibrated,'cause now it wants me to be like this.No, stop! Stop it!I'm all for trying to keep yourselfsort of better posturized.Not to be confused with beingpasteurized, which is milk.Is there anything going on in the back?I can't see.Like does it say or do anything?- It says 33.- So is it like, one ofthose things where you takethis off at the end of the dayand you get your scoreand how many times I had to buzz at you?- I guess so.- How much did we pay for this?- Like $5.- I'll say, I'm,I'm sitting more upright,or standing more uprightthan I've been in a while.So much so that I would actuallysay that I've improved my hump.See? I gotta a reverse hump now.Oh!Okay.So this is the Game Boy Interceptor.So the way this works is thatyou plug it into a Game Boy.Now it does specificallysay it doesn't workwith the Game Boy Advance SP,which is my preferred method.So, that's step one.Step two is we're going to plug a gameinto the interceptor.With it plugged in via USB,it just shows up on yourcomputer like a webcam.So you can pull it throughlike OBS or QuickTime,or whatever you wanna do.So I'm getting a signal on the Mac,but the problem is I'm getting thislike really sketchy signal.Let me actually press the button.Okay, so we have theInterceptor up and running.So our best scenario wasto connect this via USB-Cto a Windows computer and OBS.It definitely took some trial and error.We had to like plug andunplug and reset it.But, we tried a few timesand it now does work.I'll say inside of OBS,it looks a touch soft,but that's likely becausewe're up-scaling itfrom 144p to 1080p for this video.So lemme actually playand see what it looks.Like when you're runningit five minutes per second,it takes a lot of focus here.If you want a way to playauthentic games and to record themor to stream them orsomething, this is not bad.I mean, your alternativeis really somethinglike a Game Boy Player,which is quite expensive.You need a GameCube.You need all like the extra setup.The nice thing about this is thatall you need is the Interceptor,and a USB cable into acomputer, which is nice.You don't need to dealwith a capture card,you don't need to deal with a GameCubeand a bunch of other stuff.The only thing that givesme a little bit of pausein recommending this,is that it is a little bit janky.The problem here is thatit does not pass audiothrough to OBS.So to do that you wouldactually need to connectvia your headphone jack into your systemand capture it that way,which is a little bit of an annoyance.So if you're really into Game Boys,this is a neat thing and ittotally works as advertised.It's a little bit janky, but thumbs up.Welcome to my MechanicalAlliance Dark Commander.He's a metal transformationdie-cast tool in disguise.Oh my, oh, what the--Well, I will say though,he does look pretty legit.There's 27 steps for him to transform.Okay, well let's find out, shall we?Mom, can we get Transformers?We have Reformers at home honey.Well, you know, I will say one thing,actually, good build quality.I mean there's a lot of movingpieces, so the wheels move,like everything does seemto be quite articulatedand there's a lot oflike fine detail on here.Reformers reforming in disguise.Oh! Oh good lord.There's so many pieces to this guy.I'm on step four andI've already been lost.He's put his head between his crotchas part of this, I believe.So that's a, that's a thing, and then...Reformers reforming in disguise.What do we learn todaywith AliExpress Tech?Well, we've learned that Austinshould never be givensomething that has morethan four steps in an instruction manual.We've learned that a lotof stuff is very expensiveand slightly sus quality on AliExpress.We've learned a lot of things don't work,and we've learned thatI am confused way morethan I would like to admit.Ah, I've always wanted to bein one of my thumbnails in real life.Thank you very muchfor watching this episodeof AliExpress Tech.Make sure to subscribe the channel.Otherwise, I'm gonna scam you.Wait, no, I mean,subscribe to the channel!So you don't get scammedlike your buddy Austin.