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**Mini Torque Wrench Review: A Hidden Gem for DIY Enthusiasts**
As a DIY enthusiast, I recently acquired a Mini Torque Wrench from AliExpress for around 62€. The price was not super cheap, but I really needed one to ensure that I applied the right amount of torque when working with currents above 50A and more. So, how does it perform? Let's dive in.
**The Product**
I'm pleased to say that my expectations were met with this Mini Torque Wrench. It's a great addition to any DIY toolkit, and its compact size makes it perfect for fitting into tight spaces. According to the manual, I should tighten screws with 14Nm of torque, which is within the range of my digital wrench.
**Operating Modes**
The Mini Torque Wrench comes in three operating modes: real-time mode, peak mode, and set mode. The real-time mode displays the current applied torque, while the peak mode shows the maximum torque reached. The set mode allows me to set a specific torque value, and the wrench beeps when I reach it. All in all, these modes are easy to operate, but I would have liked a back-light feature.
**Testing and Results**
I tested the Mini Torque Wrench on several screws, and I'm happy to say that it works well enough for my needs. However, the quality of the wrench itself does not come close to my German-engineered ones that come with a lifetime warranty. The build quality is still good, but it's not top-notch.
**Comparison to Analog Torque Wrench**
When I compared the Mini Torque Wrench to an analog torque wrench, I found that it triggers at around the same torque value as the digital one. This was a pleasant surprise, and I'm glad I made the investment.
**Conclusion**
In conclusion, I would recommend the Mini Torque Wrench to anyone looking for a reliable and affordable digital torque wrench. While it may not have all the bells and whistles of more expensive options, it gets the job done, and its compact size makes it perfect for small spaces.
And that's not all - before using this product, I always used a spirit level to position things on a wall or similar. However, since getting myself a laser level thingy, my life has been made much easier. That's why I thought it would be interesting to try a similar product from AliExpress, which costs around 23€.
**Laser Level Review**
The laser level I purchased is a digital spirit level that requires fine adjustment to work correctly. While the projected laser lines are powerful and crisp, I found that even when using this device, the projected lines were often not perfect. The solution seems too cumbersome and inaccurate for me, which is why I have to give it a thumbs down.
**Final Thoughts**
And with that being said, we come to the end of this episode. I'm super happy to say that we found some hidden gems, which I'll definitely continue to use in the future. As always, I hope you enjoyed this video. Don't forget to like, share, subscribe, and hit the notification bell. Stay creative, and I'll see you next time!
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enFor years now I have seen this crazy Chinese glue on social media which they promote as a metal repair glue.And finally I was able to find it on AliExpress which is a Chinese online store where you can find the newest, weirdest and also sometimes super useful products.But since you never exactly know whether a product from there is really a hidden gem or simply garbage, I created this video series. And today I got 6 more intriguing looking products to test out, so that I can tell you at the end whether you should check them out or stay away from them.Let' s get started!This video is sponsored by Keysights new HD3 Oscilloscope which is a pleasure to work with because its User Interface is designed for touch control from the ground up. Besides that it also features a super low 50uV noise floor helping you to see incredibly small signals. You get a 1.3 Million waveform per second update rate, serial bus protocols, software applications, zone triggering, fault hunter and so much more. To see it in action and a chance to win a custom HD3 assembly brick kit, sign up now using the link below to watch the virtual event.Now let's get started with the metal glue which I got 20g of for around 2.7€. For comparison; my so far favorite two component adhesive here that comes with 33g, costs around 2 times as much.And I recently got interested in the metal glue because I had to join these two metal pieces together which you can of course do with welding. But if you are like me and not good at that, then the result might not be optimal and let's not forget that such a welder with all required equipment is quite expensive. So maybe this glue can do this job as well and in order to test that I mixed the two tubes 1:1, put the paste all around the two metals and then waited for 48 hours just like the product description recommends it. And I got to say that the first impression was not bad because I was not able to rip the metals apart by brute force.However a hammer quickly destroyed this bond meaning this can certainly not be a welding alternative. Because when it comes to even bad welds like mine then a hammer can do pretty much nothing and we need something like an angle grinder to separate the two metals. And for comparison I tried the same test with my go to 2 component adhesive which was not only way more liquid like while applying, but also could take around the same amount of force. And for the last test I wanted to see whether the promises from the product page are true and I can in fact confirm that you can paint over the glue, polish it and even drill into it without anything cracking around the hole.So yeah all in all I am pretty happy with this stuff and I feel like having some lying around for really tough glue jobs is not a bad idea.Moving on; I got myself this „across the board to brushing the switch“,......of course. No; in reality it is a Touch sensor that you can get for 3.4€. The biggest advantage of it is that you „DON'T NEED OPEN HOLE“. By that they mean that you can place this thing behind a mirror or similar and activate it via touch to turn on or off an LED strip.According to the product description, it can switch 5A at 12V or 2.5A at 24V and it can do a maximum distance of 25mm.Luckily for me I got this 24V LED strip lying around for testing that draws a total of around 1.7A.So after connecting the touch sensor to a 24V power supply and the LED strip to the output, absolutely nothing happened. As it turns out the power supply came with the wrong connector, meaning that after stitching on a new one, everything worked just fine. Now you can press the sensor to either turn on or off the LEDs and also hold it for a longer time to dim the brightness of the LEDs, pretty neat and functional. The next question is what material thickness does it work through and as you can see my 18mm thick piece of wood was no problem as well as my 40mm work table, amazing. So of course this system worked just fine with my bathroom mirror as well and I can kind of see the appeal of using such a touch sensor instead of an obvious switch. Last but not least I of course also had a look inside this thing and was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the PCB that features an unlabeled IC that controls everything and an unlabeled MOSFET that acts as a power switch.And according to the packaging of the MOSFET, it should work just fine with a max current of 5A.So once again this is a product that I can certainly recommend if you are in the market for something like this.Next we come to the topic of soldering and I got to say that I am really happy with my soldering station here.Only problem though is that when it comes to desoldering such small SMD components, it can get a bit cumbersome. I mean yes; I could of course use hot air to more easily remove them. But to more selectively remove components, I would rather would love to use something like hot tweezers.And yes; such a type of soldering iron does exist for my station, but they are quite expensive.So instead I got myself this whole new tweezers station from AliExpress for a price of around 37€.After unpacking it, I was rather happy with the quality and you get quite a few useful goodies along with it. And after powering it up, it set the temperature to a value of 300C which the station reached within 17s.That is definitely slower than my old station, but still good enough.More important for me though was that the temperature value was just right and it seems to hit the spot pretty well. So next I of course did some various testing with the soldering iron and after around 30 minutes I have to admit that I am not the biggest fan.Now don't get me wrong, this thing is a quick beast when it comes to removing specific components. But I kind of doubt that most of them can be reused and I feel like these tips can not be really used for precision work.So yeah, if you are looking for rough hot tweezers then this station is not bad since the hardware side also looks pretty decent and this whole thing is properly earthed.But for me I will rather stick to hot air or even hot plates to remove components meaning a thumbs down from me.Moving on to this rather small USB C gadget here which is a 240W Digital Display that you can get for around 2.5€.I got interested in it because my favorite USB-C cables are the ones that comes with a display.And as you you would assume these tell me exactly how much power my hooked up devices draw which is great to find out whether for example fast charging is activated.This one though only goes up to 100W; but now got a new USB C PD standard that can do up to 240W.So not only do I hope to see a higher power draw with this thing; but also to be able to turn any USB-C cable into one with a display and the latter thing I can already confirm.And since I can plug the adapter into my display cable, I can also say that its accuracy is about the same and even comes with an additional decimal place.So for the last test I build up a DIY 140W powerbank setup here which as you can see, can almost deliver that kind of power. It is not 240W though because there are simply not many products or circuits available for that and since 140W and 240W are basically the same PD standard, it should be just fine. So let's finally test thing and I am happy to see that it works just as expected going above the 100W mark, meaning I can certainly give it a thumbs up.So let's continue with this Mini Torque Wrench that I got for around 62€, so not super cheap. But I really needed one because so far I did all my wrench tightened connections without having any idea how much torque I applied which luckily worked out perfectly fine so far. But when you are working with currents above 50A and more, you really want to apply the right torque so that the contact resistance is ideal and your house does not burn down. So according to the given manual, I should tighten the screws with 14Nm which is in range of what my digital wrench can do. So I plugged in batteries, turned it on and tested out its 3 modes which are real time mode, peak mode in which the biggest applied torque gets displayed and the set mode in which I can set a specific torque and the wrench then beeps when I get to it. All in all very easy to operate, the only thing that was missing for me here was some back-light. But anyway, in my garage I set the wrench to 14Nm put on the right nut and got to work. And after tightening a few dozens screws I have to say that I am really happy with this product. Now of course the quality of the wrench itself does not come close to my German engineered ones that come with a lifetime warranty; no joke.But it still works good enough and when I try an analog torque wrench in comparison, then it triggers at around the same torque value as the digital one, nice.So all in all this thing works just fine and I would recommend it if you are looking for a digital torque wrench.And just like that we come to the last product and before showing it to you, let me tell you that before using a similar product; I always used a spirit level to position things on a wall or similar.But ever since I got myself this laser level thingy, I simply build it up using a tripod that came with it, turn it on and badaboom badabeng, I got a perfectly horizontal and vertical level line that I can project on an entire wall. This makes building stuff or attaching stuff to the wall so much easier, only problem is that my setup here is rather expensive.So I thought why not try this similar product from AliExpress which only costs around 23€.And at first sight it seemed rather high quality with its lovely made aluminium housing and you can of course charge it up via USB-C But after turning it on, I noticed that it works a bit different than my old laser thingy because here we basically got a digital spirit level that we have to fine adjust ourselves. In comparison my old laser thingy did auto leveling. But anyway, the projected laser lines are pretty powerful and crisp though meaning next it was time for a proper testing session which I did on top of my old tripod. After fine adjusting everything on several occasions I have to say though that even when the digital spirit values tell me that everything should be perfectly level, the projected lines are often times not perfect. I mean it is still in spec when using a proper spirit level and maybe I am just adjusting things incorrectly here; but I feel this solution is a bit too cumbersome and inaccurate for me meaning I have to give it a thumbs down even though its build quality is awesome.And with that being said, we come to the end of this episode and I am super happy to say that we found quite a few hidden Gems which I will definitely continue to use in the future. As always I hope you enjoyed this video.Don't forget to like, share, subscribe and hit the notification bell.Stay creative and I will see you next time.