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[0:00] Hi, this video is going to be slightly different than my usual ones.

[0:05] You see, I get a lot of stuff in the mail, some of them I purchased, some are sending

[0:09] by various vendors, and most of the time I do dedicate a video for each of the items

[0:13] I received.

[0:14] But some of the items don't really need a dedicated video.

[0:17] So as a title of this video suggests, I'm going to go through some of the random stuff

[0:22] I have received, and I think you might be interested.

[0:25] The items I wanted to show you today are here on the workbench and they were sent in from

[0:29] a company called Weirwolf.

[0:31] It's a US-based company from Wisconsin.

[0:34] In fact, I lived there for quite a few years earlier in my life, and I can tell you it's

[0:38] really cold in winter.

[0:40] Anyway, I will leave a link in the video description below in case you are interested

[0:44] in any of the products I'm about to show you.

[0:47] Alright, the first item I'm going to show you is this VFLEX starter kit.

[0:52] As you can see here, it has quite a few of these supplied USB adapters inside, and these

[0:56] are called the VFLEX Face Adapters, and they can also be purchased separately.

[1:02] While you may ask what are these adapters for?

[1:05] The idea here is to convert the USB-C input into a DC output with the supplied adapters.

[1:11] And yes, if you look at the back of this case here, you can see that there are actually

[1:16] all these adapter cables supplied, which I'll show you a little bit later.

[1:20] So now the question is, how is it different from a USB-C decoy board like this one?

[1:26] You see for a typical USB-C decoy, you'll need to use the dip switch to program the desired

[1:30] output voltage.

[1:32] Now with the VFLEX adapters, you can actually use your smartphone to program the desired

[1:36] output voltage.

[1:37] Let me actually show you how that works.

[1:39] Alright, here I just took out one of the adapters, and also I just pulled a random cable

[1:45] out.

[1:46] It doesn't matter which one we're using, just for testing purpose.

[1:48] And you can see we have this key connector here, and let's actually zoom in.

[1:54] And each of the supplied cables also has this key counterpart, so we can actually plug

[1:59] in, let's see.

[2:00] Yep, and now we have plugged in securely, and let's actually put in a USB-C input, and you

[2:13] can see that we have this light lit up.

[2:16] And now the question is, what exactly is the output voltage?

[2:20] So let's take a look, and you can see it's actually five volts.

[2:28] So basically this is the default output, now let's take a look at how the program works.

[2:34] And I just plugged it into my smartphone, you can see we have this app called VFLEX, let's

[2:38] open it up.

[2:39] And you can see that the voltage is currently set at five volts.

[2:42] So let's actually take a look at what we can set.

[2:44] So let's say we want to set, I don't know, 15 volts.

[2:51] And now it's set to 15 volts.

[2:54] So now let me actually verify if the voltage is set indeed to the correct 15 volts.

[3:00] So now let me plug it into the USB.

[3:06] And again, it's showing green, so let's take a look at the output voltage.

[3:11] Yep, you can see now the output is set at 15 volts.

[3:18] So I guess that's pretty neat.

[3:21] You can see here actually the setting is non-volatile, so you can unplug it, and I plug

[3:26] it back in.

[3:30] Once it turns green, let's actually take a look.

[3:33] Yeah, you can see that it's still 15 volts.

[3:37] So with the supply, different adapters, I suppose you can program one of each into different

[3:42] voltages and use it that way.

[3:45] So let's actually try a different setting.

[3:47] So that was 15 volts.

[3:48] So let's come back here.

[3:50] Let's say we want to do 17 volts.

[3:52] Can we do that?

[3:53] I'm not sure.

[3:54] Is that the standard voltage?

[3:56] I don't know.

[3:56] Let's see.

[3:58] So we set it at 17 volts.

[3:59] Let's verify that.

[4:04] So I connected it with my USB source.

[4:06] Again, it's turning green.

[4:08] You can see the green light is on.

[4:09] Let's take a look.

[4:11] Yeah, we can.

[4:13] We can set to 17 volts.

[4:15] So I guess it does have some advantages over the standard USB-C decoy like this one, because

[4:21] you can set the output voltages pretty much arbitrarily.

[4:25] So that was 17 volts.

[4:27] Let's see if we can do, I don't know, let's say 10.5.

[4:35] Can we do that?

[4:36] Yeah.

[4:51] You can see that.

[4:52] We set it to 10.5 volts, and indeed, it's outputting 10.5 volts.

[4:57] So no problem at all.

[4:58] Now the concept is pretty cool.

[5:00] The only thing though is we don't have any indication on the device itself showing what

[5:04] the current voltage is.

[5:06] So you really have to double check before you plug it into your device.

[5:10] So that's one of the things I can see that could potentially be an issue.

[5:14] But regardless, the implementation here is actually quite unique.

[5:17] Let me know what you think in the comment section below.

[5:21] With all the supply adapters like this one, for example, you can actually plug in your

[5:24] own wires, and then these barrel adapters of different sizes definitely can fit in all

[5:30] the electronics that you have.

[5:33] So I think this is a pretty neat concept.

[5:35] Where will also semi-autjusted slim 70 watts power adapter?

[5:39] Let's open it up and take a look.

[5:56] Wow, the size of this actually I really like it.

[5:59] You can see it is very compact compared to most of the power adapters.

[6:04] It's really slim as its name suggests.

[6:07] And this can definitely come in handy for traveling.

[6:10] Now the only thing I would say is it doesn't have any USB-A output ports.

[6:15] So that could be a problem if you still have devices that require USB-A.

[6:19] It would be nice if you have a USB-A port built in.

[6:21] But nevertheless, this I think is a very slim travel adapter.

[6:27] So here's the spec you can see here.

[6:28] The combined output is maximum 70 watts, which is sufficient for most of the charging requirements.

[6:34] And the maximum output voltage, but look at it, is 52 watts.

[6:39] Where will also send in this magnetic charging USB power bank?

[6:42] It is a 10MR1.

[6:44] But my understanding is that it has built in wireless charging capability.

[6:48] Let's open it up and take a look.

[6:57] And here is the power bank.

[6:59] Again, it looks very slim as the name suggests.

[7:05] Does it have a magnet back there?

[7:06] I think it does.

[7:07] Well my phone is not an Apple, it's a Samsung.

[7:10] And it doesn't have the Qi-charging alignment magnet.

[7:12] So this exercise might be a little bit tricky.

[7:14] But we can still test it.

[7:16] Let's see.

[7:18] All right, here's a little bit of finicky.

[7:19] But you can see I can actually charge the phone wirelessly using the power bank.

[7:24] And of course, the alignment is going to be critical.

[7:27] And we don't have the alignment magnet.

[7:29] But nevertheless, you can see that it is actually working as desired.

[7:34] Let's actually do another test.

[7:36] Let's see if we can charge my earbuds.

[7:41] Now you can see, not sure if you can see the indicator here,

[7:45] is indeed being charged by this power bank.

[7:49] Very good.

[7:50] The capacity of this power bank is 10Mhz,

[7:53] and the maximum output power is 20W.

[7:55] Now that's not a whole lot,

[7:57] but it should be able to charge most of the phones with no problem.

[8:00] And the build quality is actually quite good.

[8:04] The case is aluminum.

[8:06] Very neat.

[8:08] What else?

[8:10] Oh, they also sent me this USB-C power meter.

[8:12] Now this is definitely going to be useful if you need to measure the power consumption

[8:16] of connected USB device.

[8:17] We probably will take a look in a little bit.

[8:20] And by the way, where we'll also include a special USB-C cable.

[8:24] Now this is not just any USB-C cable, it's a magnetic cable.

[8:28] Supposedly it will maintain the shape once you coil it up.

[8:31] This definitely makes it easy for storage and cable management.

[8:34] Let's take a look.

[8:39] So this is a cable.

[8:40] Yep, you can uncoil it.

[8:41] And you can see that once uncoiled is actually pretty long.

[8:45] That's very useful.

[8:47] But you can also just let it collapse.

[8:50] And it coils back to this really compact package.

[8:55] Now I think this is actually really cool concept.

[8:59] Let me know what you think.

[9:01] You know what?

[9:02] Let's actually use this supplied power adapter along with a cable and a power meter.

[9:06] And let's charge up the battery pack.

[9:08] So we can quickly see how well everything works.

[9:10] So let me plug in the adapter.

[9:14] And I think we can plug in the power meter here.

[9:29] You can see.

[9:33] All right, I have to adjust the exposure and ISO speed so that is no longer flickering.

[9:38] But you can see here, this is the USB-C power meter.

[9:42] But no, the power bank is being charged by this power adapter.

[9:46] Let me show you the output voltage, the current, and the wattage.

[9:50] Very good.

[9:52] Thanks, we're wolf for sending me these goodies.

[9:55] Again, their website is linked in the video description below.

[9:58] All right, that's all I wanted to cover in this video.

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