This might be a relatively "low-tech" tech video, but I miss videos like these where LTT looks into practical tech products that everyone may use. Anthony is making the channel more relevant here.

Linus, please give Anthony the company credit card more often. He really enjoyed doing this, and I enjoyed watching.

Nothing makes me click on the video faster than seeing that Anthony is reviewing stuff. I can't express how much I would love to see more from him, thank you Anthony for being you!

The phrase "heavy duty" has come to mean "extra strong" in common usage, but in this context, it refers to the "duty cycle" of the battery, meaning the percentage of time it's being drained. "Heavy" or "continuous" duty means it's appropriate for devices that are always on. Carbon-zinc batteries are most appropriate for things like clocks, smoke detectors, and other similar low-drain devices. They're only good for supplying a tiny bit of power, continuously, for years on end. If it has a power switch or buttons, carbon-zinc is almost always the wrong choice. Even your TV remote will eat through carbon-zinc batteries in no time, and don't even think about using them in a game controller. I'm struggling to think of anything I put them in other than smoke/carbon monoxide detectors and clocks... Nope, can't think of anything else they're good for.

Even though the dollar store (pound shop) chargers tend to be low on the current output, they are usually compliant with local safety standards (but not always from some chains). I actually recommend products from big names like Walmart and ASDA because they HAVE to comply with electrical safety standards to protect their name. Definitely don't buy cheap eBay chargers unless you like playing roulette with your gear and personal safety. The USB cables are OK for slow charging and for chopping up for powering other stuff from USB. Poundland here actually do a higher current USB cable with more copper for a bit more cash.

It's great to see how Anthony has came to be so comfortable being in front of the camera. I remember when he first started appearing and you could tell he wasn't very comfortable being on screen. It's awesome to see how much he has grown! Keep up the great work, Anthony! You're doing awesome and I love seeing videos like this from you!

My dad bought my siblings and I a couple of Harbor Freight handheld flash lights, the kind you keep in your care just in case, and I'm still amazed at how bright they are for the price he paid. LED technology is incredibly cheap now and the older incandescent flashlights are completely obsolete at this point.

I have a lot of respect for this guy, and I love product reviews, the biggest problem with dollar store things is that you'll never see the same stuff twice, like go to 1000 dollar stores, and you'll find 1000 different kinds of cables and headphones, because dollar stores specialize in selling things that too many were made, you might not even see the same ones next week. Let alone ever again.

Many years ago, a cousin of mine was getting married. They had asked me to photograph their wedding, and I had agreed. I ended up bringing the camera, but the extra batteries were left on the counter at home. Fortunately, I had my adapter, so I popped across to the dollar store and picked up a pack of cheap batteries. They took three photos before completely dying. I put in the second set I had purchased, took another three photos and the camera died again. With no regard for my pocketbook, and VERY concerned about making the entire wedding and reception; I ran back across the street and bought them entirely out of their batteries, upgrading to alkaline cells as they were nearly out of the cheapies. I photographed the entire wedding. Hundreds of photos. I changed out flash cards repeatedly, but a single set of alkaline lasted the rest of the day and most of the evening. I passed out packs of those stupid batteries like cough drops at a flu convention. Still took me more than a year to get rid of them all. I have NEVER forgotten the lesson of matching the power source to the technology since then.

Regarding cheap/ dollar store tools my motto has always been: Buy it cheap once and if you use it enough to break it buy a decent one :)

I enjoy this guys presentation enthusiasm. Very likeable guy :)

Hearing Anthony mention big Clive is all I need

Anthony gives me such a chill vibe of someone I just wanna hang out with and talk tech. Hes such a nice dude, I really like when he hosts these types of videos!

"These are bad, they sound like absolute ass"...that's why I love videos featuring Anthony, always straight to the point.

Man when you said "Sega battery killer" it instantly brought me back to being 12 years old on a family camping trip. My friend had a game gear and that thing would suck down 6 AA Duracell batteries in just a few hours. Naturally knowing where the batteries were kept and wanting to keep playing Megaman, Streets of Rage 2 and Gunstar heroes I must have poured 36 batteries ez into that machine in the course of a few days. Things did not end well for me.

Anthony always puts a smile on face. I am currently stuck at home sick, and this was a great video to watch. I'd love to see a video about comparing usb cables.

Hard to not love Anthony. He does a great job in these videos and comes across as very honest and friendly.

I love how it's universally accepted now all these years later that the Game Gear is the benchmark for testing AA batteries, haha!

Try a lightning cable they don’t tend to last long enough to even notice the issues before they fall apart regardless of source. Im really glad my new ipad has USB Type-C. Considering my current type-c cable has had individual wires exposed near the ipad end for 6+ months now including an entire month of heavy duty travel Yet it still works perfectly. “I wouldn’t use it for data but I’m just using it for power which without double checking i thinks Atleast 40W.

You got my attention with the HDMI cable failing the test, especially when you mentioned "shielding". I have an HDMI cable I bought at Walmart. And I got myself an ONN USB-C hub and an "official" Pine64 "convergence module" for my Pinephone... and my external display kept cutting out whenever the 4G was active. It was finally explained to me that 4G can interfere with HDMI signals. So now I at least know why my video kept cutting out, and what I can maybe do about it.

There's one good thing about dollar stores though, I can find some pretty good novels on the shelves for cheap sometimes and a bunch of them would normally cost $10-$20 online but instead cost only $1 in store.

I would love to see some "semi-premium" AliExpress / Amazon brand cables like UGreen and Baseus being tested. I actually have a bunch of these.

Any Anthony video is a ray of sunshine on anyday. Please let him do anything he wants and just film it as best you can.

Props to whoever edited the headphone sound examples. I'm at work, listening to this on some Plantronics Blackwire 3210 (standard call center issue style sub $40 headset) and the difference isn't only still noticeable it's night and day for the purpose you were trying to show.

I actually really like the look of the screwdriver set. They might not be great quality, but that's entirely fine for those unusual sizes that you'll only use once or twice.

When I worked as a flooring installer we always picked up our "expendable" supplies from the Dollarama for paint brushes, cleaning cloths, paint trays, rollers and roller covers, small pails and even paint tint for tinting acrylic caulk. All purchased for the job and disposed of when finished. Many of these type items were virtually the same as you could get at Home Depot, Lowes, Rona, etc. but at a much lesser cost per item. Since the rollers and brushes were used for applying glue it was much easier to dispose after use than to attempt to clean using harsh chemicals. Tech-wise, except for head mounted work lamps and bicycle flashers, I've found that tech is not their strong point but there are many kitchen and hobby items that can come in handy.

I bought a CAD$2 usb keyboard from my local dollarstore. It was very low profile, black chassis, and low, but big, yellow keys with large block lettering--perfect for my mom so she could clearly see the symbols. And it was reported to be "water & drink resistant." She loved it so much, that I went and picked up two more as I thought, "how long could a dollarstore keyboard last?" Well, 10 years later and it's still working great!

Can you please give props to the video editors, they make me laugh so much. Like when he hits the usb cable off the laptop and it says "ouch" in text, or when Linus is talking through the green speaker and when he screams "THIS" and his face grows, it's all these little touches that make me love these videos

10:16 nice to see Big Clive being called out! If you're into electronics, soldering, decorative LED circuits, I cannot recommend his channel highly enough.

Just so everyone knows, you can find all of these same high-quality products at a ~300% markup at yr local CVS or Walgreens! 🤗

the magnet on an antenna needs a flexible end then you could actually use it for get screws from small places. And I remember when a 3ft HDMI cable was like $50-$60 each and even a 1.5 ft one was $45.

Anthony has become one of the most chill yet charasmatic people on this channel. Like, I would want to hang out with Anthony.

As an Ontarioian, I love how I recognize so many of those items. They definitely hit up Dollarama and Dollar Tree. I NEVER trust any electronics, especially anything related to power; either batteries, cables AND ESPECIALLY POWER BRICKS/ADAPTERS!! I've taken apart some of these, and plugging in a $2.00 wall charger into a cheap $1.00 USB into an expensive device like your phone, is just asking for a major fire hazard. They're always going to use the CHEAPEST components and might actually not be a proper design, and might not even follow proper standards and regulations.

The missing shielding in the USB cables isn't nearly as much of a problem as the high resistance, which you only briefly mentioned. Thanks to the differential pair signalling, you can most likely transfer data just fine. But did you see the actual values on those?? Over 8 times the max resistance on one conductor, and over 3x on the other conductor. With a total resistance of 3 ohms, this cable would literally lose all 5 volts across the wire alone when charging at 2A. Which obviously means you could never charge anything, ever. Even at a computer's 0.5A limit, you would lose much more than the allowable voltage according to USB spec. So this is why people buy these cables, plug them in, get a charger connected icon and are happy. But then the phone never actually charges.

Love this format and host. He’s so great. I can’t believe I’m watching cable test results for cables I couldn’t find if I wanted to, and shouldn’t buy anyway. Definitely puts me off dollar store cables anyway, though.

He rocks at this! I've watched some of his more intimidating tech vids, but this was the most approachable tech review on YT. Give him a raise!

Anthony: "They make noise but they're all terrible" My Dad: "Didn't know Anthony knew you and your brothers"

Using a game gear for AA battery testing is brilliant, hilarious and nostalgic all in one

so glad my initial reaction to the 6-in-1 pen tool was in line with Anthony’s overall review of it. it’s pretty awesome 😂

Anthony is one of my favorite people on LTT!! We need more of him!

I worked at an Arby's, and as a gift from the store for being productive we all got Arby's branded ear buds. I have never used worse earbuds in my life, not only was the sound bad, but it would literally shock my ears.

I worked at a dollar store for like the second half on my college days and i wish I knew of them beforehand. No place is better for snacks,frozen food,small tools,school supplies, cards,even quick earphones replacement if youre like me and constantly break one. Supplies sold on campus are highway robbery and the card business is no better. If you dont care about brand or want save shop there.

Anthony, this is certainly one of the best reviews, all categories combined on UKposts and I can confirm most of those reviews (from personal use). I'd like to add one thing. That dollar store chain also has small and also mini ziplock bags. They are in the handicraft section. Same for some small transparent containers with a twist cap. WARNING: The set of mini screwdrivers is really bad. You should have tested it. The head of the Phillips ones will almost disintegrate if you force just a little.

Great video, don't buy too much tech stuff from the Dollar stores other then cheap-o batteries and the occasional USB cord when needed. I was super happy to see that when sharing prices that you included the Cnd amounts with the US, that was a nice addition for this fellow Canuck.

Glad to see Anthony being featured much more. He’s a great personality.

Anthony should Test "supposedly" Good and Expensive cables. More power to these Kind of Content

Just wanted to say I appreciate the resolution they uploaded in, utilizes the full screen on my phone without cropping half the image

I've had multiple sets of the little metal scredrivers with the turning nut on the end. If you like sandpapering your hand to get at tight screws, recommended. The metal tends to be real soft, however, so they wear down on screws easy.

As a tech worker, some of my most useful tools have been dollar store precision screwdrivers. At the prices of our equipment, what I want to strip are the tools not the gear. I have a high quality set that I can baby the screw or bolts out of. I can extract in emergencies too. But I'd rather the tool fail and grab my "big boy" set than spend 3 hours of downtime cause I stripped a screw trying to rush a 2 hour job into an hour

My household goes through USB cables constantly. Between my 5, 7, and 8 year old kids, there's also my wife. Regardless of how many times I tell them to take care with the wires, I'll still find them using their devices resting upright on a surface, with the charging cord on the BOTTOM crushed between the device and the surface. I used to buy higher quality ones, but have since given up.

This has all the workings of a fantastic series, keep it up and great job Anthony!

Me on my dollar store headphones: They all sound the same... Wait.

Anthony's the type of guy that walks into a room and his brain has been there for two minutes already. Dude is always ON TOP of his stuff. Absolutely a pleasure to watch.

What really pains me is that ressources are being used to produce these items and they end up being trash within a few hours or days. The amount of pollution and plastic waste this is causing worldwide is just sad. That being said....I've bought a set of those 6 in 1 pens on Amazon right away.

Interesting stuff, thanks for the unusual. I'm always looking at "whatever" in a dollar store when my wife is in getting school supplies etc. Also, I've had a G502 for years, and picked up the G502 Hero about a year ago to be ready with a "hot swap" when the time comes. Good mouse.

Every video you make is legendary, thanks for yours and your teams valiant efforts! I hope in the future would be possible for you to do Videos more often!

Just a note, "Super Heavy Duty" has always been a grade below Alkaline in terms of battery types. "Heavy Duty" as a grade lower also exists. Heavy Duty and Super Heavy Duty use different chemistry (carbon-zinc instead of manganese dioxide) so Alkaline has always been a lot better for endurance. Thus they're also more expensive as a rule.

“You can get a 100 pack of ties that are tapered, and have an anchor, for less than $10 on Amazon.” Looks at the 20 cable ties for $15 on the LTT store.

2:27 I have those same headphones from Dollarama, theyre actually not too bad for the price ($4🇨🇦) but they break incredibly easily. If you put some superglue on the common failure points when theyre still new to keep them together in one piece they last much longer. The earbud part is designed with planned obsolecense In mind but they sound decent

I am new to the channel, but I really like this guy. He has a very friendly, conversational style that is really fun while also engaging. High Charisma score. Subscribed!

Have always wondered how cheap cables fare on the cable tester. Now I know! Hope its standard procedure from now on.

4:46 Fun fact about those dollar store USB cables (the little short ones that come with a speaker or battery pack), more than likely have no data connection. I discovered this after an hour of beating my head against a wall trying to program an esp32 only to use a normal cable and have it work. So I decided to sacrifice the dollar store cable to find out what was wrong and, lo-and-behold, only 2 wires.

I watched this video with vortex brand headphones, and it sounds amazing.

Anthony, you give such interesting useful information with so much knowledge behind it! I love it! I love your random humor. Also your opinions are legit…from packaging to product quality to price ratio

I wanna see more cable testing, that's something I always second guess when shopping. Big brands and even cheap ones on Amazon always make crazy claims.

Something I used to buy all the from the dollar store time back when my phone had headphones was a headphone splitter, not to split the sound though. I had a mophie case at the time (which had a tiny hole for the headphone jack on my phone) and the little headphone jack extender thing it came with broke every time I ordered one, and the longest lasting solution was actually the dollar store splitter. And before anyone asks, the hole in the case was too small for most jacks to fit in, the dollar store one was the only thing that I found to fit. I was also a broke student so nice Bluetooth headphones were out of my price range (only reason I snagged the mophie for cheap was cuz they mislabeled the price at Best Buy hehehehe)

Anthony!!! I love low cost tech videos. It’s fun finding cheap gems.

Dollar store chargers and cables are a great alternative to buying them at a convenience store or truck stop, where you can easily shell out a 20 for the same junk. I have also seen tempered glass screen protectors that have worked out fine at dollar stores. I use to have a Samsung S7 that the custom curved glass wouldn't stick you'd long. But the local Dollar Tree had one that fit well on the flat part or the screen great served me well.

I love seeing the lower end materials reviewed! Please do more! With everything getting more expensive, finding ways to save without sacrificing too much is a must :)

I've always bought cheap headphones/ear buds my entire life. After a while I started buying nicer ear buds that were usually around $30 or so and was impressed with the sound quality. I saw some WH-1000XM3's on sale once and decided to buy them for my wife. She has that ailment where she's physically affected by loud noises and the noise canceling sounded like they could help her. I turned them on and first thing I noticed was how shitty the "power on" voice sounded. I didn't even use them to listen to music but I tested out the noise canceling and was impressed. Decided to get me a pair of WH-1000XM4's that were on sale and wow the "power on" voice was so much clearer. Got myself a tidal account with lossless audio and holy shit, I don't know how I listened to those cheap earbuds and headphones for so long. These babies are by far my favorite piece of tech I own and I'm spoiled. I literally live in them. They're on my head all day everyday, I most of the time dont even listen to music, just use the noise canceling. I'm probably addicted to the noise canceling honestly, because when I take them off I just want them back on. I work in a machinery shop with lots of low hums, and when you put these on it's just blissful silence. They're seriously just the most amazing headphones. Sony is also totally amazing with their warranty. Probably the easiest and fastest customer service I've ever dealt with. I'm pretty sure they didn't even ask for a receipt or anything like that, they just wanted my address and the s/n on the headset....that's never happened to me before. After going through like 7 pairs of $30 buds I thought I just need to get me a quality pair and pay for a 4 year extended warranty and that's exactly what I did. Couldn't be happier, best headphones ever imo. Noise canceling is really that good.

I have a set of those dollar store long neck screwdrivers and they have been my go to 'get destroyed' tool, they've been bent in and out of shape so many times to turn weird screws in odd places but never really breaks!

In australia those exact precision drivers are everywhere, same case and all since i was a kid, i bought a set over 15 years ago and still have most of them in my toolbox the amount of times more expensive sets have taken damage where the hardened tips on these cheap ones are insanely hard aswell as having the slot for a wrench bar, saved my repairs more times than i can count (cars, phones and computers) use them as wedges and pry tools, to punch a hole, as a small chisel, they have always been a welcome spot in my tool collection despite the price and lack of reusable container

Really, REALLY dig the premise of this video. Would love to have more of these, and the benefit of your team's experience and perspective on where extremely limited budgets can still find functional, "good enough" tech and hardware.

Here are a couple of pieces of dollar store tech that I've always loved: 1. Earpiece FM radios. They generally look like an old-fashioned hearing aid--and some have a wire + ear bud for the second ear, but they work pretty well and jump between stations with a press fo the scan button. They are great for a sports bar so that patrons can listen to a particular tv's audio through an FM transmitter without disturbing other customers. 2. LED Fairy Lights. This is a string of tiny LEDs on stiff wire that are attached to a battery box--2 AA batteries--with a switch. As they are fairly dim and just *sip* power, they are perfect for when you just need a bit of light for a long time. (I put one set on the head of our bed so that when one of us goes to bed, the light can be turned on so that the other can have enough light to see by without disturbing the one sleeping.) You can even get them with a cork-shaped 3xLR44 battery to turn a wine bottle into a light.

I like those USB cables for spare charging cables, don't really care about shielding if only using them for power delivery...

The dollar store aux cables and iphone charders were lifesaving for me when I was in college. Sunchips and an RC were pretty fire too

Imagine finding a gpu in this lot

After looking at the price tag of that cable tester, they definitely wanna use it ALOT. So I will be looking forward to seeing more use of it. But damn... 15k for that thing....

We need more of these type videos!! This was a good one! :)) Goodjob Anthony!

Fun video, especially enjoyed the unexpected wins on the earbuds after the devastating results on all the other equipment! USB/SD storage media and keyb/mouse peripherals might be the sort of thing you'd run into a dollar store for too if you're caught in a pinch away from home?

Anthony is my favourite. He's come a long way in his confidence and I know that's not easy to do. Glad to see more of you man! ❤️

this reminds me of $1 per hour. RIP funhuas and that guy who wasnt part of the main crew but would sometimes get hold of the credit card to buy stuff. Always good content.

Great video. I missed this channel but glad to be back to such good video

I laughed so hard at the cable failures. I work IT at a hospital we have a small bundle of really high quality USB and assorted video cables stashed for testing and other important use cases. After we got raided multiple times from people needing charging cable and the like we got tired of spending hundreds of dollars to replace them. Literally went to a dollar tree bought their current stock of USB cables , chargers, and HDMI. Then found some cheap video cables online. Made a wall of of these thing at the front of our office just so next time someone comes looking they will leave our expensive stuff alone. We know they are cheap and would not dare use them for our work but it's a laugh to see someone get excited over a cheap USB cable that looks like a coffee cup😆

this is actually perfect. since i work at dollarama i can now recommend items better and help people. and its really fun on what comes to us. we've had to black out logos from like Walmart. but then again it just depends on what they want to send us.

That 8-pack of hook and loop is a solid buy for guitarists with pedalboards say if you just want to remount the pedals you have now (i have6) and dont want to keep extras. It seems like the right size for it too.

It's funny you mention LTT Labs, I work at an AV company as a test engineer and I do exactly what you were doing today. Test cables n things. I kinda nerded out when you brought out the totalphase box 😁

10:34 I'm a mechanic and I often have to diagnose not working cigarette lighters/radios because those cheap adapters will short out and blow fuses. A LOT of places will charge you "diag" to find and replace the fuse. We do not where i work on a quick diag, but i always tell people its worth the extra money for a reputable brand like Anker (IMO) rather than blowing a fuse and risking being charged $100+ to replace a blown fuse because you cheaped out on an adapter. Especially because I WILL charge diag on repeat offenses. aka customers will remove the charger making it hard to find the fault blowing the fuse causing multiple comebacks until I force them to show me all their adapters they use. Doing that will net you a diag fee. This is because MOST cars have many more things than just the cigarrete lighters on the same fuse. Radios, clocks, dash lights, interior lights, sunroof motors, cigarette lighters, automatic mirrors, etc. will often share the same circuit.

I love Anthony's videos. I might be biased, but the man's so entertaining and informative.

That's a video concept that attract new viewers to your channel. I am a bit overstimulated with the information output on your other videos ( as Im not knowledgable enough for sure). This video concept seems super chill and cool

8:30 I have this exact set. That whole black bit is the whole bit, there is no tang. The metal handle is a hollow tube and pretty much all of them will break. I'll bleed every time I use them too. The burs are so sharp you don't feel them.

The telescopic magnet is amazing, all you need is some silicon spray for the mechanism and it becomes a pro tool, especially for car owners. :)

@4:51 - My wife has this speaker - legit. After the first charge, I needed to take it apart and secure the USB charging port. It was poorly heat-staked in place. She loves it because it hangs in the shower.

Highschool me got so many things from Dollarama. Yeah, the stuff kinda sucks, but for the price, it was so helpful having the tools. Thanks for doing this as it would be helpful for so many young tech enthusiasts!

Dollar stores are the greatest example of the “poor tax” in action: people can only afford lower-quality products or products in lower-quantity packages, and end up paying much more over the long-run.

Please be careful with charging cables, my mother-in-law just had a similar looking one from the dollar store that burst into flames. Luckily she caught it before the house burned down.

I love Anthony, he’s always funny and in a great mood!

I use those USB cables on a lot of stuff. Nothing pc related but I use them for basically disposable charging cables. It's nice having USB c and micro/mini and lightening throw aways. Even used the direct audio cables before lol

That Bluetooth speaker sold at Home Depot as the "Sound Splash" for about $5. I picked it up because I figured I could always return it if it absolutely sucked. It is in fact very waterproof, and while obviously not amazing, works well in the shower. Good controls for volume and skipping songs, too. Pretty good battery life, even. For $5, it was a total winner to me.

The old Dollar Store flash lights (pre-2015 or so) used to be quite good, having three LED lights and being entirely metal. They were actually about the same quality as similar ones sold at hardware stores at the fraction of the price. I still have a half dozen lying around the house today. Unfortunately, their quality has dropped dramatically in recent years.