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Concise product reviews of interesting (mostly) tech gadgets. I strive to keep each review to about 5 minutes or less.
Review 007 Fast, Cost-Effective External Storage for Apple Mac Mini
Two fast 40Gbps NVMe storage enclosures designed for USB4/Thunderbolt are tested. These are ideal and cost-effective storage expansion solutions for use on Apple Mac devices.
00:00 Overview
00:57 Selection Criteria
02:08 UGREEN Enclosure
03:32 OWC Enclosure
04:44 Performance Tests & Results
07:23 Final Thoughts
Apple Mac Mini M4: amzn.to/3CTm7V6
UGREEN 40bps NVMe enclosure: amzn.to/4eY6wAR
Qwizzlab fanless External SSD enclosure amzn.to/4agoRsj
OWC Portable NVMe SSD Enclosure amzn.to/4h2Zhcw
Lexar 4TB SSD: amzn.to/3Vkag8W
The OWC device does not appear to be available without a pre-installed NVMe SSD anymore. I've added an alternative that is also fanless - a Qwizzlab product. I tested this with similar results and have included the links to it. As a bonus, it costs less than the OWC.
This section may contain affiliate links and discount codes, which means I may receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you, if you decide to make a purchase. I only recommend products and services that I trust and believe will be beneficial to you. Thank you for your support!
00:00 Overview
00:57 Selection Criteria
02:08 UGREEN Enclosure
03:32 OWC Enclosure
04:44 Performance Tests & Results
07:23 Final Thoughts
Apple Mac Mini M4: amzn.to/3CTm7V6
UGREEN 40bps NVMe enclosure: amzn.to/4eY6wAR
Qwizzlab fanless External SSD enclosure amzn.to/4agoRsj
OWC Portable NVMe SSD Enclosure amzn.to/4h2Zhcw
Lexar 4TB SSD: amzn.to/3Vkag8W
The OWC device does not appear to be available without a pre-installed NVMe SSD anymore. I've added an alternative that is also fanless - a Qwizzlab product. I tested this with similar results and have included the links to it. As a bonus, it costs less than the OWC.
This section may contain affiliate links and discount codes, which means I may receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you, if you decide to make a purchase. I only recommend products and services that I trust and believe will be beneficial to you. Thank you for your support!
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Review 006 Transportable Mac Mini
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Review of the components I use with my Apple Mac Mini when I'm traveling. 00:00 Overview 00:36 Use Case and Requirements 01:42 Components 03:45 Final Thoughts Apple Mac Mini M4: amzn.to/3CTm7V6 2K Portable 18" Monitor: amzn.to/3OAdvVX Keychron K1 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard: www.keychron.com UGREEN 40bps NVMe enclosure: amzn.to/4eY6wAR Lexar 4TB SSD: amzn.to/3Vkag8W Travel Case for Mac Mini: a...
Review 005 Creality Filament Dryer
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5 minute review of the newest 3D filament dryer from Creality. Creality Filament Dryer amzn.to/4gbtPbw Creality Dual Spool Filament Dryer amzn.to/4f19mF3 This section may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you, if you decide to make a purchase. Thank you for your support!
Review 004 of Two NVMe Enclosures
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Review of NVMe enclosures from Dockcase and Sabrent. These are both USB C 10Gbps connected devices that are very compact and portable. 00:00 Overview 01:18 Sabrent Enclosure 01:56 Dockcase Enclosure 03:34 Benchmark overview 04:31 Test Results 05:23 Summary and Recommendations Here are the 2 products tested: Dockcase Visual Smart NVMe SSD Enclosure: amzn.to/3VhBbSu Sabrent USB 3.2 10Gbps Type C ...
Review 003 of the Quik Mach 2 Bike Rack
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This is a review of the Mach 2 Bicycle rack made by Quikr. You can get more details here quikrstuff.com/. To get a 25% discount, use discount code REVIEWS2024. 00:00 Overview 00:54 Setup and Use 04:21 Hits and Misses This section may contain affiliate links and discount codes, which means I may receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you, if you decide to make a purchase. I only re...
Review 002 of the Neewer Camera Cage for Sony A6700
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Short review of the Neewer Camera Cage for the Sony a6700 Cage Kit for Sony A6700 amzn.to/3VfpSKN This section may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you, if you decide to make a purchase. I only recommend products and services that I trust and believe will be beneficial to you. Thank you for your support!
Review 001 of the Hydrogen Sports Proton Ball Machine
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Review of the Proton tennis ball machine manufactured by Hydrogen Sports - Silicon Valley's take on the venerable ball machine. 00:00 Overview 01:00 Setup and Use 03:27 Hits and Misses 05:38 Summary and Recommendation www.hydrogensports.com/
Really good
Can you test the 3rd device in picture at 1:40 ? How does it hot vs OWC?
Excellent, thank you. Greetings from Scotland!
very good video
nice :)
very good. Very clear/ FYI I just ordered the Green enclosure- its 36% off in the UK right now (at £69.99) and the 4T Lexar £229.99) ie £300 : $367 while if I'd got it fro, Apple a 4T SSD is 1,200 ! so I saved £900 that's incredible. Thats another Mac mini !! LOL
Great review, thank you. My mini arrived over the holidays but I am holding off on setup until I have a suitable external SSD for the setup of my home folder. I did not consider these 2 enclosures prior to the video as I was looking for a combo housing and hub.
see my comment. the green enclosure Is on sale amazon UK (£70) .. I bought it just now and got the 4Tb Lexar SSD (£230) ....total cost £300 a £900 saving vs Apple UK. Thats incredible.
Very good video. Can you suggest a good value 2tb storage option to suit the cases.
I haven't tested this myself but looks good spec-wise, for less than $100. amzn.to/3DZ2sne
Very cool. Thank you for the review and love seeing the older Mac mini. It’s interesting just how compact the new Mac mini really is in comparison to the
The M2 Pro still performs very well. I typically use it use it in a vertical orientation with a 3D printed stand so the footprint is relatively small.
Thank you for your review. I appreciate the precise and useful review.
Would you foresee a time when then fan might fail with the Ugreen? I have watched several of these SSD reviews, and you are getting better speeds than others. They have been in the 3000 range, not 7000. Are your numbers with cables in box or do you have an aftermarket cables? As @theordinaryi, I appreciate your review. (Edit: did you review the quizlab enclosure?)
This video is very useful and thorough! Your editing and presentation are excellent and informative. You earned my subscription.
Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you i need buy one and now you make me clear and make my safe choice. Ulgreen is great product. 😊
Agreed, top notch 👍🏻
Thank you for this excellent and concise review of the Quik Rack Mach2 bike rack. We recommend tightening the blue lever more than what you show here. You could probably go around at least one more time. It should be very tight and stop somewhere between 9:00 and 3:00. You'll know it's tight enough when you can feel zero wobble at the hitch. Also, when loading a bike, be sure to go to both ends of the bike and push directly on the tire arms with both of your hands. You should see a slight compression in your tires to know those arms are correctly securing your bike.
Built my own and trying to avoid ball jam is trcky. Would be good if you could do another video and hone in on the ball delivery drop zone to see how it works and how ball jams are possible and things that can avoid them. Mine uses just one pocket and the disc is angled so the balls fall towards the pocket at one point then travel around to the higher drop point. I used bicycle training wheels, MY aliexpress motors, controllers, makita battery. Wooden frame and basic on off remote control. Test final tesult tomorrow. Tennis anyone?
Good video I am in market for a better machine I currently have SP machine with remote. Its pretty poor quality but they sell all parts and have great Tech support. My problem is that the SP has a FIXED side to side and it is too wide for me. Looking for machine that could do say 10ft to left then 10 right not hitting corners of court
would have been nice, had you shown the screen and how good it looks. if the quality is good
Thanks for the feedback. I'm considering doing a short review of the screen
just add portable battery!
This. I was waiting for the reveal. 😂
I like that got to get one then! The Sunlu is ok but does not have those features and this would be a nice add on with the Creality K1C I plan to get!
Thanks for the great review. BTW, that's a $25 discount code not 25%
Wityh the lock do you really need the cable?
Great review. Thanks!!!
Had mine for a year and a half. What I liked was it being “tool-less”. Only need the key to unlock it.
Did the Hydrogen Sports Proton Ball Machine price increase? Any upcoming discounts?
does it work with android too?
Yes it does!
You can literally see the footpeg move backwards and to the side each time the ball is ejected, confirming the drift that others have mentioned.
I'll be experimenting with a larger 3D printed foot to see if it makes a difference.
Does this have a thru a pin? For the hitch reciever
No, it has a red pin that inserts where the thru lock would go. Not necessary for the red pin to go into the hole if it doesn't reach because of hitch insert hole being too shallow.
It has a red pin that serves a similar function but it does not go all the way thru. You can see it at 1:21
I've used the machine for about 18,000 balls now. In that time, I've had one bad jam that required opening up the machine, one repair done by Hydrogen sports under warranty and lost 2 of the feet used to support the front of the machine. It can fall off when moving because of the nature of the design. I've designed and 3D printed replacement feet so I don't have to keep buying them from the manufacturer.
great review ... thx. like to see how you would compare it to spinfire, spinshot or ...
I had evaluated the Spinfire Pro 2 and a couple of others before I bought the Proton so I can give you a paper comparison of the key features. The SpinFire wins on its ability to do a better lob, a remote control, close loop design so that there is no drift in alignment and larger ball hopper. However, it does cost quite a bit more - $700 more and is bigger and heavier. I would be very interested in testing one if I can get my hands on one for a month or so.
1up knock off or is the 1up a knock off of this? They are very similar.
It's from the same designer / engineer. The inventor owned the original 1up company. Had a business dispute with a partner (if the guy is to be believed his partner that currently runs 1up is very shady) so he took is improved design and started a new company with new partners. The mach 2 is basically a sequel with several key improvents. The biggest being 100 percent tool free with a universal key for all trays and accessories and essentially infinite adjustability for the clamps.
Looks like a very well made rack! considering for our heavy e-bikes. Currently have a hollywood rack but keeps rubbing the paint off our frames
No need to worry with the quicker it doesn’t touch the frame to ruin paint job.
Reliability update: I've had the Proton for just over 6 months now. I had one pretty serious ball jam that I managed to fix on my workbench about 3 months ago. Then a few days back, the front foot wouldn't elevate on start up. I've tried different things to fix it but without success. I've contact Hydrogen Sports to get it fixed. Let's see how this goes.
I shipped it out to Hydrogen Sports and it came back repaired in about two weeks. Everything works fine now.
I just tested the range of two newer Apple Watches; the Series 7 that was launched in 2021 and the Ultra 2 Launched about 8 months ago. Both watches connected and worked fine not just anywhere within the court but also outside the fence. I went about 20 feet beyond the fence line - diagonally across from the ball machine that was placed on the baseline on the opposite court and the connection was solid. I could start and stop the machine with no problems. I'm now wondering if the older watch I tested with originally was faulty in some way.
Do we have an app for Android users?
It's in the Google Play store
@@DVReviews2024 thank you. Can you please comment on the durability of the machine? Since when have you been using it/tentatively how many balls fired so far? I'm planning to buy a ball machine, and this seems to be the only machine which has custom drills capability at this price point (spinshot player cost upwards of $2200). Is my understanding correct?
@@samar_khan_94 I've put in excess of 14,000 balls thru the machine in the 7+ months that I've had it. I've had two problems so far. The first was a messy ball jam that required disassembling part of the carousel to fix. The second was more serious - the machine stopped elevating. I had to send it back to Hydrogen Sports for it to be fixed. So, the reliability hasn't been great.
I ordered the Proton (with an additional battery) using a link from 2minute Tennis. The machine that I received did not work properly. It was shooting balls off the court into the side fence. I called support but they didn't answer their phone so I left a voice message. I also emailed them but they didn't respond to either the phone or email messages. A few days later, I emailed them again and finally received a response. They didn't believe that there was a problem with the machine even though I explained in great detail what was wrong. The only option that they gave me was to offer me a refund, less 10% restocking fee. I was responsible for shipping it back. The total cost for the machine is $1695 + $75 (second battery) = $1770. I was refunded $1558. I should have been $1593 but they said that since I used "a discount code" for the purchase, they would need to deduct more from the refund. My cost for shipping it back was $130 plus restocking fee came to $342. In other words, I lost $342 and still have no ball machine.
Is this machine good in regards to return of ball when you hit it to make it realistic like hitting with a person?
In general, the answer is yes. The machine certainly has the capability to do so. It can be programmed to deliver the ball in different parts of the court with different speeds/spin. You do need to take the time to set it up appropriately. It took me a while to get it tweaked so that I could get comfortable doing drills.
Thank you for your review. May I ask why you're giving the machine 3 stars out of 5? is there another machine you'd recommend around the same price point?
There are two main reasons for the rating. The first is the left-right drift of the machine. In a typical session, I run about 7 or 8 baskets of balls through the machine. In that time, I have to adjust it at least 3 times to keep it aimed correctly. I just want to focus on tennis and not have to keep adjusting the machine. Calibration can sometimes help a little but that is yet another thing to do and it doesn't totally solve the problem. The second is the lack of a high ball capability so I can practice overhead smashes.
Doesn’t the lob riser raise the machine up more? Also, How does the machine calibrate , is the drift happening from the back wheel slipping?
@@Wj3399 The lob riser does allow it to launch balls at a higher angle but not high enough to do a proper lob. There is a calibration process run from the phone app that allows you to launch one ball at a time at a specific part of the court. You then dial in the machine by using the appropriate arrow keys. For left to right drift, you just specify how far the machine drifts left/right over time and the machine attempts to compensate for it. It's an open loop design - so the drift is to be expected. It's probably from a combination of the small, rear driven wheel slipping or just the (lack of) repeatability of movement inherent in the design.
Fantastic and Through!
Do you have some advices to fix some of the mentioned issues, please? I need to buy the Apple Watch. Which one is the good one to work with? Are the Generation 9 watch good for the use of the ball machine? Thanks
The older watch I had worked reasonably well so long as I used it no further than the service line on the opposite side of the court. I should be able to get my hands on an Ultra in about 3 weeks from now. I'll test it and let you know if it works better.
Thanks for your review