Expensive Tech I Love!
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Published 2023-10-17
Eight Sleep - snazzy.fm/jL
Himiway - snazzy.fm/Hc
Roland F701 - snazzy.fm/aH
Prusa XL - snazzy.fm/wq
The Eight Sleep mattress cover has been seen on a lot of your favorite channels, but always as a paid ad. What does a tech reviewer really think of the company's crazy expensive liquid-cooled smart cover? E-bikes are cool, but I'm gonna let you in on a little secret: most e-bike brands share components from the same, small, handful of factories and the products themselves are not much different than they'd seem. The Himiway Zebra is a perfectly fine bike with nicer-than-average components at a lower cost—likely at the expense of after-sales support. Oh, and pianos. Pianos are cool, but they're crazy expensive. How good could a "cheap" digital piano be in 2023? The Roland F701 gets a lot of things right—including the sound—but does it feel like a piano worthy of its price? Last, 3D printing has died off from the "fad" it once was, but it's more useful than ever and the latest printers are insanely capable. The Prusa XL has a 360^3mm build volume which makes way for some BIG projects. Find out about all of this and more on this week's episode of Snazzy Labs.
Disclosure: Products in this video were provided for review free-of-charge; however, that has not impacted my opinion of them. I've been a product reviewer for 15-years and offending a company or criticizing a product is sometimes part of the game. My "boss" is you, the viewer; not brands.
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All Comments (21)
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6:30 I wholly agree, I was on board with this product until I saw the paid subscription for core features. Now nevermind, not touchiing it as long as that's there.
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Someone needs to let Loius Rossmann know about the bed subscription 😂
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The scary thing about the Eight Sleep is if the company goes belly up. To no fault of your own that core functionality probably stops working. With no way to alter it. Unless these types of companies explicitly say these features will be unlocked in the event they can no longer provide support. I’m hesitant to jump onboard.
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You were 100% selling me on the Eight Sleep (I sleep like crap because I can’t get the temperature right), until I saw the subscription. Hell absolutely no, if I’m spending that kind of money, and I’m happy to given the tech behind it, you’re not locking me out of it because you don’t think I’ve spent enough yet. Like you said some of the features require active development and I get that, the subscription being needed for some features isn’t a bad thing, but effectively making this awesome product a $2500 heated mattress cover if I don’t want to subscribe should be criminal.
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4:27 better check on that HomePod 😂
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lol I love how Quinn messed with 3 nights worth of his wife's sleep for science. Yeah Science!
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Great video as always. 100% agree on the Eight Sleep. I was on board but there's no way I'd pay a monthly subscription to sleep lol.
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no joke i was ready to shell out 2500 until the subscription thing popped up, some day their service and servers will shut down and the hardware made useless, with foresight like this they WILL eventually fizzle out. unfortunate.
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For me, although I agree that the $15+ a month is shameful, it's as much about the fact that my $2,500 purchase becomes as useless as having it without a subscription if Eight Sleep go under, or get bought by a company whose privacy terms I don't like, or they decide to double or treble the monthly charge, or I'm out of work for a time, etc etc.
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I feel like we just got a front row seat to Quinn’s midlife crisis 🤣
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4:29 “I think our HomePod just blew up” 😂😂
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I'm personally not buying the Eight Sleep because of the subscription requirement. I'd pay more upfront, but I won't get locked into a monthly fee for my own bed.
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A shame that the subcription service killed all interest for me.
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FYI The name of the country is pronounced as if it was "Czekia" (che-kii-ia) not "Czechia" (che-chi-ia). Some also prefer "the Czech ('check') Republic".
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I love how the garage light at 9:44 on the top left goes out right after he finishes his thought. Seems too perfect.
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Woot woot... I own two of the 4 listed I seriously cant wait for the XL input shaping update - thats all I use now on my MK4.
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Loved the video! I love these kind of videos by Quinn - from server and audiophile setups to guilty pleasure hardware! I’d love to follow a blog about such random topics if he ever created one!
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Never expected to see a piano on this channel, much more Quinn play the piano, such a delight. Love my FP60
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8 Sleep Pods looks cool but up to 3k (CAD) + 20-35 monthly is a lot of money.
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That subscription requirement for the mattress cover is just disgusting. Shouldn't even be legal
