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title: 'I Bought Every YouTube Ad I Found'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=y04_4RTLGKg'
video_id: 'y04_4RTLGKg'
date: 2026-08-23
duration_sec: 1487
channel: 'Austin Evans'
---

# I Bought Every YouTube Ad I Found

> Source: [I Bought Every YouTube Ad I Found](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y04_4RTLGKg)

## Summary

The video is an investigative and entertaining review of various products and services advertised on YouTube, ranging from mystery boxes and sleep masks to AI video tools and fragrance subscriptions. The host tests each item, shares his honest opinions, and evaluates whether these sponsorships are worth the hype or potentially questionable.

### Key Points

- **Investigating YouTube Sponsors** [00:00] — The host begins by questioning the legitimacy of various YouTube sponsors and decides to test products from different ads to see if they are worth the money.
- **HypeDrop Mystery Boxes** [00:15] — The host explores HypeDrop, a mystery box site, noting the low odds of winning high-value items (0.001% for a $30,000 Rolex) and the high likelihood of getting low-value items like a can of Red Bull.
- **HypeDrop Withdrawal Issues** [02:18] — After winning a card, the host encounters problems withdrawing it, receiving an error that the item is not available for withdrawal, and after two weeks, the item still hasn't been shipped, leading to a negative recommendation.
- **Melodical Watch Review** [03:18] — The host reviews a $400 marble and silver watch from Melodical, noting that while it doesn't feel terrible, it doesn't feel expensive or fancy, and he wouldn't recommend it but doesn't consider it a scam.
- **Tranquil Taupe Sleep Mask** [06:07] — The host tests a $49 weighted sleep mask from Tranquil Taupe, finding that it doesn't block much light and the weight is uncomfortable, leading him to pass on it.
- **AI Video Platform Test** [10:17] — The host tries an AI video platform called Higgsfield, generating a video of himself eating spaghetti, and is impressed by the results, noting the potential of AI-generated content.
- **Hexclad Pan Review** [13:29] — The host tests a $200 Hexclad pan, cooking eggs and a French omelet, and finds the cleaning easy and the cooking performance good, deferring to Chef Mattio's opinion that it's a solid pan.
- **Scentbird Fragrance Subscription** [17:10] — The host tries Scentbird, a fragrance subscription service, choosing the John Wick scent, and finds the product decent, though he notes it smells like Old Spice and the uncle that's drunk all the time.
- **Freecash App Investigation** [20:19] — The host investigates Freecash, a cash-for-apps platform, and finds that it tracks user activity through a data chain, and after playing games, he only earns 50 cents, concluding it's not a sponsorship he would take.

### Conclusion

The video provides a candid and humorous evaluation of various YouTube sponsors, highlighting that while some products are decent, others are not worth the money, and viewers should be cautious about the promises made in ads.

## Transcript

Well, today I'm going to be taking a closer look to find out. who sponsor all kinds of content on YouTube to see. or are they a little bit questionable?
Why are there so many things happening? They have unboxings, battles, deals, black market, "Pokemon," legends, blind boxes.
and trade and sell which you don't need, oh God. Two hours ago, someone spent $2,800
- [Alex] And that's gonna be you. So now that I have successfully verified myself they also have my credit card because I had deposited $150.
So let's see here. It's a lot of like $15 items and like thousand dollar items.
There is a 0.001% chance of a $30,000 Rolex. the odds are I'm going to get a can of Red Bull. (laughs) because that's maybe something I actually want.
(Austin grunts) - [Alex] Hey, what is it? - It's the Piplup from Sun Dream League.
that was a 0.8% chance. Okay, I want that. Give me the card.
is not as straightforward as it seems? which I didn't fully understand how to do that and you can move items back and forth.
it gave me an error that it wasn't available. "This item is not available for withdrawal. said, "Hey, I'm having an issue shipping an item I won.
So to give them credit, within five minutes I had an answer, which means it can't be shipped at the moment. So they don't have it.
And my only course right now is to wait some amount of time Where to begin? So it has now been over two weeks since we first won
Then they're like, "Ooh, sorry, my bad, bro, the Scarlet and Violet Black Bolt Binder Collection. 15 days ago, I did that.
"Hey, we're processing your request to withdraw." that even if they don't have it, Is it that hard to just acquire the item?
Like to me, I just, I would not recommend HypeDrop. some of which I actually watch. it is like semi-affordable,
So they have like a lot of like wood, a lot of like metal. So why don't we look for some jewelry, my friends?
It's a lot of chest hair. Like this one's literally like a leaf. It's marble and silver.
I feel like this is a real brand from what I understand. could I find a similar watch on Temu for like 30 bucks?
Okay, so let's take a look at what we've got. and I'm hopeful that it will actually be good, but I got to say, I am way outside my depth on this.
It's just a wood box in a cardboard box. That's it. Okay.
So we have the Melodical watch. but I don't really know that much about this world.
So this one's supposed to be with marble, right? - I mean, if you look close, There's a little bit of like a bit of brown in there.
it's like really like it's fancy leather. So I'm wearing a watch right now and I can tell that it is in fact 3:36.
And this thing is pretty expensive at $400. that maybe this is actually like a pretty good deal. like I've got like a big chunky boy on.
because again, maybe I just don't know any better. Like it doesn't feel terrible. It just doesn't feel expensive and fancy
Not something I would recommend, but not a scam. Find your calm with a Tranquil Taupe. What's Tranquil Taupe?
This is a company who sells sleeping masks. - Yes. - There's the PRO Sleep Mask. and there's the SOUND Sleep Mask.
So it's engineered for side sleepers, which is me. True 100% blackout and zero eye pressure. So it's just C-shaped eye cups for unbeatable side sleep comfort.
I wanna try the weighted mask This is one that I'm cautiously optimistic about.
I don't mind paying a little extra if it's something that will, you know, help me sleep. - [Alex] Is it not in there? That's hilarious.
No, it just, it fell out. - Oh, is it that weighted one? Well, that's a great unboxing experience This is their patented design of covering your eyeballs,
a little bit of light. which also look, This one's also just like squished all the way open.
earplugs on the market. I guess like foam sort of ball in it, and then it's got a rubber seal so when you put it in.
that they come in different sizes. because odds are only one or maybe two of these you're just gonna like give to a friend or something.
Well, I guess let's give these things a try, shall we? You're stuck in the middle seat. Well, let's start by drowning out the iPad baby over here,
Ken's over here with the Vision Pro. So you need to have the bigger part toward the back.
Okay. So.,, Oh, that does actually fit pretty well.
because the foam ones I have to like crank into my ears. they maybe don't quite knock out as much audio but they're so much easier to put in my ear
It's time for me to lock in with my weighted sleep mask. So I guess you just Velcro it on? because at least for first impressions,
Yeah, it's like by default, Okay, all right. Not a lot of width on these, but okay.
and just picture being on Linus's jet, I'll be happy. (ambient music) I'm pretty okay with these earplugs.
I don't like the weight. is like sitting on like my nose and on my eyes. They don't even like block that much light out
Question for you though. - [Alex] None of these things The mask was $49. - Yup.
- I'd pass on the sleep mask, Maybe not totally worth 30 bucks, but I'm not mad at that. I'm actually pretty sold on them.
If that name means nothing to you, congratulations. created by Higgsfield And they are essentially an AI video platform.
there's like a hundred things happening right now. I wanna go into this with a somewhat open mind, of AI-generated video.
Okay, so we do want Seedance, like video generation models. that is $59 for a month.
which equals 600 Nano Banana Pro Generations, We'll just do one month and I'm gonna cancel it and then go back to making human videos like a chump.
So then describe the video you wanna create. Okay, so you can like generate an image Let's upload a photo of me and we'll generate it from there.
So I'm just gonna take a picture here. Yes, yes, I own this media or violate copyright.
Like- - Okay, fine. We'll just have you eat spaghetti. That's the ultimate AI test.
(Alex laughs) Oh, there's a logo on my shirt. Let's do like a trailer
featuring unboxing man. (Austin laughs) but it is just also like the Dropbox logo.
Is everyone ready? (upbeat music) - We're (beep) cooked, y'all.
(upbeat music)
If I'm looking at it really closely, It says like In-N-Out crowd or something. but I only know that because like I'm able to look behind me
Ready for Unboxing Man? (Unboxing Man laughs) like three acres of Amazon rainforest for that. (sighs)
I think we can all just agree this is the opposite of okay. Alex, why is Hexclad on this list? I have seen so many goddamn ads.
Hexclad promises that it will have the non-stick function - Got it, that makes total sense. Solving a clear and pressing need to not let metal on metal
or food on metal or metal on metal food. - $200 for a single 12-inch pan. but damn brother.
This is what we do. I'm just a...step aside, Binging with Babish. (Alex laughs)
- This, my friends, is the unboxing that I wasn't expecting. But also, as you might be able to tell, they canceled my order and I didn't realize for a few days
Amazon only had one in stock Like 100 and like 20, 130 bucks, something like that? more expensive, yeah. - But to be fair, it's not,
So their whole thing is, That actually looks really cool. - [Alex] I sent you a video about a guy
- Okay, let's see it, let's see it. We'll show you how nice and even these eggs cook up there. - Want to do a French omelet.
all day long. - [Alex] I'm gonna tell you right now, I tried that. How do you cook an egg?
- Right, per instructions that we definitely are reading. - Okay. - And so that's gonna heat up So step one, season.
- [Alex] Because they've just been out - Why do you have such wet eggs? And so he specifically... kind of looked around.
that actually does make it look like - I don't know, man. As someone who might not be a dedicated pan aficionado,
Now, with less oil - Sure, ooh. - That actually is the way he did it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Stop telling me to blow things. - Just blow it. Oh no. - Oh.
I will say from a cleaning standpoint, that's pretty good. But that's not bad, man. - Boom, okay. - Like this was very good,
Okay, well, I will defer to Chef Mattio. Hey, Gordon Ramsey, your pan is mid. You choose your scent up to a thousand scents
You receive your eight milliliter vial, but that's actually probably a decent amount. What?
but you can cancel without consequences. I could take the fragrance quiz. What kind of fragrance are you looking for?
Feminine or masculine? What's the difference? - Oh, Jesus Christ. Musk, amber, spices, tonka.
What am I typically gravitated toward? Fresh or sophisticated? So I can get the John Wick scent.
Gun metal, spiced lemon, amber bourbon, and clary sage. All right, I'll do that one. We got Versace Eros.
So there's the Guilty Pour Homme Also, it's French. - It means for men. - Oh, I'm a pour homme.
- [Alex] You know what? Sure. that I need to cancel if I am unhappy with this product. It is more expensive though
Oh. So we've got ourselves a little carrying case I might be too dumb.
Magnets, how do they work? - Oh, okay. So you unlock it, and you'll see that we have an exclusive John Wick and Scentbird collaboration
of eau de parfum. So then if I spray it, oh, it comes out here. I'll do three just for safety.
I'll go tap, tap, tap, tap. Like you know what it smells like? This has got some Old Spice smells.
(bright music) - [Alex] It smells like the uncle that's drunk all the time.
I get the idea that you wanna try different things, who doesn't really know that much about scents that you can, and maybe I'll buy a bigger bottle of it or whatever.
it's actually kind of decent. So when I saw comments on our Honey video I felt like it deserved a closer look
Right now as we're recording this video, And I actually went back through my inbox offering to sponsor content.
Freecash makes me think it's a scam, Win and triumph, just play and make cash by playing. on your phone kind of apps, which are largely just,
So I won't. So my understanding is, I think TechCrunch did an article
and Play Store and they got like reinstated. But regardless, it is here. So I have logged in with Ray Tracy's Google account.
Okay. How old am I? Oh, I got five cents for answering my gender. 10, 20, 30, or $50 plus?
Ah, it feels like a trick question. - What? - Now, I've played Monopoly Go. You'll earn $10 to $15 in five minutes.
Not on this phone, I haven't. So I have "Monopoly Go" opened, but how would it know? Oh, installation completed.
based on all of these different things I do. Okay, so let me play two minutes and see if it can tell.
It didn't ask me for any permissions at all yet. - I've definitely played for two minutes now. Complete or expired, install or open the app.
I'm already playing, it doesn't work. who actually investigated how this works. tracks your activity through a data chain
to a third party tracking thing. So it's getting the information directly from the app.
I have not made my $25, unfortunately. So I can install SoFi Coach and I'll get $8.
Okay, that's an actual job. I can make $1,500 from Dice and Dreams or Dice Dreams.
I have like $13 in credit, which feels like it's going to take forever Okay, I think I've played enough.
Oh my God, wait. Reach your first streak diamond I get streak freezes.
Claim my reward 50 cents. I get 50 cents. It could have been anywhere from a cent to $10.
I think we can consider this one to be maybe not a sponsorship that I would take Thank you very much for watching.
and a ring-a-ling that ding-a-ling button and let me know. I can't wait to see. Is it finally time to try BetterHelp?
Anyone who goes on YouTube just for charity, - That is very- - He just wants to fight. Charity of your choice.
Win or lose, but I still wanna fight you.