[0:00] - Today I'm gonna find out,
[0:01] is tech actually cheaper at Costco?
[0:03] I mean, sure it's a great place
[0:04] to get yourself a
700-count of toilet paper.
[0:07] But what about actual, real tech?
[0:09] Wait, do I need air compression boots?
[0:12] Guess who? It's me.
[0:13] What's interesting about
these is these are the XM5s,
[0:16] but it's an SA version,
[0:18] which is apparently a
Costco exclusive version.
[0:20] Why is the Costco version
different and cheaper?
[0:23] So one of the things I'm learning here is
[0:24] that there is a little display box
[0:26] that I've never noticed before.
[0:28] It's not a clearance per se.
[0:31] These items are the last ones left.
[0:33] For a lot of, like, the core items,
[0:34] the prices actually do seem
to be pretty competitive,
[0:36] but the selection small,
[0:37] at least with what
you've got in the store.
[0:39] But while I'm sure we'll
find a lot of stuff online,
[0:41] something like this seems like
[0:43] straight up just a good deal period.
[0:45] I think we need to liberate
this from the bad box.
[0:49] We'll take it with us.
[0:50] (screen whooshing)
One of the first things
[0:51] that drew my attention
in the store was this.
[0:54] So this is a pair of Sony 1000XM5s,
[0:57] a high-quality pair of headphones.
[0:59] I think when these first launched,
[1:01] maybe like two or three years ago,
[1:02] they were like 400 bucks.
[1:04] - [Ken] Something like that.
[1:05] - When I saw these for $230 at Costco,
[1:09] admittedly you know they're last generation,
[1:11] but it's not like headphones,
[1:12] you know, crumble into dust.
[1:14] But we had a question.
[1:16] Take a close look here.
[1:17] It's 1000XM5SA,
[1:19] which is I believe, like,
Special Edition or something.
[1:22] (buzzer ringing)
- That's not how
[1:23] you spell "edition."
(crickets chirping)
[1:24] That's Special Addition.
- It's the Special Addition.
[1:26] I've heard rumors that
Costco has a lot of items
[1:29] that are suspiciously cheap,
[1:31] because some Costco items
are unique to Costco.
[1:34] Maybe the Costco edition is
maybe different in some ways.
[1:38] - Well, I think the only way
[1:39] you could have convinced
me this was something
[1:40] that was exclusively at Costco,
[1:42] if this came in a five pack.
[1:44] (Alex laughing)
[1:45] - I know, Ken, you dailied these
[1:46] for a long time, right?
- Yeah.
[1:47] Until the M6 came out earlier this year
[1:50] or late last year.
[1:51] - [Austin] So we've got the 1000XM5s.
[1:54] Oh, well, that's immediately a difference.
[1:55] - What?
- It's in, like, a soft case.
[1:57] Wait, no, this is an upgrade.
[1:58] For context,
[1:59] this is a pair of normal Sony 1000XM5s.
[2:01] I always thought it was
kinda, like, big, and bulky,
[2:03] and kind of dumb.
[2:04] It's like the sort of
the origami-looking case.
[2:06] We do have a standard pair of M5s.
[2:09] So if I put them side by side
[2:10] and I get them mixed up,
[2:11] I mean they look-
[2:12] - [Ken] They are
basically the same though.
[2:13] - Pretty close.
[2:15] They feel like the same weight.
[2:16] Alex, do you have any idea
of what the differences are?
[2:20] - [Alex] I reached out to Sony
[2:21] and they specifically said that there is
[2:22] basically no difference
except that carrying case.
[2:25] The unofficially answer is
people online have basically
[2:30] speculated that all the Costco things are,
[2:32] like, B-line products.
[2:34] They might have higher failure rates,
[2:36] because Costco is
willing to eat that cost.
[2:38] - But the thing is,
[2:39] Costco typically has
either a good warranty
[2:41] or obviously they have,
like, good return support.
[2:43] Okay, so I've paired them to my phone.
[2:45] I've got LDAC turned on, which
is the higher quality audio.
[2:49] Ambient sound is good,
[2:50] but seems a little bit sort of dated
[2:52] compared to the M6s or
more modern headphones.
[2:55] Let me turn on the noise canceling.
[2:56] - Can you hear?
(Ken clapping)
[2:58] - I can't hear Matt at all.
[3:00] (Alex laughing)
- Nothing at all?
[3:02] Wait.
[3:03] - The M6s are a very,
very substantial step up
[3:07] over the noise cancellation of these guys.
[3:09] But here's the thing,
these are already good.
[3:11] Those are just great.
[3:12] (upbeat music)
[3:17] I'm taking 'em off.
(phone chiming)
[3:18] They automatically pause.
- That was Daft Punk.
[3:20] - Surprising exactly no one,
these are badass headphones.
[3:23] I know you've listened to
'em 1,000,000 times before.
[3:25] Like, there's nothing wrong
with these headphones.
[3:27] - Yeah, these things are great.
[3:28] I think for $250,
[3:31] these are-
$230.
[3:31] - [Matt] Even if these were refurbished.
[3:34] - Yeah?
- I wouldn't be mad
[3:34] at that price.
- Well, but here's
[3:35] the thing though.
[3:36] What would we pay for M5s elsewhere?
[3:40] - [Alex] So right now
is kind of a weird time,
[3:41] because it's right near
the Memorial Day weekend.
[3:44] Everywhere else they're going for $250,
[3:46] and that is the lowest price.
[3:48] - This has gotta be a
point for Costco, right?
[3:51] - Yeah.
- Yeah
[3:51] - I think so.
- Yeah.
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[5:09] (screen whooshing)
There was an item
[5:11] when we were perusing
the shelves at Costco
[5:14] that really drew my eye.
[5:16] This-
(sound dropping)
[5:18] (upbeat music)
- What?
[5:19] - Yeah, what's up?
(upbeat music continues)
[5:21] - Why is the box empty?
[5:22] Show the audience.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.
[5:23] - Show the audience.
- So this is
[5:24] a giant game of "Guess Who?"
[5:27] Did you tamper with this, Alex?
[5:28] Did you already crack it open?
[5:30] - [Alex] We may have made
some creative modifications.
[5:33] - Why are our faces on there?
- What the hell, man?
[5:35] What?
[5:36] So we've got Baby Austin, Creepy Matt.
[5:40] Oh, God.
(Alex laughing)
[5:41] Some horrible travesty of
[5:42] Evsini, and Maustin.
(Alex laughing)
[5:45] Did we give any thought
to how we're shooting this?
[5:46] - No.
- Probably not.
[5:47] Probably not.
- Whoa, not like that.
[5:49] (screen beeping)
[5:51] - So let's do this thing.
[5:52] The rules are pretty simple.
[5:53] We each get to pick a YouTuber
[5:55] and lock it into whoever we want,
[5:57] and then the other person has to guess.
[5:58] - [Matt] You get one guess at a time.
[6:00] It has to be "yes" or "no."
[6:01] - Yeah, you close up photos of YouTubers
[6:03] until we finally have the correct answer.
[6:05] - Do I hate them?
[6:06] (people laughing)
[6:08] (plastic flipping)
(Austin laughing)
[6:10] Are they blonde?
[6:13] - No.
[6:15] No, no. I can't say that.
[6:16] Have you met your YouTuber in person?
[6:20] - Yes.
[6:21] I'll actually tell you
[6:22] that there's only two people on here
[6:23] that I have not met in person.
[6:24] - Uh-oh.
[6:25] Are they, in these photos-
- Yes.
[6:27] - [Matt] Wearing glasses?
[6:28] - Yes, they're wearing glasses.
[6:29] - Okay.
- "Do they have two eyes?"
[6:31] - Well, you can also
ask the same question.
[6:33] (upbeat music)
- No, I can't ask that.
[6:35] Oh, shoot.
- No, say it.
[6:36] - [Alex] Just say it.
[6:37] - [Austin] Is your YouTuber Canadian?
[6:38] - [Ken] That was offensive?
[6:39] - No.
- Yeah.
[6:40] - Has your YouTuber tried to hire me?
[6:42] (Alex gasping) 
- [Alex] Ooh!
[6:45] - Yes.
[6:46] How many YouTubers have
asked to try to hire you?
[6:48] It can't be that many.
[6:49] - There is some.
[6:51] - Oh, no, there's way more
[6:52] than I thought.
(Matt laughing)
[6:52] Nine, 10, 11-
- Yeah, you barely
[6:54] - So I have 13 left.
- You barely narrowed it down.
[6:56] You barely narrowed it down.
- I have two.
[6:57] Is your YouTuber UrAvgConsumer?
[6:59] (bell chiming)
(people cheering)
[7:02] - Well done, my friend. Well done.
[7:03] - The only other one I had over here,
[7:05] if you wanna take a look,
[7:06] is Maustin.
[7:07] (people laughing)
[7:09] I almost went to go work
for Jud before I came here
[7:12] and I should have done that.
[7:14] (people laughing)
[7:15] All right, so I guess I fight you now.
[7:17] - Okay, let's do it.
- All right.
[7:18] - I actually think Austin
should pick for both of us.
[7:21] - Okay.
- Oh!
[7:22] Yeah!
[7:23] Okay. Okay.
[7:24] So I'm locking in here.
[7:25] - Yeah.
- Okay.
[7:26] - Okay.
- Okay.
[7:27] Good luck, boys.
[7:28] - [Alex] The rule book states
[7:29] whoever's youngest goes first. (laughs)
[7:31] - Okay.
(Alex laughing)
[7:33] Is your YouTuber a guy?
[7:36] - Yes. Are they showing
teeth in the photo?
[7:39] - [Austin] Now, hold on.
[7:39] Some of these are, like, questionable.
[7:41] Like, are those teeth?
[7:43] - [Ken] Yes, they are.
[7:44] Okay.
[7:45] - [Alex] See? Matt knows what he's doing.
[7:46] (plastic flipping)
[7:47] - [Ken] Who the (censored) are you?
[7:48] (people laughing)
[7:50] - Is this a male YouTuber?
[7:52] - No.
- That's a little bit sad
[7:54] for the industry,
[7:54] but-
(Austin laughing)
[7:56] But very easy for Matt. (laughs)
[7:58] Dang!
(Austin laughing)
[7:59] - Sorry, that was just-
[8:01] Sorry.
(people laughing)
[8:02] In a dream once.
[8:03] (people laughing)
[8:06] Are they holding tech in their photo?
[8:09] - Ooh.
- No.
[8:10] - Wow.
- Basically you have
[8:11] to just wild guess right now.
[8:12] - Yeah-
- Otherwise.
[8:13] - Okay.
(people laughing)
[8:16] (Matt sucking)
[8:17] (Matt blowing)
[8:19] Is it you?
[8:24] Is it?
[8:25] - No.
[8:26] (people laughing)
[8:27] - [Alex] Damn, that was dramatic as hell.
[8:28] - Is it Sara Dietschy?
[8:29] - It is Sara Dietschy.
- Rhymes with peachy.
[8:30] - Yay!
- It is Sara Dietschy.
[8:32] - Who was it?
- Wow.
[8:33] - Carter.
- Oh, God,
[8:35] that was gonna be my second choice.
[8:35] (people laughing)
- Here's the thing.
[8:38] What does this have to do with Costco?
[8:40] I don't (duck quacking) know,
[8:40] except that they have
some hilarious, fun games.
[8:43] - But how much did we pay for all of this,
[8:46] for all this enjoyment?
[8:47] - [Alex] We paid $90 for this thing.
[8:49] - This is $90?
- It is $90.
[8:51] - What the hell? Wait, no.
[8:52] Was it?
[8:53] No? What?
[8:54] No, no. It was.
[8:56] Ooh, I thought this thing was $30 bucks
[8:58] when I put in the cart.
[8:59] All I know is you should
subscribe to the This Is channel,
[9:02] 'cause we're 100% doing a
full video with this thing.
[9:04] (screen whooshing)
This next item might be
[9:07] the best outright deal of the video.
[9:09] Ken.
[9:10] Oh, wait, it says it.
[9:11] Oh, it's right here. 
(Ken laughing)
[9:13] Ken, how much would you pay
[9:15] for a brand new MacBook Air?
[9:18] M4.
[9:19] - [Ken] M4.
- Mm-hmm.
[9:20] Something reasonable.
- Okay, okay.
[9:21] Oh, 15 inch.
- A big boy.
[9:22] Yeah, don't forget.
[9:23] - About a grand.
[9:25] - [Austin] So for context,
base models have 16 GB of RAM,
[9:29] 256 GB storage.
- Okay.
[9:30] - So $1,300?
[9:31] - $1,300.
- So MSRP.
[9:33] - [Alex] So if we were to
buy this somewhere else,
[9:35] let's say like a Best Buy,
or Amazon, or something,
[9:39] it is retailing for about $1,100.
[9:43] - Ooh. Okay.
[9:43] Let me present to you, my
friends, the price tag.
[9:46] - Oh.
- Oh!
[9:47] - [Austin] $899.97.
[9:49] Liberated from the bad box in the store.
[9:52] - [Alex] Hell yeah!
[9:54] - So...
[9:55] - [Alex] It fell off already.
[9:56] (person laughing)
- For quite some time,
[9:58] the difference between,
like, a MacBook Air,
[10:00] once you, like, added, like,
any kind of spec to it.
[10:02] and, like, a MacBook Pro,
[10:03] was so similar, it was just, like,
[10:04] you might as well get,
like, the 120 Hz display
[10:06] and the extra ports.
[10:07] But at 900 bucks,
[10:09] this actually feels pretty compelling.
[10:10] - [Ken] Did you steal this?
[10:12] - I stole it 'cause it
was such a good deal.
[10:14] - [Ken] Oh, it's also not open-box.
[10:15] It's actually like-
- No, no.
[10:16] Okay, so again,
[10:17] none of the Costco stuff
was, like, open-box returns.
[10:19] Like, this is brand new, still sealed.
[10:20] Yeah yeah yeah.
[10:21] There are certainly
refurb models and whatnot.
[10:23] But as far as, like, a brand new,
[10:25] like, still sealed in the box,
[10:26] full warranty, the whole thing,
[10:28] I think we found a really good deal here.
[10:29] And I will say the Sky
Blue is very lovely.
[10:33] Ooh, that's nice.
[10:34] That's pretty nice.
[10:35] So, my friends,
[10:36] I'm going to spend some time
with a 15 inch MacBook Air
[10:40] that I got a smoking
deal from at Costco.
[10:43] And we'll see if it's worth it,
[10:45] and if you should actually even
[10:46] buy a MacBook Air at this point.
[10:48] (screen whooshing)
So I'm of two minds
[10:49] when it comes to using the MacBook Air.
[10:51] It is a thoroughly excellent laptop.
[10:53] I mean, surprise, surprise.
[10:54] And this is my first time really
[10:56] daily driving the 15 inch variant.
[10:58] The extra screen real estate
is absolutely appreciated.
[11:00] The larger trackpad is nice.
[11:01] Even though it's so thin,
[11:04] it does kind of feel a little heavy.
[11:05] I don't think they should be
[11:06] using the MacBook Air name
on these guys anymore.
[11:09] The concern I had about
really the MacBook,
[11:11] really since the MacBook Neo
came out earlier this year,
[11:14] is just the simple fact that
the MacBook Air feels like
[11:16] it's kind of in no man's land.
[11:17] The Neo is a terrific laptop.
[11:19] It's $600 and less.
[11:20] It is absolutely the MacBook
[11:21] that I would recommend to most people.
[11:23] And if you need more than the Neo,
[11:25] generally speaking, I would
recommend to go up to the Pro.
[11:27] When you put it all together,
[11:28] it really feels like the Air is
[11:29] in this really weird,
kind of, middle ground
[11:31] where it doesn't really
do anything all that well.
[11:34] That's what I would say,
[11:35] if I would've paid full
price for this MacBook Air.
[11:38] But I paid $300, $400 less than MSRP,
[11:41] and that really changes the bargain.
[11:43] The biggest downside with
this configuration is
[11:45] it only has 256 GB of storage,
[11:47] which is very minimal no
matter how you slice it.
[11:50] But I gotta say,
[11:51] chalk a giant W up for Costco on this one.
[11:54] Next up we have ourselves a GoPro.
[11:57] I have not used a brand
new GoPro in a minute.
[12:00] It felt like for a while, like, the HERO,
[12:02] like, five, and six, and stuff,
[12:04] they're making, like, big progress.
[12:05] But then I feel like a lot of the updates
[12:07] were just kind of whatever.
[12:08] - [Alex] But also tons of competitors
[12:10] have popped up.
- Yes.
[12:11] If I'm gonna use, like,
a GoPro or something,
[12:13] instead, I'm usually
gonna use either my phone
[12:15] or, like, one of the other
DJI cameras or something.
[12:17] So, like, I haven't been in the
action cam game for a while.
[12:20] This my friends, is the 
GoPro HERO13, the Black Edition,
[12:25] which is apparently the
top end, I would believe.
[12:27] And this is also a whole bundle
[12:28] that comes with extra
batteries and a 128 GB SD card.
[12:32] - [Alex] Yeah. And that one
came out at the end of 2024.
[12:35] - Okay. So, like, a year and a half old.
[12:38] Eh, that's fine.
[12:39] It does come with a nice,
little carrying case,
[12:40] which I actually do appreciate.
[12:41] Oh, that's actually really nice.
[12:43] Oh, we have mounts and stuff too.
[12:45] Excellent.
[12:46] - Oh.
- Oh, you know what it is?
[12:47] This screen looks bigger.
[12:48] What's the spec of a GoPro at this point?
[12:50] Like, what can you actually shoot with it?
[12:51] 5.3K.
[12:53] You can also do 4K120.
[12:55] So I'm actually excited
to see, especially,
[12:57] because this was a pretty
good deal, I think.
[13:01] - [Ken] How much?
[13:02] - Well, first of all,
[13:03] Alex, what's just the MSRP?
[13:04] - [Alex] If you want just
the HERO13 Black, it's $350.
[13:10] The closest bundle I can
see is one on Amazon.
[13:14] - Yes.
- And that goes for $400.
[13:16] - And we paid...
[13:18] - [Alex] We paid $340.
[13:22] - This is just straight up the same,
[13:23] actually slightly better bundle
[13:25] than other places have like Amazon.
[13:27] Why don't we get this guy
set up and up to date,
[13:31] and we'll take it for
a little spin to see,
[13:33] not only did we get a good deal,
[13:35] but can we do some cool action stuff?
[13:37] (plane zooming)
[13:38] Who wants to jump out of a plane?
[13:40] I mean, I'm down.
(screen whooshing)
[13:41] Okay, so we're taping the
GoPro to the car. (laughs)
[13:44] - [Ken] Yes, sir.
[13:46] - Okay.
[13:47] Well, so this is a little
look at the 5.3K image quality
[13:51] literally taped onto a
very, very fast RC car.
[13:55] So we're shooting right now.
[13:56] I've got the preview
up on my phone in LOG.
[13:59] However, if the editing team put on a LUT,
[14:01] you'll see that the actual color
[14:02] and whatnot should look a lot better.
[14:04] And with 5.3K you should
be able to, like, punch in,
[14:06] and all that kind of fun stuff.
[14:07] - So I'm gonna start it off
low throttle trim first.
[14:11] Oh, my God.
(motor rumbling)
[14:11] That's so cool.
(motor rumbling)
[14:12] - [Austin] Whoa! Wait, dude,
that's actually really good.
[14:14] - You wanna go crazy throttle?
[14:16] - A little bit. Yeah.
[14:18] - It will-
- There's a car coming.
[14:19] - It's okay. I'll just hit it.
[14:20] (motor rumbling)
[14:21] Oh, my god.
(Austin laughing)
[14:22] It just popped a wheelie.
(Austin laughing)
[14:24] Go!
(motor rumbling)
[14:25] - Gee, dude!
[14:26] And the stabilization works really well.
[14:28] So I'm on SuperView right now.
[14:29] You want to go full speed? (laughs)
[14:31] - What's...
[14:31] How are you not on full speed?
[14:33] - Okay. Ready?
[14:34] - Three, two, one.
(screen chiming)
[14:36] Go!
(screen chiming)
[14:37] (motor rumbling)
(people laughing)
[14:40] Dude, that's so fast!
[14:42] Dude!
[14:44] Wow!
(Ken laughing)
[14:46] He went so far away,
[14:46] I lost connection on the preview.
[14:48] (upbeat music)
(motor rumbling)
[14:50] Oh no!
[14:50] (upbeat music continues)
[14:51] (people laughing)
(upbeat music continues)
[14:53] You know, it almost
doesn't even look that fast
[14:55] with how wide the GoPro is
[14:57] and the stabilization
really smooths it out.
[14:59] Thanks, Costco, for giving us a good deal.
[15:03] (upbeat music continues)
(motor rumbling)
[15:05] That is so close to ripping
all the skin off your hand.
[15:07] - I know.
[15:08] (people laughing)
(upbeat music continues)
[15:10] (screen whooshing)
- How do y'all
[15:11] feel about headphones?
[15:13] - Good.
- Okay.
[15:14] (people laughing)
[15:16] You wear headphones-
- Yeah.
[15:17] - 10 hours a day.
[15:19] That's weird.
- Okay, well,
[15:19] have I got great news for you.
[15:21] Soundcore has your back.
[15:23] And full disclosure, while
this is not sponsored,
[15:24] we do have some stuff with
soundcore coming up soon.
[15:27] However, the Space Ones,
[15:29] these are actually kind of similar
[15:32] to the 1000XM5s we just took a look at.
[15:34] Before we even open it,
[15:35] I think the price is important here.
[15:37] These MSRP for, like, 100
and something dollars?
[15:41] - Roughly around $100.
- About $100.
[15:42] - Okay.
[15:43] Wait, when did you put headphones in?
[15:45] (Austin laughing)
[15:46] - Oh, (duck quacking).
[15:47] - How did that manifest?
(Austin laughing)
[15:50] - We have the headphones themselves.
[15:51] Actually a nice little bit of packaging.
[15:53] - Over-ear headphones are
always packaged so weird,
[15:55] 'cause they're just, like...
[15:56] (bones cracking)
[15:57] (Ken laughing)
[15:58] They're like that.
- Hello,
[15:59] I'm your new headphones.
[16:00] - Or, like, they're curled
up in the fetal position.
[16:02] - Yeah.
[16:03] - [Austin] Oh, we have a carrying case.
[16:04] Okay.
- They don't feel cheap.
[16:07] The headband is pretty plush.
[16:08] - I'll say as I put them on,
they feel pretty lightweight.
[16:13] I know it's not fair,
[16:15] but let me grab the 1000XM5s
[16:17] just to see how they sort of, like, feel.
[16:20] How are you wearing them?
[16:21] Where did you...
[16:23] Give me those. Give me those.
[16:24] Give me those.
- I just looked at you.
[16:26] (people laughing)
- He's got AirPods on!
[16:27] - You have AirPods in as well?
(people laughing)
[16:30] - I mean, the Sonys do feel
[16:31] a little bit better, right?
[16:32] The plastic's a little bit higher quality,
[16:33] but like, it's not, like,
a night and day difference.
[16:36] - Okay. Transparency Mode.
[16:37] Oh, yeah, Transparency Mode's not...
[16:38] It's fine. It doesn't sound amazing.
[16:40] Let me do noise canceling.
[16:42] Wait. Talk, talk!
[16:43] (people chattering)
[16:45] - Wow.
- I'm talking.
[16:46] - I will say-
- You dork.
[16:46] - The best way to describe it is, like,
[16:48] 30% as much noise
cancellation as these do.
[16:49] Like, if you're on a plane,
[16:51] this will kind of drown some of it out.
[16:52] (upbeat music)
[16:54] Oh. Ooh.
[16:54] Ooh.
[16:55] To give them the best fair shot.
[16:57] I'm gonna make sure
[16:58] that the LDAC firmware
is downloaded on them.
[17:00] And then I will continue.
[17:01] My first impression is they sounded good,
[17:03] but a little bit flat.
[17:04] We paid not a lot of money
for these headphones.
[17:06] (Matt groaning)
- Really?
[17:07] You're keeping me in suspense here.
[17:08] - Okay, fine.
[17:09] While we're waiting for them to update,
[17:10] MSRP of $100.
[17:11] - Yes.
- Well, we didn't pay $100.
[17:13] No, did we?
- No, we didn't.
[17:14] We paid $65.
[17:17] - [Ken] Oh, okay. Okay.
[17:18] That changes things
[17:19] a little bit.
- A lot.
[17:20] - All right, now that we're LDAC'd-
[17:21] - Stop making it a verb.
- I'm gonna make sure.
[17:23] A little bit more detail.
[17:24] (upbeat music)
[17:25] ♪ I'm really dreamin' ♪
[17:28] - Okay. They do pause.
[17:28] (upbeat music)
Bro, it's like,
[17:29] I don't like these headphones
[17:31] with how aggressive
that tuning is. (laughs)
[17:34] - The audio engineer is just like,
[17:35] "I'm gonna stab you."
(Ken laughing)
[17:38] - Okay.
[17:38] - He immediately goes to full volume.
[17:40] - [Matt] I'm actually
convinced that Ken is deaf.
[17:42] - He's gotta be.
(Austin laughing)
[17:47] (Ken laughing)
- No.
[17:48] (people laughing)
[17:49] (upbeat music continues)
[17:51] (people laughing)
[17:54] - I was looking at yours.
[17:55] - Oh, okay. Well, hang on.
[17:56] Fun fact, Matt actually used
to run a recording studio.
[17:59] I still don't trust his opinion,
[18:01] but-
(Alex laughing)
[18:03] He's locked in right now.
[18:03] Look at him.
[18:04] He's just cooking.
[18:06] - What? Why are we flipping me off now?
[18:08] - Your EQ is great too.
[18:09] Look, we-
- Too?
[18:10] (people laughing)
No, no, no, no, no.
[18:11] - At $65, these are
definitely worse in every way
[18:16] compared to the Sonys.
[18:17] But the difference is,
[18:18] if this is a nine,
[18:20] this is like a 7.1.
[18:22] Like, legitimately it does
kind of make you question,
[18:24] do you need to spend more?
[18:25] (screen whooshing)
You know what you need
[18:27] after a long, hard night
of hanging out at Costco
[18:30] and playing bumper carts with everybody.
[18:32] (duck quacking)
[18:33] (Austin laughing)
[18:34] Whoa!
[18:35] - Is that the thing where
they stick the hose-
[18:37] - No, no, no.
(person laughing)
[18:37] We're moving on.
- You wish!
[18:38] We're gonna be doing...
[18:39] So we got this from the Sharper Image.
[18:42] These are air compression boots.
[18:44] Now you might say,
"Austin, that's not tech.'
[18:46] And I would say, "Shut up."
[18:48] (people laughing)
They were outta
[18:49] the six foot ones.
[18:50] So that's why I've got
[18:51] these ones.
- What are you talking about?
[18:51] We literally saw, like,
[18:53] a whole stack of them.
- No, we didn't.
[18:54] (harp playing)
I'm gonna get
[18:55] the six foot three version.
[18:56] Cut this now and switch
it to the other one.
[18:58] The idea here is that
you put your feet in here
[19:01] and it kind of massages it.
[19:02] Kind of what you would get off, like,
[19:04] some, like, Temu or whatever
if I'm honest with you.
[19:05] So who's ready to compress,
revive, and thrive?
[19:08] Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
[19:09] Here are the boots.
[19:11] - I'll be honest, I'm
totally down for this.
[19:13] - Matt and I have done
many things together.
[19:15] - We have footsie-d under the table.
[19:17] I mean, what do you think we're doing
[19:18] in every episode of "This Is?"
[19:19] (people laughing)
[19:20] It's like that sort of, like-
[19:21] (fabric scratching)
[19:22] All right, we've got the
very large pump unit.
[19:27] - [Matt] Ooh. Good, good.
[19:28] - So we have ourselves-
- Oh,
[19:29] where does that piece go?
[19:30] - Ooh.
- Ooh.
[19:31] (people laughing)
[19:32] - It does have, like, rubber on the bottom
[19:33] so it won't, like, slide around.
[19:35] So you've got pulse, gradual,
sequence, zones, and manual.
[19:38] Can I do...
[19:39] Actually, you know what?
[19:39] Whatever.
- Wow, is your name Judy,
[19:41] 'cause those were some hops?
[19:42] - Eh.
[19:43] - This makes your leg-
- Wait.
[19:44] - Look so much bigger on.
- Why does Judy hop?
[19:46] - "Zootopia."
- "Zootopia" fake fan.
[19:48] Okay.
- I thought you were a furry.
[19:50] (people laughing)
[19:52] (upbeat music)
- Okay.
[19:53] So we're strapped here.
[19:54] - Zip you up.
[19:55] - Hang on a second.
- Oh.
[19:57] - I've gotta make sure it's okay.
[19:59] Look, look.
- I'll pan away.
[20:00] And it's a tail.
[20:01] You like that, 'cause you're a furry.
[20:02] (people laughing)
- It does look like a tail.
[20:04] - I'm not!
[20:05] - Here. Come here.
[20:05] - [Ken] Yeah, come back. Yeah.
[20:07] There we go.
(Matt laughing)
[20:08] - Okay. So my ankles
are starting to inflate.
[20:10] Yeah, so it's working its way up to...
[20:13] - Yeah.
- I can't bend
[20:14] my knees right now,
[20:15] so it's pretty firm.
[20:16] I don't know that I love
the way that it's sort of
[20:19] squeezing all the blood
outta my legs right now.
[20:21] Like, that feels like maybe not great.
[20:23] - You know, from the top-
[20:24] (people laughing)
[20:25] - [Austin] Yeah, from the top down
[20:26] really kinda shows everything in here.
[20:28] - If we start seeing
anything else inflate,
[20:30] I'm gonna very upset to the...
[20:31] Whoa!
- It's real strong right now.
[20:33] I'll say it is rigid.
[20:35] You've got this.
- I cannot bend my knees.
[20:37] This is me bending my knees right now.
[20:39] (Ken laughing)
[20:39] - Aw, someone needs uppies.
- Uppies!
[20:41] - Uppies!
- Uppies!
[20:43] - Uppies!
- Yay!
[20:44] - Okay.
[20:45] I don't think this is what
I thought it was gonna be.
[20:47] I expected more of, like,
a massage kind of thing.
[20:49] - Well-
- Like, what's the actual,
[20:50] like, medical purpose of this?
[20:52] - Medical?
- So if you have, like,
[20:53] heart disease and you'll have,
[20:54] like, swollen legs, and ankles,
[20:56] and stuff like that.
- The problem is,
[20:57] it's squeezing my legs so hard,
[20:59] it almost gives me a headache,
[21:00] which makes me think that, like,
[21:01] it's squeezing all the
blood outta my legs.
[21:03] - Yeah, yes.
- Yeah.
[21:03] - [Alex] Yeah.
[21:05] - How much are these, actually?
[21:06] - [Alex] A little complicated.
[21:07] So if you were to buy
them online, they're $165.
[21:11] We bought them in store for $130.
[21:14] - Maybe I'm not the right
person to evaluate these.
[21:16] If you though are interested
in buying tech from Costco,
[21:20] I gotta say giant thumbs up.
[21:22] I think the items we
got were well priced.
[21:25] - That is granted you already
have a Costco membership.
[21:28] - [Matt] I usually just wait
[21:29] for a family to walk in,
[21:31] and I just walk in with them.
[21:32] (person laughing)
- I mean,
[21:33] the selection's a little bit small,
[21:35] but the items are genuinely great.
[21:37] The prices are pretty much, 
across the board, legitimately impressed.
[21:41] And if you too want to be
legitimately impressed,
[21:44] subscribe to the Austin Evans channel
[21:45] and ring-a-ling that ding-a-ling button.
[21:47] And of course, my friends,
[21:49] until next time,
[21:50] Matt's gonna be...
[21:51] (upbeat music continues)
[21:53] - Yeah, finish that sentence.
[21:55] - Cruising the free samples.
[21:57] - No.
- Huh!
[21:58] (upbeat music continues)