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Wednesday
Sep022015

Chad's Crappy Corner and a brand new theme for September, Spy Gadgets.

Chad polled our Patreon supporters and for his September theme they selected is “spy gadgets.”

And Chad's first spy gadget of the month is: The Toughsty Smoke Detector Hidden Spy Camera DVR Security Nanny Camcorder Motion Detection with Remote Control (with 8GB card).

 

Here's a bit of what Amazon says about it:

The Excellent TOUGHSTY Spy Motion Detection Camera.

(Use it) -To collect crime evidence or monitor the condition of your house, office when you're going out, guaranteeing the personal & property safety of your family and yourself.

-It features easy operation, sensitive response, HD clear pictures and Motion Detective Recording.

-This fully functional Spy Motion Detection Camera is a masterpiece of engineering, worthy of any special agent. $35.19. And Amazon Prime.

 

And Chad's take? Although it looked okay and could fool someone into thinking it was a real Smoke Detector Chad found it couldn't fool him into thinking it was really a good spy device. First of all the location of the camera is bad. If you installed this Spy Camera Device in the same place you'd install a smoke detector and recorded video you wouldn't see much of anything of someone coming into your home or apt. The camera lens field of view is way too narrow and the placement of the camera is bad. Also the audio recording is terrible. When Chad played back some audio he recorded you could hardly hear him. It sounded like a giant fan was running in the background, but there wasn't any fan. Reviews on Amazon confirmed everything Chad said. Out of 15 reviews it only got two stars out of five. You've been warned. This Crappy Corner IS all about a piece of crap!

 

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See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1534

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