EEVblog #899 - Extreme Mailbag!

Extreme Mailbag!
2 minutes per mailbag item, can Dave do it?

SPOILERS:
SwissMicros HP Calculator replacements. Voyager landscape format scientific calcultors to replace the HP15C, HP16C, and HP41CX
Equil EMF Radation protection device Bullshit
Semikron IGBT hybrid VFD drivers bridge teradown,
Silicon Labs Blue Gecko Bluetooth Smart Module Wireless Starter Kit:
Low Jitter 10MHz Reference Clock:
Old ISA Bus POST Card
Simpson 269 High Sensitivity Volt-Ohm-Microammeter
Custom brass Widlarizer Hammer
GEVCU - the Generalized Electric Vehicle Control Unit
Garmin Edge 800 GPS
ISDN NT1 Teardown
DIY Digital Clock Schematic

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[Fomistu]

Don't like it! I watch mailbag to see new and old technology/products and learn something along the way. Is not ONLY about the unboxing of the product or the product itself. It's about the whole package. Community, your experience with that item/product/technology, your input and opinion. Please go back to the old format.

[Henchman]

I prefer the longer more detailed vids.

[squelchedotter]

I'd really love mailbags as fast paced as this one, but without loosing the in-depth looks at stuff. I'd loved to have a more in-depth look at stuff like the ECU etc.

[ToTheGAMES]

Longer please. But the speed up unpacking is very nice, keep on doing that though!

[sjenkins]

I prefer when you take as much time as each item warrants--I would have liked to have seen more and had more explanation of the old meter.

[squirrelsrus]

I kind of like the older format better. I found myself wanting more on the old meter for example.

[WaltonPete]

I prefer the old mix of mailbag and teardowns but like the fast forwarding you do during the unboxing as it speeds past the boring bit!

[frollard]

I like the fast mode cutting packaging but felt there could be some more coverage within the bag contents...

[markwebcraft]

I do like the sped up unpacking. I don't mind the faster paced mailbag as long as we get a video on the interesting items

[taton]

some of these really deserved more than 2 minutes

[MrBuck]

I do like the fast forward on opening the stuff but for the rest, yeah go back to a slower pace plus make it longer open more stuff

[dragospuri]

Dave, if an item is worth more than 2 minutes, then why force the review short?
I liked the older version better.

[ElectronicTonic]

I approve of the fast format. It helps to prevent mailbag backlogs, and gives you more time to go in a corner and huff that vintage electronics smell! Toss the cell phones from the top of the dam! See if the Nokia's really are more rugged.

[PointReflex]

In my opinion you should fast foward the unpacking, and slow down the analisis/study/teardown of the items.

[JWalterHawkes]

I like this but I like the regular mailbag better. Thanks. Awesome as always!

[edmclaughlin]

Dave, like the old format! This may be OK once in four! I would of like to see more info about some of your items. My 2 cents.

[hyperplastic]

Not a fan of the faster format, although it was good that you did go faster through the commercial ones (and maybe some of the ones we've seen before). Maybe just make it less strict: 2 minutes for everything but spend more time on things you find interesting.

[VikasVJois]

I prefer the older version with detailed explanations of the sent items

[TMS]

dave needs to take apart the swissmicros!

[leandrolaporta]

The short "extreme" way is cool but I think you should pick, let's say, at least two items, and make it longer and more detailed on those two.
I kinda like it either way, but some items are way too interesting to give it just two minutes, so that's why i think you should pick one or two items in every mailbag and dedicate, dunno more!, depends on the item i guess :D