ShortCircuit
YouTube channel run by Linus Media Group featuring unboxing and reviews of technology products.
- subscribers on YouTube
- 2.5M
- items cited
- 30
- sources read
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YouTube setup
@ShortCircuitSound
Headphones2
- LinkBuds Clip
$228.00critical of it

“I couldn't wear the LinkBuds clip for that long because I felt like the LinkBuds clip were just like crushing my ears, they're crushing my pinna, my pinnas.”
View source at 4:56from August 2026 - AirPods
$119.95has reservations

“It does appear to be just a little bit larger than the case for my old AirPods Pro 2, but the battery life on these buds is 10 hours for just the buds and 40 hours with the case.”
View source at 0:27from August 2026
Light
Lighting3
“Studio lighting by Aputure”
View sourcefrom August 2026“Studio lighting by Aputure”
View sourcefrom August 2026“Studio lighting by Aputure”
View sourcefrom September 2026
Editing and post
Editing software1
- Adobe Photoshop
mixed views on it

“Oh, you know what? It might just be Photoshop lagging. Cuz I have this happen on my desktop sometimes when I try to do something”
View source at 15:02from August 2026
Recording software1
- OBS
has reservations

“We couldn't get it to sound right with OBS, but it's working well with things like Teams and Discord.”
View source at 10:10from September 2026
Productivity software4
“It pretty much got smoked in uh both single core and multi-core Geekbench 6 tests as well as in 3D Mark Steel Nomad Light.”
View source at 17:30from July 2026“Let's fire up GPUZ first so that we can settle this Gen 4 Gen 5 thing once and for all.”
View source at 12:38from September 2026- Inoreader
first cited October 2026
“So, Ino Reader, this is my RSS feed app.”
View source at 11:08from October 2026 - Cinebench
first cited October 2026positive about it

“Something I can really appreciate about Apple's attention to the design is I've had Cinebench actually running here for it's close to 7 minutes now.”
View source at 8:00from October 2026
Platforms
Membership platforms1
“GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE”
View sourcefrom August 2026
Desk
Computers3
- Framework laptop
positive about it

“And truth be told, as someone who owned a framework 13 for a really long time and a framework 16, I do like this display a fair bit more.”
View source at 8:05from September 2026 - MacBook Pro (M2 Max, 2023)
mixed views on it

“I think I don't even need that thing because this is the M2 Max MacBook Pro from 2023 and it is heavy. It's so freaking heavy.”
View source at 7:42from August 2026 - Fractal Ridge (SFF PC case)
$144.99

“What I have here is the Fractal Ridge, and you can see that it is the same sort of shape and size that you get with the Dell and Lenovo PCs that I was talking about before, but it is a little bit different where the GPU is mounted horizontally with a riser.”
View source at 3:34from September 2026
Monitors3
- Acer Nitro XV273U F5 gaming monitor
mixed views on it

“That's where the Acer Nitro XV273U F5 gaming monitor comes in. It does 1,000 Hz, but you actually don't see that anywhere on the box.”
View source at 0:05from August 2026 - Dell UltraSharp U3226Q 32" 4K QD-OLED Monitor
$2,599.00speaks highly of it

“What I have here is the Dell U3226Q, which is a 4K QD OLED creative focused color accurate monitor.”
View source at 0:01from August 2026 - Alienware 4K 240 Hz monitors
first cited October 2026

“What I've put together here is I've actually got three of exactly the same Alienware monitors that are all 4K 240 Hz and we've got one more MSI monitor that is also 4K 240 Hz.”
View source at 2:22from October 2026
Peripherals5
- EasySMX Dune 8K Wireless Gaming Controller
$99.99mixed views on it

“And today we have the Easy SMX Dune 8K wireless controller. Let's look at this weirdo thing.”
View source at 0:10from September 2026 - Cherry MX Brown switches
first cited October 2026has reservations
“I used to have uh Cherry MX Browns and then I swapped to a linear switch and I've like just never gone back.”
View source at 6:54from October 2026 - Razer Reclusa X Mini 65%
first cited October 2026mixed views on it

“So, there you have it. This is the Razer Reclusa X Mini65.”
View source at 8:03from October 2026 - Keychron M series mice
speaks highly of it
“There's the Keychron mice that I really like that M series. That's so good. Great specs for the price.”
View source at 14:26from August 2026
- MCHOSE K71 video
Storage2
“Got a random 8 terabyte IronWolf. And another one. What is one of my personal drives doing here?”
View source at 6:29from August 2026- Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB SSD
$289.99

“Right here we have our Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1 TB SSD.”
View source at 3:16from September 2026
Everything else
Other5
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
$869.99
“For example, GPOSS 120 billion was able to run on this only at two tokens a second, but that doesn't even run on my 5070 on my desktop.”
View source at 8:48from September 2026 - Creality Sermoon P1 3D Scanner
$3,299.00first cited October 2026mixed views on it

“If you spend a lot of time 3D scanning objects this new scanner from Creality has all the bells and whistles, plus a hot swappable battery... Kinda.”
View sourcefrom October 2026 “It pretty much got smoked in uh both single core and multi-core Geekbench 6 tests as well as in 3D Mark Steel Nomad Light.”
View source at 17:30from July 2026- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
$2,119.99

“It's not quite as thin as my daily driver Fold 7, and it is a little bit heavier, but when I say a little bit, do mean a little bit.”
View source at 0:42from August 2026
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