A few months back after all the hype of seeing temu everywhere I though I would order some stuff on there, some things we needed and something we didnt. I thought would put the unboxing and my thoughts on my YouTube channel watch the video below or read on to find out what I brought.
Blood pressure monitor
This is just a basic blood pressure monitor, It takes AA batteries or can use a micro usb charger. The unit even speaks out the readings. You can have several profiles and each one has its own memory, so can go back over your results, compared to our old one the readings were constant. Have now been using for over 6months and still working fine.
led strip light
I have some display cabinets in the living room with different led strip lights on the and for the cost of this 10mt strip was a very good price, basically this is two 5mt strips with then a splitter. It is powered by usb, you also get a remote so can change the colour of the lights. Each led has red, green, blue and white led elements, so this means you can get pure white instead of some which combine the rgb to produce a kind of white. The only thing is the spacing between each led is a bit further than other ones I have got. But really for in display cabinets for ambient light they work great
Wireless video doorbell
This is a cheap version of the ring type doorbells, the ringer just plugs into a usb socket. The doorbell itself is powered by a AAA batteries, setup was OK using a very basic app. The only problem is the delay between pressing the bell and the app notifying you on the app, tried several devices and still the same, this can be sometimes a delay of the 40 seconds. Though for me the ringer works straight away and mainly wanted this in case a parcel was delivered while out so it would record this, which it does.
The other problem though this is the location of our front door as faces to the side of the house and we are on a corner with a small front garden, so we aren’t far from the path and the roads and because it has a motion sensor as it must be detecting movement of people or car going past though doesn’t seem to save these clips. And because of this the other batteries in the door bell drain pretty quick. And don’t get notified they are low, a lot of the time the door bell doesn’t work. So this is one product I won’t really recommend.
Aurora Projector
This wax just for a bit of fun, this small unit project a type of aurora onto your celling, I have had another in the past but when the motor was going was a bit noisy. This one is quiet , you do get a remote to change the colours and from being moving to static etc. It is powered by a micro USB connector and does also have a rechargeable battery in it, though haven’t tested the battery life as mainly plugged in. For the price it is a great little item
Gas adapter
This is just a adapter that goes from the larger butane connector to the smaller canister type. This was needed as I converted a Peugeot partner into a micro camper, see HERE for full details of the build. I have a single stove and loads of the small butane cannisters, but brought a new double stove and this has the different connector on, so this item with the regulator enable me to use the other stove.
Knock off lego
As a kid I loved Lego and even now I take out the larger Lego minifigures on my travels and days out in the camper and take photos with them wherever we visit. I had seen these knock of Lego technic type sets and thought would see what the quality was like. The only knock off lego I have had in the past is either the crap sets from poundland etc, or there was a range of doctor who sets by a company called character building. I had all the set and the same with the Lego minfigs took the characters out to photography and the quality of these was ok.
I went for a Lamborghini technic type set with around 1300 pieces, the quality was really good and enjoyed building this. This was for just display, watch the video of the build and my full thoughts in the video below. I have now also brought another 5 technic type sets, so make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel for the builds and reviews on there.
Cheap drone
As I go out for photography trips and vlog about it for the YouTube channel I wanted a cheap drone just for the occasional clips. The description states 4k resolution but really only 1080p, I haven’t really taken it out , so stay tuned for full review either on this blog or on my YouTube channel.
All in all I got some good products for a very good price. The one thing with the likes of temu or aliexpress is don’t expect the items to be as good as say a branded product, the saying is you get what you pay for and other than the doorbell all the items I got are perfectly fine for what they are.
The only thing with temu etc is the ethics of it as these are item manufactured in China and to get at that price you have to think of the wages etc the people building, manufacturing are getting paid. But realiscally the same items are on amazon and normally 3 to 4 times the price and they are the exact same item, basically with temu , aliexpress you are getting the items direct form the manufacture, so cutting out the middle man company’s which is why a lot cheaper, the only thing is delivery times as they are coming straight from China so this can take upto 2 weeks. But of you aren’t desperate for an item it can be well worth the savings.