Testing a USB powered wall hook and a look inside.

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Published 2018-09-15

I'd like to thank John Harrison for sending me a link to these on Aliexpress. I've not had much luck getting stuff sent from AE to the Isle of Man so I checked for them on eBay and found that HMRC (UK tax) was blocking some Chinese sellers from shipping to the UK.
I finally found some sellers shipping to the UK so I bought a couple from different sellers to be on the safe side.
They both arrived together, and here's a demo and a teardown.

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All Comments (21)

@mikemondano3624 3 years ago

Now I really feel left out of the modern age. All our wall hooks still run on coal.
@matttumberman2191 3 years ago

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@numbrenine9414 5 years ago

The overcomplification of double sided tape
@Kraechtshammer 3 years ago

A well-engineered, but overengineered and wasteful solution to a problem noone ever had. nice.
@Rightclick88 5 years ago

Next revision: smart home integration... "ok google... drop all of the towels on the floor"
@JerryRandalBauer 5 years ago

'Way back in the 1970s, I was designing some of the earliest microcontrollers. The idea of a microcontroller in a something as simple as a toaster was considered ludicrous. And here we are...
@Arfonfree 3 years ago

I love the inventors who solve a problem that nobody else even knew existed!
@blacksquirrel4008 3 years ago

“Don’t do this,” says the man with two bandages on his fingers.
@SarahWattCA 5 years ago

This is the most technology I've ever seen in an application that doesn't really need it; it's actually impressive
@Elec-DIY 5 years ago

A microcontrolled wall hook, I've seen everything
@necronomicon1472 3 years ago

They succeeded in making a product that is as ingenious as it is stupid. Impressive!
@yaughl 3 years ago

Queue infomercial montage of people epically failing putting up hooks.
@unmaintainedcars5077 5 years ago

i love how those electronics will be used for only about 20 seconds and thats its whole life
@Dabbleatory 5 years ago

I'll wait until they come out with the Connected IoT Smart Hook, so I can stick and unstick it remotely over the internet using a phone app from anywhere in the world.
@cameron571 3 years ago

I'm pretty sure the reason you made a YouTube channel is so you can have an army of followers to alert you to any weird electronics they find so you don't have to go searching for strange devices to dismantle yourself lol!
@danielrose1392 5 years ago

My grandma owns some which I would call the "historic predecessors" of these. You glue them on using a hot glue gun and to remove the, there is a spot underneath the hook where you stick in a soldering iron. The heat melts the hot glue and by applying a slight twist with the iron, you notice once the glue melted.
@kjamison5951 5 years ago

When this comes to Amazon, there will be a one time purchase of additional glue pads as well as a subscription option that saves you 5%.
@paulgascoigne5343 5 years ago

I want a USB self heating sausage with a heating element running through the middle.. come on, what are the Chinese playing at, where's my usb sausage!?
@NoirpoolSea 3 years ago

What people seem to be missing is that you plug it in again to melt the glue to remove the hook without damaging your wall.. That's the reason for the replacement glue pads.
@rchupacabrae 3 years ago

This is that type of product that really gets you hooked once you buy it.