Even if he sends it back. But he isnt the only KZfaqr who does it like this, and he wont be the last.

This is just how it works, from channels my size all the way up to LTT and MKBHD. We get review units and loaners. Give our honest feedback on it and either make a dedicated review or feature it somehow in another video, but really there's usually no set obligation. The majority of the high value items get sent back. And lower value items like this aren't worth the cost to get back and sell as an open box. Sometimes companies let us keep items in hopes that we will use it again and other videos, but there's again never really any obligation. If a video is sponsored that means there is some sort of key talking points a company wants us to hit, set upload timelines, promotions or features that were required to demonstrate. These are clearly marked as sponsored such as my last webcam video. You are correct in that there is some value exchanged so I still check the little box saying that they're is some sort of promotional material in it.

I read your reply on the other comment and you're completely right. Poor use of wording on my part.

It wasn't that loud for me. I have a db reader in the mail so I'm going to start including that stat in these videos.

I think its $39 on their Kickstarter just the enclosure, with a 2TB drive its $189.

@@PPPH1L1PPP Oh, I though I saw $379

@@PPPH1L1PPP $40 is the early adopter kickstarter price. $70 will be the official MSRP as stated on their website.

​@@perfectdarkmodepoor much?

​@@Determinator21pour much

Can we use them as a pendrive? For long term storage? Etc.

Hi, can you explain?

@@marcosramirez385 I thought my comment was pretty clear?, there is a toggle on the side that turns on write protection making the storage read only (im guessing i havent read documentation if there is any) While sdcard one is physicial (like some devices detect it and may respect it while most card readers dont care about it and ignore it

​@@alexstone691 hi does write protection still allows you to play games or run windows on that ssd?

@@TheRai1995 Probably not as windows and games always write things while running, even if its just cache Linux would work fine if configured correctly and with a tmpfs

USB 3.2 Gen 2

LTE Broadband USB sticks with card readers built in exist, dunno why you'd need it but that's the closest option

@@resneptacle I doubt you can come up with a link

I mean the thing is worth like $80. Value isn't in the realm of being considered a sponsorship. If anything, there is a slight bias because I didn't purchase it.

@@TechHut Hey thanks for taking the time to reply :) The money isnt the issue tho. They sent this to you to review, you made a video of it. That video is a product that you profit from, wether thats directly financially or not doesnt even matter. Its a advantage to you, that you wouldnt have had if they had not sent it to you. That alone would already shift your bias towards, unwitting or not. And even if you need to send it back to them, you still benefited from this. But im not trying to single you out here, lots of tech KZfaqrs sadly do this and are like "oh they didnt pay me any money" and completely missing the point. Oh and the $80 value would be for the empty case, right? Certainly not including a 2TB drive as you have displayed it.

I see what you're saying and you're right. Poor use of language on my part. I replied more detailed on kinda how I look at products getting sent like this in another comment. I think the case without an SSD is $39 at the moments. Still up there, but not to bad.

@@Frutiger_world what extension? mine didnt flad this vid as sponsor

Can u send me a link on which SSD u used for it ?

That might be hard to do in a small form factor, but I really hope they do that, since we do have 2230 SSDs that reach 5,000 Megabytes Per Second

Nope. U need to buy an actual separate ssd with it