Video Overview

EXCESSORIZE ME. keeps eight fidget toys from a much bigger pile. He wants pieces you can still buy, from a plastic walnut you roll in one hand to a metal lighter case with a dial. The set also covers a five-way gadget, a magnetic stick, a silent building toy, a chocolate-bar slider, a camera coin, and a custom slider with a Halloween top. He scores each one for feel, noise, and whether it helps him stay on a task. Thanks to EXCESSORIZE ME. for playing every toy on camera and saying which ones he would actually pocket.

Items & Gear List

• Zero Effort Studio Cyber Walnut – View at Geeone
• GAO STUDIO Fidget Master – View at Geeone
• GAO STUDIO Mag Mech Stick – View at Geeone
• Stimara Stimagz – View at Stimara
• 01EDC Slider Food-CocoaWafer – View at 01EDC
• AKuser Lucky Coin – View at AKuser
• M-EDC Choc Halloween Collectible Edition – View at M-EDC
• LAUTIE LOTTO – View at LAUTIE

Editor’s Insight

Thanks again to EXCESSORIZE ME. for ranking these by hand feel, not by how rare they look. The useful split is noise versus focus. A few are quiet enough for a desk. Most click, ratchet, or snap. He still keeps the loud ones when the action is the point.

The Zero Effort Studio Cyber Walnut is two plastic halves with magnets and a loose Teflon ring. He rolls it in one hand, uses two hands, or runs it on a table. The ring is easy to lose, and the toy is not silent. The description opens a Geeone shop page, not a maker site. This post keeps that path and drops the tracking code. The GAO STUDIO Fidget Master is the one he carried for a long time. He counts five actions: a quiet wheel, a ratcheting wheel, a side slider, a light-switch click, and a spring roulette in the middle. The clear shell shows the parts move, and it works one-handed. That link also opens Geeone.

The GAO STUDIO Mag Mech Stick is the third Geeone page. He did not like it at first. It slides, flicks, twists, and snaps with no screws, and a Teflon plate keeps the slide smooth. He says it is loud and a little small for his hand. The description posts code EXME10 on the Geeone links and the M-EDC link, and code 11 on the AKuser link.

Stimara Stimagz is the quiet build. The description spells it Stigmagz. The maker page spells it Stimagz, so that is the name here. The sticks snap, flick, and form shapes. A pack is twelve pieces. He carries four, because the full set is easy to drop. He likes the black set, calls it dead silent, and says you have to watch it while you play.

The 01EDC Slider Food-CocoaWafer is shaped like a chocolate bar. A ratcheting rail ends in a catapult snap. The one on camera is a zirconium finish from a blind box. The maker page lists that finish plus other materials on the same product. Those options showed sold out when this post was written, so the link is the product page, not a stock promise. The AKuser Lucky Coin is the camera dial: shutter numbers on top, an f-stop on the side, and an ISO mark on the back. It is a 12-stage click in a small brass body, and one finish glows in the dark. He says a long spin cramps his fingers. Do not assume every color is in stock.

The M-EDC piece is a custom LAUTIE Choc. The description link opens the M-EDC homepage, which lists the Halloween collectible he shows, with a Halloween top and a custom plate. He likes the sealed finish because it does not scratch a pocket, and he calls the ratchet quiet. That page says the edition is made to order. This post does not claim a ready cart. The LAUTIE LOTTO is the lighter case. A ratcheting wheel sits on the front, a clicker sits on the back, and the lid still flicks like a Zippo. The insert can be a number wheel or a real lighter insert. He likes the front wheel and skips the louder clicker. The official page lists one standard edition as a pre-order. The tracking code is removed.

The bonus Predator slider is not in the list. The description link opens a Facebook group, not a product page. He says the maker stopped, so this post does not invent a shop link for it.

Closing Remarks

Watch EXCESSORIZE ME. play all eight before you buy one. The quiet pick is the Stimara Stimagz. The one he carried the longest is the GAO STUDIO Fidget Master. The lighter case is the LAUTIE LOTTO, and the official page lists a pre-order on one standard edition. The Geeone links are the shop pages his description opens. The CocoaWafer page showed sold out, and the Halloween Choc page is made to order. The links above follow the description, not a similar toy from another shop. Hit play, then say which fidget you would actually keep in a pocket.

Video Overview

Jerad at Neeves Knives opens the Molsect Negroni and treats the front flipper like a habit he cannot quit. Molsect sent him this knife. The one on the bench is the bead-blasted titanium build, model MUC778T, with a satin M390 blade and a steel liner lock. Designer UnTillTheEdge-Yang shaped it. The video runs about sixteen minutes, and most of that time is the sound of the blade locking open. Jerad flips it, listens to the lock, and only then walks the handle, the grind, and a second Molsect he has been carrying. Thanks to Neeves Knives for staying on the action instead of reading a spec sheet out loud.

Items & Gear List

• Molsect Negroni MUC778T, M390 liner lock, bead-blasted titanium – View at Molsect
• Molsect Yuppie MUC455DM, M390 frame lock, DLC blade, heat-colored timascus – View at Molsect

Editor’s Insight

Thanks again to Jerad at Neeves Knives for spending the first half of this video on one deployment. The Negroni is a front flipper. A thumb flick works. A reverse flick does not come as easily. The front flipper is the one Jerad cannot stop using. The detent sits early, so the blade is already past it once the flip starts. Jerad says the drop feels smoother off camera than it does under the lights. That is a fair warning if you judge a knife only from a video. Lockup lands with a hard click. Jerad has been hitting it hard, and the pivot has stayed centered.

The blade is a drop point with a low tip. The tip sits below the pivot and curves down, so it points at the work whether Jerad is slicing or poking. Jerad calls the grind a full flat. A short swedge runs along the spine, and that swedge is not doing real cutting work. The edge is thin. The stock is still thick enough that the knife does not feel flimsy. The finish on this sample is belt satin, not black. Molsect also sells an all-black Negroni, model MUC778B, with a dark finish on the blade and the handle. Jerad says he wishes he had asked for that one. This post links the bead-blasted knife he actually reviewed.

The handles are titanium scales over steel liners, with a steel liner lock. The lock bar is chamfered and easy to reach. Jerad does not miss texture there. It feels closer to a button than to a rough ramp. A large lanyard hole sits in the back spacer, and a cord can pass through it without taking the knife apart. The clip ramps in and out of a pocket. Hardware is T8. The pivot is the annoyance. If it loosens, the scale has to come off before anyone can tighten it. On this sample it has not loosened.

The shape is the other half of the praise. Two fingers sit in the front hollow, two sit behind it, and the thumb lands in a notch. Those hollows are real scoops, not a light chamfer, and Jerad likes the look. Squeeze hard and the edges of those scoops show up in the hand. Jerad would have crowned them more. The jimping is sharp and it catches, but it stops before the top of the flipper. Jerad wants jimping around that corner so a high thumb does not slip. The last jimp still catches most of the time. That missing stretch, plus the edges, is why Jerad will not call the knife perfect. The plunge line is soft. Jerad can sharpen past it without hitting the handle, so that one gets a pass.

Jerad refuses to quote a number on camera because the number moves. This post does the same. The description link opens the Molsect shop, not this exact product page. The first link below is the MUC778T page, the satin and bead-blasted knife in the video.

The second knife is not a second Negroni. It is a Molsect Yuppie Jerad has shown before, this time in heat-colored timascus with a DLC blade. Jerad has been carrying a Cerakote Yuppie. The one in this video has a thick timascus pattern in orange, red, and blue, not the tight crystal pattern. Molsect lists crystal timascus Yuppies as separate models. This post links the heat-colored MUC455DM, the one with the DLC blade and the colors Jerad describes. It is a front flipper with a modified spear-point blade and a frame lock. The handle carries more weight than the blade, which is the balance Jerad likes. Jerad points viewers to an earlier Yuppie video for the full walkthrough. UnTillTheEdge-Yang designed both knives. If you want the Negroni Jerad cannot put down, start with the bead-blasted one. If you want the flashier Molsect at the end of the video, that is the heat-colored Yuppie, not the black Negroni.

Closing Remarks

Watch Jerad at Neeves Knives flip the Negroni before you decide the jimping nitpick matters. The links above go to the bead-blasted Negroni he reviewed and the heat-colored Yuppie he holds up at the end. The black Negroni is a different finish, and this post does not link that one. The description link opens the Molsect shop, not a single product. Use the two product links in the list if you want the knives from the video. Hit play, then come back and say which finish you would actually carry.

Video Overview

HICONSUMPTION is walking through ten mini EDC pens for 2026. The channel has always been a pen-and-paper shop, and this guide shrinks that habit into writers you can clip to a pocket, a notebook, or a zipper. The list runs from a capped Japanese brass pen and an all-weather pocket pen to machined bolt and click pens, a flat bookmark pen, a key-ring stub, and a hand-forged brass pencil shape. Thanks to HICONSUMPTION for putting the short writers in one place instead of scattering them across ten separate videos.

Items & Gear List

• HIGHTIDE Penco Perfection Brass Ballpoint Pen – Purchase on Amazon
• Rite in the Rain All-Weather EDC Pen 3-Pack (No. TAC92) – Purchase on Amazon
• Big Idea Design Mini Bolt Action Pen – View at Big Idea Design
• Dango Mini Pen – View at Dango
• Slughaus Nanopen – View at Slughaus
• CW&T Pen Type-C – View at CW&T
• Fisher Matte Black Bullet Space Pen (400B) – Purchase on Amazon
• Tetzbo Chibien Z Ballpoint Pen – View at Kohezi
• Lamy Pico Ballpoint Pen, Black (L288) – Purchase on Amazon
• Tactile Turn Bronze Side Click Pen, Mini – View at Tactile Turn

Editor’s Insight

HICONSUMPTION splits this list by how a short pen becomes a pen you can actually hold. Thanks again to HICONSUMPTION for lining the ten writers up in one video. Four of them stay short until you post the cap on the back. The HIGHTIDE Penco Perfection Brass Ballpoint Pen is the Japanese capped pen in the first chapter. The Amazon listing is the brass pocket pen with oil-based black ink. You post the cap to reach a normal writing length, and it takes a small refill, so the body is the part you keep.

The Dango Mini Pen does the same job in aluminum. The maker page calls the cap a friction fit. You post that cap on the barrel instead of screwing it on. It comes in satin silver or jet black and ships with Dango’s own cartridge. The Fisher Matte Black Bullet Space Pen is the 400B. Closed, it is a short brass bullet with a powder-coated black finish. Open, the cap posts and the pen is a normal length. The cartridge is the pressurized Fisher refill. The Amazon listing and the maker’s own 400B page are the same pen.

The Rite in the Rain chapter is the all-weather pocket pen. The description names the flat dark earth FDE92. The purchase link does not open that single pen. It opens the TAC92 three-pack: flat dark earth, black, and OD green. Use that link if you want the pack. Do not expect a single FDE92 in the box.

The next group does not use a posted cap. The Big Idea Design Mini Bolt Action Pen is a solid-metal bolt pen about three and a half inches long. A bolt deploys a small D1 refill. The product card on the video tags the brass finish. The maker page also lists titanium, copper, and zirconium, so the link goes to the pen, not to one metal only. Copper showed sold out on that page.

The Tactile Turn line in the description is the bronze Side Click Mini. The short link opened the Short length instead. Short and Mini are different sizes, and the Mini was in stock. This post links the Mini the description names. Bronze will patina. The side click is the mechanism, not a bolt and not a cap. The Lamy Pico Ballpoint Pen, black, model L288, is the telescoping one. A double push extends the short body into a full ballpoint and back again. The Amazon listing is that black L288, not the chrome Pico.

Three pens are shaped for a specific carry. The Slughaus Nanopen is about 60 millimeters of anodized aluminum with a key ring, sold for a zipper pull. Do not expect a full writing grip from a pen that short. The CW&T Pen Type-C is the flat one. It rides in a notebook like a bookmark. A bent steel piece covers the tip until you flip it, and the ink is a Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto cartridge. Most finishes on the maker page were sold out when this post was checked. One finish still had stock. The link is the product page, not a promise that every color is open.

The Kakimori Tetzbo Chibien Z is the hand-forged one. Chibien means mini pencil, and the pen is shaped like a freshly sharpened pencil. Ironsmith Yoshikazu Takai makes each one by hand in brass, so the color is not identical from pen to pen. The description link lands on Kohezi, a retailer page, not on Kakimori’s own shop. That retailer page is the link here. None of these ten is a full-size desk pen. If you write long pages, a mini will annoy you once the novelty wears off. If you need a pen that is already in the pocket when a form shows up, match the mechanism to the carry: post a cap, throw a bolt or a click, flip a flat cover, or hang a stub on a zipper.

Closing Remarks

Watch HICONSUMPTION’s 2026 mini pen guide before you buy from the names alone. The video puts the ten writers in order, from the Penco Perfection to the Tactile Turn bronze mini. The links above go to the pens named in the description. The Rite in the Rain link opens the three-color pocket-pen pack, not a single flat-dark-earth pen. The Tactile Turn link is the Mini, because the short link had opened the Short by mistake. Hit play, then pick the mechanism that matches how you actually write.

Video Overview

Chris from Chrispy Things [EDC] finally gets the Fenix TK17 on camera. He says he is late, and he is right that this light has been out for a while. It is the follow-up to the Fenix TK16 V2, the tactical flashlight he still calls a favorite. In this video he sets the two lights next to each other and talks through the finish, the beam, the tail switches, and the battery. He wants a tac light that fills a hallway, not only a distant hotspot. The TK17 is the one he would keep in hand. Thanks to Chrispy Things for a straight comparison instead of a solo unboxing.

Items & Gear List

• Fenix TK17 – Purchase on Amazon

Editor’s Insight

Chris from Chrispy Things still likes the Fenix TK16 V2. He calls it one of his favorite tactical lights, and he keeps it on the bench for this review. The TK17 is the one he says should take its place. The first change he felt was the finish. The TK16 V2 has a semi-gloss body with light texture. The TK17 is matte black hard-anodized 6061-T6 aluminum. When he presses a thumb into the middle of the TK17 and tries to slide it, the body holds. The same move on the TK16 V2 still slides. That is the kind of grip that matters when a light is wet or when a glove is on. He wishes the older light had shipped in the same finish. It did not, which is why he treats the TK17 as the successor and not a small refresh.

Output is the next split, and it is not a clean win on every number. Chris reads 3,600 lumens and a 330-meter throw on the TK17, against 3,100 lumens and a 380-meter throw on the TK16 V2. Peak intensity on the new light is 27,300 candela. He would rather have the extra lumens and a wider beam for a hallway than a longer throw down a dark road. The head on the TK17 is wider, 1.42 inches against a 1-inch body, and the whole light is 5.85 inches long. He expected that head to throw a clearly floodier beam. In a side-by-side turbo test, the outer edge looked about the same to his eye. The hotspot looked about the same too. What did change was the tint. The TK16 V2 beam looks green to him. The TK17, with a CREE XHP50.3 HD LED at about 5,700 Kelvin, looks brighter overall and much less green. He still likes a cool beam in a tac light. 5,700 Kelvin stays cool without going blue.

The switches are where the TK17 feels like a different tool. Both lights use a dual rubber tail switch. On the TK16 V2, the tactical switch is loud and clicky. On the TK17, Chris clicks the on/off switch next to the microphone and you can barely hear it. The constant-on press is deeper, so a half press stays momentary. That is the control he wants on a light meant for a quick flash. The TK17 also jumps to turbo if you hold the button, after about a half-second delay. The TK16 V2 did not offer that shortcut at all. Both lights have instant strobe. Chris wants both shortcuts on a tac light, and he is fine calling the half-second wait a small trade for getting turbo at all.

Mode count went the other way, and he likes that. The TK16 V2 has five brightness levels plus strobe: 30, 150, 350, 1,000, and 3,100 lumens. The TK17 drops the 150-lumen step. Low stays at 30 lumens, medium is 350, high is 1,000, and turbo is 3,600. Strobe is about 3,000 lumens, a little under the older light. Fewer steps means fewer chances to land on the wrong level when the light comes out fast. Runtime on low is about 60 hours, against about 43 hours on the TK16 V2. The included cell is a 6,000 milliamp-hour 21700, up from 5,000. Both cells charge through a USB-C port on the battery, not through the light body. Chris tried his slot charger and the TK17 cell was a little too long. The new cell can also charge a phone: pull it out and use the included USB-C cable. He calls that a real upgrade, not a spec-sheet extra.

On his scale, the TK17 with the battery and pocket clip is 7.1 ounces, about 200 grams. The body also has a glass lens, a stainless striking bezel, and tungsten glass-breaking tips. It is rated IP68, which he explains as dust-tight and able to go under about 6 feet of water, plus a 1-meter drop rating. This post does not walk through how to use the bezel or the tips. The description links only the TK17. The TK16 V2 is the comparison light in the video, and it has no product URL in that list, so it is not linked here.

Chris still likes the TK16 V2. He does not pretend the older throw number is worse on paper. He just says the grip, the quieter switches, the shortcut to turbo, the cleaner tint, the larger cell, and the power-bank battery are enough to retire it. Thanks again to Chris from Chrispy Things for putting both lights on the same bench instead of reading a spec sheet alone.

Closing Remarks

Watch Chris from Chrispy Things put the Fenix TK17 next to the TK16 V2 before you decide the newer light is only a spec bump. The video shows the matte grip, the quieter tail switches, the half-second jump to turbo, and the side-by-side beam. The link above goes to the TK17, the only product in the description. The TK16 V2 is the comparison light, and it has no product link here. Hit play, then say whether you would trade throw for a cleaner beam and a quieter switch. A tac light that only wins on a spec sheet is not the one that stays in the hand.

Video Overview

Gear Talk walks through a vehicle kit packed into one DECKED Halfrack 32L case. The case is slim, opens with one hand, and uses removable dividers so tools stay in their own slots. The video covers lights, a saw, hand tools, water, a jump starter, and a small cook set. Gear Talk built it for storms, blocked back roads, and the hours a car has to sit still. Thanks to Gear Talk for showing the box that actually rides in the vehicle, not a pile of gear that never leaves the garage.

Items & Gear List

• DECKED Halfrack 32L case – Purchase on Amazon
• Ka-Bar Becker BK9 – Purchase on Amazon Fixed blade. Check local laws before you carry one.
• MSR PocketRocket Deluxe – Purchase on Amazon
• Propane canister adapter – Purchase on Amazon
• MSR Quick 2 cook set – Purchase on Amazon
• HydraPak Seeker 2L – Purchase on Amazon
• HydraPak 42mm filter cap – Purchase on Amazon
• Clear-window tool pouch – Purchase on Amazon
• Extendable storage containers – Purchase on Amazon
• REXBETI 14-inch folding saw – Purchase on Amazon
• Wiha CentroFix bit holder – Purchase on Amazon
• Klein Tools 1010 long-nose cutter – Purchase on Amazon
• DEWALT step drill bit – Purchase on Amazon
• GEARWRENCH 10-inch indexing pry bar – Purchase on Amazon
• DURATECH 8-inch adjustable wrench – Purchase on Amazon
• KNIPEX 8-inch long-nose pliers – Purchase on Amazon
• REXBETI 8-inch pry bar – Purchase on Amazon
• Climbing rope – Purchase on Amazon
• Rolling Square inCharge XL cable – Purchase on Amazon
• SKYOAK folding reading glasses – Purchase on Amazon
• KNIPEX Cobra 7-1/4-inch pliers – Purchase on Amazon
• PB Swiss empty BitBlock – Purchase on Amazon
• SE 30-inch magnetic pickup tool – Purchase on Amazon
• WORKPRO 8-inch bolt cutter – Purchase on Amazon
• KNIPEX 8-inch angled diagonal cutters – Purchase on Amazon
• KNIPEX Cobra 10-inch pliers – Purchase on Amazon
• Hulkman Alpha85 jump starter – Purchase on Amazon
• QSP Penguin V2 – Purchase on Amazon
• Maxxeon Cyclops work light – Purchase on Amazon
• Klymit Roamer tarp – Purchase on Amazon
• KNIPEX 7-1/4-inch pliers wrench – Purchase on Amazon
• Ouligay hinged tins – Purchase on Amazon
• Wurkkos HD01 PRO – Purchase on Amazon
• Wurkkos HD50 headlamp – Purchase on Amazon
• Kevlar braided cord – Purchase on Amazon

Editor’s Insight

Gear Talk picked the Halfrack for the handle and the one-hand latch. A box with latches on both sides is slower when you are standing in a storm. This one squeezes open and the lid comes up. It is also sized for a DECKED drawer, so it can live in a truck system instead of sliding around a trunk. The dividers come out, which is how a saw, a rope, and a cook kit share one case without turning into a junk drawer.

The lights are the first things worth grabbing. The Wurkkos HD50 is a headlamp with a removable battery and a magnetic side, so the strap can come off and the light can sit on a car panel. The Wurkkos HD01 PRO adds a bright beam, a side light, a UV mode, and a green laser Gear Talk uses as a far signal. A Maxxeon Cyclops work light is the third lamp, and it charges by USB-C. Hands-free light is the point. A phone flashlight is not a plan when both hands are on a tire.

Water and power sit next to the lights. A HydraPak Seeker holds 2 liters and packs flat. The matching 42mm filter cap is the piece that turns stored water into something you are willing to drink. The Hulkman Alpha85 is the jump starter for a battery that will not turn over. A Rolling Square inCharge XL cable covers the phone. None of that helps if it is buried under a saw, which is why the dividers matter more than another gadget.

The tool side is a small shop. Knipex pliers, a Klein long-nose cutter, a Gearwrench indexing pry bar, a Duratech wrench, a Wiha bit holder, a DeWalt step bit, and a Workpro bolt cutter cover the jobs Gear Talk has already had on the roadside. A Rexbeti folding saw is there for a tree across the road. Gear Talk also carries a cheap axe that was sharpened at home. The description does not link that axe, so this post does not invent a product page for it. The same rule covers the Milwaukee gloves and the spare fuses. They are in the box. They are not in the link list.

Two knives are linked. The Ka-Bar Becker BK9 is a fixed blade. Gear Talk treats it as a hard-use camp knife. A fixed blade has different carry rules depending on where you are, so check local law before you copy that choice. The QSP Penguin V2 is the smaller folder. This post does not walk through how either knife is used. The rope is in the list because a stuck vehicle needs a line. This post does not tell you how to pull a car.

The cook kit in the description is an MSR PocketRocket Deluxe stove, a small adapter so the stove can take more than one canister size, and an MSR Quick 2 pot set. Gear Talk also keeps a sealed tin in the case and opens it at the end of the video. It is toilet paper, enough for two people. No brand is named, so no link is added. An epinephrine auto-injector rides in the kit because of family allergies. That is a personal choice, not medical advice, and the description has no product URL for it.

That is the trade Gear Talk is making. One case, one latch, and only the items that have already earned a roadside job. Thanks again to Gear Talk for opening the box instead of listing a fantasy loadout.

Closing Remarks

Watch Gear Talk’s vehicle kit before you copy the list. The video shows why the Halfrack stayed, which lights get used first, and why a saw rides next to a jump starter. The links above go to the products in the description. The axe, the gloves, the fuses, and the tin of toilet paper have no product link here. Hit play, then say what you would add for a night stuck in a storm. If a kit only works when it is spread across the garage, it is not the kit that will be in the car.

Video Overview

Taylor Martin of Best Damn EDC says a game you can start in a waiting room belongs with the rest of what you carry. He splits portable play into five levels. The first level is the phone already in a pocket. The top level is a handheld computer you can hold in two hands. Thanks to Taylor Martin for showing the devices he actually takes on a trip, not a shelf of unopened boxes. He thanks channel sponsors in the video, including Big Idea Design and Work Sharp. The description also marks a Nitto tire spot.

Items & Gear List

• GameSir Pocket Taco – Purchase on Amazon
• 8BitDo FlipPad – Purchase on Amazon
• GameSir Nova Lite 2 – Purchase on Amazon
• 8BitDo Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller – Purchase on Amazon
• OhSnap MCON – View at OhSnap
• Miyoo Mini V4 – Purchase on Amazon
• Miyoo Mini Plus – Purchase on Amazon
• Anbernic RG Rotate – View at Anbernic
• TRIMUI Brick – Purchase on Amazon
• TRIMUI Brick Hammer – Purchase on Amazon
• Retroid Pocket 5 – View at Retroid
• Retroid Pocket 6 – View at Retroid
• AYN Thor – View at AYN. The maker page is a pre-order, so the unit may not ship right away.
• AYN Odin 3 – View at AYN. The maker page is a pre-order, so the unit may not ship right away.
• Steam Deck – View at Steam
• Nintendo Switch 2 – Purchase on Amazon
• ROG Ally X – View at Best Buy
• ASUS ROG Xbox Ally – Purchase on Amazon. The listing he linked includes a hub.
• ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X – Purchase on Amazon. The listing title says Japan Version.
• AYANEO NEXT 2 – View at AYANEO. The maker page is a pre-order, so the cart may not be open yet.

Editor’s Insight

Taylor Martin makes a simple case. A long wait is an everyday-carry problem, and a game can fill it the same way a small tool does. The phone already in a pocket is level one. He shows full games that now run there, including ports he already owns on a computer. The weak spot is not the chip. It is the controls. On-screen buttons get in the way, and a text alert pulls you out of the game. A spare battery helps the phone last. It does not fix the feel.

Level two is a controller you add to that phone. The GameSir Pocket Taco clips on and connects over Bluetooth. He also holds up an 8BitDo that stretches around the phone, and he does not name that one on camera. The description links both the 8BitDo FlipPad and the 8BitDo Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller, so those are the two pages to use. The OhSnap MCON sticks on with a magnet and folds out. Taylor Martin says the feel is poor, and he would not pick it for daily play. Heat is the other limit. A phone still has to cool itself while it runs the game.

Level three is a dedicated retro handheld. Taylor Martin would rather carry one small console than a phone plus a second controller. The first Miyoo Mini is discontinued. He still likes the Miyoo Mini V4, and he likes the metal shell of the TRIMUI Brick Hammer more than the plastic Miyoo bodies. He is clear about the files. These machines arrive empty. Finding games is the owner’s job. He does not walk through that, and this post will not either. He also warns that a no-name copy looks the same and has no community software behind it. For setup help he points to Russ at Retro Game Corps, not to a product page.

One description line, labeled Miyoo Mini Alternative, does not belong in this list. That short link opens a YouTube video, not a shop page. This post does not guess a handheld to fill the gap.

Level four is an Android handheld. Taylor Martin says the Retroid Pocket 6 takes the place of the Retroid Pocket 5. The AYN Odin 3 is the one he kept. He plays more on that Odin 3 than on anything else he owns, including computer games through an app on the device. The AYN Thor looked like the travel pick because the screen closes. He says the hinge cracks, and he would not toss it in a bag with no case. Both AYN pages are pre-orders, so a unit may not ship right away.

Level five is the handheld computer. He has traveled with a Steam Deck and found it too bulky for the way he packs. The description also links a Nintendo Switch 2, a ROG Ally X, a ROG Xbox Ally, a ROG Xbox Ally X, and an AYANEO NEXT 2. The Ally X link opens a Best Buy page. The Xbox Ally listing includes a hub. The Xbox Ally X listing is the Japan version. The AYANEO page is a pre-order, so the cart may not be open yet.

His own answer sits in the middle. For a long wait he can pocket a small retro unit. For play at home, and for most trips, the Odin 3 is what he reaches for. The phone still covers a short wait if you can stand on-screen controls. That is the trade Taylor Martin wants you to see before you buy the biggest device on the list.

Closing Remarks

Watch Taylor Martin’s video before you buy from the list. He shows why a phone controller still loses to a dedicated handheld, why the AYN Thor did not stay his travel pick, and why the Odin 3 did. The links above follow the description he posted. One of those links, the Miyoo Mini alternative, opens a video instead of a shop page, so it is not in the list. Hit play, then say which level you would actually carry. If your pocket already has a phone and nothing else for a long wait, that is the gap Taylor Martin is talking about.

Video Overview

Jerad at Neeves Knives opens a handful of WIXCO folders and treats them like everyday tools, not shelf pieces. WIXCO is the more affordable line from the same team behind Ferramonster, and this video stays on that side of the shop. He starts with a cyan carbon-fiber hawkbill, moves to a button-lock folder in a similar handle, then a liner-lock pair, and finishes on a milled aluminum front flipper. The useful part is how each knife opens, locks, and sharpens. A photo of the handle does not tell you if the detent is lazy or if a stone will hit the choil.

Items & Gear List

• WIXCO Wortex XL (WX16XL-C) – View at WIXCO
• WIXCO Jugger (WX22-C) – View at WIXCO
• WIXCO liner-lock drop point (Jerad calls this pair the Relays) – View at WIXCO. The shop Jerad credits does not list this name on a product page.
• WIXCO liner-lock clip point (same pair) – View at WIXCO. Same shop link. We did not guess a different model.
• WIXCO Fenix – View at WIXCO. Jerad does not name a color, so this is the Fenix line, not one finish.

Editor’s Insight

Jerad at Neeves Knives starts with the Wortex XL in cyan blue shredded carbon fiber. The blade is black stonewash 14C28N in a hawkbill. The lock is a button liner lock, which is a liner lock you can run with a push as well as a thumb stud. The stud sits in a short slot, so you can set it where your thumb lands. He lays the curve on a stone and says a one-inch stone can still sharpen it. A small gap sits under the belly, and that is fine. The deep-carry clip is not inset, and it is reversible. The hardware is T8. The detent is usable. He says you can tune it stronger if you want a harder pull.

The next folder uses a similar blue-and-green carbon fiber and a conventional button lock. That matches the Jugger in N690 with a black stonewash blade. Jerad likes the detent here more than on the hawkbill. The handle is mostly carbon fiber with thin liners, so it stays light for the size, and he calls the action fidget friendly.

Then he shows two liner locks he calls the Relays, one drop point and one clip point. He prefers the drop point. Both have a crisp detent, thumb studs that do not feel slippery, and a deep-carry clip that is reversible but not inset. The hardware is T8. He says the steel is D2. WIXCO’s current shop does not list that model name, or a D2 blade, on a product page. Those two links go to the shop he credits in the description. We did not swap in a nearby knife just to have a product URL.

His main complaint on that pair is the plunge grind and the sharpening choil. The line sits close, so a stone can kiss the ricasso. He shrugs it off and still sharpens one until the edge is silly sharp. Lock-bar access is good enough, and he is picky about that. The colors remind him of Matt at Southern Cali EDC. He also holds up a curved carbon-fiber folder and says it looks more pirate than his own Misdemeanor. He never names that one, so it is not in the list.

He closes on an aluminum folder with micro-milled handles, a front flipper, and N690. That matches the Fenix, the only WIXCO line that combines those three. He likes the angled edge for utility cuts and for trapping material on a flat surface. He calls the finish acid etched and points out a fuller. The link goes to the Fenix line, not one color, because Jerad does not name a color. His warning is the tip. A few sharpenings are fine. A chip would force a long grind before the tip sits where you want it.

That is the trade Jerad keeps making. A hawkbill you can still sharpen. A button lock with a better detent. A liner lock with a choil that is close but usable. An aluminum flipper whose tip you should not abuse. None of that shows up in a product photo.

Closing Remarks

Watch Jerad at Neeves Knives before you pick one of these folders. He shows the detent, the lock, and the sharpening choil, which a product photo leaves out. The Wortex XL and Jugger links go to those models. The Fenix link goes to the aluminum front-flipper line, because he does not name a color. The pair he calls the Relays has no matching product page on the shop he credits, so that link goes to the WIXCO shop. A hawkbill that sharpens on a normal stone is a different carry from a tanto tip you should not grind down. Hit play, then tell us which blade shape you would actually carry.