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How to test a selfie-stick (Selfezy review)

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I know that a lot of people think selfie-sticks are silly. I find them to be a very helpful tool when vlogging or just trying to take any picture without an extra person. With a bluetooth selfie stick such as this selfezy (can buy here Amazon link) it does make life easyer for Youtubers like myself.

The selfezy is a product I purchased at a discount in order to review. The bluetooth features really sell this for me. It works as described for pictures but you can use the picture button to record video as well. You just have to have your cell phone set to video before you hit the take picture button.

The handle does look cheap. I can’t complain about it too much though since last time I seen it in stock on Amazon it was selling for under $20. Inside the handle is the usb port to charge it. I am not sure if I prefer that or just using a battery. Then again every other electronic we have charges via usb so why not our selfie sticks?  Word of advice for power: remember to always turn it off.

Below is how I test a selfie stick for weight. This being the most important test. If a selfie stick does not hold your phone/camera still, it is worthless. With this said this is my second Selfezy. My first one broke in the first week and the company replaced it. I was able to repair the first one and now I have 2 of these selfie sticks with no issues.

 

Testing Bluetooth Equipment For Halloween Collab (while not being a Halloween video)

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I do not like to do “dated” videos. What I mean by this is I don’t want to do a video that is really only asking for views around a particular time. This could be a gossip topic that everyone will forget about in a year, or a holiday video that is only relevant a few weeks a year.

Keeping this in mind, I also want to do as many “collab” videos as possible. A collab video is a video that you work with other people on. In this case I was asked to be part of a playlist that shows about 20 YouTube channels all doing similar videos. Doing a Halloween DIY/tutorial video does sound “dated” but it is up to the creator to find their own angle.

To find my own angle (and in a limited time) I look at my own material. I do a lot of zombie events but it was not practical for me to time out during an event to a tutorial. This would also make me have to figure out a topic that people are actively searching for. The other large topic that my channel has is AUDIO. I like making audio equipment tests. This now gives me an excuse to play with low budget equipment for a larger audience (since the video will be promoted by others in the collab/playlist).

I decided to buy some cheap ($20) JETech bluetooth receivers/transmitters. This is something I have been wanting to do anyways . . . I was waiting to get a deal on them (maybe a brand deal) but $40 for equipment, I can consider this “toy” money.

Now all I had to do was figure out a way to use these “toys” in a Halloween theme, but also not “dated”. “ever-green” videos are videos that are not considered “dated”. If you watch the video below I believe i figured out how this video could be considered fine for Halloween viewing but also “every-green” in nature.

Here is the play-list of all the videos in the collab. Please check them out.

Scotty (Toaden)