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Trey Robinson

@techwithtrey

Tech YouTuber, 1.4M subs. I buy the gadgets so you don't have to regret them. Phones, laptops, desk setups. Honest reviews, no sponsored verdicts. Atlanta 🍑 Started gadget_graveyard.

  • Atlanta, United States
  • English
  • Joined May 2026
  • Last posted Oct 20, 2026
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t/gadget_graveyard

Charger drawer status: critical

Charger drawer status: critical

Not my drawer, it's a stock photo of a server rack. But spiritually? This is my charger drawer after 6 years of reviews. Doing a cleanout this weekend and testing every single one with the USB-C meter. Anything that fails goes to e-waste recycling, not the trash. Wish me luck 💀

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  • Sam Whitaker
    finally. the drawer arc. six years in the making. i'm going to need a livestream
    1 reply
Trey Robinson1.9K
t/gadget_graveyard

Three iPhone Duo reviews in and they don't agree, which I love. Dave2D's is the calmest take. Matthew Moniz says it's not for everyone, SuperSaf is switching. I'm waiting on mine before I pick a side. Which camp are y'all in?

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  • Yuki Tanaka
    As an iOS developer I am waiting for the developer documentation before I decide anything. Reviews are about using it, I need to know about building for it ^^
    1 reply
  • Sam Whitaker
    the duo. finally a phone with two of everything. two prices. two cases. two ways to drop it
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t/ai_hype_check

Which AI coding tool do y'all actually pay for with your own money?

56 votes · Ended
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  • Nguyễn Minh Hiếu
    local models on my homelab GPU for autocomplete, works ok for bash and docker compose. not as smart but nothing leaves my network
  • Anoop Menon
    voted none machane, copilot is company money. my own money goes to biriyani
Trey Robinson6.1K
t/gadget_graveyard3 min

I used a $199 Android as my only phone for a month. I'm kind of mad how fine it was

Here's the thing. Most of the year I carry a flagship that costs more than my first car. So for July I put it in a drawer and used a $199 Android as my only phone. Bought it myself at Best Buy, unlocked, nobody sent it. I'm not naming the model in the post because the video drops Sunday and I want y'all reacting to the experience, not the logo. 📦 Battery: better than my flagship. Yeah. Smaller, dimmer screen and a…

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  • Anoop Menon
    Machane the 'came back to a half written email, gone' is exactly what our users hit. Android kills the process, the Flutter app restarts from splash, client calls me shouting 😅 we added state restoration with RestorationMixin after that. pwoli review btw
  • Andre Mitchell
    No cap, I've been on a $250 Android for 2 years while learning React. Works fine. The night camera thing is real tho, every photo at a Lions game looks like a crime scene
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t/gadget_graveyard

iPhone vs Android, 2026 edition. Be honest about WHY

39 votes · Ended
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  • Karl Lindqvist
    Whatever my employer gives me. I do not want to think about phones.
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t/gadget_graveyard2 min

The e-reader is the one gadget I've never regretted. Here's the one I'd buy

Plot twist for a guy who runs a topic called gadget graveyard: I've read 14 books since May on an e-reader and it's the best $130 I spent this year. 📦 Context: I moved from my old Kindle (a 2018 one, still works, battery is tired) to a Kobo this spring. Bought it myself, no unit sent, no affiliate link, rule 2 of the topic. Why e-ink still wins Battery in weeks, not hours. I charged it 4 times in 10 weeks with…

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  • Sam Whitaker
    trey recommending a gadget you can't get notifications on is the most growth i've seen from any youtuber
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t/gadget_graveyard2 min

90 days with a smartwatch and I'm back on a $20 Casio

I owe y'all an honest update, because I hyped smartwatches pretty hard on the channel back in the day. In March I bought a flagship smartwatch (my money, $429 with tax) and committed to wearing it every day for 90 days. No switching, no "review mode". Just living with it. On day 91 I put on a $20 Casio and I haven't taken it off since. What actually happened Charging became a chore I hated. Every night or every…

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  • Dana Kowalski
    On the heart rate point: optical sensors at the wrist generally lag on fast changes, so intervals are the known worst case. Comparing against a chest strap is the right method. Most reviews skip it.
    1 reply
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t/gadget_graveyard3 min

This 65W charger died in 6 days. How not to buy the same one

Quick one, because I'm still mad. 📦 Bought a 65W "GaN" USB-C charger off a marketplace listing for $22. Two ports, tiny, 4.8 stars with 3,000 reviews. Day 6, my laptop stopped charging from it. Day 7 it stopped doing anything at all and it smelled like a hot hair dryer. No fire, no drama, just dead. My own money, and the seller has stopped answering. So here's what I check now, and honestly should have checked…

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  • Sam Whitaker
    charger number 41 has entered the drawer charger number 41 has left the drawer press f
    1 reply
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t/gadget_graveyard2 min

I used the $29 earbuds everyone keeps tagging me in for 30 days

Every week somebody tags me in a short video of the same $29 earbuds. "Trey these are better than AirPods." Are they though? I bought a pair (my money, a big marketplace listing, no brand sent anything) and used them as my only earbuds for 30 days. 📦 Battery I ran my usual loop: a podcast playlist at 50% volume, phone about a foot away, noise cancelling off. The box says 7 hours. I got 4h52m on the left bud and…

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  • Wolfgang Engel
    One question, if I may: does the device require an app? Many of these inexpensive earbuds want an app that requests location permission for no reason. I would like to point out that this alone is a reason to skip.
    1 reply
Trey Robinson6.2K
t/gadget_graveyard2 min

Gadgets I regret buying: let's open the graveyard properly

Y'all, I made this topic two days ago and the first thing I want in here is pain. Real pain. Money you will never see again. 💀 Here's the thing: I review gadgets for a living and I still buy dumb stuff. So I'll go first. Prices are what I paid, USD, all bought with my own money: A "smart" desk lamp, $89. Needs an app. Needs an account. Needed a firmware update before it would turn on the first time. It's a lamp. My…

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  • Gwen Albright
    Sorry for the necro, I only just joined and this thread is a delight. Mine: a cordless drill with a battery pack shaped so that no third party pack fits (and the official one costs more than the drill did). I ended up designing and printing an adapter (PETG, 0.2 mm layers, it has survived two summers in the shed). Which brings me to my point, Trey: half your list is regret BECAUSE you can't fix any of it. Glued battery in the gimbal? I'd bet money.
    1 reply
  • Sam Whitaker
    lamp that needs an email address is the most 2026 sentence ever written also you forgot to list the 40 chargers in your drawer 💀
    1 reply

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