Name: I Tried JAPAN'S SUMMER TECH and It Was...
Uploaded: 2025-07-31T17:47:53.000Z
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Summer tech is popular in Japan this year probably because it's nearly 40 degrees Celsius right now And I don't mean air conditioners, you know I will show you today We're gonna go out buy as much of Japan's personal summer tech as we can get our hands on unbox it and try it all Does this work?

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A little bit That guy was nice right out of the gate He says that he uses it every single year and that it helps a little nice guy Thank you for chatting sweat is already getting in my eyes and at the crossing there There was an uber east driver who had like a sunshade on his phone We're looking mostly for cool down summer tech today.

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And so let's find a shop and head right in Okay, so this shop is called Akiba and aside from all the noisy background music It seems to have a lot of what we need right now.

I guess it's got air-conditioned vests It's got this handy cooler thing and it's got a mobile net cooler, which is 96 that's a hundred dollar net cooler Also, what is the difference between both have comparable features the same number of fans they use the same amount of power I really think it just comes down to design see if they have any other items This shop is actually known for its cheap electronics when I say cheap I mean that in every conceivable sense of the word you guys should get a lot of this stuff on Ali Express There are several of these shops all throughout Akihabara, but most of them sell the same stuff So before we hit a big-box store, we're gonna grab ourselves one of these handy coolers and The gray vest just because it kind of looks better than the blue Now do not worry the old ways have not disappeared the traditional Japanese sense and Uchiwa are still Fairly commonly used but the handheld portable powered fans are becoming more and more popular I used to have a teacher back in elementary school and we get really upset at us for using the handheld like the Fold the fan out of the piece of paper She'd be like that's just heating up your body because you're moving your body, but our next shop is actually right over here We're gonna be stopping at Big Tampa Since Akihabara is Japan's tech and gadget central We should be able to find everything we need in the area today But the first step is just figuring out what what floor it's gonna be on Okay, so they've got a whole section here.

Look they have this thing from Akihabara At a comparable price, but there are cheaper neck coolers and these ones actually seem pretty interesting Mine is 50 minus 17 degrees But minus 11, okay So they have these neck coolers that have these cooling plates that apparently will cool down your neck within two seconds Also, they have the tiny fan I saw a guy with a tiny fan earlier and I was wondering how effective could that be and they have they have samples let's it's already on and Then I feel nothing but I am kind of interested in these pocket fans I also saw a guy walking around with one of these earlier You kind of hook them onto your belt and they blow air up your shirt Probably gonna grab one of those later as well.

I want to grab one of these coolers I think negative 17 is gonna be a bit much for me.

So we'll start simple around negative 11 I also want to grab one of these ice rings today, but these 3,600 yen with these ones still being about 2,000.

I feel like we could probably get them cheaper at Don Quijote So let's start with this A quick stop at Don Quijote.

This store is pure chaos I never know where to find things here.

So we might just need to ask the staff So Right now seems they've only got the handheld fans and this one unmarked unpriced.

Okay, you know what we're gonna We'll head to Yodobashi Okay, actually I was looking at him but then I just saw this display and it's actually quite hilarious You have all the fans and the cool magic ice rings and the cool fit and then the logic cool mouse Did they just put anything here that had the word the word cool in it?

I love it Looks like Yodobashi's Selection is pretty similar.

They've got the neck fans the handheld fans and they've got these but they're only about $40 I wonder which one is better the neck fan or this That is a noisy noisy neck pattern That have it has settings feels like it's almost blowing the air in the opposite direction it's It's doing nothing Does nothing at all.

So I Can grab myself just playing around the sample of this little fan here and it's actually far more powerful than I thought this might not be a bad idea and I think I'm going to grab myself one of these neck coolers as well Let's get going.

I grabbed two extra items as well We're gonna open it all up head out into the city to try it at this one.

I Personally am the most excited about the vest you see these everywhere in Japan Especially with construction workers that when you see somebody with a full vest or jacket in near 40 degree weather You think aren't you crazy and then you see the fans and it makes you curious.

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Okay, so there's three levels of fan Can't really feel but the ice it this icing thing gets That actually gets nice and cold and Instantly covered in sweat considering the level of sweat on this thing.

We'll just open up the mini double fan I'm assuming this one also has three speeds on Slightly more on and Incredibly aggressive now the bladeless neck fan.

Here's one that I just I have my questions about I These are actually known to cause dry eyes.

It's been on the news and everything and It's dead.

We're gonna charge that Only having to charge one item so far is not bad.

We try out this cooling Neck plate next this is I thought it was black.

It is blue doesn't have its own battery though So I think you've got to plug this into a power bank Okay, let's give this a shot.

You plug that in and then put it expands.

Okay, and then is that Okay, okay, we'll give that one a shot a little later it works I did end up getting one of the small clip waste fan There's not small at all, it's also USB C does it have its own battery or do you Also three That's nice and cool Also the three settings these just get this would just get clipped like this And Well that that's an effect.

Okay, we'll deal with that later I also grab sunscreen just because I ran out of sunscreen We'll shoot this and on to the big ticket item the thing that I'm the most excited about the best It comes in pieces, I guess the vest is in this little bag and then I I install the fans I am slightly worried about the Japanese sizes.

It's also needs a power bank And Then each fan has its own button, I guess we just push those Okay And then a little pocket here for the power bank just like that don't try this out though My biggest concern with the best is actually how it's gonna fit So far so good arms are a little tight it feels so crowded inside I can feel the air coming out my neck.

Actually, you know what I Just looked down and realized how puffy I was and it made me smile.

I just wanna Try this thing it I guess they worked together Can I put this in this part?

But also if I'm being completely fair the breezy roof of my studio is not really a fair comparison I literally laid the AstroTurf to reduce sun exposure and cool it down I think we need to get into the city streets with the Sun beating down on the pavement.

Let's let's grab our items and do that This Thing just refuses to charge Wonderful, which means I need to try to return this to Yodobashi, which will be fun because Japan's doesn't always make returns Now I'm gonna try to give each one of these items an effectiveness score from 1 to 10 There's also a lot of stuff that we didn't pick up I saw a girl with the Sun umbrella parasol that had a fan attached right to it Don't need it didn't even look for it like that A lot of the items are gonna be composites of things that we've already picked up I think that we've got a pretty good cross-section But I've been out in the Sun in this vest now for a good 10 minutes and right out of the gate I can tell you the vest is not what I was expecting.

I'm gonna have to take this off inside The vest is actually very hot.

It's almost terrible It's the neck this entire area is just air coming up around my head That is slightly pleasant, but I now understand what the guy meant when he said squashy it works a little bit That's you know what?

We'll give just this a try Actually taking off the vest itself that that's a bit of a cool-down now I can feel the Sun beating down Maybe it was doing more than I thought put that in my pocket.

I will turn this on on surface value I will give the best that on I can't tell if it's on.

Okay, it's on now the vest itself I will give at best.

I can't give it more than a 5 out of 10 because the rest of me was still mine It's I'm struggling because with the Sun beating down on me now, I can really feel the heat I feel like I'm even sweating more.

So the best might will give the best a six this neck.

I sir I have it on the most powerful setting and it's honestly not doing a lot.

I believe this also has a fan setting is that I I can hear the fan I can feel it vibrating against my neck But I feel nothing and the coolness has now gone away this what is this meant to do?

You know what after a solid two three minutes of using this not only is this not actually that cold in the hot summer heat But the charging point at the back here has actually heated up.

This is warm now So I've got this mix of warm and cold going on.

This gets a solid one out of ten for me This is this is not working.

And you know what that reminds me I've got a quickly swing by Yodobashi to see if I can return that other non working item But now we got nothing going on so I'm gonna try this belt fan I think this part Slip my shirt right in there.

I sweat in my eyes so far So good, it stretches the shirt in a really weird way.

So that's I might take a bit of getting used to but Almost more effective than the actually have this one might be Considerably better than the best we're at about two minutes now, and I'm already willing to give it a maybe a seven out of ten Actually, it might be even more effective if I took it off the side and clipped it directly on to the back Where's the clip and did it like this?

That is much better that is that that's a solid seven out of ten right there and you can hear the ambulance in the background There's been a two hundred and thirty percent increase in heat stroke this year so it feels like I've picked a very Appropriate time to do this video and we have reached Yodobashi Now I don't expect things to go completely terribly here But I've yet to have a really positive and smooth return experience in Japan.

So Here we go They're actually checking to see if it works or not, so Japan doing everything the right way, but on the plus side they at least gave me a seat to sit down And this back fan is still working Okay, so that went way more smoothly than I thought.

What did you think about them checking the items?

I've never seen that before that was new and Work, it's actually still nice and cool.

Okay, the purple ring is not bad No that um that got really warm really quick Not a fan of the warm plastic around my neck.

Don't know why so many people like that That's better.

So that neck thing gets maybe a one or two for me Also, I love this guy's ears, but this the fan what can I say?

It's a fan like if if you've never used the fan before then nothing I'm gonna say to you in this video is really gonna be of any help.

This particular one is not bad The power setting is really good on it.

We'll give it a five, but there is still one last item This one right here, which I believe also has a fan in it, but I couldn't really feel the fan in the up It sounds like it's on I could barely feel it in the studio I definitely I don't feel anything now this part here gets really cool and it's It's really pinpoint in specific like it's like, okay Yes, this section of my face is is slightly cool for a very temporary moment while it's pressed up against me and I I don't know.

None of this summer tech is really winning me over I honestly out of everything that we've tried today this little fan that I put in the small of it This has been the most effective.

This has been my favorite In fact, I'm gonna put this back on right now a while back I had tried one of unique lows dry tech shirts that pull the moisture away and keep your skin dry and cool And no those get an effectiveness score of zero for me.

They did not work But what did you think were there any items that you would want to give a shot yourself with the cicadas in the background?

Are there any that you think that I missed?

Let me know down in the comments Thank you guys so much for joining today, and you know, I will see you again real soon Honestly though best Japan summer pro tip I can give you is just carry a towel all this summer tech aside I would not be able to survive without this bring a towel This one here is actually by much stuff, but it comes at quite a price tag especially if you want the battery set with it that is Ironically the most challenging part about filming this on a 40 degree day was the GoPro the thing kept overheating Freezing failing.

I have no idea how much of the footage actually turned out if we managed to get a video at all I'll be shocked.

It is a dumpster fire of a product GoPro.

I don't need 5.3 K in my camera What I need is reliability fix your stuff fix it It was way too hot to record By the way, this is also almost finished and I can't wait to share it with you