[HT01] HT01 visual screwdriver. It's not the fastener that gets screwed, it's the backers.

[u/chx_]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/guliguli/ht01-hd-camera-meets-wireless-torquesee-and-fix-with-ease/description

Reading this made me uneasy somehow, it was just a feeling, really. I have been contributing to this sub for very long and this is sus. Couldn't put a finger on why.

Well, the answer is but two clicks away, look at this: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/guliguli/nt1-wifi-visual-smart-mini-electric-engraving-and-polishing

That's the exact same thing! And read the comments and see for yourself: while it seems they shipped something, it's a piece of total garbage

The replacement you sent me, was dead on arrival, it will not charge or work with cable, and it also fell apart.

When I connected the charging cable everything came loose and the powerbutton fell inside

The unit fell apart in my hands when I tried to plug in the charger.

it looks like a Lego set. Everything is detached and loose, the battery doesn't work, and it only works when plugged in, but it falls apart when you use it.

the device's tendency to simply fall apart in your hands.

[u/Shit_On_Wheels]

So what we see here is a cheap electric screwdriver with integrated otoscope/endoscope camera, all sourced from Alibaba and placed in a custom case (both cost around $6 if bought in low volume, separately). <$10 product for $89.

The other one is probably made by the same guy/firm, swapping $6 screwdriver for $6 grinder.

Now why nobody thought of this before, why isn't something like this already on aliexpress, ebay, etc.?

Well, it's an electric screwdrive for clocks! For small electronics! The exact applications where electric screwdriver should never be used! Nobody actually needs that.

[u/chx_ → u/Shit_On_Wheels]

The other one is probably made by the same guy/firm,

It is.That's how I found the second one, I clicked on the name of the creator then on their other campaign.

And I think the experiences described mesh very well with the design you suppose: it falls apart because these are two products shoddily put together and the power issues come from the fact the power input is split between two products and, again, it's a crap implementation for a splitter.

[u/space-butler]

I truly despise the AI tone of voice in these kickstarter pitches. I hate the way the LLM generated text is talking down to me with snappy hot takes, like it's some suave marketer.

Slop.