AKIYO 02 Projector
IT GOT BETTER
I have yet another mini projector review haha. Another brand contacted me and asked that I review this one. It's a slightly upgraded version of one that I've done before, so I won't go on about the specs etc. Everything is basically the same as that one, but with noticeably brighter display ( higher lumens). This comes in very handy actually because it makes the difference when using it in daylight or an illuminated room. The older version required a dark room to be properly enjoyed while this one was just fine, even with the windows open.
By the way, these gadgets are all made in the same factories in China. Brands create "White Label" companies and market them under their own brands. The can often request some minor customisations to the products but these are usually limited to superficial properties like colour, placement of the brand logo or what they're bundled with. That's the only way they can be mass-produced as cheaply as they are. It would cost these brands multiple times more if they were to actually create their own products (even delegated to China) because of the overhead. This cost would be passed to the consumer which means a projector like this one would be going for many hundreds of pounds, let alone sub-fifty pounds like they sell for.
Unfortunately this has created a race to the bottom environment when it comes to price competition, because we expect to pay less and less. This has also created products with very short lifespans because they are designed to break early so we are forced to buy the latest ones. A such, the heaps of plastic garbage keep getting higher and higher. No idea what we can do about it to be honest. I've mentally thrown in the towel to all this stuff for my own mental health 😂
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Peace & Love,
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