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Temu Tech Dupes: How Well Do They Work?

How do Temu dupes compare to the real thing? I replaced three of my core tech products (Apple AirPods, a Dyson vacuum and Dyson Airwrap) with lookalikes from retailer Temu for a week to find out. I Saved $1,260 Buying Tech Dupes. It Was a Journey Into the Shady Side of Shopping 0:00 Dupes are…

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How do Temu dupes compare to the real thing? I replaced three of my core tech products (Apple AirPods, a Dyson vacuum and Dyson Airwrap) with lookalikes from retailer Temu for a week to find out.

I Saved $1,260 Buying Tech Dupes. It Was a Journey Into the Shady Side of Shopping

0:00 Dupes are tempting because they are cheap
0:22 Dupes or duds?
0:58 Counterfeit products vs dupes
2:17 Temu earbuds vs Airpods
4:17 Cracking open the earpods
5:48 Temu vacuum vs Dyson
7:23 Temu styler vs Dyson
9:02 Interview with dupes marketing expert
9:42 Interview with victim of duping
12:06 Final thoughts

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28 Comments

28 Comments

  1. @LungsOutJem

    July 17, 2024 at 9:04 am

    Sprinkles? How about you try that on some old carpet with layers of cat and dog hair? I doubt either one could do that worth a damn.

  2. @barryvercueil2346

    July 17, 2024 at 9:06 am

    Excellent video.

  3. @MikeLi1019

    July 17, 2024 at 9:11 am

    These tests are insufficient. For example, when you compare the vacuums, how easy were they to maintain and clean? What’s the battery life? All you did was basic suction.

  4. @Ch0s3n-0n3

    July 17, 2024 at 9:32 am

    Yes makes perfect sense. My AirPods are like a part of you. My fiancé earbuds are cheaper but sounds muffled.

  5. @BryantMitchell

    July 17, 2024 at 9:45 am

    That are many name brand vacuums that have similar performance of a Dyson at a fraction of the cost.

    • @jasondoolin6476

      July 17, 2024 at 11:29 am

      If it’s not a shark, it’s a waste of money, honestly.

  6. @localguide583

    July 17, 2024 at 9:48 am

    Losing an $11 pair of earbuds is much more manageable than losing a $250 pair of earbuds.

    • @quarksounds

      July 17, 2024 at 1:58 pm

      The $250 ones can be tracked/found with the Find My network and pinged when looking for them at your home.

  7. @bethchaisson2375

    July 17, 2024 at 9:58 am

    I’m always ultra cautious of Temu. Considering I’ve gotten stuff off of Ebay back when Ebay was big, that sounds funny to say. But still something about these stores like Temu and AliExpress rubs me the wrong way. I love walking into a small Mom & Pop store to support the local economy. But online, well that’s something different.

  8. @jezza6575

    July 17, 2024 at 10:22 am

    A “knockoff” isn’t a counterfeit product, it’s a product that copies the original product usually cheaper and not as good but does not use the branding and logos.

  9. @jezza6575

    July 17, 2024 at 10:30 am

    The Temu vacuum may have picked up the debris well enough, but it also dispersed the finer particulate into the air and thus into your lungs and on top of surfaces in the form of dust because it does not include a true HEPA filter like the more expensive brand. So basically if you have allergies or hate to dust the Temu vacuum is a major fail unlike depicted in this video.

  10. @goferizer

    July 17, 2024 at 10:57 am

    Good video thanks. Millions of dollars to pursue them? Perhaps shop for new legal representation.

  11. @d11ita

    July 17, 2024 at 11:01 am

    Nice video 👏🙂
    War to knockoffs! We should support legal economy. Flippy’s story is sad.
    I’ll never buy from Temu, it’s known as a malicious app 🏴‍☠️

  12. @nuyou21

    July 17, 2024 at 11:13 am

    Talking of dupes, Samsung’s recent shameful Temu-looking knockoffs of Apple’s products should have been on here too 🤭

  13. @dickriggles942

    July 17, 2024 at 11:22 am

    She is tempting.

  14. @JJs_playground

    July 17, 2024 at 11:34 am

    I feel like if the temu airpods doubled their price and increased battery size and speaker size it would be close to the Apple airpods at 10 times less expensive.

  15. @sambaise1007

    July 17, 2024 at 12:23 pm

    No, I’m wondering who pays $250 for a pair of earbuds? What kind of nonsense?😮

    • @muckymucks

      July 17, 2024 at 1:24 pm

      Apple’s earbuds go on sale all the time. I bought them for $180 in December and they’re on sale for $170 for Prime Day.

  16. @DominicGo

    July 17, 2024 at 1:06 pm

    i bought a bunch of lightning cable dupes from temu, and they broke a couple of weeks later 😔

  17. @markhernandez95

    July 17, 2024 at 1:18 pm

    i feel like she is someone u met at a bar talking about stuff rather than someone who studied journalism. Her thoughts are very expressive… but unstructured. It would have been better if she had a script or template to follow.

  18. @WeAreMovieMakers

    July 17, 2024 at 1:36 pm

    No safety standards on the temu duplicates.

  19. @jiggens83

    July 17, 2024 at 1:43 pm

    Sorry but LiFx are not dupes of Philips hue lights; they work in a completely different way as create there own mesh network rather than needing a bridge. This is such a huge miss for a tech page!

  20. @likhan.ghosh.

    July 17, 2024 at 3:01 pm

    How do fake AirPods work so flawlessly within the Apple ecosystem? Transparency mode, noise cancellation all work through Control Panel…. I just don’t get how it can break apples software

  21. @erickmarshall2

    July 17, 2024 at 3:14 pm

    I wish there was a portion in this video about child labor, the Uyghurs and forced labor. You don’t get as low as $11 for ear pods without some sketchy stuff

  22. @geraldpolymath

    July 17, 2024 at 6:06 pm

    Down with Temu

  23. @salvadorestrada1013

    July 17, 2024 at 6:26 pm

    Would’ve like to hear the headphones with the human head microphone

  24. @MPStudioBergen

    July 17, 2024 at 7:09 pm

    Great video! However, could you please avoid using the Britney/Paris Hilton voice in future videos? Thank you!

  25. @maxentityita

    July 17, 2024 at 8:36 pm

    2:35 the camera is too clese a rotating camera shot could have been better

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