this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
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It was gimmicky as hell. Did it work? Who cares. It was irrelevant for 90% of consumers.
I really miss it honestly. Kids, so, so many batteries in my house.
Dad, my blah blah blah isn't working right. Then I have to go dig out this monster:
Your kids will inherit that charger, and their kids afterward.
Hopefully not because the kind of batteries that work with this reader are awful batteries. Single use disposable batteries are an absolutely stupid idea we should be moving away from
Works fine on my rechargeable AAs.
I just use an old multimeter that I saved from eWaste 😂😇
I have no lack of proper test equipment, this is actually kind of nice because the kids can use it easily without trying to wrangle a battery and two leads.
Why does it look so weird? I'm not even sure what shape I'm looking at.
Just an inch thick plastic box with a perspective drawing sticker on top of it, But the box is shaped to fit the perspective drawing.
Haha yeah, it looks like a fake picture or some cartoon.
What in the fuckiest of fucks is this? 😱
Ancient voltmeter for children
i think it did