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hey it's jon with the netguy.com and
welcome to the show
today i have a really cool piece of new
tech to share with you
you've seen some of the teases of it but
first i have to tell you its story
about a month ago i picked up a new
lenovo
c740 laptop this thing is
maxed out i7 quad-core 10th gen
processor
16 gigs of memory one terabyte nvme
solid-state drive
and a beautiful 15.6 ips
touch display one problem though
it's missing everything else that my
other laptops had
no hdmi port no mini display port
not even a vga port no ethernet
no micro sd slot yeah i know
all i have are these two usb 3
ports and these two usbc
ports and one of these has to be used
for charging
if you have the laptop plugged in so i
was in big trouble
i had a problem and needed solving the
guys over at flujo
actually reached out to me just around
the same time and they said how would
you like to test out our power edge
usbc docking station and monitor stamp
i don't think i've responded to an email
that fast in a long time
absolutely sign me up.  So this isn't an
officially sponsored video
they express mailed me a unit to review
on this channel for you
and they've actually got a kickstarter
going on that launches
today so stick around if you want to
hear more about that
so let's talk about what this thing
actually is it's awesome
it's a candy bar sized port replicator
that also comes with the monitor stand
to become
a powerful docking and charging station
for your laptop
or computer now usbc
has had some issues when it comes to
charging my lenovo series
a lot of these things are really finicky
about the type of power
that you insert to them and good news is
the flujo works great with this
so what does it come with it has two usb
3 ports on the front a micro and a
standard sd card slot
an audio jack with headphone and
microphone interface
as well as a vga port for 1080p
full hd a 4k 30 frames per second
hdmi port a gigabit ethernet
and the host interface usbc port
so what comes in the box well it's
actually
packaged incredibly well you get the
full
monitor stand made out of aluminum you
get the usbc
docking station and you get a cable
connector for the back
some snaps that will connect it to this
the monitor stand
and the packaging is incredible i was
actually really impressed
so what does it do well it replaces
a bag of all of these hdmi ethernet and
other connectors and adapters you may
already have
at twenty or thirty dollars a piece you
can save a lot
and in my situation as soon as i plug
one of these in and my power adapter
i'm out of usbc ports so something had
to change
this fujo port replicator works great
and replaces a whole bag
full of these adapters so some things i
really like about this unit
the build quality is excellent i was
actually worried about scratching this
or the monitor stand before i could
finish filming
the included cable isn't directly
mounted onto the unit i
like that because that's a real easy
thing to break if you're taking this
around a lot
and you can't replace it with this you
can just replace your usb-c to usb-c
cable making this have a lot longer life
span
i also like the thoughtful port
configuration all of the ports that
you'll use
every day you know plug things in and
out or right on the front
all the ports that you may not use as
often are hidden here
on the back great idea i also like
the cable management that fits into the
stand so all the cables get routed
through the back and you can make it
look very clean
i think it's also very stylish you
should see some of the other vendors
that make
a usb-c port replicator that's very
similar
they're really ugly and just huge
compared to this thing
there are some things that they can
improve upon on the monitor stand the
side ports are plastic
so i feel after a long time they may
start to get weak
they could also offer a taller stand
option for people like myself who may
need more height
or if you have a large gaming keyboard
or other keyboard that may not fit as
well
under the stand so when i received it i
put this device to use
almost immediately we were headed out on
a family vacation
and i wanted to see if i could take my
new lenovo
instead of my aging macbook pro laptop
the flujo
didn't disappoint
so after we hit the lake for some tubing
i came back to the rv
with hundreds of images and several
video clips spread across many different
devices
i needed to plug in my iphone a memory
card
and even the hdmi output to our tv to
show the other people some of the videos
that we'd capture
and i did it all with the flugel port
replicator
driver free and with a single usbc cable
when i got back to the office i started
to think about how i wanted to use the
power edge in my editing workflow
i could use this as a traditional laptop
stand to connect my monitor and laptop
under one stand
or i could put my laptop on top of it
still using the touch screen and
fingerprint identification and then
place my 24 inch
ips gaming monitor to the side
ultimately
the flujo power edge is about
convenience
flexibility and style while port
replicators and docking stations of the
past were
clunky and inconvenient things this
replicator tucks nicely into your bag
or in your pocket for easy on-the-go use
or it snaps into the stand to become a
powerful
charging and docking station as i
mentioned
fujo has an active kickstarter that just
launched today
so if you're interested in this product
and you want to be one of the first to
check out this unique one-of-a-kind
product
take a look at the link in the video
description and when you're over at
kickstarter
tell them the net guy sent you if you're
one of the early backers of this product
you can get it for as low as 109 dollars
and then the next tier price is 123.
hopefully like many of their other
products once they reach a stable
production volume
you'll be able to pick this up from
amazon or other retailers
but for now i wouldn't hesitate to pick
this up from kickstarter
if you have a macbook pro lenovo or
other usbc device
and find yourself in the same boat i was
thanks for tuning in and check back soon
for some other great technology tips and
review videos
this has been john with the netguy.com
and i'll catch you later
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