Is Temu Tech ACTUALLY Good in 2026?

- Last year, I said goodbye to Temu.

I had been through too much and with the price uncertainties of yesteryear, I called it quits.

But Temu, I couldn't quit, you.

And I'm back, baby. Temu 2026.

Let's see what fresh hell we can get ourselves into this time.

All right, let's see what we got, my friends.

What the hell is...

Wait wait wait.

Okay, a multifunctional gaming power supply.

So this is a $40 wireless, like MagSafe charger that on the flip side has a little like emulator built in.

Cool? I think.

Man, I was off of Temu for, like, a very long time.

Enough to make this video totally worth coming back to.

And look at all the things they've got now.

What the hell?

A lot of stuff, so I'm now getting a lot of stuff.

- [Alex] They really know you.

- Ooh, the Miyoo Flip.

So this is the like Game Boy Advance SP little emulator guy, which I saw come out last year, but now it's only 45 bucks.

See that's the nice thing about these things.

It's like it comes out and it's cool and then you wait a minute and then everyone copies it and it's like 75 clones and then they're all cheap.

Oh (squeaking).

Anyone want a breathalyzer from Temu?

- [Alex] So you're asking us to drink at work.

- I'll volunteer.

You know, I'll take one for the team here.

This is a $25 breathalyzer.

It has voice broadcast, 10 mouth pieces.

You know, I feel like this seems like a helpful item.

You know, you might wanna double check if you were ever questioning your sobriety.

It's not just an excuse for me to drink at work and try some gadget from Temu that I definitely shouldn't trust.

I feel like this seems totally reasonable, right?

I guarantee you with 100% certainty that I'm gonna buy this shirt and it's not going to look like this.

First of all, it is the world's worst Photoshop.

- Yeah, it is. - Lemme see, it is...

It looks really decent even in the photos of the real thing.

I highly doubt it. But you know what?

Like, yeah, bro, let's go.

So with that, my friends, I think we have everything we need and then some for a truly spectacular reunion with temu.com.

- [Alex] Oh, God.

- I missed you Temu.

I'm sorry for not going back sooner. (lip smacking)

- [Alex] Mm.

Mm-mm.

- And we are so back.

Feels like it was years ago the last time I visited temu.com and got mildly disappointed.

Oh, well, months ago. But I mean now.

Actually you know what?

- [Alex] No, we got a lot of good stuff this time. - Yeah, that's...

this time. - Yeah, that's...

I like to like talk it down at the beginning, right?

'Cause you don't know what you're gonna sort of get and a lot of it's probably not gonna be very good.

Some of these items were actually legitimately pretty cool.

Okay.

Wait. Oh, wait, this actually doesn't look terrible.

So I ordered a shirt.

As is tradition, I wanna make sure that I look the Temu part.

And this is a circuit board shirt.

It actually doesn't look bad.

It's actually one of the ones that's like, it's like a jersey style material.

It's actually printed all over.

Time to see what I look like as a giant nerd.

- [Alex] Oh, you look exactly the same.

No, no. Perfect.

- Wow. I look so cool, don't I?

It does smell bad.

Like it almost smells like some carcinogens perhaps or a shirt that just needs to be washed that came straight outta the bag from Temu. (sniffing)

How much was our...

Actually, pretty decent if a little bit ugly circuit board shirt.

- [Alex] $6.22.

- Man, this is pretty good.

Like, I thought it was gonna be a generic t-shirt.

The fact this is like fully printed for six bucks, it's an auspicious start.

Ooh okay okay okay.

Hear me out on this one.

Portable film scanner might not sound exciting, but if you're old...

You'll remember back in the days when you would get your film developed and you'd also get negatives.

A while back, my mom gave me a massive envelope.

Or really, a massive box full of negatives from when I was a kid.

And honestly, I think some of these were, like, before I was even born.

So I've never had a way to do anything with these.

But when I saw this on Temu, I felt like it was the perfect opportunity.

All right, so it's ready to go now.

So I just gotta figure out how to put things in.

So there's a negative adapter. So this side up.

So do you just slide this in?

- [Alex] Okay, so you slide that like plate in and you actually move the negative through it.

- Okay, copy that.

There you go. Okay.

So that is now intact.

See? Oh, yep, I'm seeing stuff.

- [Alex] Yeah. Oh, it's like a microfiche thing almost.

- Oh, that's kind of cool.

Okay, so I've got this working. I feel okay about it.

I'm not a huge fan of the image quality, but I was able to pull the images off the SD card, load them into Lightroom.

I just followed a tutorial on how to very basically set things up.

It's quite washed out.

I think there's a lot I can do to actually kinda like pull the color out, but I've got some photos.

So this is my dad on his wedding day with my granddad on both sides.

Holy (quacking). That's me and that's my grandma.

That's crazy.

This is cool. I gotta say this is actually pretty cool.

The quality's not amazing, but how much do we pay for this film scanner on Temu?

- We paid $24. - Okay.

I resend all of my complaints about the image quality.

This is like a nice little entry level way to see how the negatives work.

Get a little bit of an idea of it.

The negatives still exists, right?

I could just scan it again on like a nicer scanner if it's something I really cared about.

I'm very happy with this.

This is like legitimately cool and well, I've got presents from my mom for the next couple Christmases already settled.

Now I think this one looks like it came from Amazon, which I've actually noticed a few things that I've ordered from Temu, they actually did just show up like next day or the day after and it was shipped from Amazon, which is weird, but whatever.

- Oh, boy. (Austin laughing)

- Oh, no. - We're gonna have a lot of fun now.

- Oh, this, my friend, is a keychain breathalyzer.

So this is safe driving starts with simple self-testing.

Okay, I'm just gonna preface this by saying maybe don't trust a breathalyzer from Temu on whether or not you should get behind the wheel.

Just saying it's probably not a good idea, but to thoroughly test this one, I feel like it's only fair for me to carefully evaluate this item to make sure it works.

Right now, I'm just doing a service, right?

- [Alex] Yeah, of course.

No, you have to.

- Yeah. - How else would you be able to judge it?

- I will to be very clear, not be driving anytime soon, but I will be evaluating whether or not this particular item is effective.

All right. Oh, actually it is really small though.

Okay, so we've got the key chain, we got the little tips, which I guess you want to swap out.

It is USB-C.

Okay, you know what? I trust a lot more now.

- [Alex] Oh, yeah, sure. That's exactly why.

- All I needed and the user manual.

So turn on, attach the mouthpiece and start test.

The voice will say, "Please blow for five seconds", then blow five seconds.

(all laughing) Okay. It's ready to go.

Okay. It's ready to go.

Let's try it. Shall we?

(device beeping) Wait, I know. Okay. (blowing)

Okay, and the answer is...

- [Alex] We're looking for zero here.

- Zero! - Yeah, right.

- [Austin] Whoo! Let's go.

Okay. - I had total faith in you.

In fact, I have so much faith that- - Oh, we have to...

Wait, we have to do off camera.

Grounds to get demonetized.

Wait, I'll be right back.

I'm gonna be drinking some McDonald's yummy, yummy juice.

- [Alex] Yeah, be careful. That's a double.

- Delicious.

All right, let's move on and see how much (quacking) this turns into.

I will say though, just before we finish this guy up for now.

Actually pretty well designed.

It does vibrate as I'm blowing.

It's giving the beep so you know how long to do it.

It actually does seem like a fairly well-designed product.

We'll see how accurate it is, but I mean, clearly it was getting something.

So I'm going to plug this in.

Let's charge this 'cause it is almost dead.

And then each item we do, we'll see how close I am to hitting the limit of- - [Alex] We're gonna revisit this.

We're gonna see how much Temu you can take.

- Okay.

Oh, I know this.

This, I was really...

Am I talking loud?

Oh.

Oh, no, that's bad.

- [Alex] Been a few minutes.

- So these are ND filter glasses.

Now my understanding is that I think this is a knockoff because I think is it Kai Wong?

Like, someone actually has like made the real version of this.

So if you're familiar with cinematography, there is the concept of an ND filter.

Pretty much any kind of professional context is going to be using some kind of ND filter whenever you're in a really bright environment.

And one of the cool things about them is that they can be polarized but also adjustable.

So if I actually put these on, you'll see that this is just in, like, their standard configuration, which is ultra, ultra dark, right?

I would argue darker than any sunglasses I've ever tried.

But if you start to rotate them theoretically...

Oh, look at that.

Wait.

- [Alex] It's really cool.

How much do you think you paid for it?

- For glasses like this?

I mean, it's probably not that expensive realistically because while ND filters- - No?

- Are cool.

I mean, these are probably pretty cheap lenses.

I'm gonna say maybe like 15 bucks.

- [Alex] So kind of, like, quote, unquote real ones from big companies are kind of in, like, the 80 to 100 dollars range.

I mean, they're obviously gonna charge like a crazy premium.

- Sure, sure, sure.

- [Alex] But we paid $10.

- 10 bucks? - Yep. Worth it?

- I actually think this is pretty cool.

Is it time to continue with the next item and the next test of the breathalyzer?

- [Alex] Oh, you seem very excited.

- I am actually a little excited now.

No one can see my eyes, so this is even better.

- [Voiceprompt] In the analysis.

- Okay.

Okay, so we're starting at 0.018.

That sounds about right. Shall we continue?

- [Alex] Yes, sir. Here you go, number two.

- Keep coming that way.

- [Alex] Thank you.

- He gets it in time.

- Thank you very much, my good sir.

All right, let's continue, my friends.

Next up, we have hand speed challenge.

- [Alex] This is gonna be super great right after you had some alcohol.

- So this is the hand speed challenge with third gear adjustments, internal battery, voice prompt, and USB charging.

Oh boy.

(objects clattering) There's a lot of things here.

- [Alex] Okay.

(upbeat music) (glass shattering) - Whatever, am I right?

So yeah, it does look like a magnet.

So I can see there's these little like metal discs on the inside of each one.

So I assume that that would magnetically attach and then when it loses the signal it goes, oop.

Okay cool.

Let's give this a try, my friends.

- [Voiceprompt] Let's play sports together.

- Okay, do I have to push it again?

(upbeat music) - Three, two. - Oh.

- [Voiceprompt] One, go.

- Oh (quacking). Okay, that is really fast.

(Alex laughing) - Okay, go on. - All right.

(device beeping) - Missed that one.

(device beeping) Got it.

(device beeping) Got it.

Okay, now I understand it. - That makes three.

- I get one more mulligan, right? Got do that again.

So I don't know what's happening, but the light changes the brightness based on which ones?

It's one, two, and three. Should we try number three?

- Yeah. - Sure.

- Go. (device beeping)

- Oh, so it is just faster. - Faster, fast.

Okay, so it's just faster.

This is actually fun. Like, legitimately fun.

I feel...

like this video's gone so off the rails.

I'm just looking at what I look like with these glasses on and I'm just, like, "Yikes."

Okay sweet.

Shall we do another test to see where I'm at?

- [Alex] Let's go.

- (blowing) 0.016. Isn't that exactly what it was before?

- [Alex] Huh?

Well, I mean, like you said, it takes a little while for the alcohol to hit your bloodstream.

- [Adriana] Yeah, I think it was 0.018 before. So maybe it's- - It's going down.

Actually be fair- - Barely, - That minor, like, variations are fine.

Well, it sounds like it's time for a little bit more Grimace juice.

Thank you.

- [Alex] All righty.

- Bottoms up. - Bottoms up.

- [Adriana] Cheers.

- (gasping) Thank you, my good sir.

Whoo!

That'll get you wet behind the ears.

- [Adriana] I don't know what the (quacking) that means. (laughing)

All right, let's do more (censored), shall we?

So this, if I remember correctly, is a fake iPhone.

Now I'm not sure the last time you purchased an iPhone, but they're normally bigger than this.

I forgot to...

- [Alex] Oh, what? How about you just open the item?

- I just had the moment.

I'm starting to feel the particular effects of the testing.

That I'm doing great. - All right.

Love it. - Mm-hmm.

- So this is the...

Oh, sorry. No, this is the 18.

- Oh. - Oh.

- [Alex] I didn't realize that was out yet, okay.

- [Austin] We're on the iPhone 18 Pro.

Oh, my God, it's really little.

Dude, that actually is really little.

Look at that.

Oh, wait, wait. Yo, yo yo, yo yo.

That's so cute.

It's just a little duder.

Oh, is mandatory to use our charging cable.

- [Alex] Okay.

- What? - Oh, did do they just mean that it doesn't have wireless charging?

- Okay so...

Oh, oh, it doesn't have USB-C power delivery.

Welcome welcome.

Oh, and we're just in.

Okay, so that is not a very iOS looking interface and it literally says the Play Store right there.

It has the, like, buttons here for, like, multitasking and whatnot.

Just imagine.

- Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I'll be there in a little bit.

I'm afraid to do this.

But let's go ahead and open up the camera.

So this is what it looks like to shoot some front facing video with this tiny little phone.

I just realized how ridiculous I look with two pairs of glasses.

I don't think I fully internalized what I looked like this whole time.

So the only real camera is this one.

These two are just dummy little cameras.

They stick on the back to make it look sort of more legit.

I've seen a lot of these sort of little fake phones that add extra lenses that do literally nothing.

They're just there to be hilarious.

How much do we pay for our iPhone 18?

I'm sorry. (clears throat)

Our...

XS 18 Pro.

- [Alex] We paid $30.

- I'm actually okay with that.

- [Alex] Yeah, that is like gag gift money territory. - Yes.

money territory. - Yes.

- The fact that they've got the aesthetic really quite accurate.

Only a few months after the real iPhone has come out and it is a functional phone.

I mean, it's probably only gonna last, like, a couple hours on battery, but, like, this is...

You can do worse.

Alex, hook me up.

Let's keep going. - Oh God.

Let's do the thing, baby. - Oh, my God.

- I kinda like sprang over here.

- [Adriana] The difference in the way you've gone to get it every time shows a lot.

- Thank you very much, my friend.

Cheers to my great friend, Ronald McDonald.

Oh, oh, oh, this stupid thing.

Okay, so here's the story.

There are a number of little, like, MagSafe batteries out there, but who wants a battery that's just a battery?

I want an emulator on my MagSafe battery because why not?

That's really the entire pitch for this one.

So as a multifunction wireless charging game console, peeping prevention.

- [Alex] Excuse me.

(audio warbling) The what?

What's being prevented? - Peeping prevention.

You're preventing the peepers from peeping on your charging?

I feel like I look like this and even I'm a little bit sussed out by that one.

Oh, it's a little big.

Oh, it's a little big.

God, it's heavy.

Oh, that's sick though.

Enjoy your life. Fast charger.

You know what? I'm enjoying my life right now.

I'm enjoying my life so much that I recommend you to subscribe to the channel and ring-a-ling that ding-a-ling so you too can enjoy your life with your buddy Austin.

So you can see the actual copper coil and the magnets, which is legitimately cool.

So this is not just for show.

There's actually like some sort of 3D elements.

Like, you can see all like the capacitors and whatnot and those are like the real magnets.

(device clacking) I can't tell if that's plastic or glass, but that seems pretty cool.

But if you flip it over, you'll see you've got yourself a full little emulation handheld.

You've got a decent D-pad. Some clicky buttons.

I gotta say that this thing is so heavy, which kinda makes sense 'cause it's got like a 5,000 milliamp hour battery inside and you got yourself a built-in cable that's also a lanyard.

So you're always armed and cabled, which is the way I like to be.

Okay, so it is charging and it does show MagSafe.

Okay, we're in.

So while it's charging my phone, we have a number of options, including eBooks, which I'm gonna start with.

Oh wait, we have movies.

Whoa, why don't we play some games?

Wait, also realize I don't have to actually have this on my phone.

I could just play it by itself.

Okay, we have NES, Game Boy Color.

We have Super Famicom, Mega Drive, Game Boy Advance.

Wait, "Crazy Taxi" for Game Boy. What?

There's such thing as "Crazy Taxi" for Game Boy, is there?

Oh, wow. It's actually full 3D.

Oh yo actually wait.

- [Alex] Hey, hey, you can't drink and drive.

- Yeah, I'm...

It's also too bright to see.

Wow, this looks terrible.

- [Alex] It looks really bad.

- I actually kinda like this thing.

I mean, obviously, I would never condone purchasing an emulator that's full of ROMs or anything, but this thing is legitimately pretty cool.

How much do we pay for my emulator-o-matic 9000?

- [Alex] We paid $42.

- Dude, the regular, like, Apple MagSafe battery for the iPhone Air is like two-thirds this size, over double the price and doesn't come with (quacking) on it.

All right, well, let's see where we're at.

How long has it been? - Okay.

- Has it been an hour yet?

- [Alex] It's been roughly an hour.

- Oh, oh. (device beeping)

I'm in the yellow. I'm 0.04.

So that is below the legal limit I think in most states.

I will say, in all seriousness, I would not drive with my current intoxication level.

I was a little bit unsure about this, initially, because I mean, we did what?

Two or three different times and it was all staying the same.

But I'll say that I am at a level in which I feel like I am functional as a human but not functional when it comes to a very heavy piece of machinery, but who cares about a breathalyzer?

I wanna test the fun things that fall from the ceiling. (laughing)

- You just want to play. - I just want to play.

I just want to play.

You know, think at this point, it is time for me to sweat it out because I, in my rigorous testing of this Temu tech.

have found that I need to find a little bit of inner zen.

I need to chill out.

Just a little bit.

But most importantly, still keep the sunglasses on.

So I am going to attempt to try this Temu sauna.

This does look very tent like, which does give me some PTSD.

So if you go- - Oh.

- Jesus.

Well, I guess, I'll see y'all on the other side once we have built this and I am sweating out the toxins that I have put in my body for your viewing benefit.

Well, wish me luck, my friends, on my sauna adventure.

- [Alex] That's right. Sober up, buddy.

- You know what? I feel...

Is this like a drunk tank?

Do you think it would help you sweat it out, right?

- [Alex] I don't think that's how that works.

- Oh. - Hell, yeah.

- Oh, okay. - Get in there.

- Wow, it's very warm.

I can't see a thing. - Oh, my God.

Immediately fog your glasses. - I cannot see anything.

- Okay, so I am now fully clothed in the sauna.

Exactly the way you're meant to do.

Can you see me from outside?

- [Adriana] So vaguely.

- Hello?

Ooh, all of the steam is accelerating it's steaminess.

So how's it going?

- [Alex] What do you normally while you're sobering up?

Think about all your life decisions?

- No, I just drink water and wait.

- [Adriana] Good one.

- Yeah. Water helps a lot. - Yeah.

- Probably should have drank some today.

Wait, this might sound silly but... (inhales)

- Perfect. - Dude, that actually works.

What the hell? (inhales)

And the camera just overheated, which is a perfect time to say that I am victorious over whatever Temu throws at me.

If you enjoyed this video, make sure to subscribe to channel and ring-a-ling the ding-a-ling.

I might need to go take a shower.

Make sure that my mic is still working.

- [Adriana] You're glistening.

- [Alex] (laughs) You're glowing.

- You know what? I've never felt better.

Wait, how much is this stupid tent?

- [Alex] Oh yeah. $77.

- You know what? It's not bad.

- Actually, it kind of works. It kind of works.

- Yeah, you got a little chair.

You got a steam machine. - Yeah, yeah.

- Well, until next time, my friends.

Temu.com, finally back.

- [Alex] What? There's gonna be a next time.

Oh, my God.

- [Adriana] More like Steamu, am I right, guys?

(all laughing)