I got a real shovel and quick fist mounts from the hardware store. $25 all in. Been working great for years.

@BaptismOverland

12 күн бұрын

I had that too. Made my own mounts when I had an older rack. My only issue with quick fists (don't get me wrong I LOVE them and have a ton) is that they tend to be bouncy lol

"maybe you spent money on a crazy beaver".... I had to back up and relisten to that line... Great video. These product videos are harder than they look. Which is why don't make them but you make it look easy. I don't mind spending money when I need to but $400+ for a shovel setup... nah.

@BaptismOverland

3 күн бұрын

Hahah finally someone caught that line. I actually giggled after that take. And thanks man!

Thank you

Great review. But I don’t know what’s more insulting on their part “sale price” 120 down to 116 or that tiny shovel that fits in that small bag.

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

😂 that wasn't the drop in price. It was $129 down to $116. Shovel isn't bad. I'm actually gonna keep it in our bathroom kit

@Jimmy_Jamz

15 күн бұрын

@@BaptismOverland I like the color of it 🤣 shame when it get painted brown

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

@@Jimmy_Jamz hahaha

Good job Asia! Keep in it real as always.

Nice job Asia.

Hey Brother, coming in from Australia. I love your honesty with all your videos, even with the gear you love, if you have issues you call it out. It shows integrity. Keep up the great work and great content

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

@@vanthoffp you guys have the BEST stuff lol

Well said man. Great vid!

Great content, loving your stuff and we need to hang out in the woods or something.

ok agree with you some gear are too expensive for most people or do a job like a same thing that cost 1/4 but sometime we need to gratify ourself with "fancy" item.... Ok but i missing the video about the armrest for door of ther jeep! where you buy? the only thing i saw was for toy from aussi trader... can someone help me in research?

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

That's fr Primo Workz and I'll have a video on that in a couple weeks!

The mount I had it to buy it when it was metal and 89 bucks. Them they where gone. I have been telling them that they need to make a combo mount. Anyway we love your reviews videos and some of them are actually make me buy stuff

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

This new one is nice

I understand BOTH sides of the argument about Influencers. That being said, if there were NO influencers like Asia Samson I would have no choice but resort to reviews by ostensible buyers who may or may not be posting TRUTHFUL reviews (...and believe me, there are plenty of fake reviews). I can at least put reasonable faith in Asia's opinion.

@BaptismOverland

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@TheRealJimmy831

5 күн бұрын

you don't think some "influencers" do the same?

@mo.3785

5 күн бұрын

@@TheRealJimmy831 Yes, Jimmy I grant you that some "influencers" are very likely skewing their opinion about a product that was provided to them at no cost from the maker, so it does become sometimes a "crap shoot" in deciding whether or not to purchase. In the end one has to trust their "gut feeling" about what they read or hear. I'm willing to bet you, Jimmy, that most of Asia's reviews are fairly objective and not corrupted by the maker's influence. I have yet to be steered wrong on any product he recommends. Also, I temper my opinion with reviews from other influencers and also buyers' reviews to arrive at an educated decision. How do you, Jimmy, make your purchase choices ??? I'm guessing it isn't much different from my approach.

@BaptismOverland

5 күн бұрын

There are def some influencers who are super biased too.

Your videos are always great and this one is right on time. Don't know if you caught it but an overland "influencer" recently posted and deleted a video bashing overland expo. The product marketing is all that matters to the extent influencers can no longer speak truth without consequences to their image. So now it's ppl forced to sell an image to the consumer even if they are not totally happy.

@BaptismOverland

3 күн бұрын

Oh wow! Which channel was this?!

@jz602

3 күн бұрын

@@BaptismOverland the story till now. Literally posted a video calling OE a money grab and showed a couple clips of bad treatment and bad accommodations. I'm sure some ppl got upset because the video was gone from all his media about 24 hours later and he was at the next event in a booth lol. Some of us who were born into this can see thru all the social media bs. I appreciate your honesty on your videos👍🏼 keep it up!

@BaptismOverland

3 күн бұрын

@@jz602 So weirdly soon as you said that I went into my deep dive and talked to people I knew haha. We're all a sucker for gossip. But I don't know enough (or have seen any posts) to make my own call. So I won't comment on it. Apparently the views were very polarizing and people choosing sides.

Appreciate your honesty, Yes I agree the shovels do look nice, I love the clean lines and the colours but that's what attracts people to them, they probably don't do any better job, except if they are lighter and stronger than traditional shovel that's a good thing, unfortunately their website says "While this is an amazing lightweight shovel we need to remind some people, it is not meant for prying type activity" so that says you are paying a premium for a less capable tool because it looks nice, it appears to be perfectly suited to soft sand but hit some heavy stuff and it will most likely bend, I do like the little poo shovel it's cute, Yes Maxtrax does have good marketing, rightly so as they changed recovery forever and make a great product, being made down under if it wasn't any good we wouldn't waste out money on it, they dare not ship manufacturing to overseas or that will be the death of the product, us Aussies don't tend to fall for the marketing crap especially in the 4WD market, it's got to work and be practical, if it doesn't work we just won't buy it, if it breaks we want our money back, politely asked for and not wielding a 9mm to get it back😂 that's why the Aussie made stuff you guys get is top quality, they charge top dollar for it so they have to produce top product, if they can sell it here you guys will take to it like a kid in a candy store, Maxtrax are pretty cheap here $249AU even cheaper on sale, so that converts to about 6 freedom dollars 🤣🤣👍👍

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

Haha you used the term "freedom dollars." I have this running joke with some of my Aussie friends and we say "freedom units." 😂😂😂

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

The straya community is legit hardcore. For sure if it doesn't work you guys don't buy because you can't risk being out in the bush and stuff fails. In fact I used to use connectors for my wiring but one thing I learned from you guys is if you can solder, solder! You don't want the risk of wires disconnecting And I 100% agree with maxtrax. They def changed recovery for the better!

@-PORK-CHOP-

15 күн бұрын

@@BaptismOverland Definitely solder small connectors if you know how, if you don't, then learn 😂by connectors do you mean those silly twist things you guys use 🤣 larger connectors like 50A and above crimp is the way to go, get yourself a small hydraulic crimper with 4,6,8,10 etc crimps, these do a good job, they are cheap as, I got one for AU $50 delivered works like a charm, for the heavy crimps such as 95/120 use a TEMCo Hammer Lug Crimper Tool, it locks the big cables in so tight they will never come out,

@-PORK-CHOP-

15 күн бұрын

@@BaptismOverland I know you guys love your of freedom, better make the most of it if Orange man gets back in, you're all done for, he's best mates with Pootin, and Kimchi

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

@@-PORK-CHOP- I have a hydraulic connector. I use it for andos. Everything else is soldered. I stopped using crimp connectors. They're horrible

😂 mount the little blue one on the jeep with the tiny MaxTrax and a wittle wadder. Or, when your kid is older, build one of those cool power wheels and put it on there!

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

Haha! Oooh I love the powerwheels one. He had the Range Rover one but it got damaged in the garage flooding during hurricane Sally. Maybe on his bike haha

100%, awesome video

Thats small enough to use with my Wok, cooking ….

@BaptismOverland

12 күн бұрын

Hahah you just gave me an idea! 😂

As with anything in media you have to choose who you listen to. Some influencers are happy to pedal any goods. You need to work out which reviewers match your thoughts/needs.

@BaptismOverland

14 күн бұрын

This part!

I got my shovel for $17.99 😅🤣

Sorry mate, DMOS products are just smart marketing, I worked in Marketing for many years, You create an Image of the product ie: nice colour, different shape attached to your truck so you "look" good and "know" what you're doing, others then envy you, because the image is the product make's you "look good" then you drip feed the product to the market and have the website showing SOLD OUT more often than not, this increase's the FOMO for the product therefore you can charge what you want and maximise profit per purchase so don't need to sell as many to bring in the same revenue, then release a "new limited batch back in stock - be quick" and it's guaranteed to sell out every time, IT"S ALL MARKETING, I appreciate good quality products and hate getting burned with rubbish products, but I hate the marketing crap that's attached to most products, Also any lack of credibility influencers have is caused by themselves because they created their own FOMO bubble with suppliers money being the driving result.

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

I don't disagree. I worked in advertising before making content as an art director. Nowadays there's even more ways to market with social media. So I can spot when it's just marketing. That being said though, I haven't seen anyone else make shovels as compact and clean looking on the rig. That's just my opinion. Maxtrax had amazing marketing too. But their products have saved me many times. It's a balance. But you're right. There's tons of crap out there for SURE.

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

@@-PORK-CHOP- and like I said, it's cool to disagree! I think a lot of that pushes companies too to make better and better.

I watch reviews to gain knowledge, I DO NOT blindly follow the reviewer and buy the newest product simply because they got a free sample to shill.

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

That's the kind of viewers I love. Sadly not everyone thinks that way

This is something that needs to be talked about. I would say there is a balance a creator needs with products. If i visit your page and it only consist of reviews or unboxings of free stuff that i would never be able to afford, I would not consider you credible, its almost obnoxious. I want to know you actually use and test these products rigorously. As someone who does this for the love of nature, and not for money or clout. I want to make sure you are doing the same.

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

Agreed! I try as best as I can to do a balance of installs, trips, reviews and DIYs. Lately we've had a lot of reviews because so many products were sent earlier this year. I'm down to like 3 products that still need reviewing then after that I'm taking a break so I can get to some installs and trips specially when weather starts to cool again. Admittedly though there's some channels (mostly in the videography world) that are nothing but reviews on cameras and lenses that I've found super informative.

I turn down hundreds of companies nowadays. Its because filming and reviewing takes "TIME"!!!!!!!! Time away from my family, burning vacation time away from my day job, expensive gas to drive out to cool locations. On top of that I often buy gear to go with the product I was given so Im spending money to do a review in the end anyway. For example i got sent an ebike to review and I had to buy a bike rack to carry it up top the mountains. (didnt have my tundra truck yet). Or they send me a gun and I have to buy all the ammo to do the review and ammo aint cheap! Plus they demand videos to be posted ASAP. They constantly email you asking when will the video be up??? To be honest....I'd rather just buy products myself and do my review on my own time schedule lol. No annoying emails from reps hounding me when the videos will be posted? Then theres the haters...."you arent a real this and that" SHM....I just want to share my thoughts and experience and have fun. Sometimes its not fun on many levels anymore haha. Great video bro.

@BaptismOverland

14 күн бұрын

DUDE!!! Do you know you were one of the few channels I watched a LOT when I first got into this? I used to love your expo videos of you just showing new products. Watched a few of your family videos too and loved the editing. And...AND...I was like wow a Filipino in this space! See now we have to make a trip haha

@BaptismOverland

14 күн бұрын

Many many times it starts to not be fun and I told myself the moment it becomes a burden and steals my joy I am shutting shit down!

@mixflip

14 күн бұрын

@@BaptismOverland lol thanks for watching. Your editing and image composition looks pro level bro. You definitely take pride in your channel. I subbed.

Overpriced trash. There are $20 shovels that will outperform and outlast those poorly designed shovels.

@BaptismOverland

14 күн бұрын

Like I said, get what works for you! Just showing what's out there

The whole "influencer" title is cringe. Social media personality is more accurate.

@BaptismOverland

15 күн бұрын

Exactly why I put the quotations. I hate that term. I'm a creator