We Tried Car Products from Kickstarter 

It's called "Boosted Safe" because it clips in where a booster seat would normally clip in. (Trust me. I'm a dad.)

That autowit box is actually a lot cooler than a normal battery box. It's a capacitor so it charges from your mostly dead battery then uses that power to give you a jump start.

As a mechanic with 2 herniated discs, the versatire hanger definitely would bring the most benefit to my life. I hope it goes into production in the future, or ill just make my own lol

Problem with the safe is that the burglar has to break into your car before they know they can't steal it. So you still end up needing a new window.

I love that they showed the Coolest Cooler as an example of good things that come from kickstarter. It ended up being one of the largest failures

I'd like to see the Lockpicking Lawyer go at the Boosted Safe. It looks like the sort of thin sheet metal safe that can be popped open with any number of improvised tools, and like it has a combination lock that can be decoded by hand as fast as it would take to put in the combination normally.

Boosted Safe apparently now offers an actual "booster seat disguise" to cover the safe in the backseat. Now it just looks like a children's car seat. Pretty awesome!

I would say that the VersaTire holder, these items are a damn life saver working at a dealership and constantly pulling wheels off of cars, since I do a lot of oil change and tire rotates, it sucks having to bend over to pick up the wheels, like the small wheels aren’t bad at all, it’s the big truck tires and shit that hurt

Man James Golf is pretty sweet. Y'all should do a series where each of you do a single mod/upgrade to your personal cars.

The tire hanger is actually awesome, most dealers run these but they bolt onto the lifts, we have 20 lifts and I had our dealer purchase 4 for each rack, def a back saver

I actually have one of those hudways and I've found that it's a great idea which in practice is a little inconvenient. For example, in my SUV the seating position is quite high and so I end up looking down at it and taking my eyes off the road anyways. Another thing is that you need at least a foot of space ideally on top of your instrument cluster to stick the thing, so if you have a low clearance windshield or an instrument cluster that slopes down in behind, it won't fit. Also I've found the projected display is a little fuzzy, but if you can mount it in a place where it's actually in front of your view while driving, it's a solid little thing.

1:11 irony is that - 40 in Celsius and Fahrenheit are actually equal.

i remember when Justin started at Donut. he's come so far in his confidence in front of the camera!

FYI - negative 40 degrees is the same for all temperature scales. -40 celsius = -40 Fahrenheit and there are no negative numbers in absolute scales like kelvin and Rankin.

LPL would have that booster safe open in 2 seconds. Those dial style locks can generally be popped open sliding a shim in through one of the dial and pressing the internal mechanism to release the latch.

for the tyre magnet, it's likely a switchable magnet, similar to the ones used for welding

Got straight up scammed the first and only time I tried buying anything from a kickstarter campaign....never again. I don't care if it looks like a great product, and it seems like the campaign and company has a good track record. I'll pay full price and wait till it comes to a regular store front.

That boosted safe thing makes me realize is a whole market of car accessories I havent seen. All cars have by law the child seat anchors that can withstand the inertia of a child in a serious collision. Boosted pet carriers or things to hold groceries. I want to look for a seat anchor pet carrier now!

I hope that dust free thing is anti static, because I can imagine pulling it out of its storage, having static attract all the dust on the ground to the inside of the bag, and then dragging all that grit across your paint as you pull the bag over your car.

The Autowit isn't a typical jump starter. It's a capacitor that scavenges what little energy is in the car battery, then feeds it back all at once. You need to connect it to your car battery for a bit for it to "charge".

"Kickstarter is the birthplace of some really good..." (Shows the Coolest Cooler, doesn't get released to most backers, considered a failure)

9:10 dude saw tron and was like 'I wanna lightcycle'

I have a product like that first one. Bought it at Walmart for like $60 on sale. Its an LED flashlight with like 800 lumens, and its capable of jump starting my truck. It's also capable of charging anything that has a USB charger. It can run the flashlight for 2.5 days straight on max brightness, and can do 2-5 jumps depending on the engine size.

To the editor that is inserting Captain Falcon "Yes!" SFX into the videos lately, I see you and I love you

I was totally prepared to just watch you try products from kickstarter. Adding in the guessing game with the products that didnt get funded was next level. Keep up the good work!

0:56 i like that they moved the engine cover in imply the motor was starting

You know, I might be a bad person for this. But getting Justin to commit the robbery is just out of pocket funny to me.

10:15 - I own a Hudway Drive. It's pretty great, and works quite well. I like how it can tie into your OBDII system as well.

The tool monkey is for grease monkeys. I'm guessing thats why its named that

7:01 bold move having the black guy do the robbery

The tiny rc cars remind me of ZipZap rc cars from the early 2000s. Those things were epic!

Having Justin do the robbery /demonstration is crazy

My guess, is Boosted Safe is called that because it attaches like a Booster seat for kids.

Not offense to the rest of Donut (love you all), but James and Justin have become my favorite pair. Their videos are always so entertaining.

I actually got a HUD off amazing for like $18 a couple years ago. I mainly got it because the engineers at Mazda decided that my 2012 Mazda3 Skyactiv 6spd manual didn't need a coolant temp gauge, we just get a blue light for cold and a red light for overheating so by the time you hit red it's probably too late. My HUD does speed/temp/rpm/voltage although the rpms are real slow and the speed is not very accurate but IT plugs into the obd2 and reads the temps that way so I didn't have to mess with sensors or install a temp sensor in the hoses. Works good for that.

At 14:29 notice how james asks Justice a question and interrupts justins answer, justins reaction :(

On my old phone, I used to have an app that would either change the background or make the entire app translucent to display basically your camera. It worked surprisingly well and I'd have a phone mount set up above my dash with GPS (imagine all that white empty space on Google Maps being your camera displaying whatever is in front of it like the road while keeping the roads on screen), but I mostly used it to walk and text or play games and stuff while still seeing directly in front of me. Just don't go into it thinking it'll look like you have a clear phone or anything, mine had slught camera lag when in use, so it was obviously delayed by 1/4 of a second but I loved it still.

I always forget about James' Golf, and then I'm reminded how gorgeous it is.

Boosted Safe's hinge is exposed and you could pop that pin out in like 2 seconds with a product from Lock Picking Lawyer's store.

Dude I just realized that James is the N-word guy from Key and Peele. Lol

Day 401 of asking James to do an Up to Speed on his Dad…fyi James looking good in Motorfest

“Get off me bro…” had me laughing more than it should.

Product testing vids were my gateway to Donut and loving cars. Other vids are food, but tests are still my favorite! Faves: illegal products, testing antitheft products, and horrible stuff from Wish!

Why Justin gotta break in the car tho? 😂☠️

Its nice to see him on youtube after seeing him in the crew motorfest. Congratulations dude!!!

5:10 know what people find if they try to break into mine ? Absolutely nothing because I’m poor.

I have the Hudway Drive and absolutely LOVE it. I like not having to look down so much to see my speed. The GPS function on it is nice, if you don't want to run it on your phone. But most of all I like that it displays my messages in the HUD. The addon options are cool too. You can get blind spot cameras and a back up camera for it, as well as a forward facing night vision camera. It's a cool product.

This certainly won't go wrong. 😂

3:11 James looked like a little kid working on a car while his proud dad (Justin) watches

Not sure but I think the automotive bag might have been a fire/explosion risk. You're trapping gas fumes in a plastic bag for an indefinite amount of time. The fumes might also make the interior of the car smell after a while.

It’s always a good day when donut posts

I love the autowit product, seems like a handy thing to own.

13:54 He needs a suction bag for his wap

Did anyone notice that to use the car dust bag you have to roll your car into it? So you can’t use it unless you’ve got a flat surface or want to wreck your car in a bag 😂

That car bag seems pretty handy for car collectors..should up the price and sell it to them

A great day for some donut!!!!

I kick started the original Hudly, that HUD is awesome you mount to the windshield behind the visor and it projects down into a glass screen on the windshield reading from OBD2 port so you not only get speed, but rpm, fuel, volts, temp etc.

01:09: Fun fact! -40°C = -40°F, this is where the 2 temperature scales cross.

I dunno, Tool Monkey looks pretty useful, how many times have you needed a place to put tools etc so you aren't dropping them into the engine bay? The Versatire looks like a valid product too, but you're not wrong about the magnet. I'd get the toy car thing if it let you drive your car like James Bond.

5:20: DERP if I LiVeD iN sAn FrAnScIsCo FoR sUrE. Meanwhile, back in reality... the top-10 cities for car break-ins are all in... wait for it....... red states (wooo!) San Fran is 36th.

Having a blast seeing you in the crew motorfest, hell of a game and doing the donut missions

I loved your playlist of the crew motorfest and also the car you give away at the end of the playlist is wonderful

Fortunately, the bag is "resualble". I feel *very* confident about their quality control, and attention to detail. (circa 12:27)

the camera work and the editing is so much better now

5:45 Is a great tool for tire rotations, other than that its easier to set in on the ground. Omega Also makes that same thing 10x better for cheaper lol.

love how someone is just casually working on Hi Car in the background, drop an RB in there since you guys don't like reliability hahaha love you guys

Kudos to the boys for wasting money and a bit of sanity just for our entertainment

That bag one is perfect for people who live in a place prone to flooding.. keep that in the garage if there's a flood warning bag the car if you got no other choice it could save the car from any sort of flood damage.

for the last one I really hoped the bag would win and get funded I mean if it really works it would be a banger product because it could protect your car from snow, leaves, dust and so on

I used a project like the Autowit in my old shop, but it was smaller and charged phones too. So handy

This makes me think you guys need to do an etsy episode. Challenge eachother to see who can find the best bling on a set budget. I got a plate frame for my TRD. Slight issues after 2 years, but a fun buy all the same. A resin encased Carbon Fiber plate. Looks great for price. Main issue is the resin is UV yellowing a bit.

So the device you clickbait us with in the thumbnail, you don’t even test? That’s some next level click baiting right there. That’s straight up bait n switching.

I just like how someone is under the Z fixing things while James is hosting a video

1:07 Conflicting statements. The man says below -40 Celsius, but the tag in the trees says as low as -40 Celsius.

Welcome to Donut everyone! Don’t forget to like and share!

Really would love to see a new "Smaller Automotive RU-vidrs" video like you all did a long time ago. Does great things to help us little folks grow ;)

"It must be Canada, hes speaking english but hes talkin Celsius" lmaooooooo i love you james

I drive a Grand Prix, and it already has a HUD so I might have to buy that thing whenever I get a new car

Just finished the Donut Media playlist in The Crew Motorfest! It’s amazing 😄

"Excuseme, can I help you there?"..."Aaaaaaahhhh"(running) LOL, cracked me up!

9:30 "Yet it is still difficult to afFORD one" while plugging a ford ev in. Creators were definitely dads

I love that at 11:57 some random dude walks through the shot 😂

It’s funny, I actually new a few of these back when I was more active in researching about engineering (stopped getting involved as much in kickstarter side of inspiration when I decided I didn’t want to go into engineering as a career). The hudway is one that showed up at least 5 years ago but I think longer so it kind of explains the weirdness, also explains why the access to HUD apps is so bungy.

7:23 excuse me can I help you dude?? 🤣

me when a girl calls me cute 7:24

2:19 I took it as he thought of a monkey swinging from a tree branch or the bar. Not saying it is a good connection but that was my first mental image that came to me lol

I’m digging the little cars/cat toys…😂😂😂😂

James saying "Let's go cruise!" "Let's go see our friend!" is giving off DJ Khaled vibes 🤣

The problem with the car bag is that they know eventually someone would forget to take their kid out first.

i can already imagine the drifter's stitch with the real mechanic stuff zip ties

12:49 i can see that car bag quite easily scratching the paint

"Kobe and Shaq" 🤝Kickstarter. We love it here.

James' golf is so clean, honestly one of the best I've seen

i like the heads up display purely for the Maps

1:34 Yall are missing the point, it claims it works down till -40, the ones that you usually buy will struggle to work at under 0 (32F).

They forgot to mention the main difference between Autowitt and the other battery jump starter. The autowitt doesn't have battery in it. I've had Li battery jump pack deplete over time and takes a while to get a full charge. The autowitt uses super capacitors, if you still have some juice left, it can charge the capacitors in few min using the 12V cigarette lighter port. The downside of the device is that if your battery is fully depleted, you won't be able to charge it, also, you won't be able to initiate the jump sequence since it doesn't detect the battery. It takes a while to charge via 5V.

Y’all have exhausted these types of videos to a whole other level.

1:41 James thought he got cancelled for a sec

Tool Monkey is great for dropping 47 bolts into your engine bay instead of just the typical 1.

Cool to see Fabiano Iha, King of the Armbar. I remember him from when I first started getting into watching MMA. The other former pro fighter I know with a patent is Donovan "Razor" Ruddock, who sells his own manual trash compactor.