Every so often, I end up with a new gadget, accessory, or tool that’s so good that I wonder how I ever lived without it. My most recent example is this USB-C endoscope camera , which I snagged for just $17.
What’s an endoscope camera? Think of a long, flexible tube with a camera and light attached to one end. In the medical field, it’s used to look inside the human body—but for me, it’s been an everyday game-changer for all kinds of practical uses.
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Before I got this nifty little accessory
The $17 endoscope camera I ended up getting is one that connects to my phone via USB-C. Prior to this, I’d always fiddled around with a bulky standalone endoscope camera.
The housing on that standalone endoscope camera—with its