Review of Dangerous Things

Well that’s not strictly true: DT could relocate to my home town in Finland. Now that would be customer care!

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I live near-ish Seattle, so I’ll count meeting them halfway

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Yes, Dangerous Things has seriously let me down, I mean, having read some of these reviews, I expected them to deliver everything I looked at on their website to my front door, in person, while I was still browsing the website, and it hasn’t happened yet. :rofl:

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Overall great! The website deserves a little re-design (having to go through Our Products/etc/etc is a bit annoying to navigate). Also I feel like to someone new to rfid it is close to impossible to understand the 5 trillion different chips/protocols/mumbo jumbo and how to work with them. I know all the information is on the forum but that’s an obscure place for a newbie especially when you don’t even know what you’re looking for. An organized and detailed ressource on the website itself would be the best. Explaining what each chips does different and how that relates to the implants sold.
Finally a personal wish would be to diversify the implants, DT is very rfid-centric (thankfully magnets are back :heart:) but I would love to see some innovation in non-rfid stuff…

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The good, the bad, the ugly, huh?

The good.
The service. It’s incredible (mdanger) and community involved (amal).

The bad.
The tshirt selection is definitely not fat boy friendly. I need a 3xl tall. Not an option. Granted this is more of a garment industry problem.

Also what Azflyer said. Too rfid-centric. Adding another variation on rfid implants doesnt really expand horizons much. The 55hz detector didn’t work out, but it’s a great example of a different product. Just look how well the Titan did.

The ugly.
xAC v2. No housing and the naked antenna is ugly as fuck. Given the antenna plugs in, why not a plug in antenna similar to the v1 as an option. Or some premade covers. Not all of us have 3d printer access.

Definitely NOT unhappy. Just trying to give the requested feedback.
All in all very happy.

Edit…
Almost forgot. The installer map is the only part of DT that I’d rate poorly. It basically doesn’t work most of the time, and everybody ends up on the board trading installer recommendations as a result

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What should I say
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I have 21 RFIDs and 1 Magnet from DT implanted.
2 RFIDs and 1 Magnet are from other companys.

1 Magnet is waiting to get implanted, and I think I will get this year 4 more RFIDs - love to geht my 30 full :kissing_heart:

The service is so amazing :slight_smile: This year I asked for a flexchipimplant to show it to people - so they can touch it, how it feels like. I write also it yould be a broken chip - its only for showing - I got one of the “flexNExT” So beautiful. I’m also glad the I have some of the old fieldtesters - so I could put them into the needle, to show it to people.

For me its a bit difficult to write it in English :slight_smile:

THX also for the gread payment conversion, it is always a joy to pay in the stores :slight_smile: Love also the flexSIID - the chip is so beautiful

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Ordered their Proxmark3 easy with the iceman build.

Great packaging, items came a lot faster then I expected.

I had great communication with them after (Michelle is amazing)

Everything went super smooth.

Looking forward to doing business with them again soon.

Hopefully they can add a few more products, but super happy with my purchase, and I will use them again in the future.

5 Stars all across the board.

Thanks again DT

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I ordered a NExT “pro” bundle and a proxmark3 easy. Had no issues with the website or ordering process and found a ton of good info here on the forum, in the discord, and on the Youtube channel.

After ordering, I decided that I really wanted to add a spark2 to the order and make it an Ultron Bundle. I emailed customer service and they packed it in my order and gave me an invoice to pay the difference. The process was super smooth and I was very relieved that there weren’t any issues with a last-minute addition to my order.

I found an installer in my area through the map that Dangerous things provides. I found this to be a huge help that I could find someone in my area that is already familiar with the process and had no issues with the procedure. My positive experience continued with the installer (shout out to Leo in Orlando…he’s amazing) and to this day, I continue to brag about Dangerous Things to my friends.

As far as the negative side, I don’t really have much. I will agree with a review earlier that having a more refined and “off the shelf” experience with the access controller would be nice. But at the same time, I completely understand why it is like it is. This community is about biohacking and experimenting with the technology. Half the fun is building out enclosures and antennas for a custom access controller for a custom chip I had implanted. Options might be nice, but I’m not going to ding the review for my own personal preference…because I’m forced to learn new things (which is why I’m sure most of us are here).

Finally, a huge thank you to Amal for his hard work. You have created a fantastic community of unique people and technology. Also a huge shout out to everyone on the forum and discord for answering questions and helping out. It has made it easier for me to get into this new hobby and it’s been fun!

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For the most part, Good. I have made a handful of orders now and everything ships pretty quickly and safely. I now have 5 RFIDs of various types, and a Titan. On my first order of an xSIID it did not come with the RFID diagnostic card. Not a huge deal, but still, it was supposed to come with one. I mentioned that when I ordered a KBR1 and they included the diagnostic card, so that was nice. On the KBR1 order I received an xEM instead of the KBR1, to which they told me to keep the xEM(which is neat) and sent me a KBR1 right away. I recently ordered 2 xLEDs to compliment my xSIID, and each package was definitely labeled xLED white or red, all the way down to the package containing the actual syringe. Turns out the xLED red was actually a VivoKey Spark 2. While it is kinda cool and worth twice as much, I didn’t really need another HF chip, and I have not really seen the benefit of the encryption it offers yet. I probably just need to do more research. I did not want to seem like the guy who kept getting orders wrong, so I just ordered another xLED in red, and we tested it before we implanted it and had to cut out the Spark 2 because it was too close to the xSIID and depending on hand placement a reader would pick it up the wrong device. I did move the Spark 2 to the other hand, maybe I’ll find a good use for it. Like I said, quality packaging and products, but I have had 3 shipping errors so far.

Ooof, that sucks! I don’t think DT stuffs the syringes so that seems like a QC issue at the manufacturer. Still sucks though.

another little snatch and post

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thoroughly enjoyable group of nutters…but … buying your products from Australia is impossible a US$15 NFC ring costs US$56 for shipping ? ??? can afford your gear, but can’t afford your shipping, so i will remain your friend and haunt the meanders of your forums…

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Buy lots of implants and qualify for free shipping :sweat_smile::shushing_face::thinking:

let me guess… you are not a customer service manager… :man_facepalming:

I give 5 stars!

I remember when I got my first implant, the installer was thrilled it was from DT, because of how well everything is packaged, and the fact handy tools needed for the procedure are always included.

Not to mention, anytime I’ve had a question about anything; this forum, or DT customer service, has been readily available.

:five::star:

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yeah some things are just out of our hands… sending a small package via USPS into the Australian postal service typically results in a lost package or an extremely delayed one (usually months)… which is the same for many countries… so we choose to go with DHL for international shipping. This means for small low margin stuff like a $15 ring, we have to charge the full pass-through amount we get charged for shipping… which in certain cases is pretty insanely high. Australia happens to be one of those places. Shipping to Finland is also very expensive, but mostly because most of the country is considered “extremely remote” and we get dinged another fee on top of shipping… I think the most expensive fee we’ve seen for normal shipping into a foreign country was $95USD… so sometimes our free shipping policy ends up losing us money in those situations… but we are trying.

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I feel guilty now…

Does DHL offer a discount if they leave out last mile delivery? Like if the package arrives at the nearest big city’s distribution center and the recipient is invited to come collect it. I go get packages like that from other shippers all the time: it’s only an hour’s ride by bicycle for me (which I don’t mind) and it’s tons less expensive than having the truck deliver to my door.

If they do, you’re welcome to use the option for my next shipments.

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