So, strangely, TRIMUI got in touch with me and asked if I’d like to review their older handheld, the Brick Hammer. This one released six months or so, but the claim to fame for it is being made (almost) entirely out of machined metal. It sure gives it a premium feel.
I feel like I’m a little lucky with the reviews, not doing this full time or anything means I get to be picky on what I let these companies send me. I’m not obligated to review everything ASAP, since the site I share these on doesn’t even have ads. For the most part, I just say yes to the interesting or different handhelds.
tldr:
- Beautifully made, truly feels premium
- To me it really feels like a modern take on the Game Boy Pocket
- Can play up to PSP, DS, N64 and so on, but those are more of a risky and not entirely 100% successful event. It shines most with PlayStation, GBA, SNES and so on. Being 3:2 means its perfect for the older-older systems
I feel like saying one of these ‘retro handhelds’ is perfect is just…hyperbole. But in this case, that might be the case. It’s so slim and sleek, and the metal makes me so damned happy to hold.
ANYWAY.
You can find the following link here to read my review, if you’re at all interested. Inside my article, I also reached out to the developer of NextUI to ask him about how it is to create an alternative OS for the TRIMUI Brick Hammer (kinda like a mini interview), and chatted to a creator of 3D printed triggers which were designed to showcase the nice RGB lighting on this one:
https://gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-trimui-brick-hammer-metal-perfection/
Or, as always, you can just ask me about it here if you’d prefer :)
I loved reading through this, and its even better knowing a genuine review of something I got to enjoy ended up accurate!
Your findings are those I loved going through, also :)
The only two spaces I’ve seen Riley active in to chat about Songo#5 are Discord and Reddit, if you ever want to reach out to him about anything.
I can say there’s some amazing things coming (software-wise!) to the Brick and Brick Hammer sometime soon. So you’re in a vibrant and very supported community with it now :)
So glad you’re having fun!
The WiFi password is a nut I yet have to crack, but I’ve put the music on the SD card and enjoyed Songo#5 already.
Unfortunately I won’t be able to get in contact with Riley easily as my Discord account requires me to receive an email, which gets sent to a mailbox I no longer have access to (maybe time to set up a new account…) and I left Reddit for good after the crap they pulled with the API access - which is why I’m here on Lemmy now.
Your review really made my decision making process simple. I’m long beyond the phase of my life, where I researched this and that for days or weeks just to have the most perfect solution.
Now I’m in the “good is good enough, no need for it to be perfect” phase as it saves so much time.
Yet in this case good turned out to be (maybe) the perfect solution.
So I wholeheartedly thank you for your review!
Now I can either play Tetris or listen to music with a formidable music player. Streaming via Bluetooth didn’t work at first attempt, though. Pairing went well, but the sound output wasn’t on the BT speaker. I’ll have to try again with other devices.
For the time being I can live with a cable connection to the speaker :)
I’m looking forward to what amazing things are coming!
Have fun!