DankPods

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DankPods
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Born
Wade Nixon

(1990-01-01) January 1, 1990 (age 35)
OccupationYouTuber
Years active2018-present
Known forModifying iPods, reviewing and breaking badly made MP3/MP4 players, testing headphones
Website dingusland.fun

DankPods is the channel name of Australian tech YouTuber Wade Nixon who lives in Adelaide, Australia. He does specials known as "Cashies Runs". He reviews electronic devices, such as headphones, MP3 players, iPods, [1] and phones. [2] The channel has 1.7 million subscribers and formerly had a Patreon page until it was closed down by Nixon in 2024. Prior to its closure, Nixon was being paid over $20,000 per month by his Patrons. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Before DankPods, Nixon was raised in Adelaide, Australia, [6] Nixon has a professional life around music; he was a drummer by trade and studied Jazz Philosophy in college. [4]

Content

Nixon's content centers on old technology and the associated nostalgia [6] for items such as MP3 players. [4] He also modifies iPods, he also makes content on doing "Cashies Runs" and calls his devices such as his laptop full of bloatware from CDs with his previous MP3 videos his "Nuggets" [7] adding features such as several terabytes of storage, [8] or replacing the hard drive with an solid-state drive (SSD). [9] He also usually breaks the devices by the end of the episode by smashing them with a rock with “1 GRIT” written on it with dry erase marker. He repeatedly blows up headphones by playing the song "Scarlet Fire" through a high power audio amplifier. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Warwick (2019-12-19). "Watch as an Australian tries to create a Bluetooth iPod with hilarious results". iMore. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  2. ↑ Davenport, Corbin (2023-10-13). "You Should Change This Camera Setting on Your iPhone 15". How-To Geek. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  3. ↑ "Hey everyone. I Am Closing My Patreon Account (WALL OF TXT WARNING)". www.patreon.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  4. 1 2 3 Winkie, Luke (2022-06-24). "Searching for the dankest iPod knockoffs of the mid-2000s". The Verge. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  5. ↑ "DankPods | Creating Videos about portable music/headphones and tech junk. | Patreon". www.patreon.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  6. 1 2 Wells, Peter (22 June 2021). "Old iPods and nostalgia make for an unlikely Aussie influencer" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 8 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Nystedt, Brendan. "iPod Modders Give Apple's Abandoned Music Player New Life". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  8. ↑ Law, John (2020-07-04). "YouTuber Retrofits Apple iPod Classic With M.2 SATA SSD". Lowyat.NET. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  9. ↑ Oliver Haslam (2020-07-09). "Prepare to be mesmerized by someone putting an SSD into an iPod Classic". iMore. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  10. ↑ DankPods (2023-08-31). This machine kills headphones in seconds . Retrieved 2025-11-01– via YouTube.
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