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Of course it's NileRed. (fixed!)

Does he ever talk about where he gets his gear? I know some of it is secondhand salvage... but I feel like there's some "family" component, or at least was at the beginning.

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Early on there was a lot more salvaging and makeshift components, and "I know someone who knows someone". Nowadays, though, I think the channel gets more than enough support that the answer is "I spent $12k and bought it".

It's nilered so it would be more like "I spent 12k....and bought it".

Hahaha I heard his voice when I read that a second time.

Usually Alibaba or Aliexpress (he does state that, sometimes with a screenshot as well).

For the not-so-special stuff he usually doesn't hide the labels or where the stuff (like chemicals) comes from.

It's the reactor from htlab but it might be a re-brand [0][1]

Alibaba.com seems the place to be, although I keep seeing the same product (literally same picture) but under different brands so who know who actually makes this [2]

[0] https://htlab.cn

[1] https://i.imgur.com/sY4hanN.png

[2] https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Easy-Disassembly-Cont...

This video says Alibaba.

NileRed - NileBlue is his second channel.

They have different taglines, and this video was posted to the NileBlue channel.

NileRed: Capturing the natural beauty of chemistry

NileBlue: Exploring science through sheer incompetence...

Point! Fixed. You can tell how often I'm on YT, chemistry and forging videos aside.

He addressed the "dad paid for everything" rumors in a recent video.

From memory he just worked for it, bought secondhand and then made a lot of money through YouTube.

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