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This laptop is hollow inside

Bench Notes

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Jun 2026

Old thumbnail

Old thumbnail: an overhead shot of a repair desk with tools

New thumbnail

Thumbnail: a woman opens a thin laptop that is almost empty inside, headline It's hollow?

Result

Click-through on this video over its first 14 days, old thumbnail against new.

The brief

Bench Notes posted overhead shots of tools on a mat. Great for the video, invisible in a feed.

The teardown found almost nothing inside a thin laptop. That was the story.

What changed

  • Opened the laptop towards the camera so the empty inside is the first thing you see.

  • Her face tells you it's a surprise before you read a word.

  • No brand on the device, so the thumbnail never ages.

Title options sent with it

  • This laptop is hollow?

  • I opened it and found nothing

  • Why is this laptop empty?

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Our teardown videos finally get clicked by people who aren't already repair nerds.

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Lucia R.

Bench Notes, tech

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