{
 "slug": "usbkill-v4",
 "name": "USBKill V4",
 "maker": "USBKill",
 "category": "instruments",
 "categoryLabel": "Instruments",
 "status": "listed",
 "statusLabel": "Listed by maker",
 "description": "A USB surge tester that discharges high voltage into a port to test hardware protection, with an internal battery for offline testing.",
 "goodFor": "Test whether hardware survives a USB power surge.",
 "youNeed": "Hardware you own or are authorised to destroy; it usually breaks unprotected devices.",
 "tradeoff": "Destructive by design.",
 "tags": [
  "Surge testing",
  "Hardware test",
  "Battery",
  "Adaptors"
 ],
 "price": "€135",
 "priceShort": "€135",
 "priceFrom": null,
 "checked": "2026-09-17",
 "url": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/usbkill-v4/",
 "shortUrl": "https://gadgets.sh/usbkill-v4",
 "markdown": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/usbkill-v4.md",
 "image": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/usbkill-v4.jpg",
 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/usbkill-v4.webp",
 "shareCard": "https://gadgets.sh/og/usbkill-v4.jpg",
 "shops": [
  {
   "merchant": "Lab401",
   "label": "Buy from Lab401",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=usbkill-v4&utm_content=api",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "merchant": "USBKill",
   "label": "Buy from USBKill",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://usbkill.com/products/usbkill-v4?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=usbkill-v4&utm_content=api",
   "note": "In stock at USBKill when checked on 2026-09-24."
  }
 ],
 "specs": [
  {
   "group": "Core hardware",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Processor and memory",
     "value": "Not published by the maker",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    },
    {
     "label": "Display",
     "value": "None",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    },
    {
     "label": "Radios",
     "value": "Bluetooth LE remote control",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    },
    {
     "label": "Power",
     "value": "Internal rechargeable battery for offline use",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Details from the product page",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "How it works",
     "value": "Takes power from the USB lines, multiplies it and discharges it into the data lines",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    },
    {
     "label": "Attack modes",
     "value": "Smartphone control, BLE remote, time delay, hidden magnet trigger and classic",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    },
    {
     "label": "Adaptors",
     "value": "More than 15, including Lightning, USB-C, micro-USB, Ethernet, HDMI and DisplayPort",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    },
    {
     "label": "Offline mode",
     "value": "The internal battery lets it test a device that is powered off",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    },
    {
     "label": "Included shield",
     "value": "The USBKill V4 Shield detects and deflects surges and works as a USB data blocker",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Buying",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Price",
     "value": "€135 on lab401.com",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    },
    {
     "label": "Availability",
     "value": "In stock on the day of review",
     "source": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "docs": [
  {
   "label": "Distributor product page",
   "url": "https://lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit"
  }
 ],
 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "closed",
  "opennessLabel": "Closed design",
  "summary": "Lab401 sells USBKill V4 as a finished commercial device; no schematic, firmware source, BOM, or chip list is published, only a marketing product page.",
  "files": [],
  "repos": [],
  "parts": [],
  "notes": "lab401.com/products/usbkill-v4-pro-kit curl-verified 200 but contains no engineering documents. GitHub search for 'usbkill' returns only the unrelated hephaest0s/usbkill software project (a Linux anti-forensic script), not this hardware device. Maker does not disclose MCU/BLE chip used in the remote.",
  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": null,
 "firmware": [],
 "chips": []
}