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Oh wow! I didn’t know this was really a thing. I remember when I first entered corporate America running around the office trying to find a specific keyboards cuz I typed better on it.😩
For any light typer out there please consider carefully before buying these. I'm a light typer but I still got the blacks based on their great reviews. They feels great for normal messaging and gaming but for typing long documents it feels like a chore basically. I'm using a red-like switch now and have no problem whatsoever and I love them.
I like the Logitech MX Mechanical Mini a lot, but inexplicably, it lacks an Insert key, and there appears to be no way to use the Logi Options+ software to reprogram one of the keys for Insert. Granted, most users probably don't use Insert very often, and neither do I, but code editors such as VS Code use the key as a toggle mechanism between insert/replace characters, which I do use occasionally. The MX also lacks a proper Delete key (not Backspace) but at least you can reprogram that one.
I’m considering this for my first hotswap mechanical keyboard. I’ve been interested in making a quieter build than my Razer huntsman, so I’m thinking the TTC Frozen Silents.
This video made me reconsider clickies again after I completely wrote it off years ago. At that time, I got myself a Razer kb with Cherry Blues. After 3 months with it, I sold it and stayed with tactiles and linears. After watching this, I bought a set of Box Jades and installed it on my K8 Pro. Quite happy with it so far. Cheers!
Great video! Could you add more light to your videos? I felt like I couldn't appreciate the true colors of the keyboard because of how dark your set up is.
Thank you very much for your recommendation. I have an EVA mechanical keyboard storage bag that I have been using for a long time. It is very durable and convenient.
I don't know why, but your space bar for the brown keys sounds WAY more silent than it does in real life, I think it is a little annoying how loud it is
Honestly, not sure who this is for. They don't seem all that different from the litany of blue/green derivatives, and the (Super) Speed Bronze and Box Pink are good offerings from Kailh for the light clicky market. They're clearly not going after the hardcore typist as they're supposed to be "gamer" switches, but gamers tend not to like switches with hysteresis.
Haven't tried these, but if they're anything like the Super Speed Bronze, I imagine a lot of the criticism would be the relative lack of tactility. The Super Speed Bronze almost feel like they managed clickiy linears somehow.
I am in need of a simple macro keypad that I can configure with QMK. I believe that your excellent tutorials will allow me to configure a device. The megaladon is out of my price range at 80.00. Can you recommend less expensive choices that will allow me to use QMK to configure?
Thank you for being the first person on RU-vid to explain the difference in the switches! I'm old school, learned on a manual typewriter. If I could get a keyboard with the touch and sound of an IBM Selectric II typewirter. Try working in an office full of those beasts. Offices are far too quiet these days.
I managed to create homemods with via. I don't have options for setting up the time in ms as you'd expect on other configs for when the key is pressed and released and so on. But I've tested it with the Fn+Space for my space button and it worked nice. To update the config with stuff that the UI won't show you, you have to manually edit the json file that you can save & load.
it's just ridiculous that the companies are so unwilling to take any financial risk and push it all to the market, and the market *agrees*. Do your market analysis and then decide on a batch size! If you fail, then it's on you, not the buyer.
I bought the perorder for V1 long ago. They sent all preorder v1 customers a new updated pcb for improved compatibility, I wonder if the new PCB is via compatible?
Don't you love that Cylonesqe packaging? I've got a GEM80 and Air75... not a big fan of the low profile but may have to check this or the Halo 65 out soon! Great review! I love the ghost bar but do like the keycaps, at least didn't with the ones I got with them GEM80, so I put on GMK. There is enough dampening though everything still sounds quite muted, I have HMX XinHai in mine and it's still quite - we definitely agree on that point!. The only thing I don't like on the GME80 which looks to be the case on this as well is the front height of the case? It looks to be about 21 or 22mm which to me is quite high. Do you know how high it is?
If I were you I'd go for a pair of soft magnets and a pair of small metal surfaces I'd glue on the opposite side. Just kill the buttons and give it a try imho.
Probably because you’re “supposed” to use the keyboard wirelessly so they figured they’d just use a cheaper cable since most people will only be using it to charge
I purchased this and have been having some issues with it in obs studio (windows). I attempt to set hotkeys for certain scenes. Now it works fine when the OBS window is in focus, but once I click out of OBS to open anther program or window it stops working completely. Not sure what the issue is exactly because when I utilize my 60% keyboard to set the key binds there is no issue at all. any advice? Ive already ran obs as admn, and also went to advanced settings and under hotkeys changed it to never disable hotkeys. ive been having a horrible time with this so any help would be appreciated.
I'm a professional translator and type a lot all day long. I use O-rings in my Redragon mechanical keyboard. It has brown switches, so it's supposed to be quieter, but it still makes some considerable noise. I didn't notice a lot of difference in the noise levels with the O-rings, it's barely noticeable. True that it didn't occur to me to use two rings under each keycap, and I might try that. HOWEVER, I did notice a lot of difference in the impact strength on my fingers, and I'd go as far as saying that this is the best reason to use O-rings, especially for people like me who type a lot. If you're having sore fingers from intensive typing, O-rings are for you.
