$100 vs $500 Mechanical Keyboard - What's The Difference? 

I have that keychron too and although I still have to get used to typing on it after months it's a joy to use, be ware tho of the mech keyboard rabbit hole, it can get expensive

I could vouch for these custom keyboards 100% if you could afford them like Oliur said. mine is a KBD67 MKII with brass plate and linear switches (non-silent). I use it for both work and gaming and it sounds and feels so damn good to use on a daily. Sure it could be expensive but the build quality is just incredible, and do think that these would last for years if not decades

I really like my Keychron k2v2 hot-swap with browns after I did the holee mod to the spacebar and nothing else, it feels great. It feels more expensive than it actually was and is a great typing experience.

Great video, I too love the magic keyboard keys, specifically the one you're using. Mode looks great, I've built a custom mech very similar. I HATE how the switches are visible on the side profile of the keychron 🤢

I have been using Apple's Magic Keyboard but just got the Keychron K3 Low Profile yesterday since it's not too bulky! Cannot wait for it to arrive.

My favorite thing about a nice custom mech is the sound, with the keychron, you could just fill it with foam and put silent switches in it to get that effect. Maybe my opinion is uninvited, but I feel like you are missing out on the most pleasant part of your expensive build by going with silent switches.

I recently got my first mechanical keyboard and I am in love with its feel, sound, customisability and quality. I got the geonworks frog tkl with jwick all blacks, and despite its heafty price, I dont regret it one bit.

Hi Oliur, completely unrelated to the video but I really think you’d exceed within the real estate industry with all your attributes. I think it’d be a really nice way of growing your RU-vid channel by documenting the process and taking us along with you :) And by the way your content is absolutely amazing, wish you all the best!

That is one amazing keyboard! I was considering almost the exact same config for quiet a while now. I think a perfect keycap set for this would either be GMK Dark or GMK Stealth! You should check both.

I love how quiet that Mode SixtyFive is 😋Great video!!

I love mode! I currently use the mode 80 and it’s a fantastic custom keyboard :)

You're my new best UK tech reviewer Man is just so chilled 🤣

love this, please make more keyboard videos!

GMK Shashin might be one to look out for. You might have to wait for extras to be available though.

Mode 65 is more like the Mercedes S Class of keyboards. A Bauer or Keycult are more like the Rolls or Bentley of custom keyboards. I'd say Keychron is like the VW of keyboards. It's nice, most people would be more than happy to own one, but you can tell there was some cost cutting.

I have a Mode Eighty for my desktop and am considered this 65 for my Mac

Nice vid, as usual! I think summarise Keychron as a brand based on one model they offer (The K1) and comparing it with a 500USD keyboard is a bit unfair as they are intended for totally different customers. :) It would be great to compare it with a Keychron Q1 for example. Even knowing that out of the box the Q1 has a lot of ping and probably needs to be modded, it would be interesting to see if having a Q1 properly modded it's a better value proposition. Cheers

glad to see another favorite creator join the hobby!

Great video!

I hope Mode updates the Eighty to look more like the Sixty-five. As a lefty, the TKL layout works way better for me but I like the colour options and rear accent on the new design.

I have a Keychron K3 and love it.

hello I have a question about your lut for sale, does it work in the movavi editor?

I the all black with the brass backplate. WoB is pairs so well.

Please make videos about keychron k7,k3 they are low profile but with better switches than k1

A lot of builders of the MODE 65 said that the silicon bottom pad actually felt quite stiff hand harsh as compared to leaving the silicon out.

I see your channel is like dave's d2d. Love it

AFAIK K1 and K3 don't really have an after market keycaps ? If there is, please kindly point me to one. one of my friend couldn't stand the shine of ABS.

Based on the color it seems more like the copper backpiece than the brass one

isnt the backpiece copper and not brass on your unit?

That Mode65 should look great using the Susuwatari MT3 profile keycaps by Drop.... thet or the Dev//Tty.

Hey oliur can you do a video where you review and unbox some packages please

Checking all keychron keyboards in its official website, what's the difference between k1, k2, k3, etc? Just design? I see k1 is one of the most expensive ones. For a newbie in mechanical keywords, where should I start?

gamakay TK68 is also a great mechanical keyboard as well.

Isnt that copper not brass?

Any reason why you went for UK layout instead of US? The caps lock / shift keys are so weird in UK layout

Where’s your floor lamp from?

I want to suggest that if you want a more bouncy / flexible typing feel, you'd want different material plate either FR4/G10 or PC or POM which all are very flexible. And for the keycaps for Mode65, I'd suggest you look into GMK Lux which suits your black & brass colorway very much. Or maybe try to look different gray ish like GMK Modern Dolch, Domikey Dolch, Infinikey Blacklight. Oh and 1 thing I'd like to correct, the keychron K1 keycaps unfortunately isn't common as the other keyboards since it use low profile switch, and the keycaps are very very limited designs and hard to find. The common switches are using + shaped (called as MX clones) like the one on your Mode65, and they're used on almost 99% of mechanical keyboards out there. Enjoy the Mode65 and welcome to the custom mechanical keyboard hobby :D Oh yea one thing, if someday you find that typing on the Mode65 feels tiring, or too heavy or maybe too light to press, or maybe you want to try non-silent switch (thocky or clacky switch) you can change the switch with hundreds of options out there. GLHF :D

I love ny IQUNIX F96-Knight with cherry brown switches.

I could listen to softness of that keyboard all day

love your vidss

lol why did you use silent switches (Mode65) to compare with linear switches( K1)

0:52 love the air quotes on experts

Isn't the joy of a mechanical KB is the noise and the sound of it??? I love hearing one as I type and have no idea why you want to quiet it down!

I love the Mode keyboard, but the current "Rolls" in keyboards is probably Keycult - but they are pretty overhyped IMO

Yea... I didn't know much about Keyboards so I experimented. So far spent 550$ on a Keychron Q2. 🤷‍♂️ But now it's so smooth and feels so nice.

the mode keyboard sound made me gag it was so good wtf I didn't even know you could make a mechanical keyboard sound sooooooooooooooooooooo damn good i realy want that

Don't care for keyboard (Apple Magic Keyboard works great for me), but just wanted to say Congrats on reaching 200K subscribers! You deserve it.

you really didnt need silent switches lubed switches are quiet enough also theres a hotswap pcb option which allows you to swap switches in and out

After getting into Custom keyboard field for a year ( had zilent, and black ink v2), and then tried mx keys mini, I instantly stopped even thinking about using the custom keyboards I have.

That Thocc though!!!

Nice comparison. But the Roll Royce in mechanical keyboard should be Keycult :)

wanna get a keychron but shipping prices to the UK are asssss. Need someone to sell me one!

One thing is that you don't need to spend more than $200 if you don't want to for a custom keyboard. There are plenty of budget keyboard kits with decent materials. also there is the fact that a custom keyboard is what you want and a prebuild is what most people want.

Most of the cost for that Mode 65 is assembly. You can build an equivalent keyboard for under $250

7:37 Might want to cut that bit out just in case.

I love my keychron k1

membrane and rubber dome were invented to be cheaper so why are some companies asking for $100? topre and niz you can stay

I kinda liked the sound of keychron keyboard lol😅

Keychron K3 has hot swappable switches

It's interesting how much more quieter the more expensive mechanical keyboard is then the cheaper one. Which I like very little noise when I am typing. Hearing that clacking all day long would be annoying. Sticking with my logitech k811.

Magical keyboard made me laugh haha

Noice

I understand the price. Nevertheless, I know I would save a lot of money (250$+) if I take the Keychron K1 and I mod it.

Mechanical keyboards aren't inherently louder or clickier. You can build a virtually silent board if that's your thing. The perception that "mechanical = loud/clicky" needs to get the boot. You demonstrate this with your Mode build, and yet left that assertion in the beginning of the video...

Dell kb216 is also a pretty quiet keyboard nice travel for 20 dollars

So, where’s the sound test? 😂

the keychron isnt lubed firstly and also the switches arent that good if you want a tactile feel you can go for holy pandas or boba u4ts something like that if you want linear you can get gateron ink blacks (all lubed) but if you lube your cherry mx switch i think its the mx red it will sound much more smoother and quieter i would recommend kalih box slients if you are into quiet switches but lubing has a massive impact on the sound and feel you can also do mods like tape mod and sound dampening foam. Thiis is why you should build your own keyboard or just change the switches keycaps maybe even stabilizers. But if you want to do all the mods and everything its better to build your own but you could still use a hot swap love from pk amazing videos mate

loving the k2 and the #LUMIY lightblade OMGSSSS

The little specks of dust on the Q1 near the arrow keys is really pissing me off, much like the subreddit r/mildlyInfuriating

What sound, bro is using a silent switch 😂

“$400 high end..” wait till you drop deeper into the rabbit hole 😂

at the end of the day its that *it sounds fucking nice and thats it*

Keyboard on the floor. Mama Apiary would be so proud

I love my keychron k6 u live the smaller form and it only cost 60 while the magic is almost 100 which feels like a massive apple tax considering as far I remember they have no backlighting which is ridiculous for a $100 keyboard and was an instant dealbreaker for me

welcome to the rabbit hole

That is the copper back not the brass.

I wonder if they're gonna start spawning Mode keyboards instead of pans in Pubg now.

Love apple Magic Keyboard ✨😍✨

7:07 When BMW own Rolls Royce.

To sum it up , usually, you get what you pay for .

That sure looks like the copper back plate, not the brass back plate.

Keychron is a good entry level to mechanical keyboards. But once you go down the rabbit hole of mechanical keyboards, you can't use anything else. It makes the keychron sound like a rattling plastic hollow toy 😂 The mode65 must be a joy to type on!

The mode 65 is like a Porsche. You need to see a keycult or a Jane hit get to rolls Royce levels

Why does the brass backpiece look like the copper one lmao?

"a 100$ keyboard vs a high end 400$ " like i thought a 100$ was already a high end keyboard

That $500 keyboard reminds me of sony wf1000 xm3

Yea, like he said, there is no need for such an expensive custom. It is a Rolls Royce experience. Custom keyboard is a hobby at the core, you will still able to do your day-to-day job without it. For me, I like the experience so I have invested heavily into the hobby. Wallet is already broke, no turning back 🙃

Great review - and the Mode looks pretty interesting from the solidity of construction. BUT... no function keys is quite an omission? As a touch-typist, I also prefer the return key to be on the very right of the keyboard layout... but maybe that's just me :)

It's a copper back piece btw

Me who has a $5 keyboard that came for free with an order

If the switches are linear you wont feel any tactility

Wait till he finds out about keycult

500$ that's a whole ass PC build wtf LMAO

Lol... mechanical keyboards were the only available 15-20 years ago.. and were ditched to the premium keyboards like magic keys.. and now they are coming back as premium? :D

Funny enough: I wasted over $1000 on custom mechanical keyboards. And you know what I learned? I type faster on my laptop keyboard than any of the mechanical keyboards I've built. I've literally been typing on laptop & laptop like keyboards for a decade of my life since my teenage years. My muscle memory is forever used to them. Yes I can type just fine on a mechanical keyboard, but I literally type 10 words per minute faster on a laptop keyboard... so after wasting all this money, I think I'll go back to just using my laptop keyboard lmao.

The keyboard space is interesting. You'll keep most of your sanity if you simply regard high end expensive keyboards as a fusion of custom design/art/technology, rather than them being about any sort of measurable performance metric. $100 keyboards = mid high end ready to go keyboards. Perfectly functional and usable, and would be good enough for the vast majority of users. $500 keyboard = custom keycaps, nice cords, nice aesthetics/case, switches tactile qualities to preference. Me... I can't even get a custom version of the stuff I care about in Keyboards - but at least the G915TKL does a pretty good job of matching my preferences (low profile, mechanical, RGB, wireless, TKL). Would love to have a matching seperate numpad and macro board for it - but that's not a thing.

I can’t stand mechanical keyboard that my coworker has. Evert time when he types, it sounds like a machine gun and i feel like i just want to punch him in the face. I have the quiet apple Magic Keyboard.

Enter rattles ...

Haha mac magic keyboard go brrr

I legit think the magic keyboard is better for typing that the others. The mech keyboards are more tactile so much better for gaming