That gold variant looks sick seems like a really cool product a little pricey but seems like a really good quality product and since its metal you wouldn't have to worry about breaking the keys
Since the tolerance might be vary from different brands of switches or stabilizers on the market, we developed our original designed keycap, especially the open adjustable MX stem for a perfect fit for most switches.
@awekeys I think you guys just need new or better die-cast molds. That's false advertising when this dude said they were cnc cut they are clearly cast.
@@HipyoTech Yea, I also had a set from novelkeys before lol. Even those metal keys made by Rama works, Hibi, salvun, or aiglatson studio, they all have the same issues. I guess that might be the speciality for the metal keycaps 🤷🤷🤷😅
@@ChristopherChapelle So, you possibly live in one of the 4 shittiest states in the US, out of the 5 that don't have sales tax? Big flex dog, can't imagine what I'd do living outside of Montana or Oregon, or Alaska, or... New Hampshire.
@@maxvirgen908its a refrence to a tv show called full metal alchamist. The joke is where one of the main characters looses an arm and a leg for whatever reason. Thats enough of me ruining the joke. Ill see myself out.
I also highly doubted the claim of CNC at only $200. They would have to be paying nearly nothing to the workers to get a price so low on that amount of material and the complexity of the stem cut.
@@mirko92916 nah, metals are still mined a lot. But recycled metal isn't exactly special as most metals are easy to recycle, especially compared to plastics.
@@redcrafterlppa303The thing too is he said they're made with "some recycled metal". Scrap is included in a large portion of metal that's coming out of foundries these days.
Not to mention they sounds so freaking bad, if you want novelty keycaps then go for ceramics, they're cheaper, sounds 10 times better and doesn't make you look like a tool
Before anyone gets smart. I'm a machinist by trade, I have made molds and used them. I run and program CNC machines (also manual but not as much anymore)
@@JayTGTmc completely agree. I've studied some metallurgy (not a lot) and i can say for sure that if those keycaps were fully CNC'd, they would cost at the very least 3k.
@@JayTGTmc i think i even underballed the pricetag a bit. In another response i said it would cost triple the price, but a quick research proved that i was WAY off
For 200$ you get: 1) Absolutely no advantages 2) Additional weight 3) Having to fix your keys yourself 4) Questionable metal (you don't even know what it is) 5) Poured metal sold as CNC to gauge the price (although it only matters if you're planning to punch your keyboard to see which keys you'll break, so it's irrelevant to normal use of keyboard)
Imagine being a tech RU-vidr. You can wake up whenever you want, don’t have a crazy upload routine, get expensive tech stuff sent out for free and if you want something they haven’t sent you yet you can just buy it with the money you make. Not all rainbows and sunshine like I pictured it but it would be a fucking dream
@@farrel_ra It is pretty hard to make a name for yourself and consistently upload quality videos. Unless you are posting something new and original you aren't gonna make a living out of it now that it is such a big thing.
They definitely look cool for sure. They look to be diecast, much in the same manner your regular plastic keycaps are injection molded. If they were actually CNC machined, they would cost thousands. Too much manufacturing time, even for $200. I’m a fan of all things metal, but never thought I would see it in keycaps. Lol. Thanks for showing!
The cost of mold developmentof diecasting is very high. The development cost for a single mold is in the tens of thousands of dollars. With different keys on a single keyboard requiring over 20 molds, the amortized mold cost per set already exceeds the price of the product. Only CNC machining can help lower the cost in this scenario.
They are definitely not CNC'd in the way people assume (out of billet), the shape of the back of these keys is impossible to machine this way. They are cast and maybe finished on a cnc, and then electroplated as someone said above
From my experience with the Aluvia keycap set, the anodization or any coating on the metal keycaps will wear off revealing the base metal if you daily these keycaps. So expect the wear when buying metal sets
i like how he took the sponsor but probably also acknowledges these suck "the keys pop off and you have to fix it with a screwdriver" "they sound 'interesting'" lol respect
Honestly it would look really cool. I think it would be neat to make a keyboard just out of reground recycled plastic. That neat speckled textured look regrind brings
theres a reason keycaps are made of light materials like plastic... its so they bounce back quickly without having to be pressed down with the force of your entire arm
@@LivingArmor196I spent $150 on ceramic keycaps. I’m never wasting money on any plastic keycaps ever again. Also, your board is $50 grand total? Clearly these keycaps are not for you lol
@@litergod I mean I get that but at that point wouldn't ceramic just be better all around? I don't know for certain because I have never used metal keycaps but ceramic just feel better texture wise
I mean tbf he showed as much as he could in 60 secs and included the cons and pros of them, he didn't say they were bad or good and let you decide. And he got to make some money and try out some cool keycaps, you probably would do the same.
doesnt make sense no but some people think the CNC finish looks cool and if money is no problem someone will make them XD these however are indeed not CNCd
Technically speaking aluminium doesn't rust, it corrodes though. And something like sweat from hands would probably do quite the number on them over extended period of time.
Since the tolerance might be vary from different brands of switches or stabilizers on the market, we developed our original designed keycap, especially the open adjustable MX stem for a perfect fit for most switches.
No worries 😂 This issue is pretty normal for metal keycaps. I’ve some artisan metal caps from Rama or Hibi, they all came with this issues. I’ll just make them more custom sound signatures for different setup haha
Yep and won a set designed by Steel Series and MsI where they said all the same stuff. After just a few weeks I noticed the damage. Then there is the fact that because they are heavier they are less stable and that was just on WASD. They were horrible and I changed them straight away. Some things should not be metal. The reason huge companies haven’t bothered with them even though they could charge a pretty penny is because plastic is better. It’s lighter. They are easier to make. And they ironically are better for the environment.
I guess I would rather they use sustainable metal, but either way, yeah, you're still paying them for a large block of aluminum, 95% of which gets turned into chips, and the remaining 5% gets shipped to you. Don't get me wrong, I love a good CNC project, but this is more wasteful than most.
@@Ryan_Thompson Well if they're actually milled, those 95% would get sent back to be re-cast into those blocks of aluminium; thus recycled metal. But idk notice how they never specified WHICH metal it is? I don't know for a product like this cast zinc alloy would make a little too much sense wouldn't it... and the casting plant would recycle the waste in-house...
I’m having full metal keycaps on my arrow keys. It’s not a great sounding keycap and it makes your keystrokes extremely light due to its heavy weight. I end up changed those 4 switches to a heavier ones to balance it out.
I will never understand people's obsession with how their keyboards SOUND My brother in christ, are you sitting there with your headphones off and your speakers muted?
