MelGeek Mojo84 Mechanical Keyboard: "This is Plastic" and it feels good

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I had the chance to give MelGeek's new mechanical keyboard for a spin and it had a few surprises.
In the spirit of 100% transparency, the keyboard featured in this video were supplied by MelGeek and not personally purchased. My goal is to objectively review this product and this is not a paid endorsement.
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Kickstarter Link:
bit.ly/3Opu4kG
Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
1:37 General Overview
3:04 Unboxing
5:08 Tour of the Keyboard
7:57 Intermission
8:06 One Week Later
10:11 Typing Test
11:15 One Week Later Continued
12:14 Conclusions

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1 авг 2024

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@basicforge 2 года назад

I still have my Valve Orange Box, and I still play HL2!

@sp0el 2 года назад

Looks like something that Designers Republic would make as a Wipeout game accessory - good luck winning a futuristic race on a keyboard, though!

@juanignacioaschura9437 2 года назад

To me it is almost a mixture of tDR design with Radiohead inspiration; the text and font on the keys is peak "OK Computer"/"KID A" era.

@sp0el 2 года назад

@@juanignacioaschura9437 True! Between Radiohead and all the 'future sounds of Wipeout' we've got ourselves hell of a mixtape here

@rollydeguzman668 Год назад

Hi Did you have a chance to try the Macro function? i have mine and when i try to record a macro that has @@@ or any capital letters basically anything with shift key. it does not work it will output for example you want to say P@P@ it will output p2p2 instead its like the shift key is not recognized

@LaptopRetrospective Год назад

Hmmm interesting. I don't use macros so I'm not very experienced with setting them up, but when I did I used software and entered the key presses by hand. I haven't tried it with this specific board.

@Chirich Год назад

Does that keyboard come with a full sized shift key and other keys for 60% layout keyboards?

@LaptopRetrospective Год назад

Everything you get, you see in the video. 👍

@puhgeh Год назад

great review! does it have a light indicator when the capslock is ON?

@LaptopRetrospective Год назад

I think it has a small LED somewhere to indicate it. I so rarely use that key.

@LaptopRetrospective Год назад

I think it has a small LED somewhere to indicate it. I so rarely use that key.

@samcurmudgeon 2 года назад

For me the "fxxk art" design is distracting. North or south-facing LEDs? The lack of screws is not user friendly so should I even ask if the Kaehl switches are hot-swappable or soldered (they sound like browns? are there other options?)? In your brief typing test I couldn't hear any pinging or rattle from the larger keys - are the stabilizers lubed?

@LaptopRetrospective 2 года назад

South facing I believe if what it says on their Kickstarter page and they are hotswapple. Browns aren't what I had AFAIK, I had the other type offered. Not sure about the status of the stabilizers. Let me know if you have any other questions.

@samcurmudgeon 2 года назад

@@LaptopRetrospective With south-facing LEDs buyers will at least have an option to swap out those key caps with shine through caps. While hot swappable is good, using plastic clips instead of screws is really going to make any further modifications like adding foam or painters tape quite a bit difficult.

@LaptopRetrospective 2 года назад

Yeah, beyond switches and caps you're not doing much.

@dirgeofthedawn Год назад

Kind of late to the party, but is there any information on the "plastic" variant switch they include with the board? Is it just a brown switch?

@LaptopRetrospective Год назад

Sorry, not sure about the other switch type.

@dirgeofthedawn Год назад

@@LaptopRetrospective No worries! Just found the info on the Mojo84 purchase page off of the MelGeek website. It’s a 38g (-/+ 10g actuation) custom linear switch.

@LaptopRetrospective Год назад

Awesome, glad you found it.

@elektron2kim666 2 года назад

Sadly, I need another locale sometimes. So many customers being left out with keyboard products. In Linux I prefer US setups.

@jvmusicph 2 года назад

I didnt get the orange joke hehe, I want this one!

@LaptopRetrospective 2 года назад

Still a few days left on their campaign.

@Indyshooter 2 года назад

Design seems to be "influenced" by off-white brand. But in kinda wacky way. Transparent enclosed is... Quite interesting ngl. Also while price is ridiculous I suggest you to try, if possible, a topre board. Quite a different thing, comparing to mechanical switches

@LaptopRetrospective 2 года назад

I'll try anything I can get my hands on. It's all new territory for me.

@purgvtxry Год назад

Its "off white" inspired : look up "virgil abloh offwhite"

@lidorori Год назад

I want to cancel my order of mojo84 I am not willing to pay 60$ for shippment. I posted many times in the community and discord and I get no answer from them!

@LaptopRetrospective Год назад

Sorry, that isn't something I can help with. Hope you get it resolved.

@lidorori Год назад

@@LaptopRetrospective I know, it's just the kb is half a scam as far as I see it.. It took 98 posts and 5 days to get a single response from them and it's a really bad one... All they say is "we won't refund and you won't get the kb if you won't pay 60$ shipping"... Freaking hostage situation they put the customers at...

@JxH 2 года назад

🙂

@Waferdicing 2 года назад

😋

@benos1799 2 года назад

That aesthetic is just so bad to me though.

@LaptopRetrospective 2 года назад

Definitely not for everyone, no question about that.

@saraofnorthwales 2 года назад

This thing is so bad it's hard to believe it exists at all - I am just uploading a Thinkpad rendering video that compares identical OS and I/O systems that give exact times for rendering the same 30min 1080p video using Kdenlive on a range of Thinkpads from X61 up to X230 including the W500 and T410. You will perhaps be surprised at the Ancient Thinkpad Rendering King of the Hill :)

@LaptopRetrospective 2 года назад

Bad isn't a word I can bring myself to describe it. Like I said over on Twitter, despite the looks and features, I cannot deny that this is a good feeling keyboard to type on.

@saraofnorthwales 2 года назад

@@LaptopRetrospective Some people think "Bad" is good - take for example Bad Obsession Motorsport - a channel you should really check out :)