Membrane vs Mechanical vs Optical Keyboards | Everything You Need To Know! 

who watched this just to know what optical keyboard was

I’ve never seen a small RU-vid channel this good man, like cmon dude ur explanation is 10/10

I give u 2 years and you will be a huge channel on RU-vid. Mark my word. Great explanation, good charisma on camera, professional speaker ect. Ect. Ect. Good job bro. Keep grindn and perfecting your craft & dont limit yourself on solely gaming. Get a dope 3 sec intro for the same video everytime. Watched a few of your vids. U underrated an need more exposure. Good vid man

Just wait till the wooting comes out

This was super entertaining for me, a millennial (loved the Avatar reference), and very informative. I was hooked. I watched many big yt channels regarding this issue, so I had the general idea. But with this video. I can say I am well versed. Thank you for you work.

Great video! I love how he gave equal arguments for every type of keyboard without being biased. 👍

Got the point in the first half, stuck around to the end anyway because it was genuinely interesting and fun to watch.. How is this channel not bigger??

This helped A LOT for my search in the "perfect" keyboard for me. Thanks so much

Good work bro!! No. of people subscribed doesn't conclude the quality of video. This video is an example of that.

I don't know when you started your channel-- I just clicked on your video by chance, but you honestly deserve way more views and subscribers. I was trying to figure out what kind of keyboard to get, and thanks to your informative vid, I figured out I wanted both a membrane and mechanical keyboard. Membrane one for work (cause I do lots of online teaching/video calls, so I don't want ppl hearing me and getting annoyed while tying lol), and a mechanical one because I purely enjoy typing and like that tactile and audible feedback (so I can switch to this one whenever I'm just typing docs or when I'm on break). Thanks again man, and I appreciate you splitting up your vids based on what you're discussing. Some content creators don't consider that stuff. Good luck with everything!

Ur videos are amazing but the reason they aren’t popular yet is because your name is absurdly long and sounds like a mouthful, (no offense as I don’t mean it in a bad way.) I’d recommend changing it to something like chukemtech as chukem is your first name shortened. Take my wisdom to heart and watch as your channel expands into multi-million subscribers. Give yourself a month or two and watch your Channel grow.

You cleared up alot of things for me, I just got my first mechanical keyboard. Pretty happy with the decision now. Cheers mate good video👍

Great video man! explaining well and talking like a friend. Thank you for explaining ♥

I haven't continued the vid but I already love the energy

Explanations like this are so fun and interesting to watch and even the way you speak and explain. Never gets you bored

Good video buddy, the way you speak and explain makes everything so easy to understand. Good luck!

Wow! You gave detailed information and really helped in what to order for work in office. Thank you soo much guy! 😊

omg CJ explaining about keyboard!

This is one of the best reviews I've seen. Thank you!

Bro the way you explain and etc, is amazing. is a rest from all youtube overwhelming reviews out there.( and finally i learned wht i needed)

This Channel is underated, clear & expressive explenation, easy to understand.

Id like to note that mechanical keybaords can bee wayy more silent than membranes. They also are more silent than opticals as there are no optical silent switches yet. Also mechanical boards can be alot easier to press than membrane ones. Great video :)

Videos like this is why I need a MEGA-LIKE button! Thank you so much, and great video!

Great explanation. Thanks bro ♥️🔥

Best explanation video, especially from a young RU-vidr love it man ❤️

this video is so good. im trying to figure out what keyboard to get and every video i watch just acts as if i should already know all this stuff. your video is perfect because it tells what i am going to pay and exactly what i am going to get. thanks!

this is the best explenation i have EVER seen. great vid. sub count suprised me, should be much higher

Super professional and interesting video, especially for a small RU-vidr. Good job.

You deserve a lot more recognition bro! great content!!

Great overview! Thanks!

Like many people said, you my guy, are good. Never seen a small youtube channel being this good at explaining something. Props to you homie.

This was a super helpful video man thanks!

This was super entertaining and insightful. Kudos!

I don’t even have a computer but when I have I’ll watch your vid again, Thanks

amazing vid dude keep the good work!

Most excellent teach. So much so, I expect your AI-centric talks will be just as great and i need to understand it. Truthfully, I’m subscribing hoping you will occasionally do more in-depth like subjects similar to subjects like mechanical keyboards, maybe hub versus docks, smart switches, etc.

Super clear video, good stuff dude! Keep it up!

Great explanation brother, you made this topic looks more easier than others lads, Thank you

dude that intro was amazing.

Bro you are my bro , i am appreciated by your hard work making your videos , you are clear ,straight to point , no sponcering , and good explainer ,keep it up , 🎉🎉😊

Thank you for this precise and detailed explanation! It helped me to make my decision!!! 🖖🏽

Only ur video gave me straight explanation about membrane/mechanical keyboards, thank you.

Nice video man, learned a lot from this.

i gotta say u deserve a 1million subs dude ur underated thanks i understand everything i have membrane keyboard for 4 years desiciding to change to mechanical for gaming i think i am gonna make on my own custom one thanks a lot

thanks ive been trying to learn about keyboards to one day make my own and this video has been the most helpoful

I never knew the differences between the two until about a day ago. However when I first got a quiet keyboard it was such relief.

Nice explanation man 👍👍

Great video! It's hard to get oriented and this was a great crash course!

Underrated as hell man! Helped a lot. I ain’t even know optical keyboards were even different from Mechanical

Really great explanation mate ! Thank you !

I was used to membrane keyboards because of school and I didn't like them because of the feel of them (like 5 years ago), but I thought all the keyboards that look like those were going to feel the same, I liked laptop keyboards more and I decided to go with MX Keys but my fingers started to feel tired after a day of work, I used it for 4 months then I started to search for alternatives and found the different types of keyboards, now I'm using keychron Q1 and it's been great, feels great and sounds great if you're willing to mod it. You really deserve more views, Subscribed.

Very good video.Well explained

great review. i love your work

I just got a mechanical and I love it’s clicky switches. I didn’t even know about optical keyboards. Thanks for the run down and not using a bunch words I don’t understand lol!

Super underrated, wish I'd found it sooner, but awesome in-depth video dude

Underrated video you need more recognition. Keep it up

solid video 💪

Awesome video, informative and to the point!

this is surprisingly so good explanation for video of 1k views, you should have 100x times that at least, you explained it simply and so good. i dont care about customization and rgb, but i preffer fastest stuff and durable, so kinda optical sounds like my type, hope ill find wireless and silent keyboard

Well explained bro u earned a sub 👏🏻

aye thank you so much for putting so much effort on this video ill go for mecha membrane :D

Great video, just right into the point!

good job on creating this vid.. love it and keep it up

yo that Intro got me hyped up :D

Very informative video, thank you

Very good video. Subbed

dude, i really love your personality and how you talk in the video. Subscribe🗣🗣🔥🔥

bro your editing is on point!

Immediately subbed cuz of that legendary intro 😂

Man your explaination is way too good i mean you just come to the point with very example stuff only that makes easy to understand about the topic. Great Video and keep Grinding.

Great Video!. Thanks🙂

You deserve many more subs bro. Great presentation.

Thanks for a great info filled video, really helped me out!

this is an amazing video thank you so much

You earned a sub my friend

I loved this video. Great explanation of all the keyboards. I had a membrane in my early years, and it had to be replaced often. I am a very heavy typer, on the computer all the time. I went from that, to my very first mechanical keyboard, which was blue switches. I loved it, even loved the sound. The feel was so much superior for me over the membrane. My E cap was wearing down, and replacing the keycaps were just too much for me, as it cost the same as the keyboard, so I opted to replace it with an optical switch keyboard. Mine is the Apex Pro by SteelSeries. There is one thing about optical you did not mention that I thought I would bring up here. Since the keyboard relies on light in order to actuate, the actuation point can be adjusted. You can have it set so that an extremely light tap of the key so it barely moves will actuate it, or, you can make it so that you have to bottom the key out in order to actuate it. That is how the SteelSeries Apex Pro works. I love it. So during games, I can have my WASD keys very sensitive, yet, I can make the key for throwing a bomb require a further press so that I do not accidently press it. You can even set one key to do two different things with "Dual actuation", which the SteelSeries has. Not all keyboards with optical switches have these features though. There are a few limitations though to such a setup. First, since you can adjust the actuation, these keyboards do not come in the brown or blue style switches. They are all in the style of reds (AKA linear). For me, I find if I set the key to be 100 percent bottom out requirement, sometimes they won't register. Similarly, if I set it to completely sensitive, I find the keys will easily accidentally register. So having them at the extremes is not the best idea. It's amazing how far keyboards have come from the late 90's. I love it!

good guide easy to understand

Well explained. Good job, sir.

Dope vid man! 😁

great video! Earned a sub. Keep it up.

Great explanation. Thanks.

7:40 that's an hhkb, which does not use a mechanical switch but a topre switch, which is an electrostatic capacitive non-contact switch, which is basically a very expensive membrane.

you are a good youtuber idk why your account is still small. Keep going forward man

UNDERRATED CHANNEL

Useful video. Thanks.

Excellent video!

U are the best small youtuber w mann

Very well done

I wish I'd found this video earlier and saved myself the hassel of doing a lot of searching about keyboards. Great video mate. I ordered myself a HyperX alloy origins full size with red linear. What are your thoughts on this?

with the intro itself, you earned a a like and a sub pal ✌🏻ü

Good video covering the 3 most common variants. You forgot Hall Effect switches though - i.e. Lekker switches from Wooting or the Flux keyboards (granted the later is brand new and didn't exist a year ago) - also brand new in this matter DrunkDeer with budget keyboards using Hall Effect switches...

The disrespect towards membrane keyboard, everytime you speak about it is soo hilarious 😅😅nevertheless great insights! Cheers from India

very good explanation.

Thank you for this video. I'm looking forward to buy a mechanical keyboard and then Amazon started to show me optical keyboards that I had no idea what the difference is.

Great video, I learned a lot. I just bought my first mechanical keyboard, a Corsair K95 with blue clicky keys. I love it! It's time to toss all my old Dell membrane keyboards collected over the years.

Why doesn't this have more views?? Your video is so much more informative than videos with higher views out there.

Great vid for noobs like me trying to figure out what keyboard i need! continued success!....

I was about to buy a membrane keyboard and i didn't had an idea about it, now i know what to pick. Thanks for the informations! Greetings from Tunisia!

Ty for ur breath spend which helped a lot :)

You deserve way more subscribers.😊