Crazy to see this quality of boards at this price point, especially prebuilt! Bummer about the flexcut PCB, but it’s a huge win that these support VIA! QMK/VIA support needs to be the standard imo.
I personally don’t consider VIA/QMK support a must have at this price point. I run all my macro’s on a stream deck due to the display buttons and practically infinite layering so I tend to just set my keyboard’s firmware once to change the RGB to white and then forget it. With that in mind, I think the leobog hi75 is an excellent choice if you love your volume knobs like me. Otherwise the Chillkey ND75 also sticks out just due to how easy it is to disassemble and play around with. Both are ~$100 prebuilt and look excellent for the money.
The ND75 not using QMK/VIA or similar is an immediate no go for me. I've been down that path in the past and it's a deal breaker. There have been boards in this price range with VIA for a few years now (I bought a Cidoo V65 V2 full built for $85 for instance). Also the magnetic connectors are such an afterthought on that board it's crazy looking to me. Idk, I'd rather spend the money for a Neo if that's what I cared about. Personally I'd take this Bridge 75 over the ND75. Trading a afterthought magnetic connector and a rather pointless LCD (I'll take keys instead thanks).
@@JustSomeGuy009 Completely understandable. I definitely do prefer open source software when available. I would probably consider it a requirement if I was shopping in the $200+ range or if I already had a larger collection of boards that I was trying to manage. I do find it kind of funny that my $40 AJAZZ AKS068 was able to include VIA support while many $100 keyboards are still holding on to proprietary firmware. The magnetic connectors on the ND75 may be an after thought, but I do find it to be a very convenient one for a constantly evolving board. I am still testing out what I like most in a keyboard so it makes a good experimental board. Though I definitely agree that the screen is pointless. Wish they had used that real estate to implement a knob instead.
Looks nice, but seems I'll have to keep waiting on the Rainy 75 because I want that split spacebar. (waiting on it because they still haven't had the split spacebar plate in stock yet, despite telling me they expected it 'soon' months ago)
Really nice video as usual! But why is it for you the best 75% right know? What about the Chilkey ND75 or the Womier SK75? They are all pretty similar, what sets the Bridge apart for you?
I don't know of any aluminum keyboard that offers an HE PCB at this price point, which is something I've been looking into. Hopefully the HE version delivers.
Is this available in the US/Canada? I've been looking for it but on the vendors for NA on the official website don't have the keyboard on their respective sites lol
that is not a budget keyboard i need to pay 125 for the plus one and 145 euro for the HE nuh uh can someone tell me a budget keyboard with a creamy sound at around 70 - 90 dollars or euro ??
man you're trying so hard to force your opinion to others by commenting on every video about flex cuts. this whole hobby is subjective, some people like it some don't. people like you who shit on other for having preference ruin the keyboard community.
@@fnvfanMSPR nothing is forcing you to use foam, everything is preference, flex cut thins the sound, that's the fact. but what you said is your opinion.
@saviour7431 around 150? Theres a good amount of boards. The new nd75 is aight, the zoom75 and neo65 are all good boards that can be found within that range. Oh, the galaxy80 by epomaker is decent too
I owned and build hundreds of keyboard from budget to expensive. Nowadays budget keyboards are getting better and better. I ordered the ND75 from Chilkey, less than a $100usd. After watching couple of reviewers specially Scott from keybored, ND75 is bang for your buck, from sounds and customization, the only caveat (not actually) is no VIA and it has they’re owned software to remapping your keys and the shipping is takes a while specially with the non flex cut version.
@makata_pro1698 i agree with you. Its a great board. However the 1.2 mm flexcut just aint it for me, no matter how great a board is that will always be a complete deal breaker for me. I do still think its a great entry level board and it's all personal preference anyways
@makata_pro1698 i apparently just learned that there IS a 1.6mm non flex cut version. Yep this automatically puts the board on the top of the budget list, crazy!
