The New Tofu 2.0 Keyboard Is Too Good

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@IInferno Год назад

E yellow tofu²

@BreathOfDust Год назад

With the new bezels it would look a lot like a korn

@obentoubako Год назад

I genuinely loved all of the tofu 2.0 builds that came out recently, and only found out afterwards that (surprisingly) a lot of people didnt like how it sounded. I don't understand what people were expecting/looking more for with a tofu 2.0. It's a huge upgrade from the honestly outdated original tofu, in both feel (assuming since I dont have a 2.0) and sound (in my opinion). Like you said too, even if the sound is not to your preference, you can't not say that its simply a "different" sound, and not necessarily a worse or thinner sound. Great review as always, glad you never give into the majority opinion and stay true to your own feelings/thoughts on products. Gives me confidence in believing what you say when watching your reviews of products.

@himmerferdet4138 Год назад

one like on this comment = one signature for e yellow tofu 2.0

@kanishakasharma5149 Год назад

Because of you, I've spent too much on keyboards and I can't figure if that's a good thing or a bad thing

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

If you’re happy it’s a good thing

@Junl09 Год назад

Thanks for the review. That bowl mount does look interesting despite the weird install method. I hope KBDfans would bring that mounting option to their other boards in the future. Never hurts to have boards with more mounting options built in like this. I missed out on this because I bought the Tofu Jr that was released before 2.0's preorder was up. :(

@pate00711 Год назад

what's the difference between the jr and this?

@Junl09 Год назад

@@pate00711 From what I can tell, Tofu Jr have a different bottom weight with multiple finishes to choose from & the board don't have bowl mount as an option.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

It's like the Tofu Jr was Tofu 1.5 I think. They discontinued it though

@Junl09 Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen Crap. I didn't know that it was discontinued. I was hoping to pick up a FR4 plate... Thanks for the update. Now I can stop checked their site hoping for a restock.

@rickymartin181 Год назад

Genuinely genuine you… No biased expensive rare Keeb is always top shit! You are a top tier mate!

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Thank you ricky !

@wyzkun Год назад

you are the first keyboard youtuber that i watched that practically made me went down the rabbit hole like 3 months ago. now i am designing my custom case

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Damn that’s such an honor! What layout are you designing ?

@wyzkun Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen a 60% layout because my old keyboard case sucks, even after everything, it couldn't make the sounds that i wanted.

@Unseen-Custom-Keebs Год назад

Really want to get one of these but I’m currently broke after building my first custom keyboard about a month ago🤣

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Don't worry, it will be instock in the future for you to consider then!

@Unseen-Custom-Keebs Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen Thanks, hopefully I can save some money and get it at some point. I’m thinking of pairing it with the Shiookk!! keycaps from the antidote studio. Do you have any experience or recommendations regarding the seller?

@ChubiPanda Год назад

They missed a trick not calling this the Twofu.

@Misfirem Год назад

its only right that you cover this board, after all

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

ironically I don't even eat tofu irl that much. my wife loves soondubu tho

@KalbiKing Год назад

Saw you in the comments talking about enjoying the feel and not the sound. I want to make this my office board (quiet). Do you have suggestions on making this board even quieter without using silent/semi silent switches? I haven’t used any yet but a common complaint is that they feel mushy, which at that point I’d just use a membrane keyboard. Thanks! Great video.

@henrirobbins2343 Год назад

Considering that this board really seems to be prioritizing flexibility over sound profile, I'm very tempted to pick one up and install some silent switches in it. Seems like a great way to get a good office board without breaking the bank.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

and you get a brass weight so it doesn't feel cheap

@mjeezyca Год назад

Reading this comment mindblown because i just ordered this keyboard to put gat silent black ink v2s - going to lube and film them as well as try out o rings for the first time for a stealth office board

@V1-Model Год назад

Mfs who live in low class of society (like me😢😔): damn its to make out cheaper crap version.

@DIRECTSOUNDVINYL Год назад

Why, no wirelress and no Bluetooth? what a shame.....

@annoto997 Год назад

Hmm, I think people started saying it is thin after Alex's stream where he felt it sounded a little thin. There were people in his chat who disagreed though. But I am still waiting for my Tofu60 2.0 to try it for myself. Everyone likes different things I guess. (:

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

I think so too. Honestly it sounds as "thin" as my Gateron Pink Kohaku build. People disagreed with me when I didnt like that as well. But people already think Kohaku is "endgame" so they view that as good whereas Tofu is accessible so they view that as bad lol

@annoto997 Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen I just got my Tofu60 2.0 and I really like how it sounds with 70G silicon bowls, carbon fibre plate and Raeds (V1.5). Not thin for me! (: Thank you for the recommendation, because I lost the Kohaku raffle, and the spacebar of the Tofu60 2.0 is premium copium. xD

@XxXHardcoreshredderxXXxxxxxxxx Год назад

@@annoto997 is tofu good for gaming like league like can it be low latency

@CodTypist Год назад

I think yellow would look weird for me, because I don’t know if there’s any keycaps that would match it

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Basically just black keycaps or some yellow ones lol. Like gmk Greg, lux, serika

@CodTypist Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen black and yellow keycaps would look nice, like black regular color and then yellow gold letters, with yellow board, I can picture that looking really clean

@Havesomepizza Год назад

Memes aside, I would have 100% copped one of these if they made an e-yellow. I want that colorway with black keycaps so badly.

@eerielconstantine5051 Год назад

Ducky makes a hello board 👀 I would look at reviews before going for it tho

@James-tm6ku Год назад

How long does the group buy take ? It doesn’t say on the page

@shinyuta Год назад

after hearing '40,000' units sold. My first reaction was, that's it? but than I remember how "small" the custom keyboard hobby really is. Doesnt' really feel that way when you are in it.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

definitely agree with you there. like when the satisfaction75 r2 was gunning for 1000+ units, that was unheard of. so 40,000 units over a couple of years of is still pretty wild for custom keyboards.

@shinyuta Год назад

@AndyVNguyen my first custom (in 2022) was the tofu60 acrylic. I heard that it was already pretty outdated even at the time, but I'm glad I started there! I got to experience a custom from back when customs were a fairly new thing, without all the foams and gasket variations. :) Great video! Will probably wait til divinikey picks some up.👍

@karstenk.6067 9 месяцев назад

Hi, I have al Problem with this Board. The Spacebar is so loud and sounds bad. Dont understand that. My config. MX Blacks or WS Onion booth total bad. What is that. Only Bowl Mount its ok. All other Builds has extrem Hollow. I Use the alu Plate. The Spacebar Sounds so bad with GMK Set. Stabs these are perfect.The space bar bangs so disgustingly loudly. How do you make the Tape

@QoraxAudio Год назад

Okay. Now shut up and eat your tofu! 🤣🤣🤣 Btw, I've been considering the Tofu as a secondary keyboard next to my Odin R3 for some time now. This second version looks promising.

@kename1280 Год назад

Does factor75 have a mapo tofu option

@kobb4467 Год назад

HelloFresh adspot but no tofu dish, scammaz

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

SORRY SENPAI NEXT TIME

@aljoscha855 Год назад

I love the TOFU board. Such a good entry-level that competes with much more expensive boards.

@NautiOG Год назад

Any idea what the difference between the Tofu Jr and Tofu2 65 is? Was just surprised to see the 2.0 released immediately behind the Jr. Always enjoy your Keyboard videos no fluff just quick and to the point each time. Much love

@msena4008 Год назад

Seems like they discontinued the Jr according to their website. The differences I can see are that they changed the brass weight to and added the bowl mount to the 65.

@terrencepowersofficial 7 месяцев назад

Coming back here to say that the Tofu 60 2.0 ended my keyboard buying addiction. In short, it's endgame for me. As much as i wanted to own a Unikorn, this is enough for me.

@AndyVNguyen 2 месяца назад

nice! happy for you

@92abhinavkashyap Год назад

Bro the keyboard may be really good. It might be a replacement to other things on the market. But there is no substitute to cooking at home. Even if it means going to the supermarket everyday :p

@J.0422 Год назад

fire 🔥

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

hot hot fiyah

@thestreamreader Год назад

To bad by the time you ad the plate at shipping its $225. So moves it a little passed budget. The only budget aluminum 60% is the keebsforall freebird60.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

that's literally a tofu, a really old design in that it is a tray mount

@bitcrush Год назад

banger vid thanks andy 🙏

@ciruspunk6771 8 месяцев назад

that red color looks too good, Is it e-coating or anodized? Because I'm planning on buy one!

@AndyVNguyen 8 месяцев назад

E coat!

@MercyOfDarkness Год назад

So funny to see Pyga on this now. Good luck getting that set for a reasonable price right now.

@ajdcabrera Год назад

Love the sponsor segue haha!

@injectsql 2 месяца назад

What is the keyboard case shown on your desk around 2:46 when building out the Tofu? It is so sleek

@AndyVNguyen 2 месяца назад

kohaku

@kubkodev Год назад

Can anyone elaborate what does taping the flex cuts mean? Is it like doing tape mod with single layer on the bottom of the PCB, but difference is that only flex cuts are taped and not whole board? Thx

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Tape mod.. but only over where the flex cuts are . So just strips

@jaxx1360 Год назад

my 2.0 came in today and I was excited asf then one of the screws on the bottom of the case came stripped and I can’t get it out because it’s in a deep hole so I can’t even build this keyboard. Just got these parts sitting in my room. And a single stripped fucking screw that’s unattainable ruined it for me

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

I have never received a new board that had stripped screws. If that is truly the case, contact them and they'll send you another case

@jaxx1360 Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen I’m pretty sure I was just mad incorrectly blaming them but actually messed it up myself using a screw size one size above the right one. I’m buying a new case soon though.

@CapsuleCorpDude Год назад

Does this already come assembled? Thanks everyone.

@henryliu1715 Год назад

Does the 2.0 come with a plate or do I have to buy one separately?

@elliottgoat Год назад

I know i sound like a child but, i love the fact that "lube, stiff" and "make them louder" all are common things to talk about in this hobby

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

lmao fr tho

@kory637_ Год назад

I'm thinking about building my first keyboard but, I'm not sure if I shuld get the tofu 2.0 or the zoom 65? which one should I get?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

tofu has a real brass weight and zoom has a 'fake' weight that's just alu. i'd pick tofu. but some people say it's quieter.

@xDisengage Год назад

Great successor to the original Tofu. I also wish this was available back when I first got a Tofu in 2020

@L96A1BM Год назад

Does the hhkb layout support a 6.25u spacebar or only a 7u?

@SumTsuiTechie Год назад

I hope they at least rounded the edges a little bit. That thing still looks intimidating

@horus3577 Год назад

So I bought this keyboard in stock. The main concern for me is a little bit of ping left with softer plates in any mounting configuration. Really annoying. Force-break mod doesn't help, it seems like it even makes it worse. If this is important, I think it's worth using an aluminium plate or both plate and case foam provided.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Thanks for sharing! What plate material did you use exactly

@horus3577 Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen I used CF plate in my build. Quick note, It turns out that putting some electrical tape under the brass weight around the screw holes also reduces the overall ping. I can hear a significant difference just by tapping my finger on the bottom of the keyboard.

@stoner2702 Год назад

We got tofu 2.0 and we got tofu jr that is available on divinikeys. Do you have any idea what the difference between tofu 2.0 65% and tofu jr?

@Isaacthedank Год назад

tofu jr has pvd weight but no bowl mount or brass

@DemVidzIsMine Год назад

I'm so sad I missed the PBTfans Pyga GB. It looks so good on a red keyboard

@killeraudiofile8094 Год назад

honestly a solid sounding board but I think the Tiger 80 Lite has ruined other entry-level boards for me lol.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

That spacebar is stupid good lol

@dupre7777 Год назад

hi andy do you prefer the gateron oil king or the gateron ink in therm of sound and feel thanks for the suport 🤝🤝

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

oil king probably if i'ma do it in 2023

@Fzzy1637 Год назад

What type of switches does it has?

@NeonLine1982 Год назад

So thin sound is good or better now? That's wild.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

A lot of people went crazy for the gateron pink build on my kohaku. That was definitely thin. People are letting their bias for boards get in their way of their opinions lol.

@NeonLine1982 Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen True. This is a subjective hobby after all.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

@@NeonLine1982 respectful reply! W commentor

@amanthattellsthetruth9792 Год назад

as someone that you have a tofu v1 and you use it for so long , is this an upgrade?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

yes it's an upgrade

@TwisTed1803 Год назад

do you know if it has an iso layout too?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

there is definitely an iso layout

@TwisTed1803 Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen ahhh fuck I just checked, turns out there is for the 60 but not for the 65

@Keebmen Год назад

Hey man, what kind of tape did you use over the flex cuts?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

masking tape will work but i use tamiya tape before but it sometimes BARELY makes it. i'd go strips of masking tamiya tape: amzn.to/3DI2nkX

@TooicyHydra Год назад

Can i use the tofu60 2.0 plate with a different case?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

@JesusXina Год назад

I wonder what was the point of the Tofu JR

@chocho563 8 месяцев назад

Hey, what tape did you use for the flex cuts?

@AndyVNguyen 8 месяцев назад

amzn.to/3DI2nkX

@solaufein Год назад

Tofu65 2.0 or Qk65 is better to buy? Please advice

@kennethluigiregino3877 10 месяцев назад

Qk65 better

@haroldallaberg6359 Год назад

crazy that $159 is considered budget

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

for cnc aluminum and brass weight it definitely is. you might be able to get it a bit cheaper from aliexpress type stuff though.

@Amathyy Год назад

The title saying 159 instead I payed with all taxes 270€ pain

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Dang is that because of customs

@Amathyy Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen Yess it was 200 with 2 plates and at the end customs and shipping 80€, I could've bought some random keyboard with these customs money

@Keebmen Год назад

Would you recommend an alu or fr4 plate for the bowl mounts 🤔 especially with 'creamy' switches

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Depends on the switch. Some sound too quiet on fr4

@Keebmen Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen thanks man. Also, did you have to force break mod the tofu? If so, what did you use :) cuz I don't think it comes with any force break pads

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Nah I didn’t have to

@mizuto1 Год назад

which plate was this

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Alu for all the testing and fr4 for the jwk giant v3

@mizuto1 Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen o that's neat

@FishFPS Год назад

The USB port is in the wrong place...

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

What’s the right place?

@dinglestar123 Год назад

Great vid man as always man!

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Thank you so much!!

@ojgimpson Год назад

Pretty much the same price as the FreeBird60. How would you compare the 2?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

fb60 is a tray mount. i like the feel of the tofu 2.0 more.

@iantune Год назад

ihave thr fb60 its ass, im selling mine for 40usd 😂

@mite4099 Год назад

Sounds too thin and light.

@pid1790 Год назад

does it come with 1Khz polling rate at stock?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Not really sure. It’s not really an issue for me

@CodTypist Год назад

I bought it and it sounds like it’s on air and it flexes a lot :(

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Top mount it to minimize those things

@CodTypist Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen ok thanks

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Bowl mount is def type feel first and sound second

@CodTypist 9 месяцев назад

@@AndyVNguyentried them all they suck and it just broke, waste of 300 dollars. I regret giving my money to them

@CodTypist 2 месяца назад

@@AndyVNguyenupdate: keyboard broke. The dongle was way too small and it was literally an inch long so it broke when I was flipping it upside down. I hate my life

@oviyenessh23 Год назад

hi what do you think about the tofu se ?? is it worth getting it?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

it looks super cool. if you have the money and like this sound, why not? but i don't have the proto to hear the sound. the tofu 2.0 doesn't have the best spacebar around so that's what i'd hope to see cleaned up in the se.

@hongkong322 Год назад

but what about vs qk60?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Tofu 2.0 is probably easier to buy at any given time. But QK60 is cool too!

@zurqk1567 Год назад

4:42 stiff

@zema.a Год назад

This case is Ecoat Red or Anodize Red?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

ecoat

@turtsw Год назад

What is the best plate for this keyboard or your opinion on best style of plate in general?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

I liked FR4

@turtsw Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen does it have more thock than PC? Im trying to upgrade from a NK65 and this seems to be the way to go. Or do you have another rec?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Fr4 is stiffer than PC so if you want a deeper sound that's the way I'd go

@turtsw Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen sick man thank you.

@javier_i Год назад

Would the Tofu 2.0 case work for modding the Wooting 60he?

@NautiOG Год назад

99% i would grab a plate and use the tofu 2.0 plate with the woofing pcb. If I owned a Whooting I’d be all over that swap. Besides would be a fairly easy flip if for some odd reason it didn’t work.

@BobertRads Год назад

No, won't work. The 60he has the USB port on the left side of the PCB, while the tofu 2.0 case has the USB port in the middle. Plus, looking at the mounting styles they do not match up. Sad that they discontinued the tofu 60 because case swaps for the 60he are almost impossible right now as they're all sold out. Hopefully wooting can release some aluminum cases in the future, or change the mounting style to fit modern cases

@ChrisMenard Год назад

Kbdfans goated tbh

@warrenchen7989 Год назад

does this overtake the bakeneko60 in S tier?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Not for sound, but feel in hand I’d take this

@brondose1027 Год назад

Have you got your hands on the envoy 65?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

No unfortunately

@Clackeeb Год назад

Hi u recommand this keyboard ?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Yes

@Clackeeb Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen thanks 🙏 bro I just order one I should be get this week I hope is not to quiet I love high pitch sound !!!!

@TheTyphoon365 Год назад

Cheap?? Hmm

@penguintart Год назад

looks good 💋👈

@fearsomezq Год назад

I wish the tofu jr was getting more exposure I'm in love with mine.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

I definitely asked about it but they told me they weren’t making any more so yea

@fearsomezq Год назад

Oh wow I'm surprised they aren't. Love the way mine sounds and feels. Havent seen many people making vids on them.

@uznare Год назад

genuinely looks like a great board. unlike the tofu v2 which was dogwater.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Wait what’s the tofu v2

@noanimal Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen top mount

@uznare Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen top mount keyboard kbdfans came out with in 2020. got shadowdropped. lots of qc issues. keyboards getting fried due to bad daughterboards, not replacing damaged pcbs. also high key the colors were ugly as hell and not what you paid for. terrible assembly experience.

@gk5947 Год назад

I‘m confused. How does the TofuJr play into all of this?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

That's like Tofu 1.5 that they discontinued quickly

@owerr66 Год назад

Just Great product positioning from kbdfans

@z4k1_zaki65 Год назад

Tofu JR was a quick run with the PVD weight instead of the sandblasted weight

@scorppu Год назад

who needs two E-yellow tofus?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

I need 3

@cleak221 Год назад

How to make a step caps lock?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

It’s hotswap so just put the switch in the stepped caps lock hole and use stepped cap keycap

@paladinoficetea766 Год назад

cannot wait until you make an e-yellow version

@olinafan4459 Год назад

he already has an e-yellow version

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

i don't have an e yellow tofu 2.0 tho. needs to be the latest

@bronzevchannel3352 Год назад

e-coating or anodized is better?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

I like e coat because it feels smoother to me. But some people like ano more

@bronzevchannel3352 Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen oh tks u. Are u vietnamese?

@woobinlee9958 Год назад

nice review! do you have both 60 and 65? (tofu 2.0)

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Just the 60

@zivens.2407 Год назад

This feels so full circle. Great review as always.

@chunkeat88 Год назад

Hamsters endgame?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

They’re decent switches just not as poppy of a sound as I’d want out of long pole

@xirxirxir Год назад

e yellow tofu when

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

I NEEED IT

@Richover9000 Год назад

awesome vid andy!

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Thank you Rich!!

@mikejason3822 Год назад

This is so cool. Hope they will become in stock soon.

@m4nc1n1 Год назад

Is Veritasium your Dad?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

no why

@officialhideyo Год назад

$159 is a budget keyboard? Wow! Where I am from we get mechanical keyboards for as low as $20. And those are referred to as budget keyboard. Anything about $100 is like a flagship premium shit.

@ItsNotFrey Год назад

For customs, $100-200 for a case, plate & PCB (and stabs, sometimes) is considered budget. It's by no means cheap but considering the manufacturing quality, mounting style(s) and sound, the price is a lot more justifiable.

@ahmaddahaqin Год назад

"Budget" is a bit subjective. Id say a more suitable word would be "entry-level". Custom mechanical keyboards are now more accessible than ever and spending 150$-200$ might be considered overpriced for some people. But in this hobby? Having a premium quality boards at that price would actually be considered reasonable!

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Entry level is probably a better word but it doesn't work as well in the algorithm lol. $20 keyboards just don't really exist here in US. If a brand makes like 100,000 units of an injection molded or plastic keyboard, possibly. But for custom keyboards, the quantity is much lower, so sub $200 is actually an amazing price point.