This Budget Keyboard is SO GOOD... 

I really love how you are all about preference being at the heart of the hobby, and how the goal isnt just a deep sounding linear board with “thock”. I love your content, keep up the good work for as long as doing so is fun

Man after I bought my first custom keyboard last year, a lot of aluminum keebs like these are coming out and it’s making me hella jealous

This video made me buy this keyboard. Having done absolutely nothing to it, and for $95 I could not be more impressed. Thank you Mr. Hippo man.

I like your videos, bc they are informative and at the same time you keep remembering that these are your opinion and it may not overlap. But what I totally love is how they perfectly convey the cat owner experience..... Nola bitting the foam on the background, gettint tired of it and deciding to start another task.... On point.

The "No Case Foam" stage sounded absolutely perfect to me 🤌 Just got my first mechanical keyboard earlier this week (fully assembled Keychron V6 w/ knob). Sounds pretty good already (minus the spacebar), but I'm gonna have to see if I can make it sound more like this.

Your videos gave me the confidence to take apart my keyboard. Now I get to buy a new one because I broke it.

he looks like an english major

I just bought a drop cstm80 because of ur short and stream where u talked about it. It’s my first mechanical keyboard and I want to thank you for making keyboard videos because they basically introduced me to the world of mechanical keyboards.

just delivered, had bought after seeing your video, man it sound so good probably the best keyboard in the market at price $95

This is just my assumption for why there are slot cuts in the case. But I think the slot cuts is to balance the weight from the battery on the opposite side. I'm assuming that the battery is lighter than the metal of the case.

Wow, the case is aluminium and stock sounds awesome... but you're right, it all depends on the combination of all the parts! My tiny bit of experience so far is that a LOT depends on the key caps; the material/production process that can make the keys harder or softer on the bottoming-out and return, and the height makes it sound more hollow or shallow.

I have this built from it's barebones form and it is outstanding. I ended up using a mix of U4Ts and Epo Budgerigars for switches, and a set of Ghost Judges Apollo keycaps (stuck with the idea of the space theme). The result is is totally thocky, and very satisfying. It's a very heavy board, so those thinking this is good for travel, I'd look elsewhere, perhaps something like the Epomaker TH80SE with the purple keycaps and Budgerigar switches (I have this as well, and it's fantastic for travel purposes).

I didn't know that the Fekee holy pandas were clones. I thought feker were the ones who made the holy pandas. I guess you learn something new, in this hobby everyday 😂😂

After going way down the rabbithole that is mechanical key contraptions to the very extreme I can honestly say that the best sounding and the best feeling/functioning keyboard are rarely ever two in the same. Case in point *no pun intended* the most functional keyboard I have that keeps my RSI in check is the Feker Alice 80 67% split ergonomic keyboard with mostly Chinese clone parts feels the very best and sounds the worst. Just my 2 cents.

Feker actual does make decent product and you can get the Galaxy from other vendors instead of Epomaker if you don't want to buy from a vendor that has questionable aftersales support. It's about 80 for the trimode and 70 for wired only for a kit without switches and keycaps.

Anyone notice Nola licking the foam in 12:20?

Just got this keyboard. i love how it sounds out of the box, and the colors. thanks for the recommendation

Bought this keyboard thanks to this video. Absolutely love it, and I like the feel of the keycaps a lot more than I expected to as well.

interesting keyboard, would love a drunkdeer video. hall effect switches on a budget seems crazy

Bought the bare bones base of this, it’s very impressive!! My WS morandi switches are coming in the mail soon I’ll let you guys know how it turns out

I got this prebuilt on Prime Day for $85 and I love it. Thanks for the video!

I bought my first mechanical keyboard with tips from this channel. Not the cheapest, but has all the features, wireless Ghz, Bluetooth , RGB, Hot-swappable of course. I don't care much about the sound , but the hot-swap was what i wanted. I bought some silent switches( silent switches are more expensive by BTW) and occasionally when i'm bored i swap my silent with the noisy switches just for a achange!!

The keycaps looks like my XVX profile keycaps from dagaladoo. They're a blend of XDA profile with the curve of cherry profile. I actually love this profile since I have large hands.

On preferences: Gotta be honest, I don't get the gasket mount, flex fad. It seems to me that gasket mounts might be great for typists trying to mitigate fatigue. However, with a plastic plate PCB with flex cuts, the gasket action and flex will vary across the board - the middle will be more flexible than the sides. Even having a gasket with something like an aluminum plate, will change how the keystrokes feel when the user presses different key combinations down because it will depress the board to different degrees. As a gamer, I don't want that kind of "play" in the action on the keyboard because gaming relies on extremely accurate timing. I need to know exactly when each keystroke will register and it needs to be really consistent across the keyboard and regardless of whether I am pressing W alone or sprint strafing by pressing W+A+Shift or some other common combo. This trend has made it really difficult to find non-gasket, aluminum plate keyboards within particular layout profiles and it is really annoying.

When i was entering custom keyboard hobby, i bought aula f75(i wish you will check on it, or even make review on it) but now I’m thinking to make custom keyboard 😀(thx to you for your channel)

I just put together this keyboard tonight after work with some custom keycaps, I bought the barebones version and Akko cream yellow pro V3 switches and it sounds insane. Good pop from the keycaps and super thocky. I think I messed up my pcb a little in one spot because I can't get the right windows button to actuate, and I bent a few pins at first but this is my first "build" and I couldn't be happier. $90 in Canadian funny ducks for a pre assembled aluminum case/pcb/ dampening etc. is wild. side note the stabs are a bit overlubed but I'm sure that will be a self solving problem over time.

I know most comments get lost in the mix. But I have been in the luxury automotive industry for 25 years. And I have customers complain about the way the keys on high-end cars sound. When doing this repair, it is always amazing to hear the customers reaction. But all I have ever used is HOCKEY TAPE. Give it a shot and let me know what you think.

just bought one of these guys in blue and am super happy with it. Hoping to swap out the caps then switches later down the line once my wallet recovers from buying this lol. Also as a heads up for anyone seeing this comment now, Amazon has these for sale at 100 dollars with a 20 dollar off coupon, I think the grand total I paid for mine after shipping and tax was a little less than 90 bucks.

Three years ago, an aluminum keyboard for the same price had no flex cuts, no foam, awful stabs, and the sound could wake up the dead. I got into the hobby at the wrong time ☹ I know why you removed the foam, Hipyo: to let Nola chew it, right? 😅

The algorithm recommended your video while I was researching the NuPhy Gem80. The price point is crazy value! Ended up ordering the barebones kit for $70 with Chinese Near Year/Valentine's Day sale discounts

If you scratch the keycaps with your nail, it might be leaving filings on the key rather than scratches. Try cleaning them with a mild cleaner and see if they go away.

Great vid again Hipyo! Would love to see this compared to the HI75 and the Aula F75. The Aula feels so good to type on, I'm actually in love. Note the Aula F-series each has different switch offerings for the 75, 87, and 99

I think the definition of leaf spring has evolved with time. I think the Thermal was defined as leaf spring but it was mostly cuts in the alu plate to create the spring effect. I think the Kohaku is a leaf spring similar to Thermal. Nowadays I believe Owlab Spring, Link65, AM, etc. are all what we generally consider leaf spring.

I can see why some people like w/e sound that is with no foam, but that first audio clip that was pure stock I really liked that sound

Great video. Just built mine around the black USB one, using Akko Fairy switches and some "Rome" keycaps. Looks stunning and is very silent.

I just ordered the barebones of this, with KTT Macaron Blue Switches and some cute Venit Keys Panda keycaps. Can't wait to build it when they all arrive next week! I think that it may have been a costly idea 😅

It actually sounds pretty solid with no foams for a super budget alu board. I'd still rather spend a few more bucks and get a QK Neo, though, if I wanted a clacky build. Also- Would be cool to see you do a Leobog Hi8 review!

I definitely prefer it stock. Nice vid :)

ive used a feker board before, the ik75 about a year ago, and it was wuite good for a $80 plastic board

I was recently shopping for something relatively budget (or really budget), made of aluminium and I just couldn't cover all the bases. If one keyboard had one thing, it lacked in other places... Sometimes it was lack of knob (but I could stomach it if it had enough 'free' keys), or it was seemingly perfect, but without QMK/VIA support and / or lacking in layout (e.g. screen taking up space for mentioned keys in place of knob). This way I eliminated e.g. Chilkey ND75, Womier SK75 (no VIA, suboptimal layout / lack of knob), also it seems that many wireless boards just lack VIA support, so I ended up with Monsgeek M1 V3 (wired qmk) which has yet to arrive. I guess I might just have got another Keychron, but I wanted to try something else. I'm spewing all of this as this board seems to have many advantages (well, the sound, dissaembly, price, gaskets), but on the other hand really lacking like in software, or quality (case easily getting scratched is like huge problem IMO)... Really even though there are so many good options nowadays, it's still kinda rough to just get something perfect as in having all the features you need. I would get keyboard that needs mods, but has the right set of features, over one souding / feeling good ootb, but lacking in one of these areas.

Did you know the gmk87 came out? It'd be cool to hear your thoughts on it. It's a gasket mounted tkl with a flex cut polycarb plate. It also has a knob and an oled screen

Curious, why is MKBHD hashtagged into the title? Is that for SEO?

This could be my next keyboard, dang. I would go stock, sounds the best to me. Top row incline looks interesting for sure lol.

they improve the paint now with 'Pro' version which seems the same in every other respect according to vendor info on Aliexpress. This keyboard is working well for me if it was 2x or 3x the price it would still be very good indeed.

I just got this keyboard and I love it. Can you recommend a shine through keycaps? The keycaps are good, but I worked in the dark a lot and not having shine through keycaps is difficult for me. Thank you.

I bought this keyboard and love it 😂 I'm going to try the electrical tape on the points of contact. Thank you!

THATS THE ONE I GOT FOR MY FIRST BUILD I JS PUT SOME MILY YELLOWS IN AND IT SOUNDED HEAVENLY

I went from a razer keyboard to the keychron C3 PRO and I love it. The keyboard is mikes ahead of my razer. I do plan on building my own this year and your videos have been helpful. I really want shine through keycaps and I plan on building an all white board

I love the cat in the background just munching away on the foam...

i think the stock sound is great😍

What do you think compared to the rainy 75?

This looks like an alu copy of my Aula F87 Pro, or my Aula is a plastic copy of this one. I have the same keycaps only in white/dark/green. Great video !

They’re very similar to Akko black and cyan keycaps

If you want a better pre-built TKL and don't mind the styling of the keycaps, the case color, or the linear switches, then the Cidoo v87 is a better option than this

12:20 the cat is tasting the foam lol

This keyboard is my first one and man is it almost perfect. I wish there was more resistance on my keys and maybe a bit quieter but thats it!

12:20 unironically the best part of the video. Nom nom nom giv me foamsnax (please do not feed your cat foam)

Excellent video. Very thorough and well edited!

I love the color of the keycaps but I think they are to low and have to sharp edges. Any recommendations for beautiful keycaps that fit the black Epomaker x Feker? And thanks for making me addicted to mechanical keyboards... I used to be a solid Logitech MX user.... and now I have got 4 mechanical keyboards :)

2:37 Looks pretty embossed to me. Probably just a mold, but looks the same from the top, where it's important.

Thanks for the great vid. This is very first time that I like the stock sound better than your mod! haha.

Hmm, no foam doesn't sound _bad_ on this one, but I definitely preferred the sound _with_ foam.

got this board , its fantastic honestly. love the keycaps

YOOO HIPYO, AMAZING VIDEO. CONGRATS ON HITTING 900K SUBSCRIBERS ASWELL🥳🥳🥳🤩

You should make a video a video about Epomaker x Aula 75 keyboard. I think it is a really good keyboard for its price range a truly a budget king.

Honestly, I love this! I love keyboards that 'ping' but that's just me and my ADHD being weird. But what I find frustrating is finding a keyboard I love, it says "RGB" and on the site it shows alllll these color combos you can do but then, when you get it, there's like maybe six and no way to customize them. So that's my pet peeve. And as I don't have the hip new Apple iPhone (can't afford it), I'm stuck using a Walmart special $100ish Android which can barely handle Facebook and recently, due to 'lack of storage space' (wait wut), stopped updating even that x'D So know I can do this, at the bare minimum, is a relief!

I just noticed that you type the same way as me--mostly only using your index finger on your right hand. I blame gaming and swapping to the mouse frequently making me less proficient with right hand-typing,

I got the barebones kit in purple for $54. Worth every penny.

The switches will be amazing after lubing them. People should try

Funny enough I have this keyboard with one layer of tape and akko cream blues and all the foam and it sounds really really nice and what makes it better is the stabs are lubed

To me, no case foam sounded the best. You can really hear those marbles bouncing. Without any foam I find it somewhat too clacky. That said, I am again saddened to see no tape mod ;'( Great vid again, thanks bud.

This keyboard is very interesting with all foams, a forcebreak mod and tape mod with Gateron Milky pro V2. Sounds like ice cubes in a cup of hot cocoa.

I cant imagine what a pain keeping pdfs in your home must be. Respect.

Those keycaps look like they might be XVX profile caps. All the legends look damn near identical to the sets I have as well as the profile and key shape.

such a helpfull vid, keep up the work man

13:53 the CAT like eat foam😂

Finally someone else besides me who rubs a screwdriver against my keyboard daily just to scratch it 🤨

I just built this in a bare bones with glorious pandas some double shot pbt caps and it's pretty good

Thanks For This Review Hipyo!! I Bought It And It İş PERFECT For Me ! Thanks So Much ! 😊

Those random cutouts look like they're there for weight balance, I imagine something inside made it feel heavier on that side so they cut some material out from that end of it.

i love how hipyo says the keyboard is “budget” but it actually costs more than my net worth

I bought this the day after its release and found no reviews, Thanks hipyo.

Hey hippo I have an idea for a video.What if you try to make a 60% keyboard out of 1% keyboards it would be cool to see!

I purchased this board a couple of weeks ago and I really like it. It was pretty good stock out of the box but now after a force feedback mod and changing out the switches to Morandies the sound and feel is now right in the sweet spot of my personal preference for sound and feel, plus the boards looks great and only $95 on Amazon.

The keycap profile looks like XVX to me (a supposed blend of Cherry and XDA). I currently have XVX on my Q11 and actually quite like it.

Hey, what's your top 3 TKL?

"Guys! The hard metal scratched the soft metal. " Welcome to Rockwell my guy.

Hipyo! Please do a epic vid on BEST HE keyboards/switches for 2024!! Include the varmilo victory and polar65!!!

The general similarity in between the shapes of keycaps makes me think there where only like ten different molds max for all keycaps worldwide. This one is the 'Keychron shape', to me .. but maybe they are just all clones.

I guess side-backlit legend keycaps would be needed if wanted backlit keycaps as normal one would not work as well unless you have switches with clear stems and housing.

i am pretty sure if you scratch anything aluminum with hardened steel it will scratch

Nice video once again :). Although I have to ask, can you make a video where you mod the YUNZII AL71? I'm planning to get this keyboard for my birthday and nobody really made a video on modding this thing. It has aluminium case and also is a gasket mounted keyboard. I am planning to put the almighty tape mod on it but maybe you could experiment some other mods for it?Maybe?M a y b e ?

Hey, I know the website said Cherry profile keycaps, but what they look like are MDA profile keycaps.

congrats on 900k

I use this keyboard but with hand lubed and filmed ktt strawberry v2s. Should I give removing the case foam a try? Would it keep the creamy sound signature?

top review. the board sound good out of the box.

Not bad. Seems like a decent Feking keyboard for the price.

Thanks for sharing. So is this some kind of joint venture between Feker and Epomaker? Or did Epomaker buy them? Thanks in advance. It's difficult to keep up with the amount of companies they seem to buy. 🤣

Those keycaps look like clones for the Akko Black&Cyan but flat profile

I got shark attack K86 on a discount for 55$. the rest of the DIY or other OEM are to the moon 100+