I’ve had a pre built gmmk2 96% for a couple months and have been loving it. The software is pretty easy for what I’ve used it for and the feel for a pre built is really good. And at the price I can’t think of any other keyboard I’d recommend.
Can attest i bought my (96 too) cus of my work in 3D i really needed the numpad and im loving it so far. Thnk god we have this niche god to do so many reviews of mks.
The coiled cable was invented to allow a longer reach cable without having a bag of spaghetti on your desk. These cables were also on every home telephone back in the day ( 1960- 1980 )
Gmmk 2 96% is a wonderful keyboard. It actually replaced my GMMK Pro. The 96% layout is awesome. I actually cracked it open and added Steel adheseive wheel weights to the case to make it heavier. Lubed up the stabs a little more. and its great. the only thing i would change is probably adding a lil more foam or higher end stabs. but for the price. GMMK barebones keyboards are hard to beat! Thanks Ploufe
Well tbf, just doing words on monkeytype and getting a high WPM does not translate to real world typing lol. This coming from someone who can average 130 WPM for 1 minute with on words on monkeytype, my wpm drops drastically to around ~85-90 when I switch to quotes. Punctuation and capitalization is hard especially if you don't alternate your pinky fingers for shift (meaning use left shift if capitalizing letters on the right side of the keyboard and vice versa). So I'd say, if you're getting 80-90 with punctuation and stuff, you're doing just fine :)
@@opparkimchi Ahhhhh, I didn't even think about that 😅. I never have tried monkey type and didn't pay too much attention to the clip. I always use TypingTest (with punctuation and capitalization) so you just helped me restore my dignity in my typing ability haha. I sort of want to try out a monkey test now and see what I can get. edit: I just thought of it and I guess I should have thought of this because whenever I add in numbers I drop down to mid-high 60s maybe breaking 70 if I'm feeling good and lucky.
@@opparkimchi I forgot the website, but there is one where you can do speedtests on writing real time text. And I go to a solid 70wpm there instead of around 60 on monketype. I think real time typing is faster because you usually know what word you'll be typing next in your head already.
@@Daniel-dj7fh Haha, sadly I can't get that improvement as I already do use them all. I would be extremely impressed if someone could chicken peck and get over 70 even 😂
I literally just bought that numpad. There are much cheaper things like that, but most of them have really sketch reviews and software that you have to email a guy to get a google drive link to. I'll pay an extra $70 to not deal with that. Also the sliders and dials look quality. I'm hoping to be able to configure it for Lightroom and Resolve.
If you can afford it I HEAVILY recommend the Keychron Q series products over most of the glorious keyboards... I have owned 2 glorious keyboards including the fullsize version of the GMMK2 and while they are okay, the Keychron Q series is MILES BETTER for what the price difference is. I personally got the Q2 because I wanted a TKL with the F-Row. The Keychron's build quality, software, and default keys and stabilizers are just so much better it is not even close.
Microsoft Sidewinder x6 had that removable numpad and could change it's side. Those damn keyboards costs same when new in ebay. I still want my old X6 back it was so good. Keyboards nowdays has been same for last 2 decades. naturally with qwerty it needs to stay, but otherwise it's the same pretty much. Same with controllers. All of those are pretty much like that dual shock controller for Playstation 1 and it's been released in 1997 :DDDD I wanna plan out keyboard or controller that would be so awesome :D
I've never cared much about sound with keyboards I'm always wearing headphones at my pc anyway, I kinda like clicky switches but recently got a razer with their linear optical and they feel way better.
HE says fixing the stabs isn’t that hard, but I’m here to tell you that thousands of hours and dollars later, fixing ONE stabilizer is like the crack dealer giving you the first hit for free. Run kids! Run!
Wait the plot thickens! Not only are they selling you back your number pad for more money.. apparently they sell you the keys, apparently the new low bar is that you can buy the keyboard but then you have to also buy the keys.. and the number pad.. is it really a keyboard if it doesn't have keys? Are we doing that now? I mean I guess we are but.. I mean part of me is just happy that the number pad exists again.. like seems like they weren't ever going to sell it back to you.. but I suppose there's no free lunch so, you also have to buy keys now for your keyboard.. and they're not even like optical analog, they just they just do regular key things.. like they don't even do fancy things for all that money.. I mean yeah and that's usually the case and even when you do get optical keyboards nowadays most of them don't actually do anything with the optical that's actually you know, a reason to get the optical part LOL.. but.. man I miss I miss the old days when gamers were you know too young to have this kind of disposable income...
We are at the point where wireless keyboards have less input lag than wired ones, so I don't really see any reason I would ever use a wire again. Unless I decide to keep a microwave between my PC and keyboard, LOL.
i use the glorious wrist rest its super perfect for the logitech 915tkl i doubt thats what any1 else might agree with your wrist sits high for typing but its GREAT for W.A.S.D. situations
impacted arrows into the rest of the keys is a solid nope from me. What they did to the 100% → 96% was painful to see. Beside the metallic "pinggggggggg" sound from the case (which i have used padding to suppress), i'm quite satisfied with the 100%
Plouthé, enjoy your videos. No interest in KB's though. Never stop your thang! Put a stiff heavy cylinder through your cable mod to train it to sit right.
From someone deep in the hobby the gmmk 2 doesn't sound bad at all. I used to have the original gmmk tkl which was 3 pin only and that thing was disappointing
The number pad is $130. That's a crime - why is it MORE than most full-sized keyboards? I would pay maybe $50 for that if I was in the market for a num pad. Who would ever spend the price of a premium keyboard on just a num pad?
I bought a cheap membrane numpad off amazon for 6 bucks. Used it once sofar, even tho I'm a numpad main when it comes to filling excel sheets. Glad I havent shelled out 100 bucks on one of these yet.
i use a $15 mechanical numpad at work in fact my work keyboard setup cost less than that numpad $25 eyooso k620 tkl $26 worth of akko matcha green switches ($13 each) $15 xvx keycaps $15 numpad $10 deskmat from amazon its not programmable, which i don't mind too much since my work computer restricts software anyways but its enough to get my work done
I just don't understand why are keyboard people so obsessed with that coil being flat. The whole purpose of the coiled cable is not being flat, but whatever.
Is that five pin like.. like five that you would use for an ancient Mic that requires multiple double a batteries alongside it's phantom power and within a few hours it's drained the soul from the battery and crumpled it? And then it goes to USB or something? Or am I missing something LOL.. like is that an analog conversion? Why is there five pin I want to know! Other than that you know, old school semi-professional or professional audio gear has really satisfying connectors and claspiness and screwiness that USB just can't replicate alone.. or at least it won't until they can figure out how to have a screw thread that you can attempt to plug in upside down, then try again the other way and then you had it right the first time and then successfully plugs in.. you would need some sort of ratcheting system.. possibly a geometric key, so that you couldn't just keep turning the cable until it plugs in you'd have to actually get the full USB experience, try it the other way and then flip it back around.. but again then you got to come up with the screw system that can also gas light you.. otherwise can't really qualify as a USB cable? Although they certainly have changed some of the standards from the sound of it, but I thought backwards compatibility was a thing and it wouldn't be backwards compatible unless you could plug it in fail flip it over fail and then succeed.. like corner stone key principle of of all of the more traditional USB.. even if USB c likes to pretend that it can go both ways LOL we all know it it actually still has to be a three attempt system.
Those coiled cable are among the stupidest trends that I've never been able to wrap my head around. What happened to hiding your cables as much as possible?
I'm in the works of building my own numpad from scratch, because I've seen this one before, and honestly, fuck. them. 130 for something that should be included in almost every keyboard, while also being one of the only options of a numpad with good switches. I just need 12 buttons, is that so fucking hard for manufacturers.
If you place producing quality content above optimizing watch times, a price point or price range, for whichever country (pick one, US or Canada would be most logical), should always be the first info we get when possible (If the price isn't available yet, just say that). Please start saving our time.
I've bought 2 of their desk pads over the years and they're great. My current one is about 3 years old and still looks close to new. I owned the Model D wired version and it was great. The cord on that mouse is absolutely excellent. It's so flexible it really feels very close to being wireless, there's no friction basically at all. They make great products for usually a great price. Though I do think their keyboard lineup is a bit overpriced. Rest of their stuff is awesome though.
From ergonomics perspective the best wrist wrest is no wrist wrests because they can block the blood flow which in a long term can cause injuries. If you need support palm rests on chair is better alternative. But if you still prefer wrist rest hard ones are preferable since they will prevent you curving your wrists up which again can cause injuries. Edit: I have the wooden one and I prefer it over soft memory foam because my wrists don't hurt after a week of typing.
The GMMK 2 is a great board. I ordered a 65% barebones when they first came out and put in Gateron Brown Pros. I loved it so much that I ordered a second one to leave at work. As a programmer, I needed arrow keys, nav keys, and QMK support for custom binds. This board hits all of that under $100 and still has a great build quality. A few of my coworkers have ordered their GMMK2s, but my team lead looks down on us since he has a tricked out, fully modded GMMK pro that probably cost him his kidneys. The wood wrist rest is alright. It gets shiny from your skin oil pretty fast, and gets scratched up easily. But the compact size one fits the board perfectly and allowed me to qualify for free shipping on the keyboard. It was pretty much "free" in that sense.
Naja, as a barebones + keycaps, swithces and stabs you're not under 100 bucks anymore. Don't know them brown pros from Gat but my milky blacks or yellow caps were also around 30-45 bucks per set. And "good" stabs also go for around 15-40 bucks. Let's not talk about keycap prices haha.
Hello fellow gmmk2 owner. Is your unit a little bent? Like downwards in a V shape? Mine is like that, like not a big deal but noticeable if you really pay attention. Couldn't help to notice also it didn't stay flat on the escale when plouffe put it. So I wonder if it's a known issue or was just a thing of bad positioning in the scale. Btw I love my gmmk2 65%, but I got it for my gaming setup, for work I went with a keychron V1
I was so excited that a company was finally making a sweet wireless, mechanical switch numpad. I love using the TKL style keyboards because they feel and look really nice. Having a separate numpad for when you occasionally need to enter in a lot of numbers is the perfect mix. This one even has a nifty knob and slider. I was ready to add one to the cart but... $139??? Are you kidding me? For a numpad? What a ridiculous price point. I'd happily spend $50. GMM typically makes excellent products for a reasonable price. I think their keyboards are a bit overpriced personally and I like Keychron more for a quality budget mechanical keyboard, but they aren't that bad of a price and it's a quality product. But that numpad price is absolutely crazy. If they make a slightly less premium one and price it at say $60 or under I'll buy it the day it releases. But charging $139 for just a numpad, way more than the price of vast majority of the populations actual full keyboard is asinine. What are they smoking over at GMM HQ?
overscoped it a bit i think, the GMMK pro already has a knob, so now you have two knobs and a slider... to change the volume? CNC aluminium isnt cheap though
The older I get the more convinced I am that mechanical keyboards are a scam. I tried a few and always had more issues than on a no-name membrane keyboard for less than 10% the price.
glorious was at its peak when they first found it, like when wired o and wireless o comes out, right now its even worse than most company, mostly their qc
I still don't get how there is a crossover between "Keyboard Nerd" & "Doesn't want the F row"; you can have my function keys when you pry them from my cold Alt-F4ed hands. Keyboard looks nice though, or it would if they'd finnished it 😋
The numpad is definitely expensive when a fully built GMMK 2 is $10 less. However, I think the numpad was designed for a different target audience but that is only my opinion.
@@jetfuview yea I guess, I dunno I just wanted a numnpad to be useful when I need it but not take up my deskspace when gaming. I could see the macro function being useful but seriously overkill for the majority of people thay would want something like this to complement a 60%
I've recently tried to get into the custom keyboard hobby, and I find it quite fun. But as a european (iso) full size keyboard kind of guy there's a really limited number of full size iso barebones (i've found 2, the old gmmk and one from keychron). And to add to the problem keycaps are also not easy to find as they have to be nordic to match the language... I wish more full size barebones would be made from manufacturers, but i guess most people aren't interested...
I feel you. My prefered layout is 75% because I'm using the F-row quite frequently but I want smaller than TKL. Apart from Keychron nobody makes them with an ISO layout.
The closest full size you can get as a custom are in the 96% layout. I still don't know the answer as to why most designers omit the full size layout, and I can only assume it might be due to manufacturing cost.
I'm from germany and switched to ansi layout with my gmmk2 65% and it was a very good call. Should've switched years ago to be honest. the location of characters just make more sense(esp if you are programming) and you can still easily do all umlauts by having the correct keyboard selected in windows. Can highly recommend doing it, honestly.
Unless they changed the program the numpad slider can only do a couple things at this time. I found the slider a little cheap feeling and not totally stable. For the price i was hoping for a little better build quality on those. If you like the knob on the gmmk pro, the numpad isn't as good it. I got mine on pre-release though, so i hope they improved it. i like glorious, i was disappointed in the numpad though.
I bought a GMMK keyboard and really regretted it. Beside sounding like hot garbage, a stabilizer soon broke (from typing - no gaming). They wouldn't talk to me until I produced a video documenting the problem. They then rejected the video because I had titled it. My five second video might have been 'doctored.' For a stabilizer.
idk about you guys recommendations anymore. it sounds more and more like an ad, than a review or techtip. i got the whole everest pack and it sucked. the oled buttons were horrible quality, 5 leds have died, 7 show random colors and one magnet doesnt work in the palmrest. all under 6 months and no, im not going to ship it back, half way around the world.
i never understand why custom keyboard enthusiasts, while they are using 60-65% keyboard, and getting a hassle for not getting Function key, but at the same time they are buying oversized coil cable that not even practical? so whats the point of them buying small form factor for keyboard if the cable is that big?
What's the point of that coiled cable? It looks way too stiff to actually be extendable. Why would you need a 50$ coil of cable with a special connector on your desk?
I can't stand this company's name. I know it's a reference to the one PC gaming subreddit. I can't stand that thing's name either. It's uncomfortable and gross and drives me away to have PC gaming associated with white supremacy imagery.
100 bucks for keycaps 50 for a cable What am I looking at exactly? I'd almost spend less going full custom and not comercial lmao Also, every single person has talked shit of the gmmk pro, all saying is not worth the price, surprised you actually like that thing given how much of an enthusiast you are 🤷
I love how everyone at LMG has there specific type of gadget. Brandon has cameras, Linus has earbuds, & Nick has keyboards. What does said, even Nick said that the aviator connector is purely for aesthetics. Why did it become so popular?
Most of the stuff in the mech kb hobby is about aesthetics, yes there's also durability and repairability but a lot is aesthetic. If someone cares 100% only in functionality a cheap membrane kb also types letters into the pc.
This would be THE perfect keyboard for me if it had the F row. I tracked it once, and I used it ~250 times in one day when debugging a school project...
They've got a 96% version (almost full size, about the footprint of a TKL but has the F-row and numpad and is really just missing dedicated home/end keys) for the same price
its a hobby where you chase feel and sound, and also aesthetic. you "build" one putting together a case, PCB, any damping material, switches, stabs, keycaps, maybe some wires, etc. it can go pretty deep . and depending how savvy you are you can definitely "build" a keyboard on a budget using a pre-built as a base
Glorious never fail to disappoint me. Can't think of a single one of their products that are even close to worth the price they are labelled at. £100 for a Glorious Shitty O wireless? Fuck no, the Lamzu Atlantis costs £15 less, weighs 14 grams less, has a better shape with has a solid shell, has huano pink dot switches (WAY BETTER THAN 20M'S) and it comes with grip tape included...
Definitely interesting to see the custom keyboard space evolve. I upgraded to a mechanical keyboard before the hobby took off and told myself when it breaks I'll build my own. I use a 10-key and not many full size custom options. My gen 1 HyperX Alloy Elite is still going strong 4 years in with all my macros and multiple layers.
My first mechanical keyboard is also a HyperX Alloy Elite and it's also still going strong. Though i did upgrade the keycaps to the Razer PBT keycaps because the original ABS keycaps that came with it were kinda ass tbh.
@@MPnoir YES, I kept my original keycaps for too long, I upgraded to a set of double shot pbt pudding caps from hk gaming. I also added silicone o-rings to the stem so there isn't a harsh bottom out sound. Recently I needed to update some macros and discovered the new version of software didn't work with my v1. Thankfully hyperx still had the legasy Ngenuity software on their site.
I personally find the GMMK Numpad to be too expensive, because Keychron Q0 already exists, which has southfacing LEDs, is made of CNC aluminum, some really nicely factory lubed switches, supports VIA, and comes with some really good PBT keycaps for less money. It doesn't have a slider nor a knob, but Keychron keyboards can be obtained with knobs and, instead of a slider, you get 4 macro keys.
I got the GMMK2 and I love it! Most of my complaints have to do with the fact that its 65% but I had to make the sacrifice because of my small desk space
