You'll Never Need To Buy A GMK Set Ever Again

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@abetterplayer4396 Год назад

Editing in this one is amazing. Love this style and format Andy!!!

@rickysoora7930 Год назад

Much agreed

@erichong3430 Год назад

Imagine the filthy amount of money drop could get if they mass produced Perestroika and Striker sets. One only hopes.

@stryke1989 Год назад

Striker R2 is about to ship so extras are coming.

@Ragnorok64 Год назад

@@stryke1989 Looking at Novelkey's site they still show as manufacturing. Unless you have knowledge other than that, I wouldn't say they are about to ship.

@BriskJT Год назад

@@Ragnorok64 eu will have theirs start shipping in about 2 weeks, na will follow soon after

@Ragnorok64 Год назад

@@BriskJT Nice to hear. I expect it'll still take a while since they'll probably be freighted by boat, I'd imagine, to vendors outside of EU. But, that's further along than I imagined.

@mochingrape69 Год назад

@@Ragnorok64 Oblo is saying shipping this weekend for EU orders. Nk updates are falling back a bit too much 😂

@SMKeyboards Год назад

give this editor a raise

@TheManicGeek Год назад

Been using DCX for a minute as our house testing cap for compatible boards, they kinda gud for the money. Actually better overall quality than either of the GMK sets I'd gotten in recently.

@198Immortal Год назад

Great video Andy! Loved how entertaining and informative this video is!

@SDXStudio Год назад

I think you're spot on about references. If I'm not directly comparing I usually don't notice small stuff. Yes, I'll see the spaces between letters but I've seen issues on GMK sets as well. My GMK Oblivion has thinning on certain legends and on certain days, it drives me nuts. Other days I completely forget about it.

@SuperGangles Год назад

Great video! Would love to see you take a look at the PBTfans WoB or other sets for your opinion

@TROY-MCCLURE-1991 Год назад

I found a pretty good method on getting GMK sets faster. Be occupied enough that you forget you were even in the GB.

@incongruous4 Год назад

I have more gmk sets than anything but still love my dcs pingmaster, sa laser and domikey atlantis keycap sets for different reasons. Sometimes a different profile or material keycap is just what you need for a board in your collection to not sound and feel the exact same as every other gasket mount/foamed up/linear l+f/gmk caps keyboard that every custom collector has too many of.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

you know it!!

@W4ltzzzz Год назад

Nice video! would you rather lubed gateron CJ or kfa pink robin factory lubed? also what sound profile would you call the kfa pink robin thocky, creamy, clacky?

@3dollarsperfrown Год назад

tried dcx bow during a meetup, feels like they have a slightly rubber-y coating that it feels smooth like DAEMN

@DaveAlkema Год назад

Something to note about the DCX keycaps, Keybored tested them, and they do suffer from north-facing interference. So if you're on a board that's north-facing, be sure your switches are long pole, or moulded in a way that they won't interfere, same as if you were dealing with Cherry profile.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Thanks for sharing! Honestly they do don’t feel different from cherry. So I’m not surprised

@derekdinh5632 Год назад

Fire edit, and the sound to my ears are barely any different. Defo a good contender for cheaper and higher quality caps. I woudl love to know your thoughts on some of the PBTfans sets as well tho. ( the đi-si-éc and ghim-cây is funny af)

@Puffem. Год назад

what website do you use to track production times of GMK sets?

@vaulics Год назад

Preach it. Love the random sales! This may have convinced me to try these out.

@sixxtylol Год назад

Damn man your edits in this one are top notch. Love it 🙏

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

my new editor does a great job!!

@Raptor-ln2mr Год назад

Does the second "e" on your gmk enter key look bolder than the other legends on the keycap? I have gmk yuri from novelkeys and the second "e" on the enter key is noticeably bolder than the other legends.

@flockofwildcactus Год назад

DCX will likely go thru a few QC revisions over the next 1-2 years so likely we'll see better legend consistency over time. Thoughts on DMK (if you've used a set) vs the current DCX or GMK in terms of legend quality/consistency? They all sound virtually the same due to being ABS and the same thickness with Cherry profile, so if sound is all anyone is after I'd say DCX is the best value. Cheers!

@brian2113 Год назад

I paused and now I am commenting below and I think they sound the same ty loveurcontent

@Empojangles Год назад

The editing just got dialed up.

@Akeynote Год назад

Nice take! I think I can safely check out some DCX sets now lol

@Jeremy-tf8dx Год назад

Sound is pretty comparable but I’ll stick with gmk for the colors and the legend alignment

@corporealghoul Год назад

I picked up dcx bow, wob, and cyber. Pretty impressed with them.

@dawningstar540 Год назад

Honestly, i hope Đi si ek (dcs) keycaps have more colors option but still, love the video Andy :D

@MlkXiu Год назад

That's wild. I got one wrong keycap in my GMK red Sam, asked drop to send me the missing key, they sent me a whole new set.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

drop has that kind of pull though. because they have tons of extra sets

@Destroyer7117 Год назад

Another great video Andy! Would really love to see you compare and talk about PBTFans WOB too. They're looking to be a great in-stock option too with many different colours and great packaging :)

@NautiOG Год назад

Agree, I have several GMK, EPBT, SP sets and IMO pbtfans twist is the best set I’ve owned. The presentation/packaging is miles better than GMK. Feel and legends are crisp. Triple shot is very well done and they sound oh so thocky!

@Theipodrookie Год назад

I've had DCX WOB for a while and have no issues! Spacebars were straight too, which I can't say has been consistent on my GMK sets.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

happy to hear another good experience!

@MisfireKB Год назад

editing so fire lmaoo

@SolaireFlair Год назад

I got the DCX Dolch and have been really liking them.

@_iboji Год назад

The one thing I don’t like about GMK is the shine but otherwise as close as DCX gets GMK remains the gold standard for color accuracy for me.

@Rosegold_sky Год назад

What about domikey's cherry caps, will you review soon , pls

@JoshTechgamer Месяц назад

Yeah I've been buying gmk keycaps lately they're really expensive from drop but I did buy the cyber dcx keycaps for a cyberpunk theme keyboard great video gave a like

@JesusXina Год назад

Do you have any 75% keyboard recommendations? I’m currently looking at the Mode Sonnet.

@volvobok6644 Год назад

Hex 4B! He has a video on it

@BetterHalf1 Год назад

There's an instock and GB sale for the Thera75v2 in a few days. If you're okay with buying on mechmarket, something like the E7v2 or TGR Tomo might be similar to the Sonnet in price

@74bassman 3 месяца назад

How are these long term? I have very sweaty fingers, looking for new keycaps on my board to replace my old Akko PBT ASA WOB keycaps. They havvve shined pretty bad after a long while of use and I don't like their texture anymore, so Im looking to these drop ones because the Dusk DCX set looks really nice. Don't wanna drop big money on a keycap set though just for it to become a shined mess like my akkos did. My other board has a cheap 20$ blank key pbt set and that has been great lol

@AndyVNguyen 3 месяца назад

Every abs keycap will shine - my “expensive” gmk is also shined to hell lol

@74bassman 3 месяца назад

@@AndyVNguyen Damn that's surprising, rip! I guess I should only go for PBT keycaps so that I can get more longevity out of them before they shine over. Do you have any recommendations for brands to look at ?

@axiechronous9800 Год назад

try the yongqiu wob abs double shot too, it costs around 13.54 usd before shipping

@lmagus Год назад

They are thinner than gmk, they are not double shot all the way to the edge of the keycaps. They shine as fast as gmk. Their legends is awful specially on mods. Sound is amazing tho and have a very large color variety. I have 6 sets but won't buy any more for the issues I raised.

@knz2894 Год назад

can't really compare those to these lol.

@z4k1_zaki65 Год назад

@@lmagus I mean $20 keycaps vs $120 keycaps tho

@lmagus Год назад

@@z4k1_zaki65 I know. Like I said, I have 6 kits :P Just not buying anymore.

@marounboumelhem3984 Год назад

Yes. But what about Domikey Cherry profile?

@discoboards305 Год назад

DCX 's a bit deeper but ONLY cause I'm listening out for it, during real use I couldn't tell if I tried

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Definitely agree!

@Rosegold_sky Год назад

1:02 the inner Vnamese has rise

@iron_commander2161 18 дней назад

I tried many different types of keycaps from many different brands and I always go back to GMK cause it's reliable. In fact I feel like I have wasted money on competitors' keycaps in my efforts to find something even better. Still, it's very nice to see other quality brands come into the scene over the years. Hopefully GMK will feel threatened to do even better.

@AndyVNguyen 7 дней назад

gmk being sold for much cheaper these days makes it hard to even bother with any other makers. but gmk still has sus spacebars that can ruin the experience

@SuperKMao Год назад

Should've gone with a different colorway IMO as their first entry. WOB is popular but since the GMK version is just as easy to get, I think a more sound business decision would've been to make a splash rather than what is clearly a "toe dip wade OMG it's so cold I hope this works out". Then again, what do I know? Also the editing in the beginning of this video is fire.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Bold decision for them to sell it on their same storefront they sell gmk wob. I honestly don’t like when new manus go for colors and they end up looking wild

@vic.q Год назад

brand new đi si ek huh? fucking beautiful đawg

@ihavenoiqq Год назад

I reccomend buying DROP products on amazon. Same shipping time but its free :) sometimes its even quicker

@ivoverhoef1160 Год назад

You are funny, but informative. Thumbs up 👍🏽

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Thank you!

@Kyeorii Год назад

I bet no one can separate gmk/dcx wob keycaps if it was mixed together.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

definitely agree! it's really hard to tell other than some legending things

@hapi_people Год назад

Keychron has BoW and WoB for $40. I have another set similar and it is pretty nice.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

oh the legends look a bit better than their other sets, interesting!

@DanHamJunKie Год назад

Andy what about PBTfan's WOB? Any comment on those?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Their PBTFans sets have been solid but I haven’t gotten hands on wob

@CoinFlipAhri Год назад

more good options is always good, my only gmk gb experience went with the set being lost in shipping and vendor not having a replacement, so back to the clones i went :D

@ToddGreenwich Месяц назад

What is that lavender board though at 4:40 ?

@AndyVNguyen Месяц назад

hex 4b, one of the special editions

@Clackbait Год назад

Thoon!! Hahahaa. Love it bro

@user-kz9rz8ui1c Год назад

I don't hear a big difference but if I had to say, I think DCX is *slightly* poppier.

@slybollie9019 Год назад

When people compare switches/keycaps they always use different letters or different spaces on the keyboard first person ive seen do it right

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

It’s funny bc I did that and someone still complained I didn’t put the clips RIGHT next to each other and they had to click thru the video to relisted. Can’t win lmao

@slowtyper95 Год назад

A bit oot but i think mech keyboard world is the most "forgiving" section in terms of fulfilling target before deadline. Delay almost in every GB and people are okay with that. Imagine you being late to deliver your office task for a day late, your boss already asking for your head 😂

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Seriously like 2x group buy duration? That’s crazy. A few weeks sure but it’s like always a whole QUARTER delay!

@newearth9027 Год назад

Never knew I "needed" to in the first place.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

what a chad response

@albertko1 Год назад

The current color ways that DCX has are also mostly unique to some degree. I've been eyeing the Genesis caps because of the subtle Gundam color scheme (ok, not terribly subtle if you consider the foot of a RX-78-2 model kit shown in one the example photos) Also, some other folks have said their Drop caps have not shined compared to their GMKs which def have despite heavier use on the DCX.

@TheMrDavidCurran Год назад

I got the DCX BOW set for my TigerLite after watching the Keybored video on them, and they seem fine. I have not got any GMK sets, because, well, not really in the position to drop that much and let the money sit there hoping that I will get my set at some point within the year, but they seem really well made, sound fine, and they are very consistent which is nice. I approve.

@Aerobrake 4 дня назад

DCX WOB sounds good I like it

@erikgrossman Год назад

I agree GMK is expensive, but WOB is a poor example of real savings. On Amazon WOB DCX is $99 and the modifier spacing sucks. The WOB GMK set is $120. It's worth the $20 premium. Obviously this is just one example; other GMK sets are more expensive, but I wouldn't buy the DCX WOB over the GMK equivalent, but that's just me.

@sanketss84 7 месяцев назад

4:40 whats the name of the purple keyboard

@AndyVNguyen 7 месяцев назад

hex 4b

@sanketss84 7 месяцев назад

@@AndyVNguyen thanks for sharing

@element4life3 Год назад

What website is that in 0:34?

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

kono.store/pages/weekly-update

@hansonhan1824 Год назад

Dude I was just about to go to bed and I get the notification. Andy really ruining my sleep schedule

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

sorry brobro

@eliezeralvesmartins Год назад

Convertendo para o real moeda aqui do Brazil é quase um teclado mecânico...surreal o preço...

@das-nyc Год назад

DCX doesn't shine after 3 months of use for me. All my GMK sets do. I personally like shine as I believe that just like cars, keyboards work better when used and exercised regularly rather than just sitting there looking pretty.

@statixfear Год назад

The car analogy doesn't really apply to keycap surfaces though. It makes sense for moving parts like your switches or stabs. But if it's the keycap surface, it just makes it look bad, especially since you will rarely use all of your keys... meaning the most commonly used keys like the alphas and some mods will have a more obvious shine compared to other keys that are very seldom used (ie. caps lock, tilde, etc.)

@das-nyc Год назад

@@statixfear I see your point but when looking at the board as a whole, shine to me indicates use. Which indicates to me that I like the board, the caps, the angle of them, etc so it becomes a net positive. I also hold on to everything so remonetizing it is never a concern. But I don't disagree with you and I found that my DCX set doesn't shine despite being ABS.

@statixfear Год назад

@@das-nyc Relatively speaking, I don't mind shine on keycaps as much. It's more of "even" shine that I'm more concerned about. Because, back in the day, when cheap ABS keycaps were the norm for even mainstream membrane keyboards, it always looked ugly when you can obviously see which keys are used more often than others. If you can somehow get all keys to shine and wear evenly, then the results aren't all that bad.

@charzera Год назад

@@statixfearuniform shine does look damn nice tho

@kabes1776 Год назад

The sound is the same. You should've done 2 clips and compiled them side by side in different positions. I had to rewind and found they're similar the same in same positions.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

good idea

@kobb4467 Год назад

đi si ek vs jim cuh

@turtlez69420 Год назад

It is the same, if not better for the price

@lockingaiming Год назад

The way Andy says the f makes me believe he's still got some viet in his blood lmao

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Yeah my last name didn’t give it away? Lol

@lockingaiming Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen LOL

@cemitech7638 Год назад

Pointless for nonamericans because ordering to Canada with their sale of $89 USD DCX keyset, it comes to $161 CAD after customs and shipping ($117 USD)

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Sounds like a fee you’d have to pay for every American vendor

@loak3d Год назад

nevre been a supportre of gmk, cheap plastic, but good looks, id rathere 100% always buy knock off pbt, that wont get greasy after a week of use. also not into waiting for a year+ for something ive paid nearly $200 american for.

@Schnibs86 Год назад

I can't stop seeing "shif t" on DCX sets I would have pulled the trigger on the dolch set already if not

@Zeraphor Год назад

Well, I don't know your viewerships demographic but *I do need to buy* other manufacturers products because drop refuses to add ISO / International support.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Don’t take the title too seriously. But most of the hobby is non iso, especially my audience.

@D4VIDF Год назад

dis videeeo, its bery gud.

@mentholdeathray Год назад

Gmk go thoccc thoccc thoccc on my keyboard

@ronaldmendoza6656 Год назад

GMK WOB is $99 on amazon prime early access right now =)

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

sheee that's not bad at all

@andrewcatubig9239 Год назад

Potential one

@YouTube_Staff Год назад

Waiting for the drop sponsorship 😅

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

I tried and they’re sussy tbh

@regenosis Год назад

PBTFans has also been killing it. GMK be sweatin

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

where epbt at tho?

@regenosis Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen epbt is gmk without the quality lol. ebpt timeless has been in production queue limbo for months.

@AbuAndrew69 Год назад

I can’t fathom the fact of paying crazy money for a keycap set that has a warped space. GMK QC just goes down so badly.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Not even just the price… the wait, too. And then having the vendor tell you it’s within spec.

@geonatikon9987 Год назад

love the sound of abs but my cursed fingers will destroy a set in like 5 min

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Same same

@geonatikon9987 Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen we can see it on the tofu 😂

@michaeljames1334 Год назад

jim cuh

@mashidesu8235 Год назад

Jim Cuh dis nuts. they need to improve their waiting time deefuk.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Fr tho

@JerichoTheCity Год назад

I've been over gmk since 2018, but the hobby wasn't as popular then and alternatives were no where near as good.

@qkeekles Год назад

D C DEEZ NUTZ

@aa65064 Год назад

Imagine all these second grade manufacturers just doing icon mods completely avoiding shif t problems

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

It’s big brane

@bug8536 Год назад

jim-cuh😂😂

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

YUHH

@vdbmario Год назад

DCX for the win! In stock and cheaper! Sign me up

@simonmei7495 Год назад

DCX so lit

@sameerjg Год назад

I just spent 215 on a gmk set.. lol

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Oof which one ?

@sameerjg Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen not a oof form me I’m sure I’ll love it… I got pbtfans for my d65 build. And now ja got gmk dandy daisy base set… which fits well with my green plant clean minimal wood sff setup if that makes sense.., it’s gonna arrive on 18.10 (was in stock set)

@adverbs626 Год назад

eh. still prefer gmk to everything else ive tried. nice to have choices though.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

same, but i've used sets like pbtfans abs on some boards and haven't really felt it needed anything MORE... but yeah on a nicer board, if i had the choice, gmk. so like my korn and kohaku are unlikely ever gonna see a dcx or a pbtfans. but for the more budget boards like tiger80 lite or an acrylic one.. not a bad idea to use an alternative

@4huh Год назад

di si ek vs jim cuh

@disarmyouwitha Год назад

sound same~

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Agree

@Annihilus36 Год назад

Your thumbnail picture is wrong.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

fixed it!

@blayses3116 Год назад

Dcx so lit, drop aint so lit

@arithmetics Год назад

nah

@bmadayag Год назад

du ma ears deceive me bc I can barely hear a diff

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

Forreal mang

@ronakparikh Год назад

The mod legends on dcx are a joke, yes you can absolutely tell they look bad even without gmk wob for comparison, just look at shif t and del t e e It honestly does not look much better than the $40 to $50 epbt and pbt clone sets, just a load of hype, $100 is a stupid price for this. I would rather just get gmk wob for a few dollars more, or if you want to save money, blank thick abs keycaps for $20 instead of having legends that look like a child put them together with fridge magnet letters.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

A few dollars is make it or break it for some people. There is way worse legending.. go look at jtk.

@ronakparikh Год назад

@@AndyVNguyen Drop dcx wob is $100, gmk wob is $110. If a $10 difference on $100 keycaps is making a difference in your life, don't buy $100 keycaps. Buy $20 blank abs keycaps and save $80 for an experience that is basically the same as gmk. Maybe dcx would make sense if some of the very expensive gmk gb sets came to dcx, but novelty kits make many of those sets and I think drop themselves know their double shot process is weak because none of their sets offer novelty kits where these slight issues with legending would make images look bad.

@AndyVNguyen Год назад

wob is not the only color though, it's the only color i mentioned here. they have a modern dolch dcx also, and the GMK version is not $110. think long term, not in a vacuum.. competition is good for the consumer.