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Today I look at LGR's My First Keyboard! (It sucks ass) Hope you enjoy the video!

I have a series of videos planned for the future about restoring Alps switches, and in one of them I'm going to do a side-by-side comparison of different lubricants (which I'm in the process of acquiring atm). I also want to use that opportunity to talk about how lubrication works and what the diff...

As requested, a TDXL of orange Alps in my M0116. Still love these switches . Hope you enjoy the video!

I have a series of videos planned for the future about restoring Alps switches, and in one of them I'm going to do a side-by-side comparison of different lubricants (which I'm in the process of acquiring atm). I also want to use that opportunity to talk about how lubrication works and what the diffe...

I have a Compaq board with NMB dome with slider and the keyfeel is quite solid imo with decent tactility and weighting. The board itself is quite hefty and sturdy for a rubber dome board. I use it at work from time to time. As a daily driver I use a 88U with 45g switches and it is the perfect switc...

That's really cool, congrats on the find!

As promised, today we're going to take a look at those AT&T magnetic separation switches in a cool old terminal keyboard! Hope you enjoy the video!

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I wish people would just stop fucking about with the notches to generate tactility. As I noted in my review of the BOX Royals, they feel good, it's just crazy that they had to resort to a bump THIS big in order to make a notch switch actually feel tactile. And now, as a side effect, they can't keep ...

Man, I've been looking forward so much to showing you these xD . A VERY interesting switch design. Hope you enjoy the video; full review coming this weekend!

Cost, back in the 80s keyboards were expensive so could afford to be made of higher quality so they would last. Yes, and no. In 1992, an OmniKey 101 cost $89 which is $162 today. That's not cheap, but most manufacturers field a keyboard that costs around that much, or more even. I think it's mainly...

That's Stockholm Syndrome at it's best. Innovation isn't an excuse for pathetic QC and selling products as "MX compatible" when they are really not is CLEARLY Kailhs fault. It's just shows how little they care about specifications, testing, quality control and actual compatibility. The larger stems...

Yeah, those SMK second generation switches really are nice! For me they almost feel somewhere between clicky Alps SKCM, and clickbar Kailh BOX switches. I almost got one of these Montereys from a user here about a month or so ago for a good price. Ultimately decided against it because I didn't have...

Doing a classic today; Montereys! In a Monterey! Every time I go back to these switches I'm pleasantly surprised .

I agree that NKRO or 6KRO is likely better in order to err on the side of safety, but I think the dangers of 2KRO in games have been highly overstated. How about a diagonal move up (W) rigth (D) and jump (Space) at the same time. There you have 3 non-modifier keys pressed at once. 2KRO is a problem...

Nice find! There are too much arrow keys on KBU 7144. Who can explain some keys at numpad? Actually it's bizarre how many arrow keys there are on the WHOLE board xD . I can see TWO backtabs, I suppose the one on the middle of the "nav" is the home key, and the left arrow on the row above that is ba...

Very nice! These Type 5-era Sun keyboards are super slick, really really elegant ^^ .

Interesting, I hadn't seen any non-bigfoot non-RD Bull keyboards before. Nice find!

Today we finally look at BOX Pink switches (including the stem issue) as well as one of the more well-known hot-swappable keyboards; the Glorious Modular Mechanical Keyboard. Hope you enjoy the video! zdhagRsZW6Y There seems to be something wrong with the youtube tags on DT so here's a manual link: ...

Interesting, never seen that before!

It looks to me like it has a slightly curved backplane, and a curved backplane means membrane. However, a membrane does not always mean rubber dome. I know of only two non-rubber dome membrane switches that could have a curved backplane though: Model M buckling spring and Mitsumi's "hybrid switch" ...

Keyboards that have sunk-in backpanels like that are almost always membrane, in my experience.

Not the creepy breath things xD .

I type faster on some boards than on others. It really varies. Orange Alps in particular make me type very quickly.

Very nicely done! Normally you can see the cut very clearly and it's kinda off-putting, but this is very neat .

From what I understood they changed a few subtle things a while ago, including a fix for the chattering issues the V80 I reviewed recently showed. That said, at heart they're basically the same switches. IMO great buys for the money are linearised black Alps or clicky (pine) white ones. Both should...

Yes, Focus made a very limited amount of black keyboards. To my knowledge, only first-generation ones. I'll be showing multiple in videos that are coming down the line :D . All of them use white Alps (although I know of ones that use clones, too). Nice, thanks for sharing! Are the caps double shots...

Holy cow. I had no idea focus even made black boards. It's fantastic. Have any more details? What switches does it use? Yes, Focus made a very limited amount of black keyboards. To my knowledge, only first-generation ones. I'll be showing multiple in videos that are coming down the line :D . All of...

With my limited photography skills, I'll probably never be able to fully capture this keyboard's beauty. But my god, is she a stunner or what?

Today we look at the first model of Das Keyboard! It's high time we finally look at a Das, and there is a LOT to say about this one, as it happens! Hope you enjoy the video!

Summoning the God of Spoons! Hope you enjoy the video, because I sure as hell didn't enjoy making it xD .