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Today we look at two things at once - the MM Studio Class80 keyboard kit, and the Chosfox Arctic Fox clickbar switch! Two birds with one stone and all that. hope you enjoy the video!

I've been in several hour-long conversations with Jacob during the development of his beamspring switches, I'm fully aware of all the difficulties he encountered, including but not limited to the metal alloys people are referring to (I shortly alluded to this in this Teardown video as well). Natural...

Muirium wrote: ↑

09 Oct 2022, 19:32

Not even telling us if it’s brilliant or shite? You tease!

What's the point, off of just three switches that aren't even mounted? :p

Today we look at an awesome development; a new beamspring switch heavily inspired by IBM's original design. These come from Joe over at modelfkeyboards.com and are the type that feature in the first round of beamspring keyboards.

If someone donates one, I'll review it xD .

Man, this turned out to be WAY more work than I thought it would be xD .
Today we look at one of Tai-Hao's new Alps-mount keycap sets! Choices for Alps keycaps are quite limited, so these new (and expanded) sets are a very interesting new arrival! Hope you enjoy the video!

Did you have to install a driver? If it provides gamepad emulation out of the box, then they’ve taken the right approach—showing up as multiple USB device endpoints—and it could be more useful than they intended. Cross platform too. But if it’s just done privately in a driver, then not so much. I d...

Can you use the analog keys to control analog things on the computer, the way a joystick can? I’ve some vague and perhaps faulty memory that this was indeed a thing a few years ago. Never looked into it further though. Yes and no. It has three profile that make the computer think it's actually a ga...

The actuation meter is pretty nice. You can of course turn it (and the other backlighting) off, I presume? It strikes me as something like a solenoid: best off by default but fun to toggle back on every now and then for shits and giggles. It's just one of the lighting modes, so you can switch it of...

Today we look at a new offering from Wooting, which incorporates a bunch of changes compared to their older line-up. Hope you enjoy the video!

Today we look at the Steelseries Apex M800, a kind of semi-old RGB-focused battlecruiser keyboard from the mid-2010s. Hope you enjoy the video!

It does sound quite horrible. They don't even click consistently anymore xD .

Get get why people smear arse butter all over their switches xD .

Today we're taking a look at an old Hottek keyboard featuring a very interesting amalgamation switch. The click leaf plot thickens....

Very interesting! What is the tactile element in these switches?

zrrion wrote: ↑

19 Jun 2022, 01:37

you tell us about the quick release but don't actually release it? you tease!

I didn't take it out because it seems to be disabled on my model. I wanted to show how it works in one of Weytec's promotional videos, but they didn't give me permission to use it.

Today we get to take a look at Weytec's Smart Touch keyboard, a highly interactive multifunctional that can control multiple workstations at once across an integrated platform. Loaded, as per usual with Weytec, with functions and options, this is not an easy type of board to review, but I hope you e...

The thing I was curious about is, while the keycap mount is MX-compatible, what does the bottom pinout look like? If we can source some of them, can we solder them into an old Northgate or the like? TBH, I'm very fond of the layout on my current build, which makes me less willing to experiment with...

Ermagherd, a new video type :p . Pretty surprising update from i-Rocks to their K76M Fun keyboard - a few small changes resulting in a massive difference in quality. Hope you enjoy the video!

Findecanor wrote: ↑

05 May 2022, 15:30

1. If you need Rennie, maybe stay off whisky for a while.

I need Rennies and a lot more than that. I'm chronically on quadruple-dose stomach acid blockers :p .

But yeah, whisky doesn't help xD .

Findecanor wrote: ↑

05 May 2022, 15:30

2. Chyros watches Doom Patrol?

Haha no, what did you think was a reference to that?

When I accepted this keyboard for review I didn't think I'd have quite as much fun filming it as I did, nor how sarcastic it'd make me xD . Still, an interesting project! Hope you enjoy the video!

Super cool man, thanks for posting this .

Today we look at a mid-budgete hotswap chassis, the Keydous NJ80, as well as Gateron Pro switches, their updated line of MX clone switches. Hope you enjoy the video!

Don't think the AEKII ever came with oranges, no? Oo

Don't forget about the Alps Kanji monster with 542 keys at a staggering 11.92 kg. There are rumors of even larger keyboards from long ago in the age of dinosaurs. https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=21937 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50173162906_279470420d_k.jpg Oh man, how could I forge...

Most keys I know of on one keyboard is the Accom Axial; 189.
Pretty sure it's also a lot bigger.

Biggest and heaviest keyboard I know of is the Berthold mothership keyboard, though. Dwarfs even a battleship.

Today we look at another, rather weird switch design - ETL18 switches from ITT. Superficially similar to Mitsumi Miniature mechanical in that is uses a horizontally-slung coil spring to provide tactility, it approaches this tactic in the opposite manner. Hope you enjoy the video!

Apple never used clicky switches, to my knowledge, so that is very likely tactile. They moved from linear on the early stuff (through to the 1984 Macintosh) to tactile in the mid eighties. Mind, my knowledge on this is highly fallible! I've only had AEKs, M0110, Apple Ergonomic keyboard and a handf...

Today we're looking at a cool and quirky East German design with some strange but interesting design choices! Hope you enjoy the video!

Those switches you can see in the picture are Honeywell Hall effect switches. The vast majority of those are linear though, not tactile.

There seems to be quite a rant all over the web about Creams being very scratchy. How comes? Has the design changed or something? I seem to have gotten a different batch from most people. As I recall it was a very early batch of second-gen switches. Most people's accounts seem to be very different ...