Great review. A few comments from the Wooting support duck. 1:30 - A frosted, white/blue hue'ed case is also offered, though only as a standalone case for customer replacement or as part of a module build. 2:30 - This also duals as a very lightweight tape mod if you will. 2:50 - We also offer loose springs in weights ranging from 35 to 100g, though of course this is a lot more involved on the end user (I personally LOVE my custom L80V2 re-lubed switches) 2:55 - Only ANSI prebuilt keyboards come with the black, PBT keycaps preinstalled. For ISO and JIS no keycaps are included to allow for more language customization within the same SKU (with an adjusted price to match) 8:15 - The dimming is actually a safety feature, that you can override. Some aftermarket cables can't quite handle the pressure of Tachyon and a high LED brightness combined, so we soft-cap it at 70% brightness. If you click the lock icon on the brightness bar, you can push it back up to 100% with one of our (or compatible aftermarket cables). If we didn't do this, some customers would complain that their keyboard would suddenly start to glitch out and type randomly by itself. (We even have a video on this topic) 10:45 - We hope to add more interesting features to the LED bar, as we wrap up development and polish on the V5 Wootility. 15:55 - This is ultimately a design choice to not be considered a "cheating keyboard", where hardware macros often risk falling into. We are working on a better implementation for the macros, where Wootomation will likely be merged into Wootility with an optional, background service. This would mean that outside of any app actively blocking OS level macros (competitive games in particular), you would not notice the difference, once everything is set up.
Thanks for all the info! That macro solution sounds great. I get that having hardware macros can make them available for use in gaming which can be used to create an unfair advantage, but having them also makes the keyboard a better overall multi-purpose tool for daily productivity in addition to gaming. Excited for the future updates!
Offering ISO/JIS layouts is a pretty big competitive edge going for Wooting. Hope they can keep the streak and expand the portfolio into more "niche" products.
Seems nice. I had wanted to try an HE. I always liked the Field 75 look, so I went ahead and got that. I ended up using it at work. Even though you/they say it is more for gaming since it's stiff I do enjoy it for work. I dropped the activation point down really low. I like it. It's actually next to the Tide65 I won since that's actually a classy looking keyboard and is a nice to show off.
I've been eyeing the ghost ver of the 80he for a while now Its that damn clear plastic I NEED IT for some reason I love my 60 HE its been my daily driver for a long time but after going back to my old 75% board for a few days i rlly miss the my arrow key cluster plus ive been playing games that use the F-row so...... I think im gonna grab the 80HE today
Great review. A few comments from the Wooting support duck.
1:30 - A frosted, white/blue hue'ed case is also offered, though only as a standalone case for customer replacement or as part of a module build.
2:30 - This also duals as a very lightweight tape mod if you will.
2:50 - We also offer loose springs in weights ranging from 35 to 100g, though of course this is a lot more involved on the end user (I personally LOVE my custom L80V2 re-lubed switches)
2:55 - Only ANSI prebuilt keyboards come with the black, PBT keycaps preinstalled. For ISO and JIS no keycaps are included to allow for more language customization within the same SKU (with an adjusted price to match)
8:15 - The dimming is actually a safety feature, that you can override. Some aftermarket cables can't quite handle the pressure of Tachyon and a high LED brightness combined, so we soft-cap it at 70% brightness. If you click the lock icon on the brightness bar, you can push it back up to 100% with one of our (or compatible aftermarket cables). If we didn't do this, some customers would complain that their keyboard would suddenly start to glitch out and type randomly by itself. (We even have a video on this topic)
10:45 - We hope to add more interesting features to the LED bar, as we wrap up development and polish on the V5 Wootility.
15:55 - This is ultimately a design choice to not be considered a "cheating keyboard", where hardware macros often risk falling into. We are working on a better implementation for the macros, where Wootomation will likely be merged into Wootility with an optional, background service. This would mean that outside of any app actively blocking OS level macros (competitive games in particular), you would not notice the difference, once everything is set up.
Thanks for all the info! That macro solution sounds great. I get that having hardware macros can make them available for use in gaming which can be used to create an unfair advantage, but having them also makes the keyboard a better overall multi-purpose tool for daily productivity in addition to gaming. Excited for the future updates!
So does the override for the RGB brightness also include special effects like wave and stuff?
Offering ISO/JIS layouts is a pretty big competitive edge going for Wooting. Hope they can keep the streak and expand the portfolio into more "niche" products.
Seems nice. I had wanted to try an HE. I always liked the Field 75 look, so I went ahead and got that. I ended up using it at work. Even though you/they say it is more for gaming since it's stiff I do enjoy it for work. I dropped the activation point down really low. I like it. It's actually next to the Tide65 I won since that's actually a classy looking keyboard and is a nice to show off.
I've been eyeing the ghost ver of the 80he for a while now
Its that damn clear plastic I NEED IT for some reason
I love my 60 HE its been my daily driver for a long time but after going back to my old 75% board for a few days i rlly miss the my arrow key cluster plus ive been playing games that use the F-row so......
I think im gonna grab the 80HE today
consider tiger lite gaming ships
@vAmmonite I'll keep it in mind even though I already ordered my 80 HE
You're only the second American reviewer that I've seen pronounce "Lekker" even close to correctly. Nice job haha.
I'm glad I didn't totally mess it up!
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damn im so early