All my stuff is Nuphy, 1 has VIA support and the other doesnt. Gem80 Air75 v1 Both have been serving me well, but I don't rush to recommend to anyone because I've heard the same about customer support. The Air75 is really nice as well and with some mods (lube and foam) it sounds really impressive. Lofree has been a solid contender for me against nuphy.
Worth checking out the lofree flow which is their previous low profile keyboard, it was much more minimal in design (very Apple) and also blew other low profile keyboard competition out of the water. I personally use it, and prefer it over the edge, it just suits my preferences more
Just received mine today, thats real carbon fibre by the way ..... Its a nice board, backlighting sucks and unless you are a touch typist you can not see the letters in the dark you will need light on it to type. The keyboard stand is quite cool and saves on land fill waste..... If you don't mind typing in the dark I would give it 8/10 ..... shine through caps would have been better
hmmm.. it does sound nice. But if we are excluding the Nuphy Air, I honestly believe that the Lofree Flow84 is a much, much cleaner and classier board. Carbon fiber has always made everything feel like hunting equipment to me lol. And whomever made that font needs a proper scolding. It looks preposterous
hello alex, I can explain why this sounds so good, I've designed a board myself with the same concept, it's the open-to-air back. makes resonance basically non-existent and basically only has plate and switch sounds, it's very clean sound.
Font doesn't bug me aside from the fact it's hard to read grey on black with that style font. I agree with you Alex that they shouldn't have done the CF around the top, maybe something where it's an interchangeable top plate like the protagonist?
Love those short videos because usually I find them at my morning coffee and in the evening, when I rebuild my keebs or lune switches, I usually watch the full VOD ❤ When a new keeb comes out, there is one review I wait for, in order to make a decision, yours 😁
I was on the brink of buying this but then they apparently use an OEM solution for the firmware and software, which I have decided to stay away from. So in the end I look at it as a better version of Logitech Mechanical Mini, and didn't buy it. I do think I would have bought it if I had a need for portability, though.
I feel like this is not apple aesthetic at all, between the stylized font of questionable taste and the carbon fiber. I've been looking into other low profile boards for traveling and the lofree flow and nuphy air both look so much better. monokei systems also looks way classier though is not as travel friendly. AND this is the most expensive.😩(all subjective opinions, of course.) glad you took a look at this because it's always good to hear your thoughts!
Those legends are a deal breaker for sure. If they went with a solid body like you suggested and had some kind of white on black keycap set with better legends it'd be an instant buy.
On the topic of the keyboard tho, it's quite an interesting LP keyboard - it's getting better. But wish the keycap fonts looked more refined and minimal like standard sets.
I regret buying this keyboard big time. (Only bought because it was a lot cheaper to get than the flow at my location) - It's not small, it's light and thin. Its actually the widest keyboard I have used, ever. - The backlight does not light up the space, keycaps or background. - The font (to me) is ugly and off-set. It's also difficult to see the symbols due to this, and even harder when the backlight is on ironically. Especially when it's quite dark in the room. - Carbon-fibre top, screws sticking out, and font does not make it look slick, modern and cool; it makes it look outdated and atrocious. I found it worse IRL. - The win-key and alt on the left are swapped in my OS, using a nordic layout. My keychron has the same key positions but there the win-key actually acts as a win-key, not an alt. - The software is kinda crappy and I can't remap the above keys, even though it says I can. - The bottom part sticks out further than any keyboard I have seen/used. It makes it uncomfortable for me to rest my hands on the desk and type, which I usually do. I also find that it ruins the aesthetics and makes it uglier. - If using a wristrest to solve above issue, it is also pushed quite far away due to the wide bottom, making top keys hard to reach if you have smaller hands. My wrists fall into the gap between the wristrest and keyboard if pressing the top row keys which is quite uncomfortable. If you do not use the legs, the keyboard is completely flat. This takes some getting used to, and makes the bottom part more of an obstruction if you like to rest your wrists while typing. + The switches have an awesome feel and sound smooth to me + It's thin & light. But not small. Just thin. Easy to pack down in a bag. + I like the build quality and feel of everything except the top, which is probably the most important part.. The bottom is gorgeous.. I don't care if a keyboard is packable, light and easy to bring if its simply not a good looking & usable keyboard. To me, this keyboard is high quality shit. I'd love to trade it for a MX mechanical mini, Lofree flow or a Nuphy.
if you put that face down on a desk i'd think thats the back of a laptop....it looks nice and this is by far one of the best sounding low profiles ive ever heard
used an apple low profile for the longest time before finally switching to pc and getting into the custom keyboard hobby. but I do lowkey kinda miss it LOL
Utter crap. Font is illegible so as to be useless and it's so low even with the kick stands. Plugged it in, threw it back into the box after 15 minutes. Worst purchase ever.
I've been using it off and on since I got it in, I'm just more shocked that this sounds good out of the box. My experience with low profile has typically been rather meh.
That font is a crime against humanity.
Agreed, and I thought Asus' font was bad.
It’s weird, but I think it kinda fits the keyboard. And if you know which key’s where, you’ll barely look at the font
The font is HIIIIIIIIIDEOUS
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Also, Nuphy got some interesting low profile boards as well with different switches.
Problem is that they tend to have a terrible customer support AND their batteries tend to turn spicy oddly quick...
Their proprietary software is also atrocious. It's a good thing that most of their newer products have started to adapt VIA
All my stuff is Nuphy, 1 has VIA support and the other doesnt.
Gem80
Air75 v1
Both have been serving me well, but I don't rush to recommend to anyone because I've heard the same about customer support. The Air75 is really nice as well and with some mods (lube and foam) it sounds really impressive. Lofree has been a solid contender for me against nuphy.
Worth checking out the lofree flow which is their previous low profile keyboard, it was much more minimal in design (very Apple) and also blew other low profile keyboard competition out of the water. I personally use it, and prefer it over the edge, it just suits my preferences more
Need to try the Lofree Flow. I fell in love with it & it sounds amazing.
Just received mine today, thats real carbon fibre by the way ..... Its a nice board, backlighting sucks and unless you are a touch typist you can not see the letters in the dark you will need light on it to type. The keyboard stand is quite cool and saves on land fill waste..... If you don't mind typing in the dark I would give it 8/10 ..... shine through caps would have been better
hmmm.. it does sound nice. But if we are excluding the Nuphy Air, I honestly believe that the Lofree Flow84 is a much, much cleaner and classier board. Carbon fiber has always made everything feel like hunting equipment to me lol. And whomever made that font needs a proper scolding. It looks preposterous
hello alex, I can explain why this sounds so good, I've designed a board myself with the same concept, it's the open-to-air back. makes resonance basically non-existent and basically only has plate and switch sounds, it's very clean sound.
Font doesn't bug me aside from the fact it's hard to read grey on black with that style font. I agree with you Alex that they shouldn't have done the CF around the top, maybe something where it's an interchangeable top plate like the protagonist?
I think you should draw the line at any low profile keyboard that isn’t hotswap.
Love those short videos because usually I find them at my morning coffee and in the evening, when I rebuild my keebs or lune switches, I usually watch the full VOD ❤ When a new keeb comes out, there is one review I wait for, in order to make a decision, yours 😁
Nice sounding. Hate the carbon fibre look
I was on the brink of buying this but then they apparently use an OEM solution for the firmware and software, which I have decided to stay away from. So in the end I look at it as a better version of Logitech Mechanical Mini, and didn't buy it. I do think I would have bought it if I had a need for portability, though.
I feel like this is not apple aesthetic at all, between the stylized font of questionable taste and the carbon fiber. I've been looking into other low profile boards for traveling and the lofree flow and nuphy air both look so much better. monokei systems also looks way classier though is not as travel friendly. AND this is the most expensive.😩(all subjective opinions, of course.) glad you took a look at this because it's always good to hear your thoughts!
Where can I find info on that MX Master mod? Is that custom?
Those legends are a deal breaker for sure. If they went with a solid body like you suggested and had some kind of white on black keycap set with better legends it'd be an instant buy.
On the topic of the keyboard tho, it's quite an interesting LP keyboard - it's getting better. But wish the keycap fonts looked more refined and minimal like standard sets.
Been taking a brake from the hobby, came back to you having 89k on YT - CONGRATS!!!
what are the keycaps of the keyboard in the back?
I regret buying this keyboard big time. (Only bought because it was a lot cheaper to get than the flow at my location)
- It's not small, it's light and thin. Its actually the widest keyboard I have used, ever.
- The backlight does not light up the space, keycaps or background.
- The font (to me) is ugly and off-set. It's also difficult to see the symbols due to this, and even harder when the backlight is on ironically. Especially when it's quite dark in the room.
- Carbon-fibre top, screws sticking out, and font does not make it look slick, modern and cool; it makes it look outdated and atrocious. I found it worse IRL.
- The win-key and alt on the left are swapped in my OS, using a nordic layout. My keychron has the same key positions but there the win-key actually acts as a win-key, not an alt.
- The software is kinda crappy and I can't remap the above keys, even though it says I can.
- The bottom part sticks out further than any keyboard I have seen/used. It makes it uncomfortable for me to rest my hands on the desk and type, which I usually do. I also find that it ruins the aesthetics and makes it uglier.
- If using a wristrest to solve above issue, it is also pushed quite far away due to the wide bottom, making top keys hard to reach if you have smaller hands. My wrists fall into the gap between the wristrest and keyboard if pressing the top row keys which is quite uncomfortable.
If you do not use the legs, the keyboard is completely flat. This takes some getting used to, and makes the bottom part more of an obstruction if you like to rest your wrists while typing.
+ The switches have an awesome feel and sound smooth to me
+ It's thin & light. But not small. Just thin. Easy to pack down in a bag.
+ I like the build quality and feel of everything except the top, which is probably the most important part.. The bottom is gorgeous..
I don't care if a keyboard is packable, light and easy to bring if its simply not a good looking & usable keyboard. To me, this keyboard is high quality shit.
I'd love to trade it for a MX mechanical mini, Lofree flow or a Nuphy.
if you put that face down on a desk i'd think thats the back of a laptop....it looks nice and this is by far one of the best sounding low profiles ive ever heard
Im thinking of getting this for work since its easy to carry around
That has a really nice muted clack to it! I'd buy this!
There needs to be and will be more of these boards. Nuphy boards are cool and all but not keeb like territory
used an apple low profile for the longest time before finally switching to pc and getting into the custom keyboard hobby. but I do lowkey kinda miss it LOL
Tried one of the lofree boards, not for me. Not a fan of the MacBook keyboard-like travel. If I wanted to type on my MacBook, I would.
the stabs look like the M-One but for low profile lol
and the switches look like carbon filber
250 for this should be illegal
Personally I think the older Lofree flow keyboard is the nicer keyboard
Please come up with a normal switch version of this
if the font was different i and a reduced price. I would consider it
its magnesium btw
feel like type on the plastic package
I dont think it lights up...
this thing sounds like chalk on a chalk board
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This would be a slam dunk if it weren't for those incredibly ugly keycaps. What were they thinking?
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Utter crap. Font is illegible so as to be useless and it's so low even with the kick stands. Plugged it in, threw it back into the box after 15 minutes. Worst purchase ever.
"It's not that bad" It's not a custom keyboard so no sht.
interesting but $250??!!
never thought i would see the day you went low profile
I've been using it off and on since I got it in, I'm just more shocked that this sounds good out of the box. My experience with low profile has typically been rather meh.