That gold variant looks sick seems like a really cool product a little pricey but seems like a really good quality product and since its metal you wouldn't have to worry about breaking the keys
Since the tolerance might be vary from different brands of switches or stabilizers on the market, we developed our original designed keycap, especially the open adjustable MX stem for a perfect fit for most switches.
@awekeys I think you guys just need new or better die-cast molds. That's false advertising when this dude said they were cnc cut they are clearly cast.
@@HipyoTech Yea, I also had a set from novelkeys before lol. Even those metal keys made by Rama works, Hibi, salvun, or aiglatson studio, they all have the same issues. I guess that might be the speciality for the metal keycaps 🤷🤷🤷😅
Ah key caps. The latest subscription based model where you get unlimited key caps and colors with different functions… auto type … voice detection key caps. All for 200 bucks a month!
@@CateChapelle So, you possibly live in one of the 4 shittiest states in the US, out of the 5 that don't have sales tax? Big flex dog, can't imagine what I'd do living outside of Montana or Oregon, or Alaska, or... New Hampshire.
@@maxvirgen908its a refrence to a tv show called full metal alchamist. The joke is where one of the main characters looses an arm and a leg for whatever reason. Thats enough of me ruining the joke. Ill see myself out.
Not to mention they sounds so freaking bad, if you want novelty keycaps then go for ceramics, they're cheaper, sounds 10 times better and doesn't make you look like a tool
I also highly doubted the claim of CNC at only $200. They would have to be paying nearly nothing to the workers to get a price so low on that amount of material and the complexity of the stem cut.
@@mirko92916 nah, metals are still mined a lot. But recycled metal isn't exactly special as most metals are easy to recycle, especially compared to plastics.
@@redcrafterlppa303The thing too is he said they're made with "some recycled metal". Scrap is included in a large portion of metal that's coming out of foundries these days.
Before anyone gets smart. I'm a machinist by trade, I have made molds and used them. I run and program CNC machines (also manual but not as much anymore)
@@JayTGTmc completely agree. I've studied some metallurgy (not a lot) and i can say for sure that if those keycaps were fully CNC'd, they would cost at the very least 3k.
@@JayTGTmc i think i even underballed the pricetag a bit. In another response i said it would cost triple the price, but a quick research proved that i was WAY off
For 200$ you get: 1) Absolutely no advantages 2) Additional weight 3) Having to fix your keys yourself 4) Questionable metal (you don't even know what it is) 5) Poured metal sold as CNC to gauge the price (although it only matters if you're planning to punch your keyboard to see which keys you'll break, so it's irrelevant to normal use of keyboard)
Imagine being a tech RUclipsr. You can wake up whenever you want, don’t have a crazy upload routine, get expensive tech stuff sent out for free and if you want something they haven’t sent you yet you can just buy it with the money you make. Not all rainbows and sunshine like I pictured it but it would be a fucking dream
@@farrel_ra It is pretty hard to make a name for yourself and consistently upload quality videos. Unless you are posting something new and original you aren't gonna make a living out of it now that it is such a big thing.
They definitely look cool for sure. They look to be diecast, much in the same manner your regular plastic keycaps are injection molded. If they were actually CNC machined, they would cost thousands. Too much manufacturing time, even for $200. I’m a fan of all things metal, but never thought I would see it in keycaps. Lol. Thanks for showing!
The cost of mold developmentof diecasting is very high. The development cost for a single mold is in the tens of thousands of dollars. With different keys on a single keyboard requiring over 20 molds, the amortized mold cost per set already exceeds the price of the product. Only CNC machining can help lower the cost in this scenario.
They are definitely not CNC'd in the way people assume (out of billet), the shape of the back of these keys is impossible to machine this way. They are cast and maybe finished on a cnc, and then electroplated as someone said above
From my experience with the Aluvia keycap set, the anodization or any coating on the metal keycaps will wear off revealing the base metal if you daily these keycaps. So expect the wear when buying metal sets
I mean tbf he showed as much as he could in 60 secs and included the cons and pros of them, he didn't say they were bad or good and let you decide. And he got to make some money and try out some cool keycaps, you probably would do the same.
@@LivingArmor196I spent $150 on ceramic keycaps. I’m never wasting money on any plastic keycaps ever again. Also, your board is $50 grand total? Clearly these keycaps are not for you lol
@@litergod I mean I get that but at that point wouldn't ceramic just be better all around? I don't know for certain because I have never used metal keycaps but ceramic just feel better texture wise
i like how he took the sponsor but probably also acknowledges these suck "the keys pop off and you have to fix it with a screwdriver" "they sound 'interesting'" lol respect
Honestly it would look really cool. I think it would be neat to make a keyboard just out of reground recycled plastic. That neat speckled textured look regrind brings
Technically speaking aluminium doesn't rust, it corrodes though. And something like sweat from hands would probably do quite the number on them over extended period of time.
Since the tolerance might be vary from different brands of switches or stabilizers on the market, we developed our original designed keycap, especially the open adjustable MX stem for a perfect fit for most switches.
No worries 😂 This issue is pretty normal for metal keycaps. I’ve some artisan metal caps from Rama or Hibi, they all came with this issues. I’ll just make them more custom sound signatures for different setup haha
Yep and won a set designed by Steel Series and MsI where they said all the same stuff. After just a few weeks I noticed the damage. Then there is the fact that because they are heavier they are less stable and that was just on WASD. They were horrible and I changed them straight away. Some things should not be metal. The reason huge companies haven’t bothered with them even though they could charge a pretty penny is because plastic is better. It’s lighter. They are easier to make. And they ironically are better for the environment.
theres a reason keycaps are made of light materials like plastic... its so they bounce back quickly without having to be pressed down with the force of your entire arm
CNC'd my ass. Those are casted. And since some of them pop off,casted not very good. Also, paint job looks not really good. Most likely spray-painted and not powder painted. And for two hundred bucks... Best anti-commercial.
I have the Gateron Year of the Tiger cnc'd aluminum keycaps. I can promise you those awekey ones aren't CLOSE to the quality of mine. I did pay a lot more than $200 though
There is NO CHANCE these are CNC. These are 100% cast. Just more cheap Chinese crap masquerading as high value goods because Chinese people have gotten a lot better at marketing and branding over the last few years
I will never understand people's obsession with how their keyboards SOUND My brother in christ, are you sitting there with your headphones off and your speakers muted?
I guess I would rather they use sustainable metal, but either way, yeah, you're still paying them for a large block of aluminum, 95% of which gets turned into chips, and the remaining 5% gets shipped to you. Don't get me wrong, I love a good CNC project, but this is more wasteful than most.
@@Ryan_Thompson Well if they're actually milled, those 95% would get sent back to be re-cast into those blocks of aluminium; thus recycled metal. But idk notice how they never specified WHICH metal it is? I don't know for a product like this cast zinc alloy would make a little too much sense wouldn't it... and the casting plant would recycle the waste in-house...
The reel duration was about 60 seconds and you talked 55 seconds complete bullsh*t and show us the sound on just 1-3 seconds of video.. what a waste of time
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How is Nola mr hipyo?
Full metal = steel.
@@TheRojo387 Not steel, something much cheaper and prone to breaking..
That gold variant looks sick seems like a really cool product a little pricey but seems like a really good quality product and since its metal you wouldn't have to worry about breaking the keys
You really shouldn't be having to fix keys popping off for a $200 set of keycaps
Since the tolerance might be vary from different brands of switches or stabilizers on the market, we developed our original designed keycap, especially the open adjustable MX stem for a perfect fit for most switches.
@awekeys I think you guys just need new or better die-cast molds. That's false advertising when this dude said they were cnc cut they are clearly cast.
Wait till you see the novelkeys ones that were like $400 and had this same problem - its inherent with CNC alu keycaps
@HipyoTech I would like to see that. I can appreciate some good 5 axis work
@@HipyoTech Yea, I also had a set from novelkeys before lol. Even those metal keys made by Rama works, Hibi, salvun, or aiglatson studio, they all have the same issues. I guess that might be the speciality for the metal keycaps 🤷🤷🤷😅
You gonna be hearing the anvil sound from Minecraft each time you press a key
full metal alcheycapist
Super expensive product.
Reaction: “hm, interesting”
"waiter! waiter!!! more mechanical keyboard users!!!! please!!!"
Full metal al-key-my
Hipyo: Tapping metal keys.
Captions: Applause.
Full metal keycaps? What's next, a full metal alchemist?
200$ for keycaps that pop off and you gotta fix them? Nope
“the shift key can get a bit quirky at night”
Ah key caps. The latest subscription based model where you get unlimited key caps and colors with different functions… auto type … voice detection key caps. All for 200 bucks a month!
He did not notice that it said metal on the box 😭💀
the most cast CNC'd caps on the planet
show us the gold ones on a keyboard
FULL METAL KEY CAPS
**commercial break**
FULL METAL KEY CAPS
lmao, was looking specifically for a comment like this
I understood that reference
Lol only thing I think of when I hear or see anything FULL METAL
Full Metal Key Caps!😄
Full Metal Key Caps…👹
Glad I wasn't the only one.
Company: Here's a 10$ off promo code for our key tabs that cost $200.
After tax, it's back to $200 😅
hot wheels have more metal than that on their toys,and cost less, def a scam
oh Euros would wish
haha imagine living in a state with sales tax
@@CateChapelle So, you possibly live in one of the 4 shittiest states in the US, out of the 5 that don't have sales tax? Big flex dog, can't imagine what I'd do living outside of Montana or Oregon, or Alaska, or... New Hampshire.
How would be the price with taxes for $200 base price tho?
full metal keycap: brotherhood
Those keycaps are gonna cost you...
*an arm and a leg*
@@ToonLinkGotTknee caps honestly not hard to think of 😭
@@maxvirgen908its a refrence to a tv show called full metal alchamist. The joke is where one of the main characters looses an arm and a leg for whatever reason. Thats enough of me ruining the joke. Ill see myself out.
Waiting for ya, for a very loooong time my brother
imagining paying 200$ for keycaps and still having to manually fix some of them so they dont pop off
Better yet, imagine paying $200 for keycaps 😂😂
Price of an entire good custom keyboard for a set of keycaps, yikes and they don't even test fit properly
Not to mention they sounds so freaking bad, if you want novelty keycaps then go for ceramics, they're cheaper, sounds 10 times better and doesn't make you look like a tool
They literally are worse, cost more, and are less practical. Normal PBT doubleshot keycaps beat them any day.
@@tenderandmoist5011ok yea but are they shiny?
CNC parts does not look like that. you can also clearly see the die cast markings.
exactly. and the numbering being raised would not be practical on a CNC
Yeah the tool marking and die lines are really obvious. Calling these CNC and being sponsered, seriously?
Yeah was going to say the same thing
These aren't CNC, but cast parts can look pretty close to CNC if done right. These just don't because of the thick coating.
Fully CNC'd? Very clearly cast.
I also highly doubted the claim of CNC at only $200. They would have to be paying nearly nothing to the workers to get a price so low on that amount of material and the complexity of the stem cut.
because they are injection molded and then electroplated with metal@@KingShark26
And recycled metal? Practically all metal is recycled...
@@mirko92916 nah, metals are still mined a lot. But recycled metal isn't exactly special as most metals are easy to recycle, especially compared to plastics.
@@redcrafterlppa303The thing too is he said they're made with "some recycled metal". Scrap is included in a large portion of metal that's coming out of foundries these days.
those are casts. The molds were CNC made 100% but they would cost WAAAAY more if they were machined, and there's casting marks.
Before anyone gets smart. I'm a machinist by trade, I have made molds and used them. I run and program CNC machines (also manual but not as much anymore)
@@JayTGTmc completely agree. I've studied some metallurgy (not a lot) and i can say for sure that if those keycaps were fully CNC'd, they would cost at the very least 3k.
@enderforces7013 with machines runtime cost nowdays that's pretty accurate
@@JayTGTmc i think i even underballed the pricetag a bit. In another response i said it would cost triple the price, but a quick research proved that i was WAY off
@enderforces7013 yup, but some shop would probably settle for 3k. My shop they would be around 15-20k because the machines we use.
imagine doubleshot metal
that would be metal af
Aluminum with brass legends
Mr moneybags over here 😂
,
Jesus christ that sounds like an engineering nightmare
For 200$ you get:
1) Absolutely no advantages
2) Additional weight
3) Having to fix your keys yourself
4) Questionable metal (you don't even know what it is)
5) Poured metal sold as CNC to gauge the price (although it only matters if you're planning to punch your keyboard to see which keys you'll break, so it's irrelevant to normal use of keyboard)
Das a steal
Definitely pot metal. Using “recycled metal” to make it sound better
Plus they sound awful
"Full metal" is the universal slogan of "We used the cheapest material that we can legally call metal".
And it sounds like every other key cap out there
Me: I'll start a keyboard channel and get them for free.
Imagine being a tech RUclipsr. You can wake up whenever you want, don’t have a crazy upload routine, get expensive tech stuff sent out for free and if you want something they haven’t sent you yet you can just buy it with the money you make. Not all rainbows and sunshine like I pictured it but it would be a fucking dream
@@francescobaruzzi16annifa99then what stop you from starting your dream?
@@farrel_ra It is pretty hard to make a name for yourself and consistently upload quality videos. Unless you are posting something new and original you aren't gonna make a living out of it now that it is such a big thing.
@@JazzD_335 I see, so hard being the first in the market isn't it
those keycaps must be terrible to touch in a cold morning in the winter
Or after being in the hot sun (especially the dark ones)
@mycatistypingthis5450 guess its time for a water cooled/heated keyboard now
They definitely look cool for sure. They look to be diecast, much in the same manner your regular plastic keycaps are injection molded. If they were actually CNC machined, they would cost thousands. Too much manufacturing time, even for $200. I’m a fan of all things metal, but never thought I would see it in keycaps. Lol. Thanks for showing!
Their website does explicitly claim these are CNC machined, so either this is an inaccurate assumption (may be feasible at scale?) or they are lying
The cost of mold developmentof diecasting is very high. The development cost for a single mold is in the tens of thousands of dollars. With different keys on a single keyboard requiring over 20 molds, the amortized mold cost per set already exceeds the price of the product. Only CNC machining can help lower the cost in this scenario.
@awekeys So these keycaps are actually CNC'd? That's crazy!
Wouldn't they have way more CNC marks if they were actually CNC'd? These look electroplated to me tbh 🤷♂️
They are definitely not CNC'd in the way people assume (out of billet), the shape of the back of these keys is impossible to machine this way. They are cast and maybe finished on a cnc, and then electroplated as someone said above
“I’ve been told I have to act… apprehensive and… slightly bewildered in every single video I ever make… “ -this dude
i think its because these keys actually just arent good
@@waffler-yz3gwbro acts like this in every video he makes, I think he thinks he's coming across as quirky but really it's just annoying
@@epsilon5808ngl facts like you clearly don’t talk like that irl, well atleast I hope he doesn’t
“Fully cnc’ed” 😂
Fully cast lol
Full Metal All-keycaps
Full metal alquemist
Metal Keys Solid
Metal key solid V: The Phantom Key
Lol
That "interesting" sound and the falling shift are definitely worth 200 dollars for sure
If I’m paying $200 for key caps that are just a different material, I’d want them to at least stay on
Cant wait to touch one key and my fingerprint will be there forever
Definitely not CNC’d!
From my experience with the Aluvia keycap set, the anodization or any coating on the metal keycaps will wear off revealing the base metal if you daily these keycaps. So expect the wear when buying metal sets
$200.
Those don't look CNC. They looked cast...
Unfortunate that you care more about money than denying sponsors for shitty products.
I mean tbf he showed as much as he could in 60 secs and included the cons and pros of them, he didn't say they were bad or good and let you decide. And he got to make some money and try out some cool keycaps, you probably would do the same.
I think you're overreacting. Guy was pretty objective. And they're not THAT bad, just not worth the price. You would have chosen money too.
Full metal alchemist
Could we pleeeeeeeeeease get a sound test of these and the ceramic-key caps?!?!?!?
I mean like a comparison
Doesn’t your RUclips have a search bar?
“these are FULL METAL KEYCAPS”
“….ed…ward?”
Brother ed
They sound good but not 200 dollar good
You can buy 4 of my current keyboard with this much money lol. I'd rather have 200 dollars worth of PBT keycaps
@@LivingArmor196I spent $150 on ceramic keycaps. I’m never wasting money on any plastic keycaps ever again. Also, your board is $50 grand total? Clearly these keycaps are not for you lol
With GMK resale still being $200+ for some sets... I'll take metal hahaha
It's not always about sound. Sometimes you just want sick looking metal keycaps.
@@litergod I mean I get that but at that point wouldn't ceramic just be better all around? I don't know for certain because I have never used metal keycaps but ceramic just feel better texture wise
I had to buy a CNC machine for a company I own. A cool 30k later and I have one.
and from this experience you also realise that these are infact not CNCd XD
Fullmetal Keycap: Brotherhood
i like how he took the sponsor but probably also acknowledges these suck
"the keys pop off and you have to fix it with a screwdriver"
"they sound 'interesting'" lol respect
imagine a keyboard out of all recycled metal/plastic
Honestly it would look really cool. I think it would be neat to make a keyboard just out of reground recycled plastic. That neat speckled textured look regrind brings
dude i could buy my dream keyboard with $30 left with that price ;-;
@ternocimadh5863 razer black widow V4 pro
It's all fun and games till the keycaps start getting rusty.
they dont rust with treated surface...
@@Wanted54321 Every treated surface wears off with consent touching and the oil on our skin
Technically speaking aluminium doesn't rust, it corrodes though. And something like sweat from hands would probably do quite the number on them over extended period of time.
It’s aluminum too so when it does corrode you’ll have a lot of dust everywhere and aluminum is toxic
I was gonna comment something negative about the 200$ price but than I remembered some ABS double shot sets costs the same
Yeh except those are good
Since the tolerance might be vary from different brands of switches or stabilizers on the market, we developed our original designed keycap, especially the open adjustable MX stem for a perfect fit for most switches.
No worries 😂 This issue is pretty normal for metal keycaps. I’ve some artisan metal caps from Rama or Hibi, they all came with this issues. I’ll just make them more custom sound signatures for different setup haha
Wow
I will buy
Yep and won a set designed by Steel Series and MsI where they said all the same stuff. After just a few weeks I noticed the damage. Then there is the fact that because they are heavier they are less stable and that was just on WASD.
They were horrible and I changed them straight away. Some things should not be metal. The reason huge companies haven’t bothered with them even though they could charge a pretty penny is because plastic is better. It’s lighter. They are easier to make. And they ironically are better for the environment.
For 200$ I'd be PO'd if a key cap just popped off like that. Not worth anywhere near 200$ imo
theres a reason keycaps are made of light materials like plastic... its so they bounce back quickly without having to be pressed down with the force of your entire arm
Love my fingers smelling like boiled quarters after a long day of typing.
Fullmetal keycapset!
Full metal keycap set.
meanwhile me, with my 5$ keyboard:
_Fully_ made with _some_ recycled metal
Yeah sure
Is that a LTT screwdriver i see?
My first thought exactly! 😆
CNC'd my ass.
Those are casted. And since some of them pop off,casted not very good. Also, paint job looks not really good. Most likely spray-painted and not powder painted.
And for two hundred bucks...
Best anti-commercial.
After few weeks the keyboard will be rusty busty😳
nah probebly not steel
I have the Gateron Year of the Tiger cnc'd aluminum keycaps. I can promise you those awekey ones aren't CLOSE to the quality of mine. I did pay a lot more than $200 though
if i rage i brake my fingers
There is NO CHANCE these are CNC. These are 100% cast. Just more cheap Chinese crap masquerading as high value goods because Chinese people have gotten a lot better at marketing and branding over the last few years
“Made by some recycled metal”
"yea, just throw a few paperclips in the furnace so we can call it recycled metal"
I will never understand people's obsession with how their keyboards SOUND
My brother in christ, are you sitting there with your headphones off and your speakers muted?
clink clonk
Me: *hears the dude say full metal key caps*
My brain: *inhales* (in announcer voice) *THE FULLMETAL KEY CAPS*
Feels illegal to be this early😊
hipyo: clicking the keyboard
captions: *applause*
$200 and calling it "recycled metal" doesn't sound like a bonus
I guess I would rather they use sustainable metal, but either way, yeah, you're still paying them for a large block of aluminum, 95% of which gets turned into chips, and the remaining 5% gets shipped to you. Don't get me wrong, I love a good CNC project, but this is more wasteful than most.
@@Ryan_Thompson Well if they're actually milled, those 95% would get sent back to be re-cast into those blocks of aluminium; thus recycled metal.
But idk notice how they never specified WHICH metal it is? I don't know for a product like this cast zinc alloy would make a little too much sense wouldn't it... and the casting plant would recycle the waste in-house...
@@Ryan_Thompson they are definitely cast, much cheaper. If they were milled they would probably cost waaaay more
The reel duration was about 60 seconds and you talked 55 seconds complete bullsh*t and show us the sound on just 1-3 seconds of video.. what a waste of time
I was like oh nice
Nvm
“full metal”?
Now become an Alchemist too
Geometry dash players finger are gone with these key caps💀
Damn they sound like every other keyboard/ key cap/ switch on the market. Who would've guessed.
Bro really said 200$ is cheap💀
my keyboard costed $70 in 2016 and its still working no problems.
No he fucking didn’t l
“aren’t exactly cheap”?
100000$ is cheap but 1$ is so expensive
@@FedkaSlovanichmy keyboard cost*
Who tf is out there spending 200 on just key caps? And when did custom keyboards become a fad?
THOCKY THOCK
am i the only one who heard "full metal keycaps" as if it were the intermission screen halfway through a fullmetal alchemist episode?
Downside to these is only really that you need strong switches if you want them to go back up fast for gaming or fast typing.
Bro, they sound like a coilhead walking from lethal company 💀
Cast, not CNC'd. You can tell by the drafts, and all the stems. Also no machinging finishes
$200 for broken keycaps that don’t even sound good. Great sponsorship hipyo.
I don't care how they sound im not paying $200 for the best keyboard in the world.
As a full metal fan this is the best thing ever
Jesus h, nobody needs $200 keycaps i don’t care if they’re made out of diamonds lol
that does not look like cnced metal, looks cast
There's no way these are CNC milled. You can't do the very sharp features with CNC.
200 bucks for that, im sure theres a cheaper way to produce them rather than using CNC machinery
Nice! Can't wait for the letters and numbers to slowly peel off.
Do it with blue switches, I personally dont like the sound of other key switches very much
Why do I need to tighten the stems??? Maybe I would buy it next time when they are free of issues.
Comments section: 200 is too much
r/Mechmarket for GMK keycaps:
“Ive been told in this box is the coolest keycaps ever” you always start with it 📌
The moment I heard the promo code was a whole 10$ off I knew the price would be through the roof
When the best thing he could say was "interesting" i felt that hard. Like a knife in the chest. Shit got real
I’m unsatisfied, disappointed, and angry that you didn’t press the spacebar.
10 dollar off promo code to lower the price from 200 to 200-10=190 dollars. nice
Wait till winter and watch your hands freeze at freezing cold metal keycaps
FullMetal keycaps? Now we just need Nina x Alexander keycaps.
For 200 dollars, these damn keycaps better write by themselves
Fullmetal key caps
Their click sound: *ED.. WARD*
Bro they really be charging 200 dollas for keycaps that fall off😭😭😭