Do more 40% please!! haha been looking at the minivan and the core and a few others in the 40% range lately. Super cool after the 65% love is getting big now
I'll be building my own 40% board using a ut47.2 kit some time in September (hopefully!). I know the format is form over function but it will mostly be a hotswap test bed for me to try different switch types. All in a cute compact package!
If you made the esc key smaller and the delete key bigger, your column would shift over 1 to the left. you would have to re-learn the top row to touch type.
First mech : cherry board 6.0 100%. It collected dust on right hand side,so I bought a 2nd: leopold 660, 65%. Love it. Told myself this is my last KB, until I have to buy the topre. Now.. I saw this vortex core on sales (50% discount) damn, Im curious about the 40%. To be on the safe side, Im going to own a 40%, making my collection of 100%, 65%, and 40%. I think the only endgame would be to own a 2-keys board for programming the binaries.
Definitely recommend 40%, as long as it’s programmable, which is not the one shown in the video. That’s also why it makes more sense to go ortholinear if you go 40% because the layout allows more customizing freedom. It only took me a few days to get use to (with active typing practice).
Love your review videos Miss SwitchnClick. You kind of remind me of Daria, the very intelligent but usually uninterested cartoon character. It’s very entertaining, familiar (to me, at least) and heartwarming. Keep up the good work. Thumbs up. :)
i got the same board. matter of fact, i even mod it, lube, change switch to boba and tempest mod it. and holee the stabs. even the keycaps i am using is super mario LOL. my take on a board like this is you need a macro board that house all the symbol. number and F button. my point is that if you got a macro for all the function already, you dont even need to remember anything. i even daily drive this board for almost 2 months now and just used to it already, because all my function is there on macro. so i think i even can daily drive all kind kind of weird layout. when there is a will there is a way. i am sure for the people who got this board, it means they have other board already and i bet you this is the board they buy just for fun because the layout is unique.
I would never switch to a 40%. I use mechanical keyboards primarily for work and school, which means I frequently need to type a lot of numbers at once (primarily why I prefer full size). Having to hold down a button just to access numbers would not only decrease my transcription ability but also annoy the crap out of me. Frankly these keyboards only seem beneficial to those who prioritize aesthetics over all else. Even then, I think a 60 or 65% looks way better in most setups. The keyboard almost looks comically small, especially when paired with ultrawide or multiple monitors.
Speak for yourself! I built a 40% BM43A a couple weeks ago. I really quite like it. QMK allows me to flash it with whatever kind of layout I want, so I'm not even that much slower on it than a normal 60%. After a week or so of practice, I'm typing at ~140WPM. I started out building it just 'cause I was curious about the layout, and honesty I'm glad I did. It's pretty fun, and with a wrist rest I 3D printed, takes up a decent amount of space on my desk.
@@SwitchandClickOfficial Yeah. I think it's a lot easier when you can customize the layout. For my build, I made the left spacebar a function key. That was huge in making it far easier to type out all the symbols and numbers I use, along the function keys. Plus, I went through 6 iterations of layout to make sure I got it right. But they're not for everyone, and I totally get that.
@@SwitchandClickOfficial The keyboard itself doesn't come in a kit as far as I know, and I had to purchase each of the parts separately. I'll just drop you some links and extra info about it, though. Keep in mind, everything here was bought from KPRepublic except for the keycaps, and shipping took about a week and a half. Case: BM43a kprepublic.com/collections/newest-products/products/bm43a-aluminium-high-sloped-case?_pos=2&_sid=e5ca6adab&_ss=r Plate: Also BM43a layout, got this stainless steel one kprepublic.com/collections/plate/products/stainless-steel-plate-for-bm43a-bm43-40-custom-keyboard-mechanical-keyboard-plate-support-bm43a?_pos=3&_sid=e5ca6adab&_ss=r PCB: USB-C, and it's only 43 keys so soldering isn't that much of a hassle. kprepublic.com/collections/pcb/products/bm43a-bm43-43-keys-40-custom-mechanical-keyboard-pcb-programmed-numpad-layouts-qmk-firmware-with-rgb-bottom-underglow-alps-mx?_pos=1&_sid=e5ca6adab&_ss=r Switches: I went with Gateron Blacks, you need 43 total. I went with picking up 50 just in case. kprepublic.com/products/gateron-switch-3pin-5pin-smd-blue-red-black-brown-green-clear-yellow-silent-for-custom-mechnical-keyboard-xd64-xd60-eepw84-gh60?_pos=4&_sid=46ec21ce5&_ss=r&variant=9518676770860 Stabilizers: It's a 40%, so I only used 2. One for each space bar. The left shift can have one but I went without. kprepublic.com/products/black-cherry-original-pcb-stabilizers-for-custom-mechanical-keyboard-gh60-xd64-xd60-xd84-eepw84-tada68-zz96-6-25x-2x-7x-rs96-87?_pos=8&_sid=f64d1a644&_ss=r&variant=1202422448172 Keycaps: I picked up this cheap set of DSA keycaps off of Amazon and painted the gray mods black. www.amazon.com/YMDK-Profile-Minila-Subimation-Keyset/dp/B082D21GRP/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=DSA+keycaps&qid=1588166078&sr=8-3 That about does it. I used superlube for the stabs and put 2 or 3 layers of a pretty thin foam that came in the package under the PCB, cutting holes for the screw posts. Edit: Layers 0,1, and 2 of the layout I use. i.imgur.com/BTgIWTV.png i.imgur.com/OvVMv9U.png i.imgur.com/NYi30Hg.png
@@SwitchandClickOfficial Haha, thanks. Yeah, I was thinking about putting them on the top row, but it's a lot easier to just use the home row and associate letters with numbers. Soldering is probably what scares away most people from building customs, well, that and the price. It's kinda scary to think about, but I found it to be pretty enjoyable. Worked on my first try, though that might just be due to my habit of watching Taeha Types and MechMerlin build streams.
40% seems like something you really want to be able to fully customize~
Do more 40% please!! haha been looking at the minivan and the core and a few others in the 40% range lately. Super cool after the 65% love is getting big now
if you go down to 40% you need to go ortholinear or you will not take advantage of a 40%
I'll be building my own 40% board using a ut47.2 kit some time in September (hopefully!). I know the format is form over function but it will mostly be a hotswap test bed for me to try different switch types. All in a cute compact package!
49 keys including arrows, page-up, page-down & delete ?? Well done.
Also good video. Subscribed!
If you made the esc key smaller and the delete key bigger, your column would shift over 1 to the left. you would have to re-learn the top row to touch type.
It's crazy how much you changed in a year
First mech : cherry board 6.0 100%. It collected dust on right hand side,so I bought a 2nd: leopold 660, 65%. Love it. Told myself this is my last KB, until I have to buy the topre. Now.. I saw this vortex core on sales (50% discount) damn, Im curious about the 40%. To be on the safe side, Im going to own a 40%, making my collection of 100%, 65%, and 40%. I think the only endgame would be to own a 2-keys board for programming the binaries.
Me using a 40%: pressing fn to this, pressing fn to that. I always get TKL so I still have those keys
Just moved from 65% to 60%. This one is tempting me to move to 40% lol 😂
Definitely recommend 40%, as long as it’s programmable, which is not the one shown in the video. That’s also why it makes more sense to go ortholinear if you go 40% because the layout allows more customizing freedom. It only took me a few days to get use to (with active typing practice).
Magicforce 49 Key mini Keyboard
Love your review videos Miss SwitchnClick. You kind of remind me of Daria, the very intelligent but usually uninterested cartoon character. It’s very entertaining, familiar (to me, at least) and heartwarming.
Keep up the good work. Thumbs up. :)
i got the same board. matter of fact, i even mod it, lube, change switch to boba and tempest mod it. and holee the stabs. even the keycaps i am using is super mario LOL. my take on a board like this is you need a macro board that house all the symbol. number and F button. my point is that if you got a macro for all the function already, you dont even need to remember anything. i even daily drive this board for almost 2 months now and just used to it already, because all my function is there on macro. so i think i even can daily drive all kind kind of weird layout. when there is a will there is a way. i am sure for the people who got this board, it means they have other board already and i bet you this is the board they buy just for fun because the layout is unique.
I wish I had grabbed one of these when available. I can't even find a used one on eBay now.
"next one"
I would never switch to a 40%. I use mechanical keyboards primarily for work and school, which means I frequently need to type a lot of numbers at once (primarily why I prefer full size). Having to hold down a button just to access numbers would not only decrease my transcription ability but also annoy the crap out of me.
Frankly these keyboards only seem beneficial to those who prioritize aesthetics over all else. Even then, I think a 60 or 65% looks way better in most setups. The keyboard almost looks comically small, especially when paired with ultrawide or multiple monitors.
Speak for yourself! I built a 40% BM43A a couple weeks ago. I really quite like it. QMK allows me to flash it with whatever kind of layout I want, so I'm not even that much slower on it than a normal 60%. After a week or so of practice, I'm typing at ~140WPM. I started out building it just 'cause I was curious about the layout, and honesty I'm glad I did. It's pretty fun, and with a wrist rest I 3D printed, takes up a decent amount of space on my desk.
@@SwitchandClickOfficial Yeah. I think it's a lot easier when you can customize the layout. For my build, I made the left spacebar a function key. That was huge in making it far easier to type out all the symbols and numbers I use, along the function keys. Plus, I went through 6 iterations of layout to make sure I got it right.
But they're not for everyone, and I totally get that.
@@SwitchandClickOfficial The keyboard itself doesn't come in a kit as far as I know, and I had to purchase each of the parts separately. I'll just drop you some links and extra info about it, though. Keep in mind, everything here was bought from KPRepublic except for the keycaps, and shipping took about a week and a half.
Case: BM43a
kprepublic.com/collections/newest-products/products/bm43a-aluminium-high-sloped-case?_pos=2&_sid=e5ca6adab&_ss=r
Plate: Also BM43a layout, got this stainless steel one
kprepublic.com/collections/plate/products/stainless-steel-plate-for-bm43a-bm43-40-custom-keyboard-mechanical-keyboard-plate-support-bm43a?_pos=3&_sid=e5ca6adab&_ss=r
PCB: USB-C, and it's only 43 keys so soldering isn't that much of a hassle.
kprepublic.com/collections/pcb/products/bm43a-bm43-43-keys-40-custom-mechanical-keyboard-pcb-programmed-numpad-layouts-qmk-firmware-with-rgb-bottom-underglow-alps-mx?_pos=1&_sid=e5ca6adab&_ss=r
Switches: I went with Gateron Blacks, you need 43 total. I went with picking up 50 just in case.
kprepublic.com/products/gateron-switch-3pin-5pin-smd-blue-red-black-brown-green-clear-yellow-silent-for-custom-mechnical-keyboard-xd64-xd60-eepw84-gh60?_pos=4&_sid=46ec21ce5&_ss=r&variant=9518676770860
Stabilizers: It's a 40%, so I only used 2. One for each space bar. The left shift can have one but I went without.
kprepublic.com/products/black-cherry-original-pcb-stabilizers-for-custom-mechanical-keyboard-gh60-xd64-xd60-xd84-eepw84-tada68-zz96-6-25x-2x-7x-rs96-87?_pos=8&_sid=f64d1a644&_ss=r&variant=1202422448172
Keycaps: I picked up this cheap set of DSA keycaps off of Amazon and painted the gray mods black.
www.amazon.com/YMDK-Profile-Minila-Subimation-Keyset/dp/B082D21GRP/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=DSA+keycaps&qid=1588166078&sr=8-3
That about does it. I used superlube for the stabs and put 2 or 3 layers of a pretty thin foam that came in the package under the PCB, cutting holes for the screw posts.
Edit: Layers 0,1, and 2 of the layout I use.
i.imgur.com/BTgIWTV.png
i.imgur.com/OvVMv9U.png
i.imgur.com/NYi30Hg.png
@@SwitchandClickOfficial Haha, thanks. Yeah, I was thinking about putting them on the top row, but it's a lot easier to just use the home row and associate letters with numbers.
Soldering is probably what scares away most people from building customs, well, that and the price. It's kinda scary to think about, but I found it to be pretty enjoyable. Worked on my first try, though that might just be due to my habit of watching Taeha Types and MechMerlin build streams.
@@SwitchandClickOfficial I went with the TS100 from UY CHAN and used the solder that came with it.
how are you so underrated?! dude you should have over 200k subs already 🚫🧢
Switch and Click well you are doing amazing! keep up the great work and then you'll soon enough have over 200k!
@@thinkofvi you were right lmao
@@fabulo19 damnnnn she grew pretty fast, man.
Non-customizable is a major deal breaker.
this is great i dont even use caps when shift works just fine
Great video!
@@SwitchandClickOfficial Hm, weird.. thanks for the reply anyways! :D
Interesting! Thanks.
I wouldnt use that :D
I'd use 1% keyboard instead of this
Ever think of going down to paper and pencil? That's the only way to endgame it. I was using this same method to end my headphone journey. End game.
you blew up 6 monta ago lol
Ban the 40% man.. bring back vintage
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