Happy new year everyone! A new year brings the same potential as any other day, just with a bit more celebratory significance behind it. Regardless, I have plenty of projects in the works, including live streaming again. Anyways, hope to see you all in the new year, stay safe y'all!
Quite late but if anyone stumbles across this video then use me as a reference as I have used all 3. Akko Mod007, GMMK Pro and Keychron Q1. Tier list: 1st place, Akko Mod007v2: Great budget board, comes with foams, decent coiled cable, PE Foam, PCB Foam, Plate Foam and even a Polycarbonate plate! Great acoustics once it's modded well with things like Tape Mod, Force Break mod, PE Foam mod, Paper Towel Mod, etc. Only caveat is that it has north-facing PCB and it's stock stabs are plate mounted but it's great that it supports screw-in stabs. 2nd place, Keychron Q1: Again, great value for the board itself, comes with an even better coiled cable than Akko and even has a small aviator cable. Stock stabs are Gateron screw-in and they are of course factory lubed. They are quite decent. Again, fullest potential comes with mods. Sound is great. Bad part is that it only comes with an Alu plate and you have to purchase the other plates separately and not to mention it has a very bad pinging problem. Just use the force break mod by "Keybored" and it instantly goes away, super easy too. Trash tier, GMMK Pro: Absolute dog-water. Extremely stiff typing experience, extremely muted, terrible stock stabs, MORE expensive than the other 2 despite it being absolute dog-water. You're only paying for the brand if you buy this. DO NOT buy this board, you are just gonna be wasting your money. It would've been fine if this board was CHEAPER than the other 2 but it's not. It's trash, please don't waste your money on this. I have nothing good to say bout this one.
considering it is cheaper than a GMMK Pro, has a bit more flex, looks less "gamery", has free coiled cable... I'd say this is superior than the overpriced GMMK Pro.
@AKKO VN Relax! I love Akko, I have a Mod003 arriving soon. I do think most enthusiasts prefer south facing LEDS to not worry about potential interference.
Thank you! I agree, they've been pushing on bringing down the entry price for this hobby, along with some other brands, however they provide a competitive segment which I really appreciate.
My first somewhat high quality keyboard is from akko, absolutely love this thing and it only cost me like $80. I've used $200-300 dollar gaming keyboards at conventions (and a couple decently pricey enthusiast boards) and this is still one of the best feeling keyboards ive ever typed on. LOVE akko
Thanks for the review! Covered a lot of concerns I had about the mod007. Only thing missing was that you mentioned you would test multiple types of cherry profile keycaps at the start for interference? That seemed to have been left out.
For about $150, I'd rather buy the Q1 and save myself the headache of interference. Why Akko went for the north orientation is a mystery to me. People buying $150 barebone kit boards are usually grown-ups who don't give a damn about whether an LED is a bit shinier the other way round or not.
@@kuyt20 heyo another youtuber said Akko plans to do south-facing LEDs for next revision but we'll see. Agree they shoulda just done south from the start
@@kiryuski - I can understand why they went north-facing from a purely business perspective. But I think the majority of the people who can't live without the pretty little lights are on the younger side and will be more attracted to more popular expensive pre-builts like Anne Pro, Ducky, Razer, Corsair, Logitech, etc. even if they were to look into boards at this price range. Hell, I wished my board didn't come with any LED and shaved $15 off its price in the process. And this is already a pretty cheap board to begin with. LOL
hello thank you for the super cool video, like you I have the two keyboards the gmmk pro and the mood 007 and for me the gmmk pro sounds much better than the 007 after changing the foam plate and the foam box for real poron because the original foams are not really good and the addition of a pe foam the sound of the GMMK PRO and a pure marvel, I also changed the foams of the gasket I put foams 4mn high and the board and now much more flexible and frankly the work is worth it and we see that the glorious gmmk and more premium at the end despite I admit a lot of work and without case foam just plate foam in true poron and pe foam is just perfect!!!!!!
Being that I'm just getting into the whole custom keyboard genre I'm currently looking at this, & the Ducky One 3 SF. My goal is to build the quietest board I possibly can. Any advice?
There's a lot of good resources on RUclips for a silent board, but usual picks would include a silent linear switch, like Dolphin switches or Roselios. Using the included plate foam, adding poly-fill, and properly sound treating your stabilizers and switches as well.
After this, I can't imagine why you would choose the GMMK pro. After mods (easy and cheap - force breaker, tape, PE foam) this thing sounds great. The only reason I could see someone going with the GMMK pro is if they dont know this thing exists, or they need the side RGB lighting. Nice vid!
Probably the north facing PCB is deal breaker. You are either forced to use long pole switches or non cherry profile keycaps for no interference typing experience.
There is another reason to choose the GMMK Pro. This board doesn’t have an ISO version and as a UK-based keyboard user, that’s a deal breaker for me. I went for the Keychron Q1 (knob version) and the GMMK Pro just because they support ISO layouts
Tried to fit my Feker Pandas into this board and the small switch plates popped off on the back off the PCB. Ruined. Replacement PCB, happened again. Seems the tolerances are too tight for these switches or something. I was even holding the back of the PCB the second time around and it still happened. They worked fine in my GMMK Pro and Q1, but not here. Thankfully they refunded me.
oof, I am literally waiting for my mod 007 to arrive, man I'm stoked. Same color as yours, I paired mine with Macaw keycaps + sponge switches also from Akko
Did you screw in all 6 case screws or just the 4 in the corners? My board does not flex like that even though I am using polyfill. Although, I am using the poron plate foam. Do you think the plate foam reduces the flex by a lot?
SRS great video being super informative!! I was considering what to buy for next keeb build between Q1 and MOD007 but the vid helped me alot to makeup my mind
Nice review. I have the mod 005 and love it but for some reason I cant get the software to work either and there's more people that have the same issue. I've tried everything and still nothing but hopefully they will fix it. I even emailed them about the issue and they told me to use the stock cable the board came with and still nothing. Any who if you find a fix please make a short video or something. Thank you :)
I'm waiting for my mod007 to come in. I really like the sound your endresult makes! Does removing the plate foam do that much? Now I'm debating if I should do that as well. 🤔
Thank you! Removing the plate foam does a good job muting the ping, I chose to go without it since I wanted to hear the clack sound characteristics coming from the switches. It will depend on what switches you're going for and if you want a muted experience. I like the fact I can take out the plate foam without too much consequence, which can't be said for the GMMK pro as it would be really metallic in sound.
@@jdtechgear yeah I like the clackyness from your build. I'm getting akko jelly blacks with the top housing from jelly whites (for rgb but I think its the same material), already a clacky switch but I'm going to try the no plate foam method to see if it enhances the sound 💪🏻
Good comment about that stabs... I had durock v2 screw in stabs and could not get them to fit with the stock aluminum plate (didn't try the FR4). Even after a bit of sanding the sides of the stabs, it still took a bit to get one of the stab sets to fit tightly. Ended up replacing them with some Everglide panda plate stabs instead. Sidenote: stock stabs are pretty good for being stock stabs, still need to relube though imho
Great vid! I want to build a relatively quiet, muted kb and been considering the gmmk pro vs this one. Gonna use boba U4s. While I like the color options on this much better, from reading around it seems to me that the GMMK pro starts off as quieter. I would like the flex that this one has though. Hows the modding potential to make either one quiter?
just got that deskmat a couple weeks ago and it has to be my favorite. thanks for the content and info as this might help me pick out a board for a buddy!
I like that there is another option for an alu 75%, including two diffrent plates is a nice thing but the north facing switches and lack of via support are negtatives but no deal breakers. I have been waiting on the q1 to release their white version for months and it seems to finally be happening this month, but I was also considering the pink version of the 007 if the white never released.
Same here, alu is a good all-rounder, however I've been preferring FR4 for a lot of my linear builds. I do wish there was VIA support, however I don't use it enough for key binding or shortcuts to warrant a deal breaker from me. I hope they release a a proper white Q1 as opposed to the GMMK Pro which was a silver.
I was thinking to upgrade to Q1 but I saw the mod 007 came out now I'm in between which should I get... Wait until Q1 knob version is in stock again or get this one instead for much a better price with the only downside that it is not VIA or QMK compatible which I don't really care that much since I only reprogram media keys lol
Happy new year everyone! A new year brings the same potential as any other day, just with a bit more celebratory significance behind it. Regardless, I have plenty of projects in the works, including live streaming again. Anyways, hope to see you all in the new year, stay safe y'all!
Quite late but if anyone stumbles across this video then use me as a reference as I have used all 3. Akko Mod007, GMMK Pro and Keychron Q1.
Tier list:
1st place, Akko Mod007v2: Great budget board, comes with foams, decent coiled cable, PE Foam, PCB Foam, Plate Foam and even a Polycarbonate plate! Great acoustics once it's modded well with things like Tape Mod, Force Break mod, PE Foam mod, Paper Towel Mod, etc. Only caveat is that it has north-facing PCB and it's stock stabs are plate mounted but it's great that it supports screw-in stabs.
2nd place, Keychron Q1: Again, great value for the board itself, comes with an even better coiled cable than Akko and even has a small aviator cable. Stock stabs are Gateron screw-in and they are of course factory lubed. They are quite decent. Again, fullest potential comes with mods. Sound is great. Bad part is that it only comes with an Alu plate and you have to purchase the other plates separately and not to mention it has a very bad pinging problem. Just use the force break mod by "Keybored" and it instantly goes away, super easy too.
Trash tier, GMMK Pro: Absolute dog-water. Extremely stiff typing experience, extremely muted, terrible stock stabs, MORE expensive than the other 2 despite it being absolute dog-water. You're only paying for the brand if you buy this. DO NOT buy this board, you are just gonna be wasting your money. It would've been fine if this board was CHEAPER than the other 2 but it's not. It's trash, please don't waste your money on this. I have nothing good to say bout this one.
considering it is cheaper than a GMMK Pro, has a bit more flex, looks less "gamery", has free coiled cable...
I'd say this is superior than the overpriced GMMK Pro.
Agree! if they only made their boards with south facing leds, they would be Perfect!
@AKKO VN Relax! I love Akko, I have a Mod003 arriving soon. I do think most enthusiasts prefer south facing LEDS to not worry about potential interference.
Sick vid! Glad more people are reviewing more stuff from Akko as I feel they provide decent stuff for beginners and are affordable. Keep it up
Thank you! I agree, they've been pushing on bringing down the entry price for this hobby, along with some other brands, however they provide a competitive segment which I really appreciate.
My first somewhat high quality keyboard is from akko, absolutely love this thing and it only cost me like $80. I've used $200-300 dollar gaming keyboards at conventions (and a couple decently pricey enthusiast boards) and this is still one of the best feeling keyboards ive ever typed on. LOVE akko
Or your just hella broke
@@hamptersbestfrog6976 okay?
@@vialist no I’m saying like I’m hella broke so this board is good for me except I’m still to broke to get it
really tempted to try this board, the northfacing switches are the only thing that is making me think twice.
They have a mod 007s with south facing lights now. Along with different colors
To bad its not QMK compatible.
Thanks for the review! Covered a lot of concerns I had about the mod007. Only thing missing was that you mentioned you would test multiple types of cherry profile keycaps at the start for interference? That seemed to have been left out.
this seems to answer your question :)
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@@filcowilco It only covered one set, not multiple, which was what I was hoping for. I guess I’ll just have to settle
For about $150, I'd rather buy the Q1 and save myself the headache of interference.
Why Akko went for the north orientation is a mystery to me. People buying $150 barebone kit boards are usually grown-ups who don't give a damn about whether an LED is a bit shinier the other way round or not.
@@kuyt20 heyo another youtuber said Akko plans to do south-facing LEDs for next revision but we'll see. Agree they shoulda just done south from the start
@@kiryuski - I can understand why they went north-facing from a purely business perspective. But I think the majority of the people who can't live without the pretty little lights are on the younger side and will be more attracted to more popular expensive pre-builts like Anne Pro, Ducky, Razer, Corsair, Logitech, etc. even if they were to look into boards at this price range.
Hell, I wished my board didn't come with any LED and shaved $15 off its price in the process. And this is already a pretty cheap board to begin with. LOL
hello thank you for the super cool video, like you I have the two keyboards the gmmk pro and the mood 007 and for me the gmmk pro sounds much better than the 007 after changing the foam plate and the foam box for real poron because the original foams are not really good and the addition of a pe foam the sound of the GMMK PRO and a pure marvel, I also changed the foams of the gasket I put foams 4mn high and the board and now much more flexible and frankly the work is worth it and we see that the glorious gmmk and more premium at the end despite I admit a lot of work and without case foam just plate foam in true poron and pe foam is just perfect!!!!!!
Which one do you prefer, Nuphy Halo 75 or Akko Mod007??
I literally just bought this keyboard yesterday.
Hope it turns out for you, gl with the build!
Being that I'm just getting into the whole custom keyboard genre I'm currently looking at this, & the Ducky One 3 SF. My goal is to build the quietest board I possibly can. Any advice?
There's a lot of good resources on RUclips for a silent board, but usual picks would include a silent linear switch, like Dolphin switches or Roselios. Using the included plate foam, adding poly-fill, and properly sound treating your stabilizers and switches as well.
After this, I can't imagine why you would choose the GMMK pro. After mods (easy and cheap - force breaker, tape, PE foam) this thing sounds great. The only reason I could see someone going with the GMMK pro is if they dont know this thing exists, or they need the side RGB lighting. Nice vid!
Probably the north facing PCB is deal breaker. You are either forced to use long pole switches or non cherry profile keycaps for no interference typing experience.
There is another reason to choose the GMMK Pro. This board doesn’t have an ISO version and as a UK-based keyboard user, that’s a deal breaker for me.
I went for the Keychron Q1 (knob version) and the GMMK Pro just because they support ISO layouts
What is the color code for the ocean blue? I want to colormatch keycaps with it.
Force Break mod helps a lot against the case ping.
Why don't you want a white option?
Great board I like it. Great mod looks beautiful gave a like.
Thanks man, glad you like it
Tried to fit my Feker Pandas into this board and the small switch plates popped off on the back off the PCB. Ruined. Replacement PCB, happened again. Seems the tolerances are too tight for these switches or something. I was even holding the back of the PCB the second time around and it still happened.
They worked fine in my GMMK Pro and Q1, but not here. Thankfully they refunded me.
What is the desk mat
the AKKO mod line is bassically the cheapest alu keyboards with every popular sizes
How about inputs lag on this keyboard? It’s good enough for competitive gaming?
This keyboard sounds, a lot more amazing that Keychron and GMMK PRO
oof, I am literally waiting for my mod 007 to arrive, man I'm stoked. Same color as yours, I paired mine with Macaw keycaps + sponge switches also from Akko
Did you screw in all 6 case screws or just the 4 in the corners? My board does not flex like that even though I am using polyfill. Although, I am using the poron plate foam. Do you think the plate foam reduces the flex by a lot?
SRS great video being super informative!! I was considering what to buy for next keeb build between Q1 and MOD007 but the vid helped me alot to makeup my mind
what should I get as a beginner in modding keyboards
gmmk pro or the mod 007?
Was really hoping you to compare this on the Q1. But im surprised this kb is good in stock!
got it days ago, really enjoy it, but the response time seems slower than my RKG68(837) even wirelessly.
Nice review. I have the mod 005 and love it but for some reason I cant get the software to work either and there's more people that have the same issue. I've tried everything and still nothing but hopefully they will fix it. I even emailed them about the issue and they told me to use the stock cable the board came with and still nothing. Any who if you find a fix please make a short video or something. Thank you :)
Was this the Akko MOD007 v1 or v2?
Overheard the ending, where you said version 1
Damn, the tape mod really changes the charctersitics of the keyboard.
Very nice 👍
Good job!
I'm waiting for my mod007 to come in. I really like the sound your endresult makes! Does removing the plate foam do that much? Now I'm debating if I should do that as well. 🤔
Thank you! Removing the plate foam does a good job muting the ping, I chose to go without it since I wanted to hear the clack sound characteristics coming from the switches. It will depend on what switches you're going for and if you want a muted experience. I like the fact I can take out the plate foam without too much consequence, which can't be said for the GMMK pro as it would be really metallic in sound.
@@jdtechgear yeah I like the clackyness from your build. I'm getting akko jelly blacks with the top housing from jelly whites (for rgb but I think its the same material), already a clacky switch but I'm going to try the no plate foam method to see if it enhances the sound 💪🏻
@@wearetotallymid just spring swap them.
Good comment about that stabs... I had durock v2 screw in stabs and could not get them to fit with the stock aluminum plate (didn't try the FR4). Even after a bit of sanding the sides of the stabs, it still took a bit to get one of the stab sets to fit tightly. Ended up replacing them with some Everglide panda plate stabs instead. Sidenote: stock stabs are pretty good for being stock stabs, still need to relube though imho
This k_board is so tiny, so cute.
Great vid!
I want to build a relatively quiet, muted kb and been considering the gmmk pro vs this one. Gonna use boba U4s. While I like the color options on this much better, from reading around it seems to me that the GMMK pro starts off as quieter. I would like the flex that this one has though. Hows the modding potential to make either one quiter?
hope you doing a video on this board with tactile switches, what a good video tho
I'm sorry I turned the 69 likes to 70
just got that deskmat a couple weeks ago and it has to be my favorite. thanks for the content and info as this might help me pick out a board for a buddy!
Nice vid
this or q1?
I like that there is another option for an alu 75%, including two diffrent plates is a nice thing but the north facing switches and lack of via support are negtatives but no deal breakers. I have been waiting on the q1 to release their white version for months and it seems to finally be happening this month, but I was also considering the pink version of the 007 if the white never released.
Same here, alu is a good all-rounder, however I've been preferring FR4 for a lot of my linear builds. I do wish there was VIA support, however I don't use it enough for key binding or shortcuts to warrant a deal breaker from me. I hope they release a a proper white Q1 as opposed to the GMMK Pro which was a silver.
I was thinking to upgrade to Q1 but I saw the mod 007 came out now I'm in between which should I get... Wait until Q1 knob version is in stock again or get this one instead for much a better price with the only downside that it is not VIA or QMK compatible which I don't really care that much since I only reprogram media keys lol
Without qmk/via its not worth it.
this would easily be considered better than at least the gmmk pro (maybe not the q1) if they changed LED position