I said the same thing when my friend tried to tell me that his shit corsair w/ MX browns were better than my f1407! His only defense was that it "but it not doesn't have RGB!" Fools.
Someone tried to tell me that their Razer Blackwidow Chroma with Kailh switches (the shitty Cherry knockoff versions, not their nice speed and BOX switches) was better than my silenced Realforce RGB. They used that exact same defense, and I simply turned the backlight on to shut them up.
This keyboard is also renamed by many brands for different countries, here in Portugal, it's called "MkPlus Slayer", it's always like this when it comes to cheap "gaming" keyboards.
I have a stock keyboard that came with a crappy desktop about 2 and a half years ago that is so loud every single one of my friends knows about it. One time I was talking with one and she said "We know you can type fast but you don't have to eat your fucking keyboard"
I have a Razer Ornata Chroma "mecha-membrane" keyboard and the spacebar would squeak with and unbearable pitch. I took it out with the metal stabilizer bar and put it back and the noise was gone. I assume the oil on my fingers was what fixed it.
@@SuperNPProductions that's true. I had an ornata . Finger fatigued within 1 hour, the clicky sound does my head in in about 30 minutes. spacebar broken down on the 5th day of purchase, and the tactility of some keys are gone and became super stiff .
Do you know why the capital letters are in the upper right corner? This is because the key cap is divided into 4 cells, for the four corners. Lower half is for unshifted, and upper half is for shifted. Left half is for non-AltGr and right half is for AltGr. This is why the digits appear bottom left (some exceptions like French keyboard) and capital letters upper left. Then AltGr in bottom right. Shift+AltGr is rare, but that is upper right. - Putting the capital letters in the middle breaks this pattern; although you could argue that the pattern is already broken as there's no lowercase letter in bottom left, but that is to avoid redundancy.
I watched this video at night to ease out my headache a bit so I can sleep. your voice is calming. even despite the occasional swearing, since English is not native to me, they are pretty much harmless and your confident aura is what relaxes my mind. thank you.
By the way I found out a way to make membrane boards actuate without bottoming out, you take a small spring and place it in the keycap, so when you push down the spring actuates the rubber dome.
I've always been curious about these. Thanks for doing a review! Also congrats on reaching your gofundme goal so quickly! I look forward to seeing what you do with it. :)
This kind of reminds me of the Devastator series from CM. They use a similar gimmick of a "mem-chanical" rubber dome switch. I've used one of those every day for over two years. I wonder how one of these Emarth boards feels by comparison
I have one very similar to this one! It's really not much, but compared to the very old and squeaky I had, this feels and plays way better! For the price, that I can't afford much, it was good for me. I really like the tactile response, but I have to press a lot to type as well. For gaming tho, good enough! For anyone interested, is the Warrior TC-198 from multilaser.
Listen I've been binge watching your videos because of that voice man. I know this is a tech channel, but can you explain cooking recipes and other stuff. Voice is golden, also good quality Vidyas man.
Have had this same keyboard since the year it came out. The feel is very nice and no issues with the keys. Really the only issue on my keyboard is the WASD pattern. Of course, I use those the most for gaming and they seem to have lost the black paint on them and are now blobs with light coming through. Very reliable and has a great no tangle cord.
Would anyone be able to explain why not having to bottom out the keys is an advantage. I know you don't have to press the keys as far to register the keypress but why is this an advantage over a short-travel membrane keyboard?
It allows you to (touch-)type with very little force required. A lot of the stress on your fingertips that can make typing tiring or in extreme cases painful does not come from light or heavy switch mechanisms, but from compulsively hammering the keys to make sure they register. It's definitely something one has to un-learn and get used to. It's similar to learning to touch-type. For gaming I find this feature of mechanical keyboards fairly useless, because quick reactions and gentle keypresses don't mix for me, but I'm sure some pro-gamers would disagree with me. Good switches to explore this are Tactile Alps or Matias switches, Purple Zealios, Topre, Cherry MX Brown and Clear (Chyros will disagree, but I like them). BTC foam & foil switches will also show this, but they can be tough to get in good condition nowadays. I find it very hard to not bottom out on the IBM Model M, because the actuation is quite low on the keytravel and the spring is quite heavy. Cherry MX Blue is also difficult, but at the opposite extreme. The switch is so light and the clicking action so abrupt that I almost always bottom out, because I can't stop my finger fast enough. But YMMV! Cherry MX Green is okay again. The heavier spring helps to stop pressing the key all the way. I have little experience with very rare/old/expensive switches and keyboards, maybe Chyros can chime in. Eventough I have been to typing on mechanical keyboards for about six years now and touch typing in Dvorak all this time, I just started changing my typing behaviour about two years ago and stopped bottoming out. As I have stated I'm only able to do this on select types of switches, but I find it greatly improved my typing "endurance". But not necessarily my speed. Next step for me is learning to hover-type ^^
If you have to bottom out on every keypress, you more or less learn to smash your keyboards rather than to use it gently, which results in a much less comfortable use pattern. A mechanical or capacitive keyboard doesn't require you to do this, so after a while of using them you'll find yourself gradually relaxing your typing style more, even if you still bottom out when using it. This is also why I dislike linear switches with heavy springs, as they encourage the same smashy style of keyboarding.
@Grumskiz "I find it greatly improved my typing 'endurance'. But not necessarily my speed." Very interesting. I've also been unable to understand why bottoming out is such a bad thing. I purposefully look for switches that make it easiest for me to bottom out my switches and call it a day. Thing is, I don't really have any problem with endurance, but speed is the absolute most cherished metric to me. I think hammering the keys is what it takes for me to get 120+ WPM. @Finn Driver Even though I am a fan of bottoming out the keys in spite of what everyone says, it *is* convenient that a key might register, even if you pressed it too gingerly the first time on accident. That's less typos you have to go back and correct.
One of the main issues I've found that comes with bottoming out even short travel keys is that once you've reached the bottom of the key travel, pretty much any additional force you exert goes straight into your finger bones, since there is no more distance for the key to travel. Any force used in the keys beyond bottoming them out then contributes to fatigue. This would not be a problem if people were gentle when bottoming out keys, but as Thomas mentioned above, being required to bottom out keys often teaches the habit of smashing the keyboard. Smashing the keyboard results in excessive force used, which can lead to fatigue. I spend most of my time programming, so I do a fair amount of typing, and I used to type primarily on a chicklet style keyboard. I was used to my fingers feeling fatigued or even sore after typing. Since switching primarily to mechanical boards with good tactility at the point of actuation, I have found myself bottoming out far less frequently and the fatigue is not as much of an issue if at all. Even on a heavier switch like a buckling spring, where I might bottom out commonly, I am not smashing the board because I know when the keys register a press. I have heard claims of health benefits associated with softer typing, and tbh I haven't seen convincing evidence that typing softly is good for you. But I can personally attest that it does make typing more comfortable and pleasant, at least for myself, and I think that is worth it.
been using this keyboard for over a year, really not bad at all. I bought it because it didn't have any silly key font and because it was cheap. Very good value, I'd recommend to anyone on a budget.
I've had a few cheap and good mechanical keyboards. The Redragon Vara mechanical is good and inexpensive. I've also had a good inexpensive mechanical keyboard from Gigabyte.
I think the manufacturer got concave and convex confused, and that they're referring to the bottom row in particular, which appears to more resemble most space bars than regular key caps.
the sidewinder X6 is about the best and prettiest rubber dome keyboards ever made after 1979. i'd lend you mine to try out, but i need mine. stiff, bassy, and very tactile low profile keystroke with zero clack or rattle and s,iding friendy keycap profile. feels good man
i owned a "mechanical feel" keyboard before. they feel fine, however they don't last. after about two years of using one, the keycaps had their coating peel off, some keys' stalks had chunks of them chip off, making the keys very unstable. the enter key saw the worst of this, nearly completely came off, and was barely being held in by the brackets, which would never stay, causing the enter key to constantly pop out if you hit it wrong.
Not horrid, but the thing is, for 25quid you can find a nice vintage mech on ebay and such, even cheaper really, depending what you're looking for. You can get some alps clone boards for next to nothing often, and if you happen to be a lucky sod, and live near a recycling center, you might get one for a beer.
Bought a socketed mechanical keyboard for 26 quid! Swapped the stems for cherry clone browns and lubed them up since they were socketed and easy to get to the switches
I don't care about mechanical switches, and I don't want to pay the "Razer tax, so I got a keyboard very similar to this one, but with only two colors (red and blue (and purple)). I'm happy with it. I can at last write my Sonic the Hedgehog erotic fanfictions at night with the lights off, and that's exactly what I wanted.
And then there's the rii rk 100. My god. It was my first mechanical feeling keyboard. I loved it. Let me tell you though, the lighting was shite. After one day, the lightning was broken and so it only let you do blue and very very dim red.
I have a keyboard just like this. Remember when you said the keys are stiff? Yeah, I broke my arms a while ago and healing has been incredibly slow. I've had to step up to Reds just because of how stiff all membranes are but especially these, because I can't actually use it for 20 minutes without pain.
So did the model M, and that’s one of the best keyboards ever made. Key rollover is rarely an issue in real life usage, particularly not when the matrix is adapted such that those keys often used together, in this case WASD, don’t conflict with other keys around them. He had to go all the way over to O to conflict with QW, that’s actually pretty good.
I didn't notice until now that my cheap membrane keyboard didn't have N-key rollover but it was wired very intelligently to never interfere with my gaming.
I have a question, can someone explain please? What's the point of having the letters painted? Isn't the light supposed to be transmitted through the letters? So they should instead be translucent, not painted! Or... it is the button that is painted black instead? Don't understand...
This keyboard reminds me a lot the Cooler Master Storm Devastator Keyboards. They are a "mechanical feel" rubber dome type keyboard with very tactile feeling rubber domes. The key presses sound exactly the same as well when I took a listen. I used one for about 3 years before getting a Logitec G513 with the GX Blue switches and I have to say the Devastator was a really good keyboard for one that was a membrane style keyboard.
can you view some Chinese machanical keyboard with cherry like switches? these are cheap I have one of these for $20 ( real mechanical keyboard ) with a top metal plate. I really wanted to know what do you think about them especially Chinese mechanical switches.
My qtronix scorpius has 5 kro and it's a great gaming board, apparently has less input lag than my logitech 1000hz romer g board and has part way actuation, sounds great and is far more tactile than any cherry switch I love it.
Funny story. Back when I wasnt as big of a keyboard nerd, I felt the ornata chroma at target and thought, "Wow, these are some good mechanical switches! Then I realized they were membrane, and now I think the ornatas still better than the blackwidow
Had a similar experience with a Masterkeys Lite L, I tried one at a store and thought it feels amazing. Then I passed on it because it wasn't mechanical. Later CM released the keyboard on its own, so I bought it anyway and stayed on my desk for probably a year, and I still think it's a better tactile keyboard than most tactile mechanical switches out there, even if Kailh Box tactile switches are coming close, they do feel like mechanical rubber domes, but good domes are still more tactile.
I wonder how long a keyboard like this would last. I have a feeling you can't give rubber domes much tactility without creating a fragile point where they 'snap'. Is that assumption correct?
It's so ironic how membrane keyboards are made more tactile in order to feel like mechanical keyboards. Yet most mechanical key switches fail to be very tactile.
I'm honestly a little taken aback at quite how non-offensive the typing test sounds to my ears, I could never go back to membrane now I have my custom mech but I had no idea there were "mechanical feel" keyboards that manage punch above their weight like this one does.
Can you review the Ozone Strike Pro mechanical keyboard? It's a budget keyboard but the catch is; this one is sold in stores and is not from a chinese overseas seller...
hmm so how is it "mechanical feel" when it's obviously rubber dome?...i thought maybe there'd be some plastic click like mechanism where it clicks but it doesn't really do anything, just plastic on plastic. ..but i guess this is just heavier domes
I got one of these mem-chanical keyboards a while back off a buy and sell and I actually quite like it, and I already have a k70 and a razer blackwidow ultimate lol. Also its worth mentioning I that the keycaps of these keyboards are compatible with cherry MX Red keyboards, as they use the same stems, which is something that you didnt mention. Though that is assuming this board uses the same switches as the model I have, even though they look and sound the exact same I dont know if for some reason the board in the video uses different switches/stems on the keyboard/caps. Where I live here in Canada it would actually be much cheaper for me to order one of these cheap mem-chanical keyboards and rip off the compatible switches (some keys are obviously shaped differently or dont have the stabilizers for the K70) to put onto my K70 board than it would be to order a set of keycaps (even the cheapest set of keycaps I found converted to CAD were more expensive/just as expensive even before shipping).
Heh, mem-chanical, nice one xD . These switches are definitely not Cherry compatible though, they're a rubber dome mount and therefore completely incompatible with anything. In fact they verge on the line of not being real switches at all ;p .
Hmm odd because this model has the exact same style, sound and everything. But the stems are membrane but shaped like cherry MX Reds www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9H549W6062&cm_re=ttesports_combo-_-23-162-035-_-Product
Hey Thomas, How are you? What's your suggestion for a quiet non-cherry style mechanical keyboard for an office? More than 2mm key and 65gms+ travel would be nice to have. Not too keen on a numpad.
I saw a video where a guy made a genius idea and moved all the keys over 1 so that it was sdfe to move witch caused him to have more keys for his fingers to hit
Holly crap. 25 pounds is a lot of money for this. I dont know if its because I'm Brazilian, and pounds is a extreme overvalued currency compared to Real, but I still think you could buy any good or at least decent mechanical keyboard with this money
well, i just wanted to see a better review of it, chyros does a more in depth better explained review of boards more than anyone, and plus id love to know his opinions, relax.
well, cant agree more on the overrated part but still, would like to know an opinion of someone who likes to bash Cherry switches, could be entertaining to watch
To be fair though. These are probably the types of keyboards that we all started typing on. I think the fact that it sucks made us look for things that don't suck. Next thing you know you want something from IBM soo...
anne pro II is acturally good the keys feel great with gateroen reds and its like 50 bucks on black friday (: im typing on it now. and its mechanical...
some ppl really hate rubber dome and the funny that most off them are gamers ' am a gamer myself, and some rubber dome keyboards are really good, and some people like mechanical feel keyboards more then real mechanical keyboards
Conclusion - Razer Ornata is only Keyboard that really give a Mechanical feeling. Other are kinda miss leading. However I like Topre Realforce the best as a Rubber done slider Keyboard. Corsair k55 is really good rubber done too but nothing special in it but great RGB
Hey +Chyrosan22 Really like your videos, so Please buy this (will put your videos 200% better) : A 1080p Camera and some better light/ record in a balcony if you can. And also, you already have a big community, maybe you could start doing some "setup" videos, what you think? Keep up the good work!
Me: mom i want [insert specific mechanical keyboard, cheap and with real mechanical switches] My Mom: Sure Also my mom: Buys a fake mechanical keyboard which is the fucking same. wtf mom
"Not so white" is my favourite colour.
Pat well that hasn’t aged
tom lewis hasn’t that well aged
tom lewis well aged that hasn’t
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@@zion795 age wel
Purple and puke green are my favourite colours!
green is not a creative colour!
Cuda FX I USE MY HAIR TO EXPRESS MYSELF
Siana Gearz lol 😂
@@Ucceah wdym
@Cock_Huge lp2 No one can deflect the puke green splash!
Just seems like a regular ol non mechanical keyboard to me.
But it has... RGB!
Who needs RGB...when you can literally take a glass and water and some shit and flash it on your keyboard idk
I said the same thing when my friend tried to tell me that his shit corsair w/ MX browns were better than my f1407! His only defense was that it "but it not doesn't have RGB!" Fools.
Someone tried to tell me that their Razer Blackwidow Chroma with Kailh switches (the shitty Cherry knockoff versions, not their nice speed and BOX switches) was better than my silenced Realforce RGB. They used that exact same defense, and I simply turned the backlight on to shut them up.
+Matthew Palmer
RGB the most obnoxious vanity in the tech industry apart from Apple and Leica products.
This keyboard is also renamed by many brands for different countries, here in Portugal, it's called "MkPlus Slayer", it's always like this when it comes to cheap "gaming" keyboards.
I have a stock keyboard that came with a crappy desktop about 2 and a half years ago that is so loud every single one of my friends knows about it.
One time I was talking with one and she said "We know you can type fast but you don't have to eat your fucking keyboard"
just buy a cherry mx blue keyboard and piss them off even more
@@roborobo8370 I think it's time.
@@pizzaface.3000 yes
@@roborobo8370 no, use cheap Chinese blue ripoffs, more annoying
@@michaelfinlay1412 oh. they make more noise? I actually didn't know.
2:57 That gives me such NEGATIVE ASMR...
I have a Razer Ornata Chroma "mecha-membrane" keyboard and the spacebar would squeak with and unbearable pitch. I took it out with the metal stabilizer bar and put it back and the noise was gone. I assume the oil on my fingers was what fixed it.
FireBlade X How are you liking those? I was very intrigued by the one I tried in a store, but wished there was a TKL version.
@@SuperNPProductions that's true. I had an ornata . Finger fatigued within 1 hour, the clicky sound does my head in in about 30 minutes. spacebar broken down on the 5th day of purchase, and the tactility of some keys are gone and became super stiff .
Zack Bennett ive had one for at least two years and got rid of it recently. I hope you didnt end ep getting one
@@UniversalKutub I gave my to my daughter. She likes it and I use a Logitech G413 carbon now. I really like the Romer-G switches.
never seen him so positive about something like this
An intelligent and appropriate approach to the review of a keyboard. Thank You and Congrats.
Do you know why the capital letters are in the upper right corner?
This is because the key cap is divided into 4 cells, for the four corners. Lower half is for unshifted, and upper half is for shifted. Left half is for non-AltGr and right half is for AltGr. This is why the digits appear bottom left (some exceptions like French keyboard) and capital letters upper left. Then AltGr in bottom right. Shift+AltGr is rare, but that is upper right. - Putting the capital letters in the middle breaks this pattern; although you could argue that the pattern is already broken as there's no lowercase letter in bottom left, but that is to avoid redundancy.
I watched this video at night to ease out my headache a bit so I can sleep. your voice is calming. even despite the occasional swearing, since English is not native to me, they are pretty much harmless and your confident aura is what relaxes my mind. thank you.
Me: *sees title.*
Also me: *_h i d e o u s !_*
Hieedeeous
By the way I found out a way to make membrane boards actuate without bottoming out, you take a small spring and place it in the keycap, so when you push down the spring actuates the rubber dome.
I've always been curious about these. Thanks for doing a review!
Also congrats on reaching your gofundme goal so quickly! I look forward to seeing what you do with it. :)
*'taps it', "It is relatively dense plastic" - 😂 thanks for that, very important feature. But good review tbh 👍
This kind of reminds me of the Devastator series from CM. They use a similar gimmick of a "mem-chanical" rubber dome switch. I've used one of those every day for over two years. I wonder how one of these Emarth boards feels by comparison
How does it hold up after 3 years?
I have one very similar to this one! It's really not much, but compared to the very old and squeaky I had, this feels and plays way better! For the price, that I can't afford much, it was good for me. I really like the tactile response, but I have to press a lot to type as well. For gaming tho, good enough! For anyone interested, is the Warrior TC-198 from multilaser.
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Listen I've been binge watching your videos because of that voice man. I know this is a tech channel, but can you explain cooking recipes and other stuff. Voice is golden, also good quality Vidyas man.
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His voice is so nice, i actually fell asleep while listening to it
Have had this same keyboard since the year it came out. The feel is very nice and no issues with the keys. Really the only issue on my keyboard is the WASD pattern. Of course, I use those the most for gaming and they seem to have lost the black paint on them and are now blobs with light coming through. Very reliable and has a great no tangle cord.
Would anyone be able to explain why not having to bottom out the keys is an advantage. I know you don't have to press the keys as far to register the keypress but why is this an advantage over a short-travel membrane keyboard?
It allows you to (touch-)type with very little force required. A lot of the stress on your fingertips that can make typing tiring or in extreme cases painful does not come from light or heavy switch mechanisms, but from compulsively hammering the keys to make sure they register. It's definitely something one has to un-learn and get used to. It's similar to learning to touch-type. For gaming I find this feature of mechanical keyboards fairly useless, because quick reactions and gentle keypresses don't mix for me, but I'm sure some pro-gamers would disagree with me.
Good switches to explore this are Tactile Alps or Matias switches, Purple Zealios, Topre, Cherry MX Brown and Clear (Chyros will disagree, but I like them). BTC foam & foil switches will also show this, but they can be tough to get in good condition nowadays. I find it very hard to not bottom out on the IBM Model M, because the actuation is quite low on the keytravel and the spring is quite heavy. Cherry MX Blue is also difficult, but at the opposite extreme. The switch is so light and the clicking action so abrupt that I almost always bottom out, because I can't stop my finger fast enough. But YMMV! Cherry MX Green is okay again. The heavier spring helps to stop pressing the key all the way.
I have little experience with very rare/old/expensive switches and keyboards, maybe Chyros can chime in.
Eventough I have been to typing on mechanical keyboards for about six
years now and touch typing in Dvorak all this time, I just started changing my typing
behaviour about two years ago and stopped bottoming out. As I have stated I'm only able to do this on select types of switches, but I find it greatly improved my typing "endurance". But not necessarily my speed.
Next step for me is learning to hover-type ^^
If you have to bottom out on every keypress, you more or less learn to smash your keyboards rather than to use it gently, which results in a much less comfortable use pattern. A mechanical or capacitive keyboard doesn't require you to do this, so after a while of using them you'll find yourself gradually relaxing your typing style more, even if you still bottom out when using it. This is also why I dislike linear switches with heavy springs, as they encourage the same smashy style of keyboarding.
I always thought heavy linears were a gateway to *not* bottoming out, simply because it's virtually impossible to do so.
@Grumskiz "I find it greatly improved my typing 'endurance'. But not necessarily my speed."
Very interesting. I've also been unable to understand why bottoming out is such a bad thing. I purposefully look for switches that make it easiest for me to bottom out my switches and call it a day. Thing is, I don't really have any problem with endurance, but speed is the absolute most cherished metric to me. I think hammering the keys is what it takes for me to get 120+ WPM.
@Finn Driver Even though I am a fan of bottoming out the keys in spite of what everyone says, it *is* convenient that a key might register, even if you pressed it too gingerly the first time on accident. That's less typos you have to go back and correct.
One of the main issues I've found that comes with bottoming out even short travel keys is that once you've reached the bottom of the key travel, pretty much any additional force you exert goes straight into your finger bones, since there is no more distance for the key to travel. Any force used in the keys beyond bottoming them out then contributes to fatigue.
This would not be a problem if people were gentle when bottoming out keys, but as Thomas mentioned above, being required to bottom out keys often teaches the habit of smashing the keyboard. Smashing the keyboard results in excessive force used, which can lead to fatigue.
I spend most of my time programming, so I do a fair amount of typing, and I used to type primarily on a chicklet style keyboard. I was used to my fingers feeling fatigued or even sore after typing. Since switching primarily to mechanical boards with good tactility at the point of actuation, I have found myself bottoming out far less frequently and the fatigue is not as much of an issue if at all. Even on a heavier switch like a buckling spring, where I might bottom out commonly, I am not smashing the board because I know when the keys register a press.
I have heard claims of health benefits associated with softer typing, and tbh I haven't seen convincing evidence that typing softly is good for you. But I can personally attest that it does make typing more comfortable and pleasant, at least for myself, and I think that is worth it.
been using this keyboard for over a year, really not bad at all. I bought it because it didn't have any silly key font and because it was cheap. Very good value, I'd recommend to anyone on a budget.
I've had a few cheap and good mechanical keyboards. The Redragon Vara mechanical is good and inexpensive. I've also had a good inexpensive mechanical keyboard from Gigabyte.
I think the manufacturer got concave and convex confused, and that they're referring to the bottom row in particular, which appears to more resemble most space bars than regular key caps.
the sidewinder X6 is about the best and prettiest rubber dome keyboards ever made after 1979. i'd lend you mine to try out, but i need mine.
stiff, bassy, and very tactile low profile keystroke with zero clack or rattle and s,iding friendy keycap profile. feels good man
i owned a "mechanical feel" keyboard before. they feel fine, however they don't last. after about two years of using one, the keycaps had their coating peel off, some keys' stalks had chunks of them chip off, making the keys very unstable. the enter key saw the worst of this, nearly completely came off, and was barely being held in by the brackets, which would never stay, causing the enter key to constantly pop out if you hit it wrong.
Not horrid, but the thing is, for 25quid you can find a nice vintage mech on ebay and such, even cheaper really, depending what you're looking for. You can get some alps clone boards for next to nothing often, and if you happen to be a lucky sod, and live near a recycling center, you might get one for a beer.
My man! ;)
Bought a socketed mechanical keyboard for 26 quid! Swapped the stems for cherry clone browns and lubed them up since they were socketed and easy to get to the switches
I don't care about mechanical switches, and I don't want to pay the "Razer tax, so I got a keyboard very similar to this one, but with only two colors (red and blue (and purple)).
I'm happy with it. I can at last write my Sonic the Hedgehog erotic fanfictions at night with the lights off, and that's exactly what I wanted.
And then there's the rii rk 100. My god. It was my first mechanical feeling keyboard. I loved it. Let me tell you though, the lighting was shite. After one day, the lightning was broken and so it only let you do blue and very very dim red.
I have a keyboard just like this. Remember when you said the keys are stiff? Yeah, I broke my arms a while ago and healing has been incredibly slow. I've had to step up to Reds just because of how stiff all membranes are but especially these, because I can't actually use it for 20 minutes without pain.
everything is fine until he says "it has only 2 key-rollover" ...
So did the model M, and that’s one of the best keyboards ever made. Key rollover is rarely an issue in real life usage, particularly not when the matrix is adapted such that those keys often used together, in this case WASD, don’t conflict with other keys around them. He had to go all the way over to O to conflict with QW, that’s actually pretty good.
I didn't notice until now that my cheap membrane keyboard didn't have N-key rollover but it was wired very intelligently to never interfere with my gaming.
I have a question, can someone explain please? What's the point of having the letters painted? Isn't the light supposed to be transmitted through the letters? So they should instead be translucent, not painted! Or... it is the button that is painted black instead? Don't understand...
This keyboard reminds me a lot the Cooler Master Storm Devastator Keyboards. They are a "mechanical feel" rubber dome type keyboard with very tactile feeling rubber domes. The key presses sound exactly the same as well when I took a listen. I used one for about 3 years before getting a Logitec G513 with the GX Blue switches and I have to say the Devastator was a really good keyboard for one that was a membrane style keyboard.
This was a pretty good review, and jeez, I love this guy's voice. xd
can you view some Chinese machanical keyboard with cherry like switches? these are cheap I have one of these for $20 ( real mechanical keyboard ) with a top metal plate. I really wanted to know what do you think about them especially Chinese mechanical switches.
I bought a sturdy ass mechanical feel keyboard for just 11 bucks,
Sean Awa where lol
@@hugohom2280 it's available in india
So they are essentially backlit Dell QuietKeys? I just murdered one a few months ago for its PS/2 connector and soldered it to a TH-5539.
i srsly love ur voice, thanks for this review btw
My qtronix scorpius has 5 kro and it's a great gaming board, apparently has less input lag than my logitech 1000hz romer g board and has part way actuation, sounds great and is far more tactile than any cherry switch I love it.
Funny story. Back when I wasnt as big of a keyboard nerd, I felt the ornata chroma at target and thought, "Wow, these are some good mechanical switches! Then I realized they were membrane, and now I think the ornatas still better than the blackwidow
Had a similar experience with a Masterkeys Lite L, I tried one at a store and thought it feels amazing. Then I passed on it because it wasn't mechanical. Later CM released the keyboard on its own, so I bought it anyway and stayed on my desk for probably a year, and I still think it's a better tactile keyboard than most tactile mechanical switches out there, even if Kailh Box tactile switches are coming close, they do feel like mechanical rubber domes, but good domes are still more tactile.
I wonder how long a keyboard like this would last. I have a feeling you can't give rubber domes much tactility without creating a fragile point where they 'snap'. Is that assumption correct?
if you press fn and the color change key it slowly shifts between colors
What's the keyboard testing program being used around 4:25?
Have you found it yet? 3years later
It's so ironic how membrane keyboards are made more tactile in order to feel like mechanical keyboards. Yet most mechanical key switches fail to be very tactile.
I'm honestly a little taken aback at quite how non-offensive the typing test sounds to my ears, I could never go back to membrane now I have my custom mech but I had no idea there were "mechanical feel" keyboards that manage punch above their weight like this one does.
You should try lubing these, my computer teacher lubed some of the membrane keyboards at school and it rattled quite a lot less.
If you want something cheap under 40$ get a Redragon Kurama but its really clicky
isn’t that the death stalker clone? i used to want that
Can you review the Ozone Strike Pro mechanical keyboard?
It's a budget keyboard but the catch is; this one is sold in stores and is not from a chinese overseas seller...
Any chance at reviewing the new Massdrop CTRL keyboard? Curious about those Halo Clear switches.
hmm so how is it "mechanical feel" when it's obviously rubber dome?...i thought maybe there'd be some plastic click like mechanism where it clicks but it doesn't really do anything, just plastic on plastic. ..but i guess this is just heavier domes
I guess they mean more tactile?
any thoughts on the gateron magiforce?
I got one of these mem-chanical keyboards a while back off a buy and sell and I actually quite like it, and I already have a k70 and a razer blackwidow ultimate lol.
Also its worth mentioning I that the keycaps of these keyboards are compatible with cherry MX Red keyboards, as they use the same stems, which is something that you didnt mention. Though that is assuming this board uses the same switches as the model I have, even though they look and sound the exact same I dont know if for some reason the board in the video uses different switches/stems on the keyboard/caps.
Where I live here in Canada it would actually be much cheaper for me to order one of these cheap mem-chanical keyboards and rip off the compatible switches (some keys are obviously shaped differently or dont have the stabilizers for the K70) to put onto my K70 board than it would be to order a set of keycaps (even the cheapest set of keycaps I found converted to CAD were more expensive/just as expensive even before shipping).
Heh, mem-chanical, nice one xD . These switches are definitely not Cherry compatible though, they're a rubber dome mount and therefore completely incompatible with anything. In fact they verge on the line of not being real switches at all ;p .
Hmm odd because this model has the exact same style, sound and everything. But the stems are membrane but shaped like cherry MX Reds
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Nah man, it doesn't even look anything remotely like it xD .
Hey Thomas, How are you? What's your suggestion for a quiet non-cherry style mechanical keyboard for an office? More than 2mm key and 65gms+ travel would be nice to have. Not too keen on a numpad.
I've heard very nice things about the KBP V80, in your case with Matias Quiets.
Ok, cool, no "Sci-fi" font. But do they have a Comic Sans keycap option?
Can i modify Logitech k120 to make it feel mechanical like this? Since they're both membrane
I saw a video where a guy made a genius idea and moved all the keys over 1 so that it was sdfe to move witch caused him to have more keys for his fingers to hit
Your voice is unique my friend... 👍👌
Holly crap. 25 pounds is a lot of money for this. I dont know if its because I'm Brazilian, and pounds is a extreme overvalued currency compared to Real, but I still think you could buy any good or at least decent mechanical keyboard with this money
is that the corsair strafe? if u do, why is it just lying around!
Because no one cares about these gaming keyboards
quite frankly i just wanted to know why a much more expensive board was just pushed aside and not reviewed rather than a £25 mechanical feel board...
well, i just wanted to see a better review of it, chyros does a more in depth better explained review of boards more than anyone, and plus id love to know his opinions, relax.
Jake Plays Games because there are soooo many reviews about it so theres no point and its overrated
well, cant agree more on the overrated part but still, would like to know an opinion of someone who likes to bash Cherry switches, could be entertaining to watch
To be fair though. These are probably the types of keyboards that we all started typing on. I think the fact that it sucks made us look for things that don't suck.
Next thing you know you want something from IBM soo...
can you review cherry mx speed keyboard such as corsair k70 rapidfire?
anne pro II is acturally good the keys feel great with gateroen reds and its like 50 bucks on black friday (: im typing on it now. and its mechanical...
can you check out E-Blue Mazer K755 RGB? (full mechanical rgb keyborad under $30)
I love it!!
You can always tell it's going to be cheap crap when you see the bottom row of keys being convex instead of concave, that windows button gives it away
still nothing beats the trust gxt keyboard i bought at my local tesco for 3000 forints
best part 6:57
I''m sorry it's not
DISGUSTING
omg i read this comment and thought i commented it
Rather than dark I would call the colors high chroma
Thai looks really similar to the Rii Rk100
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OMG, I had one of these lol ended up giving it away. I couldn't use it for gaming, I use ESDF instead of WASD so it really sucked for me.
some ppl really hate rubber dome and the funny that most off them are gamers '
am a gamer myself, and some rubber dome keyboards are really good, and some
people like mechanical feel keyboards more then real mechanical keyboards
There's an outemu blue, red, and brown TKL keyboard that goes on sale regularly for $18 where I live, this kb is not worth the money...
This keyboard is now only £12
Hi Is that corsair strafe cherry mx brown? I will love it if you did a review because of would be fun to see you rip that overrated switch apart.
Haha calm down Alec, someday I'm sure I'll get a keyboard with browns I'll be allowed to review xD . And for the record, it's not that ;) .
Conclusion - Razer Ornata is only Keyboard that really give a Mechanical feeling. Other are kinda miss leading. However I like Topre Realforce the best as a Rubber done slider Keyboard. Corsair k55 is really good rubber done too but nothing special in it but great RGB
nope. Cooler master makes the masterset which emulate mx blues, too.
CineRaphael i have the tecknet keyboard and is really good...
Yes, The Coolermaster Masterset Memchanical are really great too. Probably the closeting to a Topre except they are more clicky than Topre.
@@alpzepta If you want something close to Topre that isn't a Topre then the Royal Hakos may be your switch
@@JackOfHarts96 Royal Hakos is one but I also see there are cheaper Topre clone like Plum87 as well.
How hard would it be to make a dome keyboard with 20 key rollover?
It looks like the re-emergence of mechanical keyboards is pushing dome keyboards to upgrade their products.
The small shift key killed me
Yea lol
I have one of these from LDK.ai and can't figure how to turn on the backlight. Is the board just defective?
could you do an asmr of this?
Mhmm I don’t like you peeled the banana the wrong way 🖖
Wdym?
I don’t know why I typed this
5:35 what is that keyboard called?
George.
Membrane keyboards go well with mechanical keyboards
I used to have a mechanical feel keyboard but got an actual mechanical keyboard a few weeks ago 😝
Hey +Chyrosan22 Really like your videos, so Please buy this (will put your videos 200% better) : A 1080p Camera and some better light/ record in a balcony if you can. And also, you already have a big community, maybe you could start doing some "setup" videos, what you think?
Keep up the good work!
Yeah I might do a studio tour of some sort when I get the setup going, probably when I've moved to a place of my own xD .
really nice :D what about the new recording kit?
Did you ever try the logitech pro g keyboard?
man i can't believe you can get a keyboard that youtuber Chyrosran22 called "better than topre" for under $30!
Fopenplop He didn't say "better", he said "more tactile".
Needs more bait
You can instantly tell a keyboard isn’t mechanical when the bottom row of key caps aren’t concave
No, that usually just means it's a Dell :p .
That's not a tilda key
voice is deeper than mariana trench
Is the the first episode out of the Netherlands?
Yus!
Unless I see one of these in a Goodwill for cheap, or a discount bin at Walmart I think all pass on these lol!
Would there be a chance of your Apple Aluminum keyboard being reviewed any time soon?
I've got a few boards I really have to review first, but I'll see if I can push it forward a little bit :) .
When you pressed QWO my screen went to sleep....
I came in my pants when you started talking holy fucking shit
Way too many decent Outemu keyboards between 30-50 to ever justify these.
god damn, how loud it is
My friend's favourite colour is yellow. He wouldn't like this keyboard.
Me: mom i want [insert specific mechanical keyboard, cheap and with real mechanical switches]
My Mom: Sure
Also my mom: Buys a fake mechanical keyboard which is the fucking same.
wtf mom
Slider over dome, people, why do we need to make up name for something which already has a proper name?
Only problem is this one *doesn't* actually use a slider, which can be see by the long stems on the keycaps.