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You don’t need three 65% kbs But you’ll need at least 3 40% kbs 😂😂😂 -Minivan -Ortho/split -Qaz Just to start

Since I got interested in mechanical keyboards, I watched a lot of videos about what to think about, got one fullsize for my home computer, and one fullsize for my work computer, and now I'm done until I'm ready to experiment with a split or compact.

i have glorious pandas currently and want the most tactile heaviest bumpiest beefiest switches do i get these?

I think the shopping addiction is a key point

I've only dabbled in MKB but I have some other pricey hobbies and have to prioritize the fun funds. It's really fun to jump down a rabbit hole and join a passionate community. Your income, and self control are the most important aspects. I like nice shit but I'm not rich so I'm very strategic on purchases it avoids a lot of pain, after all what good is shiney stuff if you have to eat Ramen all nonth.

I really love this set, but there is no Nordic keys avalible. Let alone Nordic + Hiragana keys. I'll have to live with my GMK Indigo set for now.

A bit late on this subject but bro try to learn to properly type.

I think I needed to see this video. I have 3 mechanical keyboards (and don't get me started on keycaps!) and I keep eyeing new ones in different layouts, wondering if it would be better. I think I know that, deep down inside, I don't need anything new, and it's just consumerism.

I do think consumerism can be a problem in the hobby, but especially when it comes to flex culture, i.e. when people put others down for "lesser" boards and put "grail" (read: expensive/exclusive) boards on a pedestal while refusing to consider anything other than those grail boards as "worthy." Just look at the continued dominance of the unikorn as the end-all-be-all when the bakeneko exists and is available at extremely low prices. The bakeneko is literally the unikorn with a little less weight, and it is fairly easy to get your own backplate bakeneko made custom for fairly cheap. Despite it all, you will find people insisting that the unikorn is superior to any bakeneko variant, even cnc'd customs. I've heard every excuse under the sun about how the bakenekos are garbage - whether it be anodization quality, sound, and even the o-rings! For a less insular analogy from a different, more mainstream hobby space, all you have to do is look at the common projects white sneakers. They have a cult-like following and are the de-facto grail minimal white leather sneaker in the space. This lead to a youtuber cutting in half the common projects and other significantly lower priced sneakers from alternative brands, and examining the quality and construction of each brand. To what should have been nobody's surprise, it turns out that pretty much all the brands priced 200 dollars cheaper than the common projects had identical build and quality with only slight variation of visual aesthetic. Despite this evidence, common project fans took to reddit and wrote a highly upvoted scathing rebuttal to the video series, writing that the youtuber had extreme biases (despite the series premise being literally cutting the shoe in half and comparing), did not know anything about leather (the youtuber is a professional leatherworker), and that the youtuber was using incorrect leather vocabulary (he wasn't, but even if he was pedantry shouldn't refute anything). To this day, anytime you see conversation of white leather sneakers, the common projects will invariably be touted as the best quality shoe one can buy, despite all evidence to the contrary. In the end, I feel that as long as you are buying keyboards to use them as keyboards, and that using those boards bring you joy without financial strain, then it really is just a hobby and not consumerism. If you like a board because you like it and not because it "elevates" your position in the hobby, then you're good! After all, every single hobby requires monetary investment, and the level of monetary investment does not define whether it is a hobby or not. Just look at the price of good golf clubs or fishing gear- I think you will find that keyboards are actually not that expensive of a hobby after all!

I wanna build myself a keyboard but I think I will absolutely fail 😂

I never viewed this as a hobby more as a refinement of my craftsmanship. A cook needs a good knife in order to be efficient and a desk worker a good keyboard. As soon as you reach a point where nothing bothers you anymore, you should stop. That is when you get caught up in perfection and/or consumerism.

which keyboard is in the intro?

Okay, but what about muted clickies? I can't stand how tactiles feel, they hang up like scratchy, crappy linears. Clickies (at least click bar switches) are at least smooth, and if the sound is too loud, why not put a foam pad on the surface the click bar strikes when the switch ledge releases it? At that point you can do the different housing material to change the resonance, too, and experiment with thicker click bars, as well. You can also get a bit of tactility out of a linear with the right spring. An XXL 2 stage should do the trick. Very strong up top with a bit of a sudden break as the first stage finishes compression, then even heavier (depending on the setup) at the bottom to prevent bottom out.

klean asf

I got into this hobby around the same time, 2021. Bought a gk68 that I'm still using to this day. After buying it I got some lube tools, and some things like 2 syringes and some bandaids to tune the stabs. It turned out great, did the holee mod, lubing, put foam, coins as weight(I know lol) and pcb tape. It was extremely fun building it. Then I ordered some gmk clones and those were great too and some big gaskets to do a funny mounting style but it didn't work out well and in the end I decided I was going to plan an endgame build starting with buying a gmk set and waiting for it to arrive before building it. And well I still haven't gotten it because mykeyboard, an eu vendor, just went bankrupt a few months ago and right before doing so, and because they didn't have money to refund me, I got like 4 keycap sets, 2 of which are gmk, to replace my group buy order. So at least I still got something I guess, but times have changed and now budget sub 100 dollar keyboards are even better than those premium kits from when I started. So yeah, I got a lucky65 on the way to upgrade from my gk68, tho I'd love to mod it as much as I did to my gk68 it's just not necessary anymore, the stabs are great, the hmx switches I ordered are preluded and thight and great for only 30 bucks, the keeb was 60 on sale and I have plenty of keycaps to put on it. So literally just slap the switches and keycaps and boom, build done. Doesn't seem as fun but definitely more convenient and overall I love how much things have improved. And funny enough I'm into watches too, but I'm on the controversial side, I like reps and they just look and feel drastically better than legit watches in the same price range, aesthetically they are extremely close to the real things and some you wouldn't tell if you didn't have a microscope or something, and they also show the worst thing about watch collecting, most of the premium stuff is simply overpriced. I also took a little dive into watchmaking/taking a watch apart and putting it back together and yeah I loved it. I love putting things together if it wasn't apparent. I have 2 and don't plan on buying anything else anymore because one is a sports watch 15720 for daily use, and the other is a pepsi for occasionally going out. Another hobby that ties into this is gunpla. Plastic model kits of giant mecha. Cool, childish even, but when you realize how complex they can be you realize why they're not advertised for kids. But this one can easily fall into this consumerism as a hobby ideal. But they're model kits and you need tools to make them, same tools you could use to modify them, and with spray cans or a dedicated set up with a small compressor that could set you back one or two hundred bucks you can also paint them. You can also make dioramas of them this way. I have 3 of them and I've been in this hobby for twice that of keebs. Hobbies are fun, but this consumerism debacle I feel ties in more into the fact that we're in a highly capitalistic world that wants to squeeze every bit out of the average joe rather than with these hobbies themselves. That's the truth we have to accept, not that these hobbies are cringe as some other guys were saying, no, these are valid things to enjoy but what we should look for is to stay away from falling the deep trap that is spending. That's it. Be reasonable and you'll be good. Else you'll just be another one of those people with a wall full of funkos or <<analogous product>>.

I am wanting to start getting into eurorack modular, and that is a hobby that costs some real money, so I must be content with VCV Rack for now.

It's nice seeing a video to reassure what I've been thinking ever since finishing my second build two days ago. While I've just started getting into the hobby, I don't see myself building more keyboards anytime soon. Partly because I want to save my money, but also that I'm very happy with the keyboards that I've made. I don't like replacing something that I enjoy using.

It's only a hobby if you actually build your own. But I think a lot of "hobbyists" just buy keyboard after keyboard. That's a habit. Like heroin.

thumbnail pic or im calling police!

I did not expect the potion drinking sound at the start

What new hobbyist have done to mechanical keyboards is just sad.

Are you still planning on making a video on the c-13x? I wanna make one and a video going over it would be awesome

corne on top

Exactly the same for fountain pens

typing this on a 30

WAS THAT A CORPO FROM CYBERPUNK 2077?

bro really attacked my left ear on the intro there

It is really interesting I came I across this video today as I just entered the custom keyboard building space. I modded and customized a prebuilt last year and was itching to come back, only straining due to cost. Now that so many prebuilts and barebones kits are cheaper than ever I felt I had the ability to try things without breaking the budget. However, once I purchased all my parts for my new custom build, I had this feeling of melancholy. After days of researching and doubting my choices, I realized nothing gave me that dopamine hit that looking for the perfect value part for my new build did. Only a few days after purchasing (before my parts even came in), I started looking for a different keyboard to purchase. I had no intention of buying multiple but just wanted to see what else is out there (and possibly FOMO or a sunk cost feeling), and almost ended up buying another board. Consumerism as a hobby is something I dealt with even when building/upgrading my PC so this video was a great reminder of this and some of the dangers around it. I don't think I will ever not buy things because it makes me happy or gets the hamster in my brain running but it will be important for me to set and respect boundaries I have set for my consumer behaviors.

I treat keyboard hobby as a collecting hobby. I also collect anime figures, I know that I don't really need them and from the perspective of others I am just wasting money on toys. But I like them and think that they are beautiful so I buy those that I like, put them on the shelf and just look at them and It makes my day a bit better. Keyboard hobby Is a bit more practical In my opinion though, I am a programmer so I spend a lot of time with my keyboard so I want It to be the best for me, I have a bunch of keyboards now and I use all of them from time to time and when I don't I mount them to my pegboard and they serve as a decor

some people sound like hobby elitists in these comments. Every hobby requires some degree of consumption. If someone enjoys doing it on their free time, even if it is collecting something, I don't think it makes it less of a hobby or just consumerism. If collecting things bring you joy, cheers to you.

damn bro why didn't you record sounds of typing

me when i lie on purpose /jjj

how can i work in revit or autocad with multiple of hotkeys and shortcuts on 40 %??

wen gundam

I love my 40%, but I need them to be splited

What I don't understand is why all keyboard hobbyists listen to lofi beats. Where's the thumping Techno? Where are the loud keyboard lovers? Thicc instead of Thocc. It feels like most videos only focus on "Thocc" sound and nothing else. I rarely see anyone doing an actual deep analysis of gaming performance besides Optimum Tech.

All im saying, 33% is baller

The age old classic. Some people use 40%s citing ergonomics, travel, or saving space on a desk... but I? I use a 40% keyboard because I HATE STABILIZERS!

most hobbies are just an excuse for shopping addiction

Hey I was wondering if you’re still planning on making a video for the c-13x. It’s a board I’m really interested in making and seeing as there are virtually zero videos on it online I wanted to see if you still planned on making it. Anyways besides allat love the channel man

Yeah, 40% is great! ...till you need to get something done. 😥

im pretty sure anyone who got a 40 could agree that once you get one, you realize how little you use number keys the learning curve is small af, only thing is its been many months i use one and i still barely remember whenre the 6 is 💀

Tactile enjoyers, check out MMD Princess v3 Tactiles.

Honestly I think it's pretty disingenuous for most people to call mechanical keyboards or watches a "hobby". Don't get me wrong, I have probably owned 50+ different watches and a few boards myself. But to me, a hobby is something that truly requires practice and skill. For me, that's mountain biking, video games, and disc golf. Everything else is just a collection.

Do you have a recommendation on the switch that feels like blue switch tactility?

Very cool to watch this! I'm into different keyboard layouts & currently use a UK layout living in the US. Do these custom keyboard you shown here come in different layouts like Latin American, Spanish/Portuguese, French Canadian, etc? I did see some in your video that are Japanese & Cyrillic layout. I tend to prefer the ISO layout over ANSI these days as it has an extra key to the left of Z / right of the left Shift key / above the Windows key.

I have using my 40% in last 2 years and dont't regret, plank its my favorite bc i can do ANYTHING that i like with the keys and layers

sorry because i haven't watched the entire video but what is the 40% alice layout board? nevermind

What did I just watch