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@@HarryDaRed there there, I gave you(r comment) a heart ❤️

@@ImOnMy116 phew! Glad that someone got my sense of humor haha! In my communication with velocifire, they used the acronym BK75. I was so stunned to see the name BatKnight. Such a contrast!

@@benfromsg haha, that would be quite a surprise! My first group buy board (after my in stock Tofu 60) was actually a Velocifire group buy back in I think 2020 (a Bubble 75), still have the board (and am grateful for other hobbyists to see that you can now get something probably equivalent or better for a third the price!)

@@ImOnMy116 cool! Yeah I owned the sun68 from them awhile back too. They make pretty good things

Plenty on r/mm!

@@polynotgone8349 yep the one that astroturf. but the product is actually good, imagine my surprise.

Which? The rugged one I showcase here is Awekeys' and the pink/silver/black aluminum one is Aluvia.

I thought i linked you gateron metal keycaps... anyway... you can google it

Look in r/mm on Reddit!

@@ImOnMy116 don’t sweat it, it helps to know a broad spectrum of what casual, or people heavily invested in are interested in. I love hearing people’s passions and purpose. That’s infectious!

It's you!

@@benfromsgI’m sorry, not sure if it was a typo or autocorrect, but I don’t quite follow your response.

@@ImOnMy116aren’t you the one that left that question on my community post? Recognized your handle! What does 116 mean?

@@benfromsg haha, oh man, yes that was me! Totally forgot about that! Thanks for coming through! 116 is in reference to the Bible verse, Romans 1:16

@@ImOnMy116 very cool! May you never be ashamed of His word! 💪🏻

Agreed!

Didn't test the latency unfortunately, for office use hardly noticable. Gaming will probably be an issue!

Aesthetics not much. From what I know (I didn’t have a R1), R2 fixed some design flaws and made some quality of life improvements.

Sorry man I didn’t get a chance to review the zoom v3

The vega is great right. I've been typing on it the past couple of days after the video and it feels amazing!

The only reason why I don’t support clones is because they are pirated from people’s efforts so is unethical. Imagine someone taking your homework that you did till 2am and submitting it in as their own. There’s no way you are convincing me this is right.

@@benfromsg if people could make what you make better or at the same perceived quality and still sell it at a lower price than you, there’s something wrong with your process. If other companies didn’t ripoff cherry, we’d all still paying premium price while cherry wouldn’t feel the need to innovate at all. Also we’re talking about some molded plastics. It’s not a knockoff adidas or iphone, it’s just plastics. There’s no way a company in china can’t just buy the same machine, use the same materials and make the same product. I get it these designers also worked hard, but they could also make their designs available to cheaper manufacturers instead of GMK don’t they? Just like a gucci you’re paying for the exclusivity. There’s no way you’re convincing me a GMK is better

​@@benfromsg answer Inner Fire ya punk

Jealous, I regret not getting one during the GB :(

I think you will love it :)

vala going crazy

Be glad you weren’t here 3 years ago then

I would if I can get my hands on some! But off the top of my head, under 150, I suggest to look at epomaker ones 96% plus. PLEASE, if buying from Chinese brands, please please please search for the keyboard itself on amazon, it’s easier to get returns if anything goes wrong with your keyboard! If you want something more expensive, kbdfans has the odin keyboard in stock right now while you can find windx98 keyboards in the aftermarket on r/mm on Reddit. These are all great full sized or near full sized keyboards. Personally I would go for the windx98, and then epomaker then the Odin. Some people have said that the Odin doesn’t have the best sound profile but I have yet to try it out myself, so take it for what it’s worth. Hope I helped!

Try the QK100. I’ve built one for work and it’s amazing.

@@shadow_rice_ trying to go for a creamy thock build with the least amt of diy methods haha, atm im looking at the mchose k99, but will take a look at the qk100!

Thanks for the compliment! Glad it was helpful!

You are gonna love it!

Used to be mine, until I loved TKL

damn 9 65s is crazy HAHA but at least you’ve found what you like

@@jeronwong8147 LOL, tell me about it!. Once you go down this rabbit hole, you find out that it´s very deep!!

U don't use f5 to refresh? Most pc when u need to go into bios, need to press f1,f2, or f12. Some games like cs2 uses function keys that buy weapons etc

@@jamesmadison3108 Nope, to refresh I just use the refresh button on the top left of my browser. I hardly ever go into the bios. I have a gaming laptop and the keyboard on it does have the F-keys in case I do need to go in. The games I play don´t need the f-keys either. I don´t even remember what most of the f-keys do since I never use them. Maybe I´m missing out on some functionality. But for me my everyday use, I have never missed them.

​​@@jamesmadison3108usually you have function keys on the second layer numrow and that's good enough. The f keys themselves kind of waste space for how often they get used

May not be exactly what you are looking for but the Ikki68 Snow is a alu top and pc bottom. th-cam.com/users/shortsiCNH52m-lLI?feature=share

Honestly, I forgot. It’s been too long. These days it’s a combo of FN + a certain key usually arrows/shift/enter/space

Well, that's what subtitles are for

Hey fellow Singaporean! Nice to meet u here! Yeah I don’t get the toxicity also, my encounter was in the sgmk fb group. It’s most likely those internet trolling, 10 to early twenties age group that’s that way. The few I’ve met in person were really nice! If you want to hangout, ktechs (my channel partner) has a new store location with a cool hangout area and the peeps there are really friendly! Also, if it helps, u can message me on discord too! Same user benfromsg 😁

@@benfromsg oh damn thts sick bro! ktechs has a kb hangout location, im down for it! will msg u more on discord abt it! thanks man

Interesting... is the 0 on the right really bothersome for people? I never thought about that

GUYS! I FOUND A CLICKY FAN! Just kidding heh. I'll certainly give those silent switches you mentioned a try if I come across them. I haven't tried any good ones, albeit only about 3 or so thus far.

Thanks for the compliments! The algo works in wondrous ways haha!

I plead the fifth. lol.

Fair point!

I'm not a SUPER proficient excel user, nor do I use excel daily. And I'm sure there are shortcuts that I can probably use to get around, but for me, a few actions like toggling sheets, and between windows to copy and retrieve data, require me to use mouse quite abit to get the pointer/cell exactly where I need it. Besides excel though, I use Fusion360 almost every other day and it is much easier to start working on a feature like extrude with my left hand, and then move the same left hand to the numpad for keying in dimensions. My right hand remains on the mouse for any reorientations/selections.

It depends on your use case. I don't particularly need the F row keys daily to CAD out our machining parts and neither do my colleagues. I can see excelsheet and coders using the F row but there's also the Wind X 98 for that. And I'm pretty sure you haven't seen worse choices in this keyboard hobby than the WindX here for functionality, otherwise you won't be saying such things.

Especially when Fn keys are important for work

Except no one makes a matching set thats wireless

@@RealHankShill zoom?

Hmm, I don't think it's fair to say being "taken advantage of". There's different aesthetics, uses and preferences. It's functional to just put the numpad, but you won't get the continuity nor the same looks in a single piece of machined metal. To each his own. I can see why it works for you.

@@benfromsg It is delusion to believe $300 is justified for the keyboard case and PCB which, at this price point, doesn't appear to be QMK/VIA compatible per their website. Customers are absolutely being taken advantage of. Pile on the cost of switches and keycaps if you choose not to use the "artisan" ones they throw in for free and you are crossing into the $400 area after tax. Taken advantage of.

Yeah I don't think I'll meet a colleague down to spend over $50 on a keyboard that might not even be wireless and weights the same as a newborn baby. I think he means imaginary colleagues.

I would say to look into r/mm or discord channels for secondhand used ones. You can find keyboards there for less than their groupbuy prices.

@@el10leo you do you man, you do you.

@@benfromsg I'm just being realistic man, I don't know which part of the world you live in, where people not extremely into "the hobby" of custom keyboards would think it's even remotely reasonable to spend that kind of money on a keyboard. And tbh I think we like to call this "hobby" when in reality it's just good old frivolous consumerism, but that's a different discussion entirely. In less words: the title of the video is completely deluded but you sure baited interactions so it works.

Trust me, I’m considered realistic as a mechanical keyboard-only reviewer and content reviewer. I suggest you watch my previous video on the Aella where I regretted spending 500 bucks on a piece of aluminum block. Point is. Everyone has a different measuring stick in terms of how they gauge functionality, acoustics and frills. I love functionality. But I also enjoy the premium feel of aluminum, copper and heft to my tool, as opposed to plastic ones. Do I value wireless features? Yep. But do they exist in a decent looking keyboard? Not really. Which is why I sold off the Magnet65 which has wireless functionality but I didn’t like how it looked. What I’m trying to get across sincerely is you can have a preference and also how you spend your money. But to call someone else’s way of spending on things they like or value more as simply frivolous is just shallow. Now do I think there are people who just spend on frivolous items? I sure do, but it’s not for me to get on my high horse to say they are wrong. Hence my reply of “you do you”.

Thanks for the compliments!

It’s not just about sounding nice as I mentioned. It’s also the design and aesthetics that need to convince me that it’s worth that price.

So it’s better to have a lefty numpad on the left? I do agree not nearly enough design thought is put into the keyboard layout

I need more than a few too 😂

The magic is in the JWK semi silents!

never tried it, first impression - looks plain, nothing really stands out.