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this is the best video on how to lube your switches tutorial! It make sense to lube the sides only since that's the part that the stem will run through. This fulfilled the question I've had for a long time about "what is the purpose of lubing 4 sides of bottom housing?". Thank you so much for the detailed video, clear, precise, and sharing tips about what to use to practice, and what might happen.

I joined 3 groupbuys with Hiney. There's Ibis, tkl one pc, and lady bird. The former 2 gbs took 1.5++ year from gb to fullfillment. Currently, I'm still waiting on my lady bird after 2 years (for perspective, the keyboard arrived to him since Aug 2023). I get it. He's a human. There's other priorities and stuff. Guess what, all of us do. I gave him the money when he went 'full time' as a maker in the hobby so I had different expectations on the fulfillment. Talking about his mental state. What about people who gave him money? Being in his groupbuys have been the worst mental experience in this hobby for me. And I've been in close to 50 if not more of keyboard groupbuys (it's funny because I was also scammed, Noxary, and it still didn't feel as bad as waiting on him with all the excuses) The thing that irritates me the most is when people who are not even in his gb and say it's ok for him to keep procrastinating on the fullfilment and give a pat on the back because of his past reputation while I can only accept the delays. Take a look at the latest Hand Engineering gb, the mini 2000s, for example. People thought it's gonna be a disaster but not really. Lewis at least knew and accepted that he didn't have a capacity/time to fullfil and decided to have other vendors tookover. And I already got my 2000 s (it started gb after the lady bird btw). Sorry for such a long rant but I needed this. I wanted to reached out to you so many time Simon to ask you to give him a push. I know he's your friend but man.

Maybe it’s just me but it sounds bad

What is that rubberized cable ur using?? that thing is sick

Seems like it’d be a hot take in this comment section but I don’t believe that someone can just be a hobbyist but still continue to have an active storefront that is taking orders. I totally understand that vendors are just humans, but if I’m putting in an order to a website I do expect a level of consistency when it comes to order fulfillment. If that isn’t possible, I don’t believe it’s fair to continue to take money from paying customers. Sure I don’t expect Amazon levels of fulfillment but at least something predictable, like orders are packed on Saturdays and shipping out on Mondays, with an order cut off day like Wednesday or even Tuesday the week prior. Just my two cents as someone who has purchased from Hiney before and continues to love his products.

sound wise, how would you compare this against a full brass weight cycle 8?

Simon's youtube content = Eggplant

This was a joy to listen to, hoping to see more of these!

Awesome interview with an awesome person, thanks Simon! Also huge thanks to Hiney for all he has done for the community!

This was great, Simon! Excited for this series.

plum was also my first group buy

>series of interviews Gondo interview ?

:0 NEW SERIES!!!!

This was a really interesting interview. I'm excited to see more!

Hiney is a good keyboard friend. Still using my Alu TKL One as a daily driver. Hope to obtain a HBCP someday.

Nice vid mate

EVERYONE BUY THIS MANS EXTRAS

titling the video "surviving the keyboard hobby", then interviewing a maker whos quitting is fucked up

How does Cooper compare to Aluminum with the same thickness , wrt feel and sound?

Great chat, hiney is a legend and all round good guy.

This series is great and will be looked back on fondly. Thanks Simon, a good keyboard friend.

This was a fantastic interview, these are the exact type of interviews I've always wanted to see in this hobby. Can't wait to see who you have next.

loved this, really interesting. looking forward to more maker talks

MEME GB was the best GB I ever joined

love u

Don't forget to thank Hiney for based b e i g e

Let's gooo more Simon full length movies

christ

Elaine next please

when stomach is cooked we get hiney. boaty

I cant watch 1.5 hours vid without subway surfers clips in the background simone

17:29 Truth. Legit stocked up on a shit ton of Hiney PCBs from NK. Goated PCBs

Hiney is a good keyboard lad. I also went G710+ for my first mechanical keeb! MX browns and then got a unit with mx blues back in 2016! Thanks for sharing your story brother

Does it have NKRO?

Key points/ - Oh wow businesses come with business expenses - Burn out, mental issues 0:46 A wild Hiney appears! 2:05 How did you get into keyboards? 3:30 First real keyboard 12:15 What got you into PCBs? 17:30 Fanboy moment 25:20 When(Why) did it move from a personal hobby to more of a business? 30:40 How was vendoring at the peak of the hobby? 34:30 How was keyboarding full time? 52:00 Why pushed you out of the hobby? 54:30 Why is stuff not shipping? 1:03:12 Advice to people trying to become makers/vendors Patreon questions/ 1:09:40 Will you come back to the hobby? (No) 1:12:17 Future plans for PCB designs 1:14:45 What do you feel about your legacy?

yay

Hello I want to buy the Nj98 keyboard but I don't know what specs to choose, these are the options: *steel plate - gateron milky yellow pro *Steel plate - BOX taro ice cream pro *Brass plate - gateron milky yellow pro What do you recommend? I would still like it to not sound so much

Sounds real hollow

Soooo thorough. Subscribed 😊

I just love how cute a little 60% is with WKL of HHKB blockers. My Arc60 is my daily and plateless it just feels incredible. With that said, an interesting looking 60% is hard to come by. At least with a bigger board you have room for interesting design elements on the top case and side profile.

Hate to say it, but I think that the Neo80 already beat this to the punch, with a cheaper price (with weights), the same ball-catch system (but with a magnetic connector instead of ribbon cables), and some pretty solid sound

your way to review is absolutely solid sir , its please to be your next subs

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27:56 Sound test info Entire: 28:05 Steel battery cover - no weights 29:31 Steel battery cover - steel weights 30:58 Steel battery cover - brass weights 28:25 Brass battery cover - no weights 29:50 Brass battery cover - steel weights 31:18 Brass battery cover - brass weights Row by row: 28:44 Steel battery cover - no weights 30:09 Steel battery cover - steel weights 31:35 Steel battery cover - brass weights 28:58 Brass battery cover - no weights 30:25 Brass battery cover - steel weights 31:50 Brass battery cover - brass weights Modifiers: 29:11 Steel battery cover - no weights 30:38 Steel battery cover - steel weights 32:06 Steel battery cover - brass weights 29:20 Brass battery cover - no weights 30:48 Brass battery cover - steel weights 32:16 Brass battery cover - brass weights 32:26 Summary Time stamps in chronological order: 28:05 Steel battery cover - no weights (entire) 28:25 Brass battery cover - no weights (entire) 28:44 Steel battery cover - no weights (row by row) 28:58 Brass battery cover - no weights (row by row) 29:11 Steel battery cover - no weights (modifiers) 29:20 Brass battery cover - no weights (modifiers) 29:31 Steel battery cover - steel weights (entire) 29:50 Brass battery cover - steel weights (entire) 30:09 Steel battery cover - steel weights (row by row) 30:25 Brass battery cover - steel weights (row by row) 30:38 Steel battery cover - steel weights (modifiers) 30:48 Brass battery cover - steel weights (modifiers) 30:58 Steel battery cover - brass weights (entire) 31:18 Brass battery cover - brass weights (entire) 31:35 Steel battery cover - brass weights (row by row) 31:50 Brass battery cover - brass weights (row by row) 32:06 Steel battery cover - brass weights (modifiers) 32:16 Brass battery cover - brass weights (modifiers) 32:26 Summary

Great review. Thank you

Love how you continue to refuse to take free boards in the name of fairness and transparency, even after all this time

Super helpful and comprehensive review, Niceee

longer cable 🍆

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Well, no, I don’t buy it. That’s very unfortunate, I was 100% going to buy this but I won’t. This isn’t a $155 board, it’s a $205 board since we’ve now established brass is mandatory. $215 with hotswap, and who doesn’t want hotswap in 2024. $225 with TKD, which if you’re going to get a TKD board is only fair for you to get a TKD coating. Now suddenly it’s not the same price at all. Why all those options? It doesn’t make any sense. You know what’s best, give me brass and PC, make it one board, and optimize the price for this one board. It would have been much much better for this Cycle 8 to be a $190 for everyone, with the brass and all, than a $155 for the ones who didn’t look into it and $205/$215 for others. Also you have to work better with your distributors because here in Europe it’s a €270 board. And no please don’t tell me taxes or shipping, I know the thing it’s not my first time, and it doesn’t add up, €270 is $290 and you don’t pay $80 in taxes.. Something is seriously wrong here.