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Hey hipyo! Your youtube short about the keychron v1 inspired me to buy one and today i built it. Thank you so much Hipyo for inspiring me to do keyboard stuff. I even put you as inspiration on my youtube channel and in a presentation for school! Thank you.
That car dampening foam is OP. Really clever idea to keep the residue in place for the standoffs to mimic gasket mounting (even though it probably made reassembly difficult). I used a similar product from Noico (along with butyl rubber and packing foam) for the hollow space inside my Redragon K552. It sounds like an absolute unit now. Would be cool to see more videos modifying "basic consumer level" keyboards that anyone can easily buy online.
Seeing the way he lubed the switches with Superlube oil inspired me to lube my switches in a similar way, I lubed my tangerines with Krytox 105g0 and none of the switches stopped working, the oil lubing method gave them more of a soft sound and bottom out, similar to silent switches which might have pieces of rubber in them to make them quieter, it does a similar thing. An issue I did have, though, was when I opened them up to spring swap them afterwards, the leafs of a few switches came out of the bottom housing and I had to throw away some switches, but overall, it worked well.
I am building my first enthusiast keyboard with linear switches (gateron north poles) but I wont lie... I've used a Logitech g710 with blue switches for like 6 years now and I kinda like the clicking. I'm excited to get my new keyboard built and I'm sure I'll love it but blue switches are fun for some people. Idk it just feels kinda satisfying to me when I press there's a loud noise. It can be inconvenient though when typing an essay through the night when people are trying to sleep hehe. I think blue (or clicky) switches get a lot of hate even though they serve a purpose for a niche audience
There's a bit of a confusing situation with attitudes towards clickies in this hobby. Most enthusiasts like Hipyo just plain dislike clicky switches in general. But those of us who do have the good taste to like clicky switches will also near-unanimously hate MX Blues and its direct clones, specifically because the click mechanism creates a rattly plasticky aftersound. Try checking out something like Kailh BOX clicky switches (white, pink, jade, navy), which feature a different click mechanism that sounds much cleaner, although still pretty high-pitched. Other options like Zeal Clickiez are also coming out with nicer clicks, but those are absurdly expensive. It's this overall lack of attention for clickies in modern boards that drives most clicky enjoyers to vintage keyboards, where there's a much bigger variety of great clicky switches.
@@Boyetto-san maybe in the future. For now as i mentioned I'm getting linears. I've always been a gamer and I decided to choose blues way back in the day (iirc mech keyboards were barely gaining traction). It's lasted me a damn while and it still works but i felt like updating for fun and i figured I'd get a linear with relatively light and short actuation point as that's technically better for gaming. NGL it probably won't make a difference but it'll bring me happiness to build (well assemble) a keyboard of my choosing. Plus my brain go "OOOOO NEW THINGY COOL, VERY HAPPY, VERY GIDDY" so yeah
@@sebseb9890 As a clicky enjoyer who's also built a few lubed linear boards, I can definitely say that the results are also deeply satisfying. But if you're like me and you can never get away from that itch for the clicks, I'd definitely recommend later building a clicky board, especially when more innovations come into the scene on that end.
the whole point of an antistatic bracelet is to plug into ground so that you are grounded, obviously it wouldn't work if you just don't connect the wire on them to anything, which is why I don't really understand your comment.
I've actually been thinking of modding my keyboard with melamine foam (mr clean dry eraser stuff). Apparently it's non flammable and pretty cheap. maybe you can try this in some of your videos.
I've watched your stuff for a while, idk how long but a good while. I'm doing online grad school soon and ik I'm going to be reading alot and writing alot from readings - essays and stuff. I recently bought myself an about $20 keyboard just to start off for grad school, bc I don't want to be scrunched up close to my laptop while trying to read and all that. Your videos have been really helpful in knowing what to look out for and possibly change over time as I notice it.
For what it's worth, this video inspired me to try doing something similar with my Logitech G Pro keyboard. I did a very... uneven job, I'll confess. And probably overlubed them to boot; but I made the blue switches sound and feel almost like browns, wich I'm not unhappy about to be honest. Also I put a bunch of dielectric grease in the stabs using some interdental brushes and that also helped dampen the stabs a surprising amount. (Well, surprising to me; since I've never done a custom keyboard myself it might not surprise anyone else.)
If I were working for MSI, which I don't, I would be ecstatic that you're able to elevate their budget keyboard experience so successfully. That's honestly impressive. Also ngl the cleaned up clicky switch sound is niiiiiiiice
@@matty4351 fellas. Have we maybe considered that there is such thing as having 2 GREAT switches? (Also I thought this was all about personal preference)
8:41 I think they’re talking about the keyboard store HippoKeys lol. I got some switch samples from there too. Coincidentally they’re also based in Washington.
This video comes at a great time! I'm getting a new keyboard but the only ones they had were with blue clickies🤢 and it'll be a while before I can get other switches for the board
Yo Hipyo thank you for this video, just did this lube mod on a soldered blue switch 60% board I found at a thrift store for 5 dollars. It's actually usable now!
Hipyo I’m a new subscriber and I just wanna say your voice is very nice. Do people tell you that? Idk you got a nice friendly slightly soft way of speaking that makes me feel right at home. Also thank your for providing fun beginner and budget friendly content !
That's what gets me about this video. If people didn't like the click sound...why else would they get blues over the myriad of other options out there. Buying blues just to then bash on the way blues sound is just making fun of people for liking what they like.
you should try out the e-yooso $18 full-size mechanical keyboard it is a non-hot swap board that has otomu red switches that I had bought for modding and to see how bad the cheapest mechanical keyboard was but I was shocked when I found out that except for the switches being scratchy from being unlubed that it was a decent board and the stabs where actually decent quality and where lubed for only $18
thank you, honestly grateful for this video i used up all my budget on pc and end up with no mouse and keyboard. in the end my brother gave me his used one but its duck 2 mini and its not hot swapable. i am grateful but i want that thock sound as well while also not having almost no budget. 😂
My friend ask me to make him a custom keyboard like mine. I said yes,no problem,what kind of sound do you prefer. He told me blue switches are amazing. We are not friends anymore.
Currently have a few pieces for my first build sitting in a cart for payday. Torn between matcha, KTT strawberries and Gateron milky yellow switches, but I'm hooked on keyboard mods and haven't even gotten my first one yet. THIS IS YOUR FAULT HIPYO!!
I own the GK30 version of this which is a mech-membrane keyboard, legitimately the best keyboard I've ever felt, better than Cherry MX reds, its really had the best of both worlds without feeling like im clicking a mouse like the blues.
idk if anyone will be reading this from the philippines but basically i just purchased a hotswappable, type c, 61% keyboard from leaven for only 12 bucks (600 pesos) it sounds fine stock... i applied lube onthe blue switch and dielectric on stabs. i never thought i would prefer the sound of a lubed blue switch than a outemu lubed brown and red switch AT ALL... with the mods and all that... everything costs 14 bucks. HELL I LOVE BLUE SWITCHES NOW... it sounds both clicky and thocky... (also the PCB is easy to remove and i have added PE Foam and 2 layers of tape mod. SO WORTH MY BUDGET. (also the space bar is so thocky wtf)
I have a Redragon k552, its my old keyboard so i did some dumb shit Step 1: take off keycaps and unscrew the keyboard Step 2: tape mod the whole back of the board (dont put back on the back shell) Step 3: cut 7 pieces of cardboard that are the size of the keyboard, (cut a space for the wire) Step 4: hot glue them all together to get the bottom of the keyboard, glue it on the keyboard. DO NOT GLUE THE WIRE Step 5: take out the switches, almost done! (Or leave them in it doesnt matter too much) Step 6: Lube all of the switches with mineral oil! This is important, dont extremely overlube them, also use a bigger brush to get more on the switches. If you left the switches in, brush over the switches with a mineral oil covered brush, do this until you like it. Step 7: after all that, wipe all the oil on the frame where the keys are, (optional) Put everything back together and ur good!
Aye fam, was at your stream when I watch you making this and... no hate or anything but this is completely against to what makes the clicky keyboards sounds good. Clicky switches needs to be in a very hollow plastic case with little to no foam added for it to be sound good like NCR-80 or BBOX60 (there's a reason why most vintage keyboard enthusiasts likes clickies as well) along with tall keycaps like SA or MT3 keycaps (Bonus if its ABS or POM ones). Instead, you have to use the complete opposite xD I was about to say too to change the switches to something much better like Box White v2 cuz I think they're the "Black inks of clicky switches" but you did mentioned that you have rule to not change it so I'll that one slide ^^; Hope you give another change to the clickies cuz I still like them with passion over linears and tactiles if config it correctly!
Love your videos. I bought a logitech mechanical mx keys and I find it super scratchy. I bought it for the functionality but it is my first mechanical. I'm finding it a bit of a let down. Do you think i could lube the switches like you did to fix the scratchiness feel?
100% lube and mild modding will help alot. i got a free keychron and added some felt and did the tape mod it sounds sooo much better for a keyboard i only use at work
the logitech switches are usually kailh. I find some of the older kailh switches really scratchy as well. Lube is primarily used to help with scratch and sound. Lubing in the same way as he did in this video isn't going to be consistent but it might be an improvement
@@Yogigoldie it helps the sound but you don't have to lube switches to enjoy keyboards. Also, you'll want a hotswap board if you don't want to desolder switches. I really don't recommend the lazy lubing method
I actually have a soldering iron lying around. I also have flux and soldering wire. Might also have soldering wick. It's all my father's but I doubt he'd care if I use it. Aaand we don't need humidifiers here, it's 90% right now. 92.2 in my area actually. It's 98 nearby. This is why none of us have those wristbands. Static shocks just don't exist here.
Speaking of bad keyboards… can you do a video with the hot-swappable Womier Year of the Tiger (60%) board? I bought it and it sounds like balls. Did a tape mod and a bandaid mod on the stabilizers because I found it SO difficult to remove the switches from the plate and gave up. Sounds okay now…but, man, can you give it a go? I’d like it to be even less horrible. I bought it because of the keycaps (three sides are clear) and the design. It’s the most obnoxious thing I own, and I love it… please help me justify the purchase. 😂❤
i had the logitech g915 tkl with clicky switches, and it was alright, but i just got the keychron v1 and replaced the switches with lubed holy pandas.. it’s a night and day difference
I'm one of those few folks who like clicky switches (in my custom I got Kailh Speed Bronze switches!), so I had to skip through to the end... Didn't want a whole video dissing my preference ya know? But it sounded really good
Have you thought about getting an esd jacket, used em at work making medical and aeronautic pcb's never had a static shock in my entire 2 years i wore it
Did you intentionally secretly use fox's shine sound effect in this video...bc his shine is blue and basically clicks...and they are blue clicky switches? I think I'm in too deep
Would adding the auto foam to the space bar help? I usually use spacebar foam but wonder if it's cheaper to use the auto dampening material on the spacebar.
As a former clicky switch user, I can say that blue switches are the worst. The only clicky switch that is semi-decent is kailh box switches souly because they have a sort of crisp to them. Other than that they still annoying after listen for a long period of time.
I think it's just a personal preference. Some people like clicky. It really just depends on how loud and smooth you like the click of a switch when typing. Can't diss clicky just cause they loud. If this doesn't expose that I like clicky already 😛
@@DS-oopa there’s also the tactility that usually comes from clickies. A box jade usually has a much sharper tactile bump then compared to a (non-clicky) zealios, which are more rounded
Okay so the keyboard went up in price to $54 dollars right after I made this video don't sue me please.
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I have a class action lawsuit planned against you for spreading false information and talking to my child.
Would really love to see you upgrade the Red Dragon K552 budget upgrade. Also a quick review.❤️
keycaps?
@@Tvrtle_ added them!
Hey hipyo! Your youtube short about the keychron v1 inspired me to buy one and today i built it. Thank you so much Hipyo for inspiring me to do keyboard stuff. I even put you as inspiration on my youtube channel and in a presentation for school! Thank you.
You actually made Blue switches sound good
Respect
why the hate for blues ?
@@KatVHS cause there are way better clicky switches than cherry blues and its clones.
just, no, blues are so fucking plasticky, literal garbage no matter what you do.
@@spinyslasher6586 exactly
@@spinyslasher6586 plus I'm getting the impression that most people in the keeb space don't like clicky switches in general
This feels like a personal attack
it must be personal to comment about 12 hours early
@@nazarethsavage wait wtf
it is /hj
it must be very VERY personal when you comment 1day before the video
Same… I use a duck one 2 but sell customs…
That car dampening foam is OP.
Really clever idea to keep the residue in place for the standoffs to mimic gasket mounting (even though it probably made reassembly difficult). I used a similar product from Noico (along with butyl rubber and packing foam) for the hollow space inside my Redragon K552. It sounds like an absolute unit now.
Would be cool to see more videos modifying "basic consumer level" keyboards that anyone can easily buy online.
And here I am with a $20 wireless keyboard/mouse combo. I'd love to see you make that sound good.
Seeing the way he lubed the switches with Superlube oil inspired me to lube my switches in a similar way, I lubed my tangerines with Krytox 105g0 and none of the switches stopped working, the oil lubing method gave them more of a soft sound and bottom out, similar to silent switches which might have pieces of rubber in them to make them quieter, it does a similar thing. An issue I did have, though, was when I opened them up to spring swap them afterwards, the leafs of a few switches came out of the bottom housing and I had to throw away some switches, but overall, it worked well.
Love blue switches, love Click, Clack, Moo, love your videos. I'm kind weird I guess.
I am building my first enthusiast keyboard with linear switches (gateron north poles) but I wont lie... I've used a Logitech g710 with blue switches for like 6 years now and I kinda like the clicking. I'm excited to get my new keyboard built and I'm sure I'll love it but blue switches are fun for some people. Idk it just feels kinda satisfying to me when I press there's a loud noise. It can be inconvenient though when typing an essay through the night when people are trying to sleep hehe. I think blue (or clicky) switches get a lot of hate even though they serve a purpose for a niche audience
The purpose is clicky satisfaction at the expense of societal collapse but live your truth ig
There's a bit of a confusing situation with attitudes towards clickies in this hobby. Most enthusiasts like Hipyo just plain dislike clicky switches in general. But those of us who do have the good taste to like clicky switches will also near-unanimously hate MX Blues and its direct clones, specifically because the click mechanism creates a rattly plasticky aftersound. Try checking out something like Kailh BOX clicky switches (white, pink, jade, navy), which feature a different click mechanism that sounds much cleaner, although still pretty high-pitched. Other options like Zeal Clickiez are also coming out with nicer clicks, but those are absurdly expensive. It's this overall lack of attention for clickies in modern boards that drives most clicky enjoyers to vintage keyboards, where there's a much bigger variety of great clicky switches.
@@beginanewt i mean i am building a keyboard with linears so i guess I'm saving the world now 💪
@@Boyetto-san maybe in the future. For now as i mentioned I'm getting linears. I've always been a gamer and I decided to choose blues way back in the day (iirc mech keyboards were barely gaining traction). It's lasted me a damn while and it still works but i felt like updating for fun and i figured I'd get a linear with relatively light and short actuation point as that's technically better for gaming. NGL it probably won't make a difference but it'll bring me happiness to build (well assemble) a keyboard of my choosing. Plus my brain go "OOOOO NEW THINGY COOL, VERY HAPPY, VERY GIDDY" so yeah
@@sebseb9890 As a clicky enjoyer who's also built a few lubed linear boards, I can definitely say that the results are also deeply satisfying. But if you're like me and you can never get away from that itch for the clicks, I'd definitely recommend later building a clicky board, especially when more innovations come into the scene on that end.
An antistatic bracelet doesn't help if you aren't grounded. Which is an important part to remember in the static shock segment.
the whole point of an antistatic bracelet is to plug into ground so that you are grounded, obviously it wouldn't work if you just don't connect the wire on them to anything, which is why I don't really understand your comment.
@@Alice_Fumo people that don't know this do exist. More than you might think
Surprisingly nice. I like clickly switches... if they arent mx blues lol
Don't forget Razer greens. Fuck Razer greens
I've actually been thinking of modding my keyboard with melamine foam (mr clean dry eraser stuff). Apparently it's non flammable and pretty cheap. maybe you can try this in some of your videos.
I've watched your stuff for a while, idk how long but a good while.
I'm doing online grad school soon and ik I'm going to be reading alot and writing alot from readings - essays and stuff.
I recently bought myself an about $20 keyboard just to start off for grad school, bc I don't want to be scrunched up close to my laptop while trying to read and all that. Your videos have been really helpful in knowing what to look out for and possibly change over time as I notice it.
Honestly that plastic wrap mod is genius, you should probably do one layer of painters tape and maybe pe foam and the top and then do the vacuum seal
For what it's worth, this video inspired me to try doing something similar with my Logitech G Pro keyboard. I did a very... uneven job, I'll confess. And probably overlubed them to boot; but I made the blue switches sound and feel almost like browns, wich I'm not unhappy about to be honest. Also I put a bunch of dielectric grease in the stabs using some interdental brushes and that also helped dampen the stabs a surprising amount. (Well, surprising to me; since I've never done a custom keyboard myself it might not surprise anyone else.)
If I were working for MSI, which I don't, I would be ecstatic that you're able to elevate their budget keyboard experience so successfully. That's honestly impressive. Also ngl the cleaned up clicky switch sound is niiiiiiiice
What if you cut up a desk mat and put it in a keyboard like keycap foam and in place of foam under the PCB for a video?
that would be nice
box navies are the greatest switch ever made, dont even attempt to argue otherwise
Fax
Wrong. Buckling springs.
@@swiftrealm real boomer take, nobody under the age of 100 knows what buckling springs are these days
@@matty4351 fellas. Have we maybe considered that there is such thing as having 2 GREAT switches?
(Also I thought this was all about personal preference)
8:41 I think they’re talking about the keyboard store HippoKeys lol. I got some switch samples from there too. Coincidentally they’re also based in Washington.
Ah! I am NOT affiliated with them whatsoever!
“If they are mad, whatever”
*video abruptly ends* 😂
To me this honestly a god sent thank you for making this video
This video comes at a great time! I'm getting a new keyboard but the only ones they had were with blue clickies🤢 and it'll be a while before I can get other switches for the board
Yo Hipyo thank you for this video, just did this lube mod on a soldered blue switch 60% board I found at a thrift store for 5 dollars. It's actually usable now!
Hipyo tech: Doooon’t spray lubeeeee
Me who spraylubes: 👁👄👁
wait what's wrong with blues I love blues, that click is what I live for in keyboards
Hipyo I’m a new subscriber and I just wanna say your voice is very nice. Do people tell you that? Idk you got a nice friendly slightly soft way of speaking that makes me feel right at home. Also thank your for providing fun beginner and budget friendly content !
From linear and tactiles…im sitting down with blue gateron now…I guess im weird but typing blue felt comfortable
8:40 theres a switch company called hippokeys i think thats where they bought it from
"I don't have enough money to buy a vacuum seal"
-says the guy who spend thousands of dollars on keyboards
So you're saying that box navies... aren't a gaming switch?
Nah I think the box clickbar switches aren't quite made as gaming switches (but they can be used that way)
I've been using blues all my life and LOVE the sound :3 straight switches without the bump feel weird to me. xD
That's what gets me about this video. If people didn't like the click sound...why else would they get blues over the myriad of other options out there. Buying blues just to then bash on the way blues sound is just making fun of people for liking what they like.
@@hteety He said he ordered the keyboard with reds but the company sent him one with blues
can it, sometimes. will it, doubtful
you should try out the e-yooso $18 full-size mechanical keyboard it is a non-hot swap board that has otomu red switches that I had bought for modding and to see how bad the cheapest mechanical keyboard was but I was shocked when I found out that except for the switches being scratchy from being unlubed that it was a decent board and the stabs where actually decent quality and where lubed for only $18
I actually did that lube technique on a 60% board that I have. Sounds great!
thank you, honestly grateful for this video i used up all my budget on pc and end up with no mouse and keyboard. in the end my brother gave me his used one but its duck 2 mini and its not hot swapable. i am grateful but i want that thock sound as well while also not having almost no budget. 😂
LESSGO NEW STREAM BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE
This is a video 🙏
My friend ask me to make him a custom keyboard like mine. I said yes,no problem,what kind of sound do you prefer. He told me blue switches are amazing. We are not friends anymore.
Show them this vid and they will double down
Man blue switches are good
agree fuck those who uses blue switches specially in office!!!!!!
I like blue switches 😭
Currently have a few pieces for my first build sitting in a cart for payday. Torn between matcha, KTT strawberries and Gateron milky yellow switches, but I'm hooked on keyboard mods and haven't even gotten my first one yet. THIS IS YOUR FAULT HIPYO!!
Those are some cool looking caps...
I literally did this yesterday with out watching this video except I think i beat him. I used Rubik’s cube lube😂
and 2 years later we got like $20 pre built keyboards that sounds really good LMAOOO
blue switches are good for gaming cuz u can actually feel the keys being pressed
I own the GK30 version of this which is a mech-membrane keyboard, legitimately the best keyboard I've ever felt, better than Cherry MX reds, its really had the best of both worlds without feeling like im clicking a mouse like the blues.
that is surprisingly decent.
that is actually not bad nice hipyo
oh i actually watched this full stream, you alreaddyy know its gonna be a good video
idk if anyone will be reading this from the philippines but basically i just purchased a hotswappable, type c, 61% keyboard from leaven for only 12 bucks (600 pesos) it sounds fine stock... i applied lube onthe blue switch and dielectric on stabs. i never thought i would prefer the sound of a lubed blue switch than a outemu lubed brown and red switch AT ALL... with the mods and all that... everything costs 14 bucks. HELL I LOVE BLUE SWITCHES NOW... it sounds both clicky and thocky... (also the PCB is easy to remove and i have added PE Foam and 2 layers of tape mod. SO WORTH MY BUDGET. (also the space bar is so thocky wtf)
It sounds like a ww2 mg42
Can’t wait till the vid drops!
I have a Redragon k552, its my old keyboard so i did some dumb shit
Step 1: take off keycaps and unscrew the keyboard
Step 2: tape mod the whole back of the board (dont put back on the back shell)
Step 3: cut 7 pieces of cardboard that are the size of the keyboard, (cut a space for the wire)
Step 4: hot glue them all together to get the bottom of the keyboard, glue it on the keyboard. DO NOT GLUE THE WIRE
Step 5: take out the switches, almost done! (Or leave them in it doesnt matter too much)
Step 6: Lube all of the switches with mineral oil! This is important, dont extremely overlube them, also use a bigger brush to get more on the switches. If you left the switches in, brush over the switches with a mineral oil covered brush, do this until you like it.
Step 7: after all that, wipe all the oil on the frame where the keys are, (optional)
Put everything back together and ur good!
For the space bar I put foam in it and it made it deeper
Then there's me, who just bought a Keychain with red switches and I already bought some blues to replace them with. I miss my clicks!
Aye fam, was at your stream when I watch you making this and... no hate or anything but this is completely against to what makes the clicky keyboards sounds good. Clicky switches needs to be in a very hollow plastic case with little to no foam added for it to be sound good like NCR-80 or BBOX60 (there's a reason why most vintage keyboard enthusiasts likes clickies as well) along with tall keycaps like SA or MT3 keycaps (Bonus if its ABS or POM ones). Instead, you have to use the complete opposite xD
I was about to say too to change the switches to something much better like Box White v2 cuz I think they're the "Black inks of clicky switches" but you did mentioned that you have rule to not change it so I'll that one slide ^^;
Hope you give another change to the clickies cuz I still like them with passion over linears and tactiles if config it correctly!
Thinking of tape mod for my Redragon mitra with outemu blue switches now
I genuinely want to know what a “deep” sounding box jade or navy would sound like
try pale blues
So do I but I'd never do that to my box jades and box navies
Wait... If you paid for the red switch version, who sent you the blue switch version? I think messing up an order like that is a HUGE blue flag.
Thocky Blues???
Love your videos. I bought a logitech mechanical mx keys and I find it super scratchy. I bought it for the functionality but it is my first mechanical. I'm finding it a bit of a let down. Do you think i could lube the switches like you did to fix the scratchiness feel?
100% lube and mild modding will help alot. i got a free keychron and added some felt and did the tape mod it sounds sooo much better for a keyboard i only use at work
the logitech switches are usually kailh. I find some of the older kailh switches really scratchy as well.
Lube is primarily used to help with scratch and sound.
Lubing in the same way as he did in this video isn't going to be consistent but it might be an improvement
@@_ExTitus thanks. i have never lubed a switch before. do you think this is the best way? can i get it wrong badly and break the keyboard?
@@Yogigoldie it helps the sound but you don't have to lube switches to enjoy keyboards.
Also, you'll want a hotswap board if you don't want to desolder switches. I really don't recommend the lazy lubing method
You could Jailhouse mod the Switches to get rid of the click.
I actually have a soldering iron lying around.
I also have flux and soldering wire. Might also have soldering wick.
It's all my father's but I doubt he'd care if I use it.
Aaand we don't need humidifiers here, it's 90% right now.
92.2 in my area actually.
It's 98 nearby.
This is why none of us have those wristbands. Static shocks just don't exist here.
Speaking of bad keyboards… can you do a video with the hot-swappable Womier Year of the Tiger (60%) board?
I bought it and it sounds like balls. Did a tape mod and a bandaid mod on the stabilizers because I found it SO difficult to remove the switches from the plate and gave up. Sounds okay now…but, man, can you give it a go? I’d like it to be even less horrible.
I bought it because of the keycaps (three sides are clear) and the design. It’s the most obnoxious thing I own, and I love it… please help me justify the purchase. 😂❤
omg thank you I finally like the sound of my keyboard😊
It hurts so much to look at the thumbnail and see the drop x lord of the rings keycaps on the trash like that
I bought matcha keycaps like 3 years ago astemporary ones, but it turned out I'm using them today haha
I think clicky but thocky might be my favorite sound profile
i had the logitech g915 tkl with clicky switches, and it was alright, but i just got the keychron v1 and replaced the switches with lubed holy pandas.. it’s a night and day difference
I'm one of those few folks who like clicky switches (in my custom I got Kailh Speed Bronze switches!), so I had to skip through to the end... Didn't want a whole video dissing my preference ya know? But it sounded really good
How can a lube change the noise? I mean it is just a liquid on a metal spring, I can't understand how it can make the metal sound different.
We love Hipyo
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okay but can you please do a kind of troll video where you use KY jelly to lube switches lol
Time to see what I can do with my old HyperX TKL Blue Switch keyboard lol
is the modding safe for my keyboard?
Was that a Glarses reference?
I have the same board, well guess it's time for some basic modding.
Glorious Panda casing and spring, Outemu Blue stem
As a die hard clicky fan blues never have and never will sound good, no matter how much work you put into them.
I’m curios what the ortho is doing in the trash
Have you thought about getting an esd jacket, used em at work making medical and aeronautic pcb's never had a static shock in my entire 2 years i wore it
Did you intentionally secretly use fox's shine sound effect in this video...bc his shine is blue and basically clicks...and they are blue clicky switches? I think I'm in too deep
What are you injecting in to the keyboard to dampen sound. It looked like you were using a black syringe
can you do a video of the Tezarre TK61 ive seen good reviews before but I would love to see your opinion.
this looks great actually. -blue gangster cheapskate
why not use cling wrap instead of this plastic?
have this board but with kailh box white switches :D ... WAAAY better
Do you not use an anti static grounding strap when modding? There like 8 bucks?
Why don't you make a video on Nuphy Halo65
i drowned by blueswitch leaven k550 with bike lube without desoldering and it basically sounds like a clicky redswitch
Would adding the auto foam to the space bar help? I usually use spacebar foam but wonder if it's cheaper to use the auto dampening material on the spacebar.
double sided tape and melamine foam (magic eraser) works great.
As a former clicky switch user, I can say that blue switches are the worst. The only clicky switch that is semi-decent is kailh box switches souly because they have a sort of crisp to them. Other than that they still annoying after listen for a long period of time.
me with magic keyboard
clickies sound great man, come on!
new sound type: clock
man i dont want dampening, i want loud deep key strokes that push back, f this glorious keyboard, i should have just got a cheap gatreon blue board
Those keycaps do look good.
I have a redragon fizz keyboard, that stuff is good
When those are the exact keycard you have…
Do the switches still work?
Did he mention the board is not hot swap? I think he could have mentioned it a couple dozen more times.
I think it's just a personal preference. Some people like clicky. It really just depends on how loud and smooth you like the click of a switch when typing. Can't diss clicky just cause they loud. If this doesn't expose that I like clicky already 😛
If it had any purpose I would agree
@@nqxo9829 the purpose IS the sound. I like firm clicky switches. People are allowed to like what they like. 🤷🏿♀️
if we're being honest the bottom out sound is usually just as loud as the click anyway.
@@DS-oopa there’s also the tactility that usually comes from clickies. A box jade usually has a much sharper tactile bump then compared to a (non-clicky) zealios, which are more rounded
@@Free-4554 very true. I love the tactility and the sound. Some people even find that the clickity clackety sounds trigger their ASMR.
Can I send you a video of me making my rk61 sound really good?
I was able to get rid of the click by using bike grease/ lube instead of switch lube