A Quick Look at the MT3 Keycap Profile
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:14 New series announcement and sneak peek
0:40 My first time with MT3
1:20 What you wanna know
2:08 Sculpted profile
2:30 Spherical tops
2:52 Home row
3:04 Design of MT3
3:30 Explanation of rows
4:13 Materials
5:00 Compatible with cross-shaped switches
5:15 Typing experience
6:40 First MT3 keycap set
6:53 Sound demo - Niz Atom 68 with EC switch
8:30 Vote for the next keycap profile with Patreon
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for those who didn't know, these dasher keycaps are an homage to the keycaps used by the the Data General Dasher terminals from the late 1970s :)
I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE MAKING THIS SERIES!!! I really want to learn more about building and customizing keyboards, and look to your channel to learn more about parts, terms, models, etc. Based on this video I want to see if I can get a hold of a set like this.
Glad I could help!
that sound test was delicious. jeebus
It was
I will be looping that to fall asleep to.
So soft and plasticy, and I mean that in a good way.
please please please continue this series. After lots of research I recently ordered KAT profile caps and im so excited for them! It would've been a lot less work if there was another video just like this for KAT profile--could definitely help lots of people to have these videos per-profile to check out!
yay, like this new series! XDA, MDA and OEM profiles would be nice... maybe also cherry and DSA, but they are so common they hardly need explanation. I like the thocc of this board in the sound test, ASMR material to me.
Gotta love this series! Super informative for people who don't really have the budget to buy all kinds of profiles to try them on-hand. Super helpful! Thank you :)
Cool!
Hey, I wish you would continue this series. This was really helpful and would love more on the other profiles!
Thanks for the video! I have been looking at different key profiles, so its very handy to have this quick look.
Your videos are always so well put together, with great info and production quality. Hope your channel keeps growing
Thanks!
This profile is amazing. I have the drop black on white set. They are expensive but feel and sound amazing. Keep up the great videos!
More please! Thanks for starting a series on keycaps
Received my Dasher two weeks ago and really loveeeeeee this
Love this style of key caps. I used a very old keyboard a few years ago and they keys felt like they were made of ivory or something, very very satisfying.
Thanks for this! I have no knowledge of any aftermarket/custom keycaps so this series will be pretty interesting to me.
I love this sound! I really want to build something like this
Got the MT3 set from drop. Love the feel and sound. Great video!
Awesome! Thank you!
Your channel has great content, and has helped me narrow down to an ideal keyboard for me. Thanks!
Glad to hear it!
I bought a MT3 Black On White set from DROP and I really love it! My keyboard have an angle of 6 degree so it perfect for that. That true, the MT3 profile is very comfortable.
I’ve waited two months for my Drop GMK WoB which have just been dispatched then I have just come across the Drop MT3 WoB and ordered a set from Amazon today. There are so retro and remind me of the old terminal computers or Commodore 64. I can see me sending back the Cherry profile GMK’s.
I had the Black Panther and Iron Man set in my cart with 20 minutes left in the Buy One Get One deal. I couldn't decided if I actually needed them. This video sealed my fate 😅. Thank you!
you're welcome!
@@SwitchandClickOfficial literally the only channel that actually reviewed typing feel and if I can be a better typist with them. And I know you damn good at typing 😅. So thank you!
I’ve already watched this video, but now that I’m actually considering buying an MT3 set, I had to revisit. The smoother texture is exactly what I’m looking for-PBT bothers me lol. The 3277 colorway has about one day left on Drop, and I’ve been eyeing the blank set so I can use it for any layout (planning to try it on an ortho). I just was unsure about the texture. This video helped sway me more in favor of them!
Glad you review the MT3 profile. Hope you can review MA profile since they are pretty rare
Thank you for all the great content. Your content pulled me into the hobby. Are you continuing these keycap profile videos? For example XDA seems to need a “flatter” keyboard, but it seems its a challenge to find a keyboard which is both flat, wireless and upgradeable. Installing them as I did on a Keychain v2, I lifted the front of the keyboard to flatten it out. Wondering if you’ve worked with XDA profile, couldn’t find a video though.
Hmm, that Atom68 sounds so nice. Only a few more weeks untill I should receive mine, I can't wait!
Great channel, very informative and you helped me a lot getting into this hobby. Really enjoying m'y MT3 set on m'y 40% Ortho board!
Great to hear!
I have two sets of these caps. The red & white /DEV/TTY and the yellow & beige ZAMBUMON MT3 SERIKA set. They are exquisite - in particular on light switches. The stiff Hako switches on my Whitefox didn’t play well with them - my thumb hurt a little from the extra force required on the spacebar in combination with its rather pronounced edges.
Since I bought 1980's DCS keycaps without knowing anything about keycap profiles, I was a bit confused when they arrived as they were loose and I had to work out the rows myself. Doing research, DCS seems rarely used, I never see people talk about it. I'm starting to think my DCS profile ISO board is a rare one now though lol. I'm late to this video, but I really enjoyed it, MT3 look very nice to be honest. Look forward to more in this series!
Yessss, more videos on the different keycap profiles available please! 🤓
We're working on it :)
The soundtests on NiZ are the best. Cheers!
I thought a lot about buying the keycaps as it is on the more expensive side and coming from the Philippines more costly to ship. But after watching this video I took the plunge and bought the infinity set. I have not regretted the expensive buy. It is super comfortable to type on and I do love the sound especially when I paired it with the GMMK TKL and holy panda switches. It is a joy to type on. I just wish Drop will make more colorful keycaps which I do like. The color choices they have are very limited on the MT3.
I picked up the Dev/tty set about a year ago and loved them so much that I just got the susuwatari set and they I sound so awesome with the Boba U4T thocky switches!
Awesome! This is exactly the combo I'm about to buy for my next keyboard. What keyboard are you using if you don't mind me asking?
This exact combination (U4T + MT3) is what i want to achieve. Could you please upload a sound test? and maybe a few words about the experience?
Hi Harlowe, I also have a set of Boba U4T waiting to pair up with an MT3 keycap profile. Which one would you recommend? The ABS Susuwatari or the PBT /dev/tty? I like thockier sound profiles.
Picked up a mt3 bow set a few months ago and I dont think I ever want to go back to gmk! I had a little qa issues with drop, but my set is still useable and I love them! All new keycap sets buys for me will be mt3 from here on out. Great video!
Good stuff!
The first time I saw one of these MT3 keycap sets, I knew I wanted one and that was when I decided to take the dive into hobby DIY mechanical keyboards. I have been using the same hideous gaming keyboard for about 10 years now, and the first time I saw one of these sets I instantly fell in love with the look and knew I wanted something that could use them.
What I find interesting about MT3 is it actually looks _extremely similar_ (at least from my memory) to how the keycap profiles were on many older computer systems and keyboards back in the mid 80's-early 90's. Various IBM computers and keyboards from that era have very similar design philosophies, with lots of height, angled rows, and "deep dishes" for your fingers.
It is going to be a couple of weeks before I have everything I need to assemble my first DIY keyboard, but I think for a price of about $250, that's not terribly expensive considering the last time I bought a keyboard, it was this hideous gaming one I've been using for about a decade, and I spent about $200 for that. It will be very nice to have a fully customizable keyboard :). I just got a Keychron K8 Pro (I actually _need_ stuff like Page Up and Page Down) with Gateron Reds. I intend to lube all of them and do some work on the stabilizers as well, and also do all of the usual mods like foam and tape.
I just wanted to thank you and the handful of other keyboard enthusiasts who regularly make videos on these things. I appreciate the in-depth reviews and videos showing the assembly processes. At this point I probably know enough to have no issues assembling my first board, and making any changes to it that I desire.
thank you for watching!
Nice idea with profiles👍🏻
Love the MT3 profile.
I love SA Profile and MT3 Profile Keycaps so much
I purchased a set of BoW. They are awesome. They remind me of those Unix terminals back in the days.
One thing worth mentioning though is that since they’re so tall they tend to wobble a little more than other profiles. I have them on cherry Mx switches and I’m not sure if that’s a good idea. I probably should look for some more stable switches for them.
Consider Kailh box switches.
I have the black on white and I could not net be happier, she i right about less typos I like how these keys draw your fingers to the center of the cap and they have a nice pop sounds to them, im using them with akko rose switches linear 43g 3.5mm travel switch lubed with 3404 and 105 for the spring, Im placing another order of these asap in another color
Waiting on the next profile you will be reviewing.
I like your calm voice.
great video. definitely gonna check other videos since I really didn't like the sound with this board and switches.
Great idea for a series! I'm so glad ABS MT3 came out... it's easily one of my favorite profiles. I'm using it right now, and I've put it on one customer build so far. The production is a little inconsistent on some sets - I gave up on BOW after three tries, but from the feedback it looks like most are just fine like yours.
Dasher and Camilo are both good. No issues on either set
Great info, thank you, Betty!
You are so welcome!
Incredible intro!
NiZ with MT3 is a nice pairing!
As someone who used to use IBM Beamspring keyboards, I would love a set of these.
Another great video! You’re doing great!
Thank you!
I love my MT3 ortho kit! :)
Same I'm still waiting for the kat iron set
I really miss this type of content from you guys. I get why you've gone the way you've gone, but you did this kind of thing really well.
Honestly most of the sound comes from the EC switches (similar to topre) , which I love it, I have one, and it sound quite similar with the stock keycaps
I have been itching for a set of these caps for a long time for both the profile and the aesthetic (I like the susuwatari MT3 set), but I wish they were double shot with shine through legends. The only shine through keys I can find have offset legends/ standard profile, and don't have this beautiful retro aesthetic.
I own a few set of MT3 keycaps, I got a lot of typo at first when I first put them on linier switches board,
but I'm doing better when I put them on tactile switches, as I lift my finger tactile switches has more of a distinct bump
that kinda bounce my fingers off to another key more precisely.
Compare to a linier switches, as I lift my fingers form keystroke,
I kinda hit the brim of the keycaps as my fingers try to travel to another key, that I makes more typos.
I do prefer to get my keycaps in PBT, in fact most if not all of my keycaps are in PBT,
Since they are more durable, more resist to shine and rarely become oily.
I don't understand why/how people are gravitate toward ABS keycaps,
they are more prone to shine, become oily and even sticky over time.
For manufacturer I might be able to see the point, because they can make more keycaps,
that are not gonna last long, so people have to buy more and more keycaps as the keys worn out,
that is not a very environment friendly approach, which is another reason that I prefer PBT to ABS.
High quality abs like epbt or gmk is fine
Thanks for the info!
Any time!
MT3 is def my fav. High quality thocky and thicc!!
Great video!
Thanks for the detailed info and side shot of the MT3! Sadly that means finding out that almost none of the Drop keyboards support Colemak. Oh well lol, great video though!
Just received my /dev/tty and fell in love after typing on them for 5 minutes! They have a really dampened sound on my board though :-? Like really silent. Right now I'm using lubed Gateron reds.
yeah this series is exactly what I need
Yay!
Started with SA due to the look, once I went to mt3, haven't looked back. Best Keycaps for typing
Wooo! I feel the same way
I know that this is off topic but what is the right switch film size for the Gateron Black Ink Switch
I have MT3 Dasher keycaps on 3 traditional keyboards. Thet do make an Ortho-linear version of the MT3 Dasher colorway.
I have them in the Dasher colorway on a Preonic and will soon have them on another 40% Ortho-linear keyboard.
I like them just fine. I'm mostly drawn to the color.
Yes thank you for this series! I've had my eye on MT3 profile for the longest time (especially the Susuwatari kit) and being a fan of SA, it's nice to see the comparison being done
👍
Waiting on my MT3 Cybers! Maybe I'm weird, But I currently use an SA set and when I play FPS games, I take off my palm wrest because it feels more comfortable without them. Tried revisiting Cherry Profile, didn't like them at all (gave them to my wife afterwards haha)
Great input on MT3.. Now I wanna buy an MT3 keycap set 😅 would you mind telling me your favorite switch + keycap combination right now? Some people say MT3 feels better with linear rather tactile switches, do you agree?
KAT or KAM would be a great keycap to look at for everybody
That keycaps set very beautiful. May I ask you about what are the switches using in this video?
It's in the description. Niz atom 68 with EC switches
I was just about to ask about the keycap set until I heard it at 6:40. You are saying /dev/tty correctly. It's a Unix thing. The tty is short for teletype which is an old text interface to a computer.
Love this, just for reference though, Matt3o is pronounced "Matteo"
That's nice to know
@@SwitchandClickOfficial Absolutely! I figured it out after watching some BadSeed videos. He's sponsored by DROP and has mentioned Matt30's keycaps a couple times
@@SwitchandClickOfficial also you technically could pronounce 'tty' as 'teletype'.. I guess. Not sure if it's a good idea :D
maybe you already know all of that, but /dev/tty (+ some numbers and letters, like /dev/tty1 or /dev/ttyS0) is the name of special files in some OSes (UNIX, Linux, BSD, - quite probably including OS X...), which are like the COM1, COM2, etc from Windows: if you read from them or write to them, you actually exchange data with devices connected to an ancient connection called "serial port". One of the oldest and most important devices that used that connections were so-called "teletypes", which are like typewriters; but if you press something on the keyboard (say, the A button), it will be sent to the computer over the serial connection, and the computer can send something back (pretty much whatever it wants), and only then that data will be finally printed. teletypes were later superseded with terminals that had a screen instead of paper. as a use case, you can make the computer to treat the input from the serial port as commands to be executed (say, "shutdown" to be turned off), which is how people (several at a time, as you can connect more then one teletype) used to interact with computers before they got their own screens (70s/80s).
so Matt3o was going for some super retro tech vibes with that name
GOAT profile
I am getting this MT3 Dasher keycaps set as well. BTW what is this white case? looks very nice.
Seconding this.
What are the switches on this test again? I really love the sound of this board! thanks so much you're awesome.
This keyboard is this geni.us/5H9v (Amazon) with Niz EC switches
that sound !!!
Very nice video and explanation on the MT3 profile. However, it might not be the best option to demonstrate the typing sound on a NIZ board as the NIZ EC switches have their only unique sound signatures. Most people will be using these keycaps on a mechanical keyboard.
Mt3 blanks are awesome
Souds great!
I am looking for a very good budget keycap set, do you have any recommendation?
i think the MT3 profile might go really well on the newly announced Q2 from Keychron- think im going to set my eye on that (after they upgrade it to wireless capable like they said in a social post_) :D
how did it turn out for you? got a q6 and the lower angle of the keyboard is really noticeable since I've been coming with feet angling the keyboard for myself for the past 12 years. considering mt3
What other profiles are good for typing and accuracy if you're a beginner and not looking to spend so much??
I'm looking for some Shinethrough doubleshot MT3'S :3
Can u make a video on how and where to find artisan key caps
Help! I'm hesitating between MT3 or KAT. Any word of advice? I'm new to the scene and have tried OEM and Cherry.
Using silent tactile and tactile switches.
Will an MT3 set fit an Alice-style board such as YMDK Wings?
Try DCS if you like Cherry and silent switches (thinnes will not be a problem)
I really hope XDA is one of the next in the lineup -- it's different enough from MT3, SA, OEM, and Cherry, profiles, and while it's one I'm personally interested in, I also don't know a lot about it aside from a few sound tests I've heard, especially the experience of typing on it
Gotta say, though, I would love to see a keycap profile that combines the sculpted aspect of MT3 with the standard/lower profile aspect of Cherry or OEM profiles. Having that cupping on a lower profile sounds like it would make for a really pleasant experience. Heck, even just a shorter MT3 profile would be nice, since SA and MT3 seem a bit tall for me
hello!!!! i just want to ask if you have any idea where I can purchase backlit cherry profile keycaps for my Keychron K4v2. I have gone through most sites (Amazon, Lazada, Shopee, etc.) but still no luck. I hope you see this.
Would like to know what switches and keyboard you are using for the typing sound demo, cuz that could change a lot the sound.
I wrote it. Niz Atom68 with EC switches
@@SwitchandClickOfficial Ooops! Sorry for that, I keep searching in the video but didn't check carefully with the description. Thx for the reply!
I'm trying to decide between the PBT /dev/tty and the ABS Susuwatari. Does anyone have a suggestion?
I've just bought /dev/tty two days ago..
you think these would sound good with the niz plum switches?
edit: nvm i just finished the video, they sound amazing lol
Nice!
They should always include a set of all-blanks so we could use them despite language, layout and on ortholinear keebs.
Hi Betty! I'm curious, what do you currently use as your daily driver? I'm torn between the Niz Plum Atom series, and a Varmilo keyboard.. I want something comfortable on the hands and ears for typing long periods of time. Gaming is not important.
Check my stories
I want a space cadet inspired set of MT3 caps soooo bad
What switches were you using for that crazy nice typing test?
Niz EC
Please do KAT proFile that is my favorite
Do you think that it’s still the best for typing?
oh wow
I
WoB is as close as you can get :)
@@cookiejarseattle Link?
Would you recommend mt3 over SA or gmk?
Drop has exclusive rights to this profile? God damn it... I wanted to just get a set of MT3 keycaps by akko for $70 at some point in the future... oh well. Guess I'll pay double money for a set of MT3's by drop. Maybe one day in the future this profile will be more accessible / cheaper.