Good video. I am a die hard hotswap keyboard user my self because replacing 1 switch is soo much better than having to buy an entire new keyboard if you don't want to pull the keyboard apart and muck around with soldering.
This was useful information, now I know what I'll likely need to replace when my cheap mechanical keyboard starts malfunctioning. Looks like if I don't have patience for replacement switch sockets, I can just botch it a bit and solder the switches directly to the board
I would recommend the royal kludge if you are just starting/getting a budget keyboard. Hard swappable, really cheap, easy to dismantle and assemble, easy to tape mode/pe foam.
It's good to start testing swithces and keycaps and make the first modifications to the keyboard. As a level entry it's good. But in time you'll need something else, like a split keyboard, more custmization options, better ergonomics.... You know, like a Raise 😋
Wish there was a Dygma showroom where I could try out keyboards with different switches to figure out my favorite. As it is, I'm just going with one type and hoping for the best.
@@DygmaLab Yep; I appreciate the enhancement kit, but it's one thing to click a few different switches with one finger--it's an entirely different thing to actually type on a variety of different switchen.
I recently got my Ducky One 3 Mini keyboard that is hot swappable. It got Cherry MX reds but i'm considering changing them. I am thinking about the WS Morandis. This video was very helpful, thanks
The kailh silver speed ones are indeed stupidly sensitive as I found out by my vehicles ingame randomly swerving left or right as if possessed. My fingers are not even that big or heavy. Not good choice for the movement keys.
hot swap keyboard are wayyy because if you want to customize it set it to your own preference etc. and hot swap keyboard's can provide that and they can also help in finding your preference for me i also love kailh speed silver i love the sound of it and i want to also try other switch's and what switch's should i try
this is something i should have checked when getting my new keyboard, well i like mine anyways and if i really want to switch them in the future i will learn to solder. I dont know how to solder but im a trained welder so it can be to hard to learn
It's definitely possible to de-solder the switches. You can follow a good TH-cam video guide on it. However, having a keyboard with hot swappable switches saves a lot of time and possible issues!
This is a great video full of valuable information. I just purchased the gmmk board and I need to decide what kind of hot swappable switches to get but this is my first time. I don’t want something to load but something with a little click and very smooth please help.
Thanks! Glad you found the info useful. Tactile switches would be good for you then. Maybe a silent tactile switch like Kailh Silent Browns would be something you'd like.
i currently use silvers i also put o rings in kb as dampers and travel reduction, i like silvers i may get red to try a bit heavier, little sensitive at times when you rest your fingers on the kb, but i used blue for a long time and dang never again .. i might try brown, mostly for typing i kind of prefer tactile, but i got used to linear and im not sure of anything anymore so i was looking for hot swappable kb :P . thanks for the great info :)
We're adding Gateron G pro 2.0 yellow to our switches lineup, which are a bit heavier than the Speed Silver (50g vs the 40g of the silver), and might help with the sensitivity issue you mention.
my keyboard i got a couple years ago came with 4 extra switches in a bag and a switch puller, yet it wasnt marketed as a hotswappable keyboard lol. im on a mission to find out whether it is cos that would be the most unexpected discovery ever xD
@@DygmaLab lol i just pulled one out !!! turns out my friend lubed one before and confirmed it was, so i tried for myself and ta da!! :) its so weird how its not marketed anywhere??
If you manage to remove al the solder material, and straighten out the pins, you can 😊 Just be careful to not bend the pins while inserting them! You can develop a "feel" of when the pins are in the correct holes on the socket, with experience. Go slowly at first, and wiggle them a little before inserting them all the way, to make sure the pins are in the holes. With time, you will be very quick 😉
do you have a video about low budget mechanical keyboards, the hot swappble ones like GIGAWARE KG1, RED DRAGON KUMARA and MAGEGEE mechanical keyboards, it was mentioned below about the Royal Kludge and i appreciate the info, thanks and more power looking forward for your review on these mechanical keyboards.
Hello Johnson! We don't sorry. The thing with hot-swappable keyboards is that they have became the norm in the past year or so. Right now, it's very easy and more affordabble than it was a few years ago. Meaning we'd have to review a ton of keyboards, and unfortunately, we can't 😅
Those are Kailh Choc Low-profile switches. But be aware that those don't fit in regular sockets. They have to be special sockets for low-profile choc V1 switches.
the information presented here are quite comprehensive. but one aspect could be improved, and the video would be way better: provide images and diagrams for the visual learners out there. I am one of them, and fortunately, I was still able to understand most of the video.
Thank you for the ideas BMO. 🥰 This is a fairly old video and we've been changing how we make videos. If you check the newest ones I think you will be able to see the differences already! We're still growing and will continue to improve the video frequency and content quality 🚀
i have a da gaming meca 6. The switch is outemu black. The switch didnt soldered to the pcb. The switch is detachable. But i think its only fit outemu switch. Is it a hotswappable pcb?
those are optical switches, i tried to put them and they don't fit. they also cant actuate because normal switches have electrical contacts. the optical switches are only compatible with optical pcb's
Hi Vuk, Those are called "Switch testers" they are sold on Amazon, Aliexpress, Bangood, KBD fans... almost any huge online retailers sells them. You just have to pickup one that contains the switches you want to test. One final piece of advice, if you want to test the sounds of the swiches, remember one detail: since the testing box is not a real keyboard, the sound might be different than the actual one. The circumstances, like the keycaps, stabilizers and materials of the keyboard might change the resulting sound.
I don't think the K68 is hot swappable. In that case, you have to dissasemble, desolder the switches, and solder new ones. This will take quite a while and requires tools like the solderer and the solder remover.
If I have a specific type of switch, do I have to stick to that brand of switch? Or can I change from outemu blues to cherry mx reds for example? Also, can a 5 pin pcb support switches with less pins?
I can only pull the space bar switch and the j switch off the others just wont, any advice? Its the magic refiner k3max hotswappeble gaming keyboard on amazon. PLS HELP
Am I able to put low profile gateron hot swappable switches into a k12 with standard hot swappable switches? Basically my question is whether or not LOW PROFILE hot swap switches are interchangeable with STANDARD hot swap switches.
Hi Jumping, Unfortunately, the answer is no. Stardard Mx swtiches have a different bottom than low profile switches, and therefore, they don't fit in the same PCBs as regular switches. Low profile swtiches can be exchanged with other low profile swtiches, and so it happens with regular ones. Hope this helps 😊
Well, as you're describing there's none. Hot-swappable is the name of the feature that allows you to change swtiches without the need of soldering them.
since we can change the switches on these keyboards, does that mean that if i have my own switches, all hot swappable keyboards are the same regardless of price since i will be using my own switches anyway?
Not really. Switches are only part of the equation. You've got build quality, the PCB can have white LEDs, RGB LEDs, per-key RGB (like our board) or no light at all. Then there's the keycaps, the form factor, the layout... there's so many things that can change in a keyboard besides the switches 😅
@@DygmaLab oh i see, cuz i actually have a 60% with alot of spare switches but i feel like changing to 80%, so other than switches and keycaps(and the fact that i am actually getting old and dont really care about rgb), i only need to find a good build for the keyboard huh? (ig the build is the frame)
Is there a hot pluggable keyboard? Cuz i bought a mechanical keyboard last week and the seller said it is not hot swappable but pluggable. What is it? Anyone know what is it?
Alright so I think I'm finally getting an understanding of this stuff but can you reply and assure me I am? So basically if a keyboard is hot swappable you can take the current switch out and replace with any switch with the same amount of pins or break the extras as you said but it just has to be either mechanical or optical depending on what the keyboard came with? So if I got a keyboard that came with mx cherry switches for example I would be able to switch with kailh box jades?
Whoooooooa! A 💐 for you.. Am i correct hearing "Salamat" word? 😊😊😊.. Proud Filipino here. Hehe.. Salamat too for sharing this to us.. Yes, we definitely need hot swappable switches and mostly we definitely need Dygma keyboard.. More power.
hi , I want to ask, is my pcb is dead ? I have corsair k63 tkl keyboard one day I want to play game with my big 55inch TV so I plug my pc to the tv and then I turn the pc on, after I see the windows 10 login screen I plug the keyboard and mouse but I can't type (the led on with animation), then I tested the keyboard with a laptop , it didn't work and I also install the corsair CUE app , the software did not detect the keybord. So... my keyboard pcb is dead ? is that possible connect pc to big tv can damage my keyboard (something like electrical short) ?
I came here after a single switch broke on my soldered keyboard. Replacing that single switch was an absolute nightmare. When I discovered there were hot-swappable versions of this, I decided to never go back to the soldered route.
@@DygmaLab I bought a replacement keyboard today, immediately after seeing this video. Previous keyboard fell off the desk and broke the switch + within the cap. Had to replace the switch and botched that, therefore the ESC key no longer worked. Keyboard is now useless. Your overview was very helpful, and because of that, I'm all about the hot swappable ones now. Thank you!
It's my first time buying mechanical keyboard that has unfamiliar brand (or I'm the only one who doesn't know them) and since I was excited to have my own mechanical keyboard and the price is also fit in my budget I didn't give it a thought and just bought it right away and the worst part is the seller doesn't even have any knowledge about the mechanical keyboard which is one of the red flags that I should have considered and now I'm confuse if my mechanical keyboard is hot swappable or not and also the keyboard that I bought destroyed my motherboard I don't know if its caused by the mechanical keyboard or its just a coincidence but I'm buying a new one now (which is supposed to be my budget for my upcoming birthday this week that I saved for two months) but what I'm really afraid of is that if I plug the mechanical keyboard again will it destroy my new motherboard? As a first time user of mechanical keyboard this is really a horrible experience 😟 Ps. I'm sorry for my bad grammar
Really sorry to hear about this Chim. Can you tell us the brand and model number? Maybe we can help with something, I don't know. You can also check r/MechanicalKeyboards on Reddit, they can help with identifying it too 😉
@@DygmaLab The brand that I bought is Fenrir Vikings (I can't find the model number I'm sorry) I'm not familiar with this brand and I never heard about this brand before, I wish that I make some research about mechanical keyboards and recommended brands. I also tried to consult my motherboard to the experts and they said that there was nothing wrong with my motherboard and the main source of the problem is the power supply unit which supprises me because before we go to that shop me and brother tried to use 2 power supplies to see if my cpu will work (the mechanical keyboard is still plug in at the cpu) but it didn't work and we also tried to ground the PSU and it works that is why we come to the conclusion that maybe the main problem is the motherboard. so back to the experts they said that maybe the mechanical keyboard is grounded and we should ask for help to the the shop who we bought the mechanical keyboard if they can do something about the keyboard or find the main source of what is causing the problem. PS. I'm really sorry for asking too many questions, I just really don't know what to do. Thank you in advance PS. This is what my mechanical keyboard looks like and the description at the back of the package of the keyboard. facebook.com/pcdreamandaue/posts/vikings-usb-keyboard-fenrir-blk-usb-type-c-mechanical-keybaord-87-keys-layout-fu/455879133073412/
Though I'm not Dygma, I would just like to throw out a helping hand[lol]. So long as your the type of switches you're about to use are the same with the keyboard's, it should be good to go. I mean, if your keyboard has optical switches, then, you're pretty much stuck to changing switches which are only optical. But then again, if you have a hot-swap mechanical keyboard, you'll have more variety of switches to choose from.
not gonna lie i bought a keyboard that is called mechanical keyboard with a hot swappable brown switch and i opened the letter and i saw in no switches tell me please if this is a scam or not scam have a nice day!
All USB (and even AT) keyboards are hot-swappable. Sounds like the creator here is confused between "hot-swappable" and socketed. Nearly all CPUs are installed in sockets and can be removed and replaced without soldering, but are definitely not hot-swappable.
Keyboards have come a long way, but when we published the video, it was not the case. However, we're glad this video has not aged well, it means users have access to better features 😊
Yep, they do, in fact, they have grown in popularity in the past years. also, they have lowered the price (thank god!) When we built the Raise and published that video, they were not that common 😋
This is a bit pedantic, but I'm gonna say it anyway: pretty much all keyboards are hot-swappable, since you can unplug them (or unpair them) from a computer and plug them back in (or wirelessly pair them) to a different computer or device without needing to turn those devices off or replace the device entirely. Not all keyboards, however, have hot-swappable switches (which is the topic of this video). To summarize: calling a keyboard "hot-swappable" is not the same as calling a keyboard "with hot-swappable switches".
"It's the easiest and cheapest way to manufacture DURABLE keyboard at a massive scale". My $210 corsair crying in pain after only 7 months normal RTS/strategy gaming usage. Should've never buy product with "gaming" word in the title in the first place.
Mass produced keyboards don't have great or innovative designs, but they should at least be cheaper and durable. If they are neither of them, you should contact your manufacturer's customer support asap 😅
Good video. I am a die hard hotswap keyboard user my self because replacing 1 switch is soo much better than having to buy an entire new keyboard if you don't want to pull the keyboard apart and muck around with soldering.
True! It's way easier to change everything and make a new keyboard with only some new pieces, not to comment on the price too.
Which keyboard would that be? I have a Durgod Taurus K310 that was sold as hot swappable but which I now find is not.
This was useful information, now I know what I'll likely need to replace when my cheap mechanical keyboard starts malfunctioning. Looks like if I don't have patience for replacement switch sockets, I can just botch it a bit and solder the switches directly to the board
De-soldering and soldering new switches is also an option! It just takes a lot of patience 😜
I would recommend the royal kludge if you are just starting/getting a budget keyboard. Hard swappable, really cheap, easy to dismantle and assemble, easy to tape mode/pe foam.
It's good to start testing swithces and keycaps and make the first modifications to the keyboard. As a level entry it's good.
But in time you'll need something else, like a split keyboard, more custmization options, better ergonomics.... You know, like a Raise 😋
@@DygmaLab yeah that's when you know you fell too far into the rabbit hole and there's no going back anymore XD
"where do you work?"
"dygma"
"dygma what?"
"dygma balls"
And we're proud of our work and the meme 😅
I just ordered keychron k2 v2 hotswappable version a few days ago, I heard good things of Keychron and decided to order the hotswappable version.
So how has it been holding together?
You deserve more likes and subs .Keep up the good work!
I appreciate it!
Wish there was a Dygma showroom where I could try out keyboards with different switches to figure out my favorite. As it is, I'm just going with one type and hoping for the best.
We include an enhancement kit with the keyboard with all the switch options, but I guess you need that BEFORE buying the keyboard 😅
@@DygmaLab Yep; I appreciate the enhancement kit, but it's one thing to click a few different switches with one finger--it's an entirely different thing to actually type on a variety of different switchen.
Woop woop! So nice to see a fellow Filipina in the Mechanical Keyboard community!
She's not only a member of the community, she's the best communicator out there!
I recently got my Ducky One 3 Mini keyboard that is hot swappable. It got Cherry MX reds but i'm considering changing them. I am thinking about the WS Morandis. This video was very helpful, thanks
Glad it helped 🥰
My redragon k552 is hot-swappable lol, i can pull them out and put new back in and they work just fine
Wait what?
@@silentfrost3645 the person said cheap kbs arent usually hotswallable, i said that mine is
My soul need this information so bad
We're happy to provide soothing to your soul ❤️
You deserve a lot more views
Thank you, we really work hard to make fun and engaging content ❤️
@@DygmaLab yes. We can see. I will watch every videos of you. In a missions to learn mechaboard
Let us know if you need anything! 🥰
The kailh silver speed ones are indeed stupidly sensitive as I found out by my vehicles ingame randomly swerving left or right as if possessed. My fingers are not even that big or heavy. Not good choice for the movement keys.
love ur videosss
keep it up 💖
Thanks a lot!
We'll keep up as long as we can 😉
Thanks for this video! :)
You're very much welcome!
hot swap keyboard are wayyy because if you want to customize it set it to your own preference etc. and hot swap keyboard's can provide that and they can also help in finding your preference for me i also love kailh speed silver i love the sound of it and i want to also try other switch's and what switch's should i try
Customization is always a good option, it makes you feel you did the keyboard you are typing with!
Wow, what a great video. Thanks
Thanks! We try to be as helpful as we can 😊
ok but this is such a good video
Thanks!!
this is something i should have checked when getting my new keyboard, well i like mine anyways and if i really want to switch them in the future i will learn to solder. I dont know how to solder but im a trained welder so it can be to hard to learn
It's definitely possible to de-solder the switches. You can follow a good TH-cam video guide on it. However, having a keyboard with hot swappable switches saves a lot of time and possible issues!
This is a great video full of valuable information. I just purchased the gmmk board and I need to decide what kind of hot swappable switches to get but this is my first time. I don’t want something to load but something with a little click and very smooth please help.
Thanks! Glad you found the info useful. Tactile switches would be good for you then. Maybe a silent tactile switch like Kailh Silent Browns would be something you'd like.
Try Keychron K4 J V2 it does have hot swappable
i currently use silvers i also put o rings in kb as dampers and travel reduction, i like silvers i may get red to try a bit heavier, little sensitive at times when you rest your fingers on the kb, but i used blue for a long time and dang never again .. i might try brown, mostly for typing i kind of prefer tactile, but i got used to linear and im not sure of anything anymore so i was looking for hot swappable kb :P . thanks for the great info :)
We're adding Gateron G pro 2.0 yellow to our switches lineup, which are a bit heavier than the Speed Silver (50g vs the 40g of the silver), and might help with the sensitivity issue you mention.
the gk61 also has optical hotswappable switches.
RK keyboards are rly good and hotswapable
0:50 if i want to replace a solder switch can't i desolder it and solder a new one ?
Yes, of course you can. It's just an operation that requieres time, knowledge and tools that not all users might have available.
@@DygmaLab cool, Soo i can desolder Omni point or Lekker and solder in another PCB ?
I am a bit confused by that salami mention at the end... I mean, thanks, but I'm actually not hungry.
Dominique says "Salamat". Which is thank you in Filipino.
my keyboard i got a couple years ago came with 4 extra switches in a bag and a switch puller, yet it wasnt marketed as a hotswappable keyboard lol. im on a mission to find out whether it is cos that would be the most unexpected discovery ever xD
What keyboard is it?
@@DygmaLab Drevo Tyrfing V2 88 key
@@Cessie983 Yeah it looks like they are.
@@DygmaLab lol i just pulled one out !!! turns out my friend lubed one before and confirmed it was, so i tried for myself and ta da!! :) its so weird how its not marketed anywhere??
@@Cessie983 Yeah! That is weird. I saw another YT video as well saying it's hot-swappable. Good thing you found out 😅
can i desolder my plate mounted mx switches and just plug them in to hot-swappable keyboard?
If you manage to remove al the solder material, and straighten out the pins, you can 😊
Just be careful to not bend the pins while inserting them! You can develop a "feel" of when the pins are in the correct holes on the socket, with experience. Go slowly at first, and wiggle them a little before inserting them all the way, to make sure the pins are in the holes. With time, you will be very quick 😉
do you have a video about low budget mechanical keyboards, the hot swappble ones like GIGAWARE KG1, RED DRAGON KUMARA and MAGEGEE mechanical keyboards, it was mentioned below about the Royal Kludge and i appreciate the info, thanks and more power looking forward for your review on these mechanical keyboards.
Hello Johnson!
We don't sorry. The thing with hot-swappable keyboards is that they have became the norm in the past year or so. Right now, it's very easy and more affordabble than it was a few years ago. Meaning we'd have to review a ton of keyboards, and unfortunately, we can't 😅
What's the keyboard model seen in the video? Looks really with the split design!
That's ours, truly Dygma Raise! You can get it on our page Dygma.com! 😏
What kind of key board do I need for mitias quite linear it only has 2 pings and they are a lined because I need a keyboard to put them in
Can you review the Keychron hot-swappable keyboard?
What kind of switch do we see at 6:25? i need a few of those :)
Those are Kailh Choc Low-profile switches. But be aware that those don't fit in regular sockets. They have to be special sockets for low-profile choc V1 switches.
@@DygmaLab i have a keychron k1 keyboard, with some dead switches, so i guess they will fit. Thanks for letting me know :')
are nos c 450 hot swappable?
I looks like the Nos 450 is not hot-swappable. But the Dygma Raise is! 😊
thanks for the tips! salamat po
Anytime ;-)
Can you do a review on the Royal Kludge RK100 wireless
We'll take a look!
the information presented here are quite comprehensive. but one aspect could be improved, and the video would be way better: provide images and diagrams for the visual learners out there. I am one of them, and fortunately, I was still able to understand most of the video.
Thank you for the ideas BMO. 🥰
This is a fairly old video and we've been changing how we make videos. If you check the newest ones I think you will be able to see the differences already!
We're still growing and will continue to improve the video frequency and content quality 🚀
Keychron has hotswappable I think
i have a da gaming meca 6. The switch is outemu black. The switch didnt soldered to the pcb. The switch is detachable. But i think its only fit outemu switch. Is it a hotswappable pcb?
If the keyboard is hot swappable, which it seems to be, you can use any switch with 3 or 5 pins, not oly outemu, but also cherry, kailh, gateron...
what happeneds if my keyboard don't have any switches with a pin in it? will it still fit?
those are optical switches, i tried to put them and they don't fit. they also cant actuate because normal switches have electrical contacts. the optical switches are only compatible with optical pcb's
Where can I find one of those things she uses to show off individual different switches??
Hi Vuk,
Those are called "Switch testers" they are sold on Amazon, Aliexpress, Bangood, KBD fans... almost any huge online retailers sells them. You just have to pickup one that contains the switches you want to test.
One final piece of advice, if you want to test the sounds of the swiches, remember one detail: since the testing box is not a real keyboard, the sound might be different than the actual one. The circumstances, like the keycaps, stabilizers and materials of the keyboard might change the resulting sound.
corsair keyboards, I got a k68 a while ago I can take the caps out but im not sure if the actual switch is hotswappable (it has cherry mx switches)
I don't think the K68 is hot swappable. In that case, you have to dissasemble, desolder the switches, and solder new ones.
This will take quite a while and requires tools like the solderer and the solder remover.
Does this mean that a hot-swappable keyboard can have any switch in it?
You still have to check the board itself to be sure. And not just any switch, but it has to be a mechanical keyboard switch :)
RK ROYAL KLUDGE RK61 Wired 60% Mechanical
Cool keyboard! Not split, but definitely a good board to start 😉
Let us know if you need help with anything.
is the gk61 motospeed hot swappable?
Not sure about that one. You can ask the manufacturer or the shop you got it from 😊
@@DygmaLab they don't really reply and don't know what hot swap is:(
If I have a specific type of switch, do I have to stick to that brand of switch? Or can I change from outemu blues to cherry mx reds for example? Also, can a 5 pin pcb support switches with less pins?
It depends on the keyboard but theoretically you can switch from Outemu to Cherry. And yes a 5 pin pcb can support switches with 3 pins.
@@DygmaLab Ok and thanks for responding
I can only pull the space bar switch and the j switch off the others just wont, any advice? Its the magic refiner k3max hotswappeble gaming keyboard on amazon. PLS HELP
Maybe you should contact the seller to see how they can help you, because if it is hot swappable you should be able to remove all the keys 🤔
@@DygmaLab can i easily contact amazon then?
You can talk with product support to tell them your problem
@@DygmaLab aight ima try soon
i dont understanded if i can switch keycaps even if the keyboard is not hotswappable
Keycaps, yes. Switches, no.
Am I able to put low profile gateron hot swappable switches into a k12 with standard hot swappable switches? Basically my question is whether or not LOW PROFILE hot swap switches are interchangeable with STANDARD hot swap switches.
Hi Jumping,
Unfortunately, the answer is no.
Stardard Mx swtiches have a different bottom than low profile switches, and therefore, they don't fit in the same PCBs as regular switches. Low profile swtiches can be exchanged with other low profile swtiches, and so it happens with regular ones. Hope this helps 😊
@@DygmaLab Thank you, this information does help!
hey, i got a question. so i got myself a keyboard and it doesn't says it's hot-swappable but it's a removable switch. what's the difference?
Well, as you're describing there's none. Hot-swappable is the name of the feature that allows you to change swtiches without the need of soldering them.
since we can change the switches on these keyboards, does that mean that if i have my own switches, all hot swappable keyboards are the same regardless of price since i will be using my own switches anyway?
Not really. Switches are only part of the equation. You've got build quality, the PCB can have white LEDs, RGB LEDs, per-key RGB (like our board) or no light at all. Then there's the keycaps, the form factor, the layout... there's so many things that can change in a keyboard besides the switches 😅
@@DygmaLab oh i see, cuz i actually have a 60% with alot of spare switches but i feel like changing to 80%, so other than switches and keycaps(and the fact that i am actually getting old and dont really care about rgb), i only need to find a good build for the keyboard huh?
(ig the build is the frame)
is a ducky one 2 mini silver speed cherry MX
Hey, I have a Rk royal kludge rk68. Is it hot swappable? Where I bought it, it says it is but I'm not sure. I don't want to mess anything up.
yeah it is, i just got mine. There are hot swappable and non swappable. If it state it is hot swappable then I'm sure its fine
Evo fox and red dragon
Edit some of the red gear keyboards are also not swapable
Is there a hot pluggable keyboard? Cuz i bought a mechanical keyboard last week and the seller said it is not hot swappable but pluggable. What is it? Anyone know what is it?
Never heard of that... sorry to break it, but that sounds a bit weird
Alright so I think I'm finally getting an understanding of this stuff but can you reply and assure me I am? So basically if a keyboard is hot swappable you can take the current switch out and replace with any switch with the same amount of pins or break the extras as you said but it just has to be either mechanical or optical depending on what the keyboard came with? So if I got a keyboard that came with mx cherry switches for example I would be able to switch with kailh box jades?
Optical switches are different from mechanical! But the rest you got right :)
is the ck62 hot-swappable?
Does it say it on the box? Usually if it comes with a switch puller, then it is. If it doesn't then it's probably not.
Whoooooooa! A 💐 for you..
Am i correct hearing "Salamat" word? 😊😊😊.. Proud Filipino here. Hehe..
Salamat too for sharing this to us.. Yes, we definitely need hot swappable switches and mostly we definitely need Dygma keyboard.. More power.
Thank you! Can't wait for you to get one. Hopefully soon! 😊😊
@@DygmaLab you're welcome.. And may i ask favor if i have the chance to purchase one? I mean special favor.. 😊😊😊
hi , I want to ask, is my pcb is dead ? I have corsair k63 tkl keyboard one day I want to play game with my big 55inch TV so I plug my pc to the tv and then I turn the pc on, after I see the windows 10 login screen I plug the keyboard and mouse but I can't type (the led on with animation), then I tested the keyboard with a laptop , it didn't work and I also install the corsair CUE app , the software did not detect the keybord. So... my keyboard pcb is dead ? is that possible connect pc to big tv can damage my keyboard (something like electrical short) ?
You should contact the manufacturer of your keyboard to ask! They may be able to help you out 😊
I know the MSI gk71 Sonic is hot swappable
optical switches doesn't apply on hot swappable right ?
Yeah, optical switches don't apply here.
Keychron have hot-swappable keys
I came here after a single switch broke on my soldered keyboard. Replacing that single switch was an absolute nightmare.
When I discovered there were hot-swappable versions of this, I decided to never go back to the soldered route.
Knowing how switches randomly fail sometimes, I'd never go back to soldered keyboards ever again either 😅
@@DygmaLab I bought a replacement keyboard today, immediately after seeing this video.
Previous keyboard fell off the desk and broke the switch + within the cap. Had to replace the switch and botched that, therefore the ESC key no longer worked. Keyboard is now useless.
Your overview was very helpful, and because of that, I'm all about the hot swappable ones now. Thank you!
Is finn allowed to play bass with the school of rock or nah?
It's my first time buying mechanical keyboard that has unfamiliar brand (or I'm the only one who doesn't know them) and since I was excited to have my own mechanical keyboard and the price is also fit in my budget I didn't give it a thought and just bought it right away and the worst part is the seller doesn't even have any knowledge about the mechanical keyboard which is one of the red flags that I should have considered and now I'm confuse if my mechanical keyboard is hot swappable or not and also the keyboard that I bought destroyed my motherboard I don't know if its caused by the mechanical keyboard or its just a coincidence but I'm buying a new one now (which is supposed to be my budget for my upcoming birthday this week that I saved for two months) but what I'm really afraid of is that if I plug the mechanical keyboard again will it destroy my new motherboard? As a first time user of mechanical keyboard this is really a horrible experience 😟
Ps. I'm sorry for my bad grammar
Really sorry to hear about this Chim. Can you tell us the brand and model number? Maybe we can help with something, I don't know.
You can also check r/MechanicalKeyboards on Reddit, they can help with identifying it too 😉
@@DygmaLab The brand that I bought is Fenrir Vikings (I can't find the model number I'm sorry) I'm not familiar with this brand and I never heard about this brand before, I wish that I make some research about mechanical keyboards and recommended brands. I also tried to consult my motherboard to the experts and they said that there was nothing wrong with my motherboard and the main source of the problem is the power supply unit which supprises me because before we go to that shop me and brother tried to use 2 power supplies to see if my cpu will work (the mechanical keyboard is still plug in at the cpu) but it didn't work and we also tried to ground the PSU and it works that is why we come to the conclusion that maybe the main problem is the motherboard. so back to the experts they said that maybe the mechanical keyboard is grounded and we should ask for help to the the shop who we bought the mechanical keyboard if they can do something about the keyboard or find the main source of what is causing the problem.
PS. I'm really sorry for asking too many questions, I just really don't know what to do. Thank you in advance
PS. This is what my mechanical keyboard looks like and the description at the back of the package of the keyboard.
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is rk61 hot swappable
I'm not sure, but for the specifications I read on amazon, it's not
@@DygmaLab ok thanks
Hey Dygma, i just want to know, if i use a hot swappable keyboard with outemu… can i change the switch into gaterons without soldering?
Though I'm not Dygma, I would just like to throw out a helping hand[lol]. So long as your the type of switches you're about to use are the same with the keyboard's, it should be good to go. I mean, if your keyboard has optical switches, then, you're pretty much stuck to changing switches which are only optical. But then again, if you have a hot-swap mechanical keyboard, you'll have more variety of switches to choose from.
I wish manufacturers would sell barebone keyboard without switches and keycaps
That would be super cool. In our case, this would add a lot of extra costs and we want to avoid that 🥲
not gonna lie i bought a keyboard that is called mechanical keyboard with a hot swappable brown switch and i opened the letter and i saw in no switches tell me please if this is a scam or not scam have a nice day!
That is weird. Did the keyboard not come with switches installed?
@@DygmaLab nope, i opened the keycaps and i havent found any switches also sorry for late answer i had my notifications off
Pig > Pog
Anyone who has a mechanical keyboard sure has spare switches or Keycaps lying around collecting dust
Sometimes they do, that's true. However, if it's their first keyboard, they may not have it... 🤔
Redragon i think 🤔
There are some exceptions to the rule 😅
All USB (and even AT) keyboards are hot-swappable. Sounds like the creator here is confused between "hot-swappable" and socketed. Nearly all CPUs are installed in sockets and can be removed and replaced without soldering, but are definitely not hot-swappable.
Keyboards have come a long way, but when we published the video, it was not the case. However, we're glad this video has not aged well, it means users have access to better features 😊
is every mechanical keyboard hot-swappable?
No, some mechanical keyboards have the switches soldered to the PCB.
Do u know if the rog claymore is hotswapp
Keychron Has Hot Swap Keyboards
Yes, more and more models do nowadays, but adopting the how swappable switches was not the norms a few years ago 😊
Wow are you filipina?
Yes, Dominique is Filipina 😊
Razer has a hot swappable keyboards
Yep, they do, in fact, they have grown in popularity in the past years. also, they have lowered the price (thank god!)
When we built the Raise and published that video, they were not that common 😋
Querty it's not too big and its from romania
Hi Robert!
Thanks for the info!
Just bought a ducky keyboard its hotswappable maybe lol 😂
I just looked it up and seems like all the Ducky One keyboards ARE hot-swappable! 🎉
@@DygmaLab ty lolol sharing ur channel to the discord!!
I'm sorry but wth is that keyboard
That's the Dygma Raise split keyboard for maximum comfort and productivity 😊
This is a bit pedantic, but I'm gonna say it anyway: pretty much all keyboards are hot-swappable, since you can unplug them (or unpair them) from a computer and plug them back in (or wirelessly pair them) to a different computer or device without needing to turn those devices off or replace the device entirely. Not all keyboards, however, have hot-swappable switches (which is the topic of this video). To summarize: calling a keyboard "hot-swappable" is not the same as calling a keyboard "with hot-swappable switches".
You're right. Hot-swappable switches or hot-swappable sockets is the precise way to refer to it. It's just that most people use that expression.
I don’t think anyone is confused by swapped switch vs a USB connection. If someone is watching this video I certainly hope they don’t get confused.
eyyy silver squad
Ligma Dygma
Didn't see that coming 😂
I love you
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the intro was so cringey but hey good info!
HAHA
"It's the easiest and cheapest way to manufacture DURABLE keyboard at a massive scale".
My $210 corsair crying in pain after only 7 months normal RTS/strategy gaming usage.
Should've never buy product with "gaming" word in the title in the first place.
Mass produced keyboards don't have great or innovative designs, but they should at least be cheaper and durable. If they are neither of them, you should contact your manufacturer's customer support asap 😅
not real
What's not real? 😊
Please stop saying "soulder and souldering", It hurts my ears.
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Gmmk pro
A nice keeb, for sure
ha dygma sounds like ligma
And that rymes with balls 😂😂
Full disclosure: you're not the first one who suggests it 😉
Ligma Lab.
Thanks a lot 😘