Q&A Video - 10 Years of Keyboard Reviews!

[@imalsoTOMATO]

Man it's been 4 years since the last Q&A? Crazy that I have been watching you for at least that long. Congrats man

[@CGW11]

Congrats! It's quite wonderful times when a keyboard reviewing channel can be so popular and that you still keep it running.

[@Chyrosran22]

Cheers :D

[@BrassMaster84]

45:30 All this time I've been watching your videos, and never knew how to pronounce your handle until you did right there. Congrats on the anniversary, mate!

[@Chyrosran22]

Most people can't even spell it xD . For some reason it seems very easy to misread. Thanks mate! :D

[@randynovick7972]

I stumbled on your channel years back. Keyboards are like tools to me - the best tool is the one you have at-hand - and I'm not picky, nor am I especially learned in the details that differentiate keyboards. Yet, you have always - even if it takes two or three videos - you have always been able to show me keyboards I do not like AT ALL. You do this in a genuine, authentic way that pleases me. Thank you. May you live for a thousand years.

[@Chyrosran22]

I doubt I will, but thanks! ^^

[@nerdyneedsalife8315]

I'm glad you rave about the hall effect switches for smoothness. I sometimes watch people like Hipyo Tech who is exactly opposite to you, not saying he's bad, just opposite. He hates contactless switches because he hates the sound and he also hates the feel. I think he hates the feel because he's used to lubed switches. Again his opinion, he isn't wrong to think that way, but it's great to have reviewers like you say, "Yes these switches are the real deal. Yes you should consider them for a smooth experience. Yes I'm comparing them to decades of keyboard history, not just the contemporary Cherry MX clones."

[@blendernoob64]

Finding your channel was a revelation to me. I thought I was the only one who loved the sound and feel of keyboards, only to find a whole community of keyboard nuts. Now I’ve emmased quite a collection but I hope to get a model m and a topre real force one day

[@jugomebu]

Loved your channel for a long time and I've never found another keyboard focused one that could compete for my attention. From your expertise, passion and observations it is such a pleasure to witness. Congrats on so many years!

[@Chyrosran22]

Thanks! :D

[@ethhics]

This has to be my favorite keyboard channel. I like that you aren't one of these channels that praise the "thocky metallic case custom boards" into high heaven, yet you also don't just review the newest gaming slop keyboard and the background info you have in your video is another massive plus. I love vintage stuff aswell and you led me to buy a Unicomp Mini-M. It's just a mix between oldschool keyboards, some new stuff like Hall-effect tech and also some "normal" gaming keyboards, that's what I love

[@ethhics]

also thanks for answering my question :D

[@daemonspudguy]

5:39 i think writing "do not spill on or fuck up this keyboard" is the most Chyros thing I've ever seen.

[@Kyle_Bu]

Man dude! I was just reminded of your channel. I remember when you had like 1k subs!! Congrats on sticking with you passions!!

[@Chyrosran22]

Haha cheers mate! :D

[@wkgmathguy218]

Man, ten years! Congratulations Tom. Your work has given us so much informative fun. Best to you and yours over the holidays :-)

[@Chyrosran22]

Cheers mate, and you! :)

[@exynos632]

congrats on your 10th anniversary, man

[@mikobegaming]

Your videos are one of the reasons I dove deep into the hobby 5 years ago! Congrats! Thanks for the informative content and laughs along the years.

[@senseofdecay]

Aah yes, the perfect relaxing video to listen to on Friday, while at work smashing my NOS AT102w (you motivated me to buy amongst others, cheers mate) Love your stuff.

[@Chyrosran22]

Cheers mate! :D

[@LangleyNA]

@ 40:30 Wonderfully insightful. I am happy you are continuing to share good educational content and social perspective/commentary.

[@BreakingBreakfast]

Congrats on 10 years! Thank you for being one of the people who guided me through the finer aspects of this hobby. Hearing Ace Pad Tech takes me back. Up until recently I worked for a US-based mechanical keyboard distributor. One of the first HE boards I touched on the job was an APT04 in their clicky switches, and this was before the current HE-renaissance we're seeing now. Feeling that tiny, fucked-up paperclip click mechanism was delightful. That teak wood frame was classy as Hell. It's a shame they're not around anymore.

[@detpekandefingret]

Time flies, congrats!

[@abunk8691]

Congrats on the 10 years. I watch your videos more for the comedy on terrible keyboards and not so much to be hardcore into keyboards as I can't afford the hobby, but its still neat to learn new things. Thanks!

[@NatalieT505]

There's interest in most subjects, but sometimes it takes the talents (and hard work) of the right person to unlock that interest for others. Congrats and thankyou for 10 years of educating us about the depths of this ubiquitous yet often underappreciated interface device. As long as you enjoy doing it, I'll keep watching :-)

[@Chyrosran22]

cheers :D

[@hannahvaipulu3631]

Your review of the Model M led me to purchase one 7 or 8 years go. Now I own the firm and every computer has one; it's policy. I carried them through college and as a junior accountant. I have more than I care to admit. If it wasn't for you, I'd still be typing on garbage today. Thank you for your service. Still haven't gotten around to giving Unicomp a shot.

[@azumierorita5638]

i love you, i loved you from the start sir :((( i tell everyone about you being my favorite youtuber and i don't care when i get annoying. i rewatch your videos everyday and you make me so happy. so much love from the philippines!!!

[@Chyrosran22]

Glad you're enjoying the videos so much! :D

[@ganzonomy]

Congratulations! You're the reason i wound up with an f122! Absolutely incredible!

[@Chyrosran22]

awesome board :D

[@devjock]

OMF MENTIONED! Oh man, the soundtrack to that game is still so damn good. Weekend kickstarter right there!

[@j.fitness5701]

An excellent Q&A aswell Thomas. Thanks for this video. Ah by the way, about your favorite joke on Imperial units, your "kilometrage" may vary :)

[@Chyrosran22]

Haha I'm uncomfortably reliant on this expression xD .

[@e4iojk]

Congratulations

[@Majiger]

Recently started watching your channel and I gotta say thanks for all the cool reviews! I'm planning on grabbing a F122 from Model F Labs very soon, thanks to all your praise of buckling springs! One comment about the video though, maybe put the screenshot of the comments on the top section of the screen. If you have subtitles on, the comments get completely covered up, sadly. Cheers!

[@aaronhowell2495]

I love that you have keyboards stacked up like Ollivander’s

[@Chyrosran22]

Haha this is just a part of The Wall, it's much bigger than it looks here xD .

[@nickthaskater]

8:43 the tactility in de-clicked 75g Clickiez is amazing and they're my favourite switches on any platform, bar none. My Model F is up there for sure, but the feel of those Clickiez is just phenomenal. If I ever get a Beamspring, maybe that ranking will change.

[@cleanycloth]

I can’t remember when I subscribed but it was a bloody long time ago. I own a linearised Dell AT102W thanks to your video on the subject. It’s rusted to fuck but it works! Here’s to another 10 years of hhhhHIDEOUS (and also good!) keyboards 😄

[@kaeden5590]

5:38 Assuming you are talking about the laptop pictured, I own one of those (although a 15 inch model and a newer one, the last generation to look like that specifically). I think it has a really great keyboard being a laptop of course. Although I'm not an expert on keyboards and I've only used a handful in my lifetime.

[@yowhatsup9909]

12:44 Yey, that's me. I started collecting keyboards a while ago and my collection grew to around 80 keyboards as it is today. Almost none of them have a box, and i have trouble storing them in any way because i'm scared to put the keyboards near each other, being all around careful so the cable won't damage them. :-) Also i think that the reason why are people no longer sending you interesting stuff is because sellers started marking prices up. As companies changed equipment and thrown old things into a garbage, stuff is much harder to find. I'm yet to find an IBM Model F for less than 200 euro, so i could finally add it to my collection. I just can't justify spending that much on a single keyboard haha.

[@brumm3653]

As for the burn marks - never wrap the cable around the keyboard and never ever stack keyboards with cables wrapped around them one on top of another.

[@LDVSoft]

Good to see you! You've mentioned that there is going to be a mech keyboard meetup even in Utrecht. As I've recently moved to the Nederlands I'd love to attend, but I've never seen a memo for this one. Could you share the details?

[@LDVSoft]

Also, HELL YES for dedicated Compose!

[@Chyrosran22]

IIRC it's this one: store.clackykeebs.com/products/clackyclub-entrance

[@LinusBerglund]

Those hall effect rubber dome switches sounds tantalising! I just find that people spend soooo much time trying to find switches that feel like a btc dome with slider but with a better way to register key presses. The huntsman v2 made me a linear guy, but before that I used a matias quiet click keyboard.

[@Chyrosran22]

Rubber domes do feel like a very natural way to make tactile, non-clicky switches, I've pushed that point several times in the past. There are genuinely good rubber dome boards for sure. Hope I can get my hands on those Hall effect ones!

[@BillyBuerger]

I had to rewind when I heard this. I've been wanting to do this exact thing after seeing Riskables void switches. I thought if you took the same concept but stick the magnet to the bottom of a Topre style switch, it would be about the perfect switch in my opinion. Glad to hear someone is actually trying it. Especially if they make the "switches" and firmware open source or something so I could use them in my own custom layout. I love Topre but do ortho/ergo layouts of which there have been very little activity.

[@ser_igel]

18:21 as i understand, corne is a keyboard (i use one :3 ) which i really love but you will really hate it's called crkbd and you can check it out but it's an ergosplit so basically stripped and broken kinesis

[@Chyrosran22]

dear lord xD

[@vigilantique]

ah yes, a youtuber who i can watch w/o ads

[@adamvandenberg6177]

Best game for keyboard use? Zork of course.

[@simonburger7194]

100% agree on OMF 2097 being one of the best games of all time-- my brother and I would play this for hours and hours. Not only is it criminal that a remake hasn't been made (after googling a remake project has been established but not how well it's going), but it's also criminal that the idea of having upgradeable fighters is not a standard element in fighting games, with upgrading both the pilot and the robot making this additionally more interesting. It's sort of bizarre to me in general that most games don't have RPG elements.

[@simonburger7194]

There was a followup game OMF Battlegrounds that was 3D and very, very bad.

[@Chyrosran22]

​@simonburger7194 ugh, I remember that one. I was so looking forward to it, and felt so betrayed when I got to play it xD .

[@iComment87]

Dude, please track down those involved with manufacturing of old boards and do interviews.

[@murdokiwi]

Thanks for your considered and entertaining views. (I hope this goes a little way to balancing out the few negative comments)

[@prenestina]

Damn... I missed the opportunity to ask a question! Sorry if this was answered already in the video, but if not, may I ask a keyboard-unrelated one? (^: Long ago, you posted some videos from a synthetic lab and occasionally display bottles of reagents on your desk, so I assume you are a chemist. Being a chemist myself, I always wondered: what do you do in the lab-what branch of chemistry are you in? And do people at work know about your keyboard personality? And do you plan to upload something from the lab ever again? (^: Edit: I see this was asked at 4:43; it’s incredible that you work with organometallics, so do I! What metals do you work with, if you don’t mind me asking?

[@Chyrosran22]

Awesome! :D Our group specialises in base metal chemistry, so a lot of iron, nickel, cobalt, magnanese, etc.

[@tomalcolm]

Option key on Mac are like the compose key you mentioned.

[@alexandrecosta2567]

18:16 Im making a White Russian today in your honour, cheers! Congrats on 10 years

[@Chyrosran22]

enjoy! :D

[@nintendoeats]

A point about metal keyboards; I have a Q6 at work and I think it's awesome. However, at home I tend to sit with my legs on my desk and my keyboard on my lap. Hence, I would never buy a metal keyboard for use at home because it would be far too heavy. I'm literally typing this from that position right now.

[@lsswappedcessna]

I've only recently discovered your content, in part because of your review of the modernized IBM keyboards, but I love your sense of humor (WANING!) and your no-nonsense reviews. I feel the same way about durability as well. I'm moving away from "gamer RGB" bullshit because for the most part it's all cheaply made and they fail and fall apart easily. Since I commented on your 8 year old review of a modernized IBM Model M, also produced in Lexington, KY just as the originals were, the I key on my decent Logitech keyboard is broken, and I'm stuck using a crappy Razer Ornata keyboard from 2018, that I bought before realizing just how bad Razer's quality was. I'm now reminded of the absolutely horrible spacebar stabilizer this thing has, and hopefully, since I live 50 minutes away from Lexington, that New Model M will be on my front porch soon. UPS has yet to send it out but I have a tracking number. Maybe by Sunday (God, I hope). In the future I'm also going to be looking into sturdier computer mice - This Logitech G502 is alright, but as I said, I'm done with "gamer" garbage.

[@lsswappedcessna]

Also, my American eyes have spotted some antique guns, in the lower left of the screen. I'm also a sucker for the antiques, the only exceptions are certain handguns. I would love to have an original ArmaLite or Colt produced AR-15 from the 50's or 60's with the factory carry handle and wooden furniture, but the damn things are hen's teeth in decent condition and when people DO sell them, they want so much money you'd need to sell a kidney to pay for it.

[@Chyrosran22]

@@lsswappedcessna Guns are another of my countless hobbies. In the Netherlands it's all extremely illeagl so I have to make do with airsoft replicas, and I also have a blackpowder rifle (which are legal). I'm going to an antique firearms fare on Sunday, as it happens :) .

[@lsswappedcessna]

​@@Chyrosran22 I do hope you enjoy the antique firearms fare, unfortunate that even the collectibles are illegal in the Netherlands even to an adult who can prove themselves mentally competent, though I suppose black powder guns are quite fun and interesting in their own ways. I'd like to get a long rifle myself, though I don't really have anywhere to take it to shoot. I don't live close enough to a major city with a gun range to go very often and I don't live quite far enough out into the county to shoot more than a 12 gauge in my back yard.

[@Chyrosran22]

@@lsswappedcessna It was a nice fare indeed, I even scored a nice specimen ^^ . I must say that as much as I like firearms, I'm happy it's so strictly regulated here. We have a very low firearms-related crime rate, which is nice. That said, I do wish I could have some fun on a range from time to time :) .

[@lsswappedcessna]

@@Chyrosran22 Yep. The whole American gun violence thing and the heavily politicized argument surrounding it here is such a shame for so many reasons that I won't even touch for risk of getting political, and this is _not_ the time or place for that.

[@LangleyNA]

Rest in peace, Ace Pad Tech, I guess. I am still using their APT04 60%... six years of use now. I know what I'm doing next, but budgeting is a schedule. :)

[@BlissBee]

Honestly i think the reason why nobody has ever reproduced blue alps is because the only thing that its better at it seems is sound and that's not exactly a great tradeoff to go from a switch with a stupidly long lifetime to a switch that becomes unbearably grainy after you just use it for too long Of course it would be cool to see someone make a way to make it better i might even buy that

[@Zinkrus]

May I know what switch makes the sound at the beginning of your videos with the animated keyboard?

[@Chyrosran22]

Yes, that's Alps SKCM Blue from my Acer KB-101A!

[@eveypea]

Oh thank gawd those are air soft replicas!! I noticed tham about 14min in and got real worried when I heard that your parents could confirm your temper.... I ended up buying an 8BitDo C64 based off your great reviews on their retro line up. I have to say it has been the most wonderful thing I haver ever bought for myself. Thank you so much for all the effort, dedication and brutal honesty that you put into this channel

[@Chyrosran22]

Thanks :D

[@1fareast14]

5:04 whoa ... I have the same background as Chyros

[@onyxdeceit]

Back again, binge watching while I deep clean my Zenith ZKB-2 and my FK2001 (much like my Omnikey 101, these two are also your fault) :D

[@Chyrosran22]

Excellent choices all around :D .

[@onyxdeceit]

@@Chyrosran22 You know it! Waiting on my repro Model F to come in the mail :)

[@AndyK.1]

Glad you like Dell. They have made a good keyb now and again.

[@Chyrosran22]

Oh yeah definitely. The older Silitek ones were fantastic keyboards, especially!

[@AndyK.1]

@ Are those the ones with SK part numbers?

[@Chyrosran22]

@@AndyK.1 It's the GYUM9#SK ones. I especially like the 97 one iirc. The Alps-made version is also really good (GYIAT101). I did a Dell bigfoot compilation video at some point.

[@AndyK.1]

@ I found one of them in my house last week. I was disappointed because I was hoping it was the smaller quietkey model I had. Anyway, it has some good value.

[@justin6581]

@@AndyK.1oh no! Anyways, how about you linear mod it?

[@kitrod]

ooo, where'd you go when you visited the USA?

[@Chyrosran22]

I did a West coast road trip! So Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and California :) . I wanna go back to the US for two more road trips someday; an East coast one, and a deep South one :) .

[@kitrod]

@Chyrosran22 If you ever get the chance, the Rockies are absolutely drop dead gorgeous and make a good trip. 'Specially the million dollar highway in southwest Colorado. Plenty of fun parks to visit too.

[@Chyrosran22]

@@kitrod I've been in the Rockies in Canada! Different part though, obviously :) . Who knows, I might visit the US ones at some point too :D .

[@j.b.7133]

Would suggest you look into voice work

[@mapperize]

polling rate won't matter for most games, even competitive. however for rhythm games 1k polling is a legit use case, but yeah 8k is crazy

[@mapperize]

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[@BlissBee]

46:57 surprised you didnt say windows key

[@yPhil]

Seriously, Green Day? O...K... But Thomas, what you said about the (Crtl! Shift!) insert key broke my heart. Seriously, a piece of it fell to the floor. I still love you but I'm (very) afraid it will never be the same between us. Part of me still hopes that we didn't heard you right. A *negative* key?

[@yeetenman]

Can we get some timestamps on this

[@BlissBee]

54:00 i cant fucking escape fire in the hole

[@tompramanaaccount8892]

I'm surprised your favorite band is Green Day. I mean don't get me wrong they're indeed a good band, especially their older stuffs like Dookie, but I thought for someone like you who looks to be more into retro stuffs I was expecting some more nerdy-er music 😂

[@Chyrosran22]

You haven't heard my techno yet :p .

[@BlissBee]

1:12:18 well mr vip party how about you buy and send him one then if you want it so bad

[@hkszerlahdgshezraj5219]

This may not be news, but as a fellow sufferer of the Norwood reaper aka the slaphead curse, the 1st thing I noticed is the hair transplant. GG mate, I'm planning on doing it next year.

[@Chyrosran22]

It's way worth it :D .

[@justin6581]

@@Chyrosran22wait, you didn’t have hair? I didn’t notice

[@Chyrosran22]

@justin6581 if you look at my older q&a videos you can see I'm super bald xD

[@justin6581]

@@Chyrosran22 I see, I’ve only been viewing since 2023 with that awful chiclet clicky keyboard

[@Uthun]

I am eating blue alps while watching this

[@dosgos]

In NYC, a lot of secretaries had old mechanical keyboards they held onto like gold. The all-important lawyers, Wall-Street traders, investment-bankers, fashionistas, etal. demanded new NPC keyboards.

[@gorkskoal9315]

Wait...a video where he's not inventing new ways to chew out keyboards and mice instantly? Is he ok? :P

[@DirtyGingy]

Epomaker is not a manufacturer. They buy white label products and rebrand them. They are notoriously bad to customers too.

[@sideshowfrost]

You want a plastic case on a keyboard you throw in your bag to use with your laptop. Metal is heavy!

[@kailiburns366]

I'm someone who's very emotional so insults and such hits me pretty hard, so I hope the negative comments don't get to you too bad. Theres always going to be people like that unfortunately =[

[@DavidWonn]

35:38 You're welcome ,-)

[@mesamesamesa1277]

hola chyrosran

[@JohnDoe-qk7wx]

nice guns

[@NiksSofa]

YOU HAVE A FACE??!?? WTF? Since when do you have a FACE?? Holy shit.!

[@AndyK.1]

I know! I was sure he would have a full beard.

[@NiksSofa]

@@AndyK.1 No! I mean, he has a head and shit.. wild!

[@don_chanLIVE]

8k genuinely makes a difference with rhythm games and such

[@plaisthos]

I still doubt that this is more than a placebo effect. The time it takes you to actually press down the key to the accuation point is probably at least a magnitude bigger than 8kz vs 1kz polling. Tuning your accuation point will make a bigger difference than the polling rate.

[@Hammid]

Pretty sure this video's albeist tho'

[@dosgos]

NPC keyboard lol !

[@TuxmanXP]

The most expensive channel on KZbin starts its next decade. Uh-oh. (Typed on my Model M, it went downhill from there.)

[@flowerlandfilms]

Should have filmed for 7 hours. 0 stars.

[@AquaPeet]

Hey Thomas, what is the mech keyboard meetup you talk about; I'd like to go there! Is it ClackyCon? Please let me know, thanks!

[@Chyrosran22]

Yes! It's in Utrecht in January!

[@AquaPeet]

@@Chyrosran22 I guess I got to headbutt my social anxiety aside and get a ticket! :) Thanks for replying Thomas!!

[@Ashley389100]

Congratulations