Expectations vs. Reality in the Keyboard hobby

I've been in this hobby for about... 3-4 years now and there are somethings that I just noticed in the hobby. Wanted to make this longer but it just got too boring...
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[@KiwiKang]

Check out my latest video where I built an Irelia Keyboard! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmKZY6SanphkntE

[@MrHanky35]

"doesn't matter. I'm going to put in my headphones anyway" had caught me in my soul. built my first keyboard recently, and i'm in love with the sound it makes i honestly love it. As someone who has always worn headphones its been a weird fight.

[@rotuh]

don't forget holee modding, expectation was that it completely removes ticking and makes them feel nice, also easy to install. In reality, you're better off being a surgeon than trying to put a bandaid in the stabs, and the stabs end up being more sluggish than me during math class

[@KiwiKang]

Why did I forget about stab modding.... *writing it down on the next video*

[@piccos.]

Honestly 3 or 4 hours of lubing would be a dream for me. I compare my switches in batches of 10 for the sound and feel, because Im very picky. So lubing can take up to 8 Hours for me... But in the end I am very happy that they turned out exactly how I wanted :)

[@alexp3577]

Same, but even longer, it takes me about 16 hours because I also manually lube springs and also slightly lube a part of the leaf that doesn’t affect switch working.

[@iiambrez]

I was expecting an informational piece to keep in mind when my board finally comes in, and I was treated to this masterpiece instead. That "F YOU GLARSES" line took me out tho. 😂😂😂

[@Steamo83]

Love how you poke fun at the hobby. I think, just like everything, people can take it too seriously.

[@mrkrabsbikini]

the ticking stabilizer is too real I catch myself spending more time tweaking them than assembling the entire board itself

[@KiwiKang]

I build so many boards, get up to get a drink, and then come back to it fucking ticking

[@Shikitera]

it took me 2 years and 10 sets of different stabilizers to not make them tick, also probably around 100 hours of straightening wires

[@kbtrains]

1:34 i lubed all of my azure dragons for my zoom65 and then put all of it away when i was done, only to find out that one switch fell on the floor without me knowing before I even started

[@billpaxton1345]

I actually got a lot better results than expected in my first custom full build... Keychron q1, holy pandas that I lubed and filmed, replaced and lubed stabs with durok v2's, tape, force break and holy mods and a 5mm sound mat for car audio... It's just like PC building... It's adult Legos.

[@KiwiKang]

Adult legos.... just takes more money, time, sanity..... etc...

[@NeffMaster]

One of the funniest keyboard videos I’ve seen in a while! Great stuff keep it up

[@toufusoup]

As a person born in the year of the rabbit I'm deeply offended by that delivery status

[@amPossumiss]

Im year of rabbit too

[@ilovepsyduck5160]

@@amPossumiss me too

[@balantzer3838]

Rabbit Gang unite!

[@totallynotmyeggalt6216]

I've never seen your channel before but this video (camera, editing, audio, even acting) is really high quality! Definitely got a sub from me

[@th3doorMatt]

As someone who tries to lube sets in the evening with whatever shred of time I have, I can safely say...my wife has been wondering why every night I go into my office for an hour or two. I'm just lubing switches, dear. Always. Lubing. Switches.

[@jenslingspaint3523]

I've only been hyper fixated on this for two weeks, but from absurd amounts of Reddit scrolling, KZbin watching, and Instagram scrolling, you've hit all the highlights of what I've seen. 🤣

[@RobiLemos10]

Oh ! I love the feel and sound of my keyboard with this exact attachments...lets change something by no reason !

[@dalebob9364]

This is what we call "98% complete....98% to go" in the aircraft building hobby!

[@KiwiKang]

i heard horror stories about that hobby and how deep it can go.... maybe for a future video i try it out

[@ceec2999]

Finally a fellow cherry brown switch connoisseur that glarses guy has no idea what he's talking about

[@slavboii420]

I love Cherry MX Browns for their distinct tactile bump

[@Fakheet]

ergo boards expectation: oh man I'm gonna be so much more productive reality: I forgot to put a "=" button in my keymap and I can't be arsed to recompile the firmware again

[@KiwiKang]

I'm gonna act like this didn't happen to me about a week ago

[@kbar11]

I've learned to stop caring about ticking as no matter what I do it comes back.... I would be in a mental ward if I kept trying to make it sound 'just right'. Just got ceramic keycaps that make them sound like marbles so I can't even hear it anymore. Also I love that one day I think my board is thocky then the next its clacky, rinse and repeat. Tactile Gang!

[@cubxfy]

this is such a well crafted video

[@aurelliusp]

the spacebar part is soooo on point🤣🤣

[@gameboi7280]

Ill add another one: Expectations: "This week, I spent 2000$ on a new keyboard!" Reality: "This 100$ board has everything that I need really and I dont want to justify spending more money just to get a margianially better board, this one is good enough for me"

[@KiwiKang]

I've seen that before. I get a board that I was anticipating for a while, and then I get a board I just wanted for fun.... the board that was for fun ended up being better xD

[@stripedsweater520]

The ticking makes me wanna throw the keyboard away lol

[@DrkWrId]

congrats! im your 500th subscriber. you should deserve more subs

[@ScottTuscher]

This cracked me up sir. The truth of this hurts me; cuz I love the hobby so much! Haha

[@andres154525452]

Awesome video, you have future man!

[@tuubly646]

I had a friend that wanted me to do his stabilizers and I did. It was all good when I tested it there was not ticking, but when I gave it to him it sounded like it was bone dry. I couldn’t believe it because I did holee mod and put a lot of lube. (Edited bc I can’t spell friend)

[@Cretzen]

i died at the thock vs clack part

[@rolando4002]

The ticking stabs after finishing a kb build is up there on worst things to happen next to death.

[@yomcccgames5724]

this is honestly such a good video

[@jammies701]

Hilarious vid mate

[@RoboKeebo]

The shaking as you try to put them stem back on the spring 😭

[@jackalexande]

I remember building my first keyboard and thinking, "Man, lubing the switches is part of the fun!" Cut to me 5 keyboards later, looking everywhere for pre-lubed switches...

[@holykeebs6770]

5:43 i fully agree with this statement

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Hehe cool, I and we know this pain on the grail search for silent but responsive & crisp actuation. Hipyo actually did it, he made a totally silent but still responsive keyboard. X-D This is the solution to not lubing and not modding (time is the no. 1 most important tool of life, the hours to lube and mod and researching the custom parts and shopping for it could be used to research and shop for textured artisan keys and sculpted artisan keys that are not just for show but are needed to know where the clusters are in the keyboard without looking- especially in intense typing or gaming) is to embrace the amazing keyboard noise a natural notification sound that says we typed something in: must switch to the amazing blue clicky and very tactile keys which 60g or more force which I love, I love feeling the click which is the point of mechanical keyboards coz' not matter what, it's still going to be noisy, thock or or clack or clack is still annoying and still noisy just at a more pleasing lower tone but it's still like that cellphone texter who didn't disable the click sounds for texting. Though Hipyo Tech actually did it, he made a totally silent but still responsive keyboard but still any switch that is the amazing blue clicky switch and is not the amazing very tactile, has a very strong amazing click that you feel (and sadly very noisy) blue switches is really still like typing on membrane even if it's brown switches- that tactile click, the stronger the click is felt, the better (doesn't mean 100g of force) because that's the essence of mechanical keyboards, it's how that mechanical aspect is felt (with the switch's click mainly is the heart). Also the best position for any keyboard is building a mouse and keyboard rig that's just millimeters "floating" above your lap (keyboard on the lap is a temporary but uncomfortable solution, similar to Linus of Linus Tech Tips' 'Lapboard' but his is just a tray design) that you can easily put away (perhaps a kind of arm that's on both sides of this keyboard and mouse "desk basement/level" and is as wide as the table and/or desk mat). God bless Rev. 21:4

[@ikanberapi2189]

me a Silent no sound super slim/laptop keyboard enjoyer: "........ k"

[@forestlim777]

This is top secret in the keyboard world...🤫

[@daggo3245]

Love it, great job :D

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I have one mechanical keyboard. It has Cherry MX Reds. I bought it 8 years ago. I've done nothing to it, but twice a year I take off the caps to get the dust out with a vacuum. It works.

[@KiwiKang]

The real Chad in this hobby

[@ezvvcn]

Im new to mechanical keyboards and i brought some random one of off aliexpress and it works great exept my space bar theres the switch then there are the two things that are shaped like a plus and they come off every time i take my space bar off how do i fix it

[@PedroSombreireiro]

Great video man! I've built a total of 3 keyboards and i stopped there... because to be honest, at the end of the day, i always feel i should have saved that money :D i don't know what where my expectations tbh, but since i like trying new stuff (for example, spent a lot of money of a custom watercool, just to learn how to do it ... and ... yeah, an AIO will do the job good enough for you not to care) ... Weird part, i actually use a wireless razer deathstalker v2 and now and then use my customs :D The same goes with keycaps ... worst buy i ever made. Got some PBT Fans keycaps that cost me a fortune ... and ... yeah ... not worth the money. I like the color scheme but, not worth the money tbh. I think we over-value stuff by a long shot :) don't know if it is to have the bragging rights ... but lessons learned. Great vid, congrats! :D keep them coming

[@UpstageBeast]

You should do gamer stereotypes next. Actually the best switch is the analogue switch that let's you bind macros to how far it travels.

[@BenPuckett]

The ticking I feel on a spiritual level, which is why I've spent way too much money on the geon works stab tool and staebies.

[@Ukiya44]

Tbe best part is that staebies are also ticking 🤣

[@KiwiKang]

Love and hate stabies They feel great..... and they now tick as soon as i put the final keycaps on

[@defi71zh]

if you're not an audiophile as well and you have a blue yeti, you can plug your headphones into the mic and have the mic passthrough your input audio! you will be able to hear your keyboard. this probably lowers the sound quality though, I'm not an expert on sound related stuff so it doesn't matter to me. at least I can hear my keyboard. also helps keep my voice down since I don't have to yell over discord calls to hear myself speaking

[@ShoobsTube]

the goat kiwi

[@KiwiKang]

I take notes from the 🐐

[@an0n2326]

Ngl I felt so vindicated when you brought up the Tuzi.

[@KiwiKang]

I think I got that comment a lot

[@xeroze01]

Missed out the best part about the lubing: the part when you assemble everything together and then realize.... there's no discernable difference compared to the factory lube that's originally on the switch which coincidentally should come with the geon x haimu switch that you used for demonstration (well, if i identified the switch correctly)

[@KiwiKang]

Real talk, factory lube got so good that I prefer factory lube over hand lube most of the time

[@Legojunkie]

You earned a sub. Awesome video!

[@helveklikk]

I've tried fixing my ticking stablizers 3 times already with relubing and everything, it just won't work. I know the pain now xD

[@bigragegage]

Great content king keep it up

[@bordemest8082]

i cant even tell the difference between thocc and clack lmao

[@Bloofles]

okay that glarses part got me

[@MegaWickedGaming]

great video bro

[@KDAce]

that stab part it too hard

[@CodSlap]

Good stuff! 😂

[@schtendo4464]

showing your friend you keyboard, only for them to prefer rubber dome

[@Rose-bb4ze]

omg the group buys part was too real, this is why i end up buying GMK dupes

[@KiwiKang]

I don't love supporting dupes unless the artist themselves approved of the alternative means to the design. GMK lead times has been just unbearable for some sets tho...

[@bismuth7730]

@@KiwiKang I dont believe in that argument because people who can afford the original will get the original. Those that dont, wont. Loved the video.

[@MERV_]

I ordered some new switches and some tools and lube to try lubing for the first time. Only my switches and lube arrived not the tools. I had to pry all of them open with my nails and lube them with a toothbrush. Not a fun first experience and the result wasnt even that worth it.

[@KiwiKang]

First time I lubed switches, I was using a flat head screwdriver at a Cafe. All my friends were doing HW and I was just in my little world, lubing switches

[@AlanDike]

I was in the "it doesn't matter, I'm wearing headphones anyways" group til my kid started complaining that I woke her up typing on my keyboard. I wasn't even running tactile switches.. straight linears lol.. So, I've moved over to silent switches.. and yeah.. I think it matters depending on the use case. I don't mind clack or thock. I dont mind stab tick.. I just want the KB to be relatively quiet lol. It's all preference in the end.

[@mntish]

YESSSSSSS! Cherry brown gang!

[@j___7052]

Great content keep it uo

[@bigbosskeeb]

Hi bro, may I know what switches you were lubing from the start of the vid? Will gladly appreciate your reply, thanks and great vid!

[@KiwiKang]

They were the Geon White switches! I believe they are tactiles and made from Haimu?

[@ggad1899]

Nice video. Myth: everyone can affird every fun new keyboard coming out. Reality: most of us are lucky to afford a budget keeb, with one bell and one whistle - on a payment plan. Myth: that it's easy to remove switches from hot swappable keyboards. Reality: almost broke several switches trying to remove them, and haven't managed to remove any yet. Dam frustrating. Myth: it's a bunch of rich guys in their 20s doing keyboards. Reality: it's a mix of ages and genders, and I'm pushing more clerical/admin professionals to do it because you can prevent RSI, and reduce chronic re-injury, by changing your setup away from $10 membrane keyboards - and bring back that joy in typing.

[@Rx003]

Man I relate so much on the lubing ahahahaha

[@vishalpamulapati2253]

I gotta agree with the cherry browns

[@susseratal]

4:00 that is why I do not have any stabs on my keyboard :)

[@JordanDoesKeebs]

This was a good video 👍

[@waffel7664]

ayyy Vivaldi gang

[@sugizaki]

Video and editing was definitely good (proven by the viewer numbers), hope you don't try to force yourself to release videos like this each week since it was such a huge success in relation. Video felt really natural and the comedic sense was on point

[@KiwiKang]

I think with videos... I want to make content when I get ideas that would be funny to me. I'm already working on 2 videos, and if I don't get anymore ideas after that, then i would prolly stop until another one pops up! But I hope everyone enjoys the other video that will go up soon! (A week or 2)

[@maclolm8400]

great video and also what are the specs on the board at 1:36 with modern dolch? i really like the poppy sound of it.

[@KiwiKang]

Oh god... this is a frankenstein build.... F1-8x w/ Aluminum v3 plate Cherry top, Gateron Milky bottom, Kailh Black stem, TX 62g Long spring, & Deskey Films Using a PC v2 bottom, and OG F1 top as well This is my endgame TKL.... then I got the Kaze and now I just gave up on that idea

[@verbisdiablo]

This is so true I recently got into this haha

[@rae5508]

that gmk tuzi hurt 😭

[@fluffykeebz]

No lies detected

[@Silmimir]

First time lubing switchs took me 8 hours because if a switch was not sounding right for me i unlubed relubed it, took so much time man..

[@KiwiKang]

I remember one time I lubed with krytox 205g0 for half of a set... and then I picked up the wrong jar of Trybosis and half of my set just felt weird. Took me a month to figure it out

[@mikitofficial]

Too real! Lol

[@xinxinwong]

nice theca dude

[@baolocxoay]

just found your channel for the first time, may I know which build at 2:25 cause it sounds great!

[@KiwiKang]

Oh that was my F1-8X with some franken switches I made! Top: Cherry MX Black Stem: Kailh Black Bottom: Gat Milky Yellow Springs/Film: TX 62g Long/TX film

[@Jonlai8009]

Geox x haimu tactile switches?

[@Squ1d_4k]

Well Done

[@j9ke3r]

hi Kang, I'm also Kang. Nice to meet you.

[@vha1207]

I'm still using $5 Mitsumi membrane keyboard :(

[@Luke-we9gj]

What i'm amazed at is how you got your Tofu so bouncy?!?!

[@KiwiKang]

I took off the middle post via drill and then i burger mounted the other points as well. TBH I'm suprised that it's still going strong

[@annoymouse890]

As soon as I built my board I distanced myself as far as I could from this community

[@justanotherpxrson]

That was great lol

[@Jaypher]

This needs to be shown to everyone potentially looking at getting into the hobby.

[@deadjeem9904]

keyboard used in the video for searching up stuff?

[@KiwiKang]

Primarily using my F1-8x with some Franken switches I made

[@jesalcasid1601]

Subbed

[@Akeynote]

😅 funny shit man

[@khashannauman6608]

what is the mouse you hae, it looks amazing

[@KiwiKang]

It's a Razer viper ultimate v1 that I got a custom paint job on it from a friend up in Canada!

[@khoooala]

bruh that stab ticking after assembly segment is a bit too real 😭

[@jfiggvgg6635]

Does anyone know what key caps are on the purple tofu keyboard

[@p.e.r.c.y]

Also down to find out the caps.

[@blorgus434]

it looks like cherry sand, you can find it on novelkeys

[@KiwiKang]

The keycaps on that board is the Novelkey PBT Sand set. Lowkey forgot that I had those, put them on the tofu, and they feel/sound great

[@aaditshah7816]

What a thocky video. Talk about flippers next time that could be comedy. 🎉🎉

[@QuackZack]

I think it takes me like 6-8 hours for 80 ish switches. I don't have the tools like you though.

[@shiibikku]

I don’t have my Tuzi either :< Great video!!

[@KiwiKang]

The tuzi part came from the soul

[@ddot1007]

I bought Corsa to match tuzi, Im expecting tuzi to still come later than my board

[@nix4o493]

Browns really are endgame though

[@sampakpak]

Foam vs no foam

[@zironemegeaz]

People not in keyboard hobby: See Corsair k55 for 50 bucks and never worry about any of this

[@StevenP015]

i liked this video it was intresting imma give you a sub

[@josiahdublin7816]

Never underestimate how bored people can get.