GK68XS vs Anne Pro 2 and why you should buy it

I think you should get the GK68XS. Anne Pro 2 if you don't have the budget.
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[@ObtuseCat]

Bought my first mechanical keyboard two days ago, Anne Pro 2 with Gateron browns. After feeling a lot of spring ping and rattling, I don't trust my abilities in de-soldering. I think, in the long run, spending about 20 more dollars on a keyboard will be well worth it. Maybe I'm trying to rationalize spending money. The GK61XS is the most like the Anne Pro 2 so I'm excited to start building. I will be definitely be checking out your tutorial for lubing switches as well!

[@kieranbelfield9999]

This is what I needed to see

[@Acorable]

I really love the keycaps from the GK68XS! Wondering if they sell those individually? :) I am pretty new to the mechanical keyboard community!

[@agoogleuser9025]

Loving my RK61. It's sort of a bottom of the ladder of the 60% form factor, I went ahead and tried coming from my full 104 Redragon keeb. Wonder if you could take a look and compare as well!

[@isarakhanjanasthiti3879]

That feeling of regret when you see this video while a GK61X is already on its way to you 😂

[@JoeGaz]

Bl bl. Think of it this way. You still have a keyboard! Many don't have a PC ;) Your GK61X is a beast!

[@silverback_gorilla397]

I recommend that you glue down the hotswap sockets, because they tend to be easily pushed out if you insert a switch with too much force. If that happens, you will most likely had lifted the pad. Another option is to detach the case when you swap switches, and support the sockets from the back while you insert switches.

[@xtet8087]

The one and ONLY thing that would make this a more perfect board is that it uses south facing switches, opening more keycap opportunities (mainly cherry profile caps) and more in line with the enthusiasts' eyes. I mean they already are using opaque xda profile caps already, not sure what they are losing out to change the orientation. Other than that, I personally think this board is a steal for what it's worth, and goes to show how the market has changed drastically over time, with great releases such as the womier66, KC84, this and the upcoming NK65 entry edition. Glad to see how the scene has changed so much over the years ^^

[@JoeGaz]

I agree! Nice summary :)

[@JoeGaz]

Are you buying this keyboard? Let me know! This is a pretty decent keyboard! I had to make a quick review because the Kickstarter is about to end. I still think making your own keyboard is better, but this is a great start if you don't want to fork out the money yet OR you want to try unique switches! You could easily then take the switches and solder it into a DIY mechanical keyboard EASILY! Thanks for watching! How I made my own iPhone cable is coming to you EXTREMELY soon! :)

[@link3457]

No I'm getting an akko3068 instead :p

[@vinhdoan9028]

@@link3457 From where? It"s sold out like everywhere for me...

[@cagencagen473]

So did they send you one for free for review?

[@YayaTia_II]

Yes purple aluminium case 169 usd tier.

[@JoeGaz]

@@cagencagen473 They sent me one to review yes. It's a pre production sample so I can show people what to expect and they also wanted my advice to make changes before the kickstarter ends.

[@YayaTia_II]

Wow nice review JUJU. Definitely getting it. Backspace fine after a week? Nice they trying extra backspace key or moving del to where tilde is swapping their positions. Also, you could rebind the backspace key to spacebar. They need it for european and Latin American language layouts. But yeah getting the aluminium version before I step into fully custom Mechanical keyboards.

[@JoeGaz]

Yea! After a week I got used to it :). Exactly you could rebind very easily. Software is pretty good!

[@YayaTia_II]

@@JoeGaz good to know the software is good thanks Juju.

[@jordancornell9364]

its cool now, they actually are fixing the positions of some of the key caps a bunch of us in the kickstarter Facebook group for this said we should have options, so tehy have giving us that options, im not sure how much change we will get but they have changing the stuff round which is rad

[@JoeGaz]

Definitely! it's great to hear!

[@amirulasyraaf6822]

howabout annie pro 2 and geek sk61? which one would you recommend?

[@owascoshaw]

Can I swap out the Gk68XS case to maybe a wooden one? I'd love to make top to bottom build (just starting out)

[@jerlaaad9341]

Thanks broo!

[@partharoy1733]

Thanks for these awesome vids. I have a doubt: Pledging and buying are same here or they mean something else? Also they said in their site that its not guaranteed that I will get the perk. If I dont, does it mean my money goes into donation? Or will I get full refund? Also the plastic case color is not given so if I choose pink keycaps will it by default ensure white case ? Please help.

[@JoeGaz]

Not to sure you would have to check with the site :)

[@vinhdoan9028]

@juju what are your thoughts on overall typing accuracy, comfortableness on this keyboard considering these are XDA profiles? Compared to OEM or Cherry profiles

[@JoeGaz]

I really liked the XDA profile caps. I didn't mind them in comparison to Cherry or OEM. I only have trouble with XDA or these flatter profiles if they have no characters. I would lose track of finger placement if they didn't have legends, but in this case it was perfect! Very thick and high quality too!

[@xtet8087]

Typing on xda is really relaxed IMO, the large surface area plus the smooth pbt texture of GK branded xda caps really makes for a very plesant typing experience I got around the uniformed profile by using a wrist rest to negate the angling from my wrist to the topper caps, personally a wrist rest is a must have for me (even for other profiles), but this addition is what got me into uniformed keycap profiles And in case you are wondering, I had a gk64 with these branded keycaps before, assuming that nothing has changed (regarding the texture), mine should be pretty close to what my experience on this board should be

[@vinhdoan9028]

@@xtet8087 Thanks! I don't think much has changed either except for the backspace placement.

[@xtet8087]

Vinh Doan in all honesty, you either move your hand to the backspace or reach to the backspace while holding onto the home row. with the former backspace method, getting used to it is really easy. And if you do the latter, better put backspace on the pipe like the hhkb does for better ergonomics People have been railing about the backspace which is pretty weird. Though I would say that Epo did it because of visual balancing between the left side and the right, while it doesn’t *seem* good functionally, aesthetically speaking, I do feel like this board really hits the nail on the head.

[@KENTOSI]

I bought a Kemove Shadow recently. Great alternative to the Anne Pro 2 as well!! Bluetooth 5.1 and hot swappable keys. I love everything about it except that the firmware isn't yet available on mac. Please take a look at it!

[@eunnah5885]

Can you map the Fn keys on Kemove like Magic Fn on Anne Pro 2?

[@KENTOSI]

@@eunnah5885 I think you can if you use Windows. I'm not having any luck on a Mac.

[@MyChannel-vm6dw]

Good review. If this came as an 87 key version I'd be all over this

[@niclasniclas4504]

I am so afraid you dorp the keyboard LOL, this review really helpful, the keycap and replaceable key switch is big deal, I will take the GK. thanks bro.

[@vinhdoan9028]

@juju Wow! Thanks for the review. Can you confirm something for us who care about heights - what is the actual height of the front of the keyboard, and the back of the keyboard? IS it possible if you can measure the height up to the top of the keycap for both sides please? Thank you soooo much!!!

[@JoeGaz]

~3.8 cm from the top side with caps, ~2.8cm from the bottom nearest to arrow cluster.

[@jongcheeyie2129]

Thanks for the review! What is the height of the keyboard including the keycaps? I tried to find the information on its height but couldn't seem to find it anywhere. Trying to figure it our since I have a smaller hand

[@JoeGaz]

3cm from the front with caps , around 4cm from back with caps :)

[@jongcheeyie2129]

JUJU Cool! Thank you so much for the response!

[@ahmedadel5503]

hey man this video is awesome I just have a question at the beginning of the video I have seen that you have the GMMK TKL could you please advise me since I am hesitant between the GMMK and GK68xs and also working as a developer I need the one that offers bettertyping experience and comfort

[@JoeGaz]

hah i don't have a GMMK TKL sorry! That's a DURGOD K320 :) GMMK is also a great option! GMMK would probably be a quicker buy since the GK was a kickstarter

[@ahmedadel5503]

@@JoeGaz yeah I that is for sure but what is your advise if I can wait for the GK68xs

[@Paolo_Pino]

Does it is VIA compatible? Does it have the ISO option? If doesn't have this things for me it's a no go. I'll buy another DZ60 HS ISO that is so easily customizable I'll recommend DZ60 v3 HS over any other pcb... Pair it with a plastic case and some cheap (but good) pbt keycaps and you wouldn't be spend a lot more of this keyboard. But honestly 160u$ for the aluminum case it's a very good entry price

[@BredMan_]

im gonna buy this with chinese ink painting keycaps from banggood and gateron reds, i cant wait!

[@seyyedmohammadaminbineshta8822]

I still went for the anne pro 2 since I wanted Kailh Box White Switches and prefer the better stabilizer of anne pro 2 compared to GK68. I would have to buy kailh white switches again if I went for gk68 and that'd result in a 50$ premium compared to Anne Pro 2 :) That being said my case is a rather special one and I do agree with you saying that many should just go for the gk68. A 60% keyboard is not for everyone and most people should avoid it.

[@giselletrejo9109]

I’ve been wanting to back this but I also want to wait and see what the NK65 will be like. They said it should be released by this month, so I’m hoping they release it soon to determine which to get /^:

[@JoeGaz]

I would honestly love to review it :D

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Is the plastic case version of this available anywhere?

[@TrippieMint]

There’s also the optical version of the keyboard that takes optical switches instead but you can only put optical switches in it so if u try putting something like holy pandas you won’t be able to do it

[@akashkj]

Hey. Do you think it's worth spending 40$ more on the aluminium? Or is the plastic case good enough?

[@JoeGaz]

Alu all the way otherwise you just getting a cheap keyboard imo.

[@pp_please]

do you think the pcb could be swapped and moved to another case later on? (e.g. kbdfans alu case idk)

[@link3457]

They do fit

[@JoeGaz]

Possibly! I didn't get to open the keyboard yet due to a quick review. I will make future videos on it soon! :)

[@pp_please]

JUJU thank you, appreciate your content!

[@moneymanluce]

You should do a setup tour

[@JoeGaz]

I will consider it! First vlog :D

[@elfonthetree3517]

Those are some THICC keycaps

[@JoeGaz]

Yea they are pretty decent! I don't think people would be complaining if they got this vs cheap ABS keycaps!

[@haoy14]

Ordered a plastic version. It looks like in the video this is a version with optical switches. Best to my knowledge, they are not interchangable with "regular" mechanical switches. Not sure about on this keyboard though.

[@JoeGaz]

Nope this was hotswap friend ;)

[@haoy14]

@@JoeGaz Thats valuable information, thanks!

[@cagencagen473]

It would have been nice to make it top mount... Even integrated plate would have better than tray mount

[@epico5805]

Ooo what's the TKL board you have there?

[@JoeGaz]

Durgod K320 Nebula ;)

[@ddushkin]

They sy gk68xs has one day battery life. Is that so?

[@marek.lochki]

Hi Juju For gaming I’d like to know if this would work with the software. Pressing and holding W to walk forwards. Pressing one of the split space bar keys to switch layers. The W key on this layer would be bound to another key, lets go with the 2 key. In most games the number keys bound for weapons. Does it work to be walking forwards ingame and quickly switching to weapon 2 without releasing the W key?

[@tylerhillside7147]

For some reason my gk68 spacebar sounds nice and thocky on one end and on the other it sounds like it's hitting hard plastic, can't anyone help me with the pls? I've tried a lot of stuff

[@JoeGaz]

Probably not lubed well. Add more lube :)

[@AUGooner]

What about in comparison to the Keychron K6? It doesn’t have the modular spacebar but price wise and functionality wise is it better?

[@JoeGaz]

I haven't reviewed it unfortunately to give my opinions! Sorry! I don't want to give opinions over vague research.

[@epico5805]

The Anne pro looks more minimal

[@JoeGaz]

It does! Depends if you like the arrow keys :D

[@dizzleer]

4:45 i knew he was Australian

[@JoeGaz]

Haha that's right :)

[@xobkced]

That back space though :/

[@JoeGaz]

haha it's not tooo bad!

[@andy_warb]

That’s not a lightning cable! 😆

[@JoeGaz]

It's coming Monday ;)

[@andy_warb]

Cool. I’m just messing with ya 😝 (super excited for the vid tho!)

[@JoeGaz]

@@andy_warb Haha I am just as excited as you are!

[@valiantzest]

This aint a review, how much did they pay u lol

[@tuvietnam]

the anne pro 2 has a better software and QMK ported

[@JoeGaz]

I agree with that one! QMK is a bonus.

[@vSolarz]

gk68xs backspace is so awkward

[@JoeGaz]

It's awkward but they are changing it. I didn't mind it after the first week. It's a small learning curve :)

[@vSolarz]

@@JoeGaz thanks for the reply, might have to hop on the kickstarter if they change it. i just find it odd that they'd do something so bizarre on what seems like a very decent keyboard otherwise

[@ataraxical6694]

Check out reddragon dragconic, keys are hot swappable, 60% keyboard and only like 60$

[@guillaume0622]

GK68XS vs Anne Pro 2 ? It should be "Why do I prefer GK68XS". You don't even talk about the features of the Anne Pro 2...

[@sheatolosa9386]

First

[@sheatolosa9386]

And first like XD

[@liemvozer1915]

Who cares?

[@sheatolosa9386]

Tong Thanh Liem I’m sorry man

[@JoeGaz]

Nice! :D