Heavy Hitter with a small pricetag! Cycle8 by TKD

[@oakerface95]

👀👍! the ease of convenience with the ball latch system is crazy, but i think i would still go with screws

[@studio20creations]

#Camp_Traditional

[@Talionn]

looks and sounds amazing (especially that second sound test). is that the metal colorway by the way?

[@studio20creations]

Thanks for watching, it's the gunmetal grey :)

[@megaflare66]

Wow. How did you get your hands on the Cycle8? iLumkb just finished collecting orders. Super upz video. Nice board nice sound nice price tag. What not to like about?

[@studio20creations]

CN Groupbuy! 😁

[@alicec2033]

I feel like one of my biggest gripes with these Cycle boards is that everybody comes out with videos after the GB ends, and by that time it's basically already too late. Sure it *was* good value, but it's presented as if you can still go and get it right now, and that you'll be able to get it for the foreseeable future. In reality once the extras are gone, that's it. It's not getting made anymore, and the number of extras will likely be very limited too since they've allocated only a certain amount to each vendor even during the GB stage. Value doesn't mean much when you can't even get it, and you already know second hand market is going to be unjustifiably expensive. To be clear, I still really enjoy all the videos coming out about it, this one included; the cinematography, the editing, the sound design is just so cozy and top notch. I understand that they probably don't operate at the scale necessary to keep making more of them whilst pursuing newer designs, and they only have so much manufacturing capacity so they can't just take some unlimited number of orders. And ultimately, more options like this at this price range is a good thing, even if they can't be available forever. It just really irks me is all, given how good these boards are presented to be compared to their contemporaries in the same price bracket. And for me personally, it's especially because this is the one Cycle board that would actually interest me since I just don't find layouts smaller than TKL to be practical for my use case. I just barely missed it by the time life permitted me to come back to the hobby in earnest, and it feels like people discussing it revel in the fact that people missed it and it won't rerun for them after the fact. Just feels kinda bad.

[@studio20creations]

@alicec2033 thanks for dropping by and sharing your thoughts. Unfortunately being a small channel I wasn't sent a prototype to make a video prior to the gb hence I had to purchase from the china gb that was ran earlier before the international. Video is thus unfortunately late. Do keep an eye out for extras or from the secondary market. I think it's an exceptional good TKL even before considering the low price point. Good luck :)

[@alicec2033]

@@studio20creations Thank you! ^^ I didn't mean anything against you in particular, everybody presents the board in that same light despite posting after it ended, and it was starting to frustrate me ^^; Either way, best of luck to you too! Your channel and content are phenomenal, I'm confident you'll make it big :)

[@johnathanchan6590]

Second sound test definitely sounded way better. Would love to hear a comparison with GMK on it though!.

[@studio20creations]

I'll build another one soon with mx blacks and gmk. Stay tuned :)

[@1mllionn]

@@studio20creationscan you build with both oring and beans and give your opinion on which one sound better

[@jeollim]

Would you consider the Cycle8 leagues above the Neo80 or is it similar?

[@studio20creations]

I haven't personally built the Neo80 but I would think most keyboards today perform extremely well, you can see builds online and make your own preferential choice. I am quite enamored by TKD's products, they haven't disappointed so far, offering very premium feeling boards for such low prices.

[@alexworm1707]

How much does it weight with the added plates? In grams or kg?

[@studio20creations]

Roughly 300g

[@alexworm1707]

@@studio20creations i mean the whole kit with the 300g of added weight

[@studio20creations]

It should be just shy of 3kg fully built. I didn't weigh it before I sent it back but it felt similar to other keyboards around the same 3kg mark. Hope this helps.

[@EnnTomi1]

really really need HE pcb for my cycle7.....

[@listopad44]

Is the Metal color a neutral grey or has a cold or warm cast?

[@studio20creations]

I would say that under natural lighting it is fairly neutral with a slight bias towards cool tones and a tiny hint of blue

[@Rosegold_sky]

con này được, t đố cm tìm.đc con tkl phân khúc này mà hơn đc nó

[@LamLe-gu2ex]

hope see more video of you

[@studio20creations]

Thanks for watching!

[@ivaneban2121]

Am I the only one who clicked on this video because I misread 'Heavy Hitter ' as 'Heavy HiTLer ?

[@studio20creations]

What's cooking up there in your brain bro haha

[@mooraoo]

holy crap im not alone on that

[@yanz_77]

isn't directly putting pcb on alu case cause short circuit?

[@studio20creations]

If an electrical circuit comes into contact with metal yes, but how is this relevant to the video?

[@yanz_77]

@@studio20creations i saw you put the pcb directly without any foam between pcb and case

[@studio20creations]

The bottom of the pcb will not touch the bottom case since the assembly is being suspended by the mounting points. Safe to use with with or without case foam :)

[@yanz_77]

@@studio20creations thanks for the confirmation. anyway do you think using foam better?

[@yanz_77]

@@studio20creations i meant does it affect the typing feel too? or pure sound only

[@HSGG_]

sound cheap tbh, but sound don't matter ig

[@nguyensonls]

cycle 7 is better!

[@studio20creations]

I like both of them :)

[@NS10Fan]

More keys ftw

[@nguyensonls]

@@NS10Fan so what?

[@NS10Fan]

@@nguyensonls sew buttons