I Tried The LEGO Keyboard... (So You Don't Have To...)

In this video I build the KBDcraft Adam keyboard, also known as the LEGO keyboard (The community calls it Lego but it is not real Lego bricks and not affiliated with LEGO in any way).
This just might be the BEST budget keyboard in 2023, but... there's a catch.
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[@HipyoTech]

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[@Grahamszn]

When are the hipyo keycaps coming back

[@yellowlemon_056]

give me a dot

[@HipyoTech]

@@Grahamszn 2 WEEKS

[@Grahamszn]

@@HipyoTech it says 4 days but either way im buying them

[@TheKettleBlack]

I purchased this keeb with your code today. Thanks Hipyo!

[@binkus5298]

*Legos are “Kinda tedious - Kinda annoying” me watching Hipyo lube switches for 10 hours straight

[@HiPickle]

dammit you beat me to it 🤣

[@7thDilemma]

I think we all had this thought.

[@75yomu]

That’s why hipyo kinda hates lubing switches? He said it in one of his videos.

[@bigj7864]

''lego is to tedious''-keyboard enthusiast

[@Zachary579]

I was about to say the same thing lmao

[@AbsoleteAim]

The irony is uncanny.

[@75yomu]

I mean, building keyboard is simple, not like lego where there’s hundreds of steps.

[@AbsoleteAim]

@@75yomu Building a keyboard is still tedious, especially if you're lubing.

[@Zachary579]

@@75yomu it’s still tedious af though it’s just the same boring step repeated also the end product is always the same thing

[@spoops.mp5]

To me, building Legos and keyboards, feel the same to me. They are both fun to build. (How dare you dislike legos)

[@KeebClack]

agree

[@brian3387]

The first time my sister saw me working on keyboards she thought, “its kinds like building legos”. Which I loved as a kid…and adult…

[@user-rw3ep4hp5k]

No cap I hate lego 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@rambushrami6471]

My gf got me this keyboard for my birthday. It's so nice. I love everything about it :). It sounds just like the lego building sound. Definitely a great budget option!

[@rambushrami6471]

@Xthlaka yes it is lol. Compared to other customizable mechanical keyboards. Good mech keyboards can easily reach 400+ usd.

[@gameboyv1790]

Do you have discord?

[@rambushrami6471]

@@gameboyv1790 yes

[@gameboyv1790]

@@rambushrami6471 can you send it?

[@bookies24k8]

@Xthlaka yeah, when you're into enthusiast products like custom keyboards even the price for entry level is gonna hurt a bit.

[@muddystick]

Hipyo: Building Lego is tedious and annoying Also Hipyo: I lubed and filmed 90 switches, tuned and Holee modded the stabilizers, tape modded the PCB, and did a silicone pour on this keyboard I will never use again.

[@TheCulinaryCompanion]

Am I the only one who thinks the band aid mod is soooo hard, I might have done it wrong, but I had to undo it because it looked super messy

[@whatzittooyah9182]

This would be a great project to do with kids, actually. Maybe it could even be their first custom keyboard if they have an interest! And I do like the sound. Honestly it’s very cute

[@andou_ryuu3205]

I am genuinely confused. How do you not like lego? It's the same god damn thing as building keyboards. I always thought lego was the gateway drug to hobbies like keyboard building.

[@WillThat]

That feeling Hipyo has about building LEGO is the same feeling everyone I know IRL feels about building keyboards.

[@musicbyshadofox]

I'm so glad to hear that good things are being said about this keeb even from someone who doesn't like building lego. I can guarantee that this keeb is a lot better in the more recent version! It's also got a few new separately bought accessories, such as a corkwood mat and wristwrests. The only problems I experienced were the instruction booklet, and my adam does have a bit of a bowing issue. Other than that, I've actually built a bit of an incline, so it's a little more comfortable to type on. Tape mod, and I threw a part of the pcb packaging in the case for a bit of extra sound dampening. For my very first mechanical keyboard, I love this keyboard to death.

[@Pbergloff]

I found your videos the other week and have been watching them each night mesmerized by how you make keyboards sound. I’ve always liked the idea of building keyboards but never delved deeper (I’m using a stock EVGA Z15 which is.. tolerable). I just bought a Zoom75 kit with the screen, some Wuque switches, and GMK Zen Pond keycaps. Very excited for when it all comes, and I can’t wait to start building!!! Thanks for all the helpful vids!

[@HipyoTech]

Thanks for the support! I hope you love that board as much as I do!

[@Pbergloff]

Thanks!! :)

[@kuronuma666]

The sound is exactly what I expected from a lego keyboard and I love it

[@slayernyteplays]

My biggest disappointment with this keyboard is knock-off LEGO. I’ve already redesigned the case in Studio. Now just need to get the parts to replace with real LEGO.

[@KeebClack]

sad it is knock-off 😢

[@CptJistuce]

Doesn't it, like, triple the cost to use Lego(tm) instead of snap-together plastic building blocks?

[@KeebClack]

@@CptJistuce it does

[@CASyHD.]

IT IS NOT Knockoff the System to build in the Lego style has long lost it's patent and Lego didn't even invent it themselves! It's just a different Brand. You wouldn't call Mega Construx a Lego Knockoff would you or they couldn't operate while infringing on anything.

[@Omabatfartsbruh]

@@CASyHD. they're unbranded bricks so in that sense they are ko bricks

[@gittarman]

Built mine with my 4 y/o and we had a BLAST. I used hand lubed Akko Lavender Purple tactile switches and it made it pop so good.

[@Siksty]

I feel like this keyboard would be nice in a "star wars" themed setup. It has a storm trooper vibe..

[@lilyphipps1]

oh my god ive been wondering if he was going to review this. so excited for this video

[@siegeturtlez3497]

Being that Ive loved legos forever and am now addicted to keyboards I will swiftly order myself one of these just for the fun, ty for covering this

[@Uthun]

The interesting thing about this keyboard is that I love building keyboards while my brother loves building legos, maybe this could get us both into each other's hobbies

[@JoshTechgamer]

Great video looks great. I love the spring desk pad.

[@elenalanigra]

I got this keyboard a few months ago, it’s my new daily I absolutely love it!

[@zukaesb8473]

3 second of sound test and 16 minutes of building it. let's gooooooooo

[@marlaynagoff5032]

I bought this keyboard a few months ago and really love it! I'm definitely a beginner and it has been really fun to learn with and I was able to mod it some too

[@ThyLord-kv5bf]

I love the logo aesthetic, so this keyboard is great. I love building logos, so this keyboard is fun. I love the sound of logos, so this keyboard is amazing.

[@yinmey]

Hipyo I just wanna say how happy watching your videos makes me, I've had a day full of exams and it's been so stressful, I've come home to this and its made my day❤

[@marcheeto4978]

Hey hipyo, I could have gone my whole life in blissful ignorance without the shot of your feet mashing the Lego keyboard, but you included it anyways and now I have to live with the consequences. Thanks hipyo for the nightmare fuel.

[@Kkmzji]

I get what you’re saying about Lego building being boring and tedious. I like building Lego but I mainly stick to the smaller stuff (currently working on a collection of cars). I did try building a huge bb8 once and I only got halfway through it before I gave up. It’s definitely not for everyone but I applaud you for getting through this one!

[@pokiirat]

watched the stream, was amazing building, we saw a preview too, just a heads up, this is an amazing video!

[@MindYoTech]

This keyboard is sooo goood, worth it, I got the kit adam couple months, definitely my favourite

[@samuelcasey8791]

not the mega block piece in the thumbnail but I love the hype

[@BillyBob-dj4kr]

hipyo slowly starting to sound more and more awake in these videos and I miss the relaxed howdy heys.

[@thockythockthockchom]

Hey I got a kit adam too. I like it, is cute. I 3d printed some initial d themed pieces to stick on, quite happy

[@tianathoahuynh5238]

Hello Hipyo Tech, I have a beginner question. So, I “started” my keyboard hobby about 8 months ago (I say, “started” bc I really want a keyboard but I’m to broke to buy it but its ok bc I’m getting there and saving up. Almost bought a keyboard. Jeez why are they so expensive) but I still have no answer on the question: How do you know what type (plate mount or screw in stabs) of stabs work for your keyboard? And Hipyo if you would answer that question, it would be greatly appreciated and I need to know. I love watching your vids and its what got me into the hobby and have run out of vids to watch so I will continue to watch every single vid that comes out immediately. Thank you so much Hipyo!😅😢

[@ThyLord-kv5bf]

As someone who owns *ahem* allot of legos... the amount of colour or customisation I can do on this keyboard is just amazing!

[@JMAWWorks]

Hopefully they will follow-up with 2-piece keycaps with the bottom piece having (not)Lego studs and the top piece a smooth legend, that will allow true Lego monstrosities.

[@AleksiJoensuu]

Hey if it helps at all, when I was a kid, we just had plastic bags or boxes full of someone else's hand-me-down Lego. No sets, no instructions, no pictures, just a bag'o'stuff and whatever you felt like making. Didn't even know there WERE sets and instructions until I saw them in a magazine or something. So yeah, you don't HAVE to play with Legos with a tedious instruction set, instead you can just go straight for the "LOOK HOW TALL I CAN BUILD THIS TOWER - Oh..." experience.

[@radicaldinosaur650]

Id love to see a review on the skyloong gk75, as it seems like a pretty good 75% keyboard for only $60. Also great vid!

[@To_Ok]

I've been watching Hipyo videos since the beginning of this year. I was finally just about to hit the subscribe button but then I heard the last two seconds of the video.

[@linklink3069]

As a lego enthusiast, I might buy this. I'm glad they only used pieces that lego also officially makes, so I can just use those, which is great.

[@ashorezy]

i got the full kit from my parents for my birthday in january, and have been absolutely loving it!!!!

[@PrettyMuchAPanda]

I loooove my KBDCraft Adam. Its the first clacky keyboard i got and it was a lot to build on stream.

[@Enigma1990ad]

Hipyo never went through the one of the rights of passage of a kid by stepping on some legos with your barefoot. Your feet should be thankful.

[@BubbIes_G]

Omg I gotta get myself one of those dots

[@NobleGrows]

Bro building lego is like lubing switches sure the progress can be annoying sometimes but the end result is worth it

[@ironiceilidh]

i adore lego and i love keyboards so this is iconic

[@buddhistpriest82]

Hipyo not liking legos surprises me because I've always seen keeb building as sort of the adult evolution of legos for me.

[@benderxx1338]

OMG hipyo I wish I had the money for keyboard lol. I have my one keyboard and I drool at all the fancy stuff you make lol

[@poke-zom7782]

Hi Hipyo! I Saw your channel description saying you were Seattle based, I live in Washington too!

[@justinsilva594]

just picked the promotional deal cant pass that thanks hipyo 💚

[@OPrimoDev]

awesome!!

[@ShelahirKrynn]

Following Lego instructions is basically a very long game of "spot the difference between these two pictures"

[@pinateszek6975]

I have the adam and im very happy with it. It was super easy to build i was able to easily tape mod it and change keycaps and it sounds amazing im in love

[@levipleger1761]

can you do a video on how to display keyboards and how you do it? I'm getting into keyboards and would love to display them on a wall or something.

[@terencehallinan5273]

this will be my first actual keyboard and i was wondering if it would be better to get the $60 base model and then individually buy switches and caps? If so, are there a specific switchs and caps to get?

[@ediinaa1]

How is he so hilarious 😂 its insane❤

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

Are there any other keyboards with this layout? I love how the arrow keys are maintained full size while being smaller than a 65% layout. Who uses right shift anyways?

[@cupkhae]

adofai players apparently

[@Ch1zel55]

love the glarses references lmao

[@baroonpark]

Gooooooooood review

[@MangoHimself]

Finally the legend tries it i got it some months ago and it's insane for the prize

[@wisteela]

I think it looks and sounds awesome.

[@g43s]

The advantages i think about this keyboard being made out of Legos is that you can mod the hell out of it, i just wanna get one to mod it into a low profile kb (Which i havent seen anyone on youtube do), and maybe customize the colors every now and then without spending too much.

[@HailToTheMeep]

I am intrigued by the lack of parallel in the enjoyment of building Lego and keyboards since I am intimidated by the tediousness of both.

[@jerrysanchez5453]

Brings a new definition to "building a keyboard"

[@ItzRealMay]

Finally The Time Has Come!

[@CraigLillie]

I'm waiting for the Duplo keyboard next. 😸

[@LelandHasGames]

It's about damn time. I knew you'd like the keyboard. Maybe not the building part. Which surprises me because, it's just like building a keyboard. Tedious and meticulous and time consuming. Idk. Either way. Final product is simply amazing for the price.

[@DrummClem]

I thought I was out of this rabbit hole... I want to build one now.

[@KiraSlith]

It's amazing just how far Mechanical Keyboards have come in terms of cost and OOB experience. Used to be you'd spend $200+ for a basic backlight-less Cherry official board from Das Keyboard that was pretty meh by today's standards but better than the domes we were all otherwise used to, so you had to spend another $200 on bits and bobs to muzzle it nice, and hours of soldering if you didn't like the stock Cherry switch options. Now you can get $100 boards that are flat-out better out of the box, there's only maybe $120 in parts generally worth upgrading to (less if you started with something already upper-tier like the Keynovo, or one of Akko's boards), and install it all in just over an hour (or less if you went custom from the start).

[@jonathand827]

Competition and lower cost manufacturing = win 🏆

[@supernan312]

Think you missed a step putting the all the extra stuff in the keyboard

[@RoboCobeh]

"If this was a freeform experience I'd like it more..." Says the man building a keyboard, a place where there's practically no builder agency (as far as where components go and at what step).

[@-Katastrophe]

Lego, a budget keyboard. This man has jokes.

[@moehasan7534]

dude why are you so in your head for legos jesus, I feel like I just witnessed half a therapy session

[@yweiya16]

Hopefully you can review the epomaker cidoo V65 I want to know your opinion on this keyboard that I think is pretty nice...?

[@mexichicana]

I will need one of those dots for my dot collection, Nola said I get the best dot

[@discordia901]

Starting the countdown for the cease and desist letter from lego 😂

[@lentynietran9695]

Oooo is that a calathea in the background??? Plant video tour and how did you get into them?

[@HipyoTech]

YES! I looooooove plants - maybe a video soon!

[@GrumpyTy34er]

You know that big Death Star II Lego set? Guess who was off by 1 stud when building one of the halves of the "unfinished" portion? Me. It was me. I had to take it apart and fix it

[@Smoked255]

Master Lego builders have been there

[@umaninstrumentalityprject2989]

*comes with no build guide* : *tried to build from picture on box* : *has no box picture* : *goes online* : *looks at 144p picture* : *cant see picture* : *freestyles the build* : *builds the death star* : *huh*

[@niceferatu]

Is the gasket mount bouncier without that extra foam in the base?

[@cindyslifeSG]

you should try the hyperx alloy origins 60% 65% tkl or full sized. i have a hyperx alloy origins 65 its pretty clacky but the space bar needs tap under the stabs.

[@jonathanwyble4227]

"If you use this switch instead of that switch, then you're dumb!" 😂

[@xdoctorblindx]

I thought that the crossover between custom keyboards and Lego would be significant.

[@HexGaming-zi4ei]

Yay thanks

[@davywavy9909]

I would love to build that, I was watching you struggle and I was thinking ez 💀but yeh good job bro.

[@The1astGuardian]

Building keyboards is basically the exact same process as building legos? Except the legos come in different shapes and themes

[@Grahamszn]

We need the hipyo keycaps to come back

[@Duderus]

Never owned legos. Currently own and have built lots of keyboards. I'll be buying this.

[@wallC_main]

Any reason for not having any footage of how it sounds? Or did I miss it

[@bluejaysakko]

YEAH HE FINALLY DID THIS KEYBOARD OH HIPPO THANKS SO MUCH

[@PatrickWood]

Found it! This is cool! Too bad you don't enjoy Lego like I do, but thanks for making this video. This is neat!

[@LiLWaRyZ]

This guys villain origin story is stepping on a Lego.

[@dbkeebs]

Hipyo can you take a look at the machenike k500 keyboards for your next budget video review, its really a highly underated keyboard for its price point. *fingers crossed that this message gets through. A big fan of your videos keep up the great work. Thanks for introducing me into the wild wild world of custom keyboards.

[@d1kgaws12]

Would be great if they had bigger sizes, but I think the max they could realistically achieve is a compact 75% layout.

[@VoxVODS]

I mean, it’s Lego, you can just make your own case and just buy a hotswap pcb from glorious or something, and build around that, but yeah a 75% or a TKL Lego keyboard would be cool

[@polynotgone8349]

I bet someone's gonna make a keycult case for this

[@shortone1320]

it gets even better when you build it out of real legos. all the pieces can be bought on their site though it may have 3 months to get to you depending on where you are in the world

[@kennyc7599]

Really you mind explaining that’s really cool out of actual legos

[@korvak69]

Hipyo is one of the people that I would least expect to hate Lego, like how can you hate it???

[@Schmidt0Happens]

Why do you prefer dye sub PBT to double shot PBT? Just curious

[@RTanna89]

Perfectly ok lubing switches, "legos are tedious" all of my wut.

[@kalcaps]

i feel as tho if the pcb and plate were flex cut it would provide a better typing experince

[@nopenopenoper]

Has anyone mapped out this build with specific Lego bricks? Curious to rebuild with custom color ways

[@brian3387]

There is another KZbinr who built one from scratch. I don’t remember who, but if you search for it, it would probably help. I just searched on rebrickable and didn’t find anything.