Glorious Panda Switch Tear down and Review: How do they compare to other Holy Pandas

[@bmurgic]

These videos are so high quality!

[@asiankid107]

This is the best condensed review on this switch. Thank you so much for making note of the spring whine on the GP's. I was debating on whether or not to get aftermarket springs for when the GP's start shipping and your video helped a lot.

[@Lam]

After shopping around for keyboard reviews I think I enjoy your style the most. Keep em coming.

[@JeffsBattlestation]

Probably the best, most informative, detailed, comparison panda video I’ve seen. Awesome job! You earned a sub my guy.

[@JRskatrPvP]

Same!!

[@Chinmoku_No_Te]

Absolutely I'm right there with ya!!!

[@CommanderVinegar]

Wow really high production quality on this video. Hope to see your channel grow.

[@_madpanda]

this review is lowkey yet easy to understand and appreciate. thanks man!

[@ahmetc4015]

your production quality is really nice, first video I've watched keep up the good work :)

[@TheSora1326]

liked just because of the sick animations in the intro, the work you put into this vid shows!

[@heresey]

That rendering of the switch exploded with the textures! Amazing.

[@walkerstandard2373]

Your production quality is consistently amazing! You are certainly raising the bar for other creators, keep up the great work.

[@Hardstuckbronze69]

my glorious pandas arrived yesterday, and after lubing i got no coil whine from the springs. not just gotta wait till March/April when all by Group buys ship....

[@JTTR]

Nice! What else are you waiting on?

[@KryoNaut]

you mean spring ping. Coil whine is an entirely different issue for GPUs

[@suprenormal]

do you get any ping/ticking noise from the leaf?

[@cogspace]

"Coil whine" refers to a type of electrical noise produced by coils, most commonly observed in power supplies. It has nothing to do with keyboards.

[@KryoNaut]

@@cogspace Most commonly noticed in GPU's though as it's more apparent

[@rlilac643]

Dude, the production quality is amazing! This guy needs more subs, the mechanical keyboard hobby in the real world is small, but once you fall in this community, you are stuck here forever...

[@mrwwwebs]

just stumbled upon the channel and can't agree more. Great stuff, this dude is quality!!

[@whollymindless]

Photography is top notch.

[@joshvander4158]

I just finished lubing all of my glorious pandas and it helps that whine out so much. Night and day difference

[@faiqsyahbani]

what lube u using? and do you lube the stem legs?

[@joshvander4158]

@@faiqsyahbani i'm using the g lube from glorious. figured i'd give it a try with the switches. and no i avoided the legs.

[@Zambumon]

Love your videos, I can see a little bit of Daniel Schiffer in here :D

[@JTTR]

Thanks! I was surprised to see you comment. Funny enough, I'm planning on experimenting with a themed build video that revolves around one of your collab keycaps.

[@MTVENGE]

SENPAI NOTICED UWU.GIF

[@scry1888]

ahh yes. Twi of my most expensive hobbies

[@diags_1109]

the man the myth the legend himself Zambumon

[@foureight84]

Yea there's a small difference but the price and availability is a huge factor. I don't really trust buying from Drop anymore.

[@Tferrao]

Why not? I also had a recent bad experience but please share your opinion on their hp

[@nicholasm8946]

@@Tferrao Drop takes really long to ship and they dont reply to emails most of the time. I like their keyboards tho.

[@shrillyy1604]

@@nicholasm8946 taking while too ship is true but almost everything is free shipping and the date that they give you is about a week later that when they do ship, atleast thats my experience. but i have heard some bad and shady things but your unlikely to have that happen to you

[@andrewchao9164]

@@shrillyy1604 yeah some people have good experiences but the problem is their shady business practices. there's been so many lies and so much controversy. plus, sometimes when you order it just never shows up.

[@nemtudom5074]

Yea, screw drop

[@franical]

Production and total review is good. Its like youre a million subbed pro right out the gate. Subbed for sure

[@koen._.]

7:30 you should do this test horizontally :)

[@chefmessy971]

This is my first time watching your content. Great stuff. Keep it up!

[@EditsKeybaoord]

Such a underrated channel keep it up!

[@hanss9384]

You know it’s a good KZbinr when you get the option to use 2160p 😳

[@icicily9087]

When you get the option but not the non-buffering video...

[@koyonari1843]

When I do not get the option cos I watch on 720p budget phone

[@diags_1109]

lol, why did you not say 4k lmao

[@devilmayclarify666]

Is that really how you want to measure the quality of KZbinrs?

[@JayzBeerz]

Great video but I went with the Glorious Panda's due to price and availability. Also almost all switches sound good when lubed. Great video and thank you.

[@SeriosSkies92]

Shhh dont say it out loud, the community will unalive you.

[@Jordan-ug7yk]

Incredible content and information. Deserve way more subs. Keep it up!!

[@off7131]

I love glorious products, I've used almost every gaming companies products asides final mouse and glorious has easily been the best for me.

[@brianisaac1804]

100% agree.

[@_________________142]

agreed

[@piratesna7424]

Fax

[@bamse5930]

Finalmouse is the best.

[@marknqx]

loved the video. good job!

[@SmartFool24]

Brief stint in mech kb’s just turned into turning the custom mech market upside down with the GMMK Pro. Cya satisfaction!

[@hjkich2846]

very nice video thanks for the upload

[@JinYuenLing]

Hey man, just wanted to say that I love the content of your channel - that is all. :)

[@pyaanda]

So if I get Drop Halo stems and put them in a Yok Trash Panda Housing, then I will get a very close experience to a V1 Holy Panda switch?

[@bagel9216]

Incredible video quality!

[@voqzmk2]

Are Glorious Pandas smoother than Gateron Browns? I feel a scratch and sometimes hear a weird pinging noise on my Gateron Browns and I don't know if it's worth it switching to pre-lubed Glorious Pandas. The Keyboard is a Keychron K6 (Hot Swappable)

[@Dooneh]

Which keyboards can I use these on? I am just getting into keyboards so I still don't really know much.

[@ee1yd]

whatever one you want

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Are you sure you didn't reverse the switches/labels when you did the lubed vs unlubed test at 14:20? I could swear the ping on the lubed was worse. That seems counterintuitive to say the least. Great video though of course.

[@cavralPH]

A problem with the GP's is the pinging noise. The lubed ones just made the pinging more distinct because there's no more scratch noise to mask it. But I think the pinging goes away after a while. I've been using it for half a month now, and the pinging is less audible than before.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

@@cavralPH Cool. Thanks. Pinging is the one thing I can't stand with switches.

[@virtual6438]

Your video quality is insane

[@iitz_exo]

My mechanical keyboard, KRGD black switch with 80 g force needed. The spacebar contains a little bit of rattling. What does JTTR recommend me to do? Spray lubing or by using Krytox 205g0. I really hope you can answer me. Or anyone out there who are willing to help. Plus I have problem removing the spacebar keycap from my keyboard

[@EbenezerScroogeMcDuck]

a few questions: 1 - Can these switches go into a Thermaltake Level 20 keyboard? 2 - Does anyone sell these switches with the actual halo stems (and lubed)?

[@cataca91]

i had gateron clear for a whileand then switched to glorious pandas, and i gotta tell you that the tolerances on those switches are better everything fits tighter, which helps alot with the sound they produce

[@piratesna7424]

Can I put this in a gk61?

[@heresey]

The bag that the actual switches are in inside the box is larger than it needs to be, thicker than it needs to be, and reusable. Love me some reusable packaging.

[@alistairblaire6001]

Is the high pitched ping sound when lubed the spring or the leaf? Great review

[@klackin4205]

Which one would you think is better, holy pandas pr glorious pandas?

[@tubyornottuby9]

Great Video!

[@eliherring9025]

Bought some like a month ago can't wait for them to come in.

[@Thyassasin99]

did you get round 1 or round 2? I bought round 2 and there have been no updates

[@eliherring9025]

@@Thyassasin99 I think I got round two. No updates on my end either.

[@Thyassasin99]

@@eliherring9025 ahhhhh this is so frustrating. My local store has GPs in stock already and people are getting them and here i am, bought them early and somehow getting punished for it

[@eliherring9025]

@@Thyassasin99 yeah it really is

[@daBABIS]

What do YOU like better, the Holy Pandas V2 or the Glorious Pandas?

[@JTTR]

Between those two, I prefer the GP atm.

[@grahamloweandreae]

Does anyone know whether or not this will work with a cherry mx keyswitch disassembly tool?

[@JTTR]

That's what I used to take mine apart.

[@Ther1cemaker]

hmm, am I the only one still hearing the ticking even after lubing? I'm guessing it's the leafs making the noise :/ great product for people getting into the hobby at an affordable price but I don't see myself using this cuz of that leaf noise, but great review tho!

[@JTTR]

So when I swap the spring from my lubed YOK spring into the Glorious, the Glorious ends up sounding very similar to how the YOK did. When I move the lubed Glorious spring into the YOK, I still hear the whine. I'm thinking that lube alone isn't enough to cover the spring whine and if you find a suitable replacement for the Glorious spring, you'd be set.

[@Ther1cemaker]

@@JTTR well i've seen Taeha's stream where multiple switches were having "ticking" noise issues from the actuation leafs within, even after lubing, but maybe because it was pre-production units? (don't quote me on it cuz my memory is hazy from that stream) but I still like the affordability that these switches offer and competition to clones like Dark Jade switches, unfortunately idk where I can get these switches cuz I haven't seen proxy sites in Korea selling these, I love the detail in-depth breakdowns you do, very difficult to shoot I'm sure!

[@jamboards5771]

yeahhh my glorious pandas even after lubing and even switching springs still had a leaf tick. got louder over time as well

[@Exiarc]

@@jamboards5771 I don't have Glorious Pandas but my Zealios V1 had some leaf ping/tick and the solution I found was adding a little bit of thick lube like Krytox 205 to the back of the leaf where the bump is. YMMV.

[@DamnAwesome]

such a good and high quality video :D

[@Pauwzzz]

those springs are LOUD; but also how do these compare to the holy panda POM edition by deskhero?

[@JTTR]

Not sure, by the time I saw the group buy for that, it was already over :c.

[@truelife13]

JTTR same :(

[@katherine-oh3rt]

you going to check out the kbd67 lite?

[@dhoffnun]

Best video on the subject I've seen - excellent.

[@thunderarch5951]

Might be a weird question, but do you know by any chance if the pins are wider than the ones of an outemu switch? My keyboard is hot swappable but since it has outemu switches, the pins and the holes are actually thinner than a classic mx like switch

[@Diinzie]

I know this was from 11 months ago buuuut if you never ended up finding out / for people coming across this: outemu hotswap is incompatible with other regular mx style switches; outemu hotswap is only hotswappable with outemu switches

[@roguemyst1244]

Great vid! I do believe that you can actually blindly tell between the switches by feel, but if I were doing that, I would cheat and feel for the sunk-in verses raised logo from the top housing to distinguish between the two rather than feeling the actual stem actuation lol

[@JTTR]

Damn, that is a great point. Sometimes you get so deep into making a video so you don't think about little details like that. Well, I hope from the video you could tell I went straight to actuating the stem and even got a bit confused on the last two switch. If I ever do this again, I'll cover what I need to with blue tack.

[@vinciiiii5484]

damn.i hope this didn't flop.and also the shake and bake portion is funny

[@squidfeet7278]

SUCH A WELL MADE VIDEO THANK U!!!!

[@s1nonnn589]

Is it good as a stock?.. im still a newbie and too afraid to lube my switches

[@mfThump]

Damn nice visuals, dude!

[@AyoRizOfficial]

is this good for gaming? and can i use this with anne pro 2?

[@hithereperson8137]

How do these compare to novelkey creams?

[@TheREalBobloc]

Just letting you guys know, the holy pandas are back in stock 👍

[@arnodlua]

What mic are you using? Crystal clear! Anyway, i have some of the older versions of the holy pandas... the sound is not consistent - lubed and unlubed. Very very disappointing considering i bought at USD 1.3 per switch. I had to make 2 batches instead of one consistent pool

[@tuttah]

Quality content! im subbed, any recommendtions for a wireless hotswap keyboard that'll take these plate mounted switches?

[@JTTR]

Thanks! What's your budget? There are a lot of options.

[@tuttah]

​@@JTTR About 75-125 USD (maybe more). Im also in Canada as well so the more cost-friendly the better. If they made the NK65's in wireless I definitely would've purchased one.

[@miyo2404]

@@tuttah keycool84 ?

[@aaronsquire7857]

Your video quality is that of a channel with 100x the subs.

[@reflex191]

I have the Drop V2 Pandas and I think the springs have been giving me strange sounds/travel when using them. What replacement springs would you recommend that would retain the same feel but are just higher quality?

[@JTTR]

TBH, I don't have recent experience so I don't want to steer you in the wrong direction. I've used SPRiT in the past but I currently don't have any on hand to test.

[@Fightagainstheright]

Dude this video is AWESOME!! You blew my video out of the water!! #goals

[@RaptorN60]

Nice review as always! But I mean, why not buy T1s or any other holy-panda-like switches?

[@emerrinsytchannel1214]

Yeah, T1's/Koalas are infinitely better value

[@JTTR]

I actually got a set of T1 and Koalas and so far, I'm really liking the T1s. Thinking about doing a review of these some time in the future. I got some Kiwis as well which uses T1 stems and they are quite nice as well. As for why not T1s and other switches like it, my guess is the method of buying becomes a factor. Some people find Aliexpress intimidating so they would rather purchase from a brand that they recognize.

[@Le7deh]

Best thing I've done with my glorious pandas was lubing the tops and the bottom of the springs liberally

[@Xayr]

dude i love your shirt, cool video too!

[@AstaginaProject]

great video!

[@MrRMSR]

Loved the video. Detailed and clear as always. Do you feel like the yok is less heavy than the drop pandas? I've been thinking of getting yok because the drop 67g feels a bit heavy.

[@travdump209]

YOK uses 60g springs - but if you already have DROP pandas, why not just buy some springs and swap them?

[@JTTR]

As Patrick mentioned, the spring of the Trash Pandas were advertised as 50g actuation and 60g bottom out. Unfortunately I don't have a way to generate a full force graph but I did try the nickel test to see at what weight the Yok and Glorious would over come the bump and actuate. You would think the Yok Holy Trash Panda would require less nickels but both switches triggered after 12 nickels so approx 60-65g. I think Patrick suggestion with swapping out springs makes the most sense. *Nickel test Stack US 5 cent nickels which are 5g each on top of a switch to determine peak force. IIRC, ripster55 is the one that came up with it.

[@ghoulboards]

imo go for whatever you want and then swap springs

[@bmaulanasdf]

Cheaper than the Holy Pandas, but still a bit much imo (since you need 3 packs for a full tkl keyboard). How does this compare to Box Royals or T1s?

[@JTTR]

Of the two you mentioned, I like the T1s more. They're very close to the Pandas but since the stem is shorter you don't get the thock. Not good or bad, just different. The box royals tactility feels much sharper/shorter compared to the other two.

[@bmaulanasdf]

@@JTTR ​Thank you! Is there anything else you like at the ~0.5$/switch range?

[@guidoserrano2629]

Zealios v2 or GPs?

[@JTTR]

Right now, I prefer the bump on the GP and other Holy Panda variants.

[@Tonkeyri]

In my opinion, Bump rank Yok >= Glorious > Drop Sound(Considering leaf sound, bottom sound, ...) rank Drop > Glorious >= Yok

[@michaelargueta7496]

Hopefully they fix the leaf ping. Not worth it in my opinion until that's fixed. Some switches have it worse than others

[@crumbsiscool5766]

Can't believe he rounded the price up.

[@toast2401]

XD 0.69

[@ronstar7027]

These sound tests on youtube all sound the same to me. I think the only thing that matters is the FEEL of keys. That being said, I like the ones I have.

[@weatheringwithme5584]

I wonder if I shoulda got this instead of jwk opblack

[@JTTR]

How do you like the jwk?

[@weatheringwithme5584]

@@JTTR i didnt get them yet, they're going to arrive around christmas

[@oraxge]

great video

[@Os_E_L]

Drop pandas seem like they are slightly beter made since glorious looks like they use cheaper manufacturing processes to mass produce the switches easier, but a small imperfection isnt going to make a difference, and when the price is that much lower than drop pandas, glorious pandas might be the way to go for most people.

[@Yo-Geo]

Yo that b roll is fire!

[@Julesx]

How dis man only have 6.5k subs smh..

[@8bitsamurai6]

Glorious def a company that knows how to listen to feed back. Wanna try these. But jwk are my favs atm.

[@katsuchansu1951]

Maybe show us the unboxing while you're explaining how it was packed? Showing the box itself over and over doesn't really do much

[@SubterraneanChick]

Boys love drama. Hop on the bus, Gus. No need to be coy, Roy. Make that 6th trip of the week to Microcenter worthwhile

[@Lemminjoose]

I love all the people in the comments ranking the switches when they probably don't own any and certainly haven't used the glorious ones yet.

[@pastafazool1984]

oh nice, glad i made yok holy panda's...sitting in my alt, my tofu60 and glorious compact using glorious panda all lubed, cant stop buying keyboards......

[@notesscrotes4360]

Cool Z'Gok shirt.

[@seba.4926]

i want to get glorious products, but because i live in belgium i always need to pay a shit ton for import fees. had that happen with my matrix cotton candy keycaps, ended up paying 111 dollars for 45 dollar keycaps

[@fried_out]

Caseking.de is an authorized Glorious retailer in Europe. Thats where I got mine from as well. No import fees or customs.

[@InconsistentContent]

Check out gamegear, they are a EU retailer

[@nacorda]

you compared the tactile bump to zealios; between the zealios and the glorious panda, which do you personally prefer and why?

[@jetpacking1]

how about you put that Glorious Panda stem inside the YOK Holy Trash Panda and see how it goes.

[@jacksmile6669]

god damn, those 3d models are so fucking good

[@sabergoli3518]

holy moly this build sounds so bad it sounds like a retail board, did you lube it?

[@zackhenson5173]

He said they arent holy pandas, but at the very beginning, the box says holy

[@drunkntigr]

Good audio. No pandas for me then. Sticking to healios or cherry mx

[@8bitsamurai6]

I really wish you could buy some of the more available parts in local stores. I think there could be a market at a particular store I'm thinking of. If I was them I'd be making moves.

[@WilliamAPBodie]

glorious holy bla bla !!! i got a Buckling Spring Keyboard. that is a real legend ;-)

[@JTTR]

Haha, you can't go wrong with a classic. I should take mine out of storage.

[@WilliamAPBodie]

@@JTTR yeah but i only got unicomp model m. ibm model m cost to much :-( hehehe :-)

[@AKD-le2kb]

8:22

[@JSMCPN]

The stem isn't even the main ingredient, it's the leaf, which matters much more to tactility than the housing. Put that Halo stem in the wrong housing and there's nothing holy about it at all.

[@jasonreviews]

But people lube and film them. So it would be a different sound to begin with.

[@fofopho]

Dope.

[@lilrowbear]

The people mad about Glorious wanting to trademark the Holy Panda name are dumb. Some other company who doesn’t give a shit will just trademark it now and it’ll be much worse.

[@JTTR]

I think I saw on reddit Drop ended up filing for the tm.

[@brianmaglalang9409]

i have Yok and its the best

[@xxxxzachxxxxx]

Got two sets in the mail with original “holy panda” branding. They actually aren’t my cup of tea. Now to sell them on eBay 😂

[@JTTR]

What are you going to try next?

[@xxxxzachxxxxx]

@@JTTR I have some Zilents right now that I’m loving. Honestly they are the reason I am going to pass on the holy pandas. At least on my Drop Alt, the holy pandas created a case ping that I found very unpleasant.