I want this on ALL of my keyboards now! - Epomaker Shadow-X

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - The Intro
0:12 - The Unboxing
1:13 - The Size
1:42 - The Feet
2:21 - The Weight
2:33 - The Connections
3:31 - The Software
4:47 - The Promise
4:56 - The RGB
5:03 - The Complaint
5:35 - The Typing
5:53 - The Fastest Hands in the West (?)
6:10 - The Typing Pt. 2
6:46 - The Price
7:02 - The End

[@RustyBrakes]

Imagine if it was something useful like a fingerprint sensor for Windows Hello?

[@pazdikan]

Especially if more apps decide to start using keypasses, the only option now is to buy an impractical external fingerprint scanner. I'd love to see fingerprint sensors in good mechanical keyboards!

[@lorensims4846]

I'm loving that functionality on my MacBook Air. Jes sayin'…

[@swirlofsilliness]

​@@pazdikanor even support for using our android phone fingerprint scanners for Hello

[@MarcSpctr]

​@@swirlofsilliness It used to allow Samsung Phones' Fingerprint Sensor to be used for that purpose but then Microsoft changed stuff and removed the support.

[@MarcSpctr]

​@@lorensims4846 last time I checked even Windows laptops have them. MECHANICAL KEYBOARDS is the point of discussion here not LAPTOPS.

[@thebreatho]

I can't believe that knob is not for volume, that kills it for me

[@TroublesomeOwl]

yeah, that just killed the sale for me, i was about to pull the trigger

[@jan-Juta]

I imagine it's programmable

[@ChillKG]

I have th80 pro from epomaker The software lets you program it

[@PHIplaytesting]

@@jan-Juta Watch when he turns it; it looks like it clicks to about 5 different stopping points.

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

It also doesn't have media controls, I use those so much on my keyboard I don't think I could move away from that

[@vincevanalphen]

4:31 It's GIFS not GIFS

[@Lucromick13]

He pronounced it right. The creator of it named it after his favorite peanut butter jiff

[@jasonh4534]

Back like 10 years ago or so, there was a keyboard where every key was a small OLED… Expensive as heck though.

[@1337Atreyu]

The Optimus. Wanted that thing so bad. And I remember it from the early 2000s. Like 2004 or something.

[@jasonh4534]

@@1337Atreyu I was thinking around the 2010 time frame… But that’s the one.

[@Okusar]

The Optimus Maximus by Art. Lebedev Studio. Extremely cool, but extremely expensive and limited.

[@cybertonto72]

Always thought that by now we would have at least the F-row keys as OLED keys. I remember seeing that keyboard and thinking I don't want those keys as my WASD keys but I would love them for a macro pad

[@sadmanh0]

Razer had a laptop, and keyboard too I think, where the macro keys had OLED displays in them.

[@KinGlamour]

I hate keyboards without the F row, I use those function alot

[@LOKO22Bach]

I don't do shit and I use them too, not all of them but I use them at least five times per boot, I don't think I would be able to replace them with macros since all of them do different things (depending on the program running)

[@profosist]

@@LOKO22Bach you just press the fn key as your pressing it

[@LOKO22Bach]

@@profosist the inconvenience adds up when you have to use other modifiers at the same time

[@profosist]

@@LOKO22Bach luckily as it turns out humans have many fingers

[@operatorlink]

​@@profosisthands not big enough to simultaneously press the fn and number keys to toggle f keys with 1 hands. I set macros on my f keys to do shit

[@BenjaminWagener]

I would like to have fingerprint readers on all of my keyboards.

[@dfjab]

yeah that'd be great, doing it securely is another matter though.

[@xpodx]

​@dfjab what do you mean, your the only one with your fingerprint.

[@royk7712]

@@ImproveConditions not everyone is omniscient about encryption man

[@AndyJMacLeod]

I have Apple Magic keyboards, and I love the fingerprint sensors. No more typing in usernames, emails and passwords!

[@Jj82op]

This 70% layout looks very weird, I guess it's just not common. I'm sure it does fit for a specific kind of person. Oh really reasonable price too.

[@jagdteaguer]

No one needs anything more than a 50% imo, learn layers and save time

[@lbgstzockt8493]

Just add the buttons and save even more time. Just buy a bigger desk.@@jagdteaguer

[@Nightykk]

Add a Fn button, and just get rid of 50% of the keys, let every single one have a double function. Just git gut.

[@jivewig]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@jagdteaguerexactly! Keyboards should just have one key. The input can be registered by clicking the key as many times as the ascii value of the character you’re trying to type.

[@zeciby]

@@jagdteaguer mmmm when it comes to gaming I am 100% with you there! But as someone that uses for example blender a numpad isnt really something I can not have since its used for navigation.

[@gakuyax]

Function and print screen keys are a must imo. Also i dont see the use of that tiny screen when i have a bigger screen called the monitor.

[@88porpoise]

Kind of disappointing that they didn't even go into its capabilities. Is it just limited to a picture.or a gif or something? In which case it is just a novelty. I could see it having a niche practical benefit if you can feed it CPU/GPU usage/temps, have it pop up email or teams notifications or things like that when you just don't want it as in your face or using up screen real estate.

[@mastrer1000]

I really don't understand why you would not fill those massive bezels with more keys

[@mexibobor]

also does the keyboard support anti ghosting or not? For such a gaming focused channel I waited until they mention it, but they didnt..

[@88porpoise]

@@mastrer1000 Presumably those bezels are there to contain something.

[@aikeduke]

Also there's a PGDN key, but no PGUP. and i hate that

[@Sizukun1]

I'm confused, is the little screen to have a tiny little piece of digital art on the keyboard at all times? What is it even for again?

[@OptimusPrime420s]

I still use the Logitech G19. The screen feature was amazing, though through the dropped support, today its a bit lacking. Back in the day it was amazing. You could play KZbin Videos on it or put stuff like timers or photos. It could also display CPU usage natively. Had it been further developed, today this would be the most useful tool for PCs.

[@--_DJ_--]

One thing I learned this week using a tiny borrowed laptop at work for some "programming" is that I hate tiny (less than full) keyboards. I have wondered if I could live without my numpad, the answer to that is a resounding no.

[@profosist]

just gotta get good ;)

[@igoresque]

Separate numpad is good

[@NeoAcheron]

Numpad and a damn page up key, ever tried using a terminal without those?!

[@--_DJ_--]

@@NeoAcheron Other than delete, I rarely touch those 6 keys.

[@jordanb6025]

@@--_DJ_-- how do you live as a programmer never touching home or end

[@ansems3309]

I never understood this: Professional and 70%? I need the numpad. I can't work without the numpad.

[@neruwu]

That and no function keys either. Makes this completely useless imo

[@chutcentral]

​@femboy_nero Yeah, completely useless. Not like you can type with it or anything.

[@MST3.5]

I m architect with 65% keyboard. I m already used to no numpad already

[@neruwu]

@@chutcentral for me that's like looking at a car without a steering wheel saying "well you can technically still drive the car tho"

[@danielqiu7812]

Good news! Not everyone does the kind of work you do where a numpad is useful.

[@ELCrisler]

I want my Function keys for gaming. Of all the features you thing keyboards need, a silly image screen seems like one that is really not needed. Someone noted a better idea below, how about a biometric sensor.

[@BlastKast]

I've been aching for another keeb video. Great vid guys.

[@_Doskii]

Would have been nice if you looked more at the software and what the screen can do.

[@redavatar]

Yes I have absolutely no idea what that screen is for other than being a gimmick. Can you make it display system info?

[@sunjames3276]

they dont have time for that

[@redavatar]

@@sunjames3276 Really? The screenshot AND the title are all about the LCD screen, it makes people click on it to discover what it does AND THEN THEY DON'T EVEN EXPLAIN? You can't say they have no time for that after they do all this! Also didn't they say they'd improve the depth of unboxings on ShortCircuit a while back after criticism of doing exactly this? It's getting to a point where these ShortCircuits only repeat specs you can find on a product page and little else of note.

[@squidwardo7074]

@@redavatar thats the whole theme of this channel. showing gimmicky shit that serves no real purpose

[@sbalget]

But what is the point of having a static screen there? Im never gonna look there, it would make way more sense if it could tell me system diagnostics or something. And why not make that a volume knob and have a separate switch for the different modes on the back? Nothing about this keyboard makes sense to me

[@kayonesoft]

Good ol Jraphics Interchange Format

[@baundiesel]

Why does he say GIFs wrong? Is it a Canadian thing?

[@duheful]

Plouffe, we need a keyboard roundup of your favorite keyboard at different price points (maybe every $100)

[@falrexion7709]

Logitech g19 had a screen and it's probably my favourite non-mechanical keyboard, though I wish they'd done a version with the extra keys on a separate pad so you could move them around/remove them

[@fyzxnerd]

What's the purpose of the tiny screen? I'm too 5 head to get the use case?

[@HolybasilYT]

Nevermind about the keyboard. Did he really just call a gif for a jif?

[@lescarneiro]

@UnjustifiedRecs It's the season of jifting after all, I look forward to all my jifts at tree as well.

[@ben.harnwell]

I know the 'inventor' tries to tell us this, but it stands for Graphic Interchange Format I don't say Jraphics ... @UnjustifiedRecs

[@handymandy7326]

That was one of the shortest review video's I have ever watched from this channel

[@ZumZumZarum]

With those thick bezels, they might have included the F row

[@Triflixfilms]

After the $1800 desk, I was surprised that this is reasonably priced. Good for them!

[@xpodx]

😂 Right? I'd rather have a 4090 ha

[@SlovakLegend]

if they had a full (I dont know if they do) I'd maybe look into it.... I like the sound of the switches

[@burger-enjoyer]

Really nice that you can upload Jifs.

[@popuptoaster]

I have a Mountain keyboard, that has 4 little screens on the detachable number pad and one on a detachable thingy that fits on the top.

[@touma-san91]

And you can buy Mountain DisplayPad to it that has 12 more screens.

[@TBonerism]

With outer bezels that large and a target that includes professionals, there needs to be a Function Key row at the top. move stuff down to make room for it at the top

[@Sonic6293]

That's crazy that I guessed your WPM on the money. The knob not doing volume is a bummer, but that screen is neat. And the price is great.(Cheaper than my K12 Pro, but I like QMK too much)

[@ZacChilds]

What is the point of that screen? Yeah, you can put a linus face on it, but I can't think of any way it would ever be useful.

[@blzt3206]

can the display run a digital keyboard tho

[@yuricorrea2491]

I bought a Langtuo LT-104 for the screen and knob (the knob is programmable). I'd advise you guys to take a look at it.

[@o0o00000ooo0o]

Yay! my comment got noticed! xD Love your videos Plouffe! Also I'd love to see a speed trial where we actually get to see how fast you can type in perfect conditions (Maybe there is something like that somewhere that I've missed)

[@Rosie2009ify]

That's a great price I was expecting a lot more expensive tbh

[@jntrcs]

A sponsored short circuit vs a non sponsored short circuit is like the difference between Gordon Ramsey vs Mary Berry judging your cooking

[@vaodinYT]

Very nice sound for a stock keyboard. Nothing could get me off my wooting tho it's just too good for gaming

[@lukogs]

IF the keyboard / mouse had fingerprint sensor, will the computer take it as inbuilt peripheral like in the laptop or it will be added as external peripheral?

[@FrozenFingers]

Could you make a video for really dirty environments, that are either really easy to clean while being low maintenance or that prevents food or other particulates from entering?

[@swordman512]

i've been wanting a successor for the original blue logitech g15 for over 10 years now, the orange g15 v2 i got after i spiiled soda on the g15 and it made the play/pause controls at the screen stick, i didnt gel with it and just went back to using the g15 until it stopped working entirely, after that I got my first mechanical and i've been missing media/volume controls alot since then, but i'm never going back to a membrane board.

[@nelsing1978]

I used to love my Logitech G19 and wanted to get something like it that is mechanical. But i have not really seen anything in a long time. I also want it to be full-size because i really want the numpad.

[@xpertvis]

Dude has probably giant wide screen monitor on his desk, maybe two. But he definitely needs another tiny screen on all of his keyboards... No doubt about that.

[@kyjo72682]

You don't need a monitor if you already have one built into your keyboard.

[@fenice319]

I don't like having a knob which stands out that much but doesn't have that much use, especially if won't move it around. It would be nice as to change volume. The price is great tho, I was expecting it to be like 150

[@nit-Inundate]

Very useful when switching between volume>rotate>zoom>brush size>panning etc. in media creation though!

[@kyjo72682]

@@nit-Inundate You know what's even more usefull? A *PgUp* key.

[@cormoran2303]

I still miss my old Logitech G15 with LCD display at the top where it's actually useful.

[@w0nd3rlu573r]

This keyboard sounds awesome!

[@matthiasredler5760]

Please review this old IBM Keyboard with the 122 buttons 😅

[@arnoldjoseph9369]

are there any full keyboards?

[@faeriehacker]

do you know how to switch to mac mode from bluetooth setting?

[@309electronics5]

Would be nice if the firmware was opensource and the keyboard had a rp2040 for the display. If they maks everything opensource it allows awesome programmers/devs to program their own functions on the display or use the display to run doom

[@companyoflosers]

what exactly is the utility of the display other than just displaying pictures? they didnt really go over that much...

[@kevinryan2992]

Those bezels are enormous, it doesn't look any smaller than my 80%

[@trbdann2]

I thought Plouffe already owned a display

[@sety409]

Slinging more boards with that beanie i see. well quipped for the job.

[@AminAramoon]

you forgot to bring up your QD-OLED gaming monitor

[@f4u5t00]

Where is the PGUP key?

[@mechpilotace123]

Very interesting that the screen keyboard thing never caught on in the Logitech G19 days, but every new keyboard comes out with a screen on it these days. Also the G19 was one of the first Linus videos I saw back in the day.

[@Donnirononon]

I used to mod G19's by removing everything but the screen and adding physical Buttons as well as a 3d printed case. Basically a little screen with 12 macro keys. Sadly the LGS software is so godawful that I gave in and bought a Beada Panel and tbh I would never want to look back. Still have like 3 G19's in the basement and two Modded ones flying around. It is a great product but if one part of it is unuseable or damage the other one will be missed just too much. When it is seperated, you keep the display and get a new KB when you feel like it.

[@AnomieDomine]

Very interesting that the feature never caught on in the past, but now every keyboard in the future comes with the same feature from the past.

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

Royal Kludge makes a 87% keyboard with almost identical layout, but the screen is just black and white that shows just battery percentage, macOS/windows mode, and which device to select to when you’re switching between cable/BT/2.4ghz And that keyboard has volume controls with the knob in addition to switch devices

[@WrongPixel]

quick question...are are jifs?

[@ArifKamaruzaman]

What's a jif? Jraphic Interchange Format?

[@marshallstakkk]

So, to clear this up; Is there no options for volume/mute on this keeb??

[@Vending_Mecha]

If you love this, you'll love fluxkeyboard even more. Cant wait to purchase it

[@DamnAwesome]

If Plouffe really likes displays on keyboards, he should get the Zoom75!

[@brodylockwood14]

How does this compare to the Epomaker rt100 in terms of typing quality? The rt100 is $60 more expensive in my country but comes with sea salt silent switches. Not sure what I should get.

[@craftercis]

Just wait till plouffe tries the FLUX keyboard

[@murphygg]

I've got an TH66 & I love the build quality for the price point

[@joonglegamer9898]

Lets put a random stamp-sized screen somewhere randomly on a mechanical keyboard, and also, wouldn't it be neat if you had a volume knob the size of a washing machines dial? Lets gooo!

[@K-o-R]

They killed the PgUp key for something that could have been a side slide switch...

[@marshmi4672]

What program was that for the typing test thing?

[@Razor2048]

I wish they would make something more like the Logitech G510s even though it is a basic monochrome LCD, it is far more useful than that tiny color LCD display.

[@MeIIIo4er9712]

Would love to see an hhkb studio unboxing/review

[@--Josh--]

I'm clearly missing something here, but where is the Page Up key? I'm all for a compact layout, but I've never seen a keyboard with a Page Down but no Page Up.

[@batt3ryac1d]

My keyboard has a little black and white OLED panel that is pretty much completely useless I have a little cat gif on it. I love it.

[@yeahBradley]

Is the knob in place of the print screen button?

[@chaver28]

i love having a full keyboard with numpad, its so good for productivity... also he called it a JIF!!!

[@opti_icecream]

why have a mini display added to the keyboard when you can have the whole keyboard be a display with the Flux Keyboard (not out yet)

[@zata3834]

4:30 bro really said jifs 💀

[@Modelero]

Don't you love when screw aren't hidden under rubber feets

[@sheldonpetrie3706]

Now I can finally watch Oppenheimer in the way Nolan intended

[@jGRite]

With all that chin space they could have threw the knob further up and to the right so it can have a page up button. Page up button is important, insert however.....

[@marcmorrison341]

i need an entire video explaining alot of stuff, 47g actuation?

[@ravenescu]

i liked his hoodie hey Plouffe, where did u get that hoodie from?

[@swirlofsilliness]

Now we need a keyboard with a stream deck, finger print scanner, a display, and maybe even speakers???

[@danieljclouthiergmai]

An old game called 'the typing of the dead' would love to see the differences score on diff keyboards.

[@marcusthegamer348]

Gotta love keyboard nerds inventing their own ways to describe the way a switch feels, ah yes, a very creamy switch indeed Plouffe

[@thehorsefromGOTs8]

Sacrificing PG UP for a knob is pretty questionable. pg up, pg dn, and del are essential keys for me, rather they sacked ins, end or home. otherwise not too bad.

[@the_dudeguy]

Whats a jif?

[@ItsDSG]

I quite like the sound of it

[@daponagegoogenburg807]

So what exactly is the screen used for??? I really can’t think of a use case for it, and the only thing shown is a Linus face. Which is great. But I don’t know why it exists if it can only show off a png/jog

[@thor.halsli]

What features can the display show? Fans, cpu, gpus, input delay, audio latency? Managed to talk about everything but the one reason people might buy this

[@krum1987]

I would love to have this EXACT keyboard with only 1 change, put the FN key on the left hand side like all laptops do. I use a Dell for work and it has the page left/right/up and down as functions on the arrow keys. At first I hated it, but now it is hard to go to other keyboards that DON'T do that. I would LOVE to have a keyboard with the FN key on the left, but I CANNOT find one like this. Does anyone know of a keyboard like this with the FN key on the left? (4 keys on the left of the spacebar and the normal 3 on the right of the spacebar) In addition, I would love the keyboard to be programmable in the keyboard itself, so I can implement that key combo without having software to do it. I would pay any amount for that keyboard.

[@Jj82op]

Don't know if I've seen any keyboard like that, but have you considered swapping the Win and Fn keys? It's not such a dramatic change.

[@popuptoaster]

Just swap the function and windows keys in software, if your lucky the keycap may swap too.

[@krum1987]

@@Jj82op I've thought about it, but I use all the keys on the left hand side, I know it would be easy to adapt to, but with the prices for these keyboards, it makes it hard for me wanting to compromise. I really can't figure out why the fn is always on the right hand side... I know swapping it isn't a big deal, I know... But it bothers me for absolutely no reason.

[@MST3.5]

My ciy gas67 keyboard can change left side windows key to Fn key with a switch no need to go into software. And thats just really good thing and never used winkey again always Fn 😂

[@gsestream]

put e-ink displays under every transparent key cap, or on top in each key cap

[@ezgmystic6232]

Just picked up one for 65 they are on sale for amazon prime users couldn't beat it

[@simonnovak]

Weird it's missing the `~ key and all the F keys. Anothing thing i'm not the biggest fan of is how big the bezels are. Making it look super old school. Also I wonder what the Menu button is for? Screen would be cool if it was also a fingerprint reader.

[@IRMacGuyver]

@4:30 you cannot upload peanut butter to a keyboard.

[@djlancematthew]

I bought a mechanical keyboard off of Amazon for $100 that was similar to this. I was able to get it with red switches, and it had the little display on the side with the exact same options. However, the screen that I got on my keyboard wasn’t color. I actually had to complain because the switches that I got were not lubed properly. The seller ended up giving me $50 back so that I could buy what I needed to lube my own switches. I wonder if screens on keyboards is going to be the new thing

[@owlstead]

It took me some time to register that you don't know how to write "lube", especially since the rest of the text seems spot on. Did you possibly dictate the text?

[@djlancematthew]

@@owlsteadtalk to text hates me. 😂

[@tehguitarque]

What are some use cases for having a screen in the keyboard?

[@BigFatCone]

Making Ploeff (spelling?) salivate?

[@lp67O]

A new adverisment strategy for parent company is the main use case

[@squidwardo7074]

It looks "cool"

[@Wombatzone31]

I wished Logitech made a mechanical G19s.... the screen was so useful for keeping an eye on system specs. Now using a Corsair K100, missed the system information screen so much I bought a 3.5inch system monitoring screen.

[@stewiex]

I like it but it could use a number pad. I'd like to use it at my IT job and post reminders on screen. Lol

[@armignac]

Please make a Review of the new Cherry Keyboards. 110 for a full one with any MX switch you want.

[@Sharp_Stone]

And for professionals, where is my F row and numpad!