The NEW QwertyKeys Boards are Here - QK75N... But Should You Care?

[@BobertRads]

This intro has everything: the gatekeeping bro, lube joke, rizz theft combo, vin diesel, s23 moon debacle, regular vs box creams, the sly "get a razer keyboard n00b" type of jab. It's beautiful. I've already listened to this 5 times. Great video as always! edit: great video

[@Keybored]

Haha you got them all! Lol glad someone caught it!

[@BobertRads]

@@Keybored you have the best intros in the game!

[@kickazzdrummer666]

What?! there are gatekeepers in mech kb hobby? that's cute.

[@QoraxAudio]

@@kickazzdrummer666I think basically every hobby has those gatekeepers. At least for high-end audio and mechanical watches (personal experience).

[@teefuq]

@@kickazzdrummer666 so many like, people be angry when others recommending budget options

[@mousepotato581]

Damn, 6 weeks to ship after pre-order period, is awesome! I got the original QK75 and remember waiting months for it.

[@irfansyahmi4134]

It's good to see you back my guy, hope you have a nice day and thanks for quality content as always

[@Keybored]

Thank you for the support!

[@takaagry]

Glad to see you back and nice video as always. Also nice to see innovation in this hobby.

[@Keybored]

Thank you! Good to be back!

[@michaelloveschannel]

Dude I have gone down a rabbit hole of keyboards and someone said you are THE authority on the subject. So I came to check you out, I have been blown away by the level of content, from both a production and a writing perspective. You have also nailed storytelling and hooking in your viewers!! Master class at work here!

[@Keybored]

Thank you! Hope I didn't disappoint!

[@MarbsMusic]

I love the intro skits! I like a deeper sound, maybe all the foam with the PC plate for my personal taste but you definitely gave a enough information to figure that out. Very happy to see new videos again and glad you are getting everything in order after the move!

[@chuckthetrooper]

I honestly prefer the sound profile of the Zoom75, this is a good alternative tho. The colors and finish of the QK seem nicer. Plus those badges!

[@QoraxAudio]

Meh. I prefer the sound of my Odin R3. What's the point? I think this 75N is actually a nicely compact keyboard for a 75 percenter.

[@chuckthetrooper]

@@MrBeeastFan everything that is full of foam tends to sound the same. The real difference is a sound comparison without foam and same switches. Gives a better idea of the case sound profile. Sound is subjective, I was just going off of what mine sounds like and my own preference.

[@KarLArschaffe]

glad you are back! The intro was just next level! :D

[@ImOnMy116]

I’ll never get tired of Fast and Furious Family jokes, especially killed me that you looked at the camera for that, haha! I know I’ve harped on this before, but I think about what’s on offer now for like half the cost of say a Bubble 75 back in the day or equivalent to what we used to pay for a Tofu60/Tofu75. Also so so many more hotswap options now too, truly a gift for newcomers and veterans alike!

[@Keybored]

Haha glad you found it funny! The keyboard scene is changing faster than ever before!

[@QoraxAudio]

I've built my first custom keyboard about half a year ago. I just got a regular kit from KBDfans. I still don't get why people claim it's complicated, you just need to add the correct components to your kit, that's all. It's basically adult legos, just like building a gaming PC or soldering an amplifier kit.

[@Clackbait]

Welcome back homie! So good to see a new review!

[@Keybored]

Thanks bro! Finally after like 3 months!

[@kickazzdrummer666]

That WIND 75 keyb is so beautiful. I can't wait to get mine next year!

[@dalebeefsteak119]

Every time a new keyboard comes out I always worry that I'll regret getting my zoom75, but to me, it still remains the best board you can buy in the sub $500 range.

[@guessit5036]

I am in the same board (no pun intended), except I am still waiting for my batch to ship. I wanted to get OG QK75, but since it was hard to find any both in stock or GB, I went for Zoom75. Don't get me wrong, the board is beautiful, but there are so little decent reviews about it. Like, does it have the same latency as QK or does the glass finish fade away in the long run?

[@Sean-zy1yw]

Huh? Zoom 75 for sub 500? Where u even getting your boards from lmao😂

[@dalebeefsteak119]

@@Sean-zy1yw What's that supposed to mean?

[@Sean-zy1yw]

@@dalebeefsteak119 calling the zoom75 a sub 500 dollar board isnt very accurate when it's closer to 200usd

[@wolf-xf6hf]

⁠@@dalebeefsteak119what the person above me means is that the zoom75 is 100% not the best sub 500 dollar keyboard nor is it the market that zoom is trying to fill. They are trying to market in the 200 dollar ish range of keyboards not the 500 dollar range. If you wanted to get a keyboard for 500 dollars you could get many many many better keyboards. Not shutting on budget boards I personally own an Akko mod 006, qk80, and Neo65 and I love all of them but at the same time I could never claim them to be the best sub 500 dollars keyboards even though the qk80 and Neo65 are comparable in quality to the zoom75

[@ImWillyDS]

Love seeing another keyboard review . . . and the skid Keep doing the great work

[@getalper]

I have a QK75 and replaced my know with a Glorious one. There are zero screws and it works perfectly. Also good color options.

[@chuckthetrooper]

I’d really like you to review this in comparison to the Zoom75 like you did with the 65%.

[@Qahtanite]

Scott's skit game remains unmatched!

[@gerryramosftw]

I'm so glad you're back sir, I'm still hoping for a full review on the jelly evolv hahaha!!

[@Felixisnothappy]

Quality video as always ❤️ I’ve been waiting for your comeback like decades lol

[@k_to_the_b]

Thanks for the review! Miss watching your video.

[@ivan_akbar]

Ayooo! Glad to have you back with the video

[@typothetical]

3:19 i was so disappointed, it looked better with the seal imo and i thought that was the real thing

[@Audi0Surferz]

Welcome back Scott! Excited to see some Korean keyboard content too. :)

[@tictacloved]

great vid as always scott! not a fan of this board but the magnet connector innovation is pretty dang cool, cant wait to see them implement that into more keyboards and cant wait for your next vid as well! cheers!

[@xpinoyxgoodness]

Keep up the 11/10 intros Scott :) Leave the intro ideas to the professional aka Keybored

[@Keybored]

Haha glad it was fun!

[@RoboKeebo]

The intro LOL! love the vids per usual : )

[@ddraganov]

Awesome video and especially the intro!

[@rudivandoornegat2371]

Nice ad, because finally I know where I can go to make my own keyboard. I would make a 4 split spacebar (thumbkeys) and also indexfinger keys between the 5-6, T-Y, G-H, and B-N, 2 between each pair. Many of the keys at the left and right edge would go to the middle, but as programmable and macro keys.. Important is that ? and ? will be separate keys as well as : and :. I think that would be faster than DVORAK etc. layouts. The side will have some space and that I would fill with macro keys.

[@evascroll]

What they need to upgrade is the shipping service! $80 for shipping! I contact them and the replay was only "to bad", i own a tofu65,jiris65,zoom65,choice65,bakeneko65,varmilo65, order a zoom98 and a enter67! And none pass over $40 for shipping! By now i should have the qk65,qk100 and maybe a neo65, but like they say "to bad" but for them, there are so many option rigth now that they are not especial any more!

[@Tampsey]

a little expensive for the average person but very nice keyboard and shop with a lot of options amazing honestly.

[@HubertTheMad]

@0:59, seems like you've given away your secret recipe!

[@mntish]

Cause... family! Fast & Furious 🤣

[@bosenngantor9160]

not a fan of how small knob+1u oled looking together and also that white lining around it, idk it looks kinda cheap I guess? but everything else is looking good tho, I dont find this board is that worthy to try after so many good releases recently, but that magnetic system is fantastic! I'd love to see the future QK boards (or oher maker) applies the same or similar mechanism

[@stephantual]

That intro was brilliant😂 typing this on my p0k3r , when we didn't have rgb and we had charchoal for Christmas. And we were happy!

[@Maknanimous]

I really love the design and turnaround time of this one but it looks like the bottom row layout is limited. I gotta have my 1.5u mods and 7u spacebar. Guess I gotta wait for the next gen QK80. Fantastic video presentation as always.

[@ghost-type]

I think the more accessible the hobby is, the more we'll see quality boards for cheaper. This is only going to make it better.

[@Shini1984]

After reading and listening to a bunch of keyboards all I want is to get my old Logitech g11 keyboard from like two decades ago. It's membrane, it still works, it's pretty convenient. And it's quieter than any of these. Oh, and it cost me a fraction of any mechanical keyboard price.

[@taizzle70]

"Under the moonlight of a galaxy 23 ultra.." HAHAHA

[@AIizs_]

Was wondering but how does the magnets work? I thought it would make the flex in the center non existent but that doesn't seem like the case. Also gimme the gmk frost witch I NEED IT

[@KorsaKing]

I'm curious about this too!

[@qwertykeys2119]

the magnet connector flex as well

[@_ExTitus]

I loved that intro skit.

[@Keybored]

It was fun making it

[@keerthan7558]

5:16 What in the Alabama... ?

[@kallol_kb]

Where can I get that keyboard cable?

[@khieempham]

HE’S BACKK

[@gamingsoups]

damn that purple looks so good

[@zekedgtl]

Epic intro 😂 great work man

[@p.ayebasco6645]

Welcome back Scott!

[@Keybored]

Glad to be back!

[@mnguyenxiv]

Trying to find this info, but no review has it listed. Is the knob replaceable? Does it sit in a cutout, or is it sitting on top of the case and easily replaceable? From emailing QK, they said the knob is 17mm in diameter, so not sure if it can be replaced by aftermarket knobs or not

[@minhquanvu2944]

The only thing i have against this board is the hidious screen-knob cluster. For god's sake does it look like something from a 50$ chinese OEM board, they could had not done that. Also can anyone explain about the Box Cream incident? I know it's nothing like the NK Cream (smoother, box desgin, muted sound) but are there anything more to it?

[@TheCarwinGo]

Genuinely surprised how you learned some slang from the intro 😂 "stirring that ish"

[@GSixFiveFourThreeFourDashTwo]

Anyone know the purple/white keycaps with hiragana on them that scott is using on the qk75n? They look so good but don't seem to be in the description. Edit: Nvm he says it in the video, those are gmk cyl frost witch 2 keycaps :)

[@wolf-xf6hf]

Out of curiosity did you hand lube your Neo white switches or did you just use them stock?

[@Keybored]

Hand lubed!

[@YaBoyJon]

wow, still waiting on my Cycle 7 GB. SHould be coming in Dec

[@zXykos]

HE'S BACK BABYYYY

[@lilianajuarez603]

Hi. Do you know if it includes stabilizers?

[@rhymingbecktionary]

How is the QK software support since this supposedly doesn't support QMK/Via? I've been bummed out for a year because I somehow didn't see your review of the QK75 until a few days after that group buy ended. Now I can't decide whether I want to buy this or wait to see if/when they make another exploded 75% keyboard as they hinted they would in their discord because I prefer an exploded layout.

[@qwertykeys2119]

wait for the preferred layout and save the $ - perhaps you are out of the rabbit hole next year and your money is saved kek

[@teaddict-]

Actually might grab this one, need more 75% keyboards with this layout on the market

[@DJaquithFL]

Not too bad a price considering the $200 QX75N w/carbon fiber essentially a clone of the $320 KBDFans ODIN 75. So the question is what are you gaining or losing for the $120 difference?

[@DJaquithFL]

.. The only things I really don't like about it are the white pin line outline and the tiny screen. I like a screen but that's really a small one.

[@MrElariv]

Hey Scott, glad to have you back! I had a question about the magnet daughter board. Is the PCB allowed to move independently from the daughterboard? If not, what is the point of a daughterboard if they're stuck together beside ESD protection maybe? Won't the flex affect the usb connection?

[@qwertykeys2119]

the db flex on its own too!

[@MrElariv]

@@qwertykeys2119 Oh interesting! Is there a video that shows this in more details? Was also wondering how the contact is maintained if they were moving independently. Thanks for your reply :)

[@Pr0noTrigger]

Dude what hair product do you use? Also, selfishly glad this isn’t too different from my QK75. And I prefer the “exploded” arrow keys. PSS welcome back dawk, the game missed you.

[@Keybored]

Haha hair wax

[@K1LO_]

Did you hand lube the neo switches? Or were those factory lubed?

[@qwertykeys2119]

factory lubed

[@Keybored]

I lubed them again!

[@K1LO_]

@@Keyboredthanks!!

[@JustFluxz]

I want a thocky keyboard similar to the original QK75, any suggestions? If my ears serve me right, this QK75N sounds more on the clacky side of the spectrum. Am I right to say that? I wish I didn't miss the original QK75. I want a poppy thock.

[@Sylarzx]

What was that first keycap set??

[@heynotsopas]

He’s baaaaaaack!

[@JustSomeGuy009]

Once quick swap became a thing and people didn't have to solder, building a keyboard was a simple as legos.

[@lawbinson]

More like an Ikea piece of furniture

[@haydenvogel1908]

Scott that thock build is hella clacky

[@Keybored]

Yeah this board came out backwards... Thick build clacks and clack build thocks lol

[@lauhernsean6179]

These recent boards really make me regret buying my QK65 back then lmao

[@Keybored]

Haha you have the original. The one that started it all

[@lawbinson]

Custom Keebs is basically Ikea

[@dubOZ]

nah, I really like the magnet connectors. cause I agree with the use of daughter boards on anything that flexes, but ribbon cables can be annoying to install sometimes especially if you tinker with the board often. do they plan on running this board again in future?

[@qwertykeys2119]

we'll sell the extra units to keep the availability

[@dubOZ]

@@qwertykeys2119 sweet

[@haydenvogel1908]

Hey I was wondering if you speak fluent Korean? Ever since you said you moved there for work I was wondering how you work in a different county, do they speak English at your job? Either way, I’m really glad to see that you’re back!! Keep up the great work dude

[@Keybored]

I do speak Korean! Not native, but like 80%? Lol. I also use English at work thrown in

[@darkvader37]

Loved the video! Subbed

[@hahahahahaha4665]

I missed you switch review

[@starplatinumrqm]

Great video, hope you find the motivation to make more

[@jinkim8587]

Is Qk75N basically the of Qk75 V2? that was planned? Why is it called N and not V2?

[@qwertykeys2119]

N for non-exploded, QK75 has exploded layout so there will be a v2 for that too

[@kijinYT]

Good innovation however goodbye gasket performance

[@timkilian7140]

I wish I would need all those keyboards 😔

[@fnvfanMSPR]

I am thinking about getting one

[@shilla99]

If you're reading this QK/Owlabs, I WILL 100% buy the QK65N when it comes out. :D

[@qwertykeys2119]

that's qk65v2 and yeah it'll be there by the end of the year

[@WinkleKeebs]

Civic is good except FL5, Fn2. I have 2 QK75 Nice dream edition, and didnt build yet, then there is QK75N😰

[@barrylinkiewich9688]

Non-exploded layout = No care. I just wish QK would throw some damn rgb in their boards, I love my QK75 but not having backlighting makes me feel like a peasant.

[@isaachy777]

It hurts, I have it in the cart ready to buy right now, but no rgb is making me hesitate. For 190, I'm going to need rgb. I would have bought this already if they did.

[@blayses3116]

Nice cut

[@masksenpai3381]

Every nice keyboard. I'll definitely buy this if I don't already have the original QK75 board.

[@Keybored]

Def a good improvement!

[@SE7VENprod]

*The king returns gif*

[@Keybored]

I'm back!

[@schtendo4464]

qk can pack any board with any amount of features but still no top mount

[@qwertykeys2119]

qk100 has top mount

[@kasidizmahdnor6510]

I personally don’t like the arrow keys connected to the page up and down keys

[@OMD-OHMYDESK]

welcome back!

[@Keybored]

Thanks! Glad to be back!

[@rafidbinsadeque499]

He's back

[@Keybored]

I'm back!

[@niensian]

he's back

[@Keybored]

Glad to be back!

[@zackrage123]

Zoom tkl vs zoom75 vs this please

[@NebulaMK]

Because… family

[@blk_keebs]

THIS KEYBOARD VIDEO WON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT PINNED (just kidding scott pin me)

[@shentobento1079]

🤡

[@kevin10087]

Shit and I just bought the zoom 65v2 thinking it was the qk65

[@impointr]

This keyboard is honestly super confusing the more you look into it. For a kit of its price, the layout support is really underwhelming. It also is strange how every mounting points are on the PCB and yet you don't get a solder PCB to build this one plateless. And having to flip the keyboard around just to grab its 2.4 GHz receiver sounds super annoying.

[@qwertykeys2119]

1. reversed inserted switches have conflicts with cherry profile keycaps so we only use it on cheaper projects such as neo; 2. solder PCB can't fulfill our 1k unit moq; 3. it's a storage compartment which was never offered in our previous designs. Hope this clear things out for ya :D

[@p5eudo883]

I really like the sound of the board. Can't say I like the visuals. And LCDs on keyboards are just stupid.

[@Wooden_Hammer]

family

[@jondajeep6373]

FINALLY

[@Keybored]

Thabks for your patience!

[@jondajeep6373]

@@Keybored hey man im also korean really glad to hear that u moved. looking forward to seeing you in the meetup!

[@holiclove]

😊😊

[@Keybored]

Thanks!

[@reaper117nobody7]

until they can just have them in stock im not impressed. the settling for mediocrity of oh its only six weeks is a cope.

[@ufinc]

I completely disagree. Getting more normies into the hobby will not result in better products but actually worse products because it's simply more profitable to pump out high numbers of mediocre boards to people who don't know/care instead of top tier stuff for a sophisticated audience...

[@dsc5957]

That’s actually not true. Research Economies of Scale. It might feel less special sure to buy a good quality board at a lower prices that is in stock, but ultimately that is what scale leads too. Furthermore there will always be a high end market as long as there is demand for that. The boutique makers won’t just open giant low-grade operations. And if they did, other quality brands would enter the market and support the demand for enthusiast products.

[@lilsmithers8681]

As very genuine feedback. You say "like" an unbelievable amount in most if your sentances. It really ruins your sentance flow and sticks out like a sore thumb. You make excellent content but if you could work on your wording and speaking skills. Your content would improve significantly.

[@sedraniM]

The screen is so ugly. Big reason not to buy this Keyboard

[@isaachy777]

Perhaps, second biggest reason is no rgb.