The smallest mechanical keyboard ever?

Today we build the smallest keyboard I have ever seen. An Ortho 20% keyboard that known as the butter stick. Let's see if this thing is actually usable or if it's just a meme.
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[@rosalynnerd]

its like steno without the efficiency of steno

[@Agent_Alpha]

Lmao i can't think of anything more fitting

[@gh0stcassette]

You could probably use this for steno if it's compatible with open source firmware. Edit: actually nvm, it's got 2 keys fewer than a steno board, you'd have to use fucking layers 💀

[@d2sno]

I just had a mental breakdown even imagining how I would type on this. We were so focused on whether or not we could create 20 percents that we never stopped to think if we should.

[@gegu937]

stenography

[@thegreatbeavers]

Might actually be worth it. Imagine just typing majority of words and the convenience it brings with just macro keys and such? But maybe if it's atleast 3 rows. I think a 3 row Keyboard be perfect for typing.

[@louisgrissman4857]

@@thegreatbeavers Oh wow! Wonder if they'll ever come out with a three row keyboard! This is sarcasm

[@MAGAIVER]

@@louisgrissman4857 It's called Gherkin, I daily drive one, it's a lot of fun to use but it takes quite a bit of QMK sorcery to make it good to use daily. The stock keymap did not suit me at all, took me a while to figure out a keymap a like. I only use 2 layers for almost everything, I have 2 more layers for things I don't use a lot like reset, light controls, macros and F1 to F12 .

[@shApYT]

Just get a stenotype keyboard at this point. An actually cool and useful skill.

[@StenoKeyboards]

I second this

[@Xerunox]

pl onbver

[@davidy22]

This keyboard could have been programmed steno but the default config is a worse version of a normal keyboard

[@SweetTodd]

You're not infiltrating human society, are you?

[@webley3140]

I think that keyboard’s compensating for something, it might look small to you, but to others it might not 😏

[@turtleman116]

Just like my di-

[@camerona9418]

sus

[@nothlur]

>gets Butter Stick >"smallest keyboard ever" >not the 10 key Ginny

[@mizutani2144]

@@丛雨线 the fuck cursed shit is a 1 key osu keypad, single tapping everything new meta?

[@sl300]

Or artsey!

[@BossPenguin]

It's really meant for Kailh Choc switches, like the 20g gChocs, tbf. Single finger combos and chords aren't too hard there with the low keycaps and soft actuation.

[@lorenzocoralc7118]

I use a similar design as my daily driver. I made it myself and it's way more comfortable than it looks. The butter stick's problem is the layout. If you separate the thumb keys a little you get a more ergo keyboard and the experience is waaay better. Cheers!

[@houghwhite411]

Dude, how... Can you show your keyboard?

[@MAGAIVER]

@@houghwhite411 you should go watch Ben Vallack's videos it is possible to use keyboards even smaller than the Butterstick without using combos.

[@spiltlava9699]

If its called the butter stick, I expect it to make a stock NK Cream to feel smoother than a C3 Tangerine

[@derkaiser9881]

Call me crazy but something like the Gherkin is actually pretty usable. Once you get into 2-row keyboards then I'd just go the ARTSEY route if anything.

[@rev_dude]

Ben Vallack would like a word with that 20% - he types 80 wpm on 16 keys Seriously though, to the uninitiated the tiny ergo layouts (my 34 keys seem huge in comparison) seem impossible to learn, but they are totally useable. It just takes a while to adjust. Your comments at the end are absolutely on point. Although even to us the butter stick is still a bit of a meme.

[@MAGAIVER]

I daily drive a Gherkin and even do me that keyboard seem a bit too crazy but I'd love to play with one.

[@StenoKeyboards]

Shoobs: Today we're using the keyboard in the highest difficulty there is Stenography: ಠ_ಠ

[@imnonene]

Steno is at least usable, this is not

[@vinese173]

@@imnonene do you hear shoobs said literally this is usable.

[@alvinl2198]

wake up bae shoobs just posted

[@th0mahawk]

this is the best security for anyone trying to get into your computer, they'll take 1/2 an hour to input your password

[@Boyetto-san]

Having been in this hobby for the past 9 years, there used to be a time when people argued for 60% keyboards because it "encouraged proper typing technique" by keeping your hands glued to the home row. Those same proper touch typists have basically moved on to 40's and this, and now people justify 60's because of deskspace for gaming with a mouse, which ironically was the argument people used back then to justify TKL's. This hobby is wierd.

[@rev_dude]

Smaller is progress, this is the way

[@pcblah]

For me, fragmenting keyboards is progress. A 60%, a macroboard with F keys, and a seperate numpad. Mmm. Just throw that shit anywhere you want.

[@S_9829]

Shoobs: lets build this. . . this special abomination. Me: interesting, a positive word right next to a negative word. Me: [walks in my brothers room] Me: You're a special abomination :D My brother: You too buddy :D

[@watchdoge6464]

wholesome asf

[@DarkHit]

isn’t that an oxymoron?

[@jamesleung2450]

only the biggest chads use the smallest keyboards

[@daBABIS]

One day there will be a 1% layout, it's gonna be real epic

[@paratoxik922]

There is one

[@tehchonka5031]

it's called morse code

[@Danitruc6]

there is already one, someone already even coded with it.

[@anko_dtm]

the Giant Foam Enter key

[@ffffff1-mmmm]

"i am a very dumb individual" never have more relatable words been spoken

[@sullihusain3744]

dmg is my favorite set, bcps are my favorite switches. You cursed my dream build, why.

[@colinhendry6116]

Finally something that won't one-up my masculinity

[@Shroompled]

4:44 This is so scuffed that Shoobs’ dog is even confused lol

[@tyfaspo]

"Dark souls 1 thousands pp Hidden double time territory" My new favourite phrase

[@JordanDoesKeebs]

A smol masterpiece

[@radical-types]

Shoobs coming in clutch with the upload just as I was gonna be productive lmao

[@dromedda6810]

imagine getting proficient with it and actually using outside. i'd love to be able to rock up to a meeting and whip out my 20% keyboard and combo my way through

[@UpDownAndUnder]

if steno is a pianist playing a wonderful piece, this is like an infant at the mall whose mom let them try the free piano

[@zhieson]

It was hilarious and painful to watch Shoobs begin to use this abomination. Total troll board.

[@timehathtcg]

u can literally see the shoob struggles in the typing attempts lol

[@golfmaster7]

wake up babe new weird looking keyboard

[@vpr0]

I like small boards, but I still couldn't imagine an effective layout before watching this. It turned out to be really good, you can get used to this.

[@keoo5290]

The first typing test looks like how my grandma would type lmao

[@fishykeys4086]

I like how it talks about the color of butter on the inside of the board lol

[@andrejwalilko634]

The great thing about sub 40% is that is real heckin cheap to make

[@SeraphimKnight]

This keyboard's manufacturer: "Use like 20g springs on your switches" Me using 78g springs in my switches and still thinking it's maybe not enough: ??????????

[@necrovic9307]

i cant believe its not butter!

[@ravioli7692]

AND HE FLIPPED THE TINY SPACE

[@Roanoak]

When you love typing words but also need to pretend you have a stenograph

[@watchdoge6464]

Now I can finally say: "LMAO You type slower than my grandma"

[@shanfaizi9998]

The fact you tried a typing test. The dedication does not go unseen lol

[@michaelargueta7496]

Dang it, man. Now I want one even though I have no use for it lol. Will this replace my 7V as my daily driver? Will I turn insane in doing so? Let's find out on the next episode of, no one asked.

[@jokroast6912]

Everybody gangsta until the %20 rolls up.

[@MAGAIVER]

I daily drive a 12x4 ortho keyboard and it's completely usable, that Butter Stick seems a bit too complex for me but it'd be fun to play with.

[@MAGAIVER]

Fast forward a few months and I now daily drive a Gherkin, the butter stick looks more usable each day.

[@MAGAIVER]

Fast forward some more I created a 20key layout for the Gherkin and got 50wpm within a few minutes of playing with it, my layout does not use combos tough, I have a layer for the missing alpha keys and other layers for everything else, it is fully usable and has every key a TKL has.

[@F0XdIE67]

Oh I absolutely see you go through hell using the butter stick for a month!

[@druegeckw]

Imagine having to write an essay with this thing lmao

[@liefbread]

I would genuinely love to see you type more on this, honestly I want to pick one up, any link to where you got the case that it came with?

[@deceam208]

The Butter Stick: Stenography without the benefits

[@_ExTitus]

20% is viable for english if you use 26 keys or develop a custom tap dance format. Or I guess just get good Also I finally dove to buy some Cherrys for a cherry pie recipe. I'll be using jwick bottoms with kailh burgandy stems and gat red tops. Should have enough for a 65% (I did order a purple KBD67lite this past weekend)

[@EdwinPohan]

I’m guessing this is how they type in sci-fi movies. The layout doesn’t seem to be 60% so this seems like the fit.

[@JimmyWitDaBoots]

Day 2 of telling Shoobs to clean his desk mat

[@keoo5290]

Ayo ur uploads always make my day better❤

[@chasewainscott8739]

“It’s normal size and fully functional!”

[@mariescheidt2639]

Yes... suffer. XD I'd love to see a follow up. Thanks for the lulz

[@noamtsur]

shoobs not knowing what a steno keyboard is is the funniest shit ever

[@ryandevore8346]

Imagine this is all you have to do a final paper with. That sounds like a good time!

[@jaytynenski3972]

dude, love that video, keepin it real and fun. love it. subbed and liked!

[@_Ganev_]

"Dont use 40%, only villans do that." - shoobs, 2020-2021

[@elikirkwood4580]

This would be an awesome macro pad but I dont think I could ever type on it

[@andytypes8271]

that mat looking pretty dirty. You know those machine washable right? lol

[@InterventioN746]

This is probably the keyboard DMV uses.

[@dinglebertsamateurhour3309]

The one true endgame keeb

[@bnsnjng]

Brixton bully, slide with a bottie, man hold two from the woodie

[@wliaputs]

I think the combo wasn’t meant to be press with multiple fingers, it is meant to be pressed with a single finger. For example, to press A, you should use your left pinky to press the gap between Q and Z. Also you might need to use low profile key caps to achieve single-finger combo easily.

[@scufed]

This is the true meaning of my man is typing on a whole protine bar

[@derpylemon5367]

Love your content, keep up the great work

[@thedunco]

I would definitely like to see someone type at like 70+ wpm with this lol

[@matrer6548]

imagin shoobs making the intro with this keyboard

[@yoyesnoble]

keeb almost as cursed as shoobs hands 😮‍💨

[@freshrust]

This should be considered crime against humanity

[@Cheezydote]

If someone came over to my house with this, I’m giving them the house.

[@YurttheSilentChief1]

This is a literal mmo hotbar but if your other skills swapped in on the fly after holding a modifier key.

[@shanmango]

The ultimate mini keyboard would just be T9 typing. So much easier than this

[@PrestonsThoughts]

I would probably just cry

[@living5891]

absolute banger

[@honknytes2581]

2 key keyboards: you dare challenge me?

[@Aldarris]

This is what i imagine you typing your intro on

[@portertodd8386]

props to for memorizing all of the letter "street fighter combos"

[@Kidynamo123]

Shoobs my man, looks like the deskmat is due for a dusting 😅

[@willtato8778]

Wait till he hears about artsey

[@aboringuy]

Finally, an actual adofai keyboard.

[@yos_k]

Me looks at my Osu Keypad Me : Your timer has come

[@karimq2448]

Hi shoobs, where do you get the thoccy tripods?

[@ohhhitspaul927]

You have metioned that any JWK bottom for BCP would work. Would the JWK Black Linears be a good choice?

[@uwubb7238]

SHOOBS

[@forresttaylor1253]

Hilarity ensues. I have a 40% ortho board with a unique 26 layout. I’m curious if Shoobs would be interested.

[@mikemoore976]

More of this, plz.

[@15burgerkingfootlettuce]

Hey, this keyboard is smooth like butter.

[@owen2376]

I would love to see another video of you learning this weird ass layout

[@csga6899]

You should buy the new Jwicks switches (new endgame budget switch made by JWK)

[@aerocreates]

Pleasing the algorithm. Love your vids

[@Alex-me3bf]

Half keyboard half macro pad all pure alpha male coursing through its veins

[@Xanderqwerty123]

I thought the 27 keys of pain was bad...

[@jokroast6912]

Don't provoke them Shoobs they will release a 10% keeb!

[@zachw3347]

Usable? I think you mean… U e

[@myth_osaur]

Did shoobs actually make a dog noise?

[@SyarsukeKyun]

And now we wait for someone to make 1% keyboard

[@bgftchkn]

What is the intro music? Also I like the keeb you should use it more often

[@oliver5940]

man has some n i c e h a n d s

[@belledt2179]

Gg Shoobs you did it!

[@jacobyocom5060]

This is really not relevant to the video, but i have a question. Is there a budget equlivant light tactile like MX Browns or pewters?

[@robr640]

You're a butter stick..... 🛸 Edit: props for figuring out how to even use this craziness!