TRYING OUT NEW Cherry VIOLA SWITCH! - Corsair K60 RGB Pro

[@MattsPaddock]

Finally, something wired! 😬 What's your favorite type of switch? Any future upgrades?

[@xenius7770]

Cherry Viola switches seems to be pretty good both for gaming and typing while being quieter than Brown for a low cost, i like those and hope they're going to be more and more used

[@bosspranto2778]

Which is better this or k68 rgb?

[@swingstylez]

Great review and I appreciate switching between the browns and violas a few times to hear the difference. The keyboard is now GBP75, or GBP70 with FNDDGAMING

[@ДавидПевнев-т8ч]

is there a hot swap?

[@mickey3712]

Looking to buy thins thanks for the vid!

[@MattsPaddock]

Glad I could help!

[@yutehube4468]

Got it "refurbished" from Scan for just £40. 🙂 I don't play games much, I just wanted a decent keyboard. I am sure my current Logitech K120 (£17) is a fake because the lettering started wearing off the keys after only 1 week of use, but even if it was real, it's a membrane keyboard, not mechanical. Enough is enough!

[@LynxoneYT]

Great video! I might buy this keyboard. However I need to know if the cherry voila keys are easy to press or hard or somewhat in the middle

[@alphnx]

easy

[@LynxoneYT]

@@alphnx I got the apex 7 tkl

[@alphnx]

@@LynxoneYT oh ok

[@masonreppeto882]

If you actually do want to know for future reference at any point, they are pretty stiff at first but gradually loosen up over time. if you don't type vertically over the keyboard then the keys will start to get wobbly over time and will rub giving a grindy/sticky feeling on your most pressed keys. The board is also a little compact for a gaming keyboard. I bought the k60 which is why I'm able to tell you this. Some of the keys ended up repeating letters after like 3 1/2 months with constant use. I don't think the repeats were caused by water damage because I had kept the board fairly clean and the glitching wasn't going on at anywhere near the time when any water was present. I never bashed it or hit it so it was disappointing to see the cherry keys having issues sure early in . I don't think it was the corsair keyboard itself because it would still conduct the signal correctly if I mashed the key down . I'd say you dodged a bullet by buying the apex 7 tkl instead.

[@LynxoneYT]

@@masonreppeto882 I’m fine with my apex 7 TKL

[@Jgomez5]

Should I buy it

[@loudryka]

I have the k60 pro se and this keyboard looks different then mine. The enter button is different and the keys look wider. If you look at the box in the beginning of the video that is what mine looks like, the keyboard out of the box is different

[@CharleyDC5R]

That's because he's using a different variant of the keyboard for Europe. He mentions it right at the beginning of the video.

[@Erdinc_B]

i am using this keeb with mods. foam, tape, type-c input, o-ring and keycaps moddinmg made it really cool :)

[@JeanV1986]

Did it get any quiter? Because I just got one and while I like the very smooth touch of the keys, te springy noise will probably drive me mad! But I also got a Logitech G915 TKL and well, I miss the num pad, and the keys are oddly shaky... Feels like a cheap keyboard, but it is much quieter than the Corsair.

[@Erdinc_B]

@@JeanV1986 Yes it worked well. The spring noise reduced with all of this mods. And i placed a female type-c to the cable exit with a compitable motherboard cable.

[@Heavy_Lvy]

btw the keyboard is way louder than that like 7x difference

[@MonarchsBrody]

To me, the Violas don't sound half bad, they just sound like a more isolated version of the MX Browns.

[@just_lazhar]

I bought the Red led model for 55 euros, in Marseille 😄

[@yvngpxxpxx1315]

I bought this for my ps4 and it doesn't work any tips?

[@holbachmuneton4059]

Same :c

[@quevater2470]

dont get a pc keyboard for ps4 lmao kid

[@emperorpalpatine5559]

Yeah uh.. keyboards arent supported for a lot of console games. Idk why youd even buy a keyboard this expensive for a console.

[@idagonchannel5681]

Uh. Keyboards weren't supposed to be used for consoles

[@mindlessgamingclan9277]

It says on the box it works for pc Mac and Xbox not ps4

[@Jakobijn.Dobbelaere]

amazing video! helped me descide

[@nacho1692]

what did you decide

[@nacho1692]

i decided the k60

[@vic6ix]

I ordered it but does it work for PlayStation😳

[@midnit3sipz22]

I can’t figure it out

[@MattsPaddock]

That's really odd

[@gavinbastoni2806]

i can’t figure it out too

[@vic6ix]

@@MattsPaddock is there any way that you know it’ll work

[@vebro7738]

@@vic6ix i bought the corsair k60 lux and it worked when i turned the ps off, unplugged all the cables for a min plugged them back and held the power button for 5 to 10 secs. Hope this helps

[@masonreppeto882]

my A and y keys are starting to repeat after every type and im only 6 months in. this thing is temperamental as hell without lubricant.

[@2muchcarnage876]

Have you tried lubing these switches yet? I'm thinking of lubing my K60 se, but because the switches are physically built different I was wondering if lubing is still possible. Thanks :D

[@masonreppeto882]

@@2muchcarnage876 I broke mine and apparently you can't buy the cherry viola key switches yet and there are no replacement switches that use the same socket. I made sure to search which keyboards could handle more than a few drops of water for my next purchase because after looking at this one I saw that there is literally no protection against water on the k60 specifically. And if you have to take out a switch absolutely do not try to pry it out with anything other than a switch puller because it will break the internals very easily............... it broke easily :D.

[@2muchcarnage876]

@@masonreppeto882 damn! I was really hoping I could get them to be lubed a little haha. If they end up selling them separately I might reconsider, but for now I shall wait :')

[@masonreppeto882]

@@2muchcarnage876 I found out the fix for my switches and bent back the pins for the keys so it works now. yes they can be lubed which will help with the incessant rubbing of the switches however the real issue was compressing them too long which ends up bending the flexible conducting copper pins too much. I don't know what testing cherry did for this switch but they did not do a compression test that's for sure.

[@2muchcarnage876]

@@masonreppeto882 Thanks man!

[@ericstanford5419]

Hey good video! Cheers

[@Yuary]

I got the keyboard last week for 54.99 euro's and its the best keyboard i ever bought for that price lol

[@zeppy13131]

In other words, it feels like a membrane keyboard-but at least it won't feel progressively worse as you keep using it. 🤔🤷‍♂

[@VII_777]

how do i remove the keycap

[@treydebrincat5302]

How do you put it in bios mode?

[@sitedfn]

Init

[@Jack-eo6kj]

hold down S and B when plugging it in and hold for 3 seconds

[@sitedfn]

@@Jack-eo6kj that was 2 months ago

[@Jack-eo6kj]

@@sitedfn haha, hopefully he found the answer long before this

[@stpsimping2167]

How do I take out the space bar

[@MattsPaddock]

It's probably hooked to a stabilizer and some clips

[@stpsimping2167]

@@MattsPaddock nvm I just pulled them out thanks though

[@fanboyplayz6805]

i ordered it in europe. i got it in a sale.

[@masonreppeto882]

my A and y keys are starting to repeat after every type and im only 6 months in. this thing is temperamental as hell without lubricant.

[@VikramSingh-bw8bd]

In india it's selling over 130$

[@MattsPaddock]

Wow, that's a lot

[@diegogomez7872]

How do I connect it to PS4?

[@StefAdr]

160 euro, no separate media keys and no volume wheel...

[@jimmyfingers2]

i got mine for £39.99

[@nightsaber1130]

please help spreading awareness to this #stopDMCA

[@VII_777]

anyone having squeaky keys

[@YoViewer]

Why you make tech videos when you dont get many views.

[@YoViewer]

And not every viewer is interested in watching every product.

[@MattsPaddock]

Because I like trying out new tech related products, and I've been a tech journalist for over 10 years writing for different publications. I have a really curious nature, and I like to try out everything that runs on electricity and thinks with zeros and ones. The reason why I'm not getting a lot of views from day 1 release of the video because I'm a really small channel, but generally speaking I do get decent amount of views after some time, that can be seen on other tech videos on my channel. Of course not every viewer is interested in every single piece of content, that's completely normal, we all have our own things that we love to check out.

[@ppsarrakis]

that aint polite.. plus youtube likes constant output of videos no matter the views.

[@GEN1USYoutube]

dude this is his only video where he didn’t get that many views lol