Unboxing a Gamakay TK75-HE

Today we take a look at another contactless keyboard, from a developer I've never even heard of. Apparently it launches sometime in March. Hope you enjoy the video! :)
Intro by Kyle Carter
Outro by Facundo Cabanne
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[@iaina3251]

About 4 years ago I bought a Gamakay 65%, specifically for the pre-lubed switches and keycap profiles (doublt shot pbt ASA profile). I have a LOT of keyboards and turned yet my Gamakay turned out to be one of the best keyboards I've owned. It was super cheap and really good quality, no gasket mount or embedded foam or anything fancy like that, just a really solid wired/wireless/bluetooth keyboard. I was quite impressed. Finding out they do proper contactless switches now has piqued my interest a lot.

[@nathanbinns6345]

Judging by your t-shirts lately, I'm going to guess that you were a mad gamer kid back in the 90s.

[@Chyrosran22]

Absolutely :D . You should see the other unboxing videos, I wear a LOT of gaming t-shirts :D .

[@nathanbinns6345]

@@Chyrosran22 I used to put just enough effort into my schoolwork to pass and keep my parents happy, so that I could devote the maximum amount of time to gaming after school. Probably not the best life strategy in hindsight, but I did have a lot of fun, haha.

[@vorlonesque1830]

​@@Chyrosran22Heretic was always one of my favorites...it wasn't quite as good as DOOM or Quake for me (what is?) but seeing that t-shirt is making me want to load it up and play through it again. I can still hear some of the music in my head anytime I think of that game.

[@Chyrosran22]

@@nathanbinns6345 Amen, brother. The 90s were the decade of having fun :D .

[@somethingsnowing]

Could be that both keyboards came from the same factory but with slight differences for each brand and their product targets.

[@zakutenakazumiya1516]

An affordable HE keyboard? Intriguing.... Also, I think you've reviewed enough modern keyboards to check if they might be retooled or revised for different manufacturers. Let's hope you're either right or wrong to compare the Gamakay to the Keydous. Though I'm going to be honest, I'm anticipating you to receive and review the Elipse Beamspring keyboard more soon, lol.😂

[@Chyrosran22]

Haha I hope so! I can't wat to get my hands on that thing ^^ .

[@HWMonster]

The manufacurer of these two keyboards may also produce Corsairs recently released K65 Plus Keyboard. Same Layout, same knob as far as I can tell. Cheers Mate!

[@sharkosaurfps]

Do you happen to know if they will be selling the switches separately? As far as I can tell this is the very first He board with a silent switch option

[@Ralesk]

I don't get the 3 key nav cluster on this and the Keydous and I'll probably never understand it, but I do appreciate the small gaps the Gamakay board introduced between the various key groups (eg. the arrows) - that seems to be a lost art these days.

[@wkgmathguy218]

At work I have two keyboards on my desk. One for the University issued locked down to the point it's hard to get anything done computer, and one for the behemoth Dell T7400 that I use for actual work. Since that makes deskspace a premium I've been using small keyboards for that maching, a hhkb and more recently a SIIG minitouch. Since I like big boards usually, it's interesting. Great to see you Tom, I'll look forward to the review!

[@GurtTarctor]

It also looks very similar to the Keychron Q1/V1 which seems to have exactly the same layout, but with slightly different bezels.

[@ilusions4]

was gonna say... looks really similar to my Q1 v2

[@lexpee]

Hi, I have a suggestion for an review the Attack Shark RK86 mechanical keyboard. That works with USB, 2.5GHz and Bluetooth, it has a 4000mAh rechargeable battery, nice keyboard. ans a display. I'm a computer user and curious about your findings.

[@splodeybaloney]

I’m potentially aware of one of your big, upcoming boards that got delayed and I’m *very* excited to not only see your review but have mine in hand as well

[@Chyrosran22]

=o :D

[@BOBAGENTSMITH]

1:49 - my sleep paralysis demon waving a box cutter in my face as I lay in bed unable to move.

[@Rekettyelovag]

Protorico rum and coke is like an excellent Sunday night movie drink. And your Heretic tee rocks!

[@Hammid]

The HERETIC™ t-shirt did it for me. Eternal Masterpiece 💘

[@DavidWonn]

8:54 Best part of the review ;-)

[@sharkosaurfps]

oh also I will add there are tons of hall effect keyboards for sub 100 dollars now! I know of over 85 total boards on my tracking spreadsheet, and a ton fo those are under 100. There is even one for around 50!

[@cruisetheautisticboy994]

Hey! That's a nice keyboard, but you should order the IBM KB-7993 Keyboard and make a review video on it.

[@pokepokepoke64]

when will the modern keyboard reviews end

[@arncj18]

is that the keydous nj80 and is it chinese ? can't find anything on a fast search about them

[@Chyrosran22]

It is. I've reviewed it in a previous video.

[@KGB-FSB]

Sounds like some pos dell keyboard, the ones u get with when u buy the tower

[@CodeVenomSnakes]

When is this keyboard coming out.

[@Chyrosran22]

They say March.

[@nebulazykbs]

GamaKay seems to be the manufacturer and they white label keyboards for other brands. I've seen similar situations over the years. GK tends to be the cheaper version as well.

[@minhquanvu2944]

Akko, Keydous, Ciddoo-Finalkey, Zouya, Gamakay-Feker, Royal Kludge, Xinmeng, Monka, Baldbrothers, ect all made from some OEM factory and also almost all distributed by Epomaker so they have some models that are just straight rebrand or share the same components. Among them, Keychron seems to be standing out the most because they went full QMK-Via compatible but left out the switches to be very basic (just rebranded Gateron pros) and terrible keycaps quality. I mean look how thin and poorly made their OSA keycaps are compared to others abs or pbt double shot.

[@scoutthief1]

awh I kinda wanted you to review a gamakay with the outemu silent switches, especially their pegasus switch with its round tactile

[@gamakay6401]

Ok, got it. we will send an email to invite Chyrosran and ask whether he is interested in testing the silent phoenix.

[@scoutthief1]

@@gamakay6401 nice! but give him the pegasus, I want to know what he thinks of the tactile bump

[@Nizzon.]

Heretic!

[@needfortweed8734]

Would expect it to be a 386. I remember med 386 playing Wolfenstein really well, but when I got doom, I had to shrink the gamescreen somewhat...

[@0xss]

Is any vintage board content planned for the future?

[@Chyrosran22]

Don't have many left to review! XD Do have a few though :) .

[@0xss]

@@Chyrosran22 good to hear there are a few more!

[@starbase218]

"More knife is more better" Rules to live by! :)

[@bonkerbonk343]

What program do you use for testing?

[@Chyrosran22]

EK Switch Hitter

[@AntoniGawlikowski]

@@Chyrosran22I read it "Hitler" for some reason and it made this command hillarous :P

[@DirtyGingy]

Today Thomas found a drop shipping mystery

[@spell105]

More likely they are using a white label chassis from the same manufacturer.

[@samuelschwager]

in sovjet russia, keyboard contacts you

[@tomd.2982]

i miss you 🥰

[@ribizly]

The more keyboards I see here, the less I am interested in them. I am still in love with the Wooting Lekker Edition.

[@maxthememer1780]

Yeah I got a wooting as well I love it but ti is also nice to see new hall effect keyboards that are more affordable for people

[@AM1N4L]

06:00

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