Unboxing a Hyper7 Round 4 keyboard!

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Review 27 October 2024 (as shown in the trailer)
Today we look at a magnificent beast of a keyboard; the new Round 4 of the Hyper7 keyboard! I can't wait to review this thing, hope you enjoy the video! :)
Intro by Kyle Carter
Outro by Facundo Cabanne
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I'm Thomas and I do videos and reviews on mechanical keyboards ranging from the most sickening modern RGB gaming keyboards to vintage hardware relics, or sometimes keycaps or keyswitches ranging from Cherry MX to Alps SKCM to IBM buckling springs and anything in between.
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[@dorstefan]

Students used to bring apples to give teachers. Now they bring them whiskey. This generation is better.

[@Chyrosran22]

Yeah I wouldn't've saved an apple for an unboxing xD .

[@A_Man_Of_Culture_]

Ever since I got banged up pretty bad on my last deployment I have been working on and building keyboards to help with motor skill recovery and its also very easy on my brain to move slowly on a simple keyboard and just repeating the steps like lubing switches. Ive improved alot over the last year and having your videos playing in the background is always enjoyable! I look forward to continuing my delving into this community

[@tompramanaaccount8892]

Damn that's a cool story

[@oscarcharliezulu]

Take care my man.

[@Powertampa]

Like full on custom keyboards? I been thinking about getting some custom layout for making programming a little less annoying with all the key combos and stuff, but hardly anyone seems to want to do custom layouts and I am pretty bad with electronics. I code, not solder. I'm really quite surprised at the lack of keyboard specialization when there are so many different tasks one might need keys for that are just not present or in awkward positions. Short of doing custom key mapping and keyboards with macro keys there really isn't much.

[@RockyPeroxide]

@@Powertampa Well, good news, the programming is harder than the soldering ^^ A custom keyboard just needs switches, a plate & a microcontroller, diodes if you wanna do it properly, PCB design w/ RGB and hot swap sockets if you wanna go all in. Read up on QMK & ZMK keyboards, those are pretty easy to build.

[@Powertampa]

@@RockyPeroxide Thank you for the information. I'll take a look :)

[@alaeriia01]

Finally, a keyboard with enough keys. Now to map a bunch of layers on top and see how much of the Unicode character set you can cram onto it.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

And every foreign alphabet.

[@alaeriia01]

@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 with ten bucky keys and 160 normal keys, you could have 163480 possible keystrokes. However, you can realistically only press five bucky keys at once, meaning you'd need at least 12 to get that same number of combinations. Instead, I propose using the number pad in conjunction with a top key as a layer input device, allowing you to have an unlimited number of layers (pending the capabilities of the processor in the keyboard). This would necessitate OLED screens on top of the keys, though...

[@lbochtler]

if combined with a Logitech g13, 2 mmo mice (left and right hand), a 3D mouse, joystick and davinci resolve color grading and edeting board, we might be getting into the territory of enough keys. But its a good start.

[@sir0herrbatka]

@@lbochtler You forgot about additional foot switches.

[@lbochtler]

@@sir0herrbatka right, forgot about those. might as well add a flight stick and throttle control to the list, while we are at it.

[@SuchtFaktorHoch10]

Self defense weapon, command center, star trek control console, workbench, anvil, car jack, art, sexual object. A unit of a keyboard which fits all needs and dreams.

[@gunman5550531]

I yelled with a bagel still in my mouth from my recliner this morning “That’s not a keyboard that’s a god damn Minuteman Control Panel”

[@NotSanakan]

Reminds me of custom controller setup from old battle mech game (not sure if it was MechWarrior game though).

[@wembleyford]

I'd love something like this for KSP.

[@ash36230]

The "You call that a keyboard? THIS is a keyboard" keyboard

[@mojojojo1529]

"It's got a specific purpose" well yeah, to look absolutely amazing! That's what its specific purpose is.

[@kittentikkamasala69]

The thonk when the keyboard hits the table at 2:59 ... that's not a keyboard it's a lethal weapon!

[@lfmm97]

That Wolfenstein 3D shirt lol. Good memories with that game as a little kid playing with my older brother

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Wasn't that the first true 3d FPS?

[@lfmm97]

@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 If I'm not mistaken there was one before that called Descent in 1994, but I think Wolfenstein was the one that popularized the genre and paved the way for all the other FPS games that followed

[@det.bullock4461]

@@lfmm97 Wolfenstein 3D is older than Descent. Before Wolfenstein there was Catacomb 3D by the same people IIRC.

[@StillthatguyJake]

I'm admittedly jealous to no end that you get to even hold one of these beasts! The ultimate command station keyboard! Great video as always!

[@Chyrosran22]

Cheers mate :D .

[@AzureFlash]

Thank you for the sneak peek. I can't wait to get my stainless steel enclosed, Kailh Box Jade modern layout Hyper 7! What a beauty.

[@Andrew-ky8oc8cq4n]

Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,smells like a steak and seats thirty-five..Canyonero!

[@thethriftyfawn]

She blinds everybody with her super high beams, She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!

[@SurvivalistMedia]

Her keys kick with a thunderous thock. If she tips off your desk she’ll crush your - ah hem - toe. Canyonero

[@thysonsacclaim]

You sir just made my morning.

[@brooksrownd2275]

That's not a keyboard. That's an entire console!

[@gailandburrows1384]

There have been user community discussions about sticking a raspberry PI inside the corner of the case...

[@TeroPaananen-r4x]

What are you talking about!? The average office worker should totally have a keyboard like this. Come'on! It's like more than 4x better than 40% keyboards!

[@GrumpySysadmin]

That looks like a nice implement for a keyboard measuring contest 😘

[@susseratal]

I actually got to see one of these being built a few months before they opened pre-orders for them. I live about a 40 minute drive from the Mechboards office and chose to pick up an order, rather than get it delivered, pretty much so that I could have a day out, and they let me have a look around the warehouse! It was awesome.

[@thethriftyfawn]

Your giddiness was blatantly obvious, and I don't blame you in the slightest! The carrying handle made me chuckle because it looks absolutely necessary! 😅

[@0LoneTech]

A bit of perspective: I have a boat that weighs about as much as this keyboard.

[@GlitchyPixel_GR]

i just woke up and this is the first video i watch, i am unusually obsessed with this keyboard

[@maxmouse3]

That's some PROPER DAMN keyboard! And it sounds pretty good to my ears! I'd love to get one

[@BrianMcKee]

I bought the desk I'm gonna use the whole damn desk!

[@sharpshooter28]

i like the premium metal carrying handle

[@besserschreiben9481]

In U.S. it's a medal handle.

[@NovusDundus]

Ooo now this is the kind of Keyboard I like We need more innovation towards this size and less tiny ones that lack features.

[@middle_pickup]

You could fit a whole ass computer in that case.

[@Kvantum]

Try a cluster of Raspberry Pi's.

[@markridlen4380]

I don't think I have room for this keyboard, but if I did I would sure as heck buy one.

[@darkholyPL]

6kg? Damn, that's like a mature bald eagle and 5 burgers in imperial.

[@myselph1761]

I can hear the smile in your voice. I very much look forward to this review.

[@CursorBl0ck]

I never thought envy would turn into raging anger, but here we are.

[@Tsuginami]

Love me some Redbreast. The 15 year is quite nice.

[@splodeybaloney]

So glad to see this come together, my - ̗̀new ̖́- set of SA keycaps for mine was just delivered this week!

[@fonseca898]

I could listen to you unbox anything sir. Woo!

[@TheLaughingMan04]

Can’t wait to see your review proper on this one, I’ve been eyeing it since first hearing about it and if it’s up to snuff by your opinion I’ll probably end up grabbing one.

[@splicetape9435]

Boy is this one tempting. Ive been using a 142 key Point Of Sale keyboard for all the macros I need. Ive also tanken a more "sensible" 121 key POS board and refitted it to special characters for a linguist I know so they can easily go between computers without needing software or remembering fifty different six button shortcuts.

[@karellen00]

I am typing from an heavy metal keyboard that is made of bent steel plates, it's just a tkl and it's already quite heavy, I don't want to imagine that thing!

[@LinusBerglund]

There is a Swedish word. Lagom. It is a good way to describe this keyboard. This keyboard is lagom for me. But why not ISO layout? I need those extra keys.

[@Sithhy]

Now that's a proper battlestation keyboard

[@zcriq1372]

wish this thing could fit on my college dorm desk, i'd be getting jealous stares from my roommate for the rest of the semester!

[@SockyNoob]

Battle cruiser? Mote like a star destroyer.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

If that other big one was a battleship, this is the Mothership.

[@Shivartin]

That is one battlestation of a keyboard that would not fit my tiny desk. Impresive and the build quality seems great too. Wow.

[@jasonsdodd]

this looks amazing.

[@fonseca898]

Model F 122 is already major overkill for me, I don't even know what I would do with all those keys! But this behemoth is impressive and a nice update from the last round.

[@EDDY-to2hf]

i can smell the entire suite of macros you can make with that keyboard

[@bobrobertson7385]

It's understandably heavy as it's pure gold. I would prefer an SA profile keycap on it though.

[@darkurthe]

The handle is awesome.

[@kassjames5301]

"This is not something that the average office worker..." Yeah. 6 kilo is about 3 more than the weight rating for most desk's keyboard trays. Though with that kind of construction, you could probably mount it to a workstation via the chassis. Actually would be a good accessory for a keyboard like that. Compatible mounting brackets would reduce the possibility of it injuring someone by falling on their lap. This is the kind of keyboard that might require steel toes to use safely.

[@kdietz65]

Now I need custom keycaps for use with JetBrains Rider.

[@CrispySenpai]

Are you gonna review the new beam spring keyboard? You reviewed the switch but I can’t find a review on the board itself. If it’s good I want to jump on it

[@Chyrosran22]

I'm getting one from the next batch :D .

[@RF-INF]

As someone who is perfectly fine using minivan i still want that monstrosity on my desk, i hate-love you ahahaha Still would love if the carrying handle matched the case or was in a darker colour

[@NotSanakan]

It's not battleship. It's whole combined fleet.

[@Joost-ey6mt]

Oh, we can tell you're giddy. Who wouldn't be? (Well, among those watching this...)

[@PlantainSupernova]

I really liked the barebones minimalist look of the orange keycap hyper 7 you showed off before. Not a fan of blue, but those orange accents instead of blue here might go well. Loved the trailer and this more finished look of the H7R4. Imagine this with box navy or heavy clickiez, just heft and weight personified.

[@Chyrosran22]

They also do a R4 in the previous style iirc!

[@jacekruzyczka3058]

At last the Hyper 7 is now equipped with a "real" spacebar and not the small Space key, which is even smaller than the one found on Japanese keyboards! Nevertheless, many professional users would still prefer double-sized zero, enter, and plus keys on the numpad.

[@greyareaRK1]

Wow, that's close to the keyboard I fantasized about making, save for having NASA shuttle-style switches on the upper part.

[@Paradigmfusion]

my only gripe with it is that it could really use some sort of backlight. Not necessarily RGB, even just white would suffice.

[@43615]

if ellipse's beamspring project also completes this year, it will truly be the year of the battleship

[@Chyrosran22]

Oh man I cannot wait :D .

[@alaeriia01]

I paused watching a Satisfactory run to be here.

[@Chyrosran22]

Ooh, that is a big compliment. Great game, I'm gonna start a new run in a few weeks :D .

[@ernackgd8395]

that thing is gorgeous.

[@fitz5487]

Redbreast very good, nice crème brûlée sort of feel to it if I recall. Last couple of times I’ve been to Ireland I’ve really leaned into smithwicks, you should seek it out.

[@andljoy]

I have not been on the forms for so long i missed this :(

[@Kvantum]

You can still preorder it from mechkeys. They didn't sell out of the group buy for R4.

[@patbarron0]

Holy Toledo ... Well, this certainly would be the right keyboard to use with Open Genera.... ;-)

[@haerin.imnida]

beast

[@ozonev]

I found it suspicious when you turned off the microphone while sipping whiskey 😁

[@Chyrosran22]

Someone asked me to as they didn't like the drinking noises. After they pointed it out I must confess I started disliking them as well.

[@wembleyford]

Ohh - I hadn't realised they'd stated making these with sensible space bars now. Nice. Totally ludicrous - but nice. Just not £700 nice

[@mojojojo1529]

I see you have your 8bitdo C64 keyboard there as your (current) daily driver maybe? I certainly love mine to smithereens. Which I bought .5 seconds after your unboxing video.

[@Chyrosran22]

Haha it is definitely one of my favourite modern keyboards :D .

[@xaytana]

I just had an interesting thought, with keyboards like this, the Wombat, and the Long Boi, or any wide keyboard someone might come up with, at what point should we start angling or curving the outer extremities? Surely at some point a keyboard becomes too wide to just be a slab, right? I guess this somewhat depends on elbow pivot and wrist splay, but that also gets into ergonomic discussions. Also what's a good balance between the row and column ratio, say you have a true 200% layout and you could go anywhere from the typical 6 row layout (standard height, double width) to a 12 row layout (double height, standard width), where would the ideal balance between rows and columns be? All of this excludes mouse usage, which is an entirely different conversation.

[@alexandermirdzveli3200]

It's a Battlestar class keyboard!

[@MatthewHill]

Round 4 of the Hyper 7? So that's... let's do some quick math here... 28 Hypers so far? Do they have any left?

[@DenisBelmondo]

nice shirt 🐺

[@Octopie1-06]

(coming from your TOP 10 most SILENT mechanical keyboard switches of all time vid) Hey, I have been looking at getting a Type S Topre Professional HHKB Keyboard but noticed that yours doesn't really look like the one on the website. Yours doesn't have an extra piece that sticks out at the top and I was kind of wondering as to why that is?....Yours looks more like the 'classic' but it's obviously not as your keyboard said "professional type-s". Then I looked past all that and tried finding just the switches but couldn't find the switches literally anywhere...sooo a 2nd question would be where would I buy just the switches? And a 3rd question if I made me own keyboard with just the switches and even bought the mat for underneath would it sound the same as the one by HHKB or would the material of the keyboard and etc. switch up the sound a bit?? Would love a more detailed video! Thanks!

[@DrJaneLuciferian]

I want!

[@detpekandefingret]

Nice!

[@matthewjackson4142]

I wish it's entire design (handle and all) wasn't so blatanty stolen from the saturn60.

[@СусаннаСергеевна]

Now put beamsprings in it.

[@hellNo116]

i would never use such keyboard but my god this is a beauty to behold. i wonder what are its usages. personally i am using a 60 something split keyboard. i have no idea what i would do so many keys. i wonder what kind of software and application would benefit with having so many keys instead of typing the commands? maybe some editing suite? i don't know. i am excited for the review!

[@gailandburrows1384]

One use. Adding a special character to a password that doesn't appear on any other keyboard.

[@wembleyford]

Usages? Traditionally Emacs and LaTeX - the first is a text editor that relies on using numbers of control keys and a lot of macros and the second is a mathematics typesetting tool. Emacs and this keyboard are inspired by something called the Space Cadet keyboard that had like seven control keys - as well as the Greek alphabet and a lot of mathematical symbols This I think has even more, so the number of key combos is staggering - far higher than any human with ten fingers could realistically physically use and/or mentally accommodate. At this point this is beyond practical.

[@wembleyford]

@@gailandburrows1384 Preferably one that requires the use of 11 fingers to type.

[@hellNo116]

@@gailandburrows1384 fair but that is achievable with my 60% as well through layers. i mean still have more than 20 keys unused in my 60 keys 3 layers board. maybe closer to 30 or 40 actually.

[@longaker]

How soon can I get this? It calls to me.

[@shazgani6662]

Why is there no big iso enter key or a “fire” switch. Sounds like it would be a cool button to have on a keyboard if this design?

[@grndzro777]

how many macro's do you use....."Yes"

[@lucidmoses]

Oh no! don't tell them to put any old things in it. You'll end up with the MEI switches (the worst ones I've ever used). :p

[@viti95]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

[@keyboard_g]

@3:50 for the keyboard reveal.

[@Sortsylic]

I wonder what the default layout is for Windows usage

[@wembleyford]

That'd be about 48% of the normal keys and about 60% of the control keys do nothing at all.

[@ProdWowEthan]

Wooting80he when???

[@Chyrosran22]

Should be coming my way soon!

[@persuasivebarrier2419]

How many keyboards do you have now? Do you have a keyboard library?

[@Chyrosran22]

About 500 different models iirc. My spreadsheet is woefully out of date.

[@persuasivebarrier2419]

@@Chyrosran22 massive! if there's any chance of a future video including footage of your collection (organized or not), i'd love to see.

[@vRe6V5NW]

So you don't need to use a mouse then?

[@Chyrosran22]

Meh, that mouse space stuff is just noise. You can easily use a mouse with this thing :D .

[@wembleyford]

@@Chyrosran22 for sure - you just need to decide which side of the keyboard you'll no longer be able to reach when you're using the mouse :-D

[@realmchat6665]

moar keys please

[@thecellar]

Hey @Chyrosran22 could you recommend a decent 65%-75% mechanical budged-keyboard? Thank you very much!

[@Chyrosran22]

Look through the Keychron catalog and see if there's anything you fancy, they make good stuff at a very reasonable price!

[@thecellar]

@@Chyrosran22 doens't seem like "budged", but thank you :D

[@christianjensen9174]

​@@thecellar The Monsgeek M1 is a pretty good option too, if I were you I'd search up the variants of those and seek whether any catch your eye, cheers

[@wembleyford]

@@thecellar The keyboard featured in this video would cost about £700/$900. Keychron keyboards are excellent value for money considering the quality of them.

[@5ll3x]

Size matters

[@oscarcharliezulu]

Finally, a keyboard for real men - and women. With enough keys and not another fking boring 60% or tkl.

[@Bovineicide]

still not enough keys for a derek smart game

[@shirleyypy]

I subscribed to this channel just to listen to his sexy voice. Sorry I’m a very simple woman…

[@Chyrosran22]

Haha if it makes you feel better I think half of my subscribers did too xD

[@43615]

the!

[@Aerobrake]

yooooo

[@giannebaron6139]

Damn 49 seconds ago

[@nixtc]

500€ for this with the caps and shipping, you must certainly buy this to support the pile of 4090's sitting on your desk being used as paper weights. Whalers got to whale i guess... and pay pigs got to pay.

[@wembleyford]

I think you might have left off the keyswitches and stabs. I make it nearly 800 euros.

[@matthewhall6288]

Nice!