WEBVTT 00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:14.799 welcome to my unboxing of the AO levitron Mech 4 gaming keyboard This 00:00:13.040 --> 00:00:19.760 actually has some pretty unique features at a pretty unique price point and let's 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:23.560 start with uh a warm welcome for our guest camera operator who is also 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:26.840 interviewing for the tech tips assistant job so hopefully he does pretty well 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:32.239 operating the camera here he's giving me a kind of a weird look from behind the camera so that's a good sign okay why 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:37.960 don't we start with the main features which are the cherry black mechanical 00:00:34.480 --> 00:00:39.520 switch keys so that is okay according to 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:44.039 AO why don't we go with what they think widely believed to provide the best 00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:48.399 gaming experience fascinating okay modular design adds functionality by 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:53.600 attaching modular accessories numeric keypad and macro keypad modules are 00:00:51.239 --> 00:00:56.640 included interesting and it has anti- ghosting so there is actually an anti- 00:00:55.120 --> 00:01:03.640 ghosting zone I'm going to go ahead and flip it over and so you can see your WD 00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:05.640 Z x c q e key zone is all anti- ghosted 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:09.920 so while this keyboard does not feature n key rollover by any stretch of the 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:12.439 imagination it does have an anti- ghosting Zone which is where you're 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:17.200 going to be pressing most of your keys in gaming so unless you type with your 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:21.040 face you're probably not going to run into any issues as far as ghosting is 00:01:19.360 --> 00:01:24.799 concerned now the features are all listed here but what I'd really like to 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:28.759 do is get the Box open before we just start listing 00:01:27.119 --> 00:01:34.960 features so I can show you where they are on the keyboard itself now one thing 00:01:32.479 --> 00:01:40.200 AIO did ask that I mention on this unboxing is the use of cardboard 00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:46.280 packaging which is recyclable versus styrofoam packaging 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:50.520 which is not recyclable so there you go I have mentioned it so you can clearly 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:54.920 see the cardboard packaging present here the highly recyclable cardboard 00:01:52.399 --> 00:01:58.920 packaging okay quick start guide is in color look at that so they show you how 00:01:56.439 --> 00:02:02.799 to install the software manual as well as installing theof software to manage 00:02:01.039 --> 00:02:07.159 your profiles as well as your macro settings and key customization all right 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:10.840 what else we got here okay so oh look at that it's a like a it's an actual color 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:16.360 manual and it's a start it's a quick start guide that says more than plug the 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:20.120 thing into the thing and then turn it on awesome okay so there is your manual as 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:24.959 well as your software although you're going to want to download the latest software from the AO website here are 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:31.440 some modular pieces including a number 00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:34.120 pad very nice it's got a good feel to it 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:37.200 already calculator so there's a button to just open up the calculator program 00:02:35.720 --> 00:02:41.400 which is this is a good place for it I'm un liking that okay there's the USB 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:44.920 interface and there's the USB interface on the other side so I'll show you why 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:51.560 it has two in just a moment here's a way to oh cool so you can attach it by an 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:54.159 extension cord too so it basically comes 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:58.040 with this is like the smartest thing ever actually I'm really impressed right 00:02:56.480 --> 00:03:03.159 about now so look at this you can either clip 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:06.840 it directly to the keyboard or you can go ahead and plug it in by USB somewhere 00:03:05.200 --> 00:03:10.280 else and then you just have like a little number pad these are like 15 00:03:08.200 --> 00:03:15.440 bucks 20 bucks if you want to buy one so comes with your keyboard now cool all 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:19.080 right here's a little macro key piece so this one is going to clip onto the 00:03:17.799 --> 00:03:24.640 keyboard and it's going to add some additional macro keys so I'll show you where those go I don't think those are 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:29.319 mechanical but I'll let it go this time all right honestly I think it's a little 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:34.400 bit overdone the whole partial mechanical versus full mechanical and 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:39.680 how it's you know sinful to do it one way versus the other way 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:41.280 thing but that's just my opinion nobody 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:46.439 watches this channel to hear my opinion so I'll keep it to 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:48.000 myself okay actually I lied people do 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:52.560 watch this channel to hear my opinion so there you go that's my opinion this is 00:03:50.799 --> 00:03:57.159 the levron mech 4 the first thing I notice about it is is is it is built 00:03:54.920 --> 00:04:01.079 like a mechanical keyboard it's got some heft to it it has some weight let's do 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:05.400 the over all appearance first so we've got uh oh look at that two different 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:13.519 stands so you can either put it up a little bit like that or you can put it 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:17.120 up a lot like that or you can put it up 00:04:13.519 --> 00:04:18.880 not at all like well like that um we've 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:21.799 also got rubber feet on the bottom so there's rubber bits along the bottom of 00:04:20.479 --> 00:04:27.720 both of these this is actually like really nice little touches like this 00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:29.840 rubber feet here and then uh rubber feet 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:34.360 here so if you have it running flat it is completely rubber gri ified so it's 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:40.520 not going to move on your table regardless of what configuration you are 00:04:37.479 --> 00:04:41.759 using uh overall layout let's uh let's 00:04:40.520 --> 00:04:48.759 have a look at some of the custom Keys we've got so we can turn the Windows key on and off here uh we can switch between 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:50.759 macro profile A and B here and look at 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:55.360 that the macro keys are actually on different heights I want you to get down 00:04:52.919 --> 00:05:01.039 at a at that yeah at that level there so you can see how these are actually kind 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:02.440 of staggered so you can actually feel if 00:05:01.039 --> 00:05:07.800 you run your if you were to run your fingers down them or if you were to reach for them which key is which 00:05:06.440 --> 00:05:11.639 because they're all at slightly different heights so that's something 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:16.800 that may not seem like a big deal to the Casual Observer but personally I think 00:05:13.919 --> 00:05:22.800 it's a very big deal because the last thing you want is macro keys that you 00:05:18.880 --> 00:05:25.440 cannot feel in the midst of a firefight 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:29.800 okay cable we've got a standard sort of sleeved looking USB cable we've got two 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:34.120 bundled together in one here so I'm guessing one of these is for the Hub yep 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:39.400 and one of them is for the keyboard itself it doesn't tell you which is which but my guess is that you'll plug 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:44.479 both of them in anyway so I'm not too worried about that on the back we do 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:49.120 find the USB hub that I did refer to before and let's see what else we got 00:05:47.520 --> 00:05:53.960 going on here so you know what I'm going to I'm just going to pull my cheat sheet 00:05:51.280 --> 00:05:56.560 out and uh kind of run through with you guys so we've got a volume knob which is 00:05:55.479 --> 00:06:02.800 right about here all right our anti- ghosting allows 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:06.599 for six keys to be simultaneously pressed for USB expansion we have two 00:06:04.880 --> 00:06:10.599 USB expansion ports which I showed you before uh the Windows key we saw each 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:15.440 key has its own mechanical switch the advantages registers without pushing the 00:06:12.840 --> 00:06:19.000 key all the way down and the keys snaps back to the original position faster 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:22.560 they are rated for 50 million keystrokes so I could sit here and I could do this 00:06:20.280 --> 00:06:27.319 all day and probably never wear it out the numeric key bad keypad yes okay so 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:33.120 let's show you guys this so I showed you this way which is like this already so 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:37.120 then I can put it over here if I want but there's also another way to hook 00:06:34.599 --> 00:06:41.880 this up I can go like this and I'm just going to make sure that I have it in the 00:06:38.919 --> 00:06:46.800 same uh configuration as the keyboard itself and okay I don't know how this 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:51.840 works I've never tried this before so bear with me here you guys I'm just 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:56.960 going to go ahead I'm going to try and figure out how that go ah there we go so 00:06:54.560 --> 00:07:02.639 there you go you can clip the keypad and that's mechanical too you can 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:08.440 click the key bad onto that side or you can take the whole thing off which comes 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:12.199 off somehow okay now it's on there pretty good does it lock in place oh yes 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:17.360 it does there we go and it locks up here too there we go 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:21.400 or you can put it on the other side so depending on the configuration of your 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:26.639 desk you can actually change the overall width of 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:34.720 your keyboard or which side of your gaming Keys it is wider on very very 00:07:30.280 --> 00:07:37.759 cool all right modular design uh modular 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:39.639 rail aha enables the macro d-pad to be 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:43.960 adjustable in positioning and allows future modules to be hooked on the same 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:48.039 rail so this rail up here which looks kind of like uh for mounting sights on a 00:07:46.159 --> 00:07:52.840 gun and this kind of looks like sights doesn't it yeah kind of ignore the 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:55.319 keyboard keys on it so you just slide these along 00:07:55.560 --> 00:08:01.159 here and they click into place wherever you happen to want to put them so you 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:05.680 want to put them here let's say you never use the F1 to F4 keys while you're 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:10.319 gaming and let's face it who does I mean I'm sure there's some sort of weird game 00:08:07.520 --> 00:08:16.680 out there that requires the use of f4 key you know I don't know maybe F10 you 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:18.039 can C up F10 um but then you know you 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:23.560 couldn't do whatever functionality you're trying to figure out how to do in Counter Strike when people tell you how 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:28.599 to do it right so okay so this allows you to actually reach it if you needed 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:33.000 to so maybe you have like an alternate WD that you want to put in for I don't 00:08:30.960 --> 00:08:38.200 know what I I don't question what they're actually for the point is just 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:42.919 you have six macro Keys here six macro Keys here with A and B so that's a total 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:48.000 of 12 functions and it's all within reach of your actual gaming Keys unlike 00:08:46.040 --> 00:08:52.760 keyboards that have Banks of macro Keys over here or on the other side whatever 00:08:50.800 --> 00:08:57.160 the case may be now you can reach them all very neat all right 11 dedicated 00:08:55.760 --> 00:09:03.440 macro Keys we just went through that water resistant seals and drainage holes 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:06.160 built in this I didn't know spilling your drink on your keyboard is no longer 00:09:04.959 --> 00:09:14.200 an excuse for losing drainage holes there they are one 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:18.279 two three four four drainage holes ah ah 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:19.800 ah and uh simply keep playing as the 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:23.399 liquid will come out from the bottom via the drainage holes now if you spill 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:26.920 something sticky I still wouldn't expect it to work 100% what you might have to 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:30.760 do at that point is take like some rubbing alcohol and then pour that down 00:09:28.800 --> 00:09:35.760 after it mind you that might you know wreck any you know rubber or whatever 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:41.480 happens to be in there okay the whole thing is not good still try not to spill on your keyboard please or drink water 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:46.640 around your keyboard at the very least uh braided and gold connectors we talked 00:09:43.079 --> 00:09:49.440 about that already fully programmable 00:09:46.640 --> 00:09:53.480 all keys can be reprogrammed not just the dedicated macro Keys very cool so 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:57.640 the first thing some people are going to say is Windows key we don't need no 00:09:55.480 --> 00:10:01.600 stinking Windows key but you could actually just change that to do what 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:07.120 whatever you want including the Tab Key the caps lock key in fact one of my big 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:10.880 gripes about keyboards tends to be short backspace keys well I'll probably just 00:10:08.640 --> 00:10:15.000 reprogram this to be a backspace key and then my problem is 00:10:13.079 --> 00:10:20.160 solved uh actually let's look at the overall layout while we're at it then uh 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:22.399 we've got nice long enter shift shift uh 00:10:20.160 --> 00:10:26.480 normal size control and ALT so the one thing that I don't like about the layout 00:10:24.040 --> 00:10:31.560 is the short backspace key but the fully programmable functionality really does 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:34.160 help to make me me forgive it for that 00:10:31.560 --> 00:10:39.120 okay and I think that's pretty much all there is that I have to say about the 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:44.279 levron Mec 4 with the aggressive pricing the very full feature set the one thing 00:10:41.680 --> 00:10:48.880 it doesn't have is uh back lit Keys although it's arguable whether that is 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:52.399 necessary or not especially with all of the other things that it does 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