WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.360 We all know OnePlus, they make phones, earbuds, and now keyboards? 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:09.960 Keyboard 81 Pro specifically, they teamed up with Keychron to make this. 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:13.360 Ooh, I love this, never settle. Sometimes you should settle, but you know what? 00:00:13.360 --> 00:00:17.520 Not with keyboards, that's what you shouldn't settle for. Connect Bluetooth, remapping keys, backlight, 00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:21.200 connect cable, adjusting whatever, switchable keycaps for OS. 00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:24.280 This does have Linux, Mac, Windows support, 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:29.680 Android support, oh, and then we got a little user manual as well, if the card wasn't good enough for you. 00:00:29.680 --> 00:00:35.080 My only complaint from just looking at the specs is that it's wireless, but it doesn't do 2.4 gigahertz, 00:00:35.080 --> 00:00:38.560 it's just Bluetooth and USB-C. 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:42.280 Keyboards in here, I can keep that a little secret for all of us right now. 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:46.820 I'm gonna open these other boxes. This guy comes in two colors, 00:00:46.820 --> 00:00:50.840 there's a dark gray and a light gray. The light gray is the one that's supposed to come 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:54.800 with their MarbleMallow keycaps, which is a first. 00:00:54.800 --> 00:00:57.520 I've never tried them before in my life, and I'm very intrigued. 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:05.860 It's supposed to be like a softer plastic, one that's specifically used in cables and bracelets, 00:01:05.860 --> 00:01:10.520 which seems odd. These don't feel like, well, this feels like PBT, 00:01:10.520 --> 00:01:13.720 this one not so much. Why is the D the only one that feels different? 00:01:13.720 --> 00:01:17.400 Maybe I'm crazy. Listen, I haven't felt a lot of Ds, but this does feel a little different. 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:22.400 Yeah, okay, okay. Also coming with a bunch of what looks like foam gaskets, 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:27.760 this is gasket mounted, double gasket mounted. If one's not good enough for you, they got two. 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:34.400 And they come with extras, which is always a plus. A one plus, ah, that's a terrible joke. 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.000 Oh, I actually really like their key cap and switch puller that they're including 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.320 because it's got these cool covers for it. Ooh, cable. 00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:45.960 And for anyone who wants to take apart their keyboard 00:01:45.960 --> 00:01:49.880 and modify it and do whatever they want to it, they come with a little Allen key, which is great. 00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:54.120 The cable is notably in their one plus red that they use for everything. 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:59.160 Yeah, it doesn't seem that bad, but yeah, it's about two meters probably. USB-C on one side, USB-A on the other. 00:01:59.160 --> 00:02:03.880 Oh, we got some screws. This is actually a huge deal to me. 00:02:03.880 --> 00:02:08.200 I have bought a lot of expensive custom keyboards and you'd be surprised by how many of them 00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:13.240 don't come with extra hardware. All right, now for the big reveal, the actual keyboard. 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.840 Ooh, it's pretty hefty. The whole thing is CNC aluminum. 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:24.000 I actually really like whatever they've done here on this edge for the knob and the, what's, I mean, 00:02:24.040 --> 00:02:27.040 they've got the arrow keys on here, it's traditional. Oh, page up, page down. 00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:32.720 And home, probably. Yeah, these just feel like PBT, that's a bummer. 00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:36.680 One kind of disappointing thing off the bat here is that they're supposed to have 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:40.940 this really cool new marble mallow keycap that I've never tried before. 00:02:40.940 --> 00:02:45.880 The D key that came with this might be the material because it does feel different than PBT, but I'm not sure. 00:02:45.880 --> 00:02:51.600 And the way that you can tell that this isn't marble mallow, aside from the obvious PBT feel here, 00:02:51.600 --> 00:02:54.920 is that these are dark gray keycaps. This comes in two color schemes, 00:02:54.920 --> 00:02:58.600 but the color scheme only is reflecting on the keycaps themselves. 00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:02.440 So if you get the light gray, then the alphanumeric and center keycaps 00:03:02.440 --> 00:03:06.000 would all be light gray. Instead, we've got the dark gray version, 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:09.640 where it's dark gray on the alphanumerics and light gray on the outside. 00:03:09.640 --> 00:03:12.680 That doesn't mean the keyboard's bad. I'm actually still pretty excited about it. 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:16.280 It's just, that was a really cool feature that I was hoping to experience today, 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.480 but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen. I really love this knob. 00:03:19.480 --> 00:03:25.640 Not only does the tactile feel actually feel great, but I love the clear, like kind of fake crystal 00:03:25.640 --> 00:03:30.360 or fake glass appearance it's got. It's just plastic, but it looks pretty good. 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:34.920 And then we've got the typical traditional one plus logo 00:03:34.920 --> 00:03:39.920 in one plus red on the escape key and on the enter key. 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:45.440 This is hotswap, which is great. I just don't like it if anyone's not hotswap these days 00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:49.520 because there's not much point for it, especially in the more like mass marketed keyboards. 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:52.600 It's a red switch, but it's definitely tactile. So I'm gonna take it out. 00:03:52.600 --> 00:03:55.760 Oh, which makes sense. I'm pretty sure the linear switches. 00:03:55.760 --> 00:03:59.240 So that's the other thing that's kind of a weird design choice that they've made. 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.400 The color is also tied to the switches as well. 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:07.440 If you get the light gray, you get linears. And if you get the dark gray, you get these tactiles. 00:04:07.440 --> 00:04:10.440 So it's kind of tough if you like linears, 00:04:10.440 --> 00:04:13.920 but you don't want the new marble mallow key caps 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:18.200 as cool as they may be. Tough break, you're stuck choosing one. Same thing if you like tactiles, 00:04:18.200 --> 00:04:22.400 but you really wanted the marble mallow key caps, like I do, I can't get that right now. 00:04:22.400 --> 00:04:26.220 So unfortunately we're stuck with these guys. They feel okay. 00:04:26.220 --> 00:04:30.520 They sound all right, it could sound better. I'm not sure if they're pre-lubed, 00:04:30.520 --> 00:04:34.560 but they don't sound or feel too bad. So it wouldn't surprise me if there's a really small 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:40.280 light application of factory pre-lube on these. We've got south facing RGB on our keyboard. 00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:44.920 There's per key illumination for anyone who cares about that. Another thing that I even neglected to mention 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:49.440 is that it's got this cool bar on the back. And this is for adjusting your typing angle, 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:54.320 but it's also meant to let you stand the keyboard up. 00:04:54.320 --> 00:04:57.960 The logo on the back, if you were to take your keyboard and flip it over, 00:04:57.960 --> 00:05:01.920 that's upside down. But as soon as you stand it up like this, 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:06.680 how's that? I think it's kind of a weird way to display your keyboard. 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:11.800 Most of the time I would actually prefer the bar to be on the bottom, and then I would like put it up like this. 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:16.720 I'm not against the bar. I think it's a pretty cool way to have adjustable typing angles, 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:21.120 especially it's pretty stiff. So I don't think unless you like really sit here 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:26.240 and crank it and wear it out, it's not gonna just wear out on you and suddenly your keyboard's gonna like droop. 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:30.640 Like I've gotta press, I'm pressing pretty hard. Oh, geez, actually I almost pinched my fingers there. 00:05:30.640 --> 00:05:34.200 But I've gotta press pretty hard to get this bar to like go down. 00:05:34.200 --> 00:05:37.320 So I'm not worried about that at all. And then on the rest of the keyboard, 00:05:37.320 --> 00:05:41.680 physically we've got a on off switch. And it looks like it might choose as well 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:46.140 between Bluetooth and wired. And then we've got a Mac or Windows and a USB-C port. 00:05:46.140 --> 00:05:49.640 Ours comes with this neat little stamped ShortCircuit title here. That's pretty cool. 00:05:49.640 --> 00:05:55.320 That's probably just a personal thing for us. Sorry. Other than that, it's got four little rubber feet here, 00:05:55.320 --> 00:05:58.720 which probably do the job. Yeah, like they could be better, 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:03.480 but I've definitely had worse rubber feet on a keyboard. And realistically, you're not pushing on it that hard 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:09.000 when you're gaming or typing anyway. And it's pretty hefty. Like this thing, yeah, it's all aluminum. 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:13.540 As for weight, yo, 1.8 kilos. 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:18.260 Yeah, it's definitely pretty hefty, about five pounds or so. It's got a 4,000 milliamp hour battery, 00:06:18.260 --> 00:06:24.700 which is respectable in this space, but I want to use wired because I'm a wired kind of guy. 00:06:24.700 --> 00:06:30.220 Oh, this is cool. I only just noticed this now. It actually comes with a USB-C to a dongle, 00:06:30.220 --> 00:06:36.860 but it's also just a USB-C to C cable. So if you have just a spare USB-C port that you want to use, 00:06:36.860 --> 00:06:40.260 feel free to do that. And if you don't, boom, OnePlus has got you covered. 00:06:40.260 --> 00:06:44.100 I got to say, I really like the RGB and it makes me appreciate the red keycaps 00:06:44.100 --> 00:06:48.860 and the red cable even more. I think that the red and the gray and the metallic kind of look of the aluminum 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:51.940 all goes together really nicely. I'm not a red kind of person. 00:06:51.940 --> 00:06:54.620 I'm a more of a blue or green or orange kind of boy. 00:06:59.540 --> 00:07:03.040 Wow, 1.29, 100%. Yeah, I'm pretty happy with that. 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:07.500 Honestly, they're working with Keychron to make this product and it feels and looks a lot 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:10.600 like a Keychron, which I'm relatively fond of. 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:14.560 They're not perfect out of the box, but I think for the price, you get something pretty reasonable 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:18.780 that you can then upgrade yourself with foams or mods, whatever you want to do. 00:07:18.780 --> 00:07:23.860 But yeah, I actually really like the typing experience on this and while it's more of a thick than a thawk, 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:28.100 I actually really like the sound right out of the box. It's like a tick, right? 00:07:28.100 --> 00:07:33.500 How's the spacebar? It's not super rattle-y, but it's a little bit hollow 00:07:33.500 --> 00:07:37.020 and a little just a tiny bit rattle-y. So you could fix all this up yourself 00:07:37.020 --> 00:07:40.340 and especially with it being hot swap, if you don't like the switches, you don't like the keycaps, 00:07:40.340 --> 00:07:44.100 you can change basically whatever you want. One other thing I kind of noticed 00:07:44.100 --> 00:07:47.820 while just looking at it is I really like the overall construction designs. 00:07:47.820 --> 00:07:52.380 I love how the screws aren't in the bottom of the case. So they're not using these super long screws, 00:07:52.380 --> 00:07:57.100 like you see on some more premium keyboards. They're using these little short guys 00:07:57.100 --> 00:08:00.980 and they're just right in here on the edges. If I were to disassemble this, 00:08:00.980 --> 00:08:05.620 it looks like basically the top part of the case just kind of lifts off and you're left with a really thick body. 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:09.940 Instead of it being kind of centered, how some keyboards are basically split in half, 00:08:09.940 --> 00:08:14.260 like the top case is just as big as the bottom case. But yeah, it looks very clean 00:08:14.260 --> 00:08:18.940 and it doesn't look like you have to get rid of any feet or anything to get in there, which is fantastic. 00:08:18.940 --> 00:08:22.460 So I like it. One thing I wasn't sure of while talking about this 00:08:22.460 --> 00:08:25.580 and reading their descriptions and whatnot, 00:08:25.580 --> 00:08:29.340 they say double gasket, but I don't exactly know what that means. 00:08:29.340 --> 00:08:32.440 A lot of gasket systems I've seen that are like burger mount and stuff, 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:35.580 they have gaskets on both side anyway. 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:39.100 Okay, there's a few too many ribbon cables so I don't really want to fully disconnect it. 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:43.820 But as you can see, we've got these really thick gaskets and there's one on either side of the plate, 00:08:43.820 --> 00:08:48.160 which appears to just be plastic. It might be polycarb, but I'm not a hundred percent sure. 00:08:48.160 --> 00:08:53.060 They are extra thick and there are two of them. So it is technically double gasketed, 00:08:53.060 --> 00:08:56.140 but I don't think that's anything that's crazy. 00:08:56.140 --> 00:09:00.540 A lot of stuff that's gasket mounted is gonna have gaskets on both sides of the plate. 00:09:00.540 --> 00:09:05.500 A lot of the time it even comes with little socks that you put on the edges on like these guys here. 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:08.860 So there's contact on both sides of the plate. It feels pretty good. 00:09:08.860 --> 00:09:12.300 And it's definitely gasket mounted with layers of foam and whatnot, like it's good. 00:09:12.300 --> 00:09:17.460 I'm not saying it's bad. I just, it's not a big deal calling it double gasket. 00:09:17.460 --> 00:09:22.660 I don't know, that's a bit of a stretch here. All right, one moment please as I put it back together. 00:09:22.660 --> 00:09:26.140 Luckily that was really easy. One thing that's nice that I didn't mention 00:09:26.140 --> 00:09:30.480 that is pretty typical for Keychron is this does support open source firmware. 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:35.620 So it's QMK and it's via compatible. And you can do just about whatever you want with it. 00:09:35.620 --> 00:09:42.420 Change the RGB to however you like. Adjust any macros you want or adjust keys to something else. 00:09:42.420 --> 00:09:46.780 And now we gotta talk the price, which is something we actually don't have. 00:09:46.780 --> 00:09:50.260 They never sent us any details. We can't find it on the website anywhere. 00:09:50.260 --> 00:09:54.220 And I'm gonna go ahead and say that I think personally, 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:58.420 if this thing is like on par with Keychron pricing. 00:09:58.420 --> 00:10:02.100 So for an all aluminum chassis, you get a cool knob. 00:10:02.100 --> 00:10:06.780 I think if this is about $250 coming with keycaps and switches, 00:10:06.780 --> 00:10:10.580 I think anything more than that, if you start getting into the $300 territory, 00:10:10.580 --> 00:10:14.900 if you wanna pay that much, then start just looking for custom keyboards 00:10:14.900 --> 00:10:18.580 that are gonna come out in a year. That's the only kind of problem with that route 00:10:18.580 --> 00:10:23.620 is you find something on Met Group Buys that you like. You get in on the pre-order or on the Group Buy 00:10:23.620 --> 00:10:27.420 and then you wait. So that's kind of why I recommend Keychron so much 00:10:27.420 --> 00:10:33.420 is you can just buy it. Which I'm hoping you can do with this. If you can just buy it and it's like $250, cool. 00:10:33.420 --> 00:10:36.460 It's pretty good. Let us know in the comments, like, subscribe, 00:10:36.460 --> 00:10:38.660 all that good stuff and see you later.