1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:07,359 Hey everyone, I'm back and I've got the NYX Hesper 64. It is allegedly the 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:10,160 world's first dualaction lowprofile keyboard. And to be frank, I don't 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:16,080 really know what that means. So, we're going to find out together. Hesper 64 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:21,520 100. I don't know what the 100 stands for, but that's okay. We got some foam. 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,519 We've got a few different one box. I 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:26,480 wasn't That's kind of nice. I like the two-tone design that they've got on the 7 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:29,920 box here. And then the fact that you like open it together like that. Yeah, 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:37,600 that's actually really nice. protects the keyboard as well. And then 9 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:39,360 the star of our show is this guy. And 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,079 yep, those are dual action keys. I'll get into those in a in a second here 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:47,920 because I got to know what else is in the box. We've got our handy dandy quick 12 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:53,840 guide Gemini lowprofile keyboard. I'm guessing they went Gemini 13 00:00:50,719 --> 00:00:55,680 because there's two keys. Wow. 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:59,760 Astrology. This is actually pretty cool. They've even they're even showing the 15 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:02,480 like dual action on all of the keys in their quick guides. This is one of the 16 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:07,360 few times where I'd actually maybe look at the quick guide first. Oh, okay. 17 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:10,720 Yeah. So, these keys are dual function because like you see that you've got I 18 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:13,119 can press that and I can press the top part which is a lot harder to press. So, 19 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:21,360 I don't know how much I'm going to actually like that in real practice. But the cool thing is um it means that for a 20 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:23,280 60% or a 64key keyboard all of a sudden 21 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:29,280 you don't have to press function to hit F12. You can just hit F12. Let's get all 22 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:32,640 the other stuff out of the M. First and foremost, 23 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:37,200 thank you once again for your support and trust in us. Wow. We hope you enjoy 24 00:01:34,479 --> 00:01:41,840 using Hesper 64 100 as much as we enjoyed creating it for you. So, okay, I 25 00:01:39,119 --> 00:01:46,399 get the number now. It's a 64key layout, but you're getting 100 keys. What one 26 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:49,759 minor thing I actually really like about this box, though, is it's got tiny 27 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:55,439 magnets on it. So, it's actually just like magnets holding this down. So, it's 28 00:01:53,119 --> 00:01:59,200 a really nice design. Um, I don't think I've ever been this impressed by a 29 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:04,320 keyboard box before. And on the back, it's actually nicely labeled. We're 30 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:07,280 getting uh keyboard, type-C USB cable, 31 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:12,080 2.4 GHz dongle, keycap switch puller, extra switches, extra Gemini switches, 32 00:02:10,319 --> 00:02:15,760 and it's an anti layout. Oh, that's great. Actually, I really like that this 33 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:18,720 is all very clearly uh laid out for me. So, let's get that out of the way. And 34 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:24,640 let's open this box that probably has our extra switches and our keycap puller 35 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:30,480 and our cable. Oo, this is a nice cable actually. It's 36 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:35,760 that thick kind of rubbery. This almost feels similar to our true spec cables. 37 00:02:32,879 --> 00:02:39,760 It's not, but it has that nice premium feel. Still very bendy and flexible. And 38 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:44,160 then we've also got our handydandy key cap and switch puller. I like these ones 39 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:47,840 cuz uh they're just very easy to use and they're nice and versatile. You get two 40 00:02:45,519 --> 00:02:51,840 tools in one. And then here's the feet for the keyboard. We'll attach those in 41 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:56,400 a bit. Here's our dongle. We've got this guy here, which is full 42 00:02:54,239 --> 00:03:01,280 version, whatever that means. This is probably where our switches are. Oh. 43 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:07,599 Ooh. Wow. That's actually really nice. I've 44 00:03:04,239 --> 00:03:10,080 never seen switches packaged like this, 45 00:03:07,599 --> 00:03:15,200 especially not like with a keyboard. So, that's super cool. Otherwise, these are 46 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:17,760 just lowprofile linear switches. Love a 47 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:20,560 good lowprofile mechanical switch. Taxi is okay. I've gotten a few switches from 48 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:24,959 them and I like them. There's like some very very minor scraping. Could use just 49 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:31,519 a tiny tiny bit more lube. One more thing I notic about the box. Now I can 50 00:03:28,239 --> 00:03:34,000 see. I don't understand. That's what NYX 51 00:03:31,519 --> 00:03:37,360 stands for. Now I can see. Why? I don't get it. What can I see now? What I 52 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:42,159 really want to do actually before I even get into the rest of the keyboard is I want to pull one of these out and see 53 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:46,959 what the key caps look like housed on top of the actual switch. Uh, but let me 54 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:52,959 clean this up. Okay, let's see what these are all about because this should 55 00:03:48,799 --> 00:03:56,720 be hot swappable, which is a plus. 56 00:03:52,959 --> 00:03:58,720 Uh, that's a bit of a problem. The key 57 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:04,480 cap came apart as I pulled it off. And it's got a little there's a little extra 58 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:10,720 spring here. So, what I want to know is how is this actuating anything? So, if I 59 00:04:08,239 --> 00:04:14,640 put these back in, that's not actuating the same thing. All right. I don't know 60 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:20,799 how these work. Normally, when you press the stem down on the switch, you're creating a contact. But I don't know 61 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:24,479 what contact this is creating when this guy goes because it's not adjusting the 62 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:30,320 stem at all. See how it's not moving? 63 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:32,720 Super weird. Oh, yeah. Okay. There's 64 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:36,000 these two rubber pads on the bottom here. But basically what we've noticed 65 00:04:34,479 --> 00:04:40,800 or what our camera guy noticed because I was too busy looking at the switch is 66 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:44,160 there are these two individual contacts 67 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:46,320 on the board itself on the PCB and I'm 68 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:50,880 guessing that when both of the rubber pads contact with that it's like 69 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:55,520 pressure sensitive or something and it's telling it to do with the thing. One 70 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:59,280 thing I don't like right away and I'll probably comment more on this when it 71 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:05,840 comes to typing. I have a single home row indicator on the J, but because our 72 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:08,240 F is one of the Gemini keys, it doesn't. 73 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:10,800 And so this felt like really awkward just putting my fingers down on home 74 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:15,600 row, I knew it was correct just because I knew two keys here and there's one here. But like, yeah, I don't know. 75 00:05:13,199 --> 00:05:20,000 Minor thing. I hate when keyboards and key caps don't have home row indicators. 76 00:05:17,919 --> 00:05:24,960 Um, just cuz I love touch typing and you don't even need to look where you're putting your fingers if you can touch 77 00:05:22,479 --> 00:05:30,400 those. Uh, as for the keyboard itself, the whole thing's a little loose. 78 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:34,720 Like you hear that rattle? I feel like the whole thing needs just 79 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:38,800 like a slight tighten on a few screws. There's like zero flex though because it 80 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:42,800 is an aluminum chassis. And I like the little mirror weight on the back. 81 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:47,120 Designed by Nyx, manufactured by Texi. Oh, that's cool. So Texi made it. That's 82 00:05:44,479 --> 00:05:50,639 nice. Uh it's try mode with QMK via support. So that means that you can plug 83 00:05:48,479 --> 00:05:53,680 it in with a cable. It's got Bluetooth and you can use the dongle so you can 84 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:59,919 connect it a number of different ways. Then it's got single stage adjustable 85 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:02,800 feet on the back. It's so It's so rattly. And a big part of that's 86 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:06,960 probably because the key caps have like two parts to them with springs and I 87 00:06:04,479 --> 00:06:12,720 don't know. It's crazy. It's crazy. And then we've got uh W or M. I actually 88 00:06:10,479 --> 00:06:16,400 don't know what that means because um we've got all our wireless stuff on this 89 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:22,319 switch here where you can set it to Bluetooth cable or dongle. Oh, but 90 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:24,319 that's RGB. What? It's got this RGB 91 00:06:22,319 --> 00:06:28,479 strip going around the whole bottom. And it's actually really nicely diffused. 92 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:32,160 Oh, not not as much on the front. But yeah, that's Do you even see it? Yo, 93 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:37,680 there's some up here, too. Okay. I actually really like the RGB implementation. Um, and it looks like 94 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:40,560 they've got RGB on the keys as well. You can see the shine through quite nicely 95 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:44,639 on the Gemini key caps as well, cuz it's a north facing LED. And yeah, I really 96 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:48,639 like the nice orange color they kind of picked. I still don't know what W and M 97 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:53,759 mean because I would assume W is like wireless and M is like manual. Also, 98 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:58,560 these uh switches are not very satisfying. Like the click over is good, 99 00:06:57,039 --> 00:07:01,680 but then sliding it back is like effortless. So, I could see someone 100 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:06,560 actually now the click over is not good either. And I've only moved this a few times. So, so I don't know. There are 101 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:10,800 your mileage may vary. Maybe this is just our unit feels a little loosey 102 00:07:09,039 --> 00:07:15,360 goosey. I don't know how else to explain it. It's kind of weird. Okay. So, we've 103 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:21,199 got back lit mode switching. Single press logo button to switch back. Okay. 104 00:07:19,039 --> 00:07:25,840 Oh, it's not really adjusting the bar. Um or probably this bottom guy, but it 105 00:07:23,039 --> 00:07:30,800 is adjusting the actual like uh keycap lighting. That's cool. It's like 106 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:32,080 breathing, color cycle, rainbow. 107 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:38,800 Sure, there's a bunch of modes. Very cool. Where's the WM switch? What are 108 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:40,479 What do you do? What is your purpose? If 109 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:44,400 I don't figure out what W and M stand for by the end of this video, please 110 00:07:41,919 --> 00:07:48,160 tell me in the comments cuz um I don't know. I really don't know. Otherwise, 111 00:07:45,919 --> 00:07:52,240 we've just got our USBC port over on the lefth hand side here. Totally fine. You 112 00:07:50,479 --> 00:07:57,120 know, pick your preference. I like a good middle USBC, but uh left to right 113 00:07:55,039 --> 00:08:00,720 is totally okay, too. Uh the key caps feel okay. Feel like PBT. I can't wait 114 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:07,440 to do a typing test on this thing because I think I'm going to get all types of messed up as soon as I try to 115 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:13,680 type on these Gemini key caps. I don't know, man. But not before a word from 116 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:15,599 our sponsor, TPLink. TPLink's Tapo C465 117 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:19,919 is a compact security camera that captures in 4K and it's solar powered. 118 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,759 They say that 50 minutes of sunlight should be enough to power you for the 119 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:27,120 entire day. So, between that, the battery, and the magnetic insulation, 120 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:31,360 you can just stick it on your building and you're set. It captures images 24/7 121 00:08:29,599 --> 00:08:35,519 at regular intervals and switches to recording clips if activity is detected, 122 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:40,080 something that most battery cameras can't do. And TPLink doesn't charge you 123 00:08:37,839 --> 00:08:45,440 a monthly fee for these features. Grab your TPLink Tapo C465 today using our 124 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:49,519 link in the video description. Keyboard cannot be identified. Okay. Well, we 125 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:53,920 can't use a MacBook, I guess. Oh, WM is probably Windows or Mac. 126 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:57,440 >> Oh my god, I feel pretty dumb, but that's okay. I feel dumb, so you don't 127 00:08:55,279 --> 00:09:02,399 have to later if you kickstarted this product. It's cool. Like I just looking 128 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:06,720 at it on the desk, I do like how sleek it is and I love lowprofile keyboards 129 00:09:04,399 --> 00:09:11,360 with low profile mechanical switches. Um, but how does it type? I wasn't 130 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:15,040 screen recording my last run, but as you can see, I got 58 words per minute and 131 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:18,880 90% accuracy. It's very difficult to type on because it just feels wrong. I 132 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:22,800 mean, first of all, the lack of the home row makes me second guess very seldomly 133 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:27,920 like whether that's, you know, right or not or or if I settled my fingers in the 134 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:30,480 right place. Um, the dualaction keys I'm 135 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:33,279 pressing them like often, but it's like I'm pressing sometimes I press just the 136 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,959 bottom, sometimes I press the whole thing. And maybe that's where their 137 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:40,480 anti-typo software comes in handy because yeah, I I think that most of the 138 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:44,800 mistakes um here I'll do another quick run and you can kind of see what I'm talking about. But I made a ton of 139 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:49,959 mistakes. Okay, this is typing test number two. Um, and away we go. 140 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:58,320 I No, I don't know. I take it back. I take it back. I think sometimes 141 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:02,240 I think sometimes their typo stuff works. 142 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:06,240 I Jeez, this one's going to be even worse than the last one. Marginally 143 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:12,240 better, actually. Worse accuracy. 61 words per minute, 82% accuracy. 144 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:18,320 I guess my opinion is if your keyboard needs anti-typo software to make sure 145 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:22,959 you don't make typos because the keyboard is going to cause them, maybe 146 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:25,760 that's a design that shouldn't exist. You know, like you're creating a problem 147 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:29,360 and then you're fixing it because you really want this to to be a thing. And I 148 00:10:27,519 --> 00:10:34,560 just the only thing that I really personally would even want out of this 149 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:39,680 is the numpad. It's the number one thing that keeps me coming back to like a 150 00:10:36,959 --> 00:10:42,959 full-size layout is because I want this exact numpad layout because I, you know, 151 00:10:41,519 --> 00:10:46,399 I've got it memorized. Like I've been typing on these for forever and uh, you 152 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:50,160 know, if I need to like type in banking information or just numbers or whatever, 153 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:55,200 I know where these keys are just based on where my fingers are. With the top 154 00:10:52,959 --> 00:10:58,079 row numbers, I always have to look. It doesn't matter that I've been typing for 155 00:10:56,399 --> 00:11:00,800 years and I've used them all the time. I always have to look and it always takes 156 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:05,600 me forever. Like let's say I need to type in like 1 1337 like 1 1337. It's 157 00:11:04,399 --> 00:11:12,519 easy. Whereas this I'm going to be like 1 1337 and I'm going to look for it and 158 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:12,519 it's going to take me longer and um 159 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:20,800 I really like this thing on one level and I think it's just one of those cases 160 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:22,399 where it's not a product for me 161 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:26,720 personally. I really like the little brass button. I actually really like the 162 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:32,079 look. I think that this is a super cool keycap design style and I actually kind 163 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:37,839 of now want like a halfop opaque half translucent keycap set. I think that 164 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:40,480 looks sick, but I just the the dual 165 00:11:37,839 --> 00:11:44,720 action I I really don't think it's for me personally. Uh maybe it'll make you 166 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,600 more productive. They're claiming it makes people up to 20% more productive. 167 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:52,240 I don't believe that for a second because it's if anything made me worse. 168 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:55,600 Um but yeah, with practice maybe that's the case. When this was being 169 00:11:53,680 --> 00:12:00,320 kickstarted for the full version, which is the one we have here, which has the 170 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:05,279 split Gemini stuff on um all of these keys as well, instead of just the top 171 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:10,800 row, we're talking about $295 for a little slim wireless mechanical 172 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:12,720 keyboard. That's expensive, but it's not 173 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:16,399 outrageous, especially considering it's doing a pretty cool new trick, whether I 174 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:20,880 like that trick or not. Um, and then it's 278 if you want the non-ful 175 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:24,480 version. And that just comes with only the top row being split. I think if 176 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:30,320 you're getting this thing, you should definitely get the full version to at least have the options down the line to 177 00:12:28,079 --> 00:12:33,440 use these switches like this. I just I think the reason that a lot of these 178 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:36,480 keyboards that are on Kickstarter have to go to Kickstarter instead of just a 179 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:40,959 group buy. Well, no, cuz group buys are basically just a different form of Kickstarter. I don't know you guys. I 180 00:12:38,959 --> 00:12:45,680 don't know who this is for. Maybe it's for people who have bad dexterity with 181 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:48,880 their fingers and so they need help not moving them around too much. I just 182 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:54,480 don't personally really see the use of it. Think it's neat. I don't think I'd 183 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:56,320 pay $300 for it, but 184 00:12:54,480 --> 00:13:02,720 maybe you will. So, there you guys have it. That's the Hesper 64 100. And um 185 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:08,480 it's neat. If you want to check out another neat keyboard, maybe look at the 186 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:12,240 ceramic one from Keyron. That was also 187 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:12,240 a little neat. Little halfbaked.