Hey everyone, I'm back and I've got the NYX Hesper 64. It is allegedly the
world's first dualaction lowprofile keyboard. And to be frank, I don't
really know what that means. So, we're going to find out together. Hesper 64
100. I don't know what the 100 stands for, but that's okay. We got some foam.
We've got a few different one box. I
wasn't That's kind of nice. I like the two-tone design that they've got on the
box here. And then the fact that you like open it together like that. Yeah,
that's actually really nice. protects the keyboard as well. And then
the star of our show is this guy. And
yep, those are dual action keys. I'll get into those in a in a second here
because I got to know what else is in the box. We've got our handy dandy quick
guide Gemini lowprofile keyboard. I'm guessing they went Gemini
because there's two keys. Wow.
Astrology. This is actually pretty cool. They've even they're even showing the
like dual action on all of the keys in their quick guides. This is one of the
few times where I'd actually maybe look at the quick guide first. Oh, okay.
Yeah. So, these keys are dual function because like you see that you've got I
can press that and I can press the top part which is a lot harder to press. So,
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
60% or a 64key keyboard all of a sudden
you don't have to press function to hit F12. You can just hit F12. Let's get all
the other stuff out of the M. First and foremost,
thank you once again for your support and trust in us. Wow. We hope you enjoy
using Hesper 64 100 as much as we enjoyed creating it for you. So, okay, I
get the number now. It's a 64key layout, but you're getting 100 keys. What one
minor thing I actually really like about this box, though, is it's got tiny
magnets on it. So, it's actually just like magnets holding this down. So, it's
a really nice design. Um, I don't think I've ever been this impressed by a
keyboard box before. And on the back, it's actually nicely labeled. We're
getting uh keyboard, type-C USB cable,
2.4 GHz dongle, keycap switch puller, extra switches, extra Gemini switches,
and it's an anti layout. Oh, that's great. Actually, I really like that this
is all very clearly uh laid out for me. So, let's get that out of the way. And
let's open this box that probably has our extra switches and our keycap puller
and our cable. Oo, this is a nice cable actually. It's
that thick kind of rubbery. This almost feels similar to our true spec cables.
It's not, but it has that nice premium feel. Still very bendy and flexible. And
then we've also got our handydandy key cap and switch puller. I like these ones
cuz uh they're just very easy to use and they're nice and versatile. You get two
tools in one. And then here's the feet for the keyboard. We'll attach those in
a bit. Here's our dongle. We've got this guy here, which is full
version, whatever that means. This is probably where our switches are. Oh.
Ooh. Wow. That's actually really nice. I've
never seen switches packaged like this,
especially not like with a keyboard. So, that's super cool. Otherwise, these are
just lowprofile linear switches. Love a
good lowprofile mechanical switch. Taxi is okay. I've gotten a few switches from
them and I like them. There's like some very very minor scraping. Could use just
a tiny tiny bit more lube. One more thing I notic about the box. Now I can
see. I don't understand. That's what NYX
stands for. Now I can see. Why? I don't get it. What can I see now? What I
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
what the key caps look like housed on top of the actual switch. Uh, but let me
clean this up. Okay, let's see what these are all about because this should
be hot swappable, which is a plus.
Uh, that's a bit of a problem. The key
cap came apart as I pulled it off. And it's got a little there's a little extra
spring here. So, what I want to know is how is this actuating anything? So, if I
put these back in, that's not actuating the same thing. All right. I don't know
how these work. Normally, when you press the stem down on the switch, you're creating a contact. But I don't know
what contact this is creating when this guy goes because it's not adjusting the
stem at all. See how it's not moving?
Super weird. Oh, yeah. Okay. There's
these two rubber pads on the bottom here. But basically what we've noticed
or what our camera guy noticed because I was too busy looking at the switch is
there are these two individual contacts
on the board itself on the PCB and I'm
guessing that when both of the rubber pads contact with that it's like
pressure sensitive or something and it's telling it to do with the thing. One
thing I don't like right away and I'll probably comment more on this when it
comes to typing. I have a single home row indicator on the J, but because our
F is one of the Gemini keys, it doesn't.
And so this felt like really awkward just putting my fingers down on home
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.
Minor thing. I hate when keyboards and key caps don't have home row indicators.
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
those. Uh, as for the keyboard itself, the whole thing's a little loose.
Like you hear that rattle? I feel like the whole thing needs just
like a slight tighten on a few screws. There's like zero flex though because it
is an aluminum chassis. And I like the little mirror weight on the back.
Designed by Nyx, manufactured by Texi. Oh, that's cool. So Texi made it. That's
nice. Uh it's try mode with QMK via support. So that means that you can plug
it in with a cable. It's got Bluetooth and you can use the dongle so you can
connect it a number of different ways. Then it's got single stage adjustable
feet on the back. It's so It's so rattly. And a big part of that's
probably because the key caps have like two parts to them with springs and I
don't know. It's crazy. It's crazy. And then we've got uh W or M. I actually
don't know what that means because um we've got all our wireless stuff on this
switch here where you can set it to Bluetooth cable or dongle. Oh, but
that's RGB. What? It's got this RGB
strip going around the whole bottom. And it's actually really nicely diffused.
Oh, not not as much on the front. But yeah, that's Do you even see it? Yo,
there's some up here, too. Okay. I actually really like the RGB implementation. Um, and it looks like
they've got RGB on the keys as well. You can see the shine through quite nicely
on the Gemini key caps as well, cuz it's a north facing LED. And yeah, I really
like the nice orange color they kind of picked. I still don't know what W and M
mean because I would assume W is like wireless and M is like manual. Also,
these uh switches are not very satisfying. Like the click over is good,
but then sliding it back is like effortless. So, I could see someone
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
your mileage may vary. Maybe this is just our unit feels a little loosey
goosey. I don't know how else to explain it. It's kind of weird. Okay. So, we've
got back lit mode switching. Single press logo button to switch back. Okay.
Oh, it's not really adjusting the bar. Um or probably this bottom guy, but it
is adjusting the actual like uh keycap lighting. That's cool. It's like
breathing, color cycle, rainbow.
Sure, there's a bunch of modes. Very cool. Where's the WM switch? What are
What do you do? What is your purpose? If
I don't figure out what W and M stand for by the end of this video, please
tell me in the comments cuz um I don't know. I really don't know. Otherwise,
we've just got our USBC port over on the lefth hand side here. Totally fine. You
know, pick your preference. I like a good middle USBC, but uh left to right
is totally okay, too. Uh the key caps feel okay. Feel like PBT. I can't wait
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
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link in the video description. Keyboard cannot be identified. Okay. Well, we
can't use a MacBook, I guess. Oh, WM is probably Windows or Mac.
>> Oh my god, I feel pretty dumb, but that's okay. I feel dumb, so you don't
have to later if you kickstarted this product. It's cool. Like I just looking
at it on the desk, I do like how sleek it is and I love lowprofile keyboards
with low profile mechanical switches. Um, but how does it type? I wasn't
screen recording my last run, but as you can see, I got 58 words per minute and
90% accuracy. It's very difficult to type on because it just feels wrong. I
mean, first of all, the lack of the home row makes me second guess very seldomly
like whether that's, you know, right or not or or if I settled my fingers in the
right place. Um, the dualaction keys I'm
pressing them like often, but it's like I'm pressing sometimes I press just the
bottom, sometimes I press the whole thing. And maybe that's where their
anti-typo software comes in handy because yeah, I I think that most of the
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
mistakes. Okay, this is typing test number two. Um, and away we go.
I No, I don't know. I take it back. I take it back. I think sometimes
I think sometimes their typo stuff works.
I Jeez, this one's going to be even worse than the last one. Marginally
better, actually. Worse accuracy. 61 words per minute, 82% accuracy.
I guess my opinion is if your keyboard needs anti-typo software to make sure
you don't make typos because the keyboard is going to cause them, maybe
that's a design that shouldn't exist. You know, like you're creating a problem
and then you're fixing it because you really want this to to be a thing. And I
just the only thing that I really personally would even want out of this
is the numpad. It's the number one thing that keeps me coming back to like a
full-size layout is because I want this exact numpad layout because I, you know,
I've got it memorized. Like I've been typing on these for forever and uh, you
know, if I need to like type in banking information or just numbers or whatever,
I know where these keys are just based on where my fingers are. With the top
row numbers, I always have to look. It doesn't matter that I've been typing for
years and I've used them all the time. I always have to look and it always takes
me forever. Like let's say I need to type in like 1 1337 like 1 1337. It's
easy. Whereas this I'm going to be like 1 1337 and I'm going to look for it and
it's going to take me longer and um
I really like this thing on one level and I think it's just one of those cases
where it's not a product for me
personally. I really like the little brass button. I actually really like the
look. I think that this is a super cool keycap design style and I actually kind
of now want like a halfop opaque half translucent keycap set. I think that
looks sick, but I just the the dual
action I I really don't think it's for me personally. Uh maybe it'll make you
more productive. They're claiming it makes people up to 20% more productive.
I don't believe that for a second because it's if anything made me worse.
Um but yeah, with practice maybe that's the case. When this was being
kickstarted for the full version, which is the one we have here, which has the
split Gemini stuff on um all of these keys as well, instead of just the top
row, we're talking about $295 for a little slim wireless mechanical
keyboard. That's expensive, but it's not
outrageous, especially considering it's doing a pretty cool new trick, whether I
like that trick or not. Um, and then it's 278 if you want the non-ful
version. And that just comes with only the top row being split. I think if
you're getting this thing, you should definitely get the full version to at least have the options down the line to
use these switches like this. I just I think the reason that a lot of these
keyboards that are on Kickstarter have to go to Kickstarter instead of just a
group buy. Well, no, cuz group buys are basically just a different form of Kickstarter. I don't know you guys. I
don't know who this is for. Maybe it's for people who have bad dexterity with
their fingers and so they need help not moving them around too much. I just
don't personally really see the use of it. Think it's neat. I don't think I'd
pay $300 for it, but
maybe you will. So, there you guys have it. That's the Hesper 64 100. And um
it's neat. If you want to check out another neat keyboard, maybe look at the
ceramic one from Keyron. That was also
a little neat. Little halfbaked.