WEBVTT 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 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:10.160 world's first dualaction lowprofile keyboard. And to be frank, I don't 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:16.080 really know what that means. So, we're going to find out together. Hesper 64 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. 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:23.519 We've got a few different one box. I 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 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:29.920 box here. And then the fact that you like open it together like that. Yeah, 00:00:28.720 --> 00:00:37.600 that's actually really nice. protects the keyboard as well. And then 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:39.360 the star of our show is this guy. And 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 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 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:53.840 guide Gemini lowprofile keyboard. I'm guessing they went Gemini 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:55.680 because there's two keys. Wow. 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:59.760 Astrology. This is actually pretty cool. They've even they're even showing the 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 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:07.360 few times where I'd actually maybe look at the quick guide first. Oh, okay. 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:10.720 Yeah. So, these keys are dual function because like you see that you've got I 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, 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 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:23.280 60% or a 64key keyboard all of a sudden 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 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:32.640 the other stuff out of the M. First and foremost, 00:01:31.360 --> 00:01:37.200 thank you once again for your support and trust in us. Wow. We hope you enjoy 00:01:34.479 --> 00:01:41.840 using Hesper 64 100 as much as we enjoyed creating it for you. So, okay, I 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 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:49.759 minor thing I actually really like about this box, though, is it's got tiny 00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:55.439 magnets on it. So, it's actually just like magnets holding this down. So, it's 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 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:04.320 keyboard box before. And on the back, it's actually nicely labeled. We're 00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:07.280 getting uh keyboard, type-C USB cable, 00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:12.080 2.4 GHz dongle, keycap switch puller, extra switches, extra Gemini switches, 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:15.760 and it's an anti layout. Oh, that's great. Actually, I really like that this 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 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:24.640 let's open this box that probably has our extra switches and our keycap puller 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:30.480 and our cable. Oo, this is a nice cable actually. It's 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:35.760 that thick kind of rubbery. This almost feels similar to our true spec cables. 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:39.760 It's not, but it has that nice premium feel. Still very bendy and flexible. And 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:44.160 then we've also got our handydandy key cap and switch puller. I like these ones 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 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 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:56.400 a bit. Here's our dongle. We've got this guy here, which is full 00:02:54.239 --> 00:03:01.280 version, whatever that means. This is probably where our switches are. Oh. 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:07.599 Ooh. Wow. That's actually really nice. I've 00:03:04.239 --> 00:03:10.080 never seen switches packaged like this, 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:15.200 especially not like with a keyboard. So, that's super cool. Otherwise, these are 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:17.760 just lowprofile linear switches. Love a 00:03:15.200 --> 00:03:20.560 good lowprofile mechanical switch. Taxi is okay. I've gotten a few switches from 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:24.959 them and I like them. There's like some very very minor scraping. Could use just 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 00:03:28.239 --> 00:03:34.000 see. I don't understand. That's what NYX 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 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 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 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:52.959 clean this up. Okay, let's see what these are all about because this should 00:03:48.799 --> 00:03:56.720 be hot swappable, which is a plus. 00:03:52.959 --> 00:03:58.720 Uh, that's a bit of a problem. The key 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 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 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 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 00:04:18.320 --> 00:04:24.479 what contact this is creating when this guy goes because it's not adjusting the 00:04:22.320 --> 00:04:30.320 stem at all. See how it's not moving? 00:04:26.960 --> 00:04:32.720 Super weird. Oh, yeah. Okay. There's 00:04:30.320 --> 00:04:36.000 these two rubber pads on the bottom here. But basically what we've noticed 00:04:34.479 --> 00:04:40.800 or what our camera guy noticed because I was too busy looking at the switch is 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:44.160 there are these two individual contacts 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:46.320 on the board itself on the PCB and I'm 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:50.880 guessing that when both of the rubber pads contact with that it's like 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:55.520 pressure sensitive or something and it's telling it to do with the thing. One 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 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:05.840 comes to typing. I have a single home row indicator on the J, but because our 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:08.240 F is one of the Gemini keys, it doesn't. 00:05:05.840 --> 00:05:10.800 And so this felt like really awkward just putting my fingers down on home 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. 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:20.000 Minor thing. I hate when keyboards and key caps don't have home row indicators. 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 00:05:22.479 --> 00:05:30.400 those. Uh, as for the keyboard itself, the whole thing's a little loose. 00:05:27.440 --> 00:05:34.720 Like you hear that rattle? I feel like the whole thing needs just 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:38.800 like a slight tighten on a few screws. There's like zero flex though because it 00:05:36.400 --> 00:05:42.800 is an aluminum chassis. And I like the little mirror weight on the back. 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:47.120 Designed by Nyx, manufactured by Texi. Oh, that's cool. So Texi made it. That's 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 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 00:05:52.320 --> 00:05:59.919 connect it a number of different ways. Then it's got single stage adjustable 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 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:06.960 probably because the key caps have like two parts to them with springs and I 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 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 00:06:14.960 --> 00:06:22.319 switch here where you can set it to Bluetooth cable or dongle. Oh, but 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:24.319 that's RGB. What? It's got this RGB 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:28.479 strip going around the whole bottom. And it's actually really nicely diffused. 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, 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 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 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 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 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:53.759 mean because I would assume W is like wireless and M is like manual. Also, 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:58.560 these uh switches are not very satisfying. Like the click over is good, 00:06:57.039 --> 00:07:01.680 but then sliding it back is like effortless. So, I could see someone 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 00:07:04.960 --> 00:07:10.800 your mileage may vary. Maybe this is just our unit feels a little loosey 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 00:07:12.880 --> 00:07:21.199 got back lit mode switching. Single press logo button to switch back. Okay. 00:07:19.039 --> 00:07:25.840 Oh, it's not really adjusting the bar. Um or probably this bottom guy, but it 00:07:23.039 --> 00:07:30.800 is adjusting the actual like uh keycap lighting. That's cool. It's like 00:07:27.280 --> 00:07:32.080 breathing, color cycle, rainbow. 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:38.800 Sure, there's a bunch of modes. Very cool. Where's the WM switch? What are 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:40.479 What do you do? What is your purpose? If 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 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, 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 00:07:50.479 --> 00:07:57.120 know, pick your preference. I like a good middle USBC, but uh left to right 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 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 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 00:08:09.840 --> 00:08:15.599 our sponsor, TPLink. TPLink's Tapo C465 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:19.919 is a compact security camera that captures in 4K and it's solar powered. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:23.759 They say that 50 minutes of sunlight should be enough to power you for the 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:27.120 entire day. 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Like I just looking 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 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:11.360 with low profile mechanical switches. Um, but how does it type? I wasn't 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 00:09:13.040 --> 00:09:18.880 90% accuracy. It's very difficult to type on because it just feels wrong. I 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:22.800 mean, first of all, the lack of the home row makes me second guess very seldomly 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 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:30.480 right place. Um, the dualaction keys I'm 00:09:27.920 --> 00:09:33.279 pressing them like often, but it's like I'm pressing sometimes I press just the 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:36.959 bottom, sometimes I press the whole thing. And maybe that's where their 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:40.480 anti-typo software comes in handy because yeah, I I think that most of the 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 00:09:42.880 --> 00:09:49.959 mistakes. Okay, this is typing test number two. Um, and away we go. 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 00:09:56.160 --> 00:10:02.240 I think sometimes their typo stuff works. 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:06.240 I Jeez, this one's going to be even worse than the last one. Marginally 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:12.240 better, actually. Worse accuracy. 61 words per minute, 82% accuracy. 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:18.320 I guess my opinion is if your keyboard needs anti-typo software to make sure 00:10:16.160 --> 00:10:22.959 you don't make typos because the keyboard is going to cause them, maybe 00:10:20.640 --> 00:10:25.760 that's a design that shouldn't exist. You know, like you're creating a problem 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 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:34.560 just the only thing that I really personally would even want out of this 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 00:10:36.959 --> 00:10:42.959 full-size layout is because I want this exact numpad layout because I, you know, 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 00:10:44.800 --> 00:10:50.160 know, if I need to like type in banking information or just numbers or whatever, 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:55.200 I know where these keys are just based on where my fingers are. With the top 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 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 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 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 00:11:07.680 --> 00:11:12.519 it's going to take me longer and um 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 00:11:17.680 --> 00:11:22.399 where it's not a product for me 00:11:20.800 --> 00:11:26.720 personally. I really like the little brass button. I actually really like the 00:11:24.880 --> 00:11:32.079 look. I think that this is a super cool keycap design style and I actually kind 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:37.839 of now want like a halfop opaque half translucent keycap set. I think that 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:40.480 looks sick, but I just the the dual 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 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:47.600 more productive. They're claiming it makes people up to 20% more productive. 00:11:46.560 --> 00:11:52.240 I don't believe that for a second because it's if anything made me worse. 00:11:50.160 --> 00:11:55.600 Um but yeah, with practice maybe that's the case. When this was being 00:11:53.680 --> 00:12:00.320 kickstarted for the full version, which is the one we have here, which has the 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:05.279 split Gemini stuff on um all of these keys as well, instead of just the top 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:10.800 row, we're talking about $295 for a little slim wireless mechanical 00:12:07.760 --> 00:12:12.720 keyboard. That's expensive, but it's not 00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:16.399 outrageous, especially considering it's doing a pretty cool new trick, whether I 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 00:12:18.800 --> 00:12:24.480 version. And that just comes with only the top row being split. I think if 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 00:12:28.079 --> 00:12:33.440 use these switches like this. I just I think the reason that a lot of these 00:12:31.680 --> 00:12:36.480 keyboards that are on Kickstarter have to go to Kickstarter instead of just a 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 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 00:12:43.680 --> 00:12:48.880 their fingers and so they need help not moving them around too much. I just 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 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:56.320 pay $300 for it, but 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 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:08.480 it's neat. If you want to check out another neat keyboard, maybe look at the 00:13:04.560 --> 00:13:12.240 ceramic one from Keyron. That was also 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:12.240 a little neat. Little halfbaked.