okay guys we've got something top secret from Angry meow they made the cyberboard
I like it but it's too expensive comes in another cool carrying case like the
last guy that's the packaging they use that's the same thing we've got our user
manual and disassembly instructions I think this thing comes with a custom
tool because it's got the world's first
three-way adjustable leaf spring
system I was gonna say a proper case would be nice but I guess you get this
guy with it I'll use the QR code for the instructions later see if I actually
need them here's the tool I'm pretty sure leaf spring with Mount I've never
used a leaf spring mounting system at all I have no idea how it works I'm very
curious to find out and especially the fact that I can adjust it on the Fly is
really intriguing to me uh what's in this black little container case paper
folder here thing oh that's actually really nice that they give you extra
mounting hardware because I'm pretty sure mine is already put together I
don't know if that'll come standard in every build Bare Bones kit is a bit
cheaper at like 580 dollars which is so
I mean yes this is expensive but if you're into this hobby you know that
really fancy keyboards can honestly go up for like a thousand dollars is this
thing worth that I don't think so but we'll see we also got these two white
mystery boxes these are feet to like
let it move around that's really cool they come with extra padding this is
little rubber pads on the bottom here they come with extras in case you rip
them off all right I don't know how these work
that's my terrible cast in that usage okay the keyboard though it's Hefty but
not super heavy it's got these little plastic guys on top gray text on clear
plastic they could have just done a paper insert this actually feels bad
because they didn't need to use plastic for this but whatever and they've got
these like see-through keycaps because there is RGB in this apparently I love
this thing already just in terms of design it's pretty unique as for what
makes it Alice it's the layout of the keyboard so we've got this kind of
ergonomic split system here
it's pretty neat this is the velocity color it comes in four different color
ways in Dark Knight velocity vf19 and
Ranger we've got a Qi charger here so it'll do Bluetooth as well as USBC if
you just want to keep it plugged in if you've got a nice cable that go would go with it I see feet already on the bottom
I actually really like the system it's these two really long strips on either
end uh so what are these guys
early the wrist rests which
I can dig it actually I've said this before I'm a big fan of the soft memory
foam kind of material so I already like these wrist rests more than like any of
those wooden or plastic or ceramic ones they slide around really easy which I
guess is the intent that looks like a Teflon skate kind of like what you'd see
on a mouse oh I just noticed this look it says ShortCircuit in the bottom
corner right here it should be hot swap as well I'll take a keycap off
they feel okay I can feel the flex quite
a bit I don't know what setting we're on currently there's three different levels
from like firm to loose basically don't get me wrong I like a good gasket Mount
but this is like wild how much you can see it just flexing right now it's
flexing on me with how much it can Flex my initial thoughts are just that you
know it's pretty cool looking it's really unique I'm gonna open it up a
little bit and adjust it and you know turn it on and see all this RGB but not
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open it and try all the different flex stuff I also want to just see what the
RGB looks like turned on oh
I'm just going to jump straight into a typing test and see if I can actually
type with an ALICE layout
okay that's probably my worst run ever 78 words per minute 91 accuracy it's uh
it's weird and you have to get used to it and there's definitely keys that I go
over up where I need to just go like a
different a slightly different angle because as you can see the keys are like
all shifted over a little bit on either side they're angled in which really
suits this like Wing swept look they're
trying to model that one of those jets that has the forward sweeping Wings
otherwise as for the current level of springiness on the gasket I'm okay with
it it can be adjusted the leaf springs on this thing to change how much Flex it
has so as you can see like the more I press the more it flexes right there's a
leaf spring in there basically you change uh part of the leaf spring so
that it flexes less or more I actually really like how this glass is like just
this weird dark glass and it shows like whether you're doing Bluetooth or whether there's power going to it and
stuff like that it's super cool the keycaps feel fine they're this weird
clear plastic I actually don't know what the material is I don't think it's ABS
or PBT I could to be wrong but it feels like a weird glossy plastic and I don't
know I kind of dig it it's not the best feeling keycap I felt but the effect of
being able to see this crazy RGB shine through is very interesting especially
when you get these like clear switches wow really really you can really see it
Flex when you take a keycap off but it really helps having these clear switches
underneath here to help accentuate the RGB it looks like a cool package once
it's all put together it's a 65 so if there's any Keys you're missing like you
need a function row then this keyboard probably isn't for you but you know what
you've got a handy function key to hit like F5 let's unplug it and open it I'm
very curious I got warned that this thing is actually breakable
if you don't follow the instructions because of so many Flex Cuts in the PCB
well I'm gonna get the QR code up I'm going to follow the manual to make sure
I don't break anything the board is hot swap but if I'm worried about damaging
anything and I have to take it entirely apart to just hot swap then it's kind of
pointless in my opinion okay I'm looking through this PDF and it looks great I
could probably follow the guide some of the tools are labeled in English but uh
the reality is this all looks like simplified Chinese I'm actually gonna
ask Andy to come take a look just to make sure I'm doing everything correctly
Andy before that though just in case if
we want to change the RGB I'm going to use our handy little quick guide here and I want to switch between lighting
effects so FN and then this guy oh cool
it's all red it's oh I really like the
all one color um we should be able to change the mode as well so you can make it dimmer
where's the max brightness there we go wow that's actually really pretty angry
meow has got an app or something on their website called DIY that will let
you change this a lot more so awesome that sounds great to me you can make
this like all blue or all red or all green you know whatever you want to do oh let's weigh it first I'll give it
away before I take anything apart
oh man that was like perfect
this thing is actually lighter than I expected it looks like it's 2.2 kilos so
that's only about five oh no I said five or six pounds there's a couple tools
there's this guy which is actually really like these because they're really
easy to spin when you've got these long screws and then there's this guy
oh this one fits nice oh my God better leave that in I leave
the fumble in an audience going
so we take this off and it's probably got a ribbon cable because of the QI
charging no oh that's really cool there's contacts for it so you don't
have to worry about ribbon cables and look the batteries are in the bottom here I really like that because dealing
with ribbon cables is always my nightmare so they've also included two
extra ribbon cables which I've never seen before either I'm glad that they
give you those in case you do break them and then yeah as you can see we've got a
couple ribbon cables here that I'm going to try to disconnect I love this
keyboard but it's really hard to justify spending 600 on a board that you have no
idea if you're gonna like oh I got it uh
good thing we got those Replacements because I probably damaged one of these ribbon cables already that's removed now
what's next now I do the white the ones in the center
if we can't there's not much pointing doing any of this okay so now that I've
got this guy off now I can take that tool and I should be hey there it go now
it's just coming up that's really cool though that's really Nifty I do like
these top plates um and I feel like there's magnetism in
there too and then after that then we take out what these next screws I'll be
honest this has taken so much work that I'm personally comfortable doing but
like unless you're a real Enthusiast I probably wouldn't buy this thing if only
for the fact that it's a major pain to disassemble and then I do these four
side screws wow
just come out now well yes it does okay so what I'm
talking about for those leaf springs is uh these guys here and we got a whole
bunch of extras in this box which is super neat what's happening is your
keyboard is sitting on these Springs right and then they press down when you
press into it normally they're gasket mounted or they're just like fixed
mounted and what that's letting you do is get more of a flex on your keyboard
when you type on it not everyone prefers that some people prefer no flex at all
some people really like a nice loose gasket
okay so you take these little rubber stoppers out of here okay you want to you you
take a screw out you take out these rubber stoppers and then you just move them over I think the even this is a
pain honestly just getting this little rubber stopper into this tiny little
hole here what do you think Belle should we go to zero like should we go to one
or three okay because it started at two more standard yeah I already thought two
was like pretty flexible so if you can go down one where there's absolutely no
rubber stoppers and you're basically just going with the screw on one end that's kind of wild that's really flexy
I don't think that's for me we're gonna go up to three to see if uh less Flex is
more kind of my speed take out the spring pull out this little rubber
stopper and then we're just gonna move it up a slot I'm going to reinstall the
leaf spring and then I'll show you the difference on the two sides here overall
honestly I think it's a pretty clever system I just don't think it's for most
people and I guess that's why it's part of a more premium product like don't get
me wrong I would like to see leaf spring uh mounting on more keyboards I just
don't know if you need this adjustment factor that they've kind of included in
this one yeah the quality of the materials solid like this is all
neoprene foam so you're not getting any cheap foam when you order this as well
it's all really quality stuff I'll be honest this still isn't for me
even with the least amount of flex possible the problem is you've got the
four leaf springs on the four corners of the PCB and just presses right down and
so I'm not personally as big of a fan uh for that
it's still really cool and I still kind of want one even though the price is
outrageous I don't know what else do we talk about at this point I can put it back together
completely
I guess I feel the difference like this is looser it is flexing more but I'm
just it's not enough there needs to be like a fourth option where there's
basically zero flex and then I would see some value in it but as for right now I
just maybe I just don't like leaf spring otherwise this thing is sick like
there's no denying that the metal design is super cool
um I think it's an absolute like statement piece on your desk I have no
real complaints I mean the battery life might not be amazing I think the
colorway looks sick the keycaps that you're getting with this one at least
are really cool this like Smoky clear kind of version I actually liked the
typing experience it sounds fantastic I just it's the price man I I can't get
over that this even base is 580 that
being said if you're an ALICE layout fan and you really want something super
premium and you want something really cool on top of being really premium with
this really fancy design then maybe it's for you unfortunately the pre-order is
already kind of full they only just sent us this board we're only getting it now
so I'm sorry we're not going to get it earlier for you guys but uh would I buy
it no do I want one yes that being said
if you can't afford to spend almost 600
on a keyboard then maybe check out kikron they've got the Q8 that's their
own version of the Alice layout personally that's probably what I'd lean towards if I do want to pick up an ALICE
board in the future otherwise you know that's ShortCircuit thanks for watching
if you want to watch another video related to keyboards maybe check out the
promise 87 I think that only costs about the same as this one does which one's
better I don't know you decide