1 00:00:00,060 --> 00:00:07,020 okay guys we've got something top secret from Angry meow they made the cyberboard 2 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:11,040 I like it but it's too expensive comes in another cool carrying case like the 3 00:00:08,940 --> 00:00:16,379 last guy that's the packaging they use that's the same thing we've got our user 4 00:00:13,559 --> 00:00:21,439 manual and disassembly instructions I think this thing comes with a custom 5 00:00:17,460 --> 00:00:25,619 tool because it's got the world's first 6 00:00:21,439 --> 00:00:27,960 three-way adjustable leaf spring 7 00:00:25,619 --> 00:00:32,040 system I was gonna say a proper case would be nice but I guess you get this 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,700 guy with it I'll use the QR code for the instructions later see if I actually 9 00:00:33,660 --> 00:00:39,960 need them here's the tool I'm pretty sure leaf spring with Mount I've never 10 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:44,160 used a leaf spring mounting system at all I have no idea how it works I'm very 11 00:00:42,540 --> 00:00:48,059 curious to find out and especially the fact that I can adjust it on the Fly is 12 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:53,039 really intriguing to me uh what's in this black little container case paper 13 00:00:50,460 --> 00:00:55,620 folder here thing oh that's actually really nice that they give you extra 14 00:00:54,239 --> 00:00:58,620 mounting hardware because I'm pretty sure mine is already put together I 15 00:00:57,239 --> 00:01:04,619 don't know if that'll come standard in every build Bare Bones kit is a bit 16 00:01:00,780 --> 00:01:06,840 cheaper at like 580 dollars which is so 17 00:01:04,619 --> 00:01:10,799 I mean yes this is expensive but if you're into this hobby you know that 18 00:01:08,820 --> 00:01:14,700 really fancy keyboards can honestly go up for like a thousand dollars is this 19 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:21,060 thing worth that I don't think so but we'll see we also got these two white 20 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:23,220 mystery boxes these are feet to like 21 00:01:21,060 --> 00:01:26,640 let it move around that's really cool they come with extra padding this is 22 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:31,320 little rubber pads on the bottom here they come with extras in case you rip 23 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:35,460 them off all right I don't know how these work 24 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:39,659 that's my terrible cast in that usage okay the keyboard though it's Hefty but 25 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:44,640 not super heavy it's got these little plastic guys on top gray text on clear 26 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:48,119 plastic they could have just done a paper insert this actually feels bad 27 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:51,659 because they didn't need to use plastic for this but whatever and they've got 28 00:01:49,799 --> 00:01:55,920 these like see-through keycaps because there is RGB in this apparently I love 29 00:01:54,240 --> 00:02:00,840 this thing already just in terms of design it's pretty unique as for what 30 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:06,619 makes it Alice it's the layout of the keyboard so we've got this kind of 31 00:02:02,399 --> 00:02:06,619 ergonomic split system here 32 00:02:07,140 --> 00:02:14,879 it's pretty neat this is the velocity color it comes in four different color 33 00:02:11,580 --> 00:02:17,400 ways in Dark Knight velocity vf19 and 34 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:20,700 Ranger we've got a Qi charger here so it'll do Bluetooth as well as USBC if 35 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:26,280 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 36 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:31,500 I actually really like the system it's these two really long strips on either 37 00:02:28,140 --> 00:02:34,620 end uh so what are these guys 38 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:36,360 early the wrist rests which 39 00:02:34,620 --> 00:02:39,959 I can dig it actually I've said this before I'm a big fan of the soft memory 40 00:02:38,340 --> 00:02:43,379 foam kind of material so I already like these wrist rests more than like any of 41 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:47,280 those wooden or plastic or ceramic ones they slide around really easy which I 42 00:02:45,780 --> 00:02:51,180 guess is the intent that looks like a Teflon skate kind of like what you'd see 43 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:55,500 on a mouse oh I just noticed this look it says ShortCircuit in the bottom 44 00:02:53,099 --> 00:03:02,580 corner right here it should be hot swap as well I'll take a keycap off 45 00:02:58,620 --> 00:03:04,500 they feel okay I can feel the flex quite 46 00:03:02,580 --> 00:03:08,760 a bit I don't know what setting we're on currently there's three different levels 47 00:03:06,180 --> 00:03:13,319 from like firm to loose basically don't get me wrong I like a good gasket Mount 48 00:03:10,379 --> 00:03:17,099 but this is like wild how much you can see it just flexing right now it's 49 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:20,040 flexing on me with how much it can Flex my initial thoughts are just that you 50 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:24,420 know it's pretty cool looking it's really unique I'm gonna open it up a 51 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:28,620 little bit and adjust it and you know turn it on and see all this RGB but not 52 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:32,580 before a word from our sponsor light gaming thanks to light gaming for 53 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:37,680 sponsoring this video light offers both pre-configured and custom PCS along with 54 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:41,819 build kits and custom accessories their builds show market prices for each part 55 00:03:39,659 --> 00:03:45,599 and their nominal 100 build fee is competitively priced light's Black 56 00:03:43,739 --> 00:03:49,799 Friday sale is live now and they're completely waving their build fee on all 57 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:54,840 PCS every computer comes with a wheel spin guaranteeing upgrades to your order 58 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:59,280 get your PC built with light at the link below so I want to type on it before I 59 00:03:57,180 --> 00:04:05,040 open it and try all the different flex stuff I also want to just see what the 60 00:04:00,659 --> 00:04:05,040 RGB looks like turned on oh 61 00:04:05,459 --> 00:04:12,080 I'm just going to jump straight into a typing test and see if I can actually 62 00:04:08,459 --> 00:04:12,080 type with an ALICE layout 63 00:04:15,239 --> 00:04:22,199 okay that's probably my worst run ever 78 words per minute 91 accuracy it's uh 64 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:27,300 it's weird and you have to get used to it and there's definitely keys that I go 65 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,860 over up where I need to just go like a 66 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:32,699 different a slightly different angle because as you can see the keys are like 67 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:37,860 all shifted over a little bit on either side they're angled in which really 68 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:39,540 suits this like Wing swept look they're 69 00:04:37,860 --> 00:04:43,620 trying to model that one of those jets that has the forward sweeping Wings 70 00:04:41,639 --> 00:04:47,820 otherwise as for the current level of springiness on the gasket I'm okay with 71 00:04:45,419 --> 00:04:51,960 it it can be adjusted the leaf springs on this thing to change how much Flex it 72 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:55,919 has so as you can see like the more I press the more it flexes right there's a 73 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:59,880 leaf spring in there basically you change uh part of the leaf spring so 74 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:03,540 that it flexes less or more I actually really like how this glass is like just 75 00:05:01,979 --> 00:05:08,160 this weird dark glass and it shows like whether you're doing Bluetooth or whether there's power going to it and 76 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:12,780 stuff like that it's super cool the keycaps feel fine they're this weird 77 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:16,680 clear plastic I actually don't know what the material is I don't think it's ABS 78 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:20,699 or PBT I could to be wrong but it feels like a weird glossy plastic and I don't 79 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:25,860 know I kind of dig it it's not the best feeling keycap I felt but the effect of 80 00:05:23,699 --> 00:05:29,479 being able to see this crazy RGB shine through is very interesting especially 81 00:05:27,780 --> 00:05:34,740 when you get these like clear switches wow really really you can really see it 82 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:38,759 Flex when you take a keycap off but it really helps having these clear switches 83 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:43,199 underneath here to help accentuate the RGB it looks like a cool package once 84 00:05:40,919 --> 00:05:46,080 it's all put together it's a 65 so if there's any Keys you're missing like you 85 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:50,039 need a function row then this keyboard probably isn't for you but you know what 86 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:54,479 you've got a handy function key to hit like F5 let's unplug it and open it I'm 87 00:05:52,620 --> 00:05:58,380 very curious I got warned that this thing is actually breakable 88 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:02,820 if you don't follow the instructions because of so many Flex Cuts in the PCB 89 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:05,759 well I'm gonna get the QR code up I'm going to follow the manual to make sure 90 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:10,740 I don't break anything the board is hot swap but if I'm worried about damaging 91 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:14,580 anything and I have to take it entirely apart to just hot swap then it's kind of 92 00:06:12,660 --> 00:06:18,479 pointless in my opinion okay I'm looking through this PDF and it looks great I 93 00:06:16,860 --> 00:06:21,720 could probably follow the guide some of the tools are labeled in English but uh 94 00:06:20,340 --> 00:06:25,740 the reality is this all looks like simplified Chinese I'm actually gonna 95 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:31,080 ask Andy to come take a look just to make sure I'm doing everything correctly 96 00:06:27,660 --> 00:06:32,580 Andy before that though just in case if 97 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:39,300 we want to change the RGB I'm going to use our handy little quick guide here and I want to switch between lighting 98 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:44,039 effects so FN and then this guy oh cool 99 00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:45,479 it's all red it's oh I really like the 100 00:06:44,039 --> 00:06:50,940 all one color um we should be able to change the mode as well so you can make it dimmer 101 00:06:48,780 --> 00:06:55,560 where's the max brightness there we go wow that's actually really pretty angry 102 00:06:53,100 --> 00:07:00,539 meow has got an app or something on their website called DIY that will let 103 00:06:57,660 --> 00:07:03,360 you change this a lot more so awesome that sounds great to me you can make 104 00:07:01,860 --> 00:07:09,360 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 105 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:12,919 away before I take anything apart 106 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:15,539 oh man that was like perfect 107 00:07:12,919 --> 00:07:20,340 this thing is actually lighter than I expected it looks like it's 2.2 kilos so 108 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:23,699 that's only about five oh no I said five or six pounds there's a couple tools 109 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:26,520 there's this guy which is actually really like these because they're really 110 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:31,500 easy to spin when you've got these long screws and then there's this guy 111 00:07:29,220 --> 00:07:37,440 oh this one fits nice oh my God better leave that in I leave 112 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:39,060 the fumble in an audience going 113 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:43,020 so we take this off and it's probably got a ribbon cable because of the QI 114 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:46,560 charging no oh that's really cool there's contacts for it so you don't 115 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:51,120 have to worry about ribbon cables and look the batteries are in the bottom here I really like that because dealing 116 00:07:49,860 --> 00:07:54,660 with ribbon cables is always my nightmare so they've also included two 117 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,599 extra ribbon cables which I've never seen before either I'm glad that they 118 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:00,539 give you those in case you do break them and then yeah as you can see we've got a 119 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:04,560 couple ribbon cables here that I'm going to try to disconnect I love this 120 00:08:02,220 --> 00:08:11,039 keyboard but it's really hard to justify spending 600 on a board that you have no 121 00:08:07,979 --> 00:08:12,419 idea if you're gonna like oh I got it uh 122 00:08:11,039 --> 00:08:18,660 good thing we got those Replacements because I probably damaged one of these ribbon cables already that's removed now 123 00:08:16,199 --> 00:08:23,639 what's next now I do the white the ones in the center 124 00:08:20,699 --> 00:08:28,199 if we can't there's not much pointing doing any of this okay so now that I've 125 00:08:25,919 --> 00:08:32,339 got this guy off now I can take that tool and I should be hey there it go now 126 00:08:30,479 --> 00:08:36,000 it's just coming up that's really cool though that's really Nifty I do like 127 00:08:34,380 --> 00:08:39,479 these top plates um and I feel like there's magnetism in 128 00:08:37,620 --> 00:08:44,399 there too and then after that then we take out what these next screws I'll be 129 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:48,720 honest this has taken so much work that I'm personally comfortable doing but 130 00:08:46,140 --> 00:08:52,320 like unless you're a real Enthusiast I probably wouldn't buy this thing if only 131 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:57,720 for the fact that it's a major pain to disassemble and then I do these four 132 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:59,820 side screws wow 133 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:04,560 just come out now well yes it does okay so what I'm 134 00:09:02,820 --> 00:09:08,339 talking about for those leaf springs is uh these guys here and we got a whole 135 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:11,519 bunch of extras in this box which is super neat what's happening is your 136 00:09:09,779 --> 00:09:15,779 keyboard is sitting on these Springs right and then they press down when you 137 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:19,200 press into it normally they're gasket mounted or they're just like fixed 138 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:23,279 mounted and what that's letting you do is get more of a flex on your keyboard 139 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:27,480 when you type on it not everyone prefers that some people prefer no flex at all 140 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:30,240 some people really like a nice loose gasket 141 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:34,920 okay so you take these little rubber stoppers out of here okay you want to you you 142 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:40,740 take a screw out you take out these rubber stoppers and then you just move them over I think the even this is a 143 00:09:39,180 --> 00:09:43,920 pain honestly just getting this little rubber stopper into this tiny little 144 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:47,880 hole here what do you think Belle should we go to zero like should we go to one 145 00:09:45,779 --> 00:09:52,380 or three okay because it started at two more standard yeah I already thought two 146 00:09:50,220 --> 00:09:55,320 was like pretty flexible so if you can go down one where there's absolutely no 147 00:09:54,120 --> 00:10:00,240 rubber stoppers and you're basically just going with the screw on one end that's kind of wild that's really flexy 148 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:05,459 I don't think that's for me we're gonna go up to three to see if uh less Flex is 149 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:08,580 more kind of my speed take out the spring pull out this little rubber 150 00:10:06,959 --> 00:10:12,120 stopper and then we're just gonna move it up a slot I'm going to reinstall the 151 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:15,540 leaf spring and then I'll show you the difference on the two sides here overall 152 00:10:14,399 --> 00:10:19,620 honestly I think it's a pretty clever system I just don't think it's for most 153 00:10:17,940 --> 00:10:22,860 people and I guess that's why it's part of a more premium product like don't get 154 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:27,320 me wrong I would like to see leaf spring uh mounting on more keyboards I just 155 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:31,080 don't know if you need this adjustment factor that they've kind of included in 156 00:10:29,519 --> 00:10:34,560 this one yeah the quality of the materials solid like this is all 157 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:38,880 neoprene foam so you're not getting any cheap foam when you order this as well 158 00:10:36,180 --> 00:10:43,320 it's all really quality stuff I'll be honest this still isn't for me 159 00:10:41,399 --> 00:10:47,519 even with the least amount of flex possible the problem is you've got the 160 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:52,079 four leaf springs on the four corners of the PCB and just presses right down and 161 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:57,540 so I'm not personally as big of a fan uh for that 162 00:10:55,500 --> 00:11:00,540 it's still really cool and I still kind of want one even though the price is 163 00:10:58,980 --> 00:11:06,240 outrageous I don't know what else do we talk about at this point I can put it back together 164 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,240 completely 165 00:11:07,620 --> 00:11:13,620 I guess I feel the difference like this is looser it is flexing more but I'm 166 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:16,800 just it's not enough there needs to be like a fourth option where there's 167 00:11:15,060 --> 00:11:20,100 basically zero flex and then I would see some value in it but as for right now I 168 00:11:18,540 --> 00:11:23,820 just maybe I just don't like leaf spring otherwise this thing is sick like 169 00:11:21,959 --> 00:11:26,640 there's no denying that the metal design is super cool 170 00:11:25,380 --> 00:11:30,839 um I think it's an absolute like statement piece on your desk I have no 171 00:11:29,220 --> 00:11:34,860 real complaints I mean the battery life might not be amazing I think the 172 00:11:32,820 --> 00:11:37,620 colorway looks sick the keycaps that you're getting with this one at least 173 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:42,540 are really cool this like Smoky clear kind of version I actually liked the 174 00:11:39,839 --> 00:11:48,899 typing experience it sounds fantastic I just it's the price man I I can't get 175 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:50,880 over that this even base is 580 that 176 00:11:48,899 --> 00:11:54,420 being said if you're an ALICE layout fan and you really want something super 177 00:11:52,380 --> 00:11:58,140 premium and you want something really cool on top of being really premium with 178 00:11:56,279 --> 00:12:04,260 this really fancy design then maybe it's for you unfortunately the pre-order is 179 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:07,560 already kind of full they only just sent us this board we're only getting it now 180 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:15,240 so I'm sorry we're not going to get it earlier for you guys but uh would I buy 181 00:12:10,140 --> 00:12:18,600 it no do I want one yes that being said 182 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:20,459 if you can't afford to spend almost 600 183 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:24,060 on a keyboard then maybe check out kikron they've got the Q8 that's their 184 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:28,620 own version of the Alice layout personally that's probably what I'd lean towards if I do want to pick up an ALICE 185 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:31,560 board in the future otherwise you know that's ShortCircuit thanks for watching 186 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:37,200 if you want to watch another video related to keyboards maybe check out the 187 00:12:34,860 --> 00:12:42,620 promise 87 I think that only costs about the same as this one does which one's 188 00:12:38,940 --> 00:12:42,620 better I don't know you decide