WEBVTT 00:00:00.060 --> 00:00:07.020 okay guys we've got something top secret from Angry meow they made the cyberboard 00:00:05.100 --> 00:00:11.040 I like it but it's too expensive comes in another cool carrying case like the 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 00:00:13.559 --> 00:00:21.439 manual and disassembly instructions I think this thing comes with a custom 00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:25.619 tool because it's got the world's first 00:00:21.439 --> 00:00:27.960 three-way adjustable leaf spring 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 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 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 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 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 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:53.039 really intriguing to me uh what's in this black little container case paper 00:00:50.460 --> 00:00:55.620 folder here thing oh that's actually really nice that they give you extra 00:00:54.239 --> 00:00:58.620 mounting hardware because I'm pretty sure mine is already put together I 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 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:06.840 cheaper at like 580 dollars which is so 00:01:04.619 --> 00:01:10.799 I mean yes this is expensive but if you're into this hobby you know that 00:01:08.820 --> 00:01:14.700 really fancy keyboards can honestly go up for like a thousand dollars is this 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 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:23.220 mystery boxes these are feet to like 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:26.640 let it move around that's really cool they come with extra padding this is 00:01:25.080 --> 00:01:31.320 little rubber pads on the bottom here they come with extras in case you rip 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:35.460 them off all right I don't know how these work 00:01:33.600 --> 00:01:39.659 that's my terrible cast in that usage okay the keyboard though it's Hefty but 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:44.640 not super heavy it's got these little plastic guys on top gray text on clear 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:48.119 plastic they could have just done a paper insert this actually feels bad 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:51.659 because they didn't need to use plastic for this but whatever and they've got 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:55.920 these like see-through keycaps because there is RGB in this apparently I love 00:01:54.240 --> 00:02:00.840 this thing already just in terms of design it's pretty unique as for what 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 00:02:02.399 --> 00:02:06.619 ergonomic split system here 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:14.879 it's pretty neat this is the velocity color it comes in four different color 00:02:11.580 --> 00:02:17.400 ways in Dark Knight velocity vf19 and 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 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 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:31.500 I actually really like the system it's these two really long strips on either 00:02:28.140 --> 00:02:34.620 end uh so what are these guys 00:02:31.500 --> 00:02:36.360 early the wrist rests which 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 00:02:38.340 --> 00:02:43.379 foam kind of material so I already like these wrist rests more than like any of 00:02:41.580 --> 00:02:47.280 those wooden or plastic or ceramic ones they slide around really easy which I 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 00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:55.500 on a mouse oh I just noticed this look it says ShortCircuit in the bottom 00:02:53.099 --> 00:03:02.580 corner right here it should be hot swap as well I'll take a keycap off 00:02:58.620 --> 00:03:04.500 they feel okay I can feel the flex quite 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 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 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 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:20.040 flexing on me with how much it can Flex my initial thoughts are just that you 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 00:03:22.620 --> 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on oh 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 00:04:08.459 --> 00:04:12.080 type with an ALICE layout 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 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 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:28.860 over up where I need to just go like a 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:32.699 different a slightly different angle because as you can see the keys are like 00:04:30.840 --> 00:04:37.860 all shifted over a little bit on either side they're angled in which really 00:04:34.440 --> 00:04:39.540 suits this like Wing swept look they're 00:04:37.860 --> 00:04:43.620 trying to model that one of those jets that has the forward sweeping Wings 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:47.820 otherwise as for the current level of springiness on the gasket I'm okay with 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 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 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:59.880 leaf spring in there basically you change uh part of the leaf spring so 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:03.540 that it flexes less or more I actually really like how this glass is like just 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 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:12.780 stuff like that it's super cool the keycaps feel fine they're this weird 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 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 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 00:05:23.699 --> 00:05:29.479 being able to see this crazy RGB shine through is very interesting especially 00:05:27.780 --> 00:05:34.740 when you get these like clear switches wow really really you can really see it 00:05:32.520 --> 00:05:38.759 Flex when you take a keycap off but it really helps having these clear switches 00:05:36.960 --> 00:05:43.199 underneath here to help accentuate the RGB it looks like a cool package once 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 00:05:44.400 --> 00:05:50.039 need a function row then this keyboard probably isn't for you but you know what 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 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:58.380 very curious I got warned that this thing is actually breakable 00:05:56.160 --> 00:06:02.820 if you don't follow the instructions because of so many Flex Cuts in the PCB 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 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 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 00:06:12.660 --> 00:06:18.479 pointless in my opinion okay I'm looking through this PDF and it looks great I 00:06:16.860 --> 00:06:21.720 could probably follow the guide some of the tools are labeled in English but uh 00:06:20.340 --> 00:06:25.740 the reality is this all looks like simplified Chinese I'm actually gonna 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:31.080 ask Andy to come take a look just to make sure I'm doing everything correctly 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:32.580 Andy before that though just in case if 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 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:44.039 effects so FN and then this guy oh cool 00:06:39.300 --> 00:06:45.479 it's all red it's oh I really like the 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 00:06:48.780 --> 00:06:55.560 where's the max brightness there we go wow that's actually really pretty angry 00:06:53.100 --> 00:07:00.539 meow has got an app or something on their website called DIY that will let 00:06:57.660 --> 00:07:03.360 you change this a lot more so awesome that sounds great to me you can make 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 00:07:06.300 --> 00:07:12.919 away before I take anything apart 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:15.539 oh man that was like perfect 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 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 00:07:21.960 --> 00:07:26.520 there's this guy which is actually really like these because they're really 00:07:25.080 --> 00:07:31.500 easy to spin when you've got these long screws and then there's this guy 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:37.440 oh this one fits nice oh my God better leave that in I leave 00:07:33.960 --> 00:07:39.060 the fumble in an audience going 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 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:46.560 charging no oh that's really cool there's contacts for it so you don't 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 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:54.660 with ribbon cables is always my nightmare so they've also included two 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:57.599 extra ribbon cables which I've never seen before either I'm glad that they 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 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:04.560 couple ribbon cables here that I'm going to try to disconnect I love this 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 00:08:07.979 --> 00:08:12.419 idea if you're gonna like oh I got it uh 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 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:23.639 what's next now I do the white the ones in the center 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 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 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 00:08:34.380 --> 00:08:39.479 these top plates um and I feel like there's magnetism in 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 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:48.720 honest this has taken so much work that I'm personally comfortable doing but 00:08:46.140 --> 00:08:52.320 like unless you're a real Enthusiast I probably wouldn't buy this thing if only 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 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:59.820 side screws wow 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:04.560 just come out now well yes it does okay so what I'm 00:09:02.820 --> 00:09:08.339 talking about for those leaf springs is uh these guys here and we got a whole 00:09:06.420 --> 00:09:11.519 bunch of extras in this box which is super neat what's happening is your 00:09:09.779 --> 00:09:15.779 keyboard is sitting on these Springs right and then they press down when you 00:09:14.220 --> 00:09:19.200 press into it normally they're gasket mounted or they're just like fixed 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 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:27.480 when you type on it not everyone prefers that some people prefer no flex at all 00:09:25.500 --> 00:09:30.240 some people really like a nice loose gasket 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 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 00:09:39.180 --> 00:09:43.920 pain honestly just getting this little rubber stopper into this tiny little 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 00:09:45.779 --> 00:09:52.380 or three okay because it started at two more standard yeah I already thought two 00:09:50.220 --> 00:09:55.320 was like pretty flexible so if you can go down one where there's absolutely no 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 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 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:08.580 more kind of my speed take out the spring pull out this little rubber 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 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:15.540 leaf spring and then I'll show you the difference on the two sides here overall 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 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 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:27.320 me wrong I would like to see leaf spring uh mounting on more keyboards I just 00:10:25.680 --> 00:10:31.080 don't know if you need this adjustment factor that they've kind of included in 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:34.560 this one yeah the quality of the materials solid like this is all 00:10:32.640 --> 00:10:38.880 neoprene foam so you're not getting any cheap foam when you order this as well 00:10:36.180 --> 00:10:43.320 it's all really quality stuff I'll be honest this still isn't for me 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:47.519 even with the least amount of flex possible the problem is you've got the 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:52.079 four leaf springs on the four corners of the PCB and just presses right down and 00:10:50.640 --> 00:10:57.540 so I'm not personally as big of a fan uh for that 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 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 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:06.240 completely 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 00:11:11.700 --> 00:11:16.800 just it's not enough there needs to be like a fourth option where there's 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 00:11:18.540 --> 00:11:23.820 just maybe I just don't like leaf spring otherwise this thing is sick like 00:11:21.959 --> 00:11:26.640 there's no denying that the metal design is super cool 00:11:25.380 --> 00:11:30.839 um I think it's an absolute like statement piece on your desk I have no 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:34.860 real complaints I mean the battery life might not be amazing I think the 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:37.620 colorway looks sick the keycaps that you're getting with this one at least 00:11:35.880 --> 00:11:42.540 are really cool this like Smoky clear kind of version I actually liked the 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 00:11:44.579 --> 00:11:50.880 over that this even base is 580 that 00:11:48.899 --> 00:11:54.420 being said if you're an ALICE layout fan and you really want something super 00:11:52.380 --> 00:11:58.140 premium and you want something really cool on top of being really premium with 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:04.260 this really fancy design then maybe it's for you unfortunately the pre-order is 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 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 00:12:10.140 --> 00:12:18.600 it no do I want one yes that being said 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:20.459 if you can't afford to spend almost 600 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:24.060 on a keyboard then maybe check out kikron they've got the Q8 that's their 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 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:31.560 board in the future otherwise you know that's ShortCircuit thanks for watching 00:12:30.300 --> 00:12:37.200 if you want to watch another video related to keyboards maybe check out the 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 00:12:38.940 --> 00:12:42.620 better I don't know you decide