What's up, guys? I've got not one keyboard, but two keyboards because Kron
put out a K3 both in an H variant and
the Ultra 8K. This one's got magnetic
switches, and that's pretty cool. This one's got an 8 kHz pulling rate.
Otherwise, they're very, very similar. So, let's check them out. Starting with
the 8K. So, that's what we need, right? We need more K's in our life. Okay, let
me look at the box first, though. Support all systems. Hell yeah. It does
Linux, macOS, and I was read it says
WinOSS instead of just Windows, but you know, whatever. Each key is customizable
online. That's correct. 8 kHz, precise and fast. It's a 75% keyboard. It's a
low profile design. Um, and they've got these cool wood accents on the edges for
both of them. So, I'm actually really uh excited to look at those because wood
just looks great. Stickers that I'm going to steal. Make sure switch pins
are straight before putting them in. That's very important. Otherwise, your switch isn't going to work. And then
we've got our little quick start guide. And then
we've got our right angle USBC cable
with dongle. I'll never get over saying the word dongle. Such a dumb word.
Nicely sleeved. It's got a fite bead.
And it's a decent length. 6 feet. I
don't know. I I'm a big sucker for right angle connectors as well. They just make
it look so sleek. We've also got some accessories. is this is a USB A to C
adapter. Uh, and then we've got our dongle. We've got a screwdriver. Oh, you
know, it's a really minor thing. And people probably have screwdrivers, but
you don't always have like a little uh jewelry or glasses screwdriver. And
they've got these really small uh tip sizes. I know all about that. And then
we've also got, love to see it. It's a switch and keycat puller.
And then some extra keys if you want to
do like change your alt key or like Windows like what's is this covered with
Mac stuff? Let's find out. An ultra slim
wireless mechanical keyboard. I you know I can attest to that. Oh, this is nice.
Two-stage adjustable feet. They've also got some nice rubber feet on the bottom
here. I like the bars myself. And they've got a couple on the top, too.
So, if you're not using the adjustable feet, that's okay. You've still got some
stickiness that's not going to let the keyboard slide around as you're typing. I'm going to put a bit of an angle on
this bad boy. And uh I've just got to say the wood accents are very pretty. As
for the construction of the keyboard itself, it's the K series. So K from
Keyron is typically their plastic models. Um which is fine, you know,
especially when you're doing a slim, you want something to be light. I'm totally
okay with using plastic instead of uh aluminum at that point. And there's not
like it. I mean, it's flexy, but you know, realistically, you're just putting
this in a bag, taking it out, popping it down, typing some stuff up, and putting
it back in. I like the white case. I love the wood accents with the lighter
wood. I think it's a darker wood on the
H, so I'm excited to check that out as well. But yeah, I love the lowprofile
switches. I really like the really slim
key caps and the sound is different for sure because it's a little more
like hollow, but I kind of like it. It's definitely not going to sound as good as
like a full fat keyboard, but I think if you're using this just on the go,
it has a pretty unique sound that
yeah, I'm not crazy about it, but I don't hate it. If I heard someone typing on this thing, I'd be like, that sounds
okay. Not much rattle in the stabilizers.
That's good. These are all prelude switches as well. Let me take one out
here. Beautiful. These are banana tactile
palms. The bump is like all the way at
the top, too, which makes sense for a low profile keyboard. I had to find some
like that for switches on my own keyboard. And I'm actually quite fond of
tactile with the bump all the way at the top. Call me crazy. I don't care. It's
what I like. And you guys can hate me all you want for it. Is this hot swap? I
think it is. Let's find out. Yep, it's hot swap. Okay, sick. Uh, be careful
when you're taking these out of your keyboard. Um, the little white diffuser
light that I'm is guessing is for the RGB cuz the LED is north facing here.
Mine popped out as I tried to get it out of there. Let's just Yeah, let's just
pop that back in. We're good to go. As for the rest of the keyboard, all your
switches and stuff are on the side here. And this actually makes a lot of sense why they did the right angle connector
because the USBC is on the side here. And so that's going to pop in and then
not like be this big protruding cable out the side of your keyboard, which is
great. We've got a couple switches, Windows or Mac. And then uh the bottom
one is Bluetooth wired or 2.4 GHz. The
problem sometimes with looking at RGB keyboards here is we've got all these
studio lights and it's a little hard to see. Uh I can see it here and it looks
good. The only unfortunate thing is you've got that nice diffusion on the
switch itself. Let me take a look at that. Yeah, that looks great. But you're
not going to see that on these because they're not shine through. If you want to actually take advantage of what looks
like pretty solid RGB both in the keyboard and in the switches itself with
that diffusion, you might want to change the key caps, which is too bad cuz I
actually really like these key caps. I just wish they were either shine through or translucent in some other way. But
that's okay. Overall, so far I'm pretty impressed. My only issue is I'm not a
big believer in 8 kHz. Not when it comes to keyboard and mice. I think a thousand
Hz polling rate is more than enough.
It's the one factor of latency where I just don't I don't see it making that
much of a difference. I think you're better off finding a faster display or a
better graphics card. But, you know, if you really want 8K,
do it. So, let's check out the other keyboard that we've got right here, and
then I'll do a typing test on both of them. This is the Kerron K3H. The
branding worked. Let's open this bad boy. I love the little holographic the
foil symbol. That's great. Basically the
same contents as we had in the other box. You've got your quick start guide.
You've got your screwdriver. You've got your key caps now in black. You've got
your cable now in black. Love that the cables match the keyboards. That's a
minor touch. Same with the dongles and the uh extensions actually, too. And
then the keyboard itself. I love how
light these are. I really do. Man, it's more of like a walnut. I honestly wasn't
sure if this was real wood or if these were just plastic just because the way they're finished, but it looks like this
is chipped away and that does look more like wood than plastic underneath. But
regardless, I think they're pretty and I very much enjoy them. Um otherwise, it's
basically the same. You're getting the same kind of chassis with the
multi-stage feet and the bar feet.
You're getting um the 75% layout with your F row up top and some arrow keys
here and a page up, page down. This one's got their linear magnetic
switches, the ultra fast limes.
I think I like the sound of this one more, but the switch resistance is a
little too heavy for me. Like, it's not bad. I can type on this just fine. I just wish they were a little lighter.
Yeah, I prefer this one. The sound I think what I am hearing is I'm hearing
the tactile bump. That's pretty good.
Test the stabilizers.
Also solid. These are all prelubed as well. And these ones are magnetic. So
the big difference with these ones are if you've seen like the Wooting H or
other Hall effect or TMR keyboards, um you know that they're analog and so that
you can like let's say you're holding W for WASD for walking around. You can
push it down a little bit and that's why these are linear instead of tactile so
that they have that full um range of motion. But you can push it down like a
little bit and your guy's going to walk forward. And then you press it down all the way and he's going to run. It's kind
of like if you had a thumb stick and you're pushing it forward a little bit versus all the way. I personally
don't really need these things or want
these things in my keyboards. I think they're a really cool, not even gimmick.
I think they're a genuine feature that a lot of people actually utilize and use
to the full extent, but for me, like I've been gaming on regular keyboards
for my whole life. And so the thought of like only slightly pressing a key to
walk forward a little bit just feels weird to me. And so I don't know, it's it's not for me, but I do appreciate the
technology behind it and what it's allowing uh new gamers or even old
gamers that can learn new tricks, just what it's giving them in this modern day and age. So I think that's pretty cool.
Okay, let's take the P for POF key cap
off. Ah, nice and green.
Wow, there we go. That took a little force, a little effort, but uh we're
there. And as you can see, there's no pins because they're not using contact
pins to see if you're making contact with anything. It's all magnetic. Just
for reference, this one's got the pins cuz it's the regular keyboard. And then
this one does not. It is in fact
pinless. But let's see just how good the actual type feel is when I've got to,
you know, actually type a message or word instead of randomly mashing keys
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to warm up. I'm just going to give it a go on the Hall effect version first with
the linear switches and that'll be my warm-up for that guy. And hopefully
these both go okay. And away we go.
Oh, 118 99%. That's not bad. That's not bad.
Let's see if the other one does any better. That one had the feet at the same height, so we're not going to blame
anything about a height angle kind of thing. All right. And away we go.
No, ever so slightly better. 120 99%. I made
a small mistake at the beginning and kind of at the end. I do think I still
prefer the sound on the H with those switches, but I really I'm I'm a big
tactile guy as long as the bump is at the top. That's weird. I don't care.
Like it or hate it, that's what I do. And uh I actually really enjoy it on a
keyboard like this. These do have various like PET film and case foam and
whatnot for some extra sound absorbing, but you know, when it's a thin keyboard,
you're not going to be able to fit quite as much of that in as you could something else. Overall, I mean, you
could customize it a little bit. You can maybe tape mod it. I'm not sure. It's
pretty slim already, but I'm sure you can, you know, painters tape is pretty
thin, too. If I had to pick one like that, I strongly prefer. I'm quite torn.
I think they're both beautiful. One thing to note, these both have the same
2600 milliamp battery. However, the 8K
gets like 500 plus hours of battery life. The H
gets closer to 55. We're not sure if it's just because, you know, um the
switches require more power because they're always checking like what
position they're at and whatnot versus these are just kind of like onoff switches basically. If you're going to
be running these on battery, which in all fairness, they're lowprofile slim
keyboards. These are travel keyboards. Like you will be running them on battery
probably if you want to buy them, unless you're just looking for some super minimal desk piece or whatever. And so
in that case, I actually really do care that the battery lasts for like hundreds
of hours on this one and tens of hours on this one. That's a massive
difference. And uh especially because like I said earlier, I'm not I'm not too
into the whole um Hallacctor TMR analog
switch craze. I'd go for the 8K1 and then I just wouldn't run it at 8 kHz.
I'd probably just run it at 1,000 hertz and it would still do just fine. The
best part is if you're also having trouble deciding between the two and
you're leaving it to price, well, good luck because it's only about a $10
difference. And that's why I'm such a big fan of these, even if they're not
really the keyboard for me. The 8 kHz one is $110.
The H one is $120.
I think that's pretty reasonable. Like, yeah, they're plastic and they're not
metal. They're not aluminum frames, but like realistically, you know, if you're
traveling, I would prefer something light anyway. You can find a similar
wireless mechanical keyboard for about $100, maybe 110. And so I'm just happy
to see those prices come down because several years ago we would not be
talking about $110 for a keyboard like this. Overall, I'm quite pleased. I
think one of the only improvements they could make is maybe try to hide the
screws on the ends that seem to be securing the wooden accents on, but I
don't know how else they'd really get those on there without them. Uh especially without it being something
that you could easily take apart and tinker with. But uh overall, I think I
like them quite a bit. I'm not going to buy either of them. They're not for me.
I don't travel very much, at least not with a keyboard. The only other thing
that you should maybe consider when looking at buying either of these
keyboards is there is a little bit more latency with the H. When we measured it,
that's what we got. Both on the Bluetooth and on the wireless.
Ultimately, the H is just going to be a little more latency for you, but we're
not talking about a lot here. So, take that for what you will. Make up your own
minds and uh maybe check out the Kickstarter if this video goes up fast
enough. If it doesn't, maybe you can buy them from Kron's website directly. I'm
not 100% sure. The only thing I do know for sure is that this is ShortCircuit.
My name's PLO. These are keyboards
from Kron. If you want to watch another video like this, check out the NYX
Hesper 64. That was weird. It's got these
dualaction keys. It was another like Kickstarter kind of group by thing and
uh it's not for me but it's an interesting