WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:05.680 you finally gave in to peer pressure from your geeky friends and you're 00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:10.080 getting a mechanical keyboard but what key switches should you get now i'm on 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:15.360 the record saying that cherry mx switches are the gold standard but there 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:22.320 are tons of keyboard enthusiasts who strongly disagree with that statement so 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:25.039 today we are conducting a blind test 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:31.119 he's now nowhere near me is he with no less than 22 of the most popular 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:35.280 key switches to see which ones people including me 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:38.879 like clacking on best ruggable rugs are spill and stain 00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:43.760 resistant and also machine washable they'll stay in place with their non-slip pads and you can use code Linus 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:47.600 15 to get 15 off your order and free shipping at the link below 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:52.000 now some of you may remember that we did do a blind key switch test in a previous 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:56.960 video but today's test is way better in basically every way we're testing way 00:00:54.320 --> 00:01:01.680 more key switches all on the same board with the same key caps and with a way 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:06.080 bigger sample size of our weird quirky test subjects oh i don't like this chair 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:14.320 this is how we do it now we could have simply arranged all 22 keyboards around 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:19.280 the room and let people wander around free range but we figured they would get 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:22.479 too tired and unfocused to rigorously test each board so here's what we're 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:27.520 going to do instead we've divided the switches into three main categories 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:31.280 tactile linear and clicky switches so each participant will actually do three 00:01:29.759 --> 00:01:35.200 rounds of testing that's right and within each round you only ever have two 00:01:33.600 --> 00:01:39.119 keyboards in front of you at any given time you just tell me if you prefer 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:42.560 keyboard a or keyboard b and then i take away the losing board and give you a new 00:01:40.720 --> 00:01:46.320 one and we used a random number generator to determine which order you 00:01:44.479 --> 00:01:50.720 experience the keyboards in to remove even more bias so 00:01:48.320 --> 00:01:56.399 you want to get started i do all right then we'll begin with round 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:56.399 one all the tactile keyboards 00:01:58.880 --> 00:02:01.200 hmm 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:09.599 these are not the same what how are these even the same class 00:02:07.119 --> 00:02:13.599 this is surprisingly different this one's so much more subdued 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:18.160 quiet stealthy oh oh no 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:21.440 oh oh 00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:26.560 yeah yeah are these even mechanical 00:02:24.239 --> 00:02:30.160 hmm it's kind of nice it's soft but not 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:34.720 mushy i mean this this might as well just be a membrane 00:02:32.640 --> 00:02:38.879 oh beautiful oh am i gonna pick this one even though 00:02:36.480 --> 00:02:42.319 i didn't like it right away these are brutal 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:44.480 no thank you i don't really like this one 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:51.599 that's your keyboard this is my keyboard that's it 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:58.169 two islands silence what's that 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:04.120 this is okay 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:13.360 this feels familiar very familiar 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:13.360 easier to type on smoother 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:19.740 these almost feel like they're more premium 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:23.840 it's okay it's the tesla 00:03:24.239 --> 00:03:28.800 i don't like this one quite as much i can't quite describe why 00:03:29.519 --> 00:03:36.159 this one's kind of chonky still feels a little membraney 00:03:36.799 --> 00:03:43.920 oh no that's your keyboard that's my board 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:49.840 what is it zelios v2 00:03:47.519 --> 00:03:55.280 neat it's not like overpowering in the noise it's smooth 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:55.280 it's very comfortable 00:03:56.720 --> 00:04:00.920 this one sings to me you hear that 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:06.480 so much twanginess listen to that 00:04:06.799 --> 00:04:14.239 b feels a little i don't know thin maybe it's just the 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:17.040 mechanical sound or the metal sounds 00:04:14.239 --> 00:04:21.519 that's heavy uh this one's gotta have some strong 00:04:19.359 --> 00:04:26.400 fingers to use this baby this one's weird it like takes more force to push 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:29.360 down right away like the tactile bumps at the top but 00:04:27.840 --> 00:04:33.040 then it's kind of takes a lot of force throughout there's a lot of resistance 00:04:31.280 --> 00:04:37.360 which i think is what makes it feel mushy heavy always felt like quality to 00:04:36.080 --> 00:04:41.040 me but i never liked typing on it as much that 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:44.240 would be annoying for me i couldn't type on us all day i like them but there's no 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:48.720 way i'd be able to type on them comfortably all day 00:04:46.479 --> 00:04:51.680 oh i hate that i don't like that i don't like this one 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:54.960 nope i feel like i'm at my eye exam all over 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:57.919 again and you don't know if the answers you're saying are right but it's just 00:04:56.479 --> 00:05:01.520 all subjective so it doesn't matter unless there is a right and wrong this 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:05.040 is terrible i feel like i'm a typist in a courtroom 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:09.120 drama stenographer this one's mildly more 00:05:07.520 --> 00:05:11.840 satisfying i i can't decide 00:05:13.520 --> 00:05:21.039 oh these are pretty similar let me do tactile it's pretty light in 00:05:19.280 --> 00:05:26.560 the press it just doesn't feel like it takes as much pressure to type a is 00:05:22.960 --> 00:05:28.080 really easy i mean opposite 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:32.720 i was saying if i'm typing i would like this one more i have to choose this one 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:37.039 yeah this one's nicer this one feels pretty good but i'm pretty sure it's a clone 00:05:35.520 --> 00:05:44.320 watch maybe just like totally wrong that would be pretty funny the one where you're like i hate that guess what that 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:44.320 was what cherry brown nailed it 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:52.800 what really i didn't know i'd like cherry browns 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:57.120 what a coincidence ah sweet 00:05:55.360 --> 00:06:00.160 yeah actually i think the keyboard that Linus has at home that i really like is 00:05:58.479 --> 00:06:04.080 a brown okay what what what category are we in 00:06:02.400 --> 00:06:07.280 here linear ooh that's gonna be a tough one i can pretty much guarantee i'm 00:06:05.440 --> 00:06:13.759 going to hate them all why what the relative test sort of like you know 00:06:09.919 --> 00:06:13.759 do you want poop or diarrhea like 00:06:16.080 --> 00:06:19.080 oh 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:24.880 this is easier to type on than this one 00:06:23.520 --> 00:06:30.000 this is a bit more of what i want in like a linear switch like really low force 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:33.280 oh these these feel like blues i mean they're not 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:36.800 but they feel like it oh man you could really press these down 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:41.280 quick keyboard b feels really premium for some 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:45.840 reason it's like the switch just like has a tighter tolerance so it just goes 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:50.400 in smooth and like quickly very smooth very easy to press 00:06:48.880 --> 00:06:54.479 these ones feel like a little bit more refined almost like the stroke is just 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:59.600 smoother overall it feels so tight and just more premium 00:06:56.960 --> 00:07:03.440 for some reason right off the bat 00:07:01.280 --> 00:07:07.759 i like this one just like just the feel of it and what is my champion called 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:14.880 six to nine tangerine oh 62 gram i just 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:18.319 said 16 man yes 00:07:16.400 --> 00:07:22.720 yes i am a genius i'm a keyboard genius baby 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:26.880 the sound and like it just feels like slightly smoother maybe i don't know if 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:30.479 that's right but these are really easy going 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:35.039 i could type on these all day are they expensive 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:35.039 new one 00:07:36.479 --> 00:07:43.280 is this um do you remember that oh 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:48.639 oh my god okay these are very soft holy crap 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:51.920 wow i felt like typing on boobs 00:07:50.479 --> 00:07:54.989 oh god no no 00:07:55.280 --> 00:07:59.599 i really like this i think i've ever typed on something 00:07:58.400 --> 00:08:04.879 like this before it's fighting me 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:04.879 it's kind of nice 00:08:05.520 --> 00:08:10.879 yeah it feels really nice i don't know it's so quiet 00:08:09.520 --> 00:08:15.199 it's stealthy it's like a stealth keyboard 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:18.879 these are much heavier tiring and mushy wow so i guess some people 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:24.160 must really like having a lot of resistance on their keys eh what have i 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:27.160 chosen let's play the lottery the rosa rosalias 00:08:27.280 --> 00:08:33.519 like if i was at a beach and i needed a keyboard to type on toes in the sand 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:37.080 type it away on the mechanical keyboard this would be the one 00:08:41.680 --> 00:08:45.200 that sounds like the one i have at home 00:08:45.920 --> 00:08:54.800 no i don't think i like this either am i dead or alive i don't know 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:58.720 these feel like blacks or something 00:08:54.800 --> 00:09:02.160 too much actuation force these are too 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:04.000 heavy for me that's your keyboard cool 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:08.959 that is a gateron ink black 00:09:06.160 --> 00:09:08.959 got her on gotta 00:09:15.839 --> 00:09:18.320 oh boy 00:09:19.040 --> 00:09:24.800 really light there's kind of a gritty feeling to this 00:09:25.760 --> 00:09:30.800 oh i don't know this feels actually quite similar to 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:35.480 this one over here oh oh this is this is a tight race 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:42.000 i don't know these are so similar 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:44.480 these might even be the same thing for all i know 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:50.160 oh these are really close but i guess i'm going to stick with a 00:09:48.160 --> 00:09:54.399 telios i've never heard of that what's that like if you like 00:09:52.160 --> 00:09:56.399 linear cherry keyboards that's probably great 00:09:55.440 --> 00:10:02.880 i don't i just like things that are easy to type on and don't require much force 00:10:00.880 --> 00:10:07.519 is this a common one to like oh can i go back to the one with the red 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:11.680 ones on the bottom oh we doing clicky next you know i used 00:10:09.839 --> 00:10:15.600 to like clicky keyboards i really don't anymore 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:18.720 they're all loud hey just the way people like them right it's like if you were 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:22.079 like if you were like trying to type without bothering somebody and you're like 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:30.959 what's the password i really do not like hooky switches oh 00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:34.720 it's more Jake's thing this could be the best category i already love it 00:10:38.560 --> 00:10:45.360 click here stronger faster 00:10:42.160 --> 00:10:46.480 this is not bad 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.800 whoa whoa 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:57.360 that's a sharp click the click on this is very noticeably different if it was 00:10:54.079 --> 00:10:57.360 cherry i would be very surprised 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:04.480 i really like keyboard v it really gives me that very sharp feedback that i'm 00:11:01.920 --> 00:11:08.640 actually hitting things if i was trying to piss off my roommate 00:11:06.640 --> 00:11:12.320 oh definitely this one this one's like i'm just pressing down and it's like 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:16.480 okay yeah you're pressing boom all right that's fine this one's like engaged 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:23.040 i have a feeling this one is polarizing because the click is very like 00:11:20.880 --> 00:11:26.240 affirmative yeah yeah i don't want to engage thrusters every 00:11:24.640 --> 00:11:31.440 time i click you're going to run out of fuel that way 00:11:28.880 --> 00:11:34.560 it's like a short throw but like so nice sounding 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:39.360 nope the more i type on it the worse it gets their mind okay these ones are 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:43.040 slightly lighter than this keyboard who would use this what a monster 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:47.360 and i think i like that because they are a little bit faster but they do have a 00:11:44.959 --> 00:11:50.079 nice definite click you gotta live alone i'm sorry 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:54.880 this one's definitely more clicky and part of me really likes that 00:11:52.640 --> 00:12:02.399 all right what do we got here sherbert sure bet sherbert sherbert sure 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:05.040 bet sherbet sherbert sherbert sherbet 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:08.480 sherbet sherbert sherbet sherbert those are brand new i think 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:14.399 that's a nice sounding switch it feels good stabilization's nice 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.399 yeah they feel great 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:25.000 wait this one's like almost like grainier 00:12:25.680 --> 00:12:31.440 these feel a lot like blues the click is so 00:12:30.079 --> 00:12:34.399 emphasized that i would almost say that they're like fake blues 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:41.680 i think oh yes i like i like clicky 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:45.040 a lot more this is a bit more familiar feeling 00:12:43.920 --> 00:12:50.480 i think this one definitely feels more like keyboards that i have 00:12:48.079 --> 00:12:55.760 experience with i'm trying to keep that bias out of the picture i think 00:12:53.200 --> 00:13:00.240 that these are blues but i don't know if you told me one of these was a cherry 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:05.200 i would guess that it was this one i'm going to guess that these are like 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:06.639 the box jades or box navies 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:12.000 now this sounds kind of hollow if i'm gonna pick a keyboard based on what it sounds like it better sound good this is 00:13:10.160 --> 00:13:14.880 a kale blue sure 00:13:13.920 --> 00:13:19.480 wow i threw quite a few out because they didn't have enough force 00:13:21.920 --> 00:13:27.440 oh this one really gives you feedback like you can really feel that you're 00:13:25.040 --> 00:13:30.880 typing this feels familiar 00:13:29.760 --> 00:13:34.480 oh the click on these switches wow that is 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:38.399 aggressive looks like i'm on a typewriter 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:43.360 it just makes you feel like you're getting into the mainframe 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:48.720 it's almost fatiguing to listen to in the same way that when you listen to like really accurate high-resolution 00:13:46.959 --> 00:13:54.399 headphones that can be fatiguing because it's like too realistic 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.399 so satisfying to click oh my god 00:13:56.160 --> 00:14:01.680 very heavy like brake force like there's 00:13:59.199 --> 00:14:06.560 a lot of resistance before it goes i think it's all in the way it just like 00:14:03.680 --> 00:14:11.279 travels down this feels really tight i think if i had these switches in like 00:14:09.040 --> 00:14:17.320 my control and shift that would be cool or like on a numpad but i wouldn't want 00:14:13.199 --> 00:14:17.320 to be typing on these all day 00:14:19.040 --> 00:14:24.480 this feels horrible keep it okay we're done done 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:28.639 i don't know let's see 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:32.000 box jade i'm happy with that that's sick 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:42.240 a new contender enters the ring 00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:47.360 oh so much louder though these are very obnoxious this is like if 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:52.720 you want your co-workers to hate you oh the sound of those are brutal 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:57.360 but i like the feel of them that is one generic ass clicky keyboard 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:02.480 you like that nope 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:10.880 oh cherry yeah well that's a generic keyboard 00:15:07.920 --> 00:15:17.199 goes to show you how personal a decision this is 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:18.480 these are clicky but not obnoxious 00:15:17.199 --> 00:15:21.680 very suave i like them 00:15:22.079 --> 00:15:27.399 don't like that this one's more like a oh 00:15:28.880 --> 00:15:36.800 i feel like if i was writing it'd be good but i don't write that much 00:15:32.880 --> 00:15:38.639 yeah it's okay a little mushy i think 00:15:36.800 --> 00:15:44.079 this one right here also kind of weird it has the same sort of like not very 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:47.199 much for slots of force not very much that feels odd 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:52.880 nope just from a gaming perspective i would definitely go with b again that's the 00:15:50.959 --> 00:15:56.639 keyboard this is it the box white 00:15:54.399 --> 00:16:00.160 cool that seems pretty good i've i've never felt happier i still would not 00:15:58.959 --> 00:16:05.519 pick this actually because i like the other one better but silence 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:11.199 they should go back to cookie and then get a divorce 00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:15.759 that was actually a ton of fun and i am floored by the results that we got we 00:16:13.839 --> 00:16:20.160 saw a lot of the same switches winning again and again pretty much regardless 00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:25.600 of the participant's apparent enthusiast level and then oddly enough 00:16:22.560 --> 00:16:28.240 cherry switches almost never won in the 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:32.399 linear and clicky categories but the mx browns were by far the most popular 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:36.560 switch among the tactile switches i don't know if that's because of weaker 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:40.000 competition in the category uh or if it's because lots of participants were 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:44.399 familiar with brown so they just feel like home or maybe it's just plain 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:48.320 old a good switch or some combination of the three funnily enough even though i 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:52.720 daily drive browns i was one of the ones that didn't end up choosing browns now 00:16:50.560 --> 00:16:56.720 guys of course we couldn't test every switch in existence we would have really 00:16:55.040 --> 00:17:00.560 liked to have included logitech's roamer g's for example but those switches use a 00:16:59.040 --> 00:17:04.319 different keycap mount so we would have needed a custom solution so in the end 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:08.880 we asked the community and we tried to source most of the popular ones that 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:13.679 they asked for big thanks to drop.com for sending over 25 of their control 00:17:11.439 --> 00:17:18.000 keyboards full of switches as well as michael at novel keys henry at zeal 00:17:15.760 --> 00:17:22.079 generation and jason at the key company for providing all these awesome 00:17:19.679 --> 00:17:25.919 enthusiast switches you guys are heroes and i'm positive there's going to be a 00:17:23.679 --> 00:17:30.880 lot of people at our office rethinking their keyboards now that they know 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:37.679 what's out there i feel like my mind is open open to a message 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:40.320 from our sponsor the aorus GeForce rtx 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you know why don't we link the 00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:24.559 cherry factory tour as well that'd be pretty sweet how are these things made 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:27.120 now you'll know is my head like oriented up in a weird way i almost feel like 00:18:25.679 --> 00:18:29.840 stevie wonder maybe you don't put that in