what's up guys dare you sent us a bunch of keyboards we're gonna look at all
three of them real fast we don't have a ton of time here there's one that I'm
especially excited about that's the a84
this guy right here oh baby it's pretty nice we're gonna start with this
um also while we're here Cherry sent us a lot of switches I think there's 400 of
each in here and the big deal about these are they're the new nixies uh they
sent a couple other switches as well we're not going to talk about them so much as we will about the nixies because
what I've done I have opened this box already I'm sorry I got real excited uh
this one's the really cool one and so I wanted to open it up and while I haven't
tried the sky v3s too much that's the switches that come with this uh we
really wanted to try these nixies out so I threw a bunch in here and we'll take a
look at those as for packaging it's pretty simple you know we've got the keyboard down here we got a little
layout guide here quick quick command stuff it is all in what appears to be
Chinese so I can't read this but you know what they got some stuff on here
like USB Windows or Mac function numbers
I can read those so it's better than nothing before I open this keyboard I'm
gonna check out the accessories box which I actually haven't looked in here yet oh okay we got a switch and keycap
puller we have our cable yeah we got some extra specialty keys so if you
don't like the uh gray keycaps that come with this you can change them up for a
bit of yellow we've got the dim gray one which is great for me because I'm not a
big fan of red or pink nothing I got a
pink hat on you know I don't hate it it's just for my accessories on my desk
it's not really the color that jives with me too well uh one cool thing that
I love about this guy is that it's hot swap it's Bluetooth uh and it also has
a roller bar which also clicks this is great I want to see more bars instead of
knobs recently bars are you know they're pretty neat we don't use them that much
one nice thing about being able to open this one a little bit I didn't fully
disassemble it I just took the switches and keycaps off but I got a good look at
the plate and it's this really nice split polycarb plate it's got a ton of
flex there's all these Flex Cuts in it spur
nice and gaskety with not you know not too much play though I'm I like the I
like the feel of gasket but I don't like the really really soft ones there's just
a bit too much extra play when you're trying to bottom out and you know what
while I really did like the sky v3s that were in here before
really like these nixies uh they come unloobed I'm pretty sure there's like
some light Factory Lube on the Springs but that's about it these were
originally a Nick's dwarf keyboards back in the 80s I have never used them I am
not that old so I don't have any kind of history with these I've just heard that
they're really good I can see why they're just a pretty decent linear
overall there's like zero wobble a little bit in the stem wobble like none
it's pretty tight oh no it's a tiny tiny bit of play but I don't think you need
like films or anything to fix these up uh yeah the light strip here is super
cool apparently there's a little mic on here and it'll pick up noise and kind of
like play you know a volume mixer based
on how loud it is that's super neat but yeah overall construction is very solid
this whole thing is aluminum it's got a pretty decent typing angle on it too
there's no feet though so you're not going to be able to change that and it
does 2.4 G as well as Bluetooth we got the dongle that sits really nicely in
the little carrier here it can still go wired there's a USBC switch here a
couple buttons I'm assuming one is power and one is light it's got a little light
there I don't know if that's for the RGB uh there's I don't know if there's full RGB I think there's just white
backlighting and then on top of that we've got our little switch here that'll
go between the three devices that this thing can connect to based on the
connection that you're using whether it's the 2.4 G or the Bluetooth or the
wired I definitely like it with this big 75 layout with uh you know you get your
full F Pro you got your arrow keys page up page down delete all that good stuff
you know like a full size shift and Enter key uh the stabilizers that came
with it aren't bad either it all came pre-installed and while they could
probably be lubed up a little more they're not bad just for reference these
are the Sky Blues that it came with V3 I
do believe and they're pretty nice like they're definitely not bad we mostly
just wanted to change them out because we wanted to put the next season something to experience them because of
how legendary they are something else that they sent us along with these three
keyboards are these other switches that they've got they're the dare you a
violet gold V2 tactile come a little 45
packs
oh yeah the bump is like mostly at the top here I kind of like these I actually
really like the color too and just the visual aspect of them I like this really
clear kind of yellowy gold kind of look with the purple accents it's really
pretty it's only three pen but whatever I dare you to keep watching this video
because we've got more keyboards I got the z82 uh this one's also pretty cute
actually it only comes in I think two colors uh Pink and Moccasin I don't know
why they chose moccasin as a color but uh is what it is I'm really excited for
this guy because it's got these really cute rounded keycaps but we gotta check
out what else is in the Box first I got some instructions
oh yeah the accessorize box good catch David I didn't even
that's pretty good this one comes with a decent little white cable here nothing
too crazy it's not uh sleeved or anything like that but you know I like
it it'll go with the keyboard itself which is just white and pink um that's
it that's all we get in the Box wait no way there's more accessories
hey we got some more keycaps if we want to change them out
for a big pink one here or a nice Enter key here that's cool I actually really
like the look of this guy sounds okay we'll get more into that
later it's super cute though you got a paw print for the rotary knob I love how
well the switches fit in with the plastic molding on the case too
um there's these little like edges here that kind of curve in it's like Teeth
it's like you're looking at gums in a mouth with teeth I know that that's
creepy but there's something about it that I actually really like I would buy
this in pink every time for that exact reason and I actually wouldn't buy the
moccasin one uh just because I want to keep this weird teeth kind of motif what
if we got teeth keycaps and you put them all up in like the afro oh that would
look sick that would look so cool
um this one's also Wireless but
it's got some feet so you can change the angle on it which is great and I think
they're two stage yeah it looks like it oh nice always a plus this one's got a
smaller battery it's only 2 000 milliamp hour and I don't think it's hot swap as
well or at least they don't mention it anywhere on the page let's try and take
a look yeah that's definitely soldered on so we'll leave it that's fine this is
the 82 let's check out the other one
at long last the a87l I actually didn't
see the L in the title anywhere on the website so that's a surprise for me I
already like the Box a lot I'm a big fan of like yellows and purples together
am I this one's pretty cool I like that the plastic that's keeping it safe has
got little cutouts for the keycaps not super necessary it could have just been
uniform let's see if there's anything else in the box underneath and there is
we've got cable looks like as well as
another keycap puller switch puller these are my favorite I
personally prefer these ones over the plastic ones one they're multi-purpose
you have a switch and a keycap puller and one thing and also I just find that
with these wire Clips it's a lot easier to get in when uh the case is like right
up against the keycap uh some extra keycaps these are just more Blues to tie
in with the rest of this guy whether they got little hearts or something is it the Dare You logo yeah that's the
Dare You logo on this keycap if you want to really rep the brand and then we got
a manual user manual in English my time to shine not a ton of info in
here just like you know how many keys it's got cable length stuff like that oh
this one's hot swap as well okay so this one's a tkl 87 Keys hot swap current oh
working current is 300 milliamp hours okay that's fine yeah nkro yeah all
these have nkro by the way that's like such a standard feature that I don't
even see the point in mentioning it these days oh what the [ __ ]
okay so it basically just kind of looks
like a sort of a drop tkl kind of style without this top case and you can see
the switches and stuff which I actually I'm a big fan of this personally it
doesn't usually quite sound as good but I love the visual aspect of being able
to see all your switches because I mean you spend a lot of time and money picking the right ones and sometimes you
know you want to take a look at them anyways this comes with a keycap set
that looks pretty neat it's got this like kind of I don't know if that's a
swallow or what kind of bird it is but it's got cherry blossoms or something in
its mouth yeah okay neat and then this is just held on by magnets which was
kind of cool I guess the only problem is if you go to like pick actually wasn't
too bad but if you go to pick it up and move it there's a chance that you know
this isn't going to come with it so be careful pick it up from the bottom and
even when you pick it up from the bottom like right there I almost dropped it just because the sides oh and look on
the back a87l swallow I was right those are swallows wow I'm actually kind of
amazed that I got the bird right this one the main difference is that this
guy's wired only so no Wireless but you know what all my stuff is wired anyway
so whatever this one's not too bad we'll do an actual typing test on them in a
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whoa this thing works it's a little too sensitive yeah my only
complaint is that like me talking even if I talk kind of quieter like this is
me talking a little quieter and it's like it picks me up still but it feels
like it tries to Peak almost instantly like watch me type and it's gonna peek
just off the typing not quite fully but like pretty close
either way though that's like a super cool feature that I haven't seen anyone
else do um so if you just want the novelty of
this keyboard I mean that's kind of cool it's kind of worth it to me uh the RGB
is not bad pretty sweet let's do our classic monkey type typing test
wow 113 98 that's not bad I think that's one of the better ones I've had on here
to be honest I like the keyboard and I like the nixies I'm pretty sure that
they only come with a bit of factory Lube on the spring and they they feel
and sound a little scratchy so they can definitely benefit from some more
dedicated lubing it's not bad let's let's try the other one let's try this
pink this pink bad boy right here one advantage to actually all of these
boards is that none of them are like a 65 where you need a function layer to
hit all of the F Keys which is a big plus for me personally I just don't like
having to layer stuff and I like having my like F5 just as a single key
121.95 I actually really really like
this thing um I was really getting into a Groove there and going pretty quick but then I
stumbled on a couple words and that kind of dragged me down but I actually am a
huge fan of the spacing on all the keys it means that your fingers are never
getting stuck on anything even though they're cupped because the keys aren't
like directly next to each other with the spacing there you can actually yeah
type pretty easily without stumbling all over the place uh last but not least
we've got the a87l the swallow we're
gonna try this guy out I didn't see I went to pick it up and it
came off right there one thing that I never noticed this is the cable that
came specifically with the a87l and it's got these cool little channels in here
the only way to plug it in is perfectly safe and like impossible to screw up so
that's actually kind of cool I've never seen guided channels for a USBC connection before um and then another
big bonus for people who like to keep things super neat and tidy you can go
either to the left for your cable or you can go to the right depending on you
know where everything is in your setup and where you want the wire to go you
can also just go straight out if that's what you want to do I also love the blue
backlight on this it's actually really bright and vibrant strobing on camera
you guys I'm sorry I promise this thing looks steady and crisp in person I
actually really like the tone of this one
99 93 I think that's one of the slowest
tests I've ever done on here these switches that are in here are crazy light I can't remember the ones that we
got with it so let me just take a quick look uh so these should be Dare You
Aquas and well I'm not crazy about them
because I've been moving away um from at least a lighter linear I like
I'm moving back to liners but I like heavier ones this caused me to make a
ton of mistakes because I would just go to I don't know move over and type a
little lightly and then it would I don't know they're too light for me
personally but if you like a really light linear that could be the switch
for you I dare you to try these out overall I definitely like the a84 pro
the most that being said it's easily the most premium out of all three of these
both in terms of price and in terms of materials you're getting pour on foam
there's Flexi Cut polycarb plate it's got another silicone layer on the bottom
I think and like you've got this cool roller you've got the cool LED strip
like it's honestly just a pretty decent
keyboard as for between these two the less premium ones honestly they're both
fine I think that they're okay picks I lean towards the uh a87l swallow simply
because it's still hot Swap and I personally don't need a wireless
connection I'm I I just use I use wires
basically on every peripheral I have and I already have a bunch of fancy keyboard
cables that I would like to use with this guy I actually have like three blue cables that would actually match this
quite well uh that being said in terms of just visual design I think I'm really
sold on the z82 it might not be hot Swap
and it might not sound the best it might not you know have the most premium
experience but I just love this like molded finish with all the keycaps kind
of just hugged a little bit uh by the pink here I still think it looks like
Teeth I am like super sold on someone making a bunch of like molar keycaps and
then filling up the entire afro with it or even just the bottom special row I
think that'd be really cool now as for Price all of these guys are on sale
right now and I think for the sale prices they're all perfectly reasonable
it's 255 for the pro which is a little
expensive but honestly considering the
package that you're getting with this that's not bad these guys though these
are both on sale for 130 right now which honestly at that price that's worth it
you get the full keyboard it's a pretty decent experience especially with the
hot swap they're usually a little more expensive though this guy is normally
about 200 and then the swallow is normally about 170 180 somewhere around
there at the more premium prices I'm not
100 sure how sold I am they feel decent
but nothing like super standout but at 1 30 you know that's not bad I think that
130 for a full keyboard with some pretty neat features and a cool aesthetic
Wireless as well uh really kind of pushes it over the line into the terms
of like perfectly fine which one would I buy honestly you guys might hate me but
I'd buy this thing I want the teeth I want to make this a reality I want to go
buy molar keycaps and then make the dream come true as for the best value
it's really tough I think that if this guy was a little bit cheaper like in the
225 range this is the best value this is
an actually pretty solidly put together keyboard
um I think that it's a fair price for what they're asking right now at the 250
400 is kind of steep but it's not out of
the realm of possibility when you're talking about why Wireless and some kind
of Niche features on a like more premium fully aluminum custom keyboard but I
think if you want Wireless the best value is really with this guy
the swallow is great but unfortunately uh one I'm I'm still kind of back and
forth on the magnet thing I think it's great but also you're gonna eventually
uh you're gonna One Day You're Gonna lift this thing up and it's just gonna fall and it's wired so you know for the
same price do you want Wireless or do
you want a tkl it's really going to come down to preference at the end of the day
and I personally am kind of digging this guy right now so thanks for watching
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