WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.400 Just a couple of years ago, a keyboard like this would have cost you over $200. 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:11.200 Womere sponsored this video so I can show you the SK75, a beautiful mechanical keyboard that costs 00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:21.440 a whole lot less than that. About $110 in fact. You like that? Yeah. It's a 75% mechanical keyboard, 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:28.480 hot swap PCB. What else have we got in this box? We got a Womere box with probably a cable. It is 00:00:28.560 --> 00:00:34.160 wireless. It's got a 4,000 mAh battery and three different modes like all the good ones do. 00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:39.040 But I am a cabled man myself. I don't like the cable very much, but you know what? It's perfectly 00:00:39.040 --> 00:00:43.280 fine. Maybe that's how they're cutting the cost a little bit. It's got a ferrite bead here and it's 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:54.400 pretty long. I'll give them that. Oh yeah. Six foot cable? I'm not six foot. Typical USB A to C. 00:00:54.400 --> 00:00:58.080 What else we got? We've got a bunch of bags here. We've got three extra switches. 00:00:58.080 --> 00:01:02.160 I think these are their mint blizzard switches. Should be a nice palm linear. 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:09.520 Oh, that's nice. We got three of these. We got three extra keycaps. The only problem that I have 00:01:09.520 --> 00:01:15.040 right now is these don't fit the color scheme at all. So I'm not going to use them. Just green, 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:20.240 red, yellow, command, command, opt. So if you want to use Mac, go ahead and swap these out so you 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:25.840 don't get confused when you're trying to find the right keys later. We've also got a nice keycap 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:31.200 and switch puller. This is always my favorite one for people to include because just these 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:36.000 little wires here are so good for getting keycaps off. Really easy. And then this is just a great 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.400 little switch puller. I don't know. I personally just really strongly prefer this type. So thank 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:46.720 you very much for including it. And then we've got, ooh, okay. Three other keycaps. These ones 00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:53.200 actually do match the rest of our keyboard. It's a nice kind of like soft baby blue. Love to see it. 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:58.480 Looks like they're double shot PBT as well. Look at that. It matches our new Mac Address 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:04.640 Oxford shirt perfectly. This is a nice pastel blue with this keyboard. Oh my God. Okay. I'm more 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:11.280 serious. No, let's look at the keyboard itself. The only thing left in the box. It's heavy and 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:16.480 not just because it's an all aluminum chassis, but also because it's got a nice little cool 00:02:16.480 --> 00:02:22.960 weight on the bottom. Does it do anything? No. Will you see it most of the time? No, 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.640 but damn it. Does it look cool when you look at the bottom of the board? 00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:33.600 One really cool feature about the SK75 is that not only can you get this back weight 00:02:33.600 --> 00:02:38.000 in a number of styles, but you can also get these cool accent frames in different styles. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:42.480 So check this out. They actually sent us one. You could swap it out to something white with this 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:47.280 like granity rock kind of texture. I'm not sure what that one's called, but it's shiny and looks 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:53.200 pretty. Imagine the possibilities. They're endless. Well, they're not endless, but they have a lot of 00:02:53.200 --> 00:02:57.920 different combinations that you can check out and choose from because this keyboard comes in a variety 00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:03.440 of colors as well. So you can really kind of choose whatever you want that suits your own style or 00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:08.320 your desk setup or whatever you're looking for. While we're looking at the back, we can see that 00:03:08.320 --> 00:03:13.680 it's got four little rubber feet here. Works well enough. I like the little nubbin feet, 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:17.680 but if you want to keep it nice and flush with the desk, these work a little better than the nubs. 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:21.840 One thing I've kind of noticed now that I'm looking at it is that I don't actually see any kind of 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:28.400 switch anywhere to turn it on and off or toggle between the different wireless modes. And that's 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:34.720 because it's just got this USB-C plug at the top here. If you want to turn it on, you got to take 00:03:34.720 --> 00:03:45.200 off the caps lock key and then here it is. You got this nice little toggle switch. Turn it on. 00:03:45.200 --> 00:03:51.520 This is an aesthetic choice and I personally really like it because I'm the kind of person who doesn't 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:56.960 ever use the different wireless modes that are available. I tend to stay wired and if I am using 00:03:56.960 --> 00:04:02.080 one, it's typically just 2.4 gigahertz because there's less latency involved. So if you're the 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:05.760 kind of person who's like actively switching all the time because you've got it hooked up to 00:04:05.760 --> 00:04:09.920 different devices or you're traveling a lot with it, I don't think you should travel with this 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:14.880 thing because it's pretty heavy, but you do you. It could be kind of annoying. Is it hard to take 00:04:14.880 --> 00:04:20.400 a single keycap off and then flick this switch? No, it's really not. You know, that takes all of 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:27.600 a couple seconds, but it's not always, especially with these really nice edges. It's actually really 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:32.400 hard to take this off with your fingers. So you've got to keep the keycap puller handy and I don't 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:37.520 think everyone's going to do that. You do you. It's your choice. I personally really like it and I 00:04:37.520 --> 00:04:42.720 think it looks great. I think it's a fantastic way to hide certain things that kind of look a little 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:47.840 less desirable, but definitely something to think about and consider when you're making this purchase. 00:04:47.840 --> 00:04:51.360 One thing that I didn't catch because it was jammed all the way in the back of the box there 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:56.160 is it does in fact come with a dongle. So don't worry if you do want to use 2.4 gigahertz, 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:00.240 you're set. Otherwise, for Bluetooth connectivity, it should work just fine. You just, you know, 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:07.120 turn it on, hit function tab. That's probably Bluetooth blinking blue. Such a sucker for heavy 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:19.280 keywords. I am a sucker all right. Oh, 1.8 kilos, baby. 4.1 pounds. Incredible. 65.8 ounces. Love 00:05:19.280 --> 00:05:22.880 weighing everything in ounces. It's a little hard to see the internals without taking it apart, 00:05:22.880 --> 00:05:29.280 but you can see here we've got this nice clear white plastic. It's a flex cut polypropylene plate 00:05:29.280 --> 00:05:34.560 and this whole thing's gasket mounted with a ton of foam layers in between everything. And I've 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:44.080 got to say it sounds pretty good. I'd like it to be a little bit more marbly and creamy and deep, 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:49.360 but you could probably achieve that by modding it just a little bit. Honestly, for 00:05:49.840 --> 00:05:56.880 a like zero rattle in the stabilizers, one of the nice things that I really like about 75% 00:05:56.880 --> 00:06:02.400 boards that you don't really get with a 65% board is the FRO. I know that you can just hit function 00:06:02.400 --> 00:06:06.400 five and it's the same as F5. I know that you can hit function alt four and it's the same as hitting 00:06:06.400 --> 00:06:10.720 alt F4, but there's just something a bit more satisfying, but only using two fingers rather 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:15.040 than three and not needing this whole extra hand in there. I mean, I guess you can really like, 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:19.440 I can still technically hit alt F4 with one hand, but it's a little uncomfortable. So yeah, 00:06:19.440 --> 00:06:25.920 personally, I prefer a 75% over 65%. The typing angle seems totally fine. Once again, 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:30.960 I'm going to complain a little bit that we don't have adjustable feet, but I get it, especially 00:06:30.960 --> 00:06:36.000 when it comes to full aluminum chassis. It's not something people seem to really care about except 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:40.320 for me. So I'll just go home and cry at the end of the day when I don't get them. But otherwise, 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:44.080 this thing is pretty solid for being 110 bucks. The switches feel good. They're just 00:06:44.080 --> 00:06:49.680 linear. The typing experience really is just solid right out of the box. I would like to 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:53.920 put a bit of spacebar foam in here just to make it a bit deeper to match the rest of the keys a 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:59.200 little bit, but it's not too far off. So it's not too bad. It's got a pretty nice PCB in here, 00:06:59.200 --> 00:07:07.440 flex cut, FR4, hot swap, south facing RGB LEDs, pretty much everything you want. I'm not crazy 00:07:07.440 --> 00:07:13.440 about flex cut because I like a really super consistent typing style, even if it's a little 00:07:13.440 --> 00:07:19.200 firmer. Even actually, the gaskets don't feel... This is kind of firm out of the box. I actually 00:07:19.200 --> 00:07:24.160 kind of like this. As for branding and stuff, you don't really get a lot. It's just a little 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:28.880 wombier symbol here in the bottom right, nicely embossed into the rest of the aluminum. Yeah, 00:07:28.880 --> 00:07:34.480 there's no screws anywhere. So it's probably one of those ones where you have to take all the keycaps 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:40.960 off here. Let me just investigate. Do a little bit of investigation here. Yep, so we've got one 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:48.320 screw here. It's kind of... Okay, you know, people are divisive about this too, but I prefer when it's 00:07:48.320 --> 00:07:54.880 all just the same little tiny Phillips head. I know that Allen keys are really good, but if you 00:07:54.880 --> 00:07:58.240 don't have a tiny Allen key set, then it might be hard for you to take this thing apart. That's 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:03.360 one thing I noticed they did not include with everything. So if you do want to fully disassemble 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.560 it, do whatever you want to it, you're not going to be able to do that without picking up an Allen 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:10.400 key. But yeah, it's pretty simple. There's probably just like one here, one here, a couple here, 00:08:10.400 --> 00:08:14.240 just around the board, probably like six or eight screws that you have to take off to then take the 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:17.920 whole thing apart, take all the keys off, take the switches off, all that. So we're not going to do 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:22.320 that though, because I think it types pretty good out of the box. I'm just going to connect it to a 00:08:22.320 --> 00:08:29.200 computer and try to type on it. One thing I do appreciate is that the white really does match 00:08:29.200 --> 00:08:34.960 the keycaps. I would love it if it was blue, but here we are. Another really nice thing to note is 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:38.880 that this does not have any proprietary software. It's all via controlled. So if you do want to 00:08:38.880 --> 00:08:44.080 do any sort of customization, ooh, that RGB is really good. And I don't know if it's just the 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:51.120 strength of the LEDs that they've got on the PCB, or if it's just how clear the cases are on the 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:55.840 switches. But man, that is a bright keyboard. I don't know how much it's showing up on camera, 00:08:55.840 --> 00:09:00.320 but it's really good in person. Here it is with the lights off. Looks pretty good. You're definitely 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:04.480 not going to miss anything in the dark. One thing about the RGB and the keycaps is that they're not 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:09.280 shine through. They're double shot PBT like I mentioned before. So if you want to like actually 00:09:09.280 --> 00:09:14.240 see the light shine through the keycaps to form the letters, you're not going to get that here. 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:17.360 You're going to have to buy some extra keycaps, but you know, shine through keycaps aren't that 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:31.040 expensive. All right, let's type on it in a way we go. I did 110, 97%. I'm not super happy with it. 00:09:31.040 --> 00:09:34.720 It feels really good to type on. It doesn't feel good to speed type on just because like how deep 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:39.280 everything goes. I've been typing on like short throw, uh, chicklet keyboards a lot recently on 00:09:39.280 --> 00:09:43.920 my laptop, and I've gotten used to just like really kind of feather touching everything and 00:09:43.920 --> 00:09:49.520 you know, barely having to press to type fast, but that's excuses. The reality is it sounded good. 00:09:49.520 --> 00:09:54.320 It felt pretty good. I'm kind of into linears again. So I don't know. Do I take this thing back 00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:00.080 to my desk? Honestly, maybe I mentioned that it's wireless earlier. The battery in here is 4,000 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:05.120 milliamp hours, which is not bad. The only thing I worry about personally is how long it actually 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:10.080 lasts with this RGB blasting at you. Cause like I said before, it's actually really bright and that's 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:14.640 typically what's going to kill your battery life on your keyboard more than anything else. 00:10:14.640 --> 00:10:20.960 So maybe just be a little cognizant of that. Um, but otherwise, I think this thing is honestly 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:27.440 a really solid buy for like $110. There's a lot of keyboards around this price and so you do have 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:32.320 options these days, which is fantastic. Um, like I said at the start of this video, just a couple 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:37.520 of years back, that really wasn't the case. If you wanted to get something that's full aluminum, 00:10:37.520 --> 00:10:43.680 RGB, wireless with a decent battery, hot swap, especially something fully built with switches 00:10:43.680 --> 00:10:50.080 and keycaps, you were looking at at least $130, $150 minimum, if not in the, more in the $200 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:55.600 range. So it's actually really good to see something like this. That's the SK75 from 00:10:55.600 --> 00:11:00.240 Womere. Thanks again for sponsoring this video. What do you guys think? What's your new favorite 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:05.040 ultimate tier budget board and not something that's, you know, a little cheap or plastic? I'm 00:11:05.040 --> 00:11:12.080 talking full aluminum, full keyboard, RGB, hot swap, wireless. What do you got? Let me know in the 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:16.480 comments. Thanks for watching. Make sure you like and subscribe if you liked the video and see you later. 00:11:20.640 --> 00:11:27.520 Editor, please stop me waving. You can just stop the video at any time. That's a really long one.