{"video_id":"jB7HOFsq3Gw","title":"This is a STRONG recommend - Keychron M5","channel":"ShortCircuit","show":"ShortCircuit","published_at":"2025-09-06T14:58:16Z","duration_s":740,"segments":[{"start_s":0.16,"end_s":6.56,"text":"It is so rare that I get to unbox a product that checks all of my boxes","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.56,"end_s":11.28,"text":"across the board. And that's why I'm so excited to be unboxing the Keyron M5.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.28,"end_s":16.24,"text":"Their entry into the vertical mouse space. Uh, and having just looked at my","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.2,"end_s":18.08,"text":"first gaming vertical mouse, I'm can't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.24,"end_s":21.439,"text":"believe how good of a package this sounds like it's going to be, especially","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.76,"end_s":26.48,"text":"because they don't advertise it as a gaming mouse despite all of its gaming","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.92,"end_s":32.96,"text":"features. In the box, we have a little general user manual, a cabler, our","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":29.76,"end_s":36.0,"text":"dongle, as well as a C to A adapter, and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":32.96,"end_s":39.44,"text":"then we have our mouse. Anything else?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":36.0,"end_s":41.2,"text":"No. I got to say this box is not","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":39.44,"end_s":44.16,"text":"particularly premium looking. If I didn't know Keyron from their good","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.719,"end_s":47.92,"text":"reputation, I would assume that this is a very cheap, crappy product. But it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":46.559,"end_s":55.84,"text":"doesn't seem like that's going to be the case. How long is our cable? Just about","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":50.48,"end_s":58.399,"text":"6 ft. We have our USBA dongle. that does","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.84,"end_s":62.239,"text":"not have a place to go in the mouse. That's a bit of a bummer, but not a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":60.32,"end_s":66.08,"text":"dealbreaker. Which brings us to our mouse. We have the white version,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":64.08,"end_s":72.0,"text":"although there is a black version. I am a big fan of black mice just because I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":69.2,"end_s":74.479,"text":"have disgusting hands. Get over here. Come over.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":72.64,"end_s":78.72,"text":">> No. If I didn't say it already, which I did, this is a vertical gaming mouse,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":76.56,"end_s":82.56,"text":"which is designed for ergonomics because that's the way your arm wants to sit so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":80.479,"end_s":86.64,"text":"the bones don't cross over. Uh, and so this is supposed to be a better","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":84.32,"end_s":91.36,"text":"long-term shape uh, for the health of your wrist, arm, and hands. And that's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":89.36,"end_s":95.6,"text":"great. I love long-term health. 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So, pick up your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":274.72,"end_s":281.28,"text":"dream PC today using our link in the video description. I went to plug in the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":278.96,"end_s":285.84,"text":"mouse dongle and I realized that it is kind of a weird assortment of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":284.08,"end_s":289.36,"text":"accessories that you need to plug in if you want to plug into a type A. You have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":287.68,"end_s":295.28,"text":"your type A to C so that it can go to your C to C cable which will then plug","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":292.24,"end_s":297.6,"text":"into this adapter that'll go into your A","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":295.28,"end_s":300.88,"text":"dongle. Don't hate it cuz ultimately I can plug this directly into my computer","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":299.04,"end_s":304.16,"text":"and this gives me a lot of versatility. But that is a lot of points of failure.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":302.56,"end_s":308.08,"text":"So it is something to note, not necessarily a positive or negative. Plug","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":306.24,"end_s":311.12,"text":"in device. It immediately works. And one of the really cool things about Keycon","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":309.6,"end_s":316.4,"text":"devices is there's a web app. So you actually don't have to download something to your computer. You can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":314.08,"end_s":321.039,"text":"control it through your browser and then close it and it's saved to your mouse.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":318.72,"end_s":325.44,"text":"Although uh I will have you know there's no profile switching on the mouse. 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I haven't been this excited about a product I wasn't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":709.12,"end_s":716.0,"text":"planning on using after in God knows how long. This thing is freaking sweet, man.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":714.56,"end_s":720.32,"text":"Thank you so much for telling us to unbox this mouse in the last vertical","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":717.839,"end_s":724.48,"text":"mouse video we did. Your comments are read and I would love for you to share","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":722.24,"end_s":727.279,"text":"the next mouse that we should unbox cuz you nailed it last time. Just like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":726.24,"end_s":734.0,"text":"you're going to nail it if you keep watching ShortCircuit. Why don't you go and watch the time uh that I recently","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":731.04,"end_s":739.399,"text":"unboxed Sony's mouse and keyboard for gamers.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":735.68,"end_s":739.399,"text":"It's pretty good except","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"It is so rare that I get to unbox a product that checks all of my boxes across the board. And that's why I'm so excited to be unboxing the Keyron M5. Their entry into the vertical mouse space. Uh, and having just looked at my first gaming vertical mouse, I'm can't believe how good of a package this sounds like it's going to be, especially because they don't advertise it as a gaming mouse despite all of its gaming features. In the box, we have a little general user manual, a cabler, our dongle, as well as a C to A adapter, and then we have our mouse. Anything else? No. I got to say this box is not particularly premium looking. If I didn't know Keyron from their good reputation, I would assume that this is a very cheap, crappy product. But it doesn't seem like that's going to be the case. How long is our cable? Just about 6 ft. We have our USBA dongle. that does not have a place to go in the mouse. That's a bit of a bummer, but not a dealbreaker. Which brings us to our mouse. We have the white version, although there is a black version. I am a big fan of black mice just because I have disgusting hands. Get over here. Come over. >> No. If I didn't say it already, which I did, this is a vertical gaming mouse, which is designed for ergonomics because that's the way your arm wants to sit so the bones don't cross over. Uh, and so this is supposed to be a better long-term shape uh, for the health of your wrist, arm, and hands. And that's great. I love long-term health. You know what I'm saying? I would never forget to take these off. On the right side of the mouse, we have our two buttons, our scroll wheel, which is notched. These clicks are okay. The feeling is nice when you have your fingers in the right spot, but as you go up the button, there's like kind of like a point where it becomes impossible to click without a lot of pressure. So, I don't love how uneven feeling it is versus the sweet spot both on the sides and the back of the the buttons. The scroll wheel is notched in a way that's tactile enough. It's nothing special. It has no tilt, which is not ideal for a vertical mouse, but this one has another scroll wheel, which brings us to the left side of the mouse. We got our forward and back button. I like this configuration of forward and back button being side by side as opposed to top and bottom that we've seen on other vertical gaming mice and having access to a second scroll wheel that you could have your horizontal scroll or assigned to another feature. It's pretty nice. On the front we have our recess type-C, but it's a barely even a recess. Pretty much every cable is going to fit in there. Although I say that and you Tom are going to try your cable and it's not going to work. I'm sorry. On the bottom we have our PTFE skates. Uh decent size. It's always weird when you look at these vertical gaming mice that have such big platforms. Uh how small the skates are. The Glide experience is adequate. Uh nothing special. Pretty fine. Uh we also have more buttons than I'm used to seeing on the bottom of mouse. We have our DPI switch. We have our report rate, which is I guess the polling rate. Uh it's interesting they call it report rate. We have our Bluetooth connections that we can change as well as our mode toggle. This almost looks like a little battery compartment latch, but I don't think that's what it is. I think it's just to be able to get a spudger underneath these skates so you can open up the mouse. And then we have our PTFE skates around the sensor, which is the P AW3950, which is a fantastic sensor. It's a flawless sensor, one of the highest spec ones you can get. And it's pretty overkill for a mouse, period. But it's especially overkill for a mouse that's not necessarily advertised as a gaming mouse, which is very, very interesting because that is the strength of this thing. There's lots of vertical mice, but there is no vertical mice that has these specs. The 8000Hz polling rate, the 30K sensor underneath with 750 IPS, the.7 lifttoff distance. This thing sounds like it's like a top-end gaming mouse, but what's exciting is that it's not priced like a top-end gaming mouse. It's $70, which is a very fair price for this kind of product. And I think that's its ultimate killer feature as long as everything works as we intend, which we'll find out when we plug in the mouse, which we'll do after I tell you about our sponsor, >> Zidax. Time is a hot commodity. 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So it is something to note, not necessarily a positive or negative. Plug in device. It immediately works. And one of the really cool things about Keycon devices is there's a web app. So you actually don't have to download something to your computer. You can control it through your browser and then close it and it's saved to your mouse. Although uh I will have you know there's no profile switching on the mouse. You can change your DPI or your report rate, but you can't switch between five saved profiles, which I think is a little bit of an oversight. I would actually rather have a profile switch than being able to switch my report rate on the fly. Personally, what about you? In the software, we can switch between our profiles so we can customize as we like. We can change what all of our buttons do on a per button basis. Pretty nifty. And then we can go to our pointer settings, which we can change our DPI. I generally game with 800 DPI, but on vertical mice, uh, I've been told to have it be a little bit more sensitive just because the types of movements you're doing are a little bit different. So, I'm going to leave it at 60. Then, we can adjust our polling rate. The whole point of this thing is 8,000 Hz. Although, you will reduce the battery life of your mouse by going to 8,000 hertz. But, KCON advertises up to 140 hours, although that's in Bluetooth mode. uh in 120 hours in a 1000 hertz, you should get something pretty good in 8000. And at the end of the day, your charging cable is also your dongle cable. It's not that hard to plug it in. Macros. When the Labs was debriefing me on their testing of this mouse, they were very impressed by the macros. Uh looks like you can assign like keyboard inputs, all kinds of stuff to the different buttons, which is pretty cool. I'm not a macro guy, but if that's something you're into, this is a very robust uh set of controls. I think that's pretty cool. That brings us to the advanced toggle. We can adjust our liftoff distance. I'm going to leave it at default. We have our sensor performance settings. We have ripple control, angle snap, and motion sync. I'm surprised angle snap's not on by default. That's such a gamey setting. I guess that's probably why it's not a gaming mouse, although it could be. Scrolling direction, forward to reverse. Hey, Apple. It's that easy, motherucker. Left click lock. Interesting. We have our debounce sound to reduce the amount of double clicks we have. Uh, oh, it's on a per key basis. You can definitely tell it's a keyboard company because it's not button five, it's key five. Uh, no big deal. And then we have our pairing combination key. Uh, which seems like a little bit of a mystery to me. If you know what that is, comment down below. Don't use AI overview or I will cry. Last but not least, we can update our current receiver, but ours is up to date, which is fantastic. And what's our settings? This is just like language. Jason. All right, that's uh that's our software. Let's play some games. We're about to game and I haven't really commented on the shape of this mouse. Now, I'm not a vertical mouse afficionado, but I have tried a couple now and I got to say I really like this shape. This is a very natural grip for me. My hand kind of knows where to go very comfortably. There's no pinky scoop that you have to use. My pinky sort of rests naturally on the thing, but there is a like a little bit of a rest if you want that. But I think I want my pinky there. This angle, which is a little bit less than the Razer mouse I looked at a couple weeks ago, I think feels a little bit more natural. Although, these are all preference things. Ideally, uh you're able to get your hands on this mouse before you really pay money for it. That's not always possible. What I will comment on that is less ideal, the finish is good, but it's not premium. This is like quality bang for the buck sort of plastic. The seams aren't perfectly aligned, although that's a super nitpicky sort of thing because the overall weight is one thing I think this really excels at. It's about 98 g versus other vertical mice like the Razer Vertical Click Pro 2, uh, which is 150 g. And this feels noticeably lighter in a way that I think would significantly impact gaming performance. However, I know there's some of you out there, there's dozens of us, that love their heavy mice. So, preference. Using this mouse for an FPS is definitely not what its primary use case is, but I think it's a really good way to test how good a mouse is at gaming. Although, the more vertical mice that I try, the more I think they should make MMO style mice where you have a bunch of buttons on them cuz there's so much room for your thumb. Just have like a little spot that your thumb can pinch and then a bunch of buttons around your mouse. I think that'd be really practical. There's so much space for activities on this thing. You know what I'm saying? This is your daily reminder that an 8000Hz pulling rate is cool and it's a nice little feature on your box, but it's not going to significantly impact your gaming performance. Uh, there's other things that are more important that your mouse must do. Uh, but thankfully this mouse does it all, baby. Yo, this mouse rocks. I'm not not even playing it up. This thing's freaking sweet. It's super responsive, which makes sense. We tested the latency as exceptionally low, less than a millisecond, both over wire and via 2.4 GHz dongle. Even the Bluetooth is pretty good. Just around 8 milliseconds, which is a lot higher than the other two modes. But for Bluetooth, that's pretty dang good. I think we might have a freaking strong recommend on our hands. Everybody, let's give it up for Keyron. I said, for you know what? Before starting this, I was unconvinced that there would be a vertical gaming mouse that I'd really want to game with. Uh, having used the Razer one, which is a more premium product, and I think the fit and finish on it might be a little bit nicer, but I had a hard time imagining being good at an FPS with it. Whereas this one, immediately I'm in the game. I'm more comfortable. This is a good grip. Grip is going to be a personal choice, but I am getting one of these. I am freaking Well, I'm going to take this one to my desk uh for a flow plan exclusive where I use it for a year. I didn't think they could make a vertical mouse this freaking good. I was a doubter and I was coming in knowing this was a good gaming mouse in the vertical stance, but it's just a good mouse that happens to be vertical. This is freaking great. The question is, are these buttons an acceptable spots? Screw's fine. It's going to be a bit of a reach. I don't think I'd actually assign anything to it that I really need access to really quick. It's also not a click, which is fine. These are fine. My thumb lands right on the seam, so I think I've got the ideal thumb shape for this. Easy to press forward, easy to press back. I wish there was a bit more separation between the two side buttons, just so that it would be harder to accidentally press the one I'm not meaning to. I could see in the wrong moment, uh, pressing forward when I mean to be back, but other than that, this thing faking rocks. I think it feels immediately more comfortable than other vertical mice I felt. The gliding experience is smooth. The tech inside is topnotch. Like there really is no major compromises. They had to save cost a little bit on the shell plastic on the packaging if that matters. But I think where it counts, the Keyron M5 is a freaking absolute mustwatch. Gold Star Platinum Diamond. This thing rocks. I haven't been this excited about a product I wasn't planning on using after in God knows how long. This thing is freaking sweet, man. Thank you so much for telling us to unbox this mouse in the last vertical mouse video we did. Your comments are read and I would love for you to share the next mouse that we should unbox cuz you nailed it last time. Just like you're going to nail it if you keep watching ShortCircuit. Why don't you go and watch the time uh that I recently unboxed Sony's mouse and keyboard for gamers. It's pretty good except"}