WEBVTT 00:00:00.060 --> 00:00:05.819 something that's become very clear to me over the last couple years is that we 00:00:03.540 --> 00:00:09.000 don't get as many cool clear Electronics anymore it's become a bit of a trend 00:00:07.500 --> 00:00:12.900 lately to kind of release stuff that's like special version maybe but they 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:17.340 don't do a full line like you used to be able to get like everything in a clear 00:00:15.179 --> 00:00:20.640 cool plastic shell and you just can't do that anymore at least not with 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:26.160 everything but now we've got the Kibum Phantom DIY mechanical keyboard kit and 00:00:24.180 --> 00:00:28.740 luckily this is not the kit this is a fully built keyboard because I don't 00:00:27.539 --> 00:00:34.219 have time to sit here and build it for you guys let's open the box and take a 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:42.540 look at this fully assembled clear keyboard the Phantom 81 is a 75 82 Keys 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:47.100 hot swappable mechanical keyboard and they've also got the weight on here it's 00:00:44.300 --> 00:00:51.059 1.43 kilos so the cool thing is that even though this is clear and I think 00:00:48.660 --> 00:00:56.460 it's mostly plastic it's not light you're not gonna get like a cheap kind 00:00:53.219 --> 00:01:00.020 of feeling uh light experience and oh my 00:00:56.460 --> 00:01:02.160 God is it ever pretty okay 00:01:00.020 --> 00:01:07.140 before I check this out I'll take the I'll take what else we got here we got 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:10.860 cable uh we've got a 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:12.240 switch and keycap puller comes with a 00:01:10.860 --> 00:01:15.060 couple extra switches which is pretty cool they've got these are actually uh I 00:01:14.100 --> 00:01:21.540 don't know if they're special for this keyboard particularly but they've got these clear switches it is Wireless 00:01:20.100 --> 00:01:25.080 so part of the weight is actually going to be the batteries that are in this 00:01:23.220 --> 00:01:32.880 thing it's got a 4 000 milliamp hour battery and you can use USBC yep right 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:35.579 there you can use a 5.0 Bluetooth and 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:39.060 you can use 2.4 gigahertz Wi-Fi it's not crazy heavy I've definitely held like 00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:44.759 much heavier keyboards but for something that's Wireless I yeah this thing's got 00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:49.200 some heft to it I like the knob pretty satisfying you can click yeah the 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:53.939 nice nice little click there along with our USBC here we've got a Windows and 00:01:52.140 --> 00:01:59.040 Mac switch to change layouts and then we've also got a Bluetooth USB and 2.4 00:01:57.240 --> 00:02:02.340 gigahertz switch to change it depending on what you want to do and obviously if 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:06.500 you set it to wireless it's going to turn on and look at all this RGB wow 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:13.680 I really like this thing my only complaint so far 00:02:10.500 --> 00:02:15.120 is the stabilizers sound and feel a 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:18.060 little Hollow and rattly I think normally this comes as a kit so you can 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:22.020 improve that when you put it together yourself the rest of it actually sounds 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:25.620 and feels pretty good though we'll we'll touch more on that later currently 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:30.420 installed are there Crystal switches which are these nice clear switches that 00:02:27.959 --> 00:02:35.400 match the keyboard perfectly we can't find anywhere listed as to what exactly 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:39.300 the material for the plate is we know that the case is acrylic and I haven't 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:43.800 opened this or put it together myself so I'm not 100 sure it kind of looks like 00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:46.319 brass but this thing is pretty heavy on top of the battery weight you're also 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:51.780 just going to have a weight on the bottom here that says key boom on it as much as I'm not crazy about the kiboom 00:02:50.099 --> 00:02:54.840 logo itself I like that this is actually embossed into the plate it's just a nice 00:02:53.700 --> 00:02:58.620 touch it's not you know just like painted over or something and while I'm 00:02:56.879 --> 00:03:04.920 looking at the bottom I gotta say I think the bottom is just as pretty as 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:06.480 the top is I love this ring of LEDs 00:03:04.920 --> 00:03:10.019 around the PCB and then you've just got these individual lights as well I think 00:03:08.519 --> 00:03:14.519 it lights the whole thing up really well and actually really 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:16.080 you get some pretty decent diffusion on 00:03:14.519 --> 00:03:19.800 the bottom of the case and around it on your desk which you don't always see a 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:23.700 lot of the time my problem with RGB is that it's not diffused very nicely and 00:03:21.959 --> 00:03:27.120 so it's like wow it's bright lights and everything but it doesn't look good you 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:31.019 can see all the individual LEDs and you kind of can hear too because it's not 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:33.840 frosted it's just clear acrylic but you know that's kind of the point here so 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:39.780 I'm a little okay with it when it comes to the switches though this actually does look really good it's south facing 00:03:36.959 --> 00:03:43.980 RGB and it really does shine through the switches pretty nicely I am a really big 00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:48.000 fan of this one thing I'm only just noticing now as well be probably because 00:03:46.200 --> 00:03:51.840 of how like perfectly it's kind of machined in here and held in place is 00:03:49.739 --> 00:03:56.459 the USB dongle they've got a really nice slot for it right here and it just kind 00:03:53.760 --> 00:04:00.360 of sits there without oh well oh it's magnetized oh that's great you might 00:03:59.099 --> 00:04:04.379 lose it still it's not in one of those ones that like it clicks into place or whatever but this magnet means that 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:09.780 you're probably not gonna lose it when you're just like moving it from one spot in your desk to somewhere else which is 00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:13.620 actually a pretty nice touch well it looks pretty nice what I really want to 00:04:11.340 --> 00:04:18.359 do those do typing test and check this thing out but not before we talk about 00:04:15.540 --> 00:04:21.720 our sponsor xsplit xsplit is a Cutting Edge software company that provides 00:04:19.979 --> 00:04:26.040 Advanced broadcasting and video production tools for creators Gamers and 00:04:24.060 --> 00:04:30.000 businesses they offer a range of products like broadcaster and vcam 00:04:28.139 --> 00:04:33.840 broadcaster allows users to capture produce and stream high quality video 00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:38.520 content to popular platforms such as twitch and YouTube vcam allows users to 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gonna toggle this to USB is it working 00:05:20.699 --> 00:05:26.340 oh okay so that is a really minor annoyance that I have with a few 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:32.460 keyboards that are both Wireless and wired um sometimes you have to wake them up 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:35.520 and I don't like that if I'm wired I kind of want my keyboard to just be 00:05:33.660 --> 00:05:38.580 ready to go like if it's plugged in I should just have RGB going all the time 00:05:37.080 --> 00:05:43.620 I should be able to type whatever I want and it should just be instantly on it shouldn't have to wake up uh minor gripe 00:05:42.060 --> 00:05:47.520 and I've only seen it on a few wireless keyboards a lot of them do just work as 00:05:45.539 --> 00:05:52.080 long as it's plugged in so to each their own something to note but let's type and 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:55.259 see how much I love or hate these switches 00:05:55.259 --> 00:06:00.479 I just stare at the screen and type things 00:05:58.919 --> 00:06:03.479 everyone this is everyone's favorite part everyone loves to watch these parts 00:06:02.100 --> 00:06:09.000 okay I screwed up the end a lot because I started talking about things it's only 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:11.400 100 words per minute 96 but you know 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:14.340 aside from that space bar it is a pretty decent typing experience I actually like 00:06:13.380 --> 00:06:21.840 it um there's something kind of sticky about these clear keycaps that I am not 00:06:20.280 --> 00:06:25.979 sure exactly what's doing I felt it before I know that the angry meow 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:30.720 keyboards uh especially the amafa that I tried it's also got very similar uh 00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:34.740 clear keycaps that kind of look and feel like this I don't know if it's the exact 00:06:32.460 --> 00:06:38.580 same set or what but yeah just uh something to note I don't it's not bad 00:06:36.539 --> 00:06:42.900 and it's not sticky in a gross way it's just they're not 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:46.199 like slippery at all like when I tried the ceramic keycaps there's like a bit 00:06:44.340 --> 00:06:50.759 of a weird slip to them and that's just absolutely not here I really can't get 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:54.539 over how good the RGB looks especially on the like per switch RGB on this 00:06:53.100 --> 00:06:59.160 keyboard I think it's just beautiful it's got 19 modes built in and you can 00:06:57.539 --> 00:07:02.819 change those let's try changing a couple of them so we're gonna try a couple of 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:06.960 these modes you can install software and change stuff as well but there's a bunch 00:07:04.740 --> 00:07:11.940 of hotkeys that are available thanks to this handy actually I will be honest 00:07:09.660 --> 00:07:15.720 I like this manual I don't like when you get a single card with all the hotkeys 00:07:14.039 --> 00:07:19.139 and stuff on it it's a really minor thing that it's like an open leaflet but 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:22.500 I actually really like it everything's big all the text is huge because they're 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:27.960 not trying to fit it on a single little card so it's actually really easy to 00:07:24.599 --> 00:07:29.940 read just like all of this stuff uh and 00:07:27.960 --> 00:07:33.180 like like all of this is just I know it's a little small on screen for you 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:37.319 guys probably but in person this is actually a really large font and it's 00:07:35.460 --> 00:07:42.919 just easy to read I can quickly see everything that I'm looking for here so 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:45.919 we're gonna go function and backslash 00:07:42.919 --> 00:07:45.919 oh 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:54.300 it's like pulsing around the side only so if you don't want the switch 00:07:50.580 --> 00:07:55.800 illumination and you just want this oh 00:07:54.300 --> 00:08:00.060 they are oh my God brilliant David brilliant that's why we keep you around 00:07:57.660 --> 00:08:03.840 here genius this is actually really nice okay I'll 00:08:02.039 --> 00:08:07.259 quickly cycle through all these I won't get too hung up on them but they're okay 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:12.680 so it's just like a rainbow like clockwise kind of thing uh this is like 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:18.259 an all-over rainbow it's like raining or something going 00:08:15.599 --> 00:08:21.240 across and then I think that's pretty much it 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:25.800 oh and then just pulses probably through the different colors you can probably set it to like one static color I kind 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:30.660 of like this one too um yeah as you can see it's got like 00:08:28.020 --> 00:08:33.839 a lot of different RGB modes and I think that you're probably gonna be able to 00:08:31.860 --> 00:08:38.279 find something that you like uh within the 19 I think they say modes is this as 00:08:36.719 --> 00:08:43.620 bright as it can go too let's follow the brightness this is really dumb uh FN 00:08:40.979 --> 00:08:48.180 function and down is brightness up and then function up as brightness down 00:08:45.779 --> 00:08:52.440 this yeah this is doing something else entirely this is like functioning down 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:59.220 is like changing modes or something oh no it is brightness and it's the guide 00:08:55.680 --> 00:09:00.959 that is wrong because function up is 00:08:59.220 --> 00:09:05.700 backlight brightness up yeah so this has got to be a typo I'm not crazy it 00:09:02.880 --> 00:09:08.959 absolutely says brightness down function up 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:13.860 you probably can't see that whatever svensa David saw it 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:17.459 and then so backlight speed is also left and right so if there's a pattern going 00:09:15.779 --> 00:09:20.540 you can upper lower the speed which is actually pretty sweet oh yeah look at it 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:25.560 go then we turn it way down then yeah it's 00:09:23.100 --> 00:09:30.240 Lou oh that's great toggle the backlight color function and this cool oh okay so 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:36.540 on top of all the different like breathing modes and whatever you can just cycle through individual colors as 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:39.060 well which is oh man this thing's really good 00:09:37.500 --> 00:09:43.560 there's a lot of keyboards that can do this a lot of keyboards have different RGB 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:48.600 modes and software that can change it however you want 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:51.720 um however I gotta say in this clear 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:53.339 case with this like beautiful PCB they 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:57.959 went with something really pretty this is not a super common PCB color and it 00:09:55.860 --> 00:10:02.339 really matches everything that they've done with all of these accents 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:07.140 everywhere like the knob the plate um the little patch where you've got 00:10:04.500 --> 00:10:11.339 your connectors and uh yeah even just the PCB is this really cool color and 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:15.540 I'm very sold by this thing one minor thing to note that I didn't even notice 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:22.560 Sven had to point it out actually is uh the brightness only seems to affect the 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:24.839 switch RGB and not the bottom LEDs so 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:27.720 take that as you will regardless you can probably just turn all your RGB off if 00:10:26.339 --> 00:10:32.220 you don't like it so the question becomes do you want to buy one they're 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:35.100 not that bad actually this thing is fully hot swap let's take a switch out 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:38.760 just to prove that with their handy dandy switch and keycap pullers yeah I 00:10:37.140 --> 00:10:42.000 hate getting these fresh keycap pullers because they're always like right tied 00:10:40.680 --> 00:10:48.480 up against each other so the first time you gotta use them you really gotta get your fingernail in there to kind of help 00:10:45.540 --> 00:10:52.800 them take a sweat take a take a cap out to take our sweatpower we take the 00:10:51.420 --> 00:10:57.959 Swatch out one thing I kind of forgot to mention earlier is that on top of this just 00:10:56.459 --> 00:11:02.399 being like pretty well constructed honestly they've actually got a pour on 00:11:00.300 --> 00:11:08.399 layer in between the PCB and the plate as well so if you're a fan of a bunch of 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:10.800 Foams and stuff then you'll like that 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:13.260 I personally do because I think that you can take a cheap keyboard and make it 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:16.680 sound really good by just slapping in some silicone or some foam but that is 00:11:15.420 --> 00:11:20.459 something to consider some people are purists and they don't want anything in there but I mean hey you can just 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:24.720 disassemble this thing and take it out or if it comes as a kit then you just 00:11:23.040 --> 00:11:28.860 don't install it and you do whatever you want you could tape the bottom of this 00:11:26.040 --> 00:11:32.040 but I personally would not tape mod this keyboard at all I think it looks way too 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:36.120 sick to do that and you're going to cover up a ton of LEDs so add that into 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:39.540 your consideration when deciding if you want to purchase this otherwise it looks 00:11:37.800 --> 00:11:43.200 like a pretty normal like pretty easy to take apart you just have like a bunch of 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:47.760 screws around the edges pull the case apart pull the whole thing apart it's 00:11:45.420 --> 00:11:53.040 not as expensive as you guys might think how much how much do you guys think this 00:11:49.380 --> 00:11:55.079 keyboard costs 400 son 00:11:53.040 --> 00:11:58.090 150 you're pretty close but you probably have the card open and you can see you 00:11:56.220 --> 00:11:59.640 can see the price 00:11:59.640 --> 00:12:05.220 Spence cheating I thought that this thing a little more expensive I 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:11.640 originally saw the Canadian price and it's like 212 Canadian it's only 159 USD 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:18.300 it's pretty good eh and especially for something that's Wireless uh is a very 00:12:14.579 --> 00:12:20.940 nice acrylic feel to it the clear is a 00:12:18.300 --> 00:12:24.300 super cool style choice if you're into that sort of thing I think a lot of 00:12:22.260 --> 00:12:27.360 people are right now and it comes with a knob you know knobs are always great I 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:32.100 don't know I'm pretty sold especially because it's not only Bluetooth you do 00:12:29.339 --> 00:12:37.019 get a dongle which I just I usually prefer and 00:12:34.980 --> 00:12:40.500 I kind of want this thing so it comes in a couple different colors as well if you 00:12:38.579 --> 00:12:43.860 don't like this perfectly clear look there is a clear yellow which actually 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:48.600 might look really good with all this like brass ish material whatever it 00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:52.680 might be and a clear black so if you want something that's kind of just clear 00:12:50.459 --> 00:12:56.760 but tinted um then you can go for either of those options I you know I gotta say 00:12:54.959 --> 00:13:01.980 I think I kind of recommend it I think that if you're looking for something that's Wireless but doesn't feel small 00:13:00.540 --> 00:13:05.940 and flimsy like a lot of smaller wireless keyboards do and you're not 00:13:04.260 --> 00:13:09.420 tied to something being metal I'm personally totally fine with acrylic 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:12.300 cases I think that they often sound and look pretty good but you're looking for 00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:16.980 something that's you know gonna stand out really well on your desk and just 00:13:14.579 --> 00:13:21.300 look super pretty ah yeah I think I'm really into this thing oh there you have 00:13:18.660 --> 00:13:25.800 it guys it's a kiboom phantom 81 I think it's pretty decent overall I don't think 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:28.800 it's a bad price I recommend it if you like this video check out the Lord of 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:31.860 the Rings drop control keyboards we checked out we've got some really cool 00:13:30.420 --> 00:13:35.060 keycaps cooler than these ones