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within my first six months here at LTT i worked on a roundup of the cheapest

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mechanical keyboards on amazon where we actually identified a couple of really

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good value boards however there was one thing that all

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those cheap keyboards had in common

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none of them had cherry mx key switches arguably the industry's gold standard

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when it comes to reliability feel and sound but hold on to your keycaps

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because g-skill has announced what they say is the most affordable

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cherry mx keyboard on the market at just 49.99

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so today we're gonna do an actual real test to see if this is the last keyboard

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that you ever need to buy or if no one can even tell the

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difference between true cherries and their cheaper chinese clones anyway

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okay so here under this cloth i have three different keyboards we have our

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new gskill km360 with cherry mx red switches then there's a Corsair k65 also

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with cherry mx reds and then there's a viper 770 with red equivalent kale

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switches now admittedly this isn't the most scientific test because we're not

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controlling variables pretty well because we're not using the same keyboard all the time but with different

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switches they are different keyboards so they will feel a little bit different

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but we are going to do a future video where we pit all the different kale and

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cherry and zelio switches all against each other in a more scientific

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comprehensive and controlled manner so subscribe if you're looking forward to

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that video for now we're just going to get all the weird tech enthusiasts and

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gamers we have in the office to come here try these keyboards and see if they

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can spot the knot

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okay let's do it

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at home i use rumor g's and so i don't think

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i have the best

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indicator i'd say three and one

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feel the most similar to me

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i'm gonna guess that one and three are the actual reds and two is the fake red

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they all seem pretty linear to me

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there's actually a little bit of variance i think in terms of the the weights

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i feel like some are going down easier than others

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uh this actually feels a little better i think

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this one feels a little bit stiffer

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i would say that the smoother action of number three would probably be cherry

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i'm not sure if this is cherry or not but it's also pretty smooth this one is

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a little rough actually which is strange because people would usually want a red

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switch for its smooth linear action

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cherry kale

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now dude my gut instinct uh that's always the worst

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wait definitely not that one

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this one feels the best these two

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i think of the cherry switches i think this one's the kale switch

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i don't know this feels like cherry reds number one

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although these also might be the kales

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i could be totally wrong there

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i feel like number three feels a bit different

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so i'm guessing that the middle one is kale and the two on the outside are the

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cherries although i don't really like the feel of any of them and wouldn't use them reds are not

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great in my opinion so much of the sound actually comes from

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like the keycaps smacking the switch

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it's not even from the actual switch itself which makes it really hard to

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oh man i don't know

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i think the middle one is kale and the other two are cherry

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hello my name is riley

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that's different

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wait i think i know i think number three is

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number three is kale this

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this one that one's cherry that one's kale

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number three that's kale number one and two that's cherry mx and i know that

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because i played piano i'm very familiar with keys you are wrong see you later

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okay so literally zero of our participants were able to

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correctly identify which were cherries and which one was kale but i mean

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they feel the same like regardless the km360 is still a good deal at 50

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it's a minimalistic 10 keyless with narrow bezels a detachable braided usb

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type-c cable and every marketer's favorite anodized aircraft-grade

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aluminum top plate which permits only modest deck flex

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both black and white varieties come with a white led backlight and looks so good

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that it's really tough to choose a favorite but i think i'm leaning towards

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the black one i'm also leaning towards wearing LTT merch the rest of my life

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and wearing the underwear right now so head on over to lttstore.com and get

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these garments on your body anyway the double shot injected abs

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plastic keycaps are marked with a very clear and professional legend and of

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course underneath

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oh god cherry mx key switches note though that

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unlike many mechanical keyboards which give you the choice of which switch type

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you want the km360 is only available with cherry mx reds

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well except for under the space bar which uses the slightly harder to press

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cherry mx black key switch so

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why just reds our guess is that limiting the km360 to a single skew help g-skill

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achieve that low 49.99 price point and

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they chose red specifically because they're tarting gamers many of whom seem

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to opt for the linear low activation four switches so

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what other corners did they cut in order to sell this thing for just 50 bucks

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well the easiest way to assess that is to compare the new km 360 2g skills

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existing rip draws km 560 which they sell for 30 dollars more the biggest

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difference typing-wise is weight this thing is just 685 grams while the

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km 560 is 960 grams while it is true

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that the lower weight makes the board more portable many typos prefer

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keyboards with thick metal back plates because they like the solid feel that

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this gives it this is actually one of the reasons that people love the original model m keyboards which i

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highly recommend learning more about here next there's the lack of media keys

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now the rip draws km 560 also lacks

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dedicated media keys like the kind you'd find on say a Corsair k65 but it does

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have media playback control on a secondary layer the new km360 doesn't

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even give you that and finally neither

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and finally neither have dedicated macro

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keys the km560 does support on-the-fly macro recording whereas the new km360 is

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not programmable in any way sorry taren but even compared to the

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cheapo keyboards from our roundup that we did at least all those ones had

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multiple backlight effects but this one only gives you the ability to dim the

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backlight through various levels than off

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though it does it does indicate key activation by adding extra brightness

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to the key which is kind of cool i guess

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so should you buy this keyboard let's set aside the cherry mx switches for a

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moment because even without them this is quite a nice board it definitely has

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better plastics and build quality than your typical amazon qwerty plus it's

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coming from a reputable company with an actual warranty it might be worth a 50

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bucks just for that when it comes to the actual key switches though it's a bit

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harder to say whether they're definitely worth an extra 15 or 20 dollars because

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as we saw most people won't even be able to feel

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the difference others can and they'll tell you that the mainstream consensus

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is that cherry makes the best key switches in the world period especially

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when it comes to reliability and lifespan but then there's the enthusiast

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community where more than a few people claim that these chinese clones like the

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kales now equal or even surpass cherry

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regardless of all that though in my humble opinion this is a great value no

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frills keyboard that most people will feel great purchasing

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