DON'T Buy a Mechanical Keyboard Before Watching THIS!

In this video I wanted to talk about mechanical keyboard terms to help you buy the best keyboard for your needs. Let's discuss some definitions, explanations, and examples of commonly used mechanical keyboard terminology you'll hear about and look at how each one relates to keyboards.

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0:00 - Keyboard Terminology Explained
0:47 - Hot Swap
1:10 - "Fast Gaming Switches"
1:34 - Basic Switch Specs
2:30 - Key Roll Over (Anti-Ghosting)
3:04 - Stabs
3:31 - Polling Rate
3:45 - Optical vs Mechanical
4:06 - Debounce Delay
4:28 - Bottom Out
4:50 - Switch Stem
5:17 - North vs South Facing
5:42 - Common Negative Terms
7:11 - Lubing
7:42 - Common Positive Terms
8:28 - Keycap u-size
9:11 - PBT vs ABS
10:29 - Pudding / Phantom / Side Printed

This video is sponsored by Corsair. As per Hardware Canucks guidelines, no review direction was received from manufacturer. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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[fonykid]

This is probably one of the best beginner explanation videos for an introduction to the keyboard community that I’ve seen. Great job!

[Sax_was_taken]

One thing to point out.

ABS does not necessarily mean it's cheap plastic, it's simply cheaper general because it's easier to work with when doing double shots.

High quality ABS keycaps exist and are basically the "standard" for high end stuff.

[cac]

Lubing a full keyboard is between 3-4 hours. Also Dimitri, very well done...not even the top keyboard youtubers ever made such a detailed glossary of terms, so good on you.

[silience]

Just a small detail: The polling rate is actually how often the computer asks the keyboards which keys are being pressed, the keyboard doesn't send data whenever it wants, the computer has to ask.

[_knycks]

iirc, "Thock" is used to describe if the keyboard/switch has a deep sound signature. And the opposite of this is "Clack" if they have a higher pitched sound.

At this point, I kinda hate that word nowadays as some people don't even know what "thock" sounds like anymore. It'd be better if it's described as having a deeper or higher pitched sound.

Great video though! Covered most of the basics from this hobby. Love that you're getting into the keyboard hobby!

[krazymeanie]

Bro these guy's quality for their videography is insane. Their video always look so crisp

[RaspberryRip]

As a keyboard beginner, this is the video I've been waiting for. Thank you. 👍🙂

[SuperDuberBananaBomb]

3:00 If I recall correctly 6KRO is often used instead of "actual" NKRO because of legacy USB compatibility reasons. As far as I know the official USB HID spec supports (or used to support) only up to 6 keys plus modifiers keys, rendering NKRO boards inoperable in cases where the host machine doesn't support it. This is also why QMK has a toggle switch between 6KR0 and NKRO.

[AnttiPW]

2:06 Damn, I did not expect that, well done 😆

[OzzyInSpace]

Thanks for putting this video together! I've always wondered what some of this stuff meant/how it translated into what I should/shouldn't be looking for.

[miguelmc]

Not only I learnt how to search for the quailities I like in a keyboard but also how to talk to the community and ask for advice.
Thank you so much

[madestro]

Before this video I honestly did not know all the knowledge I had accumulated over the years of watching others talk about keyboard. Definitely a passion of mine and a really really good video for someone that has no idea about any of this. It is a pricey hobby but very nice

[rylanlunnon]

Recently watched your mouse video, clear, concise, no over the top banter about bias. Informative, and entertaining, these videos keep the consumers of these products happy about the choices they can or have made. Well done, deserved sub.

[definiteIynotkenji]

thanks for connecting the custom keyboard community and gaming keyboard community with this. Would've been better if you could have given examples between keyboards custom/prebuilt using the terms you just discussed as both have their pros and cons
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[kmt]

so f*cking informative, I tried to learn these terms by reading articles but couldn't wrap my head around them fully, your way of speech and the pics and videos inside this helped alot

[robr]

The quality of the keycaps depends much more on the quality of the manufacturer than the material used. In fact in the keyboard enthusiast community doubleshot ABS keycaps from GMK & OG Cherry sets are considered the best of the best.

[philalicious]

I would also add layout options: 60% 65% 75% TKL etc.

[minecraftcraftfilms]

your video saved my first keyboard build the part about optical switches made me check and i found out i ordered optical switches instead of mechanical. that would have been a very bad surprise after waiting 3 weeks for shipping

[Graep]

I spent MONTHS looking into all of these terms last year in the process of learning to build my own.
WHY U ONLY MAKE NOW?!?!?!!
This is a -great- video to make and will no doubt help a lot of beginners on a -very- lengthy road. Goodjob <3

[abe]

Great seeing AK being in the big city!