Beginner's Guide To Mechanical Keyboards

Mechanical keyboards are so cool, but it can also be really intimidating place for a newb to jump in. Why are some so expensive, what makes a keyboard good? how do I know I'm getting the right thing?

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[Frstbite]

A time traveler accidentally knocked over a pebble in the past and now I'm watching Hipyo's figure drawing tutorial

[nraaFTW]

Oh god Brad has fallen into the trap 😱

[Melissa-rtyp]

This was perfect timing. I need to replace a worn out keyboard and was looking into the mechanical keyboards, but man that rabbit hole is huge and twisty. Thanks for this one!

[Aman_Mondal]

Welcome to the keyboard rabbit hole you ain't getting out of here

[nagarajankaushik]

Loved this video even though it's not a drawing tech topic. We are here for your Brad spin on things and the amazing production quality! 💯

[TANKENGINEBLUE]

B R A D you should have sent in the surface pro for repairs

[triviadave]

Loved this video. I have felt exactly like this, and it's nice to see a few brief reviews/ comments about the issues I am struggling with from someone who has just gone through the same issue as I have been going through. You might even have saved me some money, as I might be able to skip a couple of steps in my journey to the "perfect" keyboard.

[steveschnetzler]

Time warp time, one of my first computer projects was to make a re-programable/reconfigurable keyboard from an old IBM teletype keypad, 45 years ago. What a great action/feel it had. Thanks.

[niveketihw]

I have a Utech Mercury RGB and love it. It's a beast -- full size and with an additional skirt on each edge. All metal. I have customized the color per key -- white for the letters, green for the numbers and the keypad, blue for things like Shift, Tab, Enter, End, and the arrows, and red for ESC and the F keys. Love this thing. Definitely has that heft, great sound, great feel, and that "chonk" as mentioned in the vid.

[KrishnaDraws]

Welcome to the mech keyboard club, Brad! :) I use a Nuphy Air 96 model. It's low profile, linear and is super fun to type on.

[vppcvyg]

Awesome video! 😄 Keep up the great work!

[Ratboycure]

Sweetcool I was just thinking about keyboards today. Love your channel been watching for years. Surprised and pleased to see a keyboard video. Big fan of your reviews

[Eric]

I'm looking into getting my first mechanical keyboard, so this video is perfect - thanks.

[darthshyam]

I got the Tecware phantom elite and I adore it. Such a good keyboard for the price and fits my setup perfectly.

[dsarrazin]

Interesting video -- glad you found a good fit for you. There are so many options for keyboards out there! Me and my wife do a lot of video conferencing since we both work from home, so the last thing that we want is a noisy keyboard. I had an old iMac full keyboard (wired) which my wife now uses and loves -- very silent. For myself, I bought a Logi MX keys keyboard that is very quiet, backlit, wireless, and supports up to 3 different computer. I personally love it. Haven't look at having custom keys on it ...

[SkaMacanan]

Waiting for links to the keyboards featured on this video!

[cammiluna]

If you do any traditional art, a video on your experiences with scanners would be so cool!

Also, what's it like doing keyboard shortcuts in art software with mechanical keyboards?

[Redgyart]

love his video, would you do a video about best shortcut remotes to be more efficient when drawing like Tourbox or Razer Tartarus (learned that from Ergo Josh) just wanted to see your opinion on these things!

[vebhsnt]

I can't get enough of your channel! 😁

[_cesay]

I recently went down a mini rabbithole of mechanical keyboard too but was too broke to buy all the nice ones, so I settled with a premade beginner-friendly Langtu GK65 and Im still loving it!

And OMG that I wish I have that Keychron switch testkit they sent you!

Also, have you tried Cerakey's ceramic keycaps? The sound of those and *chef's kiss