Keychron K8 Review: Solid - *After* Some AQUA KINGS

👇 PULL IT DOWN FOR THE GOOD STUFF 👇
Check out the review of the Keychron K8. Its decent out of the box - for the price. It really benefits from some upgrades and mods though, so we'll clean up the stabs, pour in some silicon, and add some Everglide Aqua King V3 and see if we can't make a champ out of this budget wireless board.

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✅CHAPTERS:
00:00 - 00:53 - Intro
00:54 - 04:26 - Stock Overview

04:27 - 04:56 - Stock Sound Test
04:57 - 06:28 - Sponsor

06:29 - 07:09 - Aqua Kings
07:10 - 8:10 - Stabs & Silicon
8:11 - 8:56 - Sound Comparison
8:57 - 9:29 - Findings
9:30 - 11:11 - Conclusion

✅BADSEED x SPACE FORGED CARBON DESK MAT
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[animalblundetto]

Keychron K8 is what really got me into the keyboard hobby. It was affordable, wireless, multi-OS, looked nice, and worked great out of the box. What I *really* loved was how easily I could improve the experience with hot-swapping different switches, removing them to lube, adding case dampening material, better keycaps...the K8 is cheap, versatile, and easy to mod. I couldn’t ask for a better gateway drug.

[krsp]

I'm so glad youre reviewing the K8. TKLs are already a hard form factor to find in the budget custom keyboard category so having someone like Keychron approach it is nice. Even if its not the best keeb available, its probably the only one readily available and having an honest review really goes a long way. Thank you!

[GearHeadR]

ready?? LETS BST Before a D&D session... my night just keeps getting better and better!!

[matthewwilder]

I've been itching for you to take a look at Keychron, was not disappointed. Really enjoying your vids since I found you last year. Keep up the top notch work my dude!

[matttran]

Always appreciate the budget conscious reviews. Not everybody can be like "here's another $500 keyboard that I soldered. $100 was spent on small batch, aftermarket keycaps"

[ericrasputin]

Comments.... Algorithm... What was I saying again?

Oh yeah, great vid!

[indianapoliscolts]

You are one of the only reviewers that I will actually take the time to watch the sponsor segment. Everyone else i just skip. That goes to show how much of a beast you are. Keep up the great work my guy.

[embreys]

Two years down the keyboard rabbit hole I'm beyond the "budget" boards, but I still love every single one of your videos.

[DailySetupTech]

Keychron Keyboards are pretty good as a starter keyboard, they have plenty of features and can be easily modded to make them really decent.

Btw, thanks for the feature! I'm a huge fan of your channel!!

[ctossan]

When this video came out, I had parts on order for a keyboard almost exactly like this (K8, Aqua Kings), and was blown away by the idea of the silicone dampener. Ordered some silicone instead of the neoprene foam I originally intended to use, and damn man, it's a game changer; so easy, so effective. The effect it has on tightening up the sonic properties of the board cannot be understated, although I did go an extra step to fashion a makeshift plate foam with sorbothane. Along with Aqua Kings not needing to be relubed or filmed and the hotswap sockets, it felt like cheating modding this board to bring it up to spec.

[notsoelusive]

Even just that 'big volume' countdowns in these videos...

It's the little things. Loving it

[erickmagnus]

I loved the silicon rubber dampening idea!

[Keybored]

Keychrons turn out nice with a little bit of modding as shown here! Great review!

[RiellyMilne]

Interesting how they basically just wrap the keyboard in aluminum. I wish it was all aluminum tbh. Great review as always !

[animeadict]

I just bought the Keychron K8 with Gateton Blues. It will be my first Mechanical Keyboard ever. I’m very excited! Love your videos man! It’s funny because I just watched that guys video where he did the silicon mod too

[joshisyomama]

I bought the k8 in January, it being my first non-bigbox keyboard. I didn't have a very high budget and I am very happy with the result. I got some keycaps from amazon, modded the board with the foam that came in the box, and bought some c3 kiwis. After a friend helped me lube some things, it all turned out very nice. Great video and I'm happy the the word is getting out about Keychron!

[TyGuyVAL]

Ordered mine yesterday lol! Super excited now

[bwloawesome]

Will you seriously GET HELL OUT OF MY HEAD!?!?! Between this board review, the silicone mod, the switches...I was thinking of getting all of this stuff this week. This video sealed it for me! For real though, your reviews have opened my wallet SO MANY times man. Keep 'em comin'

[Starcoffin]

Picked up this board about a week ago and is my 1st mechanical keyboard. I am a huge fan, knowing full well that nearly any mechanical keyboard is better then an off the shelf dell membrane keyboard.

[fredguth]

Man, you *really* know how to review keyboards! I am new to this craft and don't understand much of what you said, but still, there is something about seeing mastery. It is a kind of ASMR feeling. Great work!