Mechanical Keyboard with Trackpoint! - TEX Shinobi

Giveaway (TEX Shinobi DIY kit): CLOSED

[TaeKeyboards]

Winner was : Keiser, with Gateron Yellows as their choice of switch! Thank you all for the comments. It was really interesting to see the sort of switches you guys are keen on. There's definitely a lot of hype around whatever variation of Holy Panda's. A lot of Gateron Yellows. And Boba U4 silent tactiles came up quite a bit which I guess kind of mimics an actual laptop. Unfortunately not everyone can win, but don't worry, there will be more giveaways to come!

[Glarses]

can I just say I am loving the quality and volume of content you've been putting out recently







that is all, thank you for reading my comment

[HipyoTech]

If your keyboard doesn't have a nipple what does it even have

[VaatiVidya]

It would be so good if there was a low profile clicky switch to put in for the "mouse" buttons..it would replicate the feeling of clicking a mouse better, and I like finding excuses like that to use clicky switches.

As for the others..I'd use a tactile switch like a holy panda, to contrast with the mouse buttons :)

Love your vids.

[TaeKeyboards]

Ahhh, forgot to sound test the mouse keys. Just imagine typical linear switches 🙏🙏🙏
At least I finally did a keyboard that's readily available 🥰

[isakpetersen]

I was already sold on your channel, but then you play Knights of Cydonia and now I KNOW that you are trustworthy.

You, sir, is probably the biggest reason I will be both broke and the owner of some sweet keyboards! Thanks!

[johnkessenich]

Really awesome showcase of a very unique board! I'm glad to see something so different.

I think that keeping it true to the laptop theme tactiles would be best. Zilents would probably go really nice with this board and would fit the noise of a laptop better while still having great tactility. If I wanted to go linear, I'd probably go with Gateron Ink Red or Blacks just because of the smoothness and the look of the board to the switches.

[JeffRamos]

glad someone finally did a video on this. been eyeing this one for a while!

[Myerko]

"I don't have an x220"


Me, watching on an x220: "Im 10 parallel universes ahead of you."

[stoked]

I use a ThinkPad daily as well and have always wondered how the Tex boards stack up. Love the video!

[SCP--dthf]

My wallets telling me no....
BUT MY BODY, MY BODY IS TELLING ME YES

[lucky_setiawan]

In my opinion combination of gateron yellow and tealio is the most suitable for me. I think I'll go with those two.

[SlimsyPickins]

Love your vids. You inspired me to build my first keyboard which was a kbd75. I would put Kailh Box Royals on this. Would love to go clicky with something like Jades but this would totally be an office board and I would like to not get fired. lol

[alik]

You upload this right after I receive mine! Almost no attention for this keyboard in the english speaking world. It's such a great deal, especially the DIY version. Pairing this with my classic keyboard modded thinkpad t430 is a dream come true! If only the Bluetooth on that thing could be better of course

[plnty]

I've got some U4/Outemu switches that need a home, was going to build them into my old ThinkPad but this board would be even better!

[soul]

the IS & sticker.... the 슬기 board... this is a man of culture right here. Beautiful trackpoint, youre totally getting me into these!! id love linears on that, some silent reds... maybe even nk creams! this board be lookin like a dream.

[Shells]

Their kodachi keyboard was very similar to the shinobi, but you could easily swap them out with other keycaps. I have however seen someone swap the keycaps on a shinobi with the GMK thinkcaps, and it looks very nice (but expensive!). They had to cut the corners on the G and H keys though.

Edit: A couple months back I did the same thing with PBTFans dolch keycaps. Itd be nice if TEX offered their own PBT non laser printed keycaps though. The soldered on mouse keys are annoying, but I like that they chose a solid steel plate.

[byb]

My dad would love this keyboard! His favourite layout is the thinkpad one and he loves cherry mx blues. He has wanted a mechanical keyboard for a while now and this would be a great opportunity to give a gift to him.

[VandyRandy]

I noticed the Monster sticker on your Thinkpad RV fam😍! I'd take any switch honestly in fact I'll let you choose. Big fan of Thinkpad as well. In fact, I'm writing this from one right now!

[topiary]

I'd probably put in my arguably bastardized cream stem sky top razer bottom linears that I actually really like. I love your shots, absolutely beautiful. I'd love to get up to a meetup when everything gets sorted out!