GamaKay TK75HE review (Linear Mercury Hall effect)

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Ай бұрын

Skip to 7:36 for a typing demonstration.
Get it here: gamakay.com/products/gamakay-...
In this video, I ramble on about contactless keyboards! Hope you enjoy the video! :)
Anti-money segment: Casino: The Fucking Short Version
Intro by Kyle Carter
Outro by Facundo Cabanne
My keyboard reviews: bit.ly/1TbOtft
My switch teardowns: bit.ly/2C1QGHz
My TOP X videos: bit.ly/2FmpZfd
My XL typing demos: bit.ly/2OoAW3w
My tutorials and featurettes: bit.ly/2OrkLUh
My unboxing videos: bit.ly/2TSrr0m
I'm Thomas and I do videos and reviews on mechanical keyboards ranging from the most sickening modern RGB gaming keyboards to vintage hardware relics, or sometimes keycaps or keyswitches ranging from Cherry MX to Alps SKCM to IBM buckling springs and anything in between.
Follow me on Twitter for updates on my keyboard videos! / chyrosran22
The practice sentence was: "Hello my name is Thomas and I'm typing on a Gamakay TK75HE right now. This was the most uninteresting Hall effect keyboard I've ever reviewed, which is good news!"

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@DankaDoctor185 Ай бұрын

I love the anti money segment

@BlissBee Ай бұрын

Really it's an age restriction speedrun

@Atilolzz Ай бұрын

Virgin MX Blue fan: "I ll censor the word poop to not get demonetized" Chad Alps Blue enjoyer: 0:23

@napalmballwipes Ай бұрын

love that even after almost 10 years of watching you youre still the same genuine objective reviewer and refuse to sellout

@ivy_47 Ай бұрын

ain't no way you ACTUALLY said the imperial conversion this time. wow

@MatthewHill Ай бұрын

Yeah but he said it in decimal pounds just to mess with us. 🙂

@prgnify Ай бұрын

Instant like for that fucking intro. Also, the reason we know you're the best in the biz is stuff like when you talked about the keyboard being a clone and that you reached out to find who the OEM is, lol. We love the realism/cynicism

@daemonspudguy Ай бұрын

KZfaq has only ever gotten worse throughout my 13 years on the platform. I'm not even surprised when bullshit like ads on non-monetized videos start happening.

@lucidmoses Ай бұрын

KZfaq started ads in 2007. Back when most things where not monetized.

@kristoffer3000 Ай бұрын

Has happened for a long time, which is why monetizing your own videos is always the right option

@olik136 Ай бұрын

there are also other problems if you don't monetize videos- they don't get promoted or recommended anymore, so you basically have to be subscribed to the channel or search for the video to ever find it. This drastically lowers viewership.

@TurboLoveTrain Ай бұрын

Computer scientist here: Google bought youtube to train the AI for facial and voice recognition. The adds were always a grift. When you make a "bot" you have to train the bot. Google AI voice and facial recognition didn't just "appear" they used youtube to train it. I've been trying to explain this to people for years why you tube is free and how to train AI systems.

@nknguyen2877 18 күн бұрын

@@lucidmoses In all fairness, devs and coders kinda deserved some good payments to modernize the site and Google probably wasted billions managing KZfaq alone during its first few years so maybe ads wasn't that bad for a while. Nowadays, yeah....

@greyareaRK1 Ай бұрын

You wouldn't know they were commonplace by watching other reviewers. They all still seem to be about endless MX variants in absurdly expensive weighted cases.

@oatmilk9918 Ай бұрын

While the variants of MX switches is absurd (the cost of heavy casea is usually but not always justified given materia, machining and finsihing costs), hall-effect switches are rapidly gaining popularity as more hall-effects PCBs become available. A lot of new boards are coming with HE PCBs now

@nitrosophelin Ай бұрын

i see hall effect, i click i hear curse words, i stay

@SVmanQ Ай бұрын

This is the first keyboard I've bought based on a review from this channel and I'm loving it so far! Thanks Chyrosran! (this is also my first H.E. keyboard too!)

@samuelschwager Ай бұрын

linear mercury switches? I hope they don't leak :P

@DoRC Ай бұрын

KZfaq has been putting ads on videos that aren't monetized for years. It's not a new thing and you're probably not going to stop it

@lignorof8475 Ай бұрын

youtube scraping the barrel to make money whatever means necessary. I guess they are in a brink of a money collapse

@kornaros96 Ай бұрын

At the end, they will start ignoring bad words and put advertising anyways.

@kristoffer3000 Ай бұрын

@@kornaros96 They're already doing that, the creators just don't get the ad money for it

@kornaros96 Ай бұрын

@@kristoffer3000 they should regulate their advertising a bit. 30 seconds is enough, 16 minutes is whiskey tango foxtrot

@haxyie 26 күн бұрын

shitty as hell@@kristoffer3000

@Chozo_Ghost Ай бұрын

Instant brownie points for that Casino bit in the intro 😂

@silvannos5229 Ай бұрын

Wow, I bought DrunkDeer A75 some time ago, when I could not find so many HE keyboards. Now there are so many more. But I am quite satisfied with mine and I even modified it a bit. I really enjoyed modifying the contactles HE switches, since I do not need to be afraid of bent pins and popped out hot-swap sockets.

@iaina3251 Ай бұрын

I like Gamakay boards, for their cheap price they are surprisingly decent. I bought a 65% a couple of years ago, just because it was wired, 2.4G and Bluetooth capable between several devices (which was exactly what I needed at the time) and found that I ended up loving the board a tonne more than I thought I would.

@parkebostrom8898 Ай бұрын

At 2:48, Thomas says: "I very much would like for everyone to be able to use ... beam spring [switches]. Although hopefully in not too long we'll be one step closer to that." Does anyone know what Thomas is referring to?

@dundar888 Ай бұрын

I assume he's referring to the beam spring keyboard recreations by modelfkeyboards, they've already shipped IBM Model F recreations that were very accurate in terms of typing feel to the original model Fs.

@lignorof8475 Ай бұрын

beam spring is the predecessor do the IBM Model F. Both model F and M was a way to get a cheaper keyboard btw. Chyrosran have a review of the bean spring keyboard (idk if it is beam or bean)

@kristoffer3000 Ай бұрын

@@lignorof8475 Beam but bean spring sounds funnier

@lignorof8475 Ай бұрын

@@kristoffer3000 i hate using the phone because i can’t easily see the text i’m replying to

@parkebostrom8898 Ай бұрын

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I know what beam springs switches are, and I know about the beam spring keyboards made by Model F Labs. However, those keyboards are *already* available, so that doesn't seem to fit with Thomas saying: "... hopefully in not too long we'll be one step closer to that." I was wondering if there are rumors or expectations that there soon will be MX compatible switches with beam-spring like tech inside, similar to how ZealPC's Clickiez switches (launched in 2022?) have Alps-like tech inside.

@leocomerford Ай бұрын

It's quite seriously annoying to see "Mercury" in the name of a contactless switch that (I assume!) doesn't actually use mercury. What contactless linear keyswitches are actually now available separately for use in DIY keyboards, if any? I for one would be very interested in a video on what the options are for DIY contactless linear boards in 2024.

@FrancoDFernando Ай бұрын

I have both a Wooting two HE and a Wooting 60HE and love them. I just wished the two HE had a better case even though it's my everyday go-to. I love the 60HE (my go-to for gaming) because I was able to pop it into a custom 60% keyboards case and it looks and feels amazing

@LeaveittotheMattster Ай бұрын

Woah, is this really using solid or liquid mercury for switches? Something that has been tightly restricted in Europe for consumer products.

@nickeshchauhan5661 Ай бұрын

Almost certainly not, there are switch names like watermelon and coffee, plus it'd be way too expensive.

@justin6581 Ай бұрын

No, this uses magnets for the switches. It is just called mercury switches for some reason.

@ronnetgrazer362 Ай бұрын

@@justin6581 Which is super confusing because mercury switches are actually a thing that exists.

@justin6581 Ай бұрын

@@ronnetgrazer362 please show me proof.

@Aerobrake 14 күн бұрын

I love you for the anti advertisement thing

@nahkamursu Ай бұрын

hope you take a look coming Keychron Q1 HE someday, since you didn't hate the other keychron boards ;D

@Chyrosran22 Ай бұрын

Now that you mention it, I was supposed to review that one xD . They/we must've forgotten, I'll see if I can dig up something about that.

@ronnetgrazer362 Ай бұрын

The Q1 has the exact same layout as this one! I see it actually comes with a proper 2.4ghz receiver and not just that BT misery, I might actually get me one of those in full size form factor, for my tablet.

@LinusBerglund Ай бұрын

I mean, contactless linears are dime a dozen now, but I still haven't found any good dampened ones except for the razer. I did some small modifications to mine (filled the bottom with silicone, lubed the rattly parts and what could be described as a force break mod). It is now crazy silent, especially when placed on a desk mat. I type very lightly, but do bottom out sometimes. The occasional bottom out clack on other keyboards is irritating as hell.

@astrobotnautics5291 Ай бұрын

The Wooting software packages and included functionality definitely make up for the price difference if the feel doesn't. I'm just waiting for the release of a Wooting external numpad

@maxmouse3 Ай бұрын

Good news. Seems to be a decent board, although I think wooting's software by itself is worth 100$ (and the layout). But it's nice to see competition Nice comment to ditch the monetization hahah it's sad that YT doesn't care anymore, they put ads regardless of your choice :(

@Bovineicide Ай бұрын

But does it have continuous rapid trigger? 🤔

@theodorosanastasioy8846 28 күн бұрын

Sounds really nice but I can't imagine how sensitive the keypresses are. I don't think I would choose linear switches or magnetic.

@tashagodspell Ай бұрын

I think AKKO is the oem for case and keycaps, looks similar to the akko mod 75

@kristoffer3000 Ай бұрын

Looks quite similar but some of the spacing is different, there's a key missing on this and the case is split quite differently on the Akko. (Typing this on my Mod 007 PC, which is the keyboard you're talking about, right?)

@tashagodspell Ай бұрын

@@kristoffer3000 ah yes I see the missing key, I was actually thinking of the 5075 but the mod 007 is also similar looking

@LutherBlissett94 Ай бұрын

Since you mentioned the Beamspring keyboards, any chance we will see a review of its remake by the Model-F guy?

@Chyrosran22 Ай бұрын

Definitely hope so :D .

@cmHoderny 21 күн бұрын

Fuck interlude leading to instant like and sub. Well done.

@Cocker_Spaniel 12 күн бұрын

Wait I can put any magnetic he switch on them?

@caseylavender Ай бұрын

despite being a very basic keyboard and wouldnt be very interesting i still kinda wanna see him review the leobog hi75

@somepanda4003 26 күн бұрын

Can you switch stroke sensitivity profiles without using the software? the instructions telling me to use FN+DEL/HOME/PGUP/PGDN and FN+Q/W/E/R to switch between the four profiles don't work on mine.

@gamakay6401 26 күн бұрын

We upload the new PDF of the TK75HE user guide; you can download it

@Fiwek23452 Ай бұрын

Will you review the Wooting 80he once its out?

@Chyrosran22 Ай бұрын

I do have something along those lines planned :) .

@manwithnolife5239 Ай бұрын

Remember, my non technical friends, adblock is free and easy to install!

@kristoffer3000 Ай бұрын

uBlock Origin is the best one by far

@Chyrosran22 Ай бұрын

Not as easy on your phone, unfortunately :( .

@Chozo_Ghost Ай бұрын

That's where KZfaq Revanced comes in handy!

@Chyrosran22 Ай бұрын

@@Chozo_Ghost I tried that one but I think it didn't have access to my history and whatnot iirc. Good but not great, in any case.

@kornaros96 Ай бұрын

Mozilla Firefox with ublock origin, revanced... @Chyrosran22

@Boojakascha Ай бұрын

Thomas, are you a KZfaq partner? It's my understanding that ironically you have to enroll in the KZfaq partner program in order to turn off monetization. Else, just as you said, they will still advertise, but you won't see any revenue.

@The_Boctor Ай бұрын

At the time of writing, the typing test timestamp is incorrect (description says "8:00").

@Raiko01 Ай бұрын

woosh

@NigelMontezuma Ай бұрын

7:37

@owlstead Ай бұрын

Quite a thocky keyboard which is kind of a surprise. I found out that I don't like linear keyboards so probably not for me, although the silent option might be interesting. But sheesh, an adjustable hall effect keyboard for that price is a steal. A hacker could probably change the background picture of that software and make it look OK. I'd rather have Open Source software though, if just because you can then also use it in Linux etc. In that sense my UHK keyboard is spoiling me.

@CaveyMoth Ай бұрын

1:51 Yeah, but how much does it cost in imperial currency?

@Terigena Ай бұрын

Nine pounds sterling, three guineas, a bob and a thrupence.

@buzzworddujour Ай бұрын

7:37 for typing demonstration

@Yipper64 Ай бұрын

I want a cheap 75% keyboard that can have multiple outputs based on how far the key is pressed (in particular left analogue stick emulation on the wasd) and such, but I prefer clicky to linear. as clicky as possible. Then again im currently typing on my laptop that's a membrane keyboard and im doing just fine, maybe I should give this a chance... When I have the money. It might be cheap for one of these types of keyboards but its still expensive.

@gamakay6401 Ай бұрын

The TK75SE may be yout choice

@gamakay6401 Ай бұрын

69$

@Yipper64 Ай бұрын

@@gamakay6401 thanks for the suggestion!

@nat_sukashii Ай бұрын

From using a ye olde Cherry MX Red board since 2015, I have been salivating on every HE keyboard even more so from seeing all the ones Thomas has tested. Maybe one day my keyboard will die so I can justify my almost impulsive purchase! XD

@justin6581 Ай бұрын

The typing demonstration is on 7:36, not 8:00.

@Chyrosran22 Ай бұрын

You are correct! The PP project probably had a headspace xD . I've amended it :) .

@justin6581 Ай бұрын

@@Chyrosran22 ok, you’re welcome! What do you mean by PP project?

@Chyrosran22 Ай бұрын

@@justin6581 Premiere Pro, the editing software I use. It was probably not aligned with the start of the timeline.

@fatproduce Ай бұрын

The one thing that bugs me about most linear switches is I can't rest my fingers on the keys without pressing them. Maybe my fingers are made of cast iron.

@combinemanPL Ай бұрын

Spring swap to heavier springs, or just buy heavy switches.

@cristianciarlo1571 Ай бұрын

What a good idea to save us from the fucking adds !!! Thanks !!! ❤

@MatthewHill Ай бұрын

CHEESE IS ORANGE AND IT DOES COME IN CANS!!!

@censoredterminalautism4073 Ай бұрын

There are ads on KZfaq?

@ronnetgrazer362 Ай бұрын

IKR?!

@TurboLoveTrain Ай бұрын

I love your contempt of KZfaq ad policies. I've always used shit keyboards even though I have a degree in computer science and have been a gamer since before most people even heard of the term FPS. I've always had expensive gaming mice but gave up on keyboards a long time ago and just got used to the blister style. I finally got a K70 Max with the hall effect buttons and I can never go back to the old style buttons.

@conundrum2u Ай бұрын

if only we had hall effect alps....

@ThePrimaFacie Ай бұрын

This is a high quality video and If I had something to sell I would ask you to sell it.

@skizzarz 26 күн бұрын

2:15 sup buddy

@sepruecom Ай бұрын

You only reviewed this keyboard to demo that coffee stain on the ";" key...

@Arae_1 Ай бұрын

Their software looks identical to the monsgeek software

@QuB3 Ай бұрын

Would love to watch you review the Asus ROG Azoth.

@dtrv306 Ай бұрын

Keyboard sounds & feels great. Software stinks. Minor scratches to case.

@MichaelAStanhope Ай бұрын

aaw... just fuck it!

@mesamesamesa1277 Ай бұрын

Nicaragua also uses pounds, its not entirely imperial jsksksodksnz

@kanaoniczym8499 Ай бұрын

Why you do not wanna get money for your wonderful work?

@an2qzavok Ай бұрын

I am too distracted by dirty :/; keycap

@mokrates 27 күн бұрын

fuck!

@juniorjr. Ай бұрын

This looks like a mid keyboard at best. Would much prefer a full size keyboard with a numpad, and decent switches too (preferably Cherry MX silver or speed), it's very hard to find keyboards out there that meet those specifications.

@oatmilk9918 Ай бұрын

Those keyboards have been around for at least 5 years now with mx silvers from the likes of Corsair and Ducky. Also Cherry MX silvers *are* MX speeds, they are called 'Cherry MX speed silvers'.

@DrWiki-po1hk Ай бұрын

@@oatmilk9918I'm not entirely sure but OP's comment sounds a bit sarcastic

@Spidapida006 Ай бұрын

So you needed to go through pain of reviewing a horrible keyboard to evade ads...!!

@lucidmoses Ай бұрын

In case you wanted to know, I didn't get an Ad as a KZfaq Premium user.

@justin6581 Ай бұрын

Of course you don't. It's almost like it is half the reason to get KZfaq Premium or something.

@lucidmoses Ай бұрын

@@justin6581 Half? More like 99.89% :p

@Chyrosran22 Ай бұрын

I will never get YT premium. It's like letting the terrorists win.

@kristoffer3000 Ай бұрын

@@Chyrosran22 Based, that's my stance on it as well, KZfaq are genuinely a horrible company.

@lucidmoses Ай бұрын

@@Chyrosran22 Unexpected. If not user funded and not Ad funded, What would you propose they do to cover their operating costs? $5 billion a year to server out yours and others videos is not chump change.