I initially commented something obnoxious (super on brand) but the *care* for the consumer is palpable in this review. Good vibes, good knowledge, no elitism, no gatekeeping. Solid SOLID review. Bravo.

LLUV U 2 ALEX

Finally a enthusiast review that actually gets it. This is marketed and noobs like me that are coming from a razor board and want to get into customs. It’s really overwhelming as it is let alone the elitism and weirdness that I’ve seen so far. It seems like some people are upset new people might be interested in their hobby and they won’t feel special anymore, bizarre

After watching several reviewers, all had similar complaints and I’m glad I held off on the first batch. If they make new revisions I might pick this up because I want something with a rotary knob. Very detailed review as usual Alex, I’ll see you later for the breakdown stream.

i really love how fair and inviting you are. we need more people like you in this hobby

Fantastic review!!! I know from my own experience that KZfaq reviews take a lot more work and time to put together than streams (which is where you do most of your work), so I just wanted to thank you here for what was clearly a well thought out (and quite laborious 😅) video! You are one of the very few luxury custom keyboards streamers out there who knows how to stradle the line between the enthusiast and the more average consumer sides of this hobby and this video is the living proof of that! Can't praise you enough here!! 👏👏👏

Whos here after seeing Taehas video

Great review, feels like everything I was wondering about is covered in this. Glad I also picked up an Ikki68 Aurora

I think I’m going to get this board eventually. Hopefully they address the stabs. There’s a 90% chance I never open up the board, just put in some switches and key caps and chill. I’m not looking to get into the hobby, just want a dope keyb

Nice, I'm waiting for my Pre-order mail from Glorious, I cant wait for it to arrive, I chose a black body with gray keycaps.

That’s the point, the board is for anyone who is beginning and doesn’t care about thin gaskets, screws on the pcb, or anything else. Good review :)

Taeha be like: "Its not a keycult 8/10"

Brother Xotos has spoken Edit: *BroXo*

love you to homie also love the thorough breakdown highlighting the pros and the cons

Nothing is perfect, and pointing out problems with this product is hugely appreciated. I'm just getting into r/MK hobby and I know to get this product at this price there has to be compromises

Just bought this on a black Friday sale as my first custom board and I love it so far. I literally just put in switches and keycaps. I've got some switch lubing supplies on the way. I may eventually order the polycarb plate so see how it feels and if I like that more.

Great vid and appreciate the honest review @Alexotos!

Thank you for making a review on this product. the video quality was amazing and the content was solid. Please keep up the good work

So I’ve never built a keyboard ever in my life and I’m heavily leaning towards building one using the GMMK pro solely as the base and I’m a huge fan of the look and layout plus the fact that it’s available and has a two year warranty is huge for me, I think I am going to go out of my way to buy some Durock Stabs and lube all of my Glorious Pandas (wanted tangerines originally but stock is a big issue) along with buying the PC plate it’ll be expensive but at the end of the day cheaper and more available then building from scratch rn I’m excited and if anybody in the comments has any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Solid content Alex, loved the review.

"Who is this for?" A very certain crowd. People who want a hot swap expanded 75% and are going to replace the stabs and mod the keyboard anyways.

Bro. This is best review on gmmk pro I've seen yet. And I have seen about 6 now. Unbiased , detailed. You really tested this board well. Well done.

Do you think a softer typing experience can be achieved by not using all the screws?

Great video Alex!

Just watched Taeha's video and he says the plates have been punched through rather than CNC milled - sounds to me as if this is what could have also caused the inconsistencies in stab cutouts etc

the stabs need a lot of work. I : -washed the excessive amount of lube present in the stab stems -relubed them with 205g0 -wire balanced all of them -band-aid modded them (in place of the piece of soft plastic tape that renders them sticky on bottom out) -holeemoded all of the stems The left shift, enter key and backspace are sounding okay. The spacebar however, is not good at all though, and rattle is still there. Since I was considering the polycarb plate, I might just replace these withe DUrock V2s and throw them in the trash

You did an awesome job here bro. I wish I could have a keyboard made by you lol. You are awesome!! Thanks for the help with my decision on this...... Goat Stabs..... I love the effects you put in the video as well.

I would recommend the C³Equalz x TKC Stabilizers for this board. They cost me around $26 for a set shipped to the UK. Took about 3 weeks to arrive, but they where worth the wait. Personally I prefer the stiff board. For me having flex reminds me rubber domed keyboards. With well lubed switches and stabs this board sounds sweet. I running generously lubed gateron reds for letters, function and numbers, and well lubed blacks for the enter, spacebar backspace (i.e. other keys). Its a good keyboard for the price. Good video btw.

As a newbie coming from a Corsair K95, the GMMK Pro was incredibly frustrating to work with. I got mine from a reseller, and i think it was one of the early batches. I experienced all the issues you described and then some: 1. 'goat' stabs came overlubed, causing my spacebar to stick. Had to clean it up, wait for it to dry and then relube them. Still didn't feel like a 170-dollar keyboard and a whole day wasted. 2. Bought durocks, but realized the alu plate doesn't fit Durock stabs so I had to sand it down. More time wasted. 3. A million screws holding the plate down is really discouraging me from opening it up to change or mod stuff. On the bright side, I liked how it sounds now (Akko Matcha Greens + Durock V2s holee modded + imitation pbt GMK Botanicals) but the whole experience just didn't justify 170 USD for me. Looking forward to get the QK65 as my second board. Btw great content, i just subbed. :)

Great job brother, very informative and very well spoken. You killed it!

Great review, thank you! As for the stabs, I feel like the reason why the tolerances are really tight is because it looks like the plates are meant to also support plate mounted stabs which usually have tighter plate cutouts. It would've been cool if they just made for PCB mount stabs only.

the review was very specific and informative, it i understand who this keyboard is for. thank you! Edit: Ponka bless

The plate cutouts for stabs don't make sense. It looks like it's meant for plate mount stabilizers instead of pcb. The person that designed it really didn't bother to look there?

i have watched a lot of gmmk pro reviews and this was probably the best i have seen

such wise words, thank you my man

Thank you for the review! I’m not a tinkerer so I’m probably just going to lube up my Panda switches, put them in and use the GMK Laser key caps and be happy with it. Been using a 65% board but kinda miss the dedicated F keys... this seems to fit the bill! I’m only a very casual mech enthusiast so I’m happy with the first batch! Great Vid! 👍🏽👍🏽

Hello all, does anybody know what those white keycaps are on the black board? They're like the strikers but white. I like it.

wow! there are two reviews publish in a day. cannot wait to get my hand on it.

Thanks for the great review. This will be my introduction into the custom keyboard world and i will for sure be picking up new stabs.(:

Great video man. It will be my first build and I'm learning a lot today from different folks on KZfaq. What are some stabilizers you would actually recommend?

This board isn't that bad after all, yeah it has its flaws but you can work around it if you want Anyway I'm glad I ordered Ikki 68 aurora after your review of it, I know it's a board for a different type of crowd but still I feel like I will like it more than GMMK PRO

Amazing video!

i brought it to learn about mechanical keyboards and so far it's great.

Awesome Video man, keep it up!

As a stock as is board, it looks great tbh. I'm 100% a tinkerer so I'm looking forward to messing around with the foams, plates, gaskets or even maybe removing gaskets, probably going to remove ALL of the screws from the pcb and plate assembly if I could. I can see this board sounding even better imo and that's the fun for me.

This board looks great and it's a steal for the features it has plus it being an aluminium board. I think it will be a great help to the community by introducing custom mechanical keyboards to the community and it's a great first try by Glorious. If their mice are anything to go by, is that the board can be revised and the flaws can be fixed. So perhaps a couple of months down the road, a v2 will be released, be it a stealth release or an announced release (likely the former to prevent any buyer's remorse) and then we will have a great 75% option for entry-level mech enthusiasts. Right now my top two choices for entry-level boards are either the Ikki68 Aurora or this and if they get this board perfected, this would be my top choice easily.

Not sure if it has been said, but the screw in durock stabs do not fit in the plate because the cut outs were also made to fit plate mount stabs aswell as their [glorious] screw stabs

Can you build it without the 2 big stand-offs in the middle for a bit more flex?

AMAZING review thank you!!

Reserved one for myself, the deal is too great. Luckily I have Durock smokey stabs to put in, I'm hopeful

Euch keycap set did u use for the white/gray keyboard?

I’m going with the white ice and ePBT Ramenstop. I can’t wait

i was refreshing my YT page and i was not subbed to you what now I'm all in.

What’s the keycap set on the black one? Love them! If you have an affiliate link it’d be great

I know it's really apples and oranges but hearing him say that there's too many screws holding the PCB in makes me laugh as someone who once upon a time had to take apart an iBook. THAT had a lot of screws. This feels more like either slightly over engineering or wanting to make extra sure that the PCB doesn't flex. Otherwise I really appreciated his take on the GMMK Pro. I'm currently considering getting it and as a mech keyboard noob he mentioned and explained quite a few points that had been question marks for me after looking at the Glorious website.

Stabs were a dealbreaker for me. Thank you

I don't know nearly as much as you do about keyboards, but I thought one of the purposes of the daughter board was to make it ESD safe, meaning those metal washers you showed on screen wouldn't really do anything in terms of static damage to the board.. I mean unless it fails, right?

Great review! Any idea when those coiled cables go on sale?

this board is for me. someone that want a 75% layout without paying 200-250 just for the case. The keeb community is so far up their asses with prices that a great board that will end up costing up to 400-500 dollars after switches, keycaps and other things is entry lvl. you know what annoys me ? is that to this keeb compared to a "high end" one, you are paying just for the exclusivity of the high-end board, thats it. Theres no reason a well made aluminium keeb with some weights added to it should cost 500 more. we just pretend theres a huge difference so we can make ourselves feel exclusive and better.

You can’t anodize aluminum white so this really bright silver is the best they can do.

Thank you, Alex! Embargo lifted!

I think they REALLY need to fix the issue with stab compatibility. Not something that would stop me personally from buying the board but definitely an issue that I hope gets fixed by the time I wanna buy this.

Awesome content, Alex. Keep up the quality content and the good vibes!

So I can get Durock stabs with the Polycarbonate plate?

I NEED THOSE KEYCAPS

Hmmm... Honestly I think I might get one of these as it's quite easily available and moddable, but I don't think I'll keep it in the standard configuration very long.

New to the whole custom Keyabord thing and came across the GMMK Pro. I'm really liking the look especially the knob, are there any other keyboards that are "better" than this with a similar design (knob/dial) ?

Guess im sticking to my kbd67 lite for a while

What are your keycaps?

Not a big fan of the middle usb c slot and I would have prefered a white board instead of a silver one. But it is a nice start into the hobby

GOAT stands for Greatest Of All Time 😊

I feel this board is for people who are use to mainstream razer and logitech users to have a closer to premium feel, which it does compared to my razer huntsman mini this thing is godly

I forgot which review I watched, but someone mentioned that Glorious plans to make there plate to be compatible with 3rd party stabs in the future.

Does the rotary encoder fit standard 6mm knobs like a Rama one? Or do only Glorious’s ones work?

What do you recommend doing if you're planning on replacing the stabs and getting the aluminum or brass plate? Will simply messing with it and squeezing it in with force be enough?

when can i buy it without having to pay the 100$ registration form

pretty new to keyboards. when you say feels stiff, what does that mean for a keyboard?

was lowkey refreshing to see a keeb content creator manually unscrewing instead of a wowstick.

I'm tempted to replace the stock gaskets with rubber gaskets

It's tough because I really like the exploded 75% layout but the gasket implementation is definitely squirrelly and all the interior screws are a huge turn off. It might be worth seeing if the interior standoffs can be cut to make the board less stiff, but then you're talking about a pretty permanent mod. At the same time there aren't really that many other options for a gasket mount 75 at this price point except for like the D84 from KBDFans

Question, overall between this gmmk pro and drop alt high profile,which do you think is better with regards to build quality and sound? I am new and trying to learn which one I should get. Thank you.

i think the barebone kit cost could be cut more by removing stabs and replacing alu plate with PC or FR4..150$ would be more worthy...bt stil 170$ is not bad..but with tax and shipping if it gets 200$,, then i dont think its worth buying cz gasket implement and stab housings need revisions to be done.not to mention, everyone expected this board to be sounding more thockier and spongy for typing..Portico kb has better gasket IMO....

can you please make a video assembling it from the begining for those who havent assembeled keyboards before?

the polycarbonate plate seems to make my spacebar not move...am i doing something wrong

What are the keycaps on the white ice? Kinda like them lol

tbh, if a screwhole could be shorted by using metal washers, than whoever designed the pcb has no plan of what he was doing, there is a reason as to wy screw holes must have certain spacing around non ground planes on all layers ..

Do you think with a little work with some fine grit sandpaper on the poly plate it would make aftermarket switches work without hurting the placement or anything?

Can you recommend a high end DIY kit to folks please? I’m hesitant to grab this one and would love a rec

This or KBD67 Lite?

Did I miss the sound test?

What are the two keycap sets at the begging of the video?

no sound test? diu lei lo mo

Would you mind taking a look at the Akko Mod007? Its another 75% keyboard thats in competition the GMMK Pro and the Keychron Q1

They didn't do enough research into how important stabs are before making their own. I think they should lower the price to $160 and NOT include their own stabs.

What are the caps on the first board (the one from the intro) White ice varient!

this is a better version of idobao id80 thats it. i think people give it a bad rep too much about typing experience or sound expecting it to be $250 and up experince board but its just isnt, the experience maybe equivalent to $200 or $230 board at best .but and its BIG but the upgrading firmware situation (firmwaregate) is really bad so i think ill wait till this ready

what keycaps are those on the black one? those are sick!

Damn that black board with those keycaps are sexy. Might try to replicate it to a certain extent D:

I definitely prefer as stiff as possible with the deepest thock possible, not sure how to make this one thockier.

First, Alex ur the best