Much of this was filmed at the Melbourne Mechanical Keyboard Meetup, so it's a bit shaky, so sorry for that! Also, I lost the sound file for the typing test, and had already deleted everything after exporting. So I couldn't remove the music :(

Leopold is my favorite stock keyboard manufacturer. I don’t know what they do with the stabilizers, but they’ve always been perfect.

keep the frequent uploads , it feels like christmas!!

Wow long time no see! Good quality content again, Good work!

Good to see leopold on the channel

Aww yis. Finally can hear your thoughts on the best layout ever.

I really love the colors of the leopold keyboards :D

More reviews on Leopold keyboards would be great :)

Just ordered one of those beauties - White version with Brown switches. Really looking forward to it!

Just got this on sale for about 90 dollars, couldn't be more happy with it.

I have the same keyboard but in white/grey, absolutely love it. MX Cherry Red FTW!

I want to get this so bad in a white backlit version, if that was a thing I’d buy it in an instant - I love this form factor keeping the numpad!!

wow what a gorgeous keyboard

Just ordered this with Cherry MX Silver switches. Can't wait!

Almost perfect keeb for me. Two things I would like to see though - backlighting (dark environment for me is quite common) and dedicated Home and End keys instead of Ins which I never use (but yes, I can see a problem).

1800 is king! Wish there was a cool backlit option out there.

Great review! Once the keyboard is disassembled, would it be possible to disassemble the switch aswell to do various operations such as lubing/change spring without desoldering the switch aswell?

I'm pretty sure "PD" = PBT Doubleshot

Keycaps / Black Switches bottoming out on quality plastic 👍🏼

I've been wanting a keyboard for work, something with arrows, and a numpad. I dont feel like dropping a couple hundred on custom so this might be the right size/compromise im looking for. Mx blacks / clears are the only cherry switch i can tolerate unlubed anymore. That combined with the smaller than full size form factor might be the way to go, as opposed to TKL + a separate numpad when i need it.

i have this keyboard with cherry mx silents but im considering swapping them out with gateron blacks (my favorites) and making it my daily driver since i like the chassis so much

just got a FC660M its just soooo good out of the box, old school grey 65% brown switches

What would you recommend for 1800 style now? I need the numpad for entries since I'm blazing fast on a numpad, but I like the compact design of a TKL for gaming; or am I approaching this wrong and should get a TKL and separate numpad? I don't mind building myself. One BIG catch... I live in scandinavia (denmark specifically) and I need a bit different keyboard layout if possible.

I really want this!

Little late, but great review mate. I just picked up one of these and I must say, it's pretty impressive. It's my first mechanical board so enjoying it. I'm not a fan of gamey boards with fancy lights. Just wanted a solid board so I'm happy with the FC980M. I have the White Two Tone version which reminds me of my old Amiga 500 board. Always a good thing. I'm using Cherry Browns which feel great due to the board being so solid. I'm looking out for a Leopold TKL with Silent Reds for work, but Mwave doesn't seem to have stock at the moment. Cheers Richie

wish I had seen this sooner, when I first switched to mechanical keyboards (with no intention of becoming an enthusiast) some 3 years ago, I ended up going with MX blue on the Das 4 Pro, I would gladly give up the ports and the media keys to save some space.

Do you think you could find a way to get your hands on the noppoo choc mini? From what I know it is rare to see able to be bought anymore and i'm interested and purchasing one myself but haven't seen any in-depth reviews to the standards of yours! Thank you :-)

What’s the keyboard on top of the Leopoldo at 5:00

One of the best layouts. Another one is that 65 I think which has only arrow keys instead of those home buttons. Only minus is that print screen is in strange position. As usually say the most useless buttons is scroll lock break page up and page down (arow keys most of the time do the same) I would rather prefer that page up or page down would be swapped with print screen

I believe the "PD" has something to do with the fact that this line of keyboards has a sound-absorbing pad inside the case. Great video, I can't wait to get mine!

Hi there what's the keyboard model used for the 96 keys keyboard example (the teal and pink one). Looks killer.

What does internal steel mounting plate mean? Is that what dictates the difference between switch sounds on plastic vs aluminum? I've been searching for compact full-size aluminum keyboards

I have these in Black/Yellow. They are the best.

0:50 guy in camera HAHA

Mx reds sounds so nice. I think I would lube the spacebar though.

I wonder is it possible to change pcb like kbd19 with qmk firmware and put new panda switches cause i like leopold case and caps but i want better switches rgb and firware

Is there any keyboard just same like this (looks) but wireless?

Now that you tried the 3 sizes of Leopold, you like the tkl ,1800, or there 65%size better?

Hello thank you for making these reviews! I'm looking at the Leopold model you reviewed but am not sure about the switch. I am considering the black or brown switch. I will be using it in a public working area. I have never used black switches. Right now I have a Logitech 810 Keyboard with their proprietary switch and a filco TKL keyboard with brown switches. I'm worried I wouldn't like the blacks. The leopold isn't available with the red silent. So, I'm curious what you think of the black vs the brown switches. I could order the Leopold TKL with the silent red. This layout of the FC980 interests me, but I could probably live without the Ten Keys. Thanks

Should I get a leopold fc750r or ducky one pbt, I’ve been leaning towards this due to the thicker keycaps but I know ducky is more well known, what do you recommend

Where else can I buy this keyboard? All of the Leopold FC980M keyboards (except four which don't have the switch I want) are out of stock on Mwave. Or what would be a good alternative to this keyboard for $150 AUD if they never come back into stock?

Is there a way to change the layout e.g. switch pg up/dn to home end keys? Thank you!

Hey, I really NEVER found a single negative review on FC660C, but I really hate mine. I recently bought mine thinking that it would be 45g domes (Leopold says that it is a uniform 45g board), but the alphas are 55g! (The rest seems ~45g as advertised) But I love everything else about that board. But the most important part about a board are the switches, and the FC660C fails to provide customers with proper 45g domes.

If only i could find these somewhere in germany. The combination of a great layout with double-shot keys would make this an instant buy for me, even with cherry-mx.

FC660C is super dope also.

This would be great for work.

I'm a little confused about why you edited in "sorry about the music" but didn't just fade out the audio track before the typing began. What motivated that editing decision?

Do you think it's worth going with MX Silent Red/Black if you have a keyboard like this that already does a nice job at rattle/reverb dampening?

Review the YMD96!

Now typing on this keyboard and have been my daily board for almost six month, I really love the layout on this keyboard. Too bad this keyboard is not programmable outside of dip-switch program, but the built quality make up for the downside, and being a 1800 layout it doesn't really need any programmability because it has a function almost like a full 104 keys keyboard . For now I really hope other company adapting this compact layout, especially some gaming keyboard company, who knows if someday there's an OEM keyboard with this kind of layout that programmable and having per key RGB, I think that's a deal for a lot of gamers.

Are all leopold keyboard sound like this? that sound so dope

Do you think I can spring swap these without desoldering? I wanted to get my girlfriend a 980M with MX clears (which I want to spring swap to something lighter). I heard as long as there's enough space around the switches in the PCB, you can just do it with tweezers. What do you think?

I have the same keyboard however I have a problem with mine there is a slight yet noticable ringing noice when pressing the buttons is this normal for this keyboard?

Arrow keys > numpad > those home and etc. So this is a good choice for a keyboard

5:50 what is that 96 keys keyboard he's talking about?

Are the switches on this PCB switchable with Kailh BOX ones?

PD = Phantom Dancer Naturally

What wrist pad should i use with this?

Could you make a video on the Archiss Retro Tiny?

Perfect layout for compact keyboard. But still no backlit and wireless!

Stabs are godlike tier right now. Same as varmilo imo

Great review, sir! Does anyone know of any similar layout keyboard with backlight or RGB?

Music reminds me of Nujabes.

What keyboard is above the Leopold in the video at 9:32?

If only they made an ISO-DE version of this.. i'd buy it in an instant. Seems there's only an all black version available...

I have it with z Cherry MX Browns. It is very solid and pretty board, but be careful guys, it makes loud metallic pinging noise while typing, it is cacophony of strange reverb. I will be returning it probably.

Wait, you can't program this?

Hope we see the custom 60% hipster crowd get on board (ha ha, puns, puns everywhere) with this layout. If there's a well engineered DIY kit with this layout I know I'd get one. For people who actually use a computer to earn a living (engineers) having nav cluster + numpad + F-keys is absolutely required (and why we all use 104-key boards.) Pity that Leopold seem to be too hipster to keep bothering to make this product :( Loved the review, just wish I could actually still buy one

PD stands for pbt dye sub i think

PB means pbt and double shot keycaps

Hey, just wanted to confirm about the color of the steel plate. Is it blue(ish), grey, or black?

I don't like the looks but it's built pretty well and that layout is usefull. It's a shame they put Cherry MX in it, though...

Is it backlit

Would you be willing to do sort of a Top 5/10 or something for cheaper keyboards or maybe even different pricepoints/segments (size, wired, wireless, RGB, etc.)? I really love all your videos and appreciate the effort you put into them. It's a bit hard though to compare the keyboards just through watching videos, so your opinion would come in handy!

I didn't know Daniel Ricciardo liked keyboards this much.

Whats that keyboard on 5:50?

980c owner :)

What's that other KB in 9:33?

Big shoutout to the dude in the background at 0:51

does keyboard hot swappable switches

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Hi, may i know what model is the 96 keyboards at 5:49 ? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pr-FacqVrti5cpc.html

This sounds like the music Belle Delphine uses xD

Wireles??

4:21 So a numpad without a 0 ? what century is this ?

Hello. I have the following question: the issue of long buttons such as "enter", "shift", "spacebar", then this mechanical keyboard has no problem, on the contrary, the typing experience is quite good, but I have just watched This one video of you about the PD fc750r, I found the table quite complaining about the "spacebar" button failing, I find it strange because they are actually the same, only different in size, you can give me a sentence reply ? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laeBp9yDmtWVaWw.html

they cant use warranty void stickers anymore soon so it wont be a risk to make boards like these fully programmable anymore thank you the U S OF A

I'M ALSO A CAPSLOCK USER

6:44 *There was some rattle on the enter key!!!

What was the keeb at 4:50??

Does it use a genuine cherry mx stablizer?

the location of the insert and delete keys are a real deal breaker for me :(

that out of place arrow keys are mildly annoying to look,

if ya nails were a switch, they would be the most scratchy switches

Two words that i can't see being friwnds to each other.... Compact and fullsize... You can just buy a tkl/60% and buy a numpad tbh. Way better than trying to fit something bigger than a tkl in a school bag.

recommend VARMILO brand，artist of keyboard😘

The small 0 key seems like a dealbreaker to me...

What kind of microphone? you have a boyfriend