My Endgame Keyboard is a Prebuilt

My Endgame Keyboard is a Prebuilt - Leopold FC980M

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Күн бұрын

This may be the last keyboard I'll ever need.
Keyboard - Leopold FC980M PD
mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/...
Keycaps - Leopold 1.5mm PBT Double-shot
Stabilisers - Cherry Plate-mount (Holee-modded, Tuned, Band-Aid)
Switches - Kailh Box Navy
No foam, no tape mod
Music used -
- Purrple Cat - Moonlit Walk
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: • Purrple Cat - Moonlit ...
- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/CozyWinter
- Purrple Cat - Yesteryear
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: • Purrple Cat - Yesteryear
- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/DistantWorldsII
- Purrple Cat - Where The Waves Take Us
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: • Purrple Cat - Where Th...
- Download/Stream: fanlink.to/AdventureIsland
Timestamps -
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Keyboard
00:41 - Aesthetics
01:10 - Layout
01:57 - Build
02:32 - Keycaps
03:09 - Switches
03:54 - Disassembly
04:14 - Desoldering
04:21 - New Switches
05:20 - Mods
06:09 - Sound Tests
07:40 - Finished Build, Conclusion
08:56 - Outro

Пікірлер: 25

@lilaflorae Жыл бұрын

ooh just found your videos & they're fantastic! love the production & your soothing voice ;3

@TheBuddingEngineer Жыл бұрын

oh wow, thank you so much!

@northwestexoticanimals2479 Жыл бұрын

Incredible video 🔥🔥

@hoxfrey9093 4 ай бұрын

as a fellow kailh box navy enjoyer (have it on my daily) i've enjoyed this review thoroughly. maybe i'll consider this in my next build. cheers!

@Grimlo9ic 10 ай бұрын

Your video reminds me a lot of JYMV's on the FC980M. Because of that video I ended up with 3 of the MX variant (one in the hard-to-find ZFrontier Reef colorway), and a 4th in the Topre version. Overall, I would also consider it my prebuilt endgame. There's just something very complete and satisfying about the 1800 layout, and how Leopold builds them. A couple of months ago I was eyeing another cool colorway of the BT version on Aliexpress with SP-Star switches, but it was listed at just a little too much for a plastic keyboard.

@VanNguyen-cr6ns 3 ай бұрын

The sound is excited.

@aaronbowen9962 Жыл бұрын

class matey

@syahrizaindrautomo44 2 ай бұрын

Your videos resonate the most with me. I nearly quit the hobbies and wanna go for fc660m with silent red as my endgame. Same as yours, the Leopold needs to be hardly modded to meet my expectations of endgame as it was my justification after spending years on this hobby. Even tho I ever try any aluminium board (which is quite uninteresting for me bcs of the weight), I kinda tired with new updated switches and board. Seems like there's no rest in between. Last thing, for me, custom keyboard are really neat and suit for everyone preferences. With that does that, everyone always chasing 'preferences' and causes fomo in the community (which I hated). So I chose to quit soon as soon as my fc660m build done. Thank u for the videos

@TheBuddingEngineer 7 күн бұрын

Good on you for making that decision I'm all for hobbies, as long as it keeps making you happy. Fomo twists this by leaving a feeling that what we have, isn't 'good enough', especially when we see others with shiny, high-ticket builds that garner thousands of upvotes. The hobby becomes less about us And I get that products are improving, and building keyboards are fun - but isn't the reason for all this work, are so that we can use, and enjoy them? That's why I don't think we've quit the hobby, just settled down Thanks for the comment, and enjoy your Leopold

@catofgamer994 Жыл бұрын

Sooo cool🥰

@lycal Жыл бұрын

I bought Q1 Pro from Keychron and I still love my old FC980M Black PD with the scratchy brown switches I just love how they sound I might be weird hah, I'll probably buy the updated version and just not bother with any other keyboards.

@TheBuddingEngineer Жыл бұрын

You might actually be jk, after using the browns of my 980MBT, I've grown to like the sound as well. It's the pinging that gets me everytime I can't find much videos on the updated version - it still has the same double-shot PBT caps, but the case is redesigned, has USB-C, and the lock-lights are green And good choice on the Q1

@sirismile2010 10 ай бұрын

only problem i have with this keyboard is the switch between wireless and wire or different equipment is way to slow. a hard switch can really help. other than that, everything else is almost perfect.

@kamasu4222 10 ай бұрын

Daily my fc660m, beige just like yours but with hangul sub legends, very rare here in the U.K but this is all I need

@Stinger913 5 ай бұрын

Wish I could get my FC660M beige with hangul legends

@hman2875 Жыл бұрын

Please more videos

@adamlanghans Жыл бұрын

How is the battery life of the FC980MTB? Thanks for the video. I have the FC980M with cherry blacks. I did a dirty lube job by spraying Deoxit F5 right into the top of the switch. People may cringe to hear that, but it did wonders for getting rid of the scratchiness. It's been years and it's still working great.

@TheBuddingEngineer Жыл бұрын

I wish I could tell you, but I don't use the BT model enough to know - it's still using the included AAA batteries, and goes to sleep when not in use I'd say the cringe of spray-on lubes comes from using WD40 or something (which aren't lubes per se, but strong cleaners), so this Deoxit seems an actual solution I'll get some for a next keyboard build, thanks for the heads up, and your words

@adamlanghans Жыл бұрын

@@TheBuddingEngineer thanks for your insight!

@MalaChamp 2 ай бұрын

How do you like the 1U 0 key? As a heavy numpad user, I feel like this is a tough compromise for a smaller footprint.

@TheBuddingEngineer 7 күн бұрын

It's not hard to miss, but it either places your thumb under the hand, or tilts your whole hand To me, it's worth the space saving, but it may bother you