North facing is the standard in prebuilts because the standard placement of letters in the keycap is at the top, which puts the led right below the shine-through letter. There is a noticeable difference in the lighting with north and south facing keybs.

People who are interested in a board at that price range won't care for overpriced GMK caps anyway. North facing is so over-dramatized at this point. There's so many interesting cap profiles and longpole stem switches that make it a non-issue.

Legit the best keyboard videos I've ever watched. Keep at it my man. You're going to blow up.

Cant wait to see this era of nearlucid!! Great video :)

I just got notified 2 days ago that it's officially in stock, but I was still hesitant because of the lack of reviews. I'm glad you were able to review the kit.

To Be fair, I never found north facing a big issue. Especially for the newbies who wouldn't notice the interference thingy that much with cherry profile Keycaps. But we now have a lot of Switches and keycaps alternative in the market to avoid this issue altogether. To me, gas 67 felt like the gateway board for the newbies in the keyboard hobby.

Love the new editing style can't wait to see more of it

I was pleasantly surprised by CIY as a brand, I picked up the Tester68 as a media keyboard for my TV.

Your production quality is inspiring. Keep up the great work!

Seriously good content! I saw a sound test of this board with I think KTT Strawberries. Sounded amazing and I definitely think that I'll get this as opposed to something like the NK65 or the ID67 lite. I think even with the flaws, me not using GMK sets and no Cherry profile caps makes me really want to get this board. Thanks for improving my day!

New pacing and build segment is nutty asf love your work as always fellas

A temporary solution for north facing boards + cherry profile keycaps is washers. I was able to find a 0.5mm thickness washer from Payson( a big vendor specialized in keyboard accessories in China) for 3$/110pcs. Another option you can consider is using Gateron switches. Most of their new switches using new top housing design which prevent interference with cherry caps( having tested on my Epbt wob and it was great)

Been looking for something to be custom but also have the rgb i want for a gaming board. This is a definite must buy for me 😁

Got this kit, and also did my noob review/build video. I don't know if I placed the gaskets right, but I got more flex since I placed just one on top of the bottom case. Nice solid review btw. 😁

there is recently something called "ozing" washers that can be installed on the stem of the switches which will help preventing the inteference with north facing boards.

so awesome, i was looking for this!

I really think the lack of VIA/QMK is also a big flaw. I would give it a 9/10 if it had VIA support or QMK compatibility.

Loved the review, I was looking to get this board and was wondering if it works with Mac since I have a MacBook. Thanks!

Great review, Do you know the shortcut of how to change the Profiles on this CIY GAS67 ?

i cannot find any content creator talking about the software of this keyboard. is there a software to change fuctions or keys?

Why is it so hard to actually find a video about premium keyboards!?

JKD’s Mint Chocs are probably my fav 2021 Switch gb for out of the box sound quality.

does anybody know if this is able to do per key rgb? i have the switches that light up but not sure how to get it to work

You should review the Akko mod 005. Also love the insane quality of your videos, keep up the good work my guy.

I mean cant i replace the pcb with another 67 key south facing one and just screw the windows button disable thing

additionally there are many reasons north facing has become the standard. more to that, manufactures are realizing the need to make switch housings that allow for the spacing such as Gateron oil kings. there's also franken switches, and switches with taller stems... so there are many options and ways to have your cake and eat it too. so I no longer worry about north or south facing personally.

Akko CS series switches in my experience (Jelly blacks and Rose Reds) do not have any interference with cherry profile keycaps. While I prefer south facing. I still got a GAS67 (in green, I put some lubed Akko Jelly Blacks and BOW cherry keycaps) because you wont find a gasket mounted keeb this cheap anywhere else. It sounds fantastic, looks fantastic. RGB shines through the PC plate beautifully. The PE foam sheet gives it a real nice creamy/poppy sound. Lots of reviews out there if you want to hear some sound tests. the flex is awesome with the gaskets if you apply them right. Lucid was a little sloppy with his install :P

would you say that this keyboard is better than a gk64 with foam, lubed switches and stabs, and holee mod?

I customized a CIY X77 keyboard from Amazon with a north-facing pcb. It too has north-facing interference with cherry profile even with long-pole stem switches.

how does this compare to the mw65? Could you give your thoughts? I'm leaning more on the mw65 since it's southfacing but huge drawback is the lack of stock stabilizers and it does not include a coiled cable, unlike the gas67

Does it has driver to remap keys or change combination fn keys?

How is the flex compared to a kbd67 lite?

XDA profile caps would work the KTT switches right?

Agree! Still cant get over the price of this board. Near perfect indeed near lucid! :)

The GAS67 really is an excellent board for the price. Something like this at $60 would be unheard of a couple of years ago. It's a great time to be a budget keyboard enthusiast.

Do the standard software's work for this?

In Indonesia there is a brand working with GAS67 with the price of USD 83. The good thing is they change the board to south facing and add wireless connection (2.4 ghz) also with great keycaps quality. If you want to check the product search for Press Play Voyager 68 v2

my heart sunk when i hear North facing LED

when i first heard thew tping test I was like "I swear he didn't put clicky switches in..." then I realized there was interfearence

Did you lube the leaves for the tactile switches? is it just me or am i hearing ticking

Damn a crazy board for the money

Doesn't using other caps profile remove the interference?

How long did it take for the keyboard to arrive?

I need to know what deskmat that is

I was wondering when they'd put this on the market. It felt like there should be a slightly less cheap version of the tes68 (kbm68) with a usb-c. I personally didn't start ordering cherry profile keycaps until I found groupbuys much later in the hobby and I figure alot of introductory keyboard hobbyists might want their gamer rgb. It's good for something at the very beginner friendly price.

Hey, does it support for Mac?

If everything goes according to plan, I'm gonna design a south-facing, QMK/VIA/VIAL compatible hotswap PCB with some layout options for this board soon. This keeb is just a few steps away from being THE budget keyboard.

where are the marbled mousepads from?

4:25 Bro came in typing AGGRESSIVE lol

When did the board arrive

OMG THIS VID IS INSANE !!!1!1!11!

I'm new to the hobby, can you recommend me a $60 keyboard that has a south-facing board?

great video, but was just wondering how do long pole stems help with interference?

How long did your gas67 take to ship?

this keyboard is totally perfect

Would you consider doing a rebuild with switches that don’t have interference?

amazing contente bro !!! i have a question.. if i had to choose between this and kdb 67 lite v3 which one would you recommend .. it's my first build

im curious if a kbd67 lite pcb would fit in this case and allow for cherry profile keycaps to be used

New mic? Voice has a little more thock in this one 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🤣

In most asian countries, it only costs 30-40 dollars. keebmoney is probably also factoring in the price for shipping from asia to NA. That's what I think at least.

Watch - they add south facing, make it $100+

Is this the Wireless one or the Wired one

Now this is my kind of keyboard..

I have a video idea you should do the TTC tiger switches they are stock and they are the most perfect sounding switches in the world if you have time if you don’t I completely understand

try the gmk67!!

kinda sounds like light rain, nice :3

:3 we only paid 42$ include shipping in vn for this kit

I saw this on Taobao months ago

Please review the feker jjk84 Its 30 dollars

QMK Support?

nice video!

for people who can use taobao is like 25-30 bucks now

i know that interference is a thing that most enthusiasts want to avoid, but to be fair... north facing interference is pretty overdramatized these days, after all, there are lots of switches with long poles, and fillets, avoiding interference almost entirely. i also wouldn't call this a "fatal flaw" because... 1. keebheads in china, where ciy is based, tend to like sa/mg/any other high keycap profile more than any other profile, (and vice versa everywhere else), so i think ciy didn't think about interference issues, since china likes high profiles anyway. 2. lower pitched sound profiles (thock) have become really popular these days, and one of the things that make a keyboard sound deep is a tall keycap profile. so, again, there might be a chance that ciy just didn't think about it because of the "thock" craze. i really hope this changes your mind, if not, lets you see another person's perspective on this board. i still agree that it would be much better if ciy/weikav thought 2 steps ahead and made the pcb south facing. thanks, and sorry for my bad phrasing. i usually write much better than this, but i'm a little tired right now. :)

honestly this fatal flaw isn't even that bad because of gateron pro switches. if you're buying a $60 board, you're most likely getting budget switches and keycaps, and that means that gateron pro milky yellows are your best choice. smooth, tight, and pre-lubed nearly as good as manual lubing. and those switches have molds which prevent north facing interference. edit: that flex is good wtf are you talking about my bakeneko65 doesnt flex that much(given it is foam modded and two layers of tape but still)

I use a board with a north facing pcb and cherry keycaps and it had interference but I found a way to fix it, I just put a small peice of paper inside the keycap stem Here's the video where I learned it from: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fN2nh6Z_ksmugY0.html

This is $30 on taobao which is absurd, the amount of keyboard you get is crazy for the price

why does the sound of the board remind me of glass cracking

Once again, such good production, how does this guy only have 20k?! Also, it's great that you reviewed the GAS67, this board is really nice for its price, it helps that you explained its features so well when I show this to other people. I still think I would recommend this to my mates mostly because I feel like they will gravitate towards more budget switches which some are compatible now with north-facing like some of the Akko switches and the gateron pro series.

north facing is not a problem for keyboards made in china and/or made for a chinese audience because cherry profile is not the most common there so interference is also not a problem there. i'm even a little shocked that interference is still a problem in 2022, gateron has made switch top housings that are interference free for 10 years or so now.

Was this company allowed to use the design of the Ginkgo65 for this? I’d understand if the design was simple but the bevels on the top are pretty iconic. Genuine question, I havent read too deep into this board. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

When your keycaps more expensive than your board

my daughter board connection isnt working, do you know why

Needing to use something other than cherry profile isn't really a big deal. I'm aware that people with GMK sets will want to use them on whatever board they have, and this board doesn't do nicely with cherry profile without either the paper in keycap stem hole mod or long pole stems. But in my opinion, people focus way too much on cherry profile when there are other profiles that are just as interesting, comfortable to type on, and with with north facing switch orientation perfectly fine.

I think the biggest flaw is that it does not support QMK

You have it WRONG! South facing LEDs aren't the answer, getting switch manufacturers to make the switch shell so it can be installed in north or south orientation is the better solution, and is being done by some of the switch manufacturers now. Also, of you use key caps that are 1.3-1.4mm you won't have this issue, but that can be a bit of a trade-off sound wise.

North facing ain't no deal breaker.

I wonder how hard it would be to use other PCB's on that board, that should in theory mostly fix the issues it has.

North facing isnt really an issue tgese days imo

nkey roll over?

Unfortunately, OLKB doesn't have their north-facing keyswitch washers in stock at the moment. Otherwise, I would recommend getting those for these kinds of boards, as the pcb is the only issue I have with this board.

Try leaven k620 12$ Hot swappable mechanical keyboard

Just want to let you know you didn’t quite use what most people would expect as a long pole switch. Yes the mints have a ever so slightly long pole but the bottom housing compensates for that so the switch still bottoms out at 4mm. It’s the same thing for creams in their stock housing. You should be testing with long pole switches that have a 3.5-3.8mm travel distance as I believe that’s what most of the community would expect from “long pole”. Those will also eliminate the interference you experienced.

nice

use gateron oil king, that addresses the north facing. It's not a big deal really. Overall, no one is going to use gmk on a $60 board though. The china pbt cherry caps mostly do not have interference.

I wish I could hear how the board sounds but your typing is so fast that it all blurs together into a single sound

Is it better than the gmk67?

I got DIY - kited

The keycaps cost twice the board.

I wouldn't buy it if it was south facing, I need to see the letters shine through at night

the only fatal flaw, it doesnt support qmk.