okay here's two different keyboards okay which one's quieter
whoa this
might be the world's quietest keyboard no seriously I've done nothing to this
audience and this Story begins with a keyboard and ends with uh yeah don't worry we'll talk
about that later in my quest to try hundreds and hundreds of keyboards you know what always comes
up people want keyboards that sound docky or clacky but what if I just want a keyboard that
doesn't sound at all is that possible well I've actually done this before just a few years ago why
and let's just say it was way too much work I put a whole library in there now all of this
got me thinking what if I never had to build it at all no no this isn't me being depressed this
is me finding New Frontiers in this video I'll be testing out a keyboard that is silent with
literally no effort but then what if I go the extra mile and try and make it even more silent
what if I get a little bit unhinged and start taping it up and what if I could make a lot
of mistakes now you probably have a million questions hippo how much is the keyboard how
does it actually sound does it feel good is it a good keyboard well stick around and find out
you can also stick around that subscribe button because most of you haven't and I'm trying to hit
a million before I begin the unhinged part of this video let's start at the beginning this video is
sponsored by farmilo farmillo varmalo I don't know however like all of my typical keyboard videos
they did not get a chance to review this video or alter my script or uh you'll you'll see why
they definitely didn't influence this video later don't worry now when they told told me they had a
keyboard that was virtually silent I said yeah no that's not gonna happen I spent hours modding a
keyboard just to make it silent there's no way and then they sent me two keyboards okay weird
but I guess we're gonna get into that later now as I unbox this keyboard you've noticed a couple
things it comes with a keycap and switch puller which is nice a USBC cable a wireless dongle okay
most of this is your standard run-of-the-mill stuff that you'd expect with a keyboard but
I couldn't help but think the Box smelled a bit weird now it was shipped very very well I'll give
them that and they even wrapped it in a plastic bag that I can use as a hat nope that is a joke
so this is the vermilo benilo got why why would you call it that it's a 75 keyboard and you're
probably thinking wow that looks pretty nice or at least that's what I was thinking now this keyboard
comes in at 136 US Dollars now that is on the more expensive side of budget but it's fully
built which puts it in a kind of nice price point maybe if it's good that is now I don't
normally do this but the keyboard kind of smells like cologne so I had to just really get in there
so then I had to go show a friend Josie what does this smell like
cologne something perfume why so yeah even the brightest minds of my household couldn't figure
out why it smells that way but it actually does smell kind of nice and kind of bad at the same
time the only thing I can think of is that they're using the smell to mask the sound of the keyboard
or something now the shell is unapologetically plastic which could be a problem later but
generally I found plastic to be decently quiet it just depends on how it's being utilized and if
there's foam in place but looking at the bottom of this keyboard I don't see any screws do you
guys see any screws hopefully that's not going to be an issue now I have the sound muted here so no
spoilers but I couldn't help but notice that it feels incredibly smooth like there's something
going on with these switches they're also really pleasantly pillowy like the color on these keycaps
the board comes with double shot PBT keycaps that have a really really nice color scheme and they're
honestly very decent they're the type of set you'd expect to spend about 30 40 bucks on on Amazon
oh these are the prestige silence switches that only come in this board and they make it very very
unique now I'm gonna be honest I haven't tried that many silent switches but these feel different
so I'm gonna have to open them up and uh this was a mistake dear God do not open them up now with
the normal mechanical switch it makes sound as it goes down and up and with your average silent
switch there's usually a dampener built into the stem that makes it quieter when it goes down and
up but with this one it's a little bit different like weird now these are made by Kale who make
a lot of different switches and the design here is very strange now bear with me there's like a
little dampener bit on the bottom there's also a weird dampener bit that connects to the piece of
the stem that connects with the connector and you know what let's just say the internals of
these switches are very fiddly don't take them apart but they're really cool speaking of cool
my stabilizers were pre-looped and normally these types of semi-clear stabilizers absolutely suck
mine were really smooth like this transition to talking about how the board is hot swapped so
if you ever get tired of The Quiet switches you could change them out the north facing
LED stock however the provided switches don't have any interference like the no interference
Wireless modes and the RGB if you buy the more expensive version oh it's actually like only
seven dollars more for RGB okay that's actually a pretty worthwhile upgrade now I didn't fully test
the wireless like the 2.4 gigahertz works but I don't really have a Linus Tech tips lab so uh
yeah now before I get into how this keyboard sounds and my weird plans with it let's talk
about the second keyboard that they sent me now I won't spend too much time on this I just thought
it was quite interesting with the Manila line of keyboards farmilo oh my God that's such a mouthful
um they have different colors of cases and keycaps that also correspond to the different switches
available so this is the eucalyptus version and it comes with tactile switches now these tactile
switches aren't silent but I bet a lot of you are wondering what this keyboard would sound
like if you were to put normal switches in it so this will kind of serve as an example for that
and I was actually very impressed this keyboard ended up sounding decently clacky and Pretty good
overall so I guess if you're watching this video and you saw the silent keyboard and you're like
wow that's really cool but I don't want it to be silent then you can check this out with the
link down below and use my code that I have in the description to use a little discount and with that
little detour out of the way it was time to get back to my devious plans for the silent keyboard
now little did I know what I was about to Endeavor on might have been the hardest
keyboard modding project I've ever done well maybe just the stupidest keyboard modding
project I've ever done to set the stage I'll just tell you this keyboard is unapologetically
silent I will give you a quick little sound test of what it sounds like right about now
so they've absolutely nailed it it's really quiet and I can't help but think it can't be just the
switches making this this quiet right I need to get this thing open and figure out what's inside
and this is where the first mistake of many starts to unfold taking off the keycaps was
incredibly easy easy peasy if you ever need to clean this thing no big deal but the issue that
I started to find is that this keyboard is built never to be taken apart now vermilo's definitely
seen my channel so they definitely know I like to take keyboards apart they didn't mention this at
all the first roadblock was this top piece of the housing that was damn near impossible to remove
it almost felt like a screw was holding it down but why would there be a screw there's no other
way to take this thing apart except to break it I guess you remember how I told you that vermilo
definitely would not have approved if they had reviewed this video remember that that part of
the video if you're a maniac now I tried just about everything and I've taken apart a lot
of very difficult to take apart keyboards so with this one I was wondering why there was some middle
pressure point that I had to snap off just to get this keyboard open like is this top housing just
frail is it flimsy is it a screw anyways I had to do the same thing to the bottom well not break it
and if I had one of those pick removers this job might have been a little bit easier but my
tweezers seemed to work pretty well for removing the Bottom now maybe you're thinking oh hippo you
should remove the bottom first nope that wouldn't have worked but you know what does work these
gaskets I was really shocked to see that this plastic keyboard was gasket mounted I definitely
felt it when I was typing but wow these are really really nice it's actually the in-between plate and
PCB foam that wraps around and kind of Cups the plate like a little gasket this dampens the whole
entire keyboard and actually I think is pretty integral to why it ends up sounding so quiet you
end up with a lot less reverberations when the whole entire thing is being silicone dampened
so massive props for that but I couldn't help but wish that the case was easier to take apart like
seriously guys also after looking at the inside my thoughts were confirmed they did add a nice
sheet of rubber on the bottom and this has been like shape form to fill the little cutouts in the
case and you can also see the batteries which are powering this thing to be Wireless but why
couldn't I get it apart earlier no way they that is no way why would they do that yeah so for some
ungodly reason they screwed the top part of the housing into the plate and PCB assembly literally
stupid but you know it's not stupid the fact that I'm gonna be modding this with the tape mod now
I said I could get it quieter so I'm gonna try my best with the tape mod there honestly wasn't
that much I could do to the case but the tape mod tends to make a board sound a little bit
deeper and a little bit poppier so I'm thinking it might work pretty well here I put three layers of
tape on the back of the PCB and then flattened it out really nice like that when it comes to
improving keyboard sound this is definitely one of the most simple yet also most effective mods
now at this point you're probably like hippo you basically broke the keyboard is is the keyboard
itself even gonna work well don't worry I have my good friend name of super glue and I'm just
gonna pretend that this never happened so super glue and look see no scuffs there's not a single
scuff wait why did you cut to the shot showing the scuffs Jerry what the anyways after having a week
with this thing and tearing it down then other literally I do think it's a fantastic option if
you want a silent keyboard that you will never mod because you can't the gasket Mount is pretty nice
the case is a decent quality the switches feel smooth the keycaps look great there's really not
a lot going wrong here except the case mod ability so if you're one of those people that watches my
videos and sees me modding a keyboard and goes wow that guy's stupid why is he doing that
um first of all why are you watching my videos but second of all then this might be the world's
quietest keyboard that you don't have to mod now I'll be leaving you with a little bit of
sound tests I'm going to give you a sound test of the before the after and also I'll be comparing
it to the eucalyptus and then just a random louder keyboard that I had laying around my
room at the time please watch the whole sound test to support my YouTube algorithm overlords
and leave a comment with your favorite kind of ice cream double points if you're lactose intolerant
this is the quietest keyword ever totally not being held at gunpoint