That looks pretty slick.
I gotta say so myself.
What is going on, everybody?
My name is Mike.
Welcome back to the Channel.
I am very glad that you're back here with me today because we
are looking at new fees, brand new 65% layout keyboard,
the Halo 65.
This is one good looking keyboard, but is it
worth $120?
So in today's video, we're going to unpack it,
see what's in the box, see what I like, what I don't like,
and whether or not you should buy it for 120 bucks.
And if you stick around, I'm going to be giving one of
these way at the end of the video.
So let's get right into it and be transparent.
New fee did send me the black keyboard that I'm giving away,
but I did purchase this white one myself because I think the
aesthetic is just really good and I like the way that their
keyboards have performed in the past.
Additionally, Nufc is giving you a 10% discount on your next
purchase using my tentative discount code, which you can
find in the video description.
Now let's talk about some of the features of the Halo 65
price at $120, the Halo 65 has a 65% layout with
67 usable keys.
Now you can choose between either a white frame or
black frame keyboard.
The white is called iconic white, and the black is
called matte black.
And it actually is a matte black in color.
Now, outside of the white or the black, you have also the
option choose shine through keycaps,
which are $19.
And there's the availability of a wrist rest, which is $29.
Now the wrist rest is two tone and it's either going to be
white and clear acrylic or black in clear acrylic.
The rest is pretty cool looking.
It's very substantial feeling so it doesn't feel cheap or
flimsy and it's not a soft material.
It actually is hard out of the box.
The Halo 65 is ship ready to use with your Mac, though the
respective window keycaps are included in the box in one box
out here in just a few minutes.
In addition to Windows and Mac compatibility, the Halo 65
works with iOS and Android, meaning this might be the
perfect companion for your upcoming iPad pro desk setup.
Now you have your choice between a couple of
different switch types.
You can either choose the red, brown or blue G pro 2.0
switches or the baby kangaroo switches from get around.
Now this is preconfigured with the baby kangaroo switches.
Now this black keyboard is currently configured with the
baby kangaroo as well, but I'm going to swap them back to the
brown switches just so we can get a sense of the
typing test.
So stick around for that.
This will be coming later on in the video.
All right, let's unbox and see what is in here.
So we have sticker kits.
There's an instruction manual or the poster
that includes instructions.
Here is the keyboard itself.
And it looks so, so clean in this white color way.
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
All right.
We're going to get to this in just a moment.
So so, Haddie, you're not going to believe it.
Honestly, there's a better presentation that we see here,
in my opinion, compared to what we've seen in the past.
The kit itself actually looks very well organized
and laid out.
This is a fake you like frequently asked questions and
there is an additional set of keycaps and keyboards.
Keycaps and switches.
Excuse me.
So we have some additional white switches.
We have this great.
This is maybe a cyan color, I'm not really sure.
And this orange color, which I'm a huge fan of,
in addition to two, four, six, seven additional keycaps you
can swap amongst the other sound and a usb-c two USB cable
that is 1.5 meters.
Wow.
This looks so clean.
So, so clean.
I'm excited.
Wow.
It is so heavy.
Oh, it, Fox.
Oh, my gosh.
I like it.
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Now let's talk about the hell 65 more in in-depth.
All right.
So we've unboxed the Halo 65 in white.
And wow is it is super, super clean.
I love this white colorway.
No, I have the black one underneath it and the black
does look very nice as well.
I just think I like the white aesthetic better.
Let's take a look at this keycaps here.
I ordered it with the baby kangaroo, and I don't know
if they came preconfigured.
I'm assuming you did.
Yeah, I did.
Because it's not in there.
As far as the material and the design are concerned, the Halo
65 is made from ABS plastic on the lower housing with an
aluminum upper housing separated by the halo light
encircling the entire keyboard.
The bottom edge of the keyboard has these unique column ask
design styling that MNF-I says were inspired by the ionic
columns of ancient Greece and the use of ABS plastic on the
bottom should provide better wireless transmission,
which would equate to better battery life.
The Usb-c port that we have here on the other side is all
color matched to the new aesthetic.
You have this rocker button here which indicates either wah
wah wah off wired or wireless.
You can connect this to up to three devices plus the
additional 2.4 gigahertz receiver,
which here, if you look at it, it's color mesh as well
and it's magnetized.
So it just slips right in its so-called the way that
it did that.
Now, what makes the Halo 65, I think, unique is really
that halo design.
Now, the halo light is visible from the outside, but you could
also view it from the inside edges of the keyboard,
which creates a unique floating effect.
Along with the halo lights, there are 65 RG beams on the
PCB and a single light in the upper left hand corner
of the keyboard.
Now this side silent can use to communicate battery charge,
connection state and caps lock status through a
gradient light.
All in all, there are 17 different backlight modes for
the keyboard that can be customized by holding down the
function key and pressing the left arrow key.
You have four different halo light modes that can be
customized by holding down the key, the function key,
and the left arrow key in addition of four
side light modes.
Now the keyboard is a 65% layout and 67 keys, making it
just slightly larger than the air, 60 and slightly
smaller than the other 75.
And if you look at other 65% keyboards, it looks
almost the same.
If we look at the Halo 65, which is on the top and the
inner 60, which is on the bottom, we see that the
Halo 65 adds a page up, a page down Starkey and an end to the
right hand side of the keyboard.
In addition, the Halo 65 has a larger right sided shift key
than the 60, which makes it a big part of why I enjoy typing
on this keyboard much more.
What I think also makes this unique is really the attention
to detail that MNF-I has gone to in a prebuilt
$120 keyboard.
And I think that's the underlying tone here.
You see, there are a lot of keyboards that are available
that cost around the same money, you know, 100, 110,
120, which is not an insignificant amount of money.
It's not really cheap by any means, but the quality at
101 on a price point is very substantial,
in my opinion.
All right, so I've taken apart the black Halo 65 and I've
removed off keycaps.
I've removed all of the switches.
And I want to give you a look here first at the archives.
So here is a 65 RG BS that you see here.
And then in addition to you see that halo light just kind of
going along the inside of the keyboard case and it's really
creating a nice aesthetic.
Now additionally, there are three layers of damping
material silicon under the, you know, the very bottom layer
of the battery, a middle layer and then a top layer as well.
And there are the stabilizer bars and the silicon dampeners
here to really fine tune the way that the keyboard sounds.
Now, let's go ahead and get it set up and ready with all
these brown switches.
Okay.
All the switches are replaced with the brown switches I had
to use for BBQs here because I was out of brown switches.
But let's take a look at what this looks like with the
shine through keycaps.
Now the shine through keycaps are abs plastic, so they're not
necessarily going to be as thick and they are going to
have a different sound.
Plus, they'll be a little bit less resistant to oil and
grease from your fingers.
So keep it in mind if you're purchasing them.
All right, let's do a typing test.
So here we have the Halo 65 in black.
This has got the brown switches with the black abs
shine through caps.
Oh.
Do you like the brown and the black Halo 65, or do you like
the of the baby kangaroos on the white Halo 65?
Let me know down the comments below.
Let's talk about how you can win the Halo 65 comment down
below what your favorite color is, what your favorite
keycap is, and what your favorite switch is.
And make sure you include either your Twitter or your
Instagram handle so I can contact you when I pick a
winner on October 31st, 2022.
Now, I think that the Halo 65 offers a novel typing
experience that is customizable, is going to
appeal to many, many different types of users out there.
And no matter whether you are a enthusiast or whether you are
an amateur, there's something that you can find about the
Halo 65 that we think is going to fit in your setup.
But I want to know from you, what is your favorite keyboard?
Are you consider picking up the Halo 65 if you are?
Don't forget to use Mike ten on your order with the V
for 10% off.
And I will talk to you guys October 31st when I
announce that winner.