- This is a Ducky 1 3 Mini,
and I'm gonna upgrade it!
It's going to go from a block of cheese,
to something amazing.
They sent this to me
and I got the, the yellow version
with the RGB clear switches.
Got the 100 Million Actuation switches, hot swap,
I don't know what quack mechanics are,
but that sounds cool.
How much is this keyboard?
I think that this one is $110 or $120.
Now unboxing it,
you know, it's a keyboard in a box.
This is very yellow,
very lightweight, feels nice.
Do not to make the assumption
that this is a knob, this is just a key cap.
They actually really improved the side profile.
Wow, it's like a Gundam,
I plug it in now.
Look at that RGB, Okay.
(keyboard typing)
It's not the worst,
it's not the best.
There's no oomph, you know,
is this a banana?
No, it's a sliced cheese and you kick out puller.
Here we go, the circle one is very
(puking sound effect)
One at a time.
This is arthritis inducing, ow oh.
I stabbed myself, ow, actually bleeding.
Wow, I actually got punctured.
when you hate it, when the switch,
the metal switch pins like go into your skin.
Painful!
Alright, we'll get a new look
at the beautiful hot swap PCB,
surprise, it is north facing.
So you can have some interference,
but it's not a big deal.
If you're using OEM key caps,
or not super thick cherry key caps.
These stabilizer thingies,
they could totally be clipped.
Ah, welcome to another stab city.
When it comes to taking off,
which is I'll try and be more careful this time.
Alright, switches are out.
Now for stabilizers,
I'm surprised the stabilizers are this dry.
You've got silicone underneath the plate, above the PCB.
I'm going to open it up,
see if I can take that out.
Oh boy,
yellow hail hot swap sockets, more cheese.
Everything is so cheesy.
Thin foam material here, very thin,
I can say, I think they,
they can do better than this.
This is what I think I can,
I can beat this easily by with anything.
Pretty PCB, not going to lie,
it looks pretty good.
And then the plate foam
plate silicone material,
pretty thick, richotastic,
and then aluminum plate.
Nothing too crazy here to look at,
It's pretty average.
All right,
we're going to tape mod,
if we're tape modding,
I am using one layer,
and because of the Iquinix incident
where I almost started an electrical fire,
I'm going to use electrical tape.
I've got yellow electrical tape.
I don't know if that's overdoing the whole yellow theme,
but ducky went all in on the yellow,
I'm going to go all in on the yellow as well,
because why not?
I think I'm just not a huge fan of MX Clears,
though I won't be using the same eCAP.
Oh, you gotta put them away.
For $120, if you're going to do
the whole shebang to it,
then I would just recommend
getting like a Ikki68 or a KBD67 Lite.
But if you're going to take it out of the box
and be like, oh, it sounds pretty good,
good enough, it's like, yeah, I'd go.
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Oh, smooth that out, yeah.
Perfect, cheese tape.
Is tape mod safe or permanent?
In terms of safety, I don't know,
in terms of permanent, it's not permanent.
And in terms of damage, I also don't know.
Tape mod is tape mod.
I've got Lou brush,
I've got paper towels
because I really like this desk,
and I'd prefer it if it doesn't get dirty, okay.
Probably flip these.
I haven't had the clip stabilizers
in a really long time,
and I don't like it
because it flies everywhere.
Switches!
Oh, fancy with the ducky logo.
These are Kailh Box jellies?
These are Kailh box jellies,
Kailh box jellyfish switches?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, beautiful, beautiful.
See-through where you loop switches,
move linears, ah yes.
And like the good keyboard builder that I am,
I suppose I will hold in support.
I hot swap sockets from the very back,
and make sure that they don't suffer a rude death today.
Alright, switches are in.
They look so pretty.
My favorite foam that probably no one else likes
because it's super lame, it's this stuff.
Cheap, cheap shelf liner,
it's nothing amazing.
But if you pile it on and layer it,
I really like it.
Perfect, just make sure it works.
Blinding,
and my key caps of choice.
I know none of you are going to like this,
but I'm going to use the razor PBT key cap,
just because they're black.
And I really wanted to do some drawing on my key caps
and I don't even think these are open.
This is a big knife,
This is Jake's knife, and it looks like a machete.
Why no razor cheese caps?
I don't think razor makes cheese caps.
Black and yellow, black and yellow.
But I don't worry, don't worry,
we're gonna make these, these key caps cool,
at least I hope so.
They better be like real sick looking,
cause they gotta look really good for the thumbnail
or else I'm in trouble.
Okay, okay, RGB.
Ah, Ooh, hoo boy.
These look, mmmmmm.
Oh hoo, boy, that looks good,
orange looks sexy.
Okay jellyfish,
(Keyboard tapping)
Lube MX clear (Keyboard tapping)
Buckle up folks,
because we're going to have some art.
For these markers, you have to shake them
and then you have to do this.
I feel like I'm ruining people's ears.
The orange looks pretty good.
Just keep going,
it's not lightening anymore, it's lava.
This is a banger.
Don't rush it, I have one more, one more, I think.
I'm a full-time, full-time content creator now.
I used to be an occupational therapist,
and I worked in the schools,
I worked with kids,
but now I'm full-time content creating.
Okay, I think that's it.
The space bar is,
I can press that in,
I'll clear coat it after stream, I promise.
You'll just have to trust me on that.
But for now, I'm just going to enjoy how cool they look.
So you don't judge me
that I'm touching very delicate stuff
without protected hands.
And you're probably right, you're probably right.
But I could always draw it again and it'll be okay.
I'm okay, okay.
I like to take, take a few risks sometimes,
almost all the time.
Almost too often.
Personality's a little bit too risky.
Straight fire!
Final sound test,
(Keyboard clicking)
This keyboard is straight fire right now,
no more, no more cheese,
no more cheese, it looks cool.
It actually looks cool.
As you can see, this keyboard turned out amazing,
and it even sounds good.
Let me know what you guys think of these edited streams,
It's been a way for us
to put out consistent content over the holidays,
So I hope you don't mind.
Watch this video right here,
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