- This is a pink keyboard and it doesn't sound too good.
(keys clacking)
I only have $20 to upgrade. (cash register rings)
A channel called Pockify challenged me
to see who can upgrade this keyboard better.
And if I lose, I have to let my husband do my makeup.
(thrilling music)
So, let's not mess this up.
(thrilling music)
- The competition, beginner versus expert.
- Yes, I am the expert.
- And yeah,
you are the expert. - I am the expert.
- All right, let's be clear.
I've done maybe a few tweaks
with my other keyboard,
but that's just basic stuff.
- $20 is not much (cash register rings)
to work with,
so we need to make this money stretch.
And my opponent, Sander,
will be operating with a blank check.
So, the odds are stacked against me.
Everything, including the tools and modeling materials
will be included in the budget for me.
So, it's going to be an uphill battle.
(thrilling music)
So, I'm going to start by getting the tools that I need.
Switch puller and keycap puller.
So, I'm going to pick up one of these bad boys
for $3 and 50 cents. (cash register rings)
Is that a good decision? Probably not.
And with every cheap mod comes blue tape.
Ah, yes, blue tape
that only costs $3. (cash register rings)
Gonna make it extra poppy, I hope.
So, lubing materials is actually really expensive.
Now, many of you are going to ask,
Betty, why didn't you lube your switches?
And the answer is because of this.
The amount of that little tube costs
about $12. (cash register rings)
Not only that, but you also need a lube brush.
You need a switch opener
which is also very expensive.
And that's it. (chuckles)
Your budget is spent. I can't do that.
That's not worth it.
However, there are other ways
to make your keyboard sound better.
Something that I've always wanted to try,
KBDfans switch pads
for $5.90 cents. (cash register rings)
Made of PORON, the same fancy material
that you see in all the custom keyboard
to get you the nice poppy, marbly sound.
Yeah, that's what I'm doing.
Yes, get that poppy marbles.
Looks to be around $10-ish (cash register rings)
that I've spent so far.
That's not bad.
Stabilizer, space bar.
Space bar is a really big deal.
KBDfans has really affordable diagonal
cutting pliers for the same price as a lube brush.
That's a steal. (cash register rings)
Let me calculate the price of everything so far.
14.55. (cash register rings)
You know what I need for stabilizer? Dielectric grease.
Dielectric grease is a must have.
And now, you may be wondering,
but, Betty, you're buying dielectric grease.
Isn't that a lubricant?
Can't you lube your switches with that?
And the answer is no, you cannot.
No, it's too thick.
A small tube, 0.33 ounce. That is really small.
Look how small that is.
But that's all you need.
You just need the 3.99. Wish it was free 99.
And there was one more thing I wanted.
I don't know if this is fair, but I'm gonna say it's fair.
It's the sheets that I've been using lately called Noico.
Is that PE foam?
Oh, this is $50 and there's
34 sheets.
So, according to the calculator,
49.99 divided by 34
equals $1 and 50 cents per sheet.
Now, you can use this stuff for a lot of stuff
like sound dampening your car.
Cars are expensive. No one needs a car.
Let's add that all up, oh,
$20
and 1 cent.
I would have to find that penny from somewhere.
That's fair. That's enough.
I'm sure you can find blue tape for 2.99 somewhere.
It took me about five minutes to spend all my money.
All gone. No more.
No more money. I'm broke.
So, I have all of my supplies now
for $20. (cash register rings)
And you may be asking, why do you only have $20?
Isn't this a challenge?
Well, the person that I'm going up against
has never upgraded a mechanical keyboard before.
You could say he's a complete noob.
And considering that I am not a complete noob,
this time, I am disadvantaging myself
by limiting my materials to $20.
And he gets to use whatever he wants.
He gets access to everything.
So, it's completely fair.
Don't you be saying, but, Betty, you're a cheater.
No, I'm not a cheater.
(thrilling music)
This is mine.
It's supposed to have the Kailh BOX Hush Silent switches
and then some janky caps,
but that ended up being more expensive than his build.
So, we decided to keep it on a level playing surface.
And in here, our Akko CS rose reds,
unlubed, completely stocked.
So, they cost about 20 bucks. (cash register rings)
And then, these keycaps were extremely affordable.
Here are the Glorious Aura V2s in pixel pink.
And that's also
about 20 bucks. (cash register rings)
And that evens the playing field.
Let's see how it sounds.
(keys clacking)
What do we have in the box?
Oh, I thought the box would have bad tools,
but it has one of these.
I spend money on one of these. What?
So, if we take out the one that I bought,
the price ends up being about $17.
Look, all is fair and good now in the world.
I feel a little bit cheated, but I think it's okay.
Pads, blue tape, some gloves that I need for the foam
and dielectric grease, blue brush, wash cutters.
I'm not gonna be using this. Go back in the bag.
All right, first thing's first, I'm gonna take it apart.
I'm hoping I don't need to take off keycaps or switches.
I'm not gonna be doing anything crazy
other than mod stabilizers,
but I do need access to the PCB.
So, my opponent has got all the money, all the tools.
I'm honestly curious
to discover how much money he spent in total.
Since I know how much money I spent, I'd be very curious.
Maybe he'll tell me. I'll ask him.
He'll probably think that I'm crazy for only spending $20,
but maybe I'll end up proving a point.
Is it more worth it to spend $20 on lubing your switches
or is it more worth it to spend $20
on random modding materials?
So, I have no idea what this keyboard looks like.
Four gaskets. The Akko mod 007 is also gasket-mounted.
So, it's quite fair.
I don't know what it looks like on the inside.
The plate's mounted. You can see the Akko CS rose reds.
This is a very pink build.
It's hot, so wha...
Oh, what fell?
(Betty chuckles)
What is that?
I'm gonna put that in for the side for now.
So, the first thing I'm going to do is tape mod.
We'll see if that makes a huge difference
'cause I think, it will.
According to the internet,
tape mod is the best mod in existence.
Okay, the best part about this
is I don't need to puncture any holes on this PCB,
which means I could go ham with this tape.
So, here's one layer.
(keys clacking)
I'm not hearing any difference.
I'm gonna do three layer.
(blue tape hissing)
(keys clacking)
That's pretty poppy. These gaskets are nice.
Oh no, I do have to take off keycaps and switches.
We bought switch pads.
Ah, darn, that's so much work.
Oh, well. Oh, well, it's fine.
So, the tape sounds great.
Step number two, the Noico sheet.
It's gonna go here in the bottom.
So, Noico, this stuff is made for sound dampening cars.
(sheet scratching)
But as you saw on the Amazon listing,
it's also made out of PE foam.
And PE foam is known for making things extremely poppy.
(sheet scratching) At least that's what
the internet says.
I'm just gonna make sure it fits or else I'll be screwed.
(keys clacking)
It'll close.
Now, the Noico says that when you're using this,
you have to wear gloves during the installation.
So, I have some gloves
that I typically use for cleaning up the house.
This stuff is ultra sticky and it's brown and stuck.
And that's it.
That's (chuckles) all I needed the gloves for.
Put this down.
(keys clacking)
I honestly cannot tell if it is better or worse.
I have no clue.
So, the bottom casing is done.
While I work on stabilizers and install,
the most excited to install, the KBDfans switch pads.
Let's go.
Now, you do get a bunch of switch pads in this thing.
There's so many
I don't even know if I'll use them all, but I'm excited.
I'm gonna take up out all these keycaps
and all these switches and (chuckles) yeah,
that's painful.
Aren't these keycaps so cute?
So, Sander's building his keyboard for his girlfriend
and I think, it's a really good cause,
really awesome cause.
When I'm done with this,
I'll probably give this to my niece or something.
I think, it's super cute with the pink,
and the colors and the cap pull.
She'll like it a whole lot,
maybe too much.
Also, I've been losing a lot of challenges
that I've done with other creators
except the first one with Hipyo Tech,
when I made the loudest keyboard.
And you can check that now in in the corner,
somewhere on the screen,
if you're interested in checking that account.
So, if I had money betting in on all these challenges,
I would've lost a lot of money so far.
(keys clinking)
This is a nice tool, the included tool, very nice.
(keys clinking)
Mistakes were made, but that's okay,
'cause tape is completely saveable.
Just tear off all three layers.
But have I done switch pads? No, never.
I've never touched switch pads in my life.
Oh, nice. So, we take this PCB.
Take these switch pads.
Now, carefully align them onto the PCB
without pulling your hair out.
After a grueling half hour,
I have completed the PORON foam switch pads.
Now, I hope they actually make a difference
'cause if not, that was a lot of effort.
And then, I'd be out $6.
I'm gonna say, I'm enjoying this project.
It's really nice when you do stuff
and you don't need to lube your switches.
Even though deep inside my mind,
I worry that that could be the difference,
the singular difference between winning and losing.
Stabilizers. These are so dry.
They feel ultra mushy.
I'm really blaming the keycaps now.
Time to use the $2 flush cutters
to separate, to cut these feets.
I haven't seen stabilizers like this
where you actually need to clip the feet in a long time.
Picking out there like nobody's business.
Like ancient (cutter snips)
stabilizer technology.
I should lube the housings of the stabilizers,
but I don't want it to be too sluggish
since it's already pretty sluggish.
Lubing the wires is enough.
Just don't want it to be ultra mushy.
All right, looking at it,
you don't think I changed anything.
(thrilling music)
I'm gonna meet up with Sander
to see what he's got to show off after his hard work.
We'll see who wins this. Yeah.
- This is pretty much what it has become.
- Wow. It looks really good. (both laughing)
- Thank you.
(both laughing)
I got the ocean blues and I actually lubed them all up.
I like the feel of them.
Actually, in the package,
they already include an aluminum plate or a polycarbonate.
- What?
Both? - Yeah.
- Wow.
- They both in.
- That's awesome. - So, I was like, yeah,
let's see how it compares.
So, I put a little piece
underneath the
stabilizer feets. - Mm-hmm.
- So, I done that.
I re-lubed the stabilizers.
Double sided taped on the back on the PCB
because that's probably better than not to do it, I guess.
- Yeah. (Sander laughing)
Do you like that sound? The tape mod sound?
- Makes I guess, more poppy,
I guess. - Yeah, yeah,
it makes it more poppy. - I like it. I like it.
I also had this thing in the box.
Not sure what this was for, - Oh.
- but it's probably for on the back.
- I think, that'll make it more pop.
- I was like, should I put this behind
where the tape mod actually goes?
I was like, I'll just leave it out
and just tape mod it. (Betty laughing)
(both laughing)
- I got better things.
- Yeah, exactly. Who needs all this stuff?
I lubed all the switches up. It took about-
- A lot? Four hours?
- More. - More?
- Yeah. (laughs) - Is it your first time?
- First time lubing. - Okay.
So, it's got a lot of RGB. - Oh, yeah,
you winning definitely - Those gamers.
- on the RGB game. (laughs) - No, people actually
hate RGB.
- Okay.
- They think it's so
- Is it weird? - immature.
I don't know.
They don't like it.
This is $20. So cheap.
(keys clacking)
- Honestly, I think, it doesn't sound bad. Your keyboard.
- Yeah. I don't think it's bad at all.
I think, the tape
made it better. - Yeah.
(keys clacking)
- Your space bar's nice.
(thrilling music)
The loser has to have their significant other
do their makeup for them.
(Betty chuckles)
I don't know what that is.
- [Jake] What's this? Right here?
- [Betty] I don't know. (chuckles)
All right, whatever that is. We got that.
Wet n Wild lip gloss.
(Jake faintly speaking)
No, not spray. You use it out. (chuckles)
No.
You only do half of my face?
- [Jake] See?
(Jake and Betty laughing)
Pucker up.
(Betty laughing)
Stop moving.
- My tip look good?
(Jake and Betty laughing)
It is very shiny.
(Jake and Betty laughing)
(Jake laughing)
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