keyboards are a lifeline of text expression one might say but should one
oh you mean huh Bieber oh oh and did I also mention oh all right welcome to our
best and worst keyboards out of 2019 it's been a good year in terms of unique
releases let's begin after this the NMX t-50 ax air cooler
now comes in this gorgeous white finish with an addressable RGB high-pressure
fan along with a patented air guide grill to increase air flow the vortex
differential fin design helps increase air convection around the heat pipes so
the your CPU can stay nice and cool learn more in the description down below
as usual all the products will be listed in description below thank you very much
the first keyboard I want to highlight as one of my best on the list is the
ducky one 2 SF this is a 65% keyboard that is portable affordable cute in some ways
and is currently on my workstation desk and it's got so many yes features
including a dedicated arrow keys with delete page up-and-down so basically the
same functionality on the right side as a TKL keyboard but much smaller and
since the F keys are built into the top row you're also saving space there we
have a removable noncredit type-c cable extra set of colored axe and key caps
for white or black models the key caps are PBT double shot with beautiful light
shine through although with some inconsistencies here and there the
stabilizers are fine the space bar is beautiful and you can pick this board up
with many flavors of MX switches and this is by far the smoothest and most
satisfying MX Brown keyboard that I've used with this soft tactile point I
personally don't use any of the secondary functionalities like Mouse
navigation but it's really cool to have them built-in plus you can record all
type of macros to secondary layers or different profiles to really make this
keyboard your own and here's a quick sound test
the next worthy keyboard on my list is the SteelSeries Apex Pro this one comes
in full-size and TKL options as well with many add-on features like a
full-size illuminated USB pass-through for peripherals a very comfortable
magnetic wrist rest a monochrome display that's pretty useless outside of showing
gifts and if you want to change up color or profiles without accessing the
software so in that sense is actually pretty useful the best thing about the
keyboard are the new Omni point switches that are linear and smooth
remind me of Gator and Red's that I absolutely love they are light at 45
grams and have adjustable actuation point that you can set yourself between
point four millimeters to three point six millimeters this gives you an option
to create your own speed switch which is so cool by setting the actuation point
to be quite high or if you love to bottom out and love just a totally
different feeling keyboard set the maximum actuation to three point six and
bottom out my friend it's nice we've seen similar designs
from wooden keyboards but letting you set the actuation point among a range
but that's awesome to have more options on the market especially from steel
series that is a mainstream gaming brand now we have adjustable actuation point
for the masses that is if you're willing to spend a lot of money as the apex pro
and the TKL are quite expensive but they sound fantastic let's move on to
the next special keyboard I just reviewed it after two months the Razer
Huntsman TE this is the gaming TKL keyboard that surprised everyone in the
community because Razer listened and delivered we've got a removable type C
cable that you can swap for something fancy the bottom row is standard for key
cap swapping the included key caps are double shot PBT with a coarse texture
that feels nice but picks up dust on the sides over time and there's some
lighting inconsistencies throughout otherwise the illumination is absolutely
beautiful and bright plus the keyboard comes equipped with razors red optical
switches that are insanely fast and light actuating it's 1 millimeter and
only require 40 grams of force to actuate this
which will not be for everyone it took me about a week to get used to it and
after two months of usage I still sometimes rest my fingers on the keys
and activate shift ALW or spacebar or something like that on the keyboard you
just have to be cautious because the keys are so light the weight of your
hand and your fingers will depress the key but this is definitely my keyboard
of choice for gaming and the fast and light switches is what you crave the
huntsmen te is an easy recommendation for me as long as you don't mind this
particular sound and the last best keyboard I have on the list is the
Drevo Blademaster TE this one's also tkl keyboard that is quite basic but
affordable I don't mind the angular frame it's still low profile but not
just a rectangular slab the bottom row standard four key cap swapping the cable
unfortunately is non removable but it is non braided and quite flexible which is
nice the key caps are standard ABS but we have this multifunction wheel on the
side that you can macro to suit your work style and gameplay and we have four
flavors of kata on switches with Red's being my favorite which is why I love
this keyboard so much there's also a wireless Pro version of the blade master
with Bluetooth and 2.4 gigahertz connections this one comes with MX
cherry switches a Type C cable a silver body instead of black and the same
custom wheel on the left side I would actually not recommend the wireless
model because the wireless connectivity ironically has been kind of wonky after
the review so switching between Bluetooth and 2.4 gigahertz did not
fully work as advertised which is why I would still recommend the blademaster
te because it's wired it's still the one I use today it's working fine and the
sound profile is delicious
alright switching gears let's talk about the most dissapointing keyboard of the
year for me which is so unfortunately because I love the original here we have
the G Pro X from Logitech I will say I love the hot-swappable nature of the
switches on the mainstream gaming brand keyboard and you don't need to buy a
Logitech's branded KL switches although they do recommend it because of
some tolerances don't listen to them my halo clears fit just fine they did not
update the connection it's still using micro USB the bottom row is not
standardized despite having such an awesome feature like swappable switches
the key caps or abs glossy land and the price at $150 for the keyboard and the
$50 for set of switches is just too much when things like GM MK TTL exist that
offer a swamp full frame just like the G pro X with so many switch variations at
the much lower price point I love the G Pro X keyboard but having a hot
swappable frame doesn't justify its price they should have done more now
let's hear what the boys have to say for their best and worst keyboards I think
you're gonna have a lot of fun editing this D alright Dimitri's so my pick for
the best keyboard of 2019 has to go to the Logitech MX keys
ever since I reviewed this keyboard this has been my daily driver because I love
the low-profile nature of this keyboard most importantly Logitech Flow is
absolutely fantastic with this keyboard I'm using me master 3 Mouse along with
this keyboard and I can easily switch between my notebook and my desktop PC by
just using a single pair of peripherals which is awesome the keys themselves
have great feedback it's obviously not gonna give you that mechanical feel when
you're using a traditional mechanical keyboard but the MX keys is also a
wireless keyboard and the battery lasts really long it also charges via USB
type-c and sports fast charging which is nice my pick for the worst keyboard of
2019 has to be the cooler master sk650 in fact they have 3 sk series it's the
sk lineup so why is it my worst keyboard of 2019 well even though the Cooler
Master targeted this as a low profile mechanical keyboard it really is in low
profile because compared to a traditional mechanical keyboard it's
really not that slim especially when compared to the iMac
keys from Logitech but also the switches are absolutely horrible I mean there's
no there's just no life to them when you're typing on it to make things worse
the spacing between individual key caps is not even and it's also very sharp so
it makes typing super uncomfortable and the backlighting is also pretty bad and
it's just way too expensive okay so I'm not a keyboard guy but I did have one
choice and that is the g.skill km360 because it basically goes against of
what a lot of other companies are trying to do which is hike up the prices of
peripherals as much as they can this thing is not gonna be the best keyboard
but at 50 bucks if you can still fight for 50 bucks it has everything it has a
good frame it has Cherry MX red switches and what I did is I just popped on a
$25.00 HyperX putting key cap set with this combination I've been using this as
my daily driver for gaming for the better part of four months now and it's
really held up well I'm super happy with it so my worst choice and I know some of
you will probably say that I'm absolutely crazy but this is the
Logitech g915 you can actually see it's getting some dust on it because I
haven't been using it I don't like this thing unlike what the G scale is this
thing represents everything that's wrong with the peripheral space right now at
least the gaming peripherals it's expensive it tries too hard it does have
a really good wireless connection but at 330 dollars Canadian for an oversize
quote/unquote slim keyboard that's not really slim to me this is where
peripherals shouldn't head especially when you have custom keyboards you have
some amazing keyboards from the likes of murmillo from Leopold that you can get
for a third of the price this is my pick for the worst keyboard of the year
alright so that was fun I hope you enjoyed if you have a favorite keyboard
of the year what is it and the agree with our worst keyboard selections
for 2019 keystrokes down below all the links are in the description thanks much
for watching check out this other relevant content we'll see you guys in
the next video but I could keep this by by the front entrance and if somebody
tries to come into the into the house I could just beat them with it it's sharp
enough