all right bring it in guys to watch this video you gotta promise me that you won't
tell elon musk that i stole his keyboard well howdy hey everyone i'm hippia tech and today
we're going back to the future or sorry wrong reference we're gonna need a bigger samurai
whatever anyways today we're looking at the cyberboard christmas edition
in april by angry meow i'll be building these out with aqua kings that i got from prevail key
company as well as these palm ink keycaps that i got from escaped keyboard this board has a lot of
features to unpack so this is going to be a little bit of a longer video than normal but i promise
it's worth it so sit back relax and have a good time so hypio disclosure time i bought this board
with my own money and it cost roughly 570 dollars shipped to the us however both the keycaps and
switches were provided to me for free by their respective people the packaging job was pretty
immaculate it was shipped in a big box and then covered in a nice big foam protective layer thing
inside of the foam thing we had this metal case which is a very nice carrying case for
the board and all of its accessories made me feel really special just flicking those open ooh
i don't know if y'all have ever seen those briefcases that they keep gambling things in
for blackjack and poker but uh you know the keyboard addiction's about the same as blackjack
addiction so yeah somebody please help so hence the christmas edition name this ran as a 200 unit
grouped by around christmas time it sold out in maybe a minute or two and i was very very lucky
to get a slot i had to wake up at like 7 a.m or something i don't know it was a long time ago
the board itself was actually 490 but the shipping was 65 or so which made it pretty expensive
the same amazon this is for sure definitely one of the most unique 75 offerings and the accessories
they're very unique as well it came with gloves which is fun i guess they're really probably only
a dollar or something like that but it's a nice touch to not scuff up your board but i'm gonna
take them off later because it's not worth my time anyways you're probably wondering about
the board and let's talk about the board oh look here it is so unlike the previous version that was
in aluminum this bad boy is in polycarbonate and came in a frosted white or frosted black option
i went with the white option as i figured it'd give me a lot more options in the future for
swapping out keycap sets and switches now with this board you're either gonna love the design or
really really hate the design it's based very heavily on the tesla cyber truck so it's got
a lot of big chunky edges and sharp angles and personally i think it's really cool but i can
see why a lot of people might be put off by it also this bad boy is wireless has a nice little
brass weight in it and can wirelessly charge which is really cool granted the only practical use case
for it would be if you have their special mat but it's still pretty cool i'd say the overall
build quality on this bad boy is stellar the attention to detail was really good there weren't
any visible machining marks and these screws were freaking awesome what's not so stellar is these
stabilizers well i mean technically they sound not that bad they've been manufactured by gadaron
but dear god they're a big eyesore and we'll be replacing these pretty soon but give them a listen
aside from that space bar those are actually pretty good you know what else is pretty good this
led panel that lines the back of the board this is what gives you all those cool lighting effects and
we'll be taking a big look at it later ah you're probably wondering what type of mounting system
this is because you all seem to care about that a lot this here's a top mount and it's definitely
not the flexiest but because everything's made out of polycarbonate at least has a bit of give to it
also i'm sorry about your eyes that's uh it's a lot of rgb i call this the dear god why god
why would you use this mode this board features per key rgb led lighting that you can customize
via their software we'll be taking a deep dive into that but first let's disassemble the board
so we can get it built wow oh is it time for a fun fact with hippo time fun fact with hippo time this
board is equivalent to the price of about 15 wow sticks wow also another fun fact time these are
already selling for roughly a thousand dollars on mech market wow by the way this board is a little
bit obnoxious to disassemble but the guide that came with it actually outlined the whole process
very well had to unscrew the back plate unscrew the weight and then pull out these little clip
thingies there they go after doing that the weight was free to pull out and we had access to the pcb
finally after pulling out these two ribbon cables we were able to unscrew the whole pcb and then
we were free i'll just take this free time that i have now to say hey how's it going i hope you
guys are doing well i've been doing okay i got my second copic vaccine which hit me like a truck
but i still recommend all of you go out and get it that'd be pretty cool huh hit me like a truck like
a cyber truck like huh cyber board cyber truck look at you go hippo you're so funny anyways
here is uh either a ghost or the little silicone dampening plate that goes between the plate and
pcb and then here is me removing the stabilizers from the pcb they weren't screwing they were just
those little pcb clip and stabs which are kind of frustrating to get out but there you go we
will be replacing those stabs with these more grey stabs that i got from prevail key company
if you'd like to support the channel and get some for yourself then check out my sponsor prevail
key company down in the description below use code hipyo to save five percent wow five percent
i was sent these to give an honest review of them and an honest review we will be giving
they come in a lot of color options which is definitely their biggest perk i've got a couple
different customized options that you might be seeing in a few different builds in the future
so let me just get my lube out of my hipiotech loop pouch and then we're ready to go normally
i'd be using crytox for this but i'm out of crytox right now so i'm using carbon gs2 for the stabs
i don't recommend it i'll also be using a couple different brushes as well as a lube
palette i use a lube palette because my lube did not come in one of these little containers
unlike this xht btz or as we like to call it it's a little bit more expensive than permatex
and it also gets on your hands like i didn't even use it at this point but it's on my hands
anyways back to the stabs back to the steps these come pre-clipped or i think they're
mold in the first place doesn't even give them those little legs that need to be clipped off
and that's a good feature and now it's time for a chill lubing montage in this chill lubing montage
we lube the stem with carbon gs2 as well as the housings of all these stabilizers with carbon gs2
nice you really want an even coating but with stabs more is kind of more next i use the xht
bdz to cover the wires and i brushed it on this time thanks for the advice in my last video guys
next we just put it in the hole and we're good to go
you got to make sure you test them to make sure they work before you put them in your pcb
it'll save you a lot of time next we just rinse and repeat that oh i don't know four times
and we were done with all the stabilizers okay back to normal hippie here i'd say the process
of lubing and installing these more grey stabs were just slightly more annoying than durak v2s
and honestly i'd say if you're not worried about color then go with dark v2s but if you want to
pick out a custom color for your build then the more grey stabs aren't a bad option next
i'm just going to do a little magic montage to get through this reassembly like pop there you
go that's all the screws in bob oh that's delayed but there you go there's the plate
and there's the back whoa what time is it right now oh my god yo it's it's switch time ah pretty
cool these little bad boys are the aqua kings that i got from prevail key company they're 62 grams
and feature a clear stem and clear housing this is what i call rgb perfection these come with a very
hefty amount of factory lube so i'll be using them stock and i'll just be magically installing them
just like that now these are some interesting switches stock and i might do a full review of
them in the future so i won't give too many hints out here granted i did have some return issues and
i'm not too sure if i'd recommend these over a normal duroc l series but that rgb was pretty cool
next we've got a special package that was sent to me by escapekeyboard.com these are the guys that
are known for palm keycaps and guess what they gave me some palm keycaps which is pretty cool
we've got these ramune ones which will be for a top secret build as well as these which are
their palm inks which actually should be restocked as of the time that this video goes live so make
sure you check that out in the description down below now palm keycaps are a little bit different
than pbt and abs that's a different type of plastic y'all but overall i picked these because
i thought they'd be really cool and stealthy uh meet murph my magic spell just failed my overall
impressions of these keycaps are that they look really really good and quite sleek they've got
a tinge of shine to them but nowhere near what you would get long term with something like abs
they've also got a pretty consistent texture to them that's like slightly gloss but still textured
enough that your fingers don't slip around anyways let's listen to those stabilizers eh
overall i'd say these more grease dabs are a bit harder to get tuned than direct v2s and the
end result was they weren't quite fully well tuned also the aqua kings caused quite a few issues with
stabilizer return and that was a bit weird but hey rgb gamer time let's go rgb the cyber board
has its own unique firmware that you can access via their website it has a very user-friendly ui
and is quite easy to reassign keys and make cool artwork with as far as onboard options they've got
quite a few and the christmas edition came with a special christmas one that i accidentally erased
and don't know how to get back the cool thing about the led bar on the back is that they're
basically open source and you can create and share them with anyone on their cool marketplace
this has led to some really cool creative designs like this one that was made by imler in my discord
thanks i'd say my biggest gripe here is that you can only flash one custom design at once
and then you have to reflash it to get any more there's no memory of them or anything
but if rgb and custom lighting is your thing this board has a lot of it and it does it really well
especially this polycarbonate edition where you can see through on the sides that's nice as far as
overall impressions with the board i was a little bit disappointed with the typing experience and
the overall sound as a whole this board is pretty expensive and i feel like what you're paying for
is the creative design rather than the good typing experience and good sound like don't get
me wrong it's not bad it's just like two to three hundred dollar board quality rather than something
you would expect for 500 ish one particular issue is that any of the keys that sit above
the brass weight sound fantastic and very thocky and any of the keys that don't sound a little bit
clacky which gives the board an interestingly uneven sound this could be great for you and
listen to the sound test and kind of decide but personally for me it wasn't my favorite thing
granted this is kind of a one of one unique board in its space there aren't many 75 in general and
there especially aren't any that do anything this unique i mean look at that oh that's pretty cool
anyways i'll be leaving you guys with a typing test please watch the whole thing to support my
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