this video is brought to you by squarespace this is a husky oh what a good boy wait wait no not
this this is a husky it's a switch from kinetic labs now i thought kinetic labs had peaked with
the hippo switches and i was definitely right they peaked with the hippo switches but today we'll be
taking a look at the huskies these goodest of boys are a linear switch and they have a very
long peculiar spring that we'll talk about more later because i want to directly compare them
to the hippo switches i'll be building out my nk65 entry edition and i'll put them to the test
against a bunch of other linears so stay tuned wait wait guys guys there's something in my switch
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but thank you thank you back to our regularly scheduled programming it's time to unbox or
unwrap these huskies these were sent to me for free by kinetic labs to review and they're one
of my affiliates if you'd like to purchase these switches you can click that link down below and i
will get a kickback but how i normally do these reviews is i just review them however i want
now these little huskies are a linear switch if you don't know what linear switches are
basically when you press down the switch it's smooth all the way down there's no bump or
feedback or anything like that now kinetic labs has a trend of naming some of their
switches after animals such as penguins hippos and salmons and these are no exception being huskies
they definitely look cute but odds are you won't be seeing them in any build that you use
unless you're using a low profile build so it doesn't really matter however as i mentioned
before these have some special stuff inside and let me just give this guy a little bit of pets and
then we can break them open oh that seems a little bit dark good boy anyways to break these open you
just need a normal cherry mx style switch opener if your switch looks like it has a clam shell that
means you need a kale style switch opener these were actually a little bit harder to get open
than normal because of the long spring but oh look at that boy that's a long spring now that we've
trimmed the husky's coat we could take a look at the husky these switches have been manufactured by
texi but have a kinetic logo on them and the long pull and long spring are what make it relatively
unique coming in at 45 us dollars for 90 switches it's priced exactly like the hippo so i'm gonna
say it's a direct competitor to their own switch now apparently these have been factory lubed with
a little bit of oil but i found the experience to be pretty bad unlubed and i'd honestly recommend
spending five bucks more for the duroc l series pictured here to the right at least if you want a
good stock switch this is definitely not it but will it sound any good lubed that's what we're
gonna find out today also putting these switches together is very very frustrating like oh my gosh
i had my good friend bear creative aka toby from pbt toby lube all of these with crytox 205 g0 if
you want to purchase any lubing supplies they're in the description so check them out i think these
switches could have a lot of potential lubed up and we'll get to that just right after this
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a website online is it easy it's incredibly easy to use alfred even you could do it look at this
website that i built in under 30 minutes that's pretty good well i guess i'll try it where do i
go click that link down below well wait like huh like down below you i guess you could start a free
trial with that link down below at squarespace.com use code hypotech okay to save 10 10 off your
first purchase okay yeah as long as you don't tell hippo that i stole his keyboard i'm still going
to tell hippia thanks for watching that little ad stuff like that definitely helps support the
channel and i'm trying to make them a little bit entertaining for you guys so i hope you appreciate
that hippo cinematic universe when anyways like some of my previous builds i've decided to opt
for the nk65 entry edition as i feel like it's a board that's representative of what the average
joe might have as i feel like doing a sound test on a 400 keyboard is a little bit misleading for
how the switch is gonna sound with a little bit of magic we got wait that didn't work
okay there we go nice good magic so we've got all the switches on which were easy to install
i feel like you guys don't need to see that these are five pin switches so they're pretty easy to
install and i didn't really have any trouble and as i mentioned before these have all been
lubed with crytox 205 g0 i decided not to give you a stock sound test as honestly these were
very very pingy switches stock and i wouldn't recommend anybody use them stock especially
when switches like the durock l series exist that are very good stock okay so the switches look cute
and they're bad stock and we've got them lubed which is very promising or something like that
but if a cute switch was all we needed for a switch to sound good i feel like that'd
be a lot easier than you know like engineering or anything like that okay and you guys know a keycap
is coming next right place your bets it's one of oh yeah it's that one i'll be using the ma profile
blue cat keycaps which are dye sub pbt keycaps from idobow now i was gonna use a different keycap
but i've used these to compare most of my linear switches so far so i feel like it's only fair
and the magic is done there you go also like this is the only board that these keycaps
really work with i think like the gold just matches perfectly mwah chef's kiss or whatever
so what are my thoughts on these switches that's what you're probably thinking right
now like oh hippie are these switches good they're 45 for 90 is that good value
am i gonna go broke if i buy these you know the the usual well honestly lubed these switches were
fine and they really didn't knock my socks off and they really weren't anything to write home about
but first let me give you a little stabilizer sound test and then i'll finish my thoughts
so the stabilizers were definitely interesting and that brings us into our next point of contention
comparison to other linear switches now i've got a gambit of lubed switches and
i'm gonna be putting these to the test this isn't that representative of the sound but
it kind of shows my general thoughts keep in mind different parts of the board can
sound different so this is more for just like a fun little video demonstration i
guess i have all the switches labeled and let me know what you think in the comments
so that was a lot of desk sound and not very helpful so let's just put
these little keycaps on real fast as far as feel goes they feel a tinge scratchier than
hippos which feel a tinge scratchier than tangerines and honestly i'd say
they feel a bit worse than gatorade yellows but let's listen to them with keycaps on it
because of their long spring i feel like they have a very clacky sharp return and that kind of
reminds me of the matcha linears or like any jwk recolor i guess but as i mentioned before these
are a switch that look cool but honestly okay listen i'm a hippo so i'm incredibly biased here
i would recommend the hippos over these switches any day of the week considering they're the same
exact price i think the hippos just they just kind of represent better if they're in stock
but that's really just me being picky i feel like the difference between these two switches is like
four percent at best maybe four percent like in keyboards we tend to exaggerate lots of things
because we need to find significance in things so like yeah i sure a switch feels exactly like
another switch the differences are very small and between these two switches i'm mostly just ranting
i will say though if you're trying to do a themed build and these kind of fit the color scheme then
go for it honestly like you're not going wrong if you buy these switches you can definitely
make the judgment for yourself whether or not you like them but these get the hipio
good enough seal of approval i know there's really not much you could do to make a linear
switch interesting as you know it goes down that's that's what a linear switch does
but you know i'd admire some creativity i guess and like a long pole in a long spring
i guess that's as bad as creative as you can get maybe but i'll be leaving you guys with a
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