Snazzy keycaps, but not my thing. Kind of too bad you didn't show it in a full 104 key keyboard. Also I'm just here because I hope that eventually you'll show a keyboard that's essentially the MS Natural Ergonomic 4000, but nice and mechanical with hotswap, per-key RGB, and preferably in 3 separate pieces. Not all of us are willing to deal with a keyboard that doesn't have a numpad and dedicated Scroll Lock key.
I would love a deep-dive into your design process, inspiration, and what working with different manufacturers is like. Keycaps are my favorite part of the hobby and I feel like there's not very much information around about how they get made.
Seconded, really enjoyed Matthew Encina’s video on the design process for his custom keycaps and working with GMK. I think he’s now releasing a set with KBDfans. I’m not someone who’s likely to ever want to release a set nor am I a hugely creative type, but learning more about the design and manufacturing side of the hobby is super interesting!
I just wanted to say, thank you! After watching a bunch of your videos, and years of only having crummy cheap keyboards, I have finally taken the dive into customizing a keyboard for myself. I took inspiration from your AliExpress video (because I'm on a STRICT budget). I'm excitedly waiting for everything to arrive!
REALLY like the direction of this vid, feels more transparent somehow, seeing more of your living space, background on the process, feels more like a slice of life content mixed with keyboards. Great vid.
They do look nice. Having the quality of the legends and colors proper makes a big difference, I actually have 5 keyboards now after I watched your videos and 8 sets of switches. I have been eyeing key caps as my next venture. These are actually very nice.
even tho I dont got the money for a custom keyboard I love watching your videos. I probably watched like over 80 percent of your recent videos. Thanks to you I know quite a lot about keyboards compared to my previous amateur self. If I ever get a chance I will definitely build a coffee themed setup and play coffee talk with it LoL these look and sound purrfect
SUPER nice keycap set!!! I am super glad you are getting into the making of your own keyboard accessories and I hope to buy a keyboard that you have made as well one day 😊. Keep it up!
As a self-proclamed coffee enthusiast, I was looking for decent coffee themed keycaps to go with coffee themed deskpad. Unfortunately, I already got myself NicePBT Thai Tea set, but I'll will definitely buy this set too.
love your videos, LOVE them, and i havent watched the whole video yet but i really wanted to comment and say "I have that exact same IKEA couch". I hope i can order those keycaps soon.
Very nice keycaps. Realy like it but 22$ Shipping + 17$ Taxes + the Tolling stress. Thats a little bit to much. We talk about rougly 120€ cost. I pay 136€ (including shipping form GMK set including International kit) Would it be possible to also find an EU retailer? To put that into perspective because that was an argument in the video
@@HipyoTech Thanks. Nice to hear. I showed that set to my colleagues very positive feedback. I got an additonal question: Are you planning to provide an “international” kit?
You went with "Super"? Man, I've been waiting for a "Hyper" in a keycaps set for ages! "Meta" is pretty rare, but I've seen it and have a set with it (although it's not a great set). I'd snap up a "Hyper" set (which, given the coffee theme, would actually make a lot of sense). Still, it's a pretty nice set. The color palette is very nice to look at.
Sooner or later Hipyo will remember that ISO layout exists (if only for a build). I have now noticed (after actually following the links) that the set includes ISO keys... and every other key you could possibly want. Very thorough, i'll give them that.
I would love a deep dive into making the keycaps. An hour long vid would be amazing. I've recently gotten my wife into mech keyboards and she want's to use her die sub cricut stuff to make one off keycap sets. Have you seen similar to her idea?
I would have bought these if I had a mechanical keyboard and you had a nordic-se layout but for now I love my membrane it sounds so perfect in my ears and has gained sentimental value over the years, going from a cheap keyboard I bought because I needed one to a keyboard I NEED to replace(missing space keycap so I put the home button there instead, fn not working and one other hey not working) but so don't want to replace.
I love your keycaps, As a proud filipino, I adore coffee more than any beverages, but sadly 3 in 1 coffees is all than i can afford rn, but with great ambition, im gonna build myself a custom keyboard someday!!!
Looks freaking great! And awesome that you made the base kit so comprehensive - as a filthy Nordic ISO user, i probably won't be able to important these without hefty toll and "handling" fees, but do you have any plans for possible international kits? On another note, during the design process, did you ever look in to and consider different profiles other than cherry?
The color scheme and images are great. If it was in a profile I like, with big centered labels, it'd be tempting. (profiles with spherical scoops instead of cylindrical, like DSA and MT3)
Omg my first keyboard is literally your plant key caps, the iced latte switches and the zoom 98! It sounds ✨ HEAVENLY✨ Now everyone is jealous and I've sent them to your videos to find one of their own. My girlfriend just bought the Epomaker Leobog keyboard from your video!
Those look so great, just tried my first dye sub pbt this past week and I definitely prefer them. Also a weird recommendation of a keyboard to try out is the Redragon Eisa. It is pretty cheap and is actually very good despite what I usually thought about the brand when I last tried them.
UGGHHHHH Every single time I make a purchase Hipyo tells me something better is out the day after I get it. I bought a keychron V2 the next days he tells me there's a better custom keyboard on a budget that is metal and sounds better. I just bought some nice PBT keycaps that showed up yesterday and I really like and now I got more buyers remorse. I just can't keep up with this hobby. There's always something new out.
Would LOVE an indepth look the keycap dev!! :D Also, crazy timing too because I attempted a coffee-themed build with the new QK65v2 Classic Champagne colour. The Neo80 in Champagne could be a gorgeous golden/bronze colour to show off these keycaps on a larger build TKL build 🥰 I wasn't able to get coffee-themed switches in time for my build, but my choice might be the budget-friendly HMX Macchiatos! and apparently Alexoto's fave HMX switch too ☺
I get the reasons why not to - but would be really good to have more options for a /FULL/ UK ISO layout - Maybe a bit OCD but I can't cope with not having the right modifier legends on [2/"], [3/£], ['/@] etc.... I ended up going with a cheap (£22) GMK knock off set and they're fine, but I'm wondering if more premium caps would have a better (slightly deeper) sound. Just completed my first build with a purple Monsgeek M1 ISO and I'm in love with it... although kinda want some backlit caps (I'm sorry!) as it's hard to find some keys in a dimly lit room :)
I have a very specific request - PS/2-compatible keyboards. I have an "Agon Light 2" that I have been trying different adapters and keyboards with and it's astoundingly specific about what it wants, electrically speaking. It wants a PS/2 protocol, but the receptacle is USB. This was more common over a decade ago when there were more keyboards that shipped with a passive PS/2 adapter, but there is hardly anything on the market now that works like this, and the adapters I've tried do not do the right thing: they turn a PS/2 board into a USB board, or they are passive adapters that make the lock lights flash but do not seem to function otherwise. Olimex, the makers of "Agon Light 2", list one known-compatible keyboard, which is a generic membrane keyboard. In theory QMK should be able to be flashed to work as a PS/2 device, but the issue has remained stagnant since 2019. My own hunt has narrowed the possibilities down to "keyboards that have a PS/2 plug but also have a USB model with no additional features". I want some awareness on this since there are a bunch of these retro machines coming around that use this old standard because it's easier to implement on a microcontroller. It would be nice to have good new keyboards with them.
Saw these keycaps in person at the Studio Keebli UCSD event and they are GORGEOUS Also it was a great experience meeting you at the event I was star struck to say the least-
dude i just saw these keycaps because first i saw the GMK Tiramisu set and was like "wow" ok that looks cool but then realized its ABS. then i went to look for brown or coffee themed keycaps and found these. I decided to go with them and then i noticed they were designed by you haha.
I'm still pretty new to the keyboarding hobby, and I've learned a lot from your videos (thank you btw!); but, I would love to hear about/see a video on the keycap design process.
As someone trying to get into customizing keyboards for the first time, I am finding keycaps are the most confusing things to find. Seems like no one uses the same descriptions for keyboards and then some websites don't sell things in a full-set so it makes it hard to find stuff that all works together (especially because I need a full 100% set). It's almost cheaper for me to design my own set and order custom. Which is frustrating. Would like a video explaining how to shop for keycaps.
yes!!! The keycaps look incredible, congrats. I’d love a full deep dive into the software you used and design side of your process. I want to design my own set one day. Does the set come with Mac modifiers?
I am probably not the target demo for these keycaps (i do not like coffee) but i am the target demographic for nerdy rants about product development, plastic moudling and budgetting and ways to make it manageable. And even though im not interested in coffeee i have to admit this keyboard is CUTE
I actually really love this keycap set and would like to buy, but I'm just a bit too much of a broke boi. Only just got an Aula F75 and I'm gonna be sticking with the stock keys for a while. Really awesome work though!
I subscribed because you are amusing, but I originally found your channel because of the crazy keyboard mod videos you used to do. Only been in the hobby about a year & I already have 8 keyboards (but disappointingly none of them have actually needed to be modded).
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dawg these key caps are just 😩👌
can you give me these free? bec my keycaps are damaged. pls :(
Snazzy keycaps, but not my thing. Kind of too bad you didn't show it in a full 104 key keyboard.
Also I'm just here because I hope that eventually you'll show a keyboard that's essentially the MS Natural Ergonomic 4000, but nice and mechanical with hotswap, per-key RGB, and preferably in 3 separate pieces. Not all of us are willing to deal with a keyboard that doesn't have a numpad and dedicated Scroll Lock key.
"Made"? I would say designed. Some poor lads in China were the ones to make that.
Clacky/Thocky is underrated.
I would love a deep-dive into your design process, inspiration, and what working with different manufacturers is like. Keycaps are my favorite part of the hobby and I feel like there's not very much information around about how they get made.
Seconded, really enjoyed Matthew Encina’s video on the design process for his custom keycaps and working with GMK. I think he’s now releasing a set with KBDfans. I’m not someone who’s likely to ever want to release a set nor am I a hugely creative type, but learning more about the design and manufacturing side of the hobby is super interesting!
+1 on this !
I just wanted to say, thank you! After watching a bunch of your videos, and years of only having crummy cheap keyboards, I have finally taken the dive into customizing a keyboard for myself. I took inspiration from your AliExpress video (because I'm on a STRICT budget). I'm excitedly waiting for everything to arrive!
leave while you can!
your budget info is a lifesaver and also watching you get this nerdy over this exxxxxtreme end of keyboards is just wholesome
$250 I ain’t paying all that
Agreed.
Fr that’s one half of a ps5
2:40 Don't forget the sticker!! No!!
Is Alfred your twin brother? You guys really look alike!
😏
They would look gorgeous on a brown sugar65
Alfred's latte art is disappointing
Shut up
I guess we know why he's not a barista anymore.
On god
Good job hipyo✨
REALLY like the direction of this vid, feels more transparent somehow, seeing more of your living space, background on the process, feels more like a slice of life content mixed with keyboards. Great vid.
They do look nice. Having the quality of the legends and colors proper makes a big difference, I actually have 5 keyboards now after I watched your videos and 8 sets of switches. I have been eyeing key caps as my next venture. These are actually very nice.
I'd like to hear more about the key cap dev. Thanks Hipyo!
Fill it with coffee beans
Yes definitely
Thanks for helping me get into keyboards. I was using an Apple keyboard and now i'm using a mechanical keyboard.
Beautiful caps, congratulations.
love it ! received them in 72hrs (greetings from the Netherlands)
Just ordered mine, so hyped to get them!
even tho I dont got the money for a custom keyboard I love watching your videos. I probably watched like over 80 percent of your recent videos. Thanks to you I know quite a lot about keyboards compared to my previous amateur self. If I ever get a chance I will definitely build a coffee themed setup and play coffee talk with it LoL these look and sound purrfect
they can be
Nice job, Hipyo!
Thank you Jay Barouchel
As a fellow Seattle-ite....I cannot wait for this set to arrive AND for my Rain75 to arrive. Coffee and Rain? Sounds like heaven to me.
Congratulations on completing the keycap set!! They look amazing ⌨🎉 Hoping they’ll be in stock around my birthday 😊
Man thanks so much for using my switches here! It fit the theme perfectly. Absolutely love these caps and the process was so interesting to see!
I bought them. Put them in a Keychron board with AKKO Cream Blue Pro V3's. Fantastic!
Such a cool process!! I’m so happy for you!!
Switches in a coffee bag? I love it
SUPER nice keycap set!!! I am super glad you are getting into the making of your own keyboard accessories and I hope to buy a keyboard that you have made as well one day 😊. Keep it up!
Congrats on 1 million subs!
Got them on my zoom 98 they came out the day I built it and they look really good 👌
Wow another coffee stained key cap set. Impressive.
That's the keycaps from that video that I loved the colors of! Super into these...
So nice of HipyoTech to finally invent keycaps. My fingers are starting to hurt after just typing on bare switches.
AYY CONGRATS ON 1 MILLION SUBS!
These look very good. My wait for a Hipyo ABS keycap set continues….
I want to buy. NOW.
As a self-proclamed coffee enthusiast, I was looking for decent coffee themed keycaps to go with coffee themed deskpad. Unfortunately, I already got myself NicePBT Thai Tea set, but I'll will definitely buy this set too.
Thank you for reminding me that preference is personal and it's ok!
love your videos, LOVE them, and i havent watched the whole video yet but i really wanted to comment and say "I have that exact same IKEA couch". I hope i can order those keycaps soon.
This looks awesome! If any way possible, please bring back the matching deskmat as well.
yes
Wich i could afford the keycaps they look so so good nice workhipyo, will buy when i have neough money :)
i love the more chill vids! you should do some more soon
Omg I love the iced latte switches!! They really smell like coffee! They sound and feel SO nice ❤
Very nice keycaps. Realy like it but 22$ Shipping + 17$ Taxes + the Tolling stress. Thats a little bit to much. We talk about rougly 120€ cost. I pay 136€ (including shipping form GMK set including International kit)
Would it be possible to also find an EU retailer?
To put that into perspective because that was an argument in the video
Yes, definitely looking for one but it's a lot harder to keep the $80 price because most will also want a cut - hopefully later this year!
@@HipyoTech Thanks. Nice to hear. I showed that set to my colleagues very positive feedback. I got an additonal question: Are you planning to provide an “international” kit?
@@meerpirat3418 not at this time 😭
I love these way to go Hipyo
this set looks beautiful! good job! 🎉
You went with "Super"? Man, I've been waiting for a "Hyper" in a keycaps set for ages! "Meta" is pretty rare, but I've seen it and have a set with it (although it's not a great set). I'd snap up a "Hyper" set (which, given the coffee theme, would actually make a lot of sense). Still, it's a pretty nice set. The color palette is very nice to look at.
It sounds so creamy! :D They look amazing though!
Would absolutely love to learn more! I’ve just started digging into how to make my own set and your timing couldn’t be better!
Dude I can’t lie these are top notch keys. Hopefully I can get some soon
Sooner or later Hipyo will remember that ISO layout exists (if only for a build).
I have now noticed (after actually following the links) that the set includes ISO keys... and every other key you could possibly want. Very thorough, i'll give them that.
I would love a deep dive into making the keycaps. An hour long vid would be amazing. I've recently gotten my wife into mech keyboards and she want's to use her die sub cricut stuff to make one off keycap sets. Have you seen similar to her idea?
I would have bought these if I had a mechanical keyboard and you had a nordic-se layout but for now I love my membrane it sounds so perfect in my ears and has gained sentimental value over the years, going from a cheap keyboard I bought because I needed one to a keyboard I NEED to replace(missing space keycap so I put the home button there instead, fn not working and one other hey not working) but so don't want to replace.
I would LOVE to have a super long video about every details of custom keycaps making!
I've been waiting for this... Getting my own kit tomorrow!!!
Shoutout to Leg Dad. Those keycaps are insane!
It even sounds like coffee brewing, good job :3
I love your keycaps, As a proud filipino, I adore coffee more than any beverages, but sadly 3 in 1 coffees is all than i can afford rn, but with great ambition, im gonna build myself a custom keyboard someday!!!
It was crazy seeing this set in person! Congrats on your success!
Looks freaking great! And awesome that you made the base kit so comprehensive - as a filthy Nordic ISO user, i probably won't be able to important these without hefty toll and "handling" fees, but do you have any plans for possible international kits?
On another note, during the design process, did you ever look in to and consider different profiles other than cherry?
The color scheme and images are great. If it was in a profile I like, with big centered labels, it'd be tempting. (profiles with spherical scoops instead of cylindrical, like DSA and MT3)
It's a beautiful set and the art is really cute. Congrats on the product. 😊
leg dad art best art 🫡 excited to see the set when it comes in the mail today!
Omg my first keyboard is literally your plant key caps, the iced latte switches and the zoom 98! It sounds ✨ HEAVENLY✨ Now everyone is jealous and I've sent them to your videos to find one of their own. My girlfriend just bought the Epomaker Leobog keyboard from your video!
Those look so great, just tried my first dye sub pbt this past week and I definitely prefer them. Also a weird recommendation of a keyboard to try out is the Redragon Eisa. It is pretty cheap and is actually very good despite what I usually thought about the brand when I last tried them.
thanks for sharing your process hipyo, this was pretty cool to see!
I've been looking for a coffee or espresso theme keyboard for weeks, and you gave me both in one! Thanks a lot!
That's so cool! Your colour choices were very slay 💅
womier makes a coffee related keyboard would have been perfect for this set.
received in 72 hrs . very nice greetings from the Netherlands:) ☕
This coffee keycap set is nice. Great work
Would be sick if you had some ceramic elements to bring in the coffee mug as part of your concept
Hey Hipyo, could you review the attack shark k85? Thank you for the great content and all the info!
Bro I like coffee and this is epic bro 🔥
UGGHHHHH Every single time I make a purchase Hipyo tells me something better is out the day after I get it. I bought a keychron V2 the next days he tells me there's a better custom keyboard on a budget that is metal and sounds better. I just bought some nice PBT keycaps that showed up yesterday and I really like and now I got more buyers remorse. I just can't keep up with this hobby. There's always something new out.
Would LOVE an indepth look the keycap dev!! :D
Also, crazy timing too because I attempted a coffee-themed build with the new QK65v2 Classic Champagne colour. The Neo80 in Champagne could be a gorgeous golden/bronze colour to show off these keycaps on a larger build TKL build 🥰 I wasn't able to get coffee-themed switches in time for my build, but my choice might be the budget-friendly HMX Macchiatos! and apparently Alexoto's fave HMX switch too ☺
I get the reasons why not to - but would be really good to have more options for a /FULL/ UK ISO layout - Maybe a bit OCD but I can't cope with not having the right modifier legends on [2/"], [3/£], ['/@] etc.... I ended up going with a cheap (£22) GMK knock off set and they're fine, but I'm wondering if more premium caps would have a better (slightly deeper) sound.
Just completed my first build with a purple Monsgeek M1 ISO and I'm in love with it... although kinda want some backlit caps (I'm sorry!) as it's hard to find some keys in a dimly lit room :)
I have a very specific request - PS/2-compatible keyboards. I have an "Agon Light 2" that I have been trying different adapters and keyboards with and it's astoundingly specific about what it wants, electrically speaking. It wants a PS/2 protocol, but the receptacle is USB. This was more common over a decade ago when there were more keyboards that shipped with a passive PS/2 adapter, but there is hardly anything on the market now that works like this, and the adapters I've tried do not do the right thing: they turn a PS/2 board into a USB board, or they are passive adapters that make the lock lights flash but do not seem to function otherwise. Olimex, the makers of "Agon Light 2", list one known-compatible keyboard, which is a generic membrane keyboard. In theory QMK should be able to be flashed to work as a PS/2 device, but the issue has remained stagnant since 2019. My own hunt has narrowed the possibilities down to "keyboards that have a PS/2 plug but also have a USB model with no additional features".
I want some awareness on this since there are a bunch of these retro machines coming around that use this old standard because it's easier to implement on a microcontroller. It would be nice to have good new keyboards with them.
Saw these keycaps in person at the Studio Keebli UCSD event and they are GORGEOUS
Also it was a great experience meeting you at the event I was star struck to say the least-
they have black tape in that width so you don't have to do thousand cuts..
love the content and these coffee keycaps may be coming home.
About to make my first custom keyboard, might switch my white keycaps out for these or the hippos
dude i just saw these keycaps because first i saw the GMK Tiramisu set and was like "wow" ok that looks cool but then realized its ABS. then i went to look for brown or coffee themed keycaps and found these. I decided to go with them and then i noticed they were designed by you haha.
So this is what that pole was for... Great Work!
Ngl those look really nice
I dare you to make a 4 hour monologue about the nitpick things of capset development
Man those are adorable!
I'm still pretty new to the keyboarding hobby, and I've learned a lot from your videos (thank you btw!); but, I would love to hear about/see a video on the keycap design process.
Alfred what a legend 😂😂😂
As someone trying to get into customizing keyboards for the first time, I am finding keycaps are the most confusing things to find. Seems like no one uses the same descriptions for keyboards and then some websites don't sell things in a full-set so it makes it hard to find stuff that all works together (especially because I need a full 100% set). It's almost cheaper for me to design my own set and order custom. Which is frustrating. Would like a video explaining how to shop for keycaps.
yes!!! The keycaps look incredible, congrats. I’d love a full deep dive into the software you used and design side of your process. I want to design my own set one day. Does the set come with Mac modifiers?
No mac modifiers but I use some OS neutral keys
I am probably not the target demo for these keycaps (i do not like coffee) but i am the target demographic for nerdy rants about product development, plastic moudling and budgetting and ways to make it manageable.
And even though im not interested in coffeee i have to admit this keyboard is CUTE
I bought a set of these for a keyboard that I am making for my mom's birthday. I can't wait to get them.
I don't know if it is worth it, probably not but an extra International Kit would be really cool for people outside of the USA. :D
As someone who 'was' a barista aswell, I approve!
Also what is your favourite type of coffee?
OMG he had actual electrial tape.......What happened Hipyo? Did your Mom let you get more so you don't have to use painters tape? j/k
I love the random mentions of Davinci Resolve
7:35 I thought the space bar was a kit kat and he was going to dip it into the coffee XD
I actually really love this keycap set and would like to buy, but I'm just a bit too much of a broke boi. Only just got an Aula F75 and I'm gonna be sticking with the stock keys for a while. Really awesome work though!
Congrats on your own key caps.
I subscribed because you are amusing, but I originally found your channel because of the crazy keyboard mod videos you used to do.
Only been in the hobby about a year & I already have 8 keyboards (but disappointingly none of them have actually needed to be modded).