A YouTube Guru Just Made A Keyboard...
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- I Tried the Lightmode Keyboard from @aliabdaal so you don't have to... Is this the most productive keyboard or just a bit of a cash grab?
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0:00 Intro Skit
0:51 How did we get here?
2:05 Why am I making this video?
2:55 Ali's Marketing
4:29 Tiktok and Instagram Marketing
5:49 Summoning Cherry MX Browns
6:18 My plan for the Keyboard
6:41 Unboxing
7:40 The Keycaps And Board Quality
8:20 The Price and Alternatives
9:37 Questioning the 18 Months of Work
11:10 Switches and Stabilizers
12:00 The Board Won't Turn on...
12:30 Sound Test
12:40 Taking The Keyboard Apart
13:58 What's Inside
14:30 Is it just a rebrand?
15:30 Why are you so mad?
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Leave a like if you want me to buy the course...
This is a bit of a different style than my normal type of vid so I'm curious what you think! It took WAY more time to edit than I expected...
Don’t waste your money :)
I would say don't pay for it. I honestly don't want anyone to buy that course. I feel like it would be more meaningful to donate to a charity than pay for that course.
God no, don't waste your money when you could use it for much better things/video ideas. Especially when you can see Aliabdaal abuse their online presence for profit.
Productivity scaming course
hipypo dont but it
I really like the new style!
Imagine claiming to be a productivity brand and not having a numpad on your keyboard.
Right?! Numpad and F row! Needing to memorize FN functions and macros when you're trying to improve productivity is not the move lol
I mean they should sell a separate numpad or even have a southpaw config for REAL productivity.
It’s just another cash grab from another influencer!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Imagine wanting a numpad between you and your mouse.
Thank you for this video and please DO NOT spend the money on the course. Spend it in building some keyboards you would then give out to your fans, it would probably be a much better investment.
Honestly I would love a video where Hippio makes a list of his favorite/prefferred features as a kind of shopping guide for various trim levels of keyboards
Oh man I love this idea!
This is basically a $30 Amazon board with slightly better switches 😂
So, it's basically a $60 Amazon keyboard with better keycaps then...
YEP basically
And they glued metal weights into it☝
Also called the Alibaba special 🤣
It's a 60$ keyboard. Because of the keycaps and switches.
Three years ago he did a video explaining why the keyboard on his Mac was better than mechanical keyboards to type faster. The video is still there, take a look.
Check out his HOW TO WATCH ANIME PRODUCTIVELY video while you’re there, absolutely ridiculous and he does that video with a straight face!
@@kamathverse2555 🤯 I've just seen it, I thought you were joking, what an "advice", to watch tv at 3x speed 🤣
@@LuisCarlosSolano wow, that advice is like this keyboard
@@kamathverse2555 lolwat : D
@@kamathverse2555 Is that how people get through One Piece
The glarses cameo really makes it
As soon as he started yelling MX browns I was dying! 🤣
whoops didn't saw your comment and commented the same 😅
My favorite cinematic universe
best comment! without even readind the rest!
a productivity keyboard without an F row is criminal..
Or a num pad or a macro area....
FACTS !!
1000% AGREE !!!
Not necessarily, but I agree, that this is lol for the money.
I did try a 65% keyboard without the F-Row... I liked the size, but it wasn't working for me. Too many keys were short-cuts that is not worth the 1" savings.
my guess why he calls it a tactile experience is that it has nothing to do with the switches being tactile, but the experience being tactile aka the sense of touch.
.. or he meant tactical to get in on that redneck money.
Guy also seems out of touch with the keyboard community.
The reason is that those words sound cool and it makes him look edumucated. Its just empty marketing lingo
I think you're 100% right! I think that shows that he probably doesn't understand basic keyboard knowledge to know that the word tactile means something very specific and yet still "designed" a keyboard
On that note, the 16 months were (ostensibly) spent on the overall brand and strategy, not just the keeb - though that phrasing 100% invites meme-ing, like Forza and "built from the ground up" the joke is just there for the taking lol
hes such a master of productivity that he worked on it for 18 months in only 12 months
Advertising it as lightweight and then putting metal weights in it is pretty funny to me.
I can only guess it felt too light and therefore too cheap.
Please for the love of all that is holy, do NOT give that man $5K. Nobody in your community is ever spending that money on any of his courses anyway.
Thought this was a sponsored content, thank you for being so honest! Couldnt agree more, 160 dollars for a plastic board is a literal sc*m tbh.
Oh god, if I was offered this as a sponsor I would've declined FAST - not a chance I could've made a vid on it
And that's why we love you @@HipyoTech
@@HipyoTech So why is the lightmode link under the "affiliate links to help out the channel"? 🤨😂
@@_noxie ooh good point - its not an affiliate link and won't make me money
yeah we appreciate the honesty for sure!
To be honest, maybe it's just me, but I was turned off by the light blue keycaps with the white lettering. I can see the lettering on the other keys fine, but it's basically invisible on the light blue keycaps. Maybe it looks different in person, but that's a major turnoff.
And the internal weight is just hilarious. I can see that being justified by, "Well, it's for ergonomics so that the board doesn't slide around", but for $160, you could accomplish the same thing by giving it a metal frame.
Bit more legible in person - my studio lights kinda blast them out
This guy is a door-to-door salesman but instead of punching him in the face you can only dislike and close his video
Keep it up hippman, good vids
TBH I do find some of his productivity content pretty insightful - its not groundbreaking but it is free on UA-cam.
@@HipyoTech he probably went to business school and with this keyboard he tested his sklls he learn there
@@depressingNicolai-sv8ky He went to med school and became a practiced doctor
@@HipyoTech my question is "Why did he stop being a doctor?" He spent all that time and money, doesn't look that old, and has published a book/pivoted into a productivity expert/pivoted to a content creator on youtube. He can't have been a doctor for more than a few years. If he wanted to help people, doctors do that better. If he wanted to make money, doctors are among the highest paid non-C suite jobs. Everything about that guy makes me wonder "Why?"
@@ravencrovax he made about 5.5 million last year on UA-cam. That probably speaks for itself 😅
It's so obvious. The less keys you have = the more productive you will be. It's science!
The lapel microphone taped to a fork is enough indication to expect absolutely nothing of actual worth coming from this individual.
I thought it was kind of funny, what you want the dude to spend more money than is needed to look more "premium" when the presentation isn't what is important.... its the content.......
Ikr. The dude is trying so hard to be quirky and likable. But hes just a scammer
Yep, that is a bad sign. BTW, that wireless transmitter has a clip for attaching to your clothes so he just used the clip to attach it to the fork instead of holding it.
LOL! Definitely a cash grab like his courses as well. Lets face it there are tons of people needing someone to tell them common sense answers and that seems to be what he specializes in the most. All so they don't feel like they have to do any work or take responsibility, hey they learned it from a "productivity expert." What's truly sad is that there are people going to buy this, like most of the Higherground boards for WAY too much money. IMHO this board would make me less productive personally. Thank you for the review, hopefully you help a lot of people not fall for his scam! I did love the Glarses cameo as well :)
Unless that keyboard he is selling can do the work for me, I ain’t buying it! 😂
Hipyo: Ali is a UA-cam productivity specialist, former doctor and a book writer.
Also Hipyo: *shows 4995 course*
Me: Oh... Now we all know why he is a *former* doctor.
It's one of those things that feels like: "Oh ok, I can pay more because of the research and development that went into it." However, there cleary was a minuscule amount of research at best from aliabdaal, and it doesn't even seem like he used an OEM. Seems like he found a keyboard that already existed, and made his own keycaps for it. Probably would have been better off making just a keycap set.
As a part of tactile gang, I'm offended that he called Gat yellows tactile lol
yes, like pokimane and her 'new' cookies.
Excellent video!! Always be on the side of the truth. There's no reason to rip people off, and in this day-and-age it's ridiculous to be so cocky as to feel like you will be able to get away with doing it.
I definitely enjoyed this style of video! I love hearing you share your knowledge on marketing AND keyboards. Definitely an interesting overlap. Well done!
Definitely a cash grab lol
Its not really cash grab. They are not an agency that is solely based on tech products, its just a side stuff for making more productivity. Moreover since they are not a tech industry, they don't have as good relations with the manufacturing industries and therefore causes more time and money.
@@kamdinsvoid ur right, it’s worse.. taking advantage of people that don’t know much about this kind of stuff. Scum thing to do. To anyone reading this just build ur own ❤️.
@@kamdinsvoid He admitted in his video that this product wasn't a priority for him at all, he didn't have high standards for the product, and it was meant for people who didn't know anything about mechanical keyboards. What makes it not a cash grab, because he said so?
No F-keys, no backtick key, my productivity would tank with this keyboard. Reminds me of the Feker ik65.
Productivity without a numpad
75% is better than 60% or tkl
@@WILLPORKER hmmm well, there goes my collection of 12 TKLs ;)
No backtick ...... That makes this board useless for all developers lol
LMAO, love the Glarses call. And my god, $160 for clips, no foam, and plastic construction is crazy. Pure robbery.
this a the next level of content HIPYO!!! 🔥🔥
I still 'member before the voice reveal. He just keeps on keepin' on and it's pretty rad
I’ve been watching a few of your videos. Subscribed after this. Really enjoy your keyboard vids!
I bought a novelty keyboard that has a literal cat moulded onto it (the glorious YUNZII C68 Hi-Fi Mechanical Keyboard, in coffee) and it was 1) A fun thing I bought because it was cute 2) Cheaper than the thing you just showcased by quite a lot of money and 3) Is a literal novelty keyboard that comes with e.g. foam, custom switches, custom keycaps etc and for something that I got for fun it's actually ended up being one of my favourite ever keyboards. xD
That is how poor that keyboard is you just showcased. It loses to a novelty keyboard xD
I got a Keychron Q12 and left hand numpad is very productive. Really wish there were more options on the market; buying hotswap numpads separately is expensive and can lead to even more wires.
Right? A productivity keyboard by definition should have a number pad and likely some additional buttons or a function row as well. Bizarre. I really want a left hand num pad keyboard with a 75% style right side layout and the arrow keys not dropped down and space out. I hate that. I want a knob too, dang it!
yeaaa!! new vid!!🎉
i love ur vids! ❤
(and congrats for 904k! 🎉)
omg ty I never thought I'd hit 904k
Mate, I gotta say I have not seen your video in a long time, but this one I really enjoyed. Kudos to you on this one!
Love this new style of video!
The word tactile seems to be a pretty solid shibboleth for who is actually aware of the keyboard scene haha. If you use it for the general feel of a keyboard you haven’t done your homework.
You get a cookie for working in the word shibboleth today
exposing the scammer is savage things to do. kudos to you man. hope many people others like you exposing an overprice product. that the price value didn't meet the quality.
Ali definitely got that keyboard from AliExpress
Great video thank you. I brought my first mechanical keyboard after watching your videos, love them. Love this one a lot.
Great review, thank you! As a time management coach myself, I appreciate your take on this "productivity" keyboard. Keep up the great content.
How productive can he be if it took him 12 months to make a mediocre keyboard?
I hope that he notices he messed up and takes these products FAST out of the market.
The board is a super budget chinese at board with his branding on it! If he was asking around 80 bucks would still be ABSURD but 160???? ITS OUTRAGEOUS!!!
Thank you Hipyo for the lovely content and showing us this crazy scam.
He's a grifter they don't care
a new hipyo vid, truly a blessed day
first for the first time ;) im loving my zoom 75 thanks too your review!!!
Bro good on you for telling the truth knowing you'd likely get hate from fans of this guy. Cash grab stuff like this is inexcusable.
congrats on 900k
Glad to finally see something to be covered by you where it wasn't just "this is the best budget xyz". Actual review content back and that makes me happy :)
i like how hipyo has slowly started to take much stronger position against companies and markets that blatantly propose scams to their followers. I like this of you, please never stop
i expect the HIPYO keyboard not to sound like THOCK or CLACK but HOWDY and HEY then the enter key goes WOOOOOYEEEEAAAAH!
“Productive keyboard”
Also the keyboard: 65%
Absolute legend. Pretty much bang on with it being a half assed OEM mod for big name markup price from what ali said himself. Good job
I have now bought three of the blue SK71 on your recommendation and I can attest that they are a fantastic value! I love them so much I bought two to give away! 😬👍
love you for calling out predatory products out there.
In terms of comparing this keyboard with other keyboards with the same layout I'd say the Royal Kludge RK64 is the closest one, though the RK68 comes with Bluetooth and 2.4GHz, Comes with Foams, and oh, goes for about 55 USD on Amazon
Mate I dont give a damn about keyboards but your personality had me spend 16mins of my life watching you. Keep it up. P.s. water bottle vid brought me here
That Glarses cameo is 💗🥰🤩
And oh my… “pinnacle of ergonomics”?!?! wth 🤦♀️
Please DONT spend $5,000 on a course 😂
As you so correctly point out the primary audience for this keyboard is not people like yourself, keyboard enthusiasts or afficionados, but rather a segment who generally know little about keyboards as a whole. For them "tactile" doesn't have any bearing in the sense it does for you, it's not a way to describe the function of the underlying switch below the keycap, but rather it is something that is connected with the sense of touch. This is something which holds true for all keyboards, whether they are mechanical, membrane, or even micro switches or dome switches, it's all tactile. A touch keyboard, or an on screen keyboard on a phone or a tablet, is not a tactile experience though. So his marketing material, at least in this aspect, is spot on, just not for you. This is the problem with terms which means different things in different contexts. For instance, I have worked as an interaction designer specialized in tactile experiences, I have never once designed a keyboard. Tactility is an extreremly broad field.
Thanks for your videos Hipyo, they informed me a lot when I bought my first proper modern mechanical keyboard, though the experience of trying to find good keyboards with an ISO layout is an absolute nightmare. Have you had any thoughts about making a video about ISO layouts and the best keyboards in various budget segments? I ended up going with the Keychron K10, as it was one of the very few full size keyboards with an ISO layout, that also had bluetooth and hotswap, that I could find.
Howdy Hey, Hipyo! Just wanted to say I love your content and all of your videos, your shorts and full length videos are some of the only videos I watch all the way through happily :D I look forward to more videos and wish you all the success.
That baking joke got me, ive never seen your channel before but off rip ima subscribe
Maybe if we find out where those extra 6 months of development went,
we'll find the alternative South facing LED PCB and the additional foam sitting next to them!
So that it'll STILL be more overpriced than every other sub-$100 board out there! Yaaay!
definitely have a similar feeling when I see folks recommending the sort of stereotypical “gamer” keyboard for like $80-$90 or more when other boards with increased functionality (e.g. key remapping with VIA) / more desirable mounting (e.g. gasket vs. tray mount) are available for the same price.
The clips and inner "bracings" of the case look a lot like my Epomaker TH80 Pro Monet. Easy to open with the guitar pick style openers. Also the plate looks like mine.
I know where the six months went.
Productivity keyboard without F row and numpad....
second video i watch of you... instant subbed!
The king has posted🔥🔥🔥
Respected Ali so much when he was was a doctor doing UA-cam on the side. It’s definitely a cash grab, the guy makes a fortune now and is no longer a working doctor. I lost all respect for him when he started selling courses like some productivity Andrew Tate.
Same, except for me it was when he did the content mill “top _ tips of being more productive” bullshit, or talking at length about why being more productive is better but adding nothing of substance 😅
@@HarukaJad3repeat himself since 10years must be exhausting haha. Trash channel and niche.
@@HarukaJad3 The issue with his "productivity influencing" is that he makes money from diverting people away from being productive and towards watching his videos
to be fair to the man, he said he spent 18 months building a brand, not building a keyboard
No matter what, I need the full 104 key configuration, and without the sections scrunched together.
(and I've been admiring the unicomp PC 122. LOVE those F-keys).
Your VOICE OVER VOICE is great. Not going to lie, kind of why I watch. Something about it and your staccato cadence.
Ali has responded! What are your thoughts on his video?
Needs more thock
Its a minor thing but technically RGB lights would reduce productivity as you would get distracted by the colorful lights or spend a lot of time trying to customize your lights to your liking.
i always love it when the keboard i use is mentioned i have the womier sk-71
I use a 31 year old IBM Model M keyboard with catastrophic buckling mechanisms on my current machine, and it's awe-some -- types so fast. This video reminded me of the design because IBM added weights to that keyboard at the time, and my own keyboard weighs about 4.5 pounds. I do have a second keyboard at the ready, though, because although I'm pretty in love with the Model M, it's really really noisy, and I can't really use it if I'm in a meeting or on the phone. Anyway, thanks for the great videos!
Only a quarter way through while watching. On the "tactile" front, I'll admit the custom keyboard i built myself uses the clicky Kahle greens (sage? I can't remember but they're green and clicky) alongside some low profile keycaps from Aliexpress of all places on an Epomaker (oh jeebs.... Just realised i made so many keyboards in my quest for the perfect keyb that i can't remember which one i used... Damn you, Hippyo, and your vids getting me into this!)
Anyway, there's something nommy to me about that click-thock, so if he's talking about switches i can understand what he means (it's still a warcrime during game sessions using VOIP, but my work productivity has increased dramatically)
Edit: I just got to the switch part. *LINEARS*!?! Gorram tactile-traitor! To the gulag with him!
To put it simply, this is not worth the price it is advertised at, compared to what you could get with a bit of research done.
Glarses cameo was amazing.
The concept of productivity can change from person to person. For myself, productive keyboard has to be atleast a TKL due to needing a quick access to arrow keys and home/insert buttons + f-row. I would pick pressing only 1 button for a thing I need instead of multiple. It's all preference, but as mentioned 60% doesn't sound like a productive keyboard size.
Best Hipyo video ever
Lofree, although not very on the custom keyboard side, they're at least trying to make A LOT OF intersting products, and the quality plus aesthetics of the products are very nice. Now being in this keyboard hobby rabbit hole, looking at the UA-camr I once watched... the feeling is just complicated. I might actually buy this board if I didn't know anything about keyboard and looking for a daily driver 😢
That looks like a royal kludge keyboard with different keycaps.
Hey Hipyo, can you review the cool budget keyboards that popped around EU market recently? You might have them in the US also, I am talking about Endorfy Thock full size with knob (5 pin hotswap, 2.4 ghz wireless & BT with lubed stabs) and Dark Project KD104A (it has optical lubed Gateron KS-22 switches, lubed stabs and its hotswap) they both go for about 100$ here. Ducky one 3 for example is 200$ and it should be much more premium but in fact it seems to be the opposite.
this is exactly why we watch ur videos i think its time u release ur keyboard and bless everyone including ali baba lol
hello hippytech
howdy hey
@@HipyoTech heydy how
I found this video to be quite disappointing, bordering on populist and sensationalist. While your points about the keyboard might be valid, I believe the approach you took was rather unpleasant.
I'd love a Hipyo keyboard if you ever did I just got a SK71 it's definitely great for the budget.
Really like the tactile experience
The case dissembly reminds me of the TH66!
hi hipyo! nice video! also i have a keyboard that i think you should review. the tecware phantom is a mechanical keyboard that sounds absolutely amazing and has a starting price of only 45 dollars. i really thing you should try it out and maybe make a video about it
Never seen your videos. But I like keyboards and courses. LOL. I like the style of documentary/review/unboxing. Interesting.
Wonderful video. Anything glarses makes me happy
You should review the Yunzii AL66! It is what this board should have been, but about $60 cheaper. They are readily in stock and really great value.
I have like 15 keyboards, I love both of my mains. I'm not even in the market for a new keyboard. But I've been binge watching this videos all day.
The way Hipyo talked about foam in the keyboard (Well.. the lack of) made me remember there's thick fold of toilets paper inside my DREVO Blademaster TE...
(It helped with the sound, you can try this if you struggle with foam.)
Hey Hipyo, I know all about baking and it's cool to see a baker that takes amounts very seriously.
I've been enjoying the keyboard content, but also Hipyo is a man that looks exactly like a guy that would review keyboards (complimentary). As a man who also looks like I should review something niche, I feel seen.
and this is why i love hypio! honest and consumer first approach to his reviews. what is more I actually believe the claim at the end of the video.. though... i clipped it, so.. WE WILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT HYPIO BEWARE!
When you showed that side profile it reminded me of my K530 draconic, which I paid like less than half what he’s charging (which yeah, it’s a 60, but the k631 is the 68 and still cheaper even when it’s not on sale).
And like someone else says - for a productivity keyboard, where is the numpad?
As I said in another comment, I like a good chunk of Ali’s content, but this just rubs me the wrong way.
Thanks for doing this!
I didn’t know keyboards were so complicated. I just need to press buttons and they appear on the screen.
Best keyboard I ever had all around was an original Ducky Zero with reds. 10 years and still going. Best all around I’ve gotten recently was a Durgod. Only bought it because my machine gun typing on regular reds was annoying my co workers, and it was the only one I could find with silents for a reasonable price on short notice. Bigger issue for me is always the caps, and I prefer cuppy caps, so I have to buy a key cap set.
That was generous of you admit the packaging and braided cable were nice 😂
I love the glarses homage in the transitions
I’ve watched Ali since almost the beginning and I got into the hobby in part because of him, with a IQunix F97. That was a good board :) maybe he should have done a collab with them
Great video bro ...which keyboard will u recommend epomaker ep75 or yunzi yz75 or yunzi yz84 or epomaker th80 pro? or recommend 100$ keyboard according to u for gaming pls reply as i m thinking to buy 1
Also now I want a hipyo keyboard. A good hipyo keyboard. That costs like $800 and is totally insane. But also has every customization known to man. Including silicon-filled keys.