Upgrading my Ducky One 2 Mini into an Enthusiast Keyboard!
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2020
- Today we mod out the Ducky x HyperX One 2 Mini mechanical keyboard, and attempt to make it enthusiast grade (but not really lol). Bit of switch modding, lubing, painting, all that stuff!
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a moment of silence for tae having to desolder all that
I was just wondering where does all the solder go when you suck it??? Is there a reservoir of some sorts? What if it gets filled up?
@@berni_schmorg they can be repurposed if you are big workshop but when you are only a individual user you can only toss it away
lol definitely
would literally eat my pants for coin asmr 4
From personal use with the “solder sucker” it usually falls right out of the nozzle. Making a subtle mess when soldering A Lot.
But you can see he has a tray to to his left to put all the solder he sucked previously 2:18
@@berni_schmorg It usually just falls out the tip again. Its important to repeatedly clean your pump though, or else it might clog. I have a cheap pump that you can open at the back to clean it, or you just let it fall out the mouth. I insert the iron for a second inside the tip if ever the solder gets stuck inside the tip and not inside.
Not really a guide, just something I did for fun. And by fun, I mean not fun, because it involves desoldering and lubing, and no one asked for it 🥰
I see you swim 🏊♂️ inside passion 🌺🌺 love your work. I hope 1 keyboard from you. I will remember it all time ❤️
I Resubscribed you 😅😅
No one asked for it you said but we love it
I ordered ducky mecha mini with cherry browns and was thinking about upgrading the switches to zealios v2's. does the mecha mini have the some led's that require desoldering?
@@michaelsywak nope. they should be SMD LEDs, so you will not need to desolder any LEDs :)
I'd rather walk on a mile of Legos barefooted than desolder an entire keyboard with rgb switches. You're a madlad XD
It's just Lego, not Legos. It's like the plural of one sheep is many sheep. One piece of Lego, a whole bunch of Lego.
@@PinataOblongata I'm pretty sure it's a hole buncha Legi.
@@PinataOblongata its Lego's you can't change my mind
@@domidude You think it's "Lego is"? A contraction, now? Have you ever heard the expression "not even wrong"? It's reserved for people who are so far from correct, that their postulate couldn't even be granted the consolation of being wrong, because that would imply some sort of sensibility adjacent to the topic, whereas said people aren't even in the general ballpark.. or postcode... lol ;)
@@PinataOblongata You may want to look at the grammar mistakes and awkward sentences in your own reply.
12:43 : ''Do you want to use Sticky Keys?''
Tommy his little flinch as well lmao
oh god yeah please disable that hahaha
*Esc*
I use shift to, you know, shift in Minecraft, so I had to disable that fast cuz I love spamming shift in the game 😂😂.
iGoku speedbridging?
I feel like crying when i watch this video again. this was the first video i watched to help me decide if i wanted to get started on the keyboard building trend....and now i'm a custom builder and i've sold about 10 extremely custom builds....i'm so nostalgic now, thank you Tae for everything
Wait how did you manage to get 10 comissions in 10 months as a newcomer?
@@snortgfuel plenty of gamer friends who wanted customs n ever since the virus n ppl have been stuck at home they've been wanting to upgrade their setups
@@thatkeyboardgirlsha3442 that’s awesome holy shit
That stool probably has more paint on it than my house.
Car would've been a lot better*
That stool probably has more dents than my car.
For the People who like to compare
stock keyboard typing: 0:34
modded keyboard typing: 11:38
You can also do 13:30
My guy did a generous thing, marred by not watching for a few more seconds 🤣🤣
stock sounds quite nice ngl
fotix it’d sound nice if it weren’t for the springy noise in the stock one
That is so much nicer lubed and foamed
Dude, I just want to thank you so much.
You inspired me to mod my old keyboards and to build my own hot swap. I lubed 2 of my old boards, just like you described in your superlube videos, then went even further with one of them, took out the stabilizers, band-aid modded and greased them, then foam padded the bottom case. It made that board feel so much tighter and amazing to type on. Then my hotswap board, I made sure to follow all your directions, I lubed with my own mix of krytox 205/105, greased stabilizers and band-aid padded them, foam padded the bottom case and my god is this keyboard amazing! Am typing on it right now! It was my own bday present to myself and I have you to thank for that! Once again, thank you!
Also, realized I wasn't subbed to you, but you've earned my sub!
That's awesome man!
And mine
My mans really stoked for the Twice comeback
today!
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JA_EU Don’t self promote
@Nebojša Ivančević if you can find a Leopold go for it
@Nebojša Ivančević a ducky or an akko
Where I can buy this keycaps?
ostias estrupa que haces aqui?
yo estoy igual, me quiero comprar el teclado Ducky pero no se con que keycaps
@@imSylo. where did you even find the word gmk striker red lmao
@@kelvynchan1998 its the brand
@@marsoce2909 there's no such thing as red striker 😂 thats gmk jamon
Would love an entire series of modding over-the-counter keyboards to be more enthusiast-like. I did almost exactly the same thing for my GMMK TKL, disassembled, repainted, foamed, and lubed the switches and stabs, and it was night and day difference as well. It was so much fun.
Absolute mouthful of a name.
That is dedication to the craft desoldering through-hole led and switches! ❤
Came for the mods. Stayed for the Twice playing in the background.
Hope you're as hyped for the comeback as I am.
Bruv, you did such a clean job of sucking the solder out! Honestly, respect fam!
I know it was a lot of effort but thanks for making this video. It is really helpful for someone who is new to the real modding work and its great to see the process and effort that goes into it
this is the way
12:40 “sticky keys opens”
That’s some insane de-soldering u had to do there. Kudos to u for that
Always love these kinds of modding videos, hope to see more in the future.
Loved the Nausicaa on the background.
i would love to watch a series, where you customize/ make popular gaming keyboard sound and feel better.
Really enjoyed this video man. Great content as usual.
honestly one of the best ones I've heard yet, massive improvement
I didn't even consider modding my existing kb. I rather like the k70 from Corsair. I just live the sounds from enthusiast keyboards but don't have the technical know how to do it myself. Maybe I can find someone in Vegas whose good at this and just upgrade the lube and key caps and maybe jump to holy pandas
would have loved a sound test with the old key caps after the mods were done just to get a feel for how much of a difference the key caps really make
The sound is amazing 🥺❤️❤️
I’ve never refurbished a keyboard in my life, I don’t plan on doing it at any point, and yet this was probably the most engaging video I’ve watched in months
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μείνε ασφαλής φίλε μου
Can you do a video showing disassembly of the Ducky One 2? I need to take one apart to replace a switch and there's no video showing how it's done.
that backspace sounds RIDICULOUSLY brilliant
The guitar picks coming in clutch 👌
Honestly I'd buy the new hyperx switch boards if they were hotswappable. Many budget mechs are so much better than the alloy fps (original one).
Mainstream gaming brands generally have shit, overpriced boards.
does anyone know what those stabilizers are?, or are they stock?
I think this was the best sound comparison I've seen. It really shows what a difference some lube can make.
You make amazing and professional content, and all of us in your community appreciate all your hard work and dedication!
12:50 thats how I test my clicks "YEP good"
The metallic chime when using the switches at the start of the video
:((((((((((((((((((((((
Hands up best build I’ve ever seen great work
You have the patience that all your subscribers together don't, great vid, we were all waiting for the other keyboard video to see how far patience can take you with a dirt cheap kb, but this vid is ok.
Great vid mate! Kinda feels like this keyboard has "Red Velvet" vibes.
oh yeh, you a reveluv??
Yesssss I am 😉👌
the chair he used to spray paint is crustier than my keyboard
You did an amazing job in my opinion! Nice work 👍🏼
Your music choice is amazing
what kind of keycaps did you use?
okay i see u on the right, more&more teaser
Sounds way better nice job
sick job tae :)
14:49 i never knew you could do that :O
Thats kinda satisfying
Lol yes. I bought 200 o-rings that came with a wire keycap puller and I love pulling out the caps four at a time 😁
Is there a reason why you didn’t do the bandaid mod? Also, is it possible to do the bandaid mod for the ducky without desoldering? Great video btw ;)
dude i could watch you mod keyboards for hours
Watching this video is so relaxing.
Is that twice video u played on the monitor?
yupppp
Totally understand how you feel, I just desoldered my old Quickfire TK browns (cause I like the form factor), and lubed the switches and stabs (as well as clipped them). Was my first attempt at soldering in years, so I ended up blowing 2 of the leds... everything works though.. but definitely risky. Desoldering is a pain with a pump.
Just a question, which pump would you recommend? My cheap pump was getting stuck with solder part way through and had to be cleared so often :(
If anyone wants to know the song at 5:06 it's Wine and Wishes by Jamie Bathgate. Super underrated song!
Your desoldering job looks immaculate. My goodness.
the sticky keys be like beep
poor chair/stool always being painted on
You sir, have a lot of time in your hands :-) Nice video. It really is a labour of love.
U have very good and hie quality content! Love it keep it going u will get very big!
Does anybody else go into extremely deep thought for no reason as he is working on the keyboard while he isn’t talking
spray a keyboard with line-x to make the unbreakable keyboard
The switches sounded good before except for the stabs but after modding it’s even better
Love your videos, man. Makes me so excited to DIY my own board soon. I'm curious, I currently have a Razer Ornata. It's one of their proprietary "mecha-membrane" boards. I'd really like to see what you would do to it to make it an "enthusiast" board. Keep up the good work. :)
TWICE? i see a man of culture
hey man what's the song at 8:40?
absolutely great video btw cheers!
+
@Caleb Shell ur so right thanks!! Could vibe to that for a hot min
Prettttyyyy coool!
The soldering turned me off a little from getting one and modifying it to my taste, but this gave me some pretty cool ideas ... one could take the top plate to a milling shop and have them make an aluminum cover, OR one could make a mold out of it and recreate it with epoxy resin. That would make a neat project of its own and I haven't seen anyone do that yet - although I haven't looked, either. Guess I have some research to do. :)
bro this was sick you need more credit bc you spend so much time editing and then making the video
I'm reeaallly wanting to do something like this with my durgod hades.
Did you do it
@@TxwnyHurdle In the process. Desoldering sucked, but it's going well. Swapped the MX brown stems with Polias, so it'll.be very tactile and poppy. Also doing a layer of PE foam on the PCB and cutting some foam to sit between the plate and PCB. Not sure what to do with the case. Maybe some car audio dampening putty.
@@ubberJakerz that was 6 months ago how did you even know about my comment
@@TxwnyHurdle Came back to their video to see how he dealt with the center standoffs, noticed this comment since it was at the top for me lol.
@@ubberJakerz oh lol
and here i thought having a ducky was already enthusiast.
lol
those gmk jamón keys look amazing
I'm doing the same with my Ducky One 2 mini. I'm swapping Cherry Blues for Kailh Creams, also putting new stabilizers and an aluminum case. Even without the extra 4-pin-leds, mine was a pain to desolder. I would rather buy a new pcb than desolder one more time, but I had the DO2M lying around so why not.
Dang this must have taken days to do. It’s so tedious.
The spacebar ruins it imo something seems off about the sound
yeh its scratchy. couldn't really fix it. i lubed the housings too. also the keycaps are different. the stock have a looser fit, but some other ones i tried, the spacebar wouldn't even return lol.
TaeKeyboards that’s disappointing, if the spacebar had the same thock and sound as the backspace, that would be incredible for a modded prebuilt keyboard. Nonetheless it was really cool seeing the transformation and effort put into making it ^_^
@@TaeKeyboards Try Cherry housings with the Ducky wire (which seems to be a little bit thicker than the Cherry one), it fixed my problems with the spacebar not returning of feeling extremely mushy.
Not even an enthusiast of mechanical keyboards, but thoroughly enjoyed this video.
this video makes me very happy the One 3 SF is hotswap!!! I'm also gonna do a silicone pour instead of foam.
that mustve been the most tedious shit ever
That chair you spraipainted on is crusty
bruh when he swiched the keycaps i was like give them to me . good work keep up
xd the sound test is so SATISFYING
thgirud
Great video as always Mendez
thansk bruv
Wow this looks amazing !!!!
For sound dampening in a One 2 Mini, I recommend shelf liner. It's a lot thinner so fits nicely in the little space between the pcb and case.
yep my stuff was way too thick lol
getting a aluminium case would sound so nice with this
omg the patience to do this... I could not justify this over buying another board that's already hotswap
the sound quality on this video is insane
Been getting bored waiting for my group buy to fulfil, have a one 2 mini laying around so I’m gonna be trying this in a few weeks when my soldering kit comes. Sounds really good!
Could you make a video on upgrading a tecware phantom elite 87 into an enthusiast keyboard!
Yay. Spend your time, not money. Great video.
interesting concept man!
I just upgraded my One 2 Mini, I used a thick silicone grease to lube the keyswitches and create drag, then I used a rubber hose cut in 1,5m slices as o-rings to dampen the keycap noise. It sound and feels a million times better now.
Oh my god those switches sound sooooo nice0_0 Now I wish that I had at least ordered tactile switches on mine:_)
Certainly sounds good.
This is so cool, I wish I had the tools to do some mods to my Ducky One 2 mini
That keyboard after mods sounds amazing
YOU'RE FKING AMAZING. I've been planning to make a keyboard using the wooden case for the royal kludge, but with the Ducky one 2 mini cherry red switches and rgb. keycaps i have these cherry blossom PBT doubleshot design. ahhh
I mean no matter how hard he worked for the keyboards that he modded and stuff, we still appreciate that he made them sound so good.
I'm actually surprised how good it was stock. That was really not horrible.
Nice vid as always! But can you do a review of yc66 acrylic keyboard from AliExpress? Thanks