My search for the perfect gaming keyboard (w/ rapid trigger)
Summary
TLDRThis video script explores the world of Hall effect keyboards, focusing on their advantages in gaming over traditional mechanical keyboards. The reviewer tests various models, including those from Wooding, Kyron, Everglide, and Echo, noting differences in latency, responsiveness, and build quality. Software and firmware are highlighted as crucial for customization, with Wooding and Kyron leading in user-friendly interfaces. Despite some requiring calibration, Hall effect keyboards offer a superior gaming experience with rapid trigger capabilities.
Takeaways
- 🎮 Hall effect keyboards are popular in the gaming community, with some players considering them superior to mechanical keyboards for gaming due to their responsiveness.
- 🏆 Pro players and enthusiasts believe that these keyboards can enhance in-game performance, with some even suggesting they offer a competitive edge.
- 🔄 Hall effect keyboards feature rapid trigger technology, allowing for keys to be released and re-triggered throughout the entire keystroke range, unlike mechanical keyboards.
- 🕹️ The review covers multiple Hall effect keyboards including the Wooding 60 H, Kyron Q1 H, Everglide AE68, Echo, and Endgame Gear KB 65 H, each with unique characteristics.
- 📊 A latency test was conducted using a solenoid to measure the real latency of the keyboards, revealing minor differences with Echo's keyboard performing the best under certain conditions.
- ⚙️ Customization is key for Hall effect keyboards, with the ability to adjust actuation points and rapid trigger sensitivities to suit individual preferences.
- 🤔 The script highlights the importance of software and firmware for configuring Hall effect keyboards, with Wooding and Kyron leading in this aspect.
- 💾 Echo's keyboard, despite having high-quality hardware, suffers from software issues, including bugs and a lack of proper profile management.
- 🛠️ Calibration is an important aspect, with some keyboards requiring occasional recalibration while others, like Wooding's, can calibrate keys on the fly.
- 💰 The script also touches on the value proposition of the keyboards, with some offering a more affordable option without compromising on quality.
- 🔑 Key takeaways include the rapid trigger feature, the importance of software for customization, and the varying performance and quality of the keyboards tested.
Q & A
What are Hall of Fame effect keyboards?
-Hall of Fame effect keyboards are a type of gaming keyboard that uses Hall effect sensors for key detection, offering faster response times and the ability to re-trigger keys across the whole keystroke range, known as rapid trigger.
Why are Hall of Fame effect keyboards considered advantageous in gaming?
-They offer a more responsive in-game experience compared to traditional mechanical keyboards, with features like rapid trigger that can enhance the precision of movements and actions, which some players feel is akin to cheating.
Outlines
🎮 Hall of Fame Keyboards in Gaming
This paragraph introduces the concept of Hall of Fame effect keyboards, also known as rapid trigger or wooden clone keyboards, which are popular among professional gamers for their enhanced responsiveness. The narrator expresses a preference for these keyboards over traditional mechanical ones, noting their potential to improve in-game performance. The paragraph also mentions the variety of options available, including keyboards from Wooding, which popularized the Hall of Fame effect, and new entries from brands like Kyron, Everglide, and Echo, which are entering the market with innovative features such as 8 kHz polling rates. The narrator sets the stage for a series of tests to evaluate these keyboards' latency and performance.
🔍 Deep Dive into Keyboard Latency and Rapid Trigger Features
The second paragraph delves into the technical aspects of the keyboards, focusing on latency and the rapid trigger feature. The narrator discusses the importance of latency in gaming and how Hall of Fame effect keyboards differ from mechanical ones. The rapid trigger capability is highlighted as a key advantage, allowing for more precise control and faster in-game actions. The paragraph also addresses the different settings and software interfaces of various keyboards, pointing out the unique features and limitations of each, such as Echo's raw mode and Wooding's teon mode. The narrator emphasizes the need for a good Hall of Fame keyboard for gaming and the challenges in choosing the right one among the growing competition.
🛠️ Customizing Actuation Points and Rapid Trigger Settings
This paragraph discusses the customization options available on Hall of Fame effect keyboards, particularly the actuation points and rapid trigger settings. The narrator explains how these settings can affect the keyboard's performance and user experience. The paragraph compares the software and firmware of different brands, noting the ease of use and functionality of Wooding's slick web interface and Keyron's comparable web interface. It also criticizes the software of other brands like Echo and Endgame Gear for their lack of features and bugs. The narrator highlights the importance of quick profile switching for different use cases and the issues with keyboards that lack dedicated actuation point settings or have problematic implementations of rapid trigger features.
🏆 Comparing the Top Hall of Fame Effect Keyboards
The final paragraph wraps up the discussion by comparing the top Hall of Fame effect keyboards, focusing on the pros and cons of each. The narrator shares personal experiences with the keyboards, including the build quality, sound, and performance of the Wooding 60 H and the Keyron Q1 H. The paragraph also touches on the issues faced with other keyboards, such as the Everglide AE68 and the Endgame Gear KB 65 H. The narrator concludes by expressing a preference for the 75% layout of the Q1 H but acknowledges the superior sound and reliability of the Wooding 60 H. The paragraph ends with an anticipation of future developments in the Hall of Fame effect keyboard market.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Hall effect keyboards
💡Rapid trigger
💡Wooding 60 H
💡Polling rate
💡Latency
💡Actuation point
💡Endgame Gear KB 65 H
💡Key calibration
💡Software interface
💡Build quality
💡Profile switching
Highlights
Hall of Fame effect keyboards and rapid trigger keyboards are popular among professional gamers and are considered by some to offer a competitive advantage.
The Hall of Fame effect keyboards provide a more responsive gaming experience compared to traditional mechanical keyboards.
Wooding's 60 H is a popular Hall of Fame keyboard, known for its aluminum case and high performance.
Competition in the Hall of Fame keyboard market has increased, with well-known brands entering the space.
ECHO's keyboard stands out with an 8 kHz polling rate, which is eight times higher than the Wooding 60 H.
Latency tests using a solenoid reveal that ECHO's keyboard has the lowest latency when in 'raw mode', but this mode is limited to four keys.
Wooding's 'teon' mode provides a latency advantage without limiting RGB lighting, unlike ECHO's 'raw mode'.
Rapid trigger capability is a key feature of Hall of Fame effect keyboards, allowing for more intuitive and precise control in gaming.
Different Hall of Fame keyboards have varying force profiles and software settings, affecting in-game feel and performance.
ECHO's keyboard has a unique issue where rapid trigger remains active after initial key press, leading to potential unintended behavior.
Endgame Gear's KB 65 H lacks a dedicated actuation point setting, which can cause a 'dead zone' in the middle of a keystroke.
The build quality and design of ECHO's keyboard are praised, but its software and firmware are criticized for being difficult to use and buggy.
Wooding and Keyron are noted for their superior software interfaces, offering more features and reliability compared to other brands.
The lack of a keyboard shortcut for profile switching in some keyboards is identified as a significant inconvenience for users.
Everglide's AE68 is recognized for its build quality and software that allows fixed actuation points, avoiding dead zones.
The Keyron Q1 H and Wooding 60 H are the top two favorites, with the Q1 H offering a 75% layout and additional features like a volume knob.
Calibration issues are noted with the Q1 H, requiring occasional recalibration, unlike the Wooding 60 H which does not need calibration.
Preference for the 75% form factor of the Q1 H is expressed, despite the Wooding 60 H being considered the better keyboard overall.
The video concludes with an anticipation for the upcoming Wooding AT keyboard and its potential impact on the market.
Transcripts
all of these keyboards are Hall of f
effect keyboards or rapid trigger
keyboards or wooden clones whatever you
want to call them fact is these are like
super hyrid know in the gaming keyboard
space lots of pro players use them
people swear these will make you better
in game some even say it's like cheating
compared to a normal keyboard and yeah
there's definitely some truth to that
we're going to do a bunch of more
objective tests with all of these
keyboards in a minute but I can already
tell you after spending some time with
these keyboards I really don't know if I
can ever go back to a normal mechanical
keyboard these really are that good of
course there are a few things I don't
like about some of the keyboards I've
tested we'll get to that but yeah a good
hall effect keyboard with the right
settings just feels so much more
responsive in game than every mechanical
keyboard I've tested so far so it's
clear to me that I need a hall of f
keyboard for gaming question though is
which one I mean wooding made Hall of f
keyboards popular so the 60 H would be
the obvious choice and I have one right
here in this super nice Alum case which
is Wu's new aluminum case but yeah
wooding are not the only ones anymore
who make keyboards like this there's
actually a lot of competition right now
and finally even some well-known brands
from the mechanical keyboard space are
jumping onto the Hall of effect hype
train here we have the brand new q1 H by
Kyron everglide also brought out a new
Hall of f keyboard and Echo even have a
few ones but this one probably is the
most high and H keyboard that even has 8
khz polling that is 8 times the polling
rate of the woing 60 H and I have high
expectations for these keyboards because
I've tested a few mechanical keyboards
from these Brands before and yeah they
definitely know how to make keyboards
and then there is also the KB 65 H by
endgame gear and yeah endgame gear makes
some really nice gaming M so I was
excited to check out that keyboard to
all of these have luminum cases all of
them support rapid trigger so this is
going to be interesting now the lack or
latency is actually the first thing I
want to tackle safe to say Brands love
to claim the gaming peripherals are the
fastest on the market so I actually
built a solonoid r just for the purpose
of measuring the real latency of these
keyboards I took some inspiration from
Battle nonsense shout out to him it's
important to note that we're measuring
the entire enter and latency here
meaning the time it takes between the
first contact with the key cap up until
the action shows up on screen so this is
not just the latency of the keyboard and
in includes the PC and monitor latency
so what do the numbers look like well
echo's keyboard comes out on top which
is not really a surprise when you
consider it's the only one with an 8 khz
polling rate technically the everglide
ae68 is also advertised with 8 khz
polling but according to my testing it's
actually 1 khz more about that in a
minute now echos scrap performance here
also comes with a caveat it only can
achieve this with its so-called raw mode
turned on without it it's actually the
slowest of the bunch now you might might
think not a big deal just turn on Raw
mode then but this mode only applies to
Four Keys Max you can freely choose
these four keys and four Keys obviously
are enough to cover W ASD so you can get
the fastest latency for all your
movement keys but you out of luck if you
want to use this let's say for your
weapon slots Crouch or maybe your build
BS in fortnite while also having the
movement Keys covered not a big fan of
that limitation wooding also has a
special mode which they call teon but
this applies to all keys and even
without this mode the latency is just
half a millisecond higher and voting
only slightly limit the RGB in their
special mode while EOS raw mode turns
off the RGB entirely so much prefer
voting's implementation but before
getting too hooked up on Tiny
submillisecond latency differences all
these keyboards are actually pretty
close when it comes to latency we're
talking about a Less Than 3 millisecond
difference between the fastest and the
slowest keyboard on the chart so
realistically latency is not really
concern with either of these keyboards
and know all this marketing speech about
instant reaction times 0.1 mm accuration
points and all that can make you think
that these hall effect keyboards are all
about reducing the latency of your key
presses but that's really not the case
what really makes these Hall of f effect
keyboards special is not the click
latency but the ability to release and
re-trigger keys across the whole
keystroke range AKA rapid trigger that's
just completely different from how a
mechanical keyboard works on this Hall
of effect keyboard whenever I just just
lift my finger slightly the character
stops moving push it back in ever so
slightly and the character moves again
that's just super intuitive a mechanical
keyboard just can't do this of course
you can still have great movement with a
mechanical keyboard but this rapid
trigger mechanic makes a lot of things
so much easier like counter straing for
instance after switching to hall effect
my timing has become much more precise
on a mechanical keyboard I'm much less
consistent and I have this improvement
with all five of the H keyboards that I
have here of course there are slight
differences in how these all feel in
game the switches that these keyboards
come with all have slightly different
Force profiles and the software and how
you can set things up is a bit different
too with the same settings the woing the
keyron and the everglide ACT pretty
similar in game and feel kind of similar
too endgame gears and Echo keyboard
though can act pretty different from the
others depending on the actuation
settings you want to run see the other
key keyboards use three parameters to
control how the key presses and key
releases are handled first we have the
actuation point which controls at which
distance the first key press is detected
this is the setting you want to increase
if you fumble a lot or if resting your
fingers on the key caps already triggers
the key and then there are the press and
release sensitivities for Rapid trigger
if we set both to let's say 0.2 mm
releasing The Key by that distance
resists the key press push it down at
least 0.2 mm again and it triggers again
that way you can get these really fast
inputs by default this rapid trigger
feature is only active below the
actuation point and that's typically how
you want to have it set up on echo's
keyboard though rapid trigger is active
across the whole keystroke range even
above the actuation point and that can
cause some strange Behavior like let's
set the actuation point to the deepest
setting and let's keep the rapid trigger
stuff at 0.2 pressing in the key
slightly doesn't do anything now thanks
to the Deep actuation point I need to
bottom out the switch to engage it but
Watch What Happens now I did not
completely let go of the key yet but
when I press it back in ever so slightly
it triggers again that's because
activating the key once engages the
rapid trigger mode which then stays
active until you completely let go of
the key that's pretty weird the wooding
60 H can do this too if you really want
the setting is called continuous rapid
trigger not sure why you would want this
but point is you can enable or disable
this on woodings keyboard but it's
always active on echo's keyboard Either
you turn off rapid trigger entirely or
you get this continuous rapid trigger
and that's a bit of a shame honestly I
have to admit it's kind of hard to
notice this Behavior if you set super
short actuation points but with some
settings combinations this is an issue
End Game Gear also made let's say a bit
of an interesting decision their
keyboard basically doesn't have a
setting for the actual ation point the
press and release sensitivities or
thresholds as they call it are the only
two settings you can configure now first
implication is that this also means that
the rapid trigger feature is always
active just like on echo's keyboard
second thing is you kind of have to use
the Press threshold as a makeshift for
the actuation point meaning if you want
the switches to trigger at 1 mm you got
to set the Press threshold to 1 mm this
works however this Al means that if you
let go of the key slightly to reset it
you need to press it another 1 mm to
trigger it again this can cause this
weird like dead zone in the middle of a
key stroke like see nothing happens here
in that range there's a whole millimeter
of dead space now where the key just
doesn't trigger again that's not
something that's super noticeable if
you're using very short thresholds but
100% this is an issue if you want to run
something like one or 2 mm for the Press
threshold PA with a short release
threshold now apart from that I actually
have a lot of Sympathy for the kb6 5he
after all it's rather affordable for
what it is comes in at about 140 bucks
and comes with an aluminum Cas of
standard and it even sounds pretty nice
out of the
box but yeah it's only really viable
option if you're planning to use like .1
or maybe .5 mm for the extration anyway
way otherwise if you prefer your
keyboard to be less sensitive or if you
just don't know yet the lack of a
dedicated actuation Point setting is a
real deal breaker echo's keyboard though
I don't know it it just makes me mad
like I absolutely love the bir quality
it's this super heavy aluminum case
brass everywhere it's looked like a tank
and the Year of the Dragon design also
looks pretty nice you can clearly see
that Eko knows how to build keyboards
keyboard High whereare that is
everything else about this keyboard just
drives me insane like the software and
firmware are super important for Hall of
effect keyboards there's a lot of stuff
to configure actuation points all that
Ripper trigger stuff and whatnot but EO
software just is a pain to use it's
super cluttered and confusing and on top
of that there are bugs and glitches like
the profiles you can create don't even
work properly whatever actuation or
rapid trigger settings you set just get
applied to all profiles which makes it
impossible to have different profiles
for different games or even a less
aggressive profile for typing which you
really need if you're running similar
settings to mine and then there's the
firm side of things remember the 8 khz
polling this is the only keyboard of the
bunch that has this feature well kind of
let's actually talk about the polling
rates of all of these keyboards I ran
some test with keyboard inspector and
this is what I found out the other
keyboards all run at 1 khz like you
would expect well everglide advertised
their a68 with up to 8 khz but
apparently it's just 1 khz too false
advertising I guess but at least it does
a stable 1 khz what gets real
interesting though is when we take a
look at what echo's keyboard does with
raw mode turned on we get 8 khz just as
advertised that's great but remember the
raw mode only applies to Four Keys Max
and the other keys well
they are only pulling at
120 htz when the raw mode is active
that's just ridiculously no and I
thought maybe without the raw mode the
whole keyboard would at least clock at 1
khz but no it runs at 241 Herz not even
500 HZ really everything besides the
hardware is bad about this keyboard and
that's super unfortunate as the hardware
really is great to be fair though it's
not only Echo that I playing catch up
with woing when it comes to software the
software is actually such a vital part
of these hard effect keyboards there are
so many things to adjust and fine tune
over time and you want to have different
profiles different actuation points and
stuff for gaming and typing so you're
spending a good amount of time with this
software and wooding and keyron seem to
be the only one that have realized how
important the software is woing have
this slck web interface that's quite
intuitive to use and most importantly it
has all the features you want and when
you change something it actually works
which cannot be taken for granted
unfortunately keyron really are the only
ones that can even compete with woing
here just like woing keyron have a web
interface too so no need to install
something on your PC it hases almost all
the features that wooding have and it's
been just as reliable for me only thing
it maybe lack some Polish here and there
like the way switch between setting the
actuation distances and the rapid
trigger settings can feel a bit clunky
sometimes but that's nitpicking
especially if you look at what all the
others are doing I mean Echo is off the
cards with their software and endgame
gear and everglide only have these very
basic applications and you got to
install these both are kind of stripped
down and there's three not a lot to
configure no Dynamic keystroke and no
mod tab but they kind of get the job
done for the basic stuff both are
missing a very vital feature though and
that's the option to change profiles
with a keyboard shortcut see on the
wooding I can just hit FN plus enter to
toggle between my gaming and typing
profile and on the keyron I have it set
up so that my typing profile is on FN
plus1 my gaming profile is on f plus 2 I
have my profiles for these keyboards
linked down below by the way this quick
profile switching is actually super
convenient and I use it a lot because
typing on a keyboard that has different
actuation points for a lot of keys and
some keys that are configured to be
super sensitive that's really not a
great typing experience on the endgame
gear keyboard though you got to open up
the the app every time you want to
switch profiles and everglides app does
have profiles too but the profiles seem
super bucked right now as they just
won't save different actuation settings
and that's super unfortunate because the
everglide ae68 is actually a great
keyboard and in a lot of ways superior
to the endgame gear KB 65 H without
being a lot more expensive it actually
has better build quality thicker higher
quality key caps and the Machining of
the aluminum case is nicer too not a as
a fan of the color so I hope they're
going to have different colorways in the
future but the surface finish is quite
nice however the sticker on the bottom
of the case somehow fused with the
protective cover on my unit which makes
it look a bit scared but apart from that
the build on this is very nice yeah
what's probably the biggest plus you can
set fixed actuation points in the
software which avoids all this floating
actuation Point Dead Zone issues you can
have with the endgame gear KB 65 H and
it sounds better
so the a68 comes in third place for me
closely followed by the KB 65 H okay
let's talk about my two favorite
keyboards then the keyron q1 H and the
wooding 60 H I have a hard time deciding
between these two as they both have
their pros and cons for one I find it
kind of difficult to adjust to the
missing arrow keys of the 60 H mod tab
is a great workaround I have it set up
so that the bottom Four Keys act as
arrow keys when I short press them but
it's just not the same as real arrow
keys which the q1 H does have as it's a
75% layout and it's actually not that
much wider than the 60 H and it also has
a knob which is quite nice for quick
volume control and it even comes like
this fully built with this nice and
super heavy aluminum case and good
quality key caps and it's 219 us whereas
the 60 H spec like I have it here with
this Alo Cas and all that cost roughly
$50 more and you got to build yourself
however I think the woing actually
sounds the best
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the sound of the q1h still comes in
second for me not a big fan of the
stabilizers
though and yeah there are these little
things that kind of give away that Kyron
are still quite new to the hall effect
game and wooding already have a ton of
experience the 60 H really was pluck and
play for me super smooth experience
right out of the box whereas the q1 H
did have some issues with not
registering some inputs like sometimes a
key just quit registering when bottoming
out the switch super annoying and I
think that even got me killed a few
times on vant eventually I was able to
fix this through the calibration
procedure in Kyron software and I got to
give them credit the procedure is very
straightforward and nicely made with the
RGB backlight turning from red to Green
whenever key is successfully calibrated
but woodings keyboard apparently doesn't
even need a calibration procedure at all
as it can just calibrate keys on the Fly
I didn't have a single faulty input with
the 60 H and not a single key press that
didn't register the q1 H though
occasionally needs to be recalibrated
which is a bit annoying that's also true
for everglides and echo's keyboard by
the way only wooding and End Game Gear
don't need any calibration so I'd say
keyron is like maybe 90 95% there it's
close to the basically Flawless
experience I've had with the voting 60 H
I still kind of prefer the 75% form
factor of the q1 H though so I'm
probably going to be switching back and
forth between them
even though the 60 H kind of is the
better keyboard at least until keyron
catches up on the calibration stuff I'm
sure they're going to continue working
on that but the voting at is also on the
horizon so yeah that's going to be
interesting too thanks for watching some
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