This is the BEST Budget Keyboard. (NO MODS)
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Hippiotech reviews the Dust Silver 75 keyboard, a budget-friendly option starting at $80. Despite its plastic construction, the keyboard offers a surprisingly good typing experience, with a solid feel and decent sound quality. The video explores whether modifications are necessary for this model, comparing it to the similarly priced Keychron V1. After attempting a mod with a Kill Mat, Hippiotech concludes that the Dust Silver 75 performs well without modifications, making it a strong contender in the budget keyboard market.
Takeaways
- 🎉 The Dust Silver 75 is a budget keyboard starting at $80 that aims to provide a good typing experience without the need for modifications.
- 🔍 The reviewer, Hippiotech, is known for modding keyboards and explores whether the Dust Silver 75 requires any mods to improve its sound and feel.
- 💸 The keyboard is available in both wired and wireless versions, with the wired version being recommended for its value.
- 🎨 The keyboard comes in a 'Lilac' colorway, which is described as cute and may appeal to those who enjoy a cutesy aesthetic.
- 🔨 The construction of the keyboard is mostly plastic with a metal badge, challenging the notion that plastic keyboards cannot be of high quality.
- 💡 The keyboard features a mysterious light strip at the bottom, which is hoped to be functional rather than just aesthetic.
- 🛍️ The keyboard includes accessories like a cable, switch, and keycap puller, and also comes with a papery material that resembles a legal document from Nintendo.
- 🌈 The Dust Silver 75 has full RGB lighting, including side glow and logo glow, but the script hints at a potential issue with these LEDs.
- 🔩 The keyboard is hot-swappable, allowing users to change switches without soldering, but the north-facing LEDs might cause interference when swapping keycaps.
- 🔧 The script describes a challenging process of disassembling the keyboard due to its construction, which may deter potential modders.
- 📦 The Dust Silver K61, a cheaper alternative, is also reviewed and found to have a less impressive feel and sound compared to the 75, making it less recommendable.
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