The QK80 — My Experience

This is the QK80. It's a wild keyboard for it's price point of roughly 160 to start. Bluetooth, two batteries, amazing finishes, tons of options and fun modular mounting styles. However, I wasn't 100% sold on it. Yes this keyboard sounds better with foam, but the no foam experience left me with an empty feeling. It wasn't bad, but I wasn't in love. To note, I know people LOVE foam, I also love some foam in my builds, but it would be nice to have the option to not use some too. That is where my dislike of flex cuts come in. They really make it so you need to use foam or tape up the PCB (which has a particular sound to it). You start to lose some of the uniqueness of the keyboard and it just does nothing for me. Now, this is all preference and you have to understand this is my view point and there is a HUGE market for people who love foam and flex cuts. But it is my ideology that a properly made mounting system does more for flex than flex cuts any day. Overall this is still a great bargain for what you get and the more I look at the keyboard, the more I love it visually. ✅ BUILD SPECS: Keyboard: QK80 Plate Material: Aluminum Keycaps: GMK Dandy Switches: London Fog Switches Here is how i lube my switches and stabilizers: Stabs —    • How To Lube and Properly Tune Stabili...   Switches —    • How To Lube Your Switches w/ Tips and...   Find me live here: www.twitch.tv/alexotos 📷 My Streaming Gear: kit.co/alexotos/streaming-gear ➡️ My Building Equipment: kit.co/alexotos/building-equipment ⌨️ Some Keyboard Parts I recommend: kit.co/alexotos/some-recommend-keyboard-parts 👕Merch: alexotos.creator-spring.com/ ➡️ What I use for keycap storage: amzn.to/3fGvdZq Note: Some of these are affiliate links! They help support my channel. ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ ⬇️ Sponsors/Affiliates⬇️ kineticlabs.store/alexotos salvun.com/ fromscratchusa.com/ spaceholdings.net/?aff=alexotos kibou.store/alexotos www.ashkeebs.com/?aff=3 omnitype.com/alexotos modedesigns.com/alexotos archetypemade.com/ zepsody.com/ stupidbulletstech.com/ ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ Discord: discord.gg/alexotos ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ Remember to follow me on my socials, too! www.alexotos.com/ www.instagram.com/alexotos twitter.com/otosalex www.twitch.tv/alexotos www.patreon.com/alexotos ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ Edited by: youtube.com/manolivisuals

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