How to Get: Tai-Hao Rubber Keycaps, Hyperglides, Paracords, Custom Cables

oh man this video has been a long time coming so the questions I get asked more than anything else in any video I do is where did you get dot dot where'd you get the rubber keycaps that custom cable that Mouse man hyper glides the paracord I'm gonna do my best day it's hurt all those questions for you today I'm gonna show you where to get them how to get them cheaper how to get them faster what places overseas are the best to order from how to get him in your hands the best way possible ready let's go this video is brought to you by bookmark com bookmarks a free website builder where you can create a professional looking website with hosting in just a couple minutes by answering seven simple questions bookmarks AI engine 8 a literally build your website right in front of your face in less than 2 minutes and you can edit virtually every aspect of the page once it's complete you can also upgrade to connect your existing domain and create an online store with e-commerce integration it's awesome click the link in the description below or check them out at bookmark com yo I'm Brian P you're watching Batsy Tech and today I'm gonna show you how to get your hands on all those cool little extras one off little pieces cables key caps everything you might need for your mouse so you can really dial in your setup and make it more personal for you I will put links in the description for everything that we talked about today I'll tell you what I'll even put timestamps up here because I'm gonna cover a lot of stuff today and this will help you get to the information you need a lot faster I will say here before we even get started that outside of money the number one thing you need to get your hands on any of this stuff is patience this is not Amazon Prime stuff I have never known patience in my life like I know now after having got into custom keycaps artisans GroupWise audiophile stuff mass drop etc also the majority this information today is going to apply directly between the United States because that's where I live so that's the experience that I have lastly for transparency outside of an affiliate deal with mass drop I don't have any kind of financial relationship with any of the companies featured in today's video all right so kicking things off with rubberized key caps these are the wave right now pretty much seem to be a must-own for anybody out there that's got a small form-factor keyboard anytime you see a rubberized diamond pad and key capped whether it's shine through which is another way to say backlit or it's blank chances are very strong that it came from tile you can get hands on these from a number of places mechanical keyboards calm mass drops sometimes eBay but the fastest way of my experience is to go to shop Thai how calm pricing on this site is listed in New Taiwan dollars an 18 set of rubber key caps will run you 550 TWD which equates to just under $18 u.s. a four pack of links will run you a TNT or about two dollars and sixty cents compare that to mechanical keyboards price of $19.50 for a four pack of blanks if you're buying direct from Tahoe where they're gonna get you is on the shipping expect to pay more and shipping than you're gonna pay for an 18 said even if you're picking the cheapest shipping option which is FedEx FedEx will run you about $19 EMS is gonna run you about 24 bucks the upshot is that they're almost always in stock they're in the shipping is superfast my orders make it all the way from Taiwan to the Midwest usually in about five days sometimes less so if I order on a Monday I've got him by the weekend no problem let's move here is to order in bulk that way the shipping won't stink so bad so what's all the hype with these things well they look cool and they're backlit well they increase your performance in game if you're not real confident on your keyboard yet you can just put them on your wash keys that way if when you're playing you get lost you move off your keys you can find them just with that little tactile texture difference find your way back without having to look down on your keyboard you can increase this effect by putting the arrow keys included in the set on your wass keys because they're a different height so they're even easier to find if you move off those keys a note here I'm buying the four pack blinks most of the time people in a bind these are looking to cover the exact same four keys that's gonna be your Z X C and V keys so you want to make sure you get the right row height for that r1 is probably what you're looking for they're far and away the most popular so they're also the most likely to be sold out you can easily substitute a different row just be aware that they're gonna be slightly higher than the rest of your keys why rats are out feel free to have a look around too because they've got some awesome PBT key cap sets this is also where you'll find the sunrise or rainbow set as well as the Hawaii set both awesome you can also find these rubberized key caps now at matrix keyboards these look an awful lot like thai hockey caps to me but I haven't had them in hand yet so I couldn't tell you for sure downside is they're only available in 13 cap sets so they're missing the number 6 key and they're missing the four arrow keys and the sets are more expensive at twenty dollars for a 13 cap set if you want to mix and match your colors get some unique combinations go they offer that too as long as you're willing to pay an additional premium of five bucks moving on to the next one are two very popular key cap sets root ducky this is ultra violet and joker you may also be looking for a set called good in blue and you may also have seen these they're called primary exposure and at the time in this video they have not yet been released mechanical keyboards comm again is where you want to head for these be prepared for them to be sold out almost all the time hopefully you'll catch them on pre-order they're really good about telling you the date that they're gonna come in if you get really really insanely lucky you might be able to catch them in stock sometimes now you may have found something that looks very similar to these at banggood.com or another Chinese retailer a COEX ducky they look identical but they have different names like ultra violet is called Queen so naturally this feels like a knockoff or a counterfeit it isn't my contacted ducky confirmed they use a company called echo in China to act as an agent for them these are 100% authentic ducky key caps I did order one of these scents from banggood so I can't confirm they are 100% identical unfortunately i ordered those over Chinese New Year so it took like forever to ship I haven't bought anything else from banggood.com so maybe somebody can chime in in the comments let me know what that shipping usually takes from them I've ordered official ducky key caps a couple times here so don't be freaked out if your packaging looks a little weird one of them came in a really nice acrylic key card that had like a little place for every key the other one was literally just a bag of key caps just a ziplock bag full of key caps with a little piece of paper inside that said ducky both of them were quality both of them were legit so don't freak out if you just get like a weird bag full of key caps in the mail for some reason or another there exists this gotcha moment where people buy these custom key cap sets they get them in hand and then they figure out that they're not backlit so be aware of this as a matter of fact most like literally the overwhelming majority of custom key caps regardless of material or not backlit tile has actually got a new backlit Miami set coming out with some new technology so it looks like a state of Miami in the daylight but it is still backlit I actually found a cheap backlit Miami style set on Aliexpress for like 25 bucks but it's not great and it took like almost three weeks to get here I don't think I'll probably ordering from them again alright a custom keyboard cable love these you could score these from a few different places I know zap cables is out there they also have like a DIY kit if you're into that kind of thing but for my custom cables I use cables calm they make this as easy as they can it's easy enough to pick a connector in your colors it's kind of tough to visualize how each paracord will be affected by the color of the text leaving if you're not sure just send an email chances are you can send you an example and he makes it super easy to match common high and key set so you can literally just tell them god speed laser canvas carbon whatever and it'll automatically put that color configuration together in a way that's guaranteed to look sick with that key cap set the big questions I get are on this connector it's called an aviator connector and besides just looking cool it does offer a couple features it's important to note here that when you're looking at a cable like this its treated as two different cables so one's gonna plug into your keyboard and terminate in the Aviator and then you're gonna have the other side of the aviator that terminates in the USB for your PC when you order if you put the aviator connector on the left side of your coil this gives you the ability to have several shorter cables to terminate in USB C micro USB mini USB so if you keep the same color scheme but upgrade your keyboard someone that has a different connector you don't have to purchase an entire new custom cable if you place this connector on the right side of the coil like mine is this means you can have a big long run in the neutral color that goes to the back your PC so you never have to reach back there then you can swap out coils and connectors as you want to to change the look at your desktop the cable is shown in this video this has got like all the bells and whistles this is a 7 inch large diameter coil cost me about 55 bucks all in two just under a week to arrive you can't go a lot simpler here and forgo the connector or the coils or whatever and just have a straight run this color matched if you like a cleaner simpler look alright pair of cords and hyper glides I got my pair of cords from a guy named sisa I think he's based out of Germany he's just got an online order form I'll link it in the description below they were costly and they took a really long time to arrive right now if you need pair of cords pair of flex is probably where you want to be the only run $15 per and they ship fast when they're in stock this is also the best place to grab hyper glides when they're in stock the best way to catch them in stock Twitter follow pair of flex cables and turn post notifications on then watch and wait they always announce in advance but when they give you the date and time don't sleep be there on time there's plenty of guys out there with BOTS because hyper glides for final mouths are like a resellers goldmine right now on eBay so don't sleep on these be prepared to get there on time so you can get your hands on what you want you can also get hyper directly from the source at hyper glide net for instance I've never seen the Zowie s1 s2 feet in stock and pair of flex cables I had to go directly to hyper glide to get them they cost nine dollars is said plus five dollars for shipping they ship out via DHS they come from Singapore and they take forever to arrive I ordered my first set from them on March 14th it's now March 27th when I'm filming this video and they've just touched down in the United States they're not even to my place yet how do you know when they restock just go to Reddit hang out and Mouse reviews and wait for somebody to announce the restock just check daily and yeah there are alternatives to hyper glides out there but these are the ones that everybody wants honestly if you're running a Zowie Mouse I really don't feel like they offer any kind of increased performance lastly if you're looking for that finishing touch that really awesome desk mat that's gonna help tie your whole setup together you got to go to novel Keys X Y Z chances are they've got a dustman out there that will match any high-end custom key cap set or any color scheme you're trying to work out they're really high-quality - extra big at 900 by 400 millimeters extra soft and they come in this nice cool little carry bag they roll right out - they require zero time before they lay flat they're never wavy at all though they do smell a little weird for a couple days now the keys also has some really unique switches and they have group by info for upcoming custom key sets all right I think that's about enough for today I'm not gonna dive into like artisans or high-end group buys mass drop though I'll save that information for a different day we'll talk about where you can score some unique or one-off key caps but hopefully that information helps you find exactly what you were looking for that's it for this time I'm bright beam thanks so much 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Channel: BadSeed Tech

Views: 1,249,159

Rating: 4.9573817 out of 5

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Id: DyT9nyC2RoM

Length: 10min 35sec (635 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 28 2019

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