Prettiest Mechanical Keyboard? | Azio Typewriter Keyboard Unboxing + Review

hey guys it's wendy i'm coming at you with another unboxing video this is actually a very unexpected one if you've been keeping up with my channel then you would know that i recently got very into mechanical keyboards i currently have two i actually been following this keyboard company called aseon instagram for a little bit they're known for their beautiful retro typewriter looking keyboards and i just randomly entered one of their recent giveaways and actually won which i was legitimately so excited for so i just received in the mail the keyboard that they sent me and i figured i would unbox it for you guys and do a little bit of a typing test later on as well so here we go wow it's actually really heavy and has quite a bit of weight to it okay so here's the keyboard i received it's called the retro compact keyboard or rck this is in the color posh it's a rose gold copper color with white leather so the front just says vintage typewriter bluetooth usb backlit mechanical keyboard so a bunch of different features going on all i can say so far that the packaging is stunning i know that that is not you know always an indicator of a high quality product but i'm very impressed with this packaging right now [Music] [Music] wow okay so here's the keyboard and it comes with a bunch of other things as well a dust bag a type c cord a little duster cleaner this is so cute these are the stands for the bottom of the keyboard and then we also have this armrest which i think was such an amazing luxurious functional touch because i've actually noticed this a lot typing on my current mechanical keyboards my arms slash wrists kind of press against this sharp edge and it does irritate my arms after a while so i think that this is amazing to have this and then we have this i'm assuming is a manual wow everything about this unboxing experience is just luxurious this is a little warranty card that comes with it and the front feels like leather it's this really soft material and it just says it's a certificate of authenticity and some info about warranty and here's a little guy that comes with it right off the bat just looking at the keyboard this is the most beautiful keyboard i have ever seen in my entire life like i mentioned it is hefty like there is a nice weight to it the leather feels really soft there are a couple of other colors in which the material on the top of the keyboard is wood veneer i got the color in which it is leather you can see it's super shiny in the light and the back is just some thick plastic it does have their logo right here and it also supports mac os ios windows and android so you could connect this to your phone and my ipad we can test that out too okay so in case you were wondering this is technically a true mechanical keyboard on the website it says that the keys are supposed to be tacked out and clicky if you're not familiar with the different types of switches a tactile switch just means that there's a little bit of feedback basically a bump that you will feel part way when you press a key down it's very slight though some people prefer to have that bum slash feedback when they type and others don't so it's just really up to preference and there are a bunch of different type of switches that accommodate for that so it looks like these switches they say it's the azio type lit mechanical switch by kale so kale is a switch brand that's actually pretty popular and is known to have some really nice switches so it looks like these switches are made by kale but specifically for asio it says that there's a six key rollover just means that if you click six keys at a time it will actually register all six of those keys so i've actually never tried a clicky switch before i've only tried linear so i have um some gataron red switches and i've also tried cherry mx brown switches which are tactile switches but they're not tactile clicky it's kind of like a separate category so i'm really excited the keys right now on the keyboard are for the mac layout and they also have the replacement ones if you're using a pc i believe to remove the keycaps you just pull up so yeah super super easy to remove so that is what the switch looks like it is a box with a large cross in the middle i do find it really interesting because most mechanical keyboard switches protrude out of the board but these are just built in which is an interesting design all right so enough rambling let's try this baby out okay so it sounds so clean and it definitely feels pretty different typing on this this is just me getting used to the tactile clicky switches and also these circle keys my fingers i feel like are missing the keys a little bit more but that's just me getting used to it one thing i do find interesting is that there is sort of a variance in terms of sound depending on which key you're hitting so if you notice for example if i click any of the keys on the side you can see that there's a variation in pitch but then all the letter keys sound pretty much the same let me bring out one of my other keyboards okay so for example this is the anne pro 2 it's a very popular keyboard and there's definitely less of a variation in sounds for the different keys so you see how all the ones on the sides sound basically the same as you can hear there's just a very large variance in the different pitches i would say of the keys so just like an interesting thing to note so as i mentioned it did come with these extra keyboard feet and this is just so you can you know change the height of the keyboard i do enjoy the fact they give you the option to do that for most mechanical keyboards in which you have the option of changing the height you just have these pop out feet and for these you actually have to manually remove the feet that come with the keyboard and replace it so just requires a little bit more effort but it's really not that big of a deal so very easy to remove so here is the port that you would plug in the type c cable this is a very small thing but i will say that most keyboards will have this port on the side because it's just easier in terms of placement on your desk to have this on the side and kind of plugging in the cable somewhere over here when it's in the middle it just it makes it a little bit more tougher in terms of where you can place the keyboard if that makes sense some people don't mind it but other people that is you know a big deal so there's a switch here that goes between bluetooth usb and then just off and then one between mac and pc i'm going to switch it to bluetooth mode it is backlit which is pretty cool because i feel like a lot of retro style keyboards they try to keep it very retro and they don't include backlighting of the keys i don't really use the lighting on the keyboards i think it's super cool to have but on the day-to-day i don't really use it i think that the hue of this though is stunning it's this really warm toned orange but it's not a bright fluorescent orange it looks almost like an amber that's how i describe it and i believe you can adjust the brightness and then just turn it off on the website it says that the battery for this keyboard with the backlight off the usage time is nine months and with the backlight on it's about one to two months so this keyboard has 81 keys so that's closest to a 75 keyboard layout i love the fact that it's compact but it still has the arrow keys i just personally use arrow keys pretty frequently and work so i'm attempting to pair the keyboard with my ipad the way you pair you just click function and one of the number keys and then after the bluetooth key finishes flashing click function and the bluetooth key oh i see it it just showed up you obviously compare this with a computer as well i'm not going to test that out because i'm assuming if it works for my ipad it will work very well on my computer so my overall thoughts are that this is an absolutely beautiful keyboard it's definitely an item that you're going to want to display on your desk for all to see i think there's definitely more functional keyboards out there you're probably not going to type the quickest on this keyboard but it is a really unique piece so i think it just kind of comes down to what you envision using this keyboard for that's going to be it for today's video and i'll see you in my next one bye [Music] you

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Length: 10min 41sec (641 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 07 2020