Upgrading a Membrane Keyboard for $30

hey this membrane upgrade keyboard video is sponsored by my man squarespace recently if you haven't noticed i've actually been really interested in mechanical keyboards but while i was exploring more about mechanical keyboards i actually found out about this new thing called membrane keyboards now yes i know some of you may not know what membrane keyboards are so basically the keyboards that uses the thin piece of membrane as the switches instead of individual spring switches now these membrane keyboards actually have a lot of benefits they're a lot cheaper and yeah that's pretty much it they sound like ass they don't have ideal response rate but yes they are really affordable so hear me out all right what if we upgraded a membrane keyboard to actually sound good it's gonna be a lot different than modding a normal mechanical keyboard but i think we can get it done right after today's sponsor hi i'm john lee owner of three companies including apple and i have no idea how to make a 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the promo code squashyboy for 10 off your first domain or website alright and now back to the video so to start this project i actually went to the store and got an armageddon keyboard the keyboard name is called the ak666x and it actually costed me around 25 us dollars i didn't choose it for any particular reason it was just cheap and it was a membrane keyboard i wanted a mark okay [Music] unboxing the keyboard and you will get just the keyboard i mean there's nothing else inside the keyboard is fully made of plastic and it feels like plastic and it also sounds like this it's i guess so with the unboxing done i got to work i first disassembled the keyboard by taking off the keycaps unlike cherry stem keycaps these keycaps are proprietary to the keyboard so sadly we can't change them they also fitted really tightly to the keyboard so it took a while for them to all come out [Music] interestingly the spacebar has two springs underneath it to make the fuel a bit heavier but we're gonna take them out because it costs a lot of rental [Music] next we're going to loop the walls of the keycaps this is where the contact happens so in theory this would help smoothen the keystroke while also dampening the sound on the keyboard looming is a tiring and boring process so i actually looped the rest of the keyboard at twitter tv oshie boy and me and the rest of the viewers had a really fun time we basically talked about beer and stuff i've never gotten drunk nor have i gotten like high high further dampening the sound i actually explored something which in theory would work so the keycaps have a hollow center which reverberates sound quite a lot so i went out to get some sound dampening foam and then i proceeded to cut them up and fill the gaps with foam yes i know the sound damaging form only works because of the pyramid peaks but i just needed some foam which can dampen [Music] [Music] something [Music] next i had to fix the stabilizers [Music] [Music] i took some permatex dielectric grease and looped the contact points [Music] and with all that done i reassembled the keyboard and here's how it sounds like and that my friends is how you mod a membrane keyboard so i personally think it's a huge upgrade from what it was but let's see if my friend could tell the difference blind folder hello man hello okay louise i have two keyboards for you no way i want you to try them out all right this is the first keyboard very nice gmk olivia very very nice i want you to try the second keyboard okay it's a bit of a chunker [Music] oh it feels pretty good oh okay okay now take off your blindfold oh my god no way oh by the way guys this second take is scripted because the first steak sounded like this so i had to drive all the way to louie's house to do it again oh yeah wait wait do the proper one it feels pretty good like for a membrane keyboard it actually feels a tiny bit mechanical i'll give it a solid seven no what if you give it to someone who isn't familiar with mechanical keyboards i'm pretty sure they wouldn't know this mechanical all membrane all right sick thanks for having me um so yeah that's pretty much it for this video i hope you enjoyed it and learn a thing or two like this video if you liked it dislike this video if you didn't like it comment down below your way and i'll see y'all in another [Music] video [Music]

Channel: Squashy Boy

Views: 942,032

Keywords: Squashy, boy, squashyboy, osu, osu!, unboxing, osu2018, membrane keyboard, custom membrane keyboard, custom keyboard, mechanical custom keyboard, how to change a membrane keyboard to a mechanical keyboard, how to change a membrane keyboard, membrane keyboard upgrade, i upgraded a membrane keyboard

Id: HXT6Mv_6Wyk

Length: 7min 29sec (449 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 14 2021