We bricked it… - UHK 60

if you're the kind of person who works and plays in front of a keyboard it's really worth considering getting something that's at least a little bit ergonomic so that you have hands when you're old I've never had an RSI and that's partly because I use an ergonomic keyboard at my desk at work this is a pretty ergonomic keyboard it's also kind of not in some way so let's check it out this is the the uhk that stands for ultimate hacking keyboard 60. it's a small keyboard it's a split keyboard and it comes with a bunch of modules and stuff because guys just because you're going ergonomic doesn't mean it isn't a fun mechanical keyboard lots of customization you know it's a fun mechanical keyboard when you get the telephone cable that's the one that's called Curly little pigtail guy I don't know in the Box you get the split keyboard which does combine but look at that in a second you get these little guys which appear to be click in feet like oh God look at the other one these are like the uh like the stands I think that you can flip out to increase the Tilt which you shouldn't do from Arizona perspective more on that later also have a combined key switch puller and key cap puller branded uhk you also have a branded cable tie properly fixed to this table which looks like it's like five feet long oh it's actually USBC to see with an adapter to a and that's it for the box so where does this plug in I guess it goes into one side of this and then the sides are connected by what they call the bridge yeah this actually stretches pretty far oh where does this go oh there it is on the right module there is a USBC Port hidden in there so you can plug into that and then run through this little channel oh she's tight and it's in and then it runs off that way away from you like that guy in and there you have the keyboard so that's the setup but actually I want to unplug that if I can because I want to take a bit of an exterior tour of this thing there's a lot of info on the back here start with uhk.io start it looks like their website is actually fairly robust there's an arrow over here pointing to a reset button that tells me that you can reprogram this keyboard and if you want to reset the factory settings you just actually do it that way which is kind of cool you've got these little pegs with rubber domes on them or feet and over here there's kind of a list of the features I don't know what agent means adaptive mode Mouse control macro programming copy left repair friendly durable and key rollover agent it's the hacker keyboard in terms of the ergonomics of this thing the first thing you notice that's weird about it is it's a split keyboard and that's good for your shoulders actually so you can actually spread it apart like this because it's kind of awkward for us to sit like this you naturally want to spread out broaden the chest you know don't collapse your shoulders forward so much in like a hunching way a second benefit to having the split is something called ulnar deviation if your hands are together on a regular keyboard and they go like that that hurts that pinches that can cause RSI but as soon as you spread it you're not anymore there's no reason to go like this if you have this space if it's nicer to actually you can even go like this just come in totally naturally like that now there's two other elements to keyboard ergonomics that this as configure is not serving at all one being extension and pronation so extension let's put these little guys on it looks like it just goes right around this foot I'll make sure I put this on the right way oh my God those things just really want to fall apart so you have some options of where you put these things I'm going to show you where to put them to be ergonomic right there in the middle now usually geez they're delicate okay when you see little feet like this they're on your keyboard and they're making your keyboard go like this you know they're they're bringing they're raising up the edge of the keyboard that's farthest away from you but then I learned about extension so with any joint uh well for this joint specifically this is extension this is flexion it's bad for you and you'll get an RSI if you're in extension too much and so if you actually tilt your keyboard so it's like that you're getting more extension you want this joint to actually just be straight across that's ideal or even a little bit like that there they are the reason I put them there is for the the final dimension of ergonomics on a keyboard which is pronation and I think this one affects me the most I even feel this when I'm driving in the car sometimes I'll hold the steering wheel wrong when your forearm is this way the two bones in your forearm which are the ulna and the radius they actually scissor like that and they pinch there's tissue in between them that will be pinched and they'll get like less blood flow to that tissue and that'll cause you pain so you'd actually don't want to use your keyboard like that you want to be like that see that it's very it's pretty subtle it's just like my hand is just maybe 30 degrees turn and that's huge but now if I just bought this keyboard and I put those on to eliminate pronation and I'm sitting there like this you can see I do have some extension there what's the remedy to that why it's this accessory sold separately 75 advertised as giving you tenting negative tilting look at that see that's that's for you'll actually be in flexion and positive tilting which if you're raising I don't know I'll try it 75 seems kind of like a lot but let's see what you get are those even the same size one seems longer than the other this on the website they call it's like Beachwood that's been like stained and sanded and freaking pickled and brined it's crazy they really want your money they fit onto here as you can see from this little GIF so simply oh this module is actually wider than the other one because I guess because it has these keys oh my God you guys got to work on that part okay let's say I fit that together this is meant to just slide on here this it looks so easy in the animation I guess I'm supposed to use the hardware that comes with it a little handle on here it's kind of like a little purse there it is that looks cool looks more complete and still separates very soft very soft on the pumps feels good man now how does it work with these though and how does it add negative and positive tenting it just seems to extend it okay two feet start simple that's not right don't do it this way here's the configuration with the negative tilting that's pretty cool now can I config it so I also get tenting take these off okay oh no oh my God they say that on there open and lock there's like some arrow action on here okay that solves one problem probably says that the manual or something I don't know if you can see this but I have different orientations of these feet one's going down one's going sideways but that's just to show you the options this is pretty much the config I would use because I think the the tending is more important than the extension it looks pretty smart it looks cool there are other colors I probably would have gotten a different color the black looks sharp your executive Sleek gamery but I gotta say I'm partial to the mustard real quick mention about the switches that come with this thing as mentioned it comes with this right so that means that you can actually pull the switch right out of here hot swappable switches that's awesome put whatever switches you want in here as long as they're compatible with this standard configuration what they offer on the website is kale switches either red brown or blue and either these kind of cross stem the Box stem or the circular silent stem right now there's no extra cost for the different switches they're all the same price but there is a footnote that says that the particularly Island switches May cost more in the future just be aware of that they are double shot PBT keycaps so the light on the RGB which this does have per key RGB I should plug this puppy in it'll shine right through the switch there is screen printing for the secondary layers down there on the legend that's not gonna be as durable but you shouldn't be touching it as much I'm going to plug it in to see the lights but more importantly I want to mess with these modules which seem super cool how do they interact with these little clicks that are on here there's so many questions still right after this message from our sponsor thanks to enlisted for sponsoring this video immerse yourself in the most iconic battles of World War II with enlisted a free to play first person shooter that blends PVP and PVE elements into one intense experience take command of a team of soldiers and customize their rolls and loadouts to make the ultimate Squad with over 100 weapons tanks and aircrafts every engagement is bound to be unique available on PC PlayStation and Xbox and best of all when you check out enlisted by using the link below you get a special bonus for you this is a cool default lighting configuration it's like a banana lavender you can see it says qwr up here by default what that is is an indication of what layout you're using on your keyboard you can actually go switch if you hold down function two dvo is Dvorak good luck everyone always wanted to try it the new cool Mac which is amalgam between QWERTY and dwarx is supposed to be a little more accessible and then you switch over to going between the Mac version of that now let's check out these cool things this one says ultimate hacking keyboard module trackball the least sold module 65 bucks it goes on this side only looks like it only fits in this one spot those pipes which are cut male go into this female and you don't have them in the same spot on this side cool there's a little trackball on there now that's funky it doesn't click itself but it does have two little clicky buttons here I would say it feels a little cheaper than the rest of the keyboard it's pretty light kind of Radley there's no satisfying click at the end kind of just slides linearly on the rails one thing I look for in my ergonomic keyboards is thumb clusters your thumbs are your strongest digit makes no sense that on a regular qwerty keyboard you only use it for space bar and you pretty much only have you know one key shared by both of them on the keyboard that I use I use these for like four or five buttons each putting mod here is a is probably a waste personally I don't really like having to go to a second layer which is another reason I don't I hate that I hate the fact that a lot of Ergo keyboards are small keyboards dumb because that's not ergonomic ergonomic is a 10 key list but they never make them like that they always make them these cool little funky guys which is great too but I would rather not have to go into any function layers like the reason I use the keyboard I have at my desk is because it has F Keys you can't get that on so many Ergo keyboards okay let's check out this touchpad that's cool too the more you can put onto the keyboard so that you don't have to reach over here for the Mouse which is pretty not ergonomic the better so is this compatible with this no it kind of looks like it goes in the same spot as the trackpad that makes sense they have the same roll um as long as I can actually oh look at that I'm flipping around over there I'm trying to click and it doesn't appear to actually click all right we're set up properly now with the software which is called Agent that's why the picture and it's actually kind of cool you can unplug these modules and just see it disappear plug it back in and there it is and it says left click but unfortunately I have found no ability to click on anything with it so I don't know what the deal is with that let's see if I put the trackpad in if those clicks will work The mousing Works no problem this little bastard stay there uh hello why is my whole left side's gone let me plug that bridge in better let me redo it come on side and my module is not showing up here either oh there it is maybe that was the problem weird Okay so funky behavior and let's see if I can click on stuff nope even though it's mapped to left click right there this click that does nothing either so weird though because if I go back to paint I was able to use this clip see I can draw but I couldn't click on anything in their software and what if I use I can't click on that so what the heck what's the logic here firmware okay now what because it does have to restart things nope here we go set up ready to go trackball Mouse isn't working just Well it's worse now I'm just gonna you're gonna unplug it firmware update failed nice yeah so it wasn't done cannot find connected device if a USB port launch agent again cannot find your USA please plug it in well it appears we have a brick of the keyboard it no longer turns on but this is a thing that happens apparently so they actually have a page on their website about how to unbrick it so all we need to do is open up the back and short a couple of little pads here so I'm going to unplug it there it is frame come off there's the little things we gotta jump oh God stuff's already happening so now I fix uh we're back to where we started all right at this point I'm just gonna continue evaluating the other modules that I wanted to show you your mileage may vary as to whether or not the clicks work out of the box install the newest firmware from the GitHub page I don't think it's on their website you actually have to go to GitHub which is stupid make sure it's done before you unplug it I'm not sure that's what happened uh if it does get brick try doing the reset the unbricking page it was actually pretty easy um and if it gets super bricked like ours then good luck on having a keyboard for a couple of weeks while they do all the shipping and everything but here's the rest okay this one is the track point is very much like the like the track Ball but it's you know that Lenovo nipple guy the health I think I did that too rough here it is the nipple came right off let's go on here it's kind of weird for all of these especially the trackpad to use your thumb this one without seeing the feedback on the screen it feels like I'm not actually doing anything like it I can't feel the joystick rocking over uh it also has clicks it's pretty similar the other one and then finally the thing I'm most likely to get a couple keys this actually goes on the other side so this is the one module we've seen where you can have it in combination with another that's great and as I said before I love thumb action so that's kind of a reach to get way over there I probably wouldn't use these for much I might use this for like home and end like a seldom used kind of like destination key you might say whereas this mod key is where I'd like to have like backspace and this one that's right there is like something decisive like enter um speaking of enter they don't have an ISO layout like European style with you know the tall ass enter button that thing's cursed I don't blame them for not having that use this instead it's so annoying and hard to get used to when your pinky reaches over to hit enter and it just doesn't I think going the other direction is easier to learn so you know adapt or die there's another little thing on here it's like there's its own little trackball right here and does that click it does and that's a click too this dude this has like a full three click Mouse built into it this is the best value if they're all 65 bucks this is like two modules in one that's the one to get if you're on a budge update all is well with the world we got it fixed all we did was hold the wires across those two little jumpers for longer hold them for longer and actually throughout the duration of the firmer flashing I'm not sure if that was required but that's what we did and it works now uh the other thing was about the clicks not working even though they seem to be mapped in the software we got that working too all we did was map them to something else and then back to the clicks and then they worked as as intended so it's all good user error Don't Unplug it before it's done flashing the firmware my bad with all that considered what are my final thoughts on this keyboard I think it's definitely a contender for your roster of Ergo gaming type keyboards although you don't have to be a gamer it has a very clean look if it could fit in your minimalist setup as well especially if you go for the white chassis it's a little bit expensive yes but honestly you always pay premium for Ergo I don't really know why because they're wacky I guess but it's pretty cool the modules aren't really selling me they're kind of awkward to use with with your right thumb especially the trackpad one but it's cool that they exist I will probably go for the key cluster the thing with Ergo keyboards is you have particular needs keyboards have lots of different dimensions of quality so just look at five or six consider the price pick the one you think fits you the best so it's worth looking at

Channel: ShortCircuit

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Length: 16min 47sec (1007 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 06 2023