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today we're going to check out a keyboard that is definitely deep within

the mechanical keyboard community it's such a prominent keyboard and is owned

by quite a lot of people it's distinctive in its look and design and

this is of course the happy hacking keyboard which is a great name by the

way or h h kb with this one being a professional too from p fu the huge

thanks to Danny for learning this keyboard to me and giving me the

opportunity to review it and we also have a wrist rest and a cover which are

from bird electron from Japan opening up the box we have the mini USB cable the

keyboard itself some paperwork and two stickers with a twentieth anniversary

one as well and here it is and this thing is light but it doesn't feel

necessarily cheap and it has minimal flex because of that quite bulky design

of the enclosure it only comes out just over 500 grams because of its complete

plastic construction and for the price it comes out many for sure we'll be left

feeling short especially if you didn't do your research and that's an

absolutely fair point even though it is light it's not too far off standard

seats to present boards with steel plates but the fact that it's just all

plastic may not make sense from a price standpoint but funnily enough it's also

one of the big features of the keyboard the HH KB is a 60% keyboard meaning that

it's approximately 60% of a full-sized keyboard so it's like the polka

keyboards and is the same size as this and pro however we have some open spaces

on the two bottom corners which for sure will perplex many people as to why that

is and this is what gives the HH QB its iconic look which is finished off by the

classic branding usually I dislike clear branding but when is expensive it just

seems to be more acceptable and that's just how it is and that's what makes it

beautiful it's a very simple rectangular design with the slim chin and a thicker

header the key caps are an elegant white and grey with perfectly clean black

legends however this is also available in a stealthy black version if we look

at the side profile we can see it has quite a bit of nut

celebration with a slightly curved top edge and it's just a solid flat slide

which I like on the rear we have two USB a ports and our mini USB port to connect

the keyboards with the device and while you may be happy to see a USB hub these

are low powered so I can't use my USB 3 drives as Windows will say it doesn't

have enough power the only use I've got and added them is plugging in my

wireless dongle for my mouse this is especially useful for me since I do work

with my tablet sometimes for testing and since the keyboard does populate the

only USB output I can't normally use my mouse so it's somewhat useful for me but

by others completely not this is one of the reasons amongst others that people

get an alternative controller from hasu which can allow for full program

building and bluetooth capabilities and then next to those we have our dip

switch door we have six dip switches that change a few things on the keyboard

if we look at the bottom of the keyboard there's actually a table that tells you

what each switch does I only changed one switch which is the third one and that

allows backspace to be the Delete key so by default the backspace is on a

function layer meaning that you have to press function and delete so that was

just an automatic change for me and on the bottom we have two rubber feet which

is again disappointing at this price point as it does slide around and there

are two flip up bit on each side for different angles but again they're not

rubber tips this is my first extended period with their hatch hkb so while I

have used 60% keyboards in the past this layout is a new experience for me and

this layout is absolutely adored by many but for what I do and how I use my

keyboard it's not really for me and by moving the control key to wear caps lock

was it's been a nice change having it much more easy to reach with my pinky by

default the backspace key is on a secondary layer which is impossible so I

said before I flicked the third dip switch to have it on the Delete key this

is also in a different position being one row lower than normal but I got used

to it within minutes and this is something I actually really liked

because when I went back to a normal layout when testing other keyboards I

constantly hit the slash key because naturally the

backspace is that touch too far to reach without moving your hand and wrist and

with it being lower I can actually reach it with my pinky other than that it's

just typical 60% keyboard use we have the arrow keys on a secondary layer but

are in a diamond shape personally I do prefer my dedicated arrow keys because I

use them a lot the function row is at the top on the secondary layer as per

usual and we have the nav Kostis scattered around the right side of the

keyboard which is also in close proximity to the function key because of

the smaller bottom row our function key is on the right creating a shorter shift

key I do like this setup and I have no issues with it and there's no doubt that

it's not the most space efficient bottom row because why not just have whatever

keys there like anything but once the control key is moved

I just forgot about those spaces it just didn't matter anymore and sure there can

be something else there but it would just be like your specialized key that

you may not even use and finally we have some MIDI control keys on asdf and it's

good to see that they included the option and command symbols for Apple

users so for work it's not my thing I like dedicated caps lock I like my

dedicated arrow keys and even some of their nav keys but it's still absolutely

usable but for casual use like just typing and browsing the internet I found

it easy to use and quickly got used to its little quirks people often say that

after using this layout for a while they can't go back to normal and perhaps if I

gave this more of a chance that could be the case for a casual use but for many

of you out there this is quite foreign and will require that bit of time and

effort to get used to it I know people already struggle with the

idea of going less than a 10 kilos so it may be daunting for some the other big

feature and part of the high price is that it uses terrific key switches I've

gone in depth about these switches in previous videos but basically these are

not mechanical but are using rubber domes or cups however these are much

better than the regular run-of-the-mill membrane keyboard so we have the key cap

which is on top of the plunger which we push down just like a normal switch and

that depresses the rubber Cup which has a conical spring inside and then that

interacts with a capacitive sensor on PCB which creates the actuation this

creates a different experience in comparison to a typical mechanical

switch it's much like a rubber dome where the tactile bump isn't sharp and

distinct and is towards the top instead of the middle these ones in particular

are 45 gram domes so they're not overly heavy and have

this in tactile feedback a normal rubber dome keyboard that you find anywhere

tend to be heavier at like 50 60 70 and higher but will be mushiya and as these

have tourist stems normal MX style key caps cannot be put on there unless you

replace the sliders and this is where the plastic construction more

specifically the plastic plate comes into play the other tougher boards like

the real forces and the Leopold FCC 60 C have steel mounting plates and this

impacts on the typing experience on how it feels and sounds without thinking I

let my real force while I had his hedge hashkee B so I can't do a direct

comparison but basically the plastic case kind of softens the experience in a

way however my experience out of the box wasn't great most of my experience has

been with a real force which I felt was very smooth and worked perfectly but

this did not feel that smooth however this may change over time as you were

din and then there was also this weird issue with some keys having some odd

sharpish sound and was something to do with the spring and that's just

and then the spacebar was just readily

my real force spacebar is just the most perfect spacebar I have ever used

but this rattled and was loud which was disappointing but to be clear this is

for this specific unit I tried others that are fine but I guess

there's potential for this to happen so let's just open it up and have a look

it's super easy with just a couple of exposed Phillips head screws

here's the plastic bottom shell and this also houses the controller and other

bits including those very limited USB ports the great thing about this as said

before is that you can purchase an alternative hustler controller which

will give you full program ability and Bluetooth capabilities and other than

that it's very simple there's no ribbing or reinforcement anywhere and because of

this it of course flexes on its own here's the top bit and everything is

held together because the sliders are on one side and the key caps on the other

and as you can see basically all these black bits do is push down on the rubber

domes and then here is what makes this being expensive we have the PCB and the

domes these rubber don't can be taken off and replaced with ease they aren't

fixed to anything but just stay in place when everything is put together and then

under the domes are the conical springs and these do not determine the weight of

the key switch like on the MX the switches rather it's the dome itself

that does that and here's the issue I was having with that annoying sound and

I really wasn't sure what to do and I'll just move stuff around and put it back

together and it helps someone

and let's also quickly open the other things we have this wooden wrist rest

and then a clear acrylic cover specifically made for this keyboard the

wrist rest comes with two sets of flat rubber feet which are of differing

Heights since it's not mine I didn't stick them on without the rubber feet

the wrist rest is dead flat with no angle of elevation I think this is the

walnut color and it looks quite nice it's pretty standard with a smooth satin

finish but you can fill the grains on the bottom we do have their branding and

also this scoop and yet it does what it's supposed to do in reducing the

angle in your wrists now to the keyboard cover or roof as they call it this comes

with some self-adhesive fern to both protect the keyboard and also prevents

it from sliding I don't know how exactly this is supposed to be there's four

strips but for now I just put one on each side and that does the job and this

thing is just stunning I've made my own acrylic covers before but they were just

bent and I closed like this on this one we have there clear acrylic but then the

black pieces on the ends to close it off the acrylic is about three millimeters

thick but when I opened it one corner had a slight crack in it which is

disappointing but this looks absolutely amazing but most importantly it keeps

all the dust out so overall it's a mixed bag the keyboard has such a stigma that

even though I haven't had much time with it before what people value is already

in my head and that's a good thing because I probably wouldn't have

realized a few things and not value certain aspects as much as others do but

on the other side it's daunting to criticize and get something wrong

objectively the bill doesn't really match the price it has a completely

plastic enclosure and that goes for the plate as

well with 99% of mechanical keyboards having a metal plate it's also very

light but the plastic construction gives it a unique characteristic in how it

feels and sounds when typing that many people do desire these are using four to

five Grand Tour pre-k switches in my opinion it's an acquired taste Turpin

didn't amaze me at first but over time I started to value it more especially when

using other keyboards with MX valve switches there were also a few issues

with mine that I had to fix myself the randomly spacebar on its overboard just

shouldn't exist and then some Keys had the weird sharp something going on and

even though I was able to fix it to a degree

you shouldn't have to open up your keyboard to do that there's definitely a

protective feeling from the community for the hatch hatch can be it's

definitely not for everyone for some it's the perfect board and I bet there's

a fair few who just forced themselves to like it because of the emotional and

financial investment but what we can say is that the happy hacking keyboard is an

important part of the community and is a clear representation of it as well to

start off with this perhaps may be a bit steep but you can try thanks again to

Dani for loaning this to me and I greatly appreciated

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