Hi! My name is Josh and I'm an engineer here at Plugable.
Previously Amanda introduced you to our new mechanical keyboards.
If you haven't yet seen that video, click here to watch it now!
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As Plugable's resident mechanical keyboard enthusiast I headed up our development of
these boards and since we launched them in November of last year, we've had great feedback
from the mechanical keyboard community.
Speaking of the community, I'm an active member of reddit's mechanical keyboard subreddit
and attended their local Seattle keyboard meetup held earlier this year at the Living
Computer Museum.
I met some amazing people and I learned a lot.
In return I was asked a lot of questions about Plugable, who we are, what we do, and why
in an already saturated market did we release our own keyboards.
If you've been on the mech subreddit or went to the meetup yourself, you may have
seen one of the member's youtube shows called Top Clack.
I was on their show a few weeks ago and answered some questions there, but I wanted to answer
some of those questions again here to give you a close up and personal look at our boards.
Our #1 goal when designing our keyboards was to release a budget board that anyone can
buy without sacrificing important features often found on much more expensive keyboards.
Mechs can come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from as low as $30 dollars to several hundreds
of dollars.
As you can see here, I've brought a couple of my personal keyboards that I've custom
built.
They're pretty fancy but I wouldn't recommend something like this for a first time buyer,
especially as they are towards the higher end of the price spectrum.
But on on the opposite end of the spectrum you'll find entry level keyboards with some
glaring deficiencies that we wanted to avoid with the Plugable Mechanical Keyboards.
So... you're a first time buyer, and you're weighing your options.
The first thing you need to decide is do you want a number pad or not.
We've got essentially two variants of the same keyboard, a full size and a TLK (tenkeyless
without a number pad).
Next you need to decide what additional features you want.
Do you want RGB lighting?
Or do you prefer a subtle clean look?
Do you want clicky switches, or silent switches?
Our keyboards feature clicky Outemu blue switches.
They are a Cherry MX blue clone, and a good one at that.
There are a lot of clones out there, and we evaluated many from brands like Gateron, Kailh,
Greetech, and others.
We chose Outemu as we felt they offer a great bang for the buck and the switches feel great
to type on.
These Outemu blue switches are a little heavier to type on and have a crisper and deeper tone
than original Cherry switches, and many people in our office prefer them.
They're reminiscent of old IBM keyboards that many of us typed on 20 years ago, and
some of us had long forgotten just how great those really were.
Our boards have adjustable white LED backlighting.
We opted out of RGB to keep costs down.
But unlike many inexpensive boards, ours are built on a solid steel plate to prevent flex
and to provide a durable keyboard to last many years.
Usually inexpensive keyboards feature plastic or thin aluminum plates that flex and rattle
which can make for a less than ideal typing experience.
For the gamers out there, our keyboards feature n-key rollover so you can press any key combination
without keys being missed by the system and anti-ghosting to prevent key-chatter (when
your keyboard types two or more of the same letter with only a single keypress).
Finally, if you've ever owned a keyboard for a few years, often you'll notice the
legends can start to wear.
Not on our keyboards!
Our keycaps are made of two separate layers of ABS plastic, a process called double-shot
injection molding.
This prevents the text from wearing off, and the keys will wear evenly over time but will
never lose their legends.
So with all that said, how much would you expect our keyboards to cost?
$75?
$100?
Our keyboards are less than $60 on Amazon.com and we hope you'll consider Plugable for
your first mech.
Please leave any questions in the comments below and also tell us what features you are
looking for in your first mech!
Thanks for watching!







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