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this is a new ducky 1X inductive switch
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keyboard it's a brand new entry into the
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keyboard space that uses magnetic fields
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to register a key press but wait where
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have we heard that before yes woing and
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the ubiquitous Hall of effect switches
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if hall effect already exists and it's
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like proven to be great and cheating for
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gaming why do we need another format
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I've had this keyboard for like quite
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some time now and that is also the
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question that I've been asking myself as
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well you might be curious right what is
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the difference what's the difference
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between inductive the new stuff and the
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hall that's been around if you want the
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in-depth explanation of how hall effect
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works and its benefits check out this
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video right here I've done in the past
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for today I am going to actually focus
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on the similarities as well as the
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differences between a h effect keyboard
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and inductive keyboard and ITS
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Technologies and how that may or may not
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be a better or worse in a keyboard or
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Make a Better or Worse keyboard I don't
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know so both the holif and inductive
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they have similar principles it has
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magnetic fields involved but what is the
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difference then well hall effect how
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that works right is that in a circuit
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you have electrons flowing through it
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like this round and round and round but
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when you apply a magnet like
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perpendicularly against it it affects
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the flow of the electrons and makes them
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kind of like take a detour this is
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balance in the system and it's
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measurable you put the magnet closer it
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creates a bigger differential and
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further away little less differential
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this is how your H keyboard not only
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registers inputs but also how much input
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it should actually
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register but now what about inductive
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well inductive it's kind of backwards
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right an inductive system actually uses
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a coil it's a wire an alternating
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current to create its own magnetic field
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since the field is already being
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generated in this situation it's being
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generated in the PCB you don't really
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need another magnet to disrupt this
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instead all you need is a piece of metal
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and as that metal gets closer and
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further away its presence is going to
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create a disturbance in the magnetic
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field which in turn is measurable once
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again and how it can be used to like
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register a key press and also how much
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key press is being registered because
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you get it right it's analog so they're
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kind of similar but also kind of
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different so hall effect relies on a
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constant flow of energy in a closed loop
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this means that it requires to be power
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like all the time right it needs to be
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constantly working from a measurement
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rate or polling rate perspective this
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could be a benefit right it's reading
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constantly hence why a h keyboard like
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the wooting ADH has 8,000 her polling
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rate now the flip side is that this
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constant reading and supplying of energy
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uses a lot of energy hence why you don't
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really see too many Wireless H keyboards
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it kills the battery way too fast
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typically hall effect systems are much
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more complicated and also more costly
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right in the situation for a keyboard
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you need like a sensor for each key
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every single one finally since these
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Hall sensors detect magnetic waves it
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can actually do it much further away
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than the inductive cousin can but at the
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same time this also means that it could
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be disrupted pretty easily too by
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external magnets much more if you have a
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strong magnet I you want to do this but
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if you took a strong magnet and shove it
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next to your keyboard or you even have
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like some like a high powerered speaker
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Too Close you're going to get some
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interference with the H keyboard now on
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the other hand inductive is a much
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simpler system so doesn't really require
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sophisticated Hardware to really do this
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right it's built right into the PCB this
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also means that the overall energy draw
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you're looking at probably around half
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half of what H requires hence why you
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could make a wireless keyboard possible
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inductive is is more resistant to
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temperature and it doesn't suffer from
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magnetic creep right cuz you don't have
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a magnet moving around so it doesn't
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require as frequent calibration as a h
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keyboard May it's generally more durable
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and use in applications where it's like
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subjected to more abuse like automotive
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industry and stuff like that or like
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angry gamer rage but it does come with
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this drawbacks also like for example
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inductive systems it reads the change in
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the magnetic field it's not constantly
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reading it if there's no change
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technically it's not reading anything
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which means that from an input
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perspective you have less data to work
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with hence reducing its potential
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sensitivity finally it does lack the
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range that the Hall of effect can
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operate with but honestly in a keyboard
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everything's kind of they're all
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together so it doesn't really matter so
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long story short here it's these are the
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major differences Hall is faster but
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uses a lot more energy and it's more
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sensitive to its environment inductive
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can be slightly slower in reaction speed
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but uses much less energy and is also
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less sensitive to the environment around
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it simple as that so from a keyboard
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perspective then both systems can pretty
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much do the same thing but in real usage
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situation can you realistically feel
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that difference so I did a quick input
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speed test based on my reaction speed
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and key input like this is like a actual
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person and user right I used the
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standard MX switch keyboard the cycle
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eight in this situation to set a
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baseline like how fast is a mechanical
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MX switch now now from my previous
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testing you can see that the H keyboards
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featured here are definitely faster by
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around 15% or so mathematically but what
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about the inductive keyboard the new one
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well it was about the same it wasn't any
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faster or slower than the H examples
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right it's like literally right there
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with it but what was actually surprising
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was that in the real usage for me the
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wireless and the wired for the ducky was
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the same speed so take it for what it's
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worth but I don't really think that
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small advantage image and read and
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reaction speed really makes that big of
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a difference between H and inductive the
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limit it's not the keyboard it's
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actually you and me it's the person then
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the Dilemma The Dilemma do they both
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need to exist why do we need both I
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think that depends on how the industry
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responds for example these inductive
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switches for the ducky 1X it's made by
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none other than Cherry so if they decide
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to make more variants with like linear
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and Tech and clicky applications hey
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maybe this would be a great alternative
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to H switches which kind of came first
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right and then already has so many
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different switch types to mod with and
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choices but if cherry doesn't do that if
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no other manufacturer jumps on board
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with this technology then you're pretty
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much limited and dead in the water when
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it comes to choices and honestly in that
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situation most likely H will win okay so
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we got the tech stuff and my opinions
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out of the way let's look at the actual
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keyboard the ducky 1X and the 1X mini
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now shall we the ducky 1X mini is an
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inductive keyboard you guessed it it's
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wireless IT supports both the Bluetooth
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as well as 2.4 GHz Wireless I mean if
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the lower power draw of the system
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allows for it like obviously it should
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have it to like set itself apart from HD
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keyboards right right this one I have is
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a 60% the mini right the version so
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pretty much aimed at Gamers with the
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it's like quick inductive switch speed
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and like the analog control options
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however there is also this the 100% wait
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a minute 100% inductive keyboard I
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thought the magnetic keyboards were all
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about gaming and nothing else well ducky
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doesn't believe so so essentially the
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100% 1X full size is supposed to be like
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a doit all keyboard you could use it for
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the office you could use it to like just
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type and do whatever right you could
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also game with it in my opinion I think
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this makes a lot of sense to go after
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like the general public than just like
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the hardcore sweaty Gamers and honestly
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I did enjoy using the 100% more than the
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mini I like arrow keys both the 1X and
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the 1X mini it comes with double shot
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PBT key caps ducky claims that these are
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like high Purity I've honestly never
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even heard that before right they're
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more PBT than other PBT keycaps supposed
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to be better for like shine resistance
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but time will tell overall they're not
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as thick has like d Subs but decent
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weight and you could kind of see through
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the letters as well speaking of
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see-through letters you also have perky
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RGB with both the 1X series to satisfy
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your gamer needs what's nice is that in
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the Box ducky also added a few more keyc
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cap so you can like customize the 1X
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further you know there's the typical
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accessories and this strange duck thing
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um it's a brush the switches are also
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compatible with the MX keyc cap so hey
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you know what you can pretty much put
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whatever keyc caps you want on there
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there's no limitations to that now one
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area that I did wish ducky did invest a
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little bit more as a case overall the
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keyboard itself is it's quite hey the
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construction though is plastic for both
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top and bottom right the weight it does
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help the keyboard feel premium but it's
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like missing that like cold feel of
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aluminum when you like go in and grab it
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if you go deeper into the keyboard
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though you can finally see the star of
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the show the intive switches from the
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top they look like ordinary MX switches
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but once you pull them out that's when
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things get really interesting while the
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H switches have this little magnet right
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in the center that like goes in and out
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depending on your key press That's How H
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works right the inductive switch has a
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spike it's maab it's stabby stabby if
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you take the keyboard apart you can
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literally see each switch stabbing
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through the PCB like this it's quite the
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thing to see it's kind of scary what is
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interesting is that the 1X and the 1X
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mini has this thing called ducky calls
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it quack
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mechanics I guess hey it's essentially a
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gasket mounted keyboard with a six
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layers of sound modifiers built in it it
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does borderline excessive honestly so as
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you can see here it's got the PT film
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right on top of the the plate on top of
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it and then it has the switch dampler
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the plate foam right and then it has the
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PE sheet and then P sheet underneath the
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PE sheet and another layer of PE foam
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and then the silicone case sampler
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underneath that and finally these little
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housing gaskets too the intention of the
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ducky team was to create a clean sound
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but with all of this tample does it even
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make any sound let's find out
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okay so I do agree the sound of that 1X
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series is is it's clean no ping no
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Hollow no displeasing noises compared to
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the wooding 60h stock it does actually
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sound much much more refined for sure
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however the sound is on the Chet end for
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sure I mean it's stuff with so much
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dampeners so if you're looking for like
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a loud keyboard you're probably not
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going to get that with the 1X it's
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probably the switches honestly with a
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big giant hole in the bottom doesn't
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make that much noise so this is an area
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that will be a challenge for ducky and
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the Cherry inductive switch in the
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future initially H keyboards and H
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switches had horrendous sound it was
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muddy it was kind of quiet and just BL
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but then new Switch options came out and
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made it like so much better check this
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out
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as you can see now there are switch
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options out there where the H keyboard
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can also sound good so as I mentioned
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earlier I hope that the industry catches
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on with the inductive technology as well
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and there are more options out there I
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hope cherry doesn't like patent
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everything and lock it all down and they
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also share the ability for other
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manufacturers to create versions of this
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thing as with h keyboards the hardware
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it's only half the story without the
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software like taking advantage of the
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analog switch Hardware this is like no
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different than any other keyboard out
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there so the software I can say that
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ducky nailed it with this one it's a
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webbased software which I always
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appreciate it's super easy to navigate
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it works with Windows Mac and Linux and
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it's also extremely straightforward I
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had no issues with it at all and it was
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overall pleasant experience so the ducky
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1X Series has many of the features
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you're looking for in a customizable
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keyboard simple things right like key
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mapping the ability for you to customize
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your per key RGB lighting colors and
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create patterns create
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macros but it also has a whole s of
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gaming enhancement features too right
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like adjustable actuation Point since
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analog it behaves very similarly as H
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keyboards which allows you to set how
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quickly the keyboard actuates a key this
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also allows you to have rapid trigger
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it's like the magical thing right you
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know the ability for to like spam key is
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much quicker since any opposing motion
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of the switch can reset the switch
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without having to like bottom out and
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top out so quicker finally the most Hy
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like most Hy keyboards out there it also
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has the ability to like multi-point
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trigger that's what ducky calls it it's
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like the ability for you to take one
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switch technically one switch and have
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four different inputs it's very similar
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to Wood's Dynamic keystroke so you can
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imagine the different applications like
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for gaming like one switch allowing for
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walk and run at the same time depending
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on how hard you press it and so on you
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could probably use it for like office
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work too one thing that this ducky is
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missing versus some of the other gaming
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keyboards though is snapt and rappy
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Snappy you know it's from the razors and
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rootings this is actually features these
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are actually slcd features and they're
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banned and bunch of different games
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especially the first person shooters and
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U and stuff like that so it seems like
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ducky left it out on purpose maybe if
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you ask him nicely they could kind of
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put it back in in in the future with the
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software update ducky please help me
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cheat from an overall timing com typing
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Comfort perspective the 1X it does fine
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here it has adjustable feed to allow for
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multiple angles adjusted to your liking
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the gasket Mount does absorb the typing
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impact very well but you're not going to
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get much Flex out of this keyboard
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honestly probably because because it has
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like that lowercase gasket gram thing
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that intentionally prevents the flexing
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of the board the ducky 1X also it seems
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like it has a steel plate which is quite
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stiff and also limits flexing it's all
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like screwed in together so I had a
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chance to like put the ducky 1X through
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a gavet of different usage situations
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for like I don't know a month overall
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the keyboard it performed admirably
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obviously it does all the basic stuff
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quite well like typing like typing
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Scripts and website surfing navigating
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General usage right the 100% was also a
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delight to use in an office setting with
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like the fullsize keypad helping out for
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number crunching and stuff like that
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when it came to gaming that's actually
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where the 1X shine like similarly to
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like other H keyboards out there
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honestly the 1X performed no different
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than like what a woing or some of the
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other H keyboards would the speed was
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great it was accurate and the analog
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controls it like allowed gave me an
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advantage in like many different types
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of games for example the rapid trigger
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it really helps in like first person
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shooters much quicker to strafe and
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stuff like that and the analog
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resolution helps out in games like Forza
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where stering input like how much
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stering input is pretty critical so
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overall it was a very well rounded
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keyboard it works for many different
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situations so with all that what is my
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thought about this ducky 1X well it's
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complicated to be honest 1X is a
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fantastic keyboard as a keyboard it's a
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good keyboard it's literally a jack of
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all trades keyboard types well games
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well it's very practical has Wireless
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has 100% option it feels premium and the
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price point is very competitive the 60%
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mini it comes in at 139 and the 100% at
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179 fully pre-built everything which is
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actually cheaper than the H power
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wounding you know the 60h pre-built is
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175 and the 8h pre-build is 200 bucks so
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the elephant in the room is this do we
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have space for another magnetic keyboard
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format the challenge is that when you
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have a format War like this typically
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the first two Market sets the precedent
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and it's really hard for newcomers to
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thrive it's a similar case right here
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now with this as well that's my opinion
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H came in first and there are so many H
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variants out there there are new
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switches coming out there's new
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keyboards coming out lots of different
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brands they're like actually entering
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the space more and more and more there's
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like a full profile there's a low
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profile and so on prices are starting to
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come down
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in this environment can the ducky 1X and
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more broadly the inductive switch
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keyboards in general do they have a
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place to live like I said before it's
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going to be up to the industry can
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cherry come out with enough alternatives
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to keep the custom Community interested
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and not bored cuz you know we get bored
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pretty easily will other switch
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manufacturers jump on board with
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inductive switches would other keyboard
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manufacturers make their own inductive
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keyboards I don't know all of this it's
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either either going to make or break
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this new alternative Tech and only time
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will tell ducky is not going to be able
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to just stand alone and be like
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inductive so as usual if you enjoy this
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video and me ranting please like And
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subscribe and I'll have more content for
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you in the future plus as a side note
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I'm going to be slightly tweaking my
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channel name a little bit I know you
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guys I heard it loud and clear it's
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unsearchable I'm going to try to make it
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a little bit more searchable so keep
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your eye open for that it's not going to
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be something so dramatic but maybe a
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little different
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thank you
