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NEO65 Core Plus Custom Keyboard Build and Review: 65% Keyboard Recommendation for Beginners
This video assembles and reviews the NEO65 Core Plus custom keyboard. It introduces a 65% keyboard layout suitable for beginners with a unibody design, easy build, and reasonable price, and suggests customization methods using various keycaps and switch options.
1. ✨ NEO65 Core Plus Introduction: A 65% Keyboard Combining Simplicity and Solidity
- ✅ Pursuing simplicity, moving away from the over-the-top design of the NEO65 CU
- ✅ Provides a solid weight despite being a 65% basic model
- ✅ May differ from the actual product configuration as it is a prototype
00:16 - 01:05
1. ✨ NEO65 Core Plus Introduction: A 65% Keyboard Combining Simplicity and Solidity
- ✅ Pursuing simplicity, moving away from the over-the-top design of the NEO65 CU
- ✅ Provides a solid weight despite being a 65% basic model
- ✅ May differ from the actual product configuration as it is a prototype
01:06 - 02:26
2. 📦 Unboxing and Components Guide: Checking Various Options and Additional Information
- ✅ Generous amount of bumpons, silicone o-rings, gaskets, and spare screws provided
- ✅ Includes weight, various cables, tools, and 2.4 dongle
- ✅ Stabilizer and plate separation fork provided (unibody design)
- ⚠️ Stabilizers may not be included in the basic configuration, and the weight may vary depending on whether you choose wired or wireless
- ✅ Accurate information needs to be checked on Swag Keys
02:27 - 04:44
3. ⌨️ Housing Overview: Unibody Design and Internal Structure
- ✅ Solid and well-machined unibody housing
- ✅ One-piece structure where the top and bottom panels are not separated
- ✅ Wireless boards are equipped with two pairs of 2,200mAh batteries
- ✅ Weight can be installed when selecting a wired board
- ✅ Simple yet well-made internal structure
04:45 - 07:17
4. 🔩 Stabilizer Installation: Using Night Stabilizers and Improvements
- ✅ Using Night Stabilizers
- ✅ Improved wire fixing part (more convenient compared to the old version)
- ✅ Using Krytox 205g0 instead of BDZ lubricant
- ⚠️ Mistakenly installed the switches without covering the board cover
07:18 - 09:00
5. 🕹️ Switch Introduction and Installation: Thoughts on Bordeaux Tactile Switches and Keyboard Layout
- ✅ Using Bordeaux Tactile switches that match the housing color (derived from the name of a French city)
- ✅ Tactile switch with a slightly rounded bump
- ✅ Explanation of the reason for sticking to a full-size keyboard: Resolving hesitation about layouts smaller than 75% when starting with custom keyboards
- ✅ Emphasis on the convenience of small keyboards: Easy desk placement
- ✅ Additional number pad can be used as needed
09:01 - 10:00
6. ⚙️ Gasket Installation and Board Test: Using Improved Gaskets
- ✅ Plate mount method: O-ring and silicone gasket
- ✅ Using improved gaskets
- ✅ Conducting board test by connecting with a 2.4GHz dongle
10:01 - 10:34
7. 🛠️ Plate Separation Test: Convenient Unibody Design
- ✅ Using a fork for removing the plate
- ✅ Plate can be separated more conveniently than the ball-catch method due to the unibody design
- ✅ Easy to replace gaskets and change settings
10:40 - 12:13
8. 🎨 Keycap Installation: GLOVE x Domikey Illusion Keycaps
- ✅ Using GLOVE x Domikey Illusion keycaps
- ✅ Unique curved spacebar design
- ✅ Two-tone gray and black
12:14 - 12:57
9. ⌨️ Spacebar Replacement and Final Check: PP Plate Information Correction
- ✅ Replacing the switch to adjust the spacebar pressure
- ⚠️ Plate Information: PP (POM X)
12:58 - 15:11
10. ⌨️ Typing Test and Stabilizer Quotes: Fun Typing Experience
- ✅ Stabilizer-related quotes appear on the self-developed typing site
- ✅ Unable to hold back laughter due to various stabilizer-related phrases
15:12 - 16:26
11. Wrap-up and Recommendation: NEO65 Core Plus, the Best Choice for Beginners
- ✅ NEO65 Core Plus: Upgraded version compared to the existing NEO65
- ✅ Emphasizes ease of build with a simple structure and unibody design
- ✅ Reasonable price (early 100,000 KRW excluding the board)
- ✅ Recommended as a fun kit for beginners
- ✅ Recommends trying a 65% keyboard, and the purchase link is in the description