I Bought 10 Weird Keyboards from AliExpress

Would you try any of these keyboards? Which one? Any hidden gems that we missed? Let us know below! Buy a "Waterproof" Roll Up Silica Gel Keyboard on AliExpress: lmg.gg/PIKCV Buy a DOQO Wired Keyboard with Expansion Dock on AliExpress: lmg.gg/m8JNP Buy a H18+ Wireless Mini Keyboard & Air Mouse on AliExpress: lmg.gg/UYXMG Buy a Foldable Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad on AliExpress: lmg.gg/iFhME Buy a Wireless Virtual Projector Keyboard on AliExpress: lmg.gg/eDWLG Buy a Wireless RGB Macropad with 2 Knobs: lmg.gg/Gyv9O Buy a Transparent RGB Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad: lmg.gg/JvtFC Buy a XZT G7 Single Hand Gaming Keyboard: lmg.gg/GpV59 Buy a Machenike KT68 RGB 68 Key Wireless Mechanical Keyboard: lmg.gg/Zr11I Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

My dad uses one of the rubber keyboards (it doesn't roll/fold) for his cnc to keep it safe from sawdust. Can confirm that it feels horrible.

Back around 2014, our school had the "genius" idea to replace all keyboards with those rubber keyboards cause kids would take out the keys and swap them or they'd get lost entirely. Not only that, they were also glued onto the desks. I was one of the people who deployed them (I was paid for it). Could immediately tell that was an awful idea. Programming on those was utterly impossible. They were vandalized even more because of how absolutely dogshit they were, and this time they couldn't easily be replaced. They lasted maybe two weeks until we un-glued them and went back to regular keyboards.

the 45% keyboard is actually quite handy for artists with screen drawing tablets, it lets you maintain your keyboard shortcuts like ctrl+z while not having your keyboard clash against your drawing screen, or be behind, or be under your tablet, and not needing to learn new macros with the other solutions

I use the foldable one with touchpad for work. I’m an field engineer who works on X-ray equipment in hospitals some times I need to connect to certain components in the generators, so I have this foldable keyboard and a 7inch screen that I connect. It’s very handy to keep the weight and space down and does not get damaged when it is in my tool case.

I had a roommate back in the day that got one of those all-membrane rollable waterproof keyboards, and when I tried it I had the same reaction as Linus. It technically functions as a keyboard, but it's so bad. Like, you know when you find the exact right keyboard, everything works the way you want, and pressing the keys just feels right? It's like the opposite of that.

FYI, some of these (like the laser keyboard) do have some generally unconventional use cases for them. I worked in an emergency room at a hospital once and there were computers/keyboards. But due to the serious risk of transmitting infection, keyboards were often treated as one-time use and dozens were discarded every day. So to avoid e-waste, washable and laser keyboards were sometimes used. Yeah, they were slow/hard to type on, and there are undoubtedly better solutions for most modern hospitals now, but even then, they were much better than the alternatives (in some ways)

9:39 The physical on/off switch is the best thing about it. We need that on all devices. Off needs to be OFF.

Man, wanna reiterate how awesome it is labs is informing these opinions in such a substantial way. Moving to make the credibility backbone stronger was such a smart long term idea. Great work, team!!

The rubber keyboard is pretty good for dusty or near water workshops. It never klogs and never breaks the switch.

I replaced some extremely expensive industrially hardened keyboards with those soft rollable keyboards a few years ago (Not AliExpress ones obviously) and really don't have any complaints. Yeah they suck to type on, but they're in locations where people are typing a quick log entry at most. And so far they've lasted a few years at $30 a pop versus literally a few weeks for a normal desktop keyboard or a similar timeframe for 15-20x the price for a hardened keyboard. Always remember the actual real world use case and the advertised use cases of products don't always align.

This feels like a MrWhostheboss video

The chassis of the Machenike KT68 reminds me of the transparent electronics popular in the 90s-2000s. I also really like the cyberpunk style key inscriptions on the keys. I also noticed that there are versions with a configurable display. Nice. Though the input latency does probably make it unsuitable for gaming and the only keyboard they sell with a numpad doesn't have any of the style the KT68 has.

I remember I wanted one of laser keyboards when I was a kid sooooo bad, and I finally got one for Christmas and it sucked massively

Love videos where Linus tests out weird products. Always a good time.

I have the exact laser keyboard. I obviously don't use it daily, that's way too slow, and not as comfy. BUT, you missed out an awesome feature! that little arrow you mentioned toggles between keyboard and mouse mode, so you can move the mouse around by dragging your finger across the layout!

The little Typewriter Macropad looks like it would (potentially, depending on how well the software setup works) be great for use alongside a drawing tablet for fast controls for the likes of Photoshop etc.

There are actually good versions of those waterproof keyboards you tried. They are factories where normal keyboards get destroyed. They are especially common in areas where you are dealing with chemicals or super dusty environments. I would never use one as a normal keyboard. However, if you get one of the better ones they are a good keyboard to use while wearing gloves and working in a lab to take notes.

I absolutely love the look of the transparent tablet keyboard. You guys should do a whole PC build based around being Transparent. My biggest complaint (other than that horrendous trackpad) is that the bottom of it was opaque. Also, The Machenike KT68 is really cool being translucent. I definitely liked that part about it.

The DOQO dock is honestly something that should be on all higher end keyboards. Especially with the custom keyboard space, where everything is starting to look the same, particularly in the budget mass manufactured ones like the gmmk pro or keychron