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hey guys this is Austin and these are the cheapest keyboards on Amazon but the question is are they actually any good so we take a look at a lot of expensive things on the channel but what I was really curious about is whether it actually makes sense to go extremely extremely cheap and what better way to start then with well a bunch of keyboards of varying degrees of quality but all of which are actually really affordable to start out with we have the verbatim slimline chorded keyboard so when we purchase this it was only five dollars and 21 cents on Amazon but now it's available with a mouse for ten dollars and 21 cents so you know quality Millie do we have adjustable tote legs a stylish and slim design as well as advanced tactile keys something I look for in all of my five dollar keyboards but importantly it supports Windows XP 2000 Vista seven and eight so you know if you need a suite Windows XP keyboard they've got you covered there are tons of dedicated gaming keyboards things like mechanical stuff but I think really the question I want to answer with this video is do you really need to spend 30 40 50 60 or even $100 plus on a keyboard I mean of course you don't have to but what's the real difference you're getting British something like this which is only going to cost you about $5 well you get better packaging on the other ones that's for sure I mean I'll give them this this is about as slim as the keyboard gets it's definitely the one of the most lightweight keyboards I've ever used shout out to the not a Windows key that's on the bottom here it's not at that windows it's the square key you know the square key at first glance the layout seems to be fine we have basically all the keys we would expect including a slightly weird-looking Enter key in a smaller back space we also interestingly have power sleep and wake does that extra work oh it works wait can I wake up wake up wake up I don't think anyone's going to think that this is a gaming keyboard but it doesn't feel too bad some of the things I really noticed is that it is a little bit on the spring your side and that's definitely because this is very much a rubber dome style keyboard but no make it live with it is it going to last a long time probably not can you use it for a little while and actually be completely confident at gaming and a little bit of typing and basic use absolutely next up we have the basics wired keyboard at a whopping $13.22 now it's something like 36 hundred reviews it seems do you want the motor popular keyboards on Amazon full stop what they've done here is it's a little bit more of a slimmer design so it does have a sort of built-in rest as opposed to the other one which did have the feet it's also got a lot of glossy glossy black plastic oh boy alright so yeah that velocity-- black plastic as you can probably see with three seconds of usage it's going to get a little a little finger printing a little dirty but I guess you can look past that when you're spending 13 bucks on a keyboard the layout thankfully is a lot nicer we have a full-size backspace key the enter key it's all as you would expect we can have a few things like media keys which is a nice little addition on such a cheap keyboard oh we can get a little shortcut to the calculator I guess that's useful and most importantly of all we have an actual Windows key not a weird square I'm sure the licensing cost was tremendous on such a cheap keyboard I can tell this immediately has a better fuel now it is definitely still membrane keyboard it's not going to be anywhere near as nice and something like a mechanical keyboard to type on but it's a lot less mushy than the verbatim and I really do appreciate that it does have a standard layout we even have the media control keys you know I will say almost immediately that while I do prefer this for typing I actually don't quite like the feel for gaming it just feels like there's like maybe a little bit more latency or a little bit of like input lag it just feels a little different and a big part of that actually could be the fact that the key switches aren't quite as responsive that's a little weird next up we have a Bluetooth keyboard or more specifically the cheapest Bluetooth keyboard with Amazon Prime that we could find so at $15 this will it's a lot smaller I'll say that it's a whole lot smaller ways this is actually a full size keyboard okay well that looks exactly like an Apple keyboard it's really weird at how light it is though uh oh you have a battery I do we know we need a that double a you think oh wait they're triple A's I lied yeah those are one of the advantages of going with the Bluetooth keyboard is it does support multiple devices including Mac's as well as iOS devices which especially evident when you look at the keyboard layout which is just realized is the Mac layout with the command and the option and the control so we do have a Windows key and windows mode if we switch over to it if I can figure how to do that due to a slight oversight and that the PC we're testing with doesn't that bluetooth we're gonna use my phone oh boy I love being prepared for videos like this anyway it looks so let's give this a try so thankfully it is full-size one thing I do immediately notice though is that it's kind of flimsy I mean if you look I can barely bend it and there's a lot of flexing it shouldn't be a big deal unless you're a very aggressive type err are their aggressive typers if you think oh yeah look at that if you're really pressed down the whole thing flexes it should be okay though but no I just connected why it's okay so maybe super cheap Bluetooth keyboards not to move you know actually we'll say the keyboard doesn't feel too bad actually know what it feels like it kind of feels like the original version of this Apple keyboard which is like what 80 bucks or something it's not quite as nice to be fair it's all made of plastic but it doesn't feel bad at all I love that I can change the brightness what's well face you gotta cool for 15 bucks this isn't too bad I mean yes you should plan ahead and make sure your computer supports Bluetooth but even if you are singing it to something like your iPad or iPhone or something this really is surprisingly decent for fifteen dollars I'm kind of impressed last but not least we have the re RK 100 plus the cheapest RGB keyboard on Amazon which we picked up for about fifteen dollars however right now especially available for ten dollars and 73 cents so yeah this is actually the cheapest keyboard here technically as of this very second this is another one of the options that we chose not only just because it was the cheapest but also has a fairly decent amount of reviews it's got four hundred ninety two on Amazon right now and that looks like a much more beefy keyboard even though it's still incredibly lightweight plug this guy in and holy RGV Batman that is actually kind of a cool look now unlike most RGB keyboards that do have a much more comprehensive set of software to kind of like you to customize the zones with this guy we can either turn or turnoff which conveniently replaces our right windows key but regardless we have RGB so let's get this guy try alright yeah this is actually a lot better than that Amazon keyboard one of the things that immediately noticed is that where that one felt a little bit sticky the keys actually pop up a lot quicker here and I'm sure if you open it up it's still going to be a membrane keyboard but between that and the RGB I've got to say this is actually totally a decent looking keyboard no no the key caps themselves aren't RGB and it is of course all made of plastic but I kind of like the look of sort of illuminating the backside with the RGB as opposed to doing the individual keys it's not customisable but it looks legitimately different than pretty much any other gaming keyboard out there something I immediately notice is that there's a nice little bit of texture on the keys themselves it doesn't make a big difference but it does give you a little bit more grip with your fingers it's not something huge or anything that sort of blows me away but it is a nice little bit of an addition importantly it feels good for gaming it is not as good as a mechanical keyboard for example but realistically unless you're actually really skilled unlike me you're probably not gonna notice a huge difference I know I'm not any better with this then I mechanical keyboard or vice versa trio yeah there you go well that was worth it so should you buy the cheapest keyboard on Amazon it's actually not a totally crazy idea now the tree is definitely my favorite I like the RGB for gaming it has a good feel and it's got a decent layout and realistically if you're spending less than say 30 40 dollars this really should be the keyboard you pick up I am very very impressed