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let's take a look at the Hermes light mechanical keyboard from a company called the MDS it's actually been a while since I've had a mechanical keyboard come through here however when Gambia asked me if I wanted to take a look at their home as light mechanical keyboard I thought sure why not and today I'm gonna be telling you guys what you get in the box with this I mean you're talking about the features of this keyboard none of you were giving you my subjective opinion on this keyboard as well as a noise test now straight onto the keyboard itself the main thing as soon as you pick up this keyboard you'll notice that the build quality is very good everything on this keyboard felt solid and rigid which was really surprising coming from a company that I've never heard from before furthermore upon pulling off the key switches themselves you'll notice under there they've got red mechanical switches and they're by a company called TTC so that's right they're not Cherry MX mechanical switches however don't let that fool you and practice these things work exactly like a Cherry MX which and I've actually got a cherry MX red keyboard here and I could not tell the difference one bit that being said just above those switches you've got red LED backlighting which is individually backlit for every key on this keyboard however one thing to note is that you do not have control over every individual key backlighting they're a little bit of a bummer there however the key caps themselves feel very well constructed the texture is also like a semi-gloss smooth finish your fingers will grip them and they will feel smooth kudos to Gambia's for making such a good key cap now the actual font on there as well in my opinion looks very nice it's like a solid font that's sort of like a mix between normal and razor and I think it's a perfect blend on a keyboard now on to the main construction of the keyboard itself it's an all plastic design and the back plating is plastic too however as I said before very solid build quality the key caps as well in practice did not wiggle at all you also have a wrist rest on the front of the keyboard and over a hundred keys to utilize on this keyboard itself now an intuitive thing and one thing I do like about this keyboard is the individual backlighting for the caps lock num lock and scroll lock keys if they're on then the lights will come on if they're off the lights will go off as well you've also got two macro keys there the spacebar and the B key is labeled by G 1 and G 2 and you've also got the function key to enable them in the software and the software is very lightweight and easy to use but we'll talk a little bit about that later as well back onto the rear of the keyboard itself you've got 6 grips there to grip the table and again this keyboard it doesn't move once you place it on the table it's got one level of adjustment there which will allow you to get your height up on your keyboard if you wish to use it like that you've also got three angles and pivots there to cable manage the braided cable which also has a gold tip plating the cable itself comes in at 1.8 meters long so ample long enough though if you do need a longer length you may wish to get a USB extension cable also one thing to point out is the 5 volt 250 milli amp requirement so if you're using this with a very cheap laptop just keep in mind that it isn't the 100 milliamps standard now back onto the front of the keyboard where all the magic happens you have 4 different levels of brightness there you've got off 33% 66% and 100% you've also got the option for breathing with 4 to 6 to 8 second intervals there and lastly you have the responsive effect where you can turn the lighting off but when you press a key the whole keyboard lights up one thing to keep in mind is that the Print Screen button for some reason will always stay lit up now taking a look at the software itself you have 6 different profiles there to choose from and you can save them rename them you can also attach them to the launch with different games and you can even assign different hotkeys when you want to launch those profiles very intuitive design with the software it's also lightweight and it can be saved with the onboard memory of the keyboard so you don't have to actually use this program once you've saved your different settings also you've got the option there to create different macros for instance I created a macro to open up Wolfenstein and it worked flawlessly not to mention you can change the different speeds of the timings in between very good macro function with this keyboard you can also give those macros to your friends or can copy macros from other people also looking at the software you've got the option there to switch your function key and windows key around and now interesting or oddly enough with this keyboard is you have the windows key located on the right side of the keyboard by default but again this software alleviates that problem at least for me very quickly without any problems at all looking below that you've got the 6 + 21 + key rollover effect there the one thing I will point out is when I tried the 21 + key rollover effect it didn't work properly when I for instance hit 10 keys at the same time I could my keyboard bugged out so I just leave it on 6 + key rollover and in practice I think it's more of a marketing effect than anything also this software allows you to add individual recordings to macros and/or individual key presses lastly on the note of software they allow you to update the software at any time which means that they can add in more functions in the future which is a great thing with this keyboard and with that being said we'll quickly move on now to a noise test and then I'll go on to my subjective opinion and conclusion so now I'll talk about my experience with this keyboard and what I like and don't like about it however ever since I've pulled this keyboard out of the box I've been nothing but impressed with it the build quality is amazing nothing rattles nothing feels loose and even though it's made of all plastic it just feels solid and rigid and this is great coming from a company that I've never heard of before not to mention that the key caps are some of the best I've ever had best I've ever typed on it's got a slight curvature there the font looks gorgeous and the texture is amazing to type on and then that red LED backlighting comes through at night and it matches my red and black themed gaming PC build downstairs perfectly it's as if they knew I needed this keyboard so kudos the Gambia's for getting this right however on that note we will talk about the red switches so this keyboard uses TTC red switches and now they differ from blue and brown switches and if you guys want to know the differences between those switches I'll put a video up here that you can check out where I explain all the differences between them and who and what switch is best for who however the red switch that they use today is really good for gaming as it's really responsive and you'll absolutely love it when you're coming to competitive games and you need the fastest keypresses so let's talk about the red LED backlighting now every key is individually backlit however one thing I would have liked to have seen is individual backlighting control especially since the software allows for this to happen and if you could utilize this it would have made the keyboard perfect I mean I could have had a profile for dota 2 with the individual hotkeys backlit up and then change to Starcraft to have the hotkeys I use in that game backlit up and then go to Cod same thing however I'd imagine they will implement this in a future update or hopefully they will and this keyboard would be perfect though lastly you're wondering about the TTC switches and the fact that they don't use cherry and for me that is not a problem at all I actually have another keyboard here a Leopold which is going to sit on the bench now this uses Cherry MX switches except the problem with this keyboard is these three keys are busted and I actually need my print screen key so I had to reprogram my key through some dodgy program to make my print screen down here so I mean the fact is with the switches themselves they will last a long time it's the implementation of those switches which is what matters ie the workmanship on the keyboard how good was the soul during etc etc and honestly the workmanship on the Gambia's keyboard is really good and as I said before this léopold keyboard here is gonna be getting bench lined so we conclusion I'm going to be giving this keyboard four and a half stars out of five I was impressed with the build quality absolutely impressed with it not only that the keycaps themselves very easy to type on feel great and then you've got that amazing looking font as well that's red LED backlit and all that if you go to their website you can get it for 60 US dollars shipped to your door that is why thing that you should get on honestly if you're looking for a keyboard and you're a gamer and you don't have a mechanical keyboard already I would jump on this now keep in mind though that it is only red LED backlit so you if you're teaming it up with the black and blue theme for example you might want to look at a different option however you can turn the backlighting off and even it then at 60 USD it's a great Buy also one thing I would like to see with this keyboard would be the individual backlight and control and I hope they implement that in a future update of their software I think this would this is the reason why I'm not giving it five stars is that it just doesn't have that individual backlighting control there as well as the fact as the N key rollover isn't really 21 n key rollover as well in incense I guess it might be eight and key rollover tricky rollover however that being said the Gambia's keyboard here today is absolutely amazing and they've done a really good job on getting this keyboard in at a great price so that's about it for today guys if you like this video then you not to do get on that like button good good give it a bit of a hit there and if you haven't already subscribe to tech yes City for more tech news reviews and whatnot and if you have any questions about the Gambia's cable then don't forget to drop a comment in the comment section below and I'll get back to you as soon as I can peace out for now bye