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if you want a mechanical keyboard but don't want to spend much money can you get a good one for under $30 well here on the table we've got two mechanical type feel keyboards and these come under $20 in the case of this one here you even get a mouse for 14 US dollars so that's ridiculously cheap and then the last two here we've got come right on the $30 mark but they offer real mechanical switches now over two years ago I did do a video looking at a few keyboards off Aliexpress and to my surprise I was really blown away by the value for money you were getting fast forward to now however and the brands that I picked in that video have either since raised their prices or they're just simply not for sale so I've got 2019 what looks like top picks but we're still going to unbox these keyboards look at the features look at the quality and more importantly play some games and type on them to see if they are indeed any good now who also got a budget mem Kanaka which is similar to these two on the table here from Coolermaster so we're gonna see how this stacks up against these two keyboards right here well that aside let the unboxing and durability tests begin so the first keyboard now was the GTX 300 and I've got to warn you guys I would stay well away from this keyboard and mouse combo both of these sets are just complete and utter garbage I mean the build quality on the keyboard is so cheap to the point where it's the lightest keyboard I've had come through here for a full-size keyboard it comes in at just over 400 grams but not only that it's like literally like the base of the keyboard is warped before it's even got here so when I put the feet up it's got shake in it not only that when I'm typing on it that it make my hands are bouncing up and down off the keyboard like a springboard and then moving on to the mouse the sensor is absolute garbage and not only that the cable is so short that it won't even run that far so I've got an invisible Mouse bungee that's not working that well but also the rainbow light so literally just like five LEDs at the bottom of the keyboard plus an LED at the top so it's really nothing special I mean it just looks so tacky it feels tacky but despite all that the actual keys themselves are not bad that type on like typing on this thing was actually decent I could get over a hundred words per minute consistently on it and the mouse switches themselves the actual switches they've used feel quite good and the scroll wheel is not half bad as well as the middle click on it isn't too bad either so the build quality let's this down big-time like I've got a retailer locally that does a cheaper mice and keyboard combos that I would much rather any day of the week so everything besides the actual switches they've used on this keyboard and mouse combo is complete garbage and another thing is - this mouse weighs in at 58 grams Wow we've got an air 58 competitor here for final Mouse except everything's just complete rubbish so then it's keyboard we've got up here's the K 28 and this although it's double the price of the previous keyboard we looked at it's literally a night and day difference where this one is actually decent build quality it comes just under 700 grams and it's got real mechanical blue switches now I don't know the name of the switches they're using there's actually no tagging on it so usually you get like cheerio max or kales but this is a brand I've never heard of but typing on it was really good consistently over a hundred words per minute the keyboard itself was a little bit elevated does have the option to elevator to the back in this case it since it is a little bit elevated at the front here I do recommend getting a budget wrist rest in combination with it but other than that very solid build quality of the keys themselves don't have hardly any flex in them at all so they're pretty rigid on top of that you can also change the back lighting effects however keep in mind it is only a layer of white orange green red blue and purple so it's not really RGB it's just they've used different lines of different colors to sort of make it sound like it's RGB but other than that very good for 30 bucks if you're looking for a mechanical keyboard now I just finished up on the one up and besides this quirky text down here which I don't even know what they're trying to say the keyboard itself is absolutely phenomenal you've got an aluminium backplate you've got key caps that feel very solid very rigid there's like no flex at all and typing on them is very consistent the RGB backlighting also looks not too tacky it does glow through very well and it's not too in-your-face so at night time it is going to allow you to see the keys very easily the cable itself is over a meter and a half long very good you've got two levels of height adjustment just flat and then raise it about ten mil and it weighs in just under 900 grams and it is a full sized keyboard too so you do get the numpad and the keys are spaced out very well so even if you've got big hands this is definitely going to accommodate that too and they're using a switch called a jig jjang I'll put the text up on the screen I don't know how to pronounce a bit the good thing is you can replace these switches if they become faulty in time and they do give you three keys included as well as a key cap puller which works absolutely fine so I'm really impressed with this keyboard especially for 30 bucks it definitely feels like it's punching well above its weight of course the only drawback is you don't get dedicated media keys but again at 30 dollars shipped to your door this thing is definitely packing a punch harder than the two previous keyboards and in fact I don't know how the next keyboards gonna go or even the Coolermaster after it because this one's impressed me that much already and last up here we've got the K 40 which did say it had a mechanical feel but that is complete lies I mean this thing is a pure membrane through and through and it kind of feels like those 1990s membranes very mushy style click but other than that the build quality is pretty good this keyboard does look quite neat with the sort of black and white contrast going on here and another benefit of these keys is that they are extremely quiet so if you need to keep noise down at night or you need to keep noise down in the office then this keyboard is actually not a bad option for the money but with that in mind I was making the most typos by far with this keyboard verse the other three keyboards that I did test here in the studio and on top of that the feedback of the keys didn't feel good at all but that's a personal preference thing I mean the other three keyboards here did feel a lot better to type on but let's move over now to the Coolermaster a combo which does cost a lot more than all four of these combinations here and I'll quickly test that out and then we can come back with the conclusion to see what the winners and losers are of this comparison and now we're back at the table and I've put these keyboards in order of my experience just typing on them and using them in games starting with the best up the top this is the one up I was blown away by the actual build quality the typing experience and the rigidity of the mechanical keys they're using really great job they've done on this and I think this one's coming in now at about 35 US dollars which honestly guys if you want a cheaper mechanical keyboard you're probably not going to get it any better than this especially if you want a full-sized 104 style keyboard this one really blew me away the only thing I could critique about it would be the fact that there's no media keys in the top right hand corner but again for the price this thing is hitting so hard for the money and just below that is the $30 option this is the same sort of RGB effect or the fake rainbow effect and typing on this was a similar experience to the one up except this one was a bit lighter it didn't feel like it had as good build quality the rigidity of the keys on this one for example were just the best out of all five keyboards here the key caps of use have a rough texture to them they've got a little slight curvature and they really fit your fingers well and nothing's wobbling around when you're typing so really good job on the one up and then this one here just has a slight bit of very slight tinge of wobble it's very very subtle and the key caps that they've used don't feel as good as the one up though the K 28 since it is lighter and is a 10 keyless model I could recommend this for someone who's traveling and still wants a good keyboard on the go but wants to keep the weight in their suitcase down now coming in third place is the cooler master ms one-to-one this is a mem Kanaka switch but don't get me wrong I don't think this is that good value for money at all I think if you're going to spend this kind of money on this keyboard I'd much rather recommend you a 1-up plus like a Logitech G 102 which could be had for around the same money you'll be getting a much better typing experience much better Mouse as well since the included mouse with the one-to-one it didn't feel that good it had a very sort of texture service here which on my mousepad the Corsair cloth mat it wasn't moving around that well at all the mem canticle switches does leave a little bit to be desired especially if you're typing day in day out and you need something consistent I did make quite a few typos on this keyboard as well as number four here this is the motto speed aka the K forty now I did like the build quality of this and I did like the white and black aesthetic and if you need to keep noise down this will be a decent option but just like the MS one-to-one the typing experience wasn't that good and I was making quite a few typos they do have a rough texture to them and the rigidity of the keys themselves was pretty good and then in last place we have the most flimsiest keyboard I've seen in my life seriously I almost thought this thing was like one of those rollover keyboards like that you roll down on a mat the nice squishy ones it was almost that bad it's got a very light weight to it but besides all the bad points I found typing on this thing was actually not too bad it has a very thin and short cable length coming in and out of about a meter as opposed to the others which were all one point five meter and all had thicker cables and in the case of number two that had a braided cable but typing on this thing surprisingly wasn't too bad I'd actually prefer to type on these switches that they've implemented here over there to above them so they do say this is a mem Kanaka Laswell but it doesn't feel like a mechanical switch as opposed to the one to one kind of feels like it's somewhere half way in between so typing on this was decent but everything else the build quality the implementation of the LEDs and then couple with the fact that it's like a spring board and the included Mouse is absolutely horrible that you could not reliably use this thing the sensor that they've implemented is so bad I wouldn't spend my money on this I'd much rather go down in my local supermarket and grab their $10 banger mouse and keyboard combos so in conclusion guys Aliexpress keyboards they can be pretty good though you do have to sift through the good and the bad which is kind of what I've done here today for you guys and the clear winner is this one up despite the quirky text in the bottom right hand corner it's a very solid keyboard build quality is good typing on it's good it's very consistent and they even include spare switches so if you do have an issue with one of the switches in the future you can just simply change it out and replace it so it does have the longevity factor as well couple with the best thing of all is the price tag and you are going to get a real mechanical switch so props to the one up it also said on the box it's a k-8 so I'm guessing there's two different manufacturers that make the same keyboard but regardless if you guys are keen to check out this keyboard or any of the other keyboards are featured in today's video then I'll put the links in the description below but this one really impressed me it's definitely a winner and if you guys enjoyed this video then be sure to hit that like button also let us know in the comments section below do you want to see more of these value bargain pics type videos because I can definitely make them happen for you and if you enjoying the content enough you may wish to consider subscribing hitting that Bell notification so you get the videos the moment they drop or if you want a little inside scoop before it even gets to YouTube sure to check us out on Instagram check yes City and I'll catch you in another tech video very soon but also if you've got a recommendation of your own be sure to drop it in the comment section below and I can check it out maybe for an updated video in the future because what's popular in the next few months may be completely different in the next year as we saw with that a blue keyboard when I did the previous video if you haven't seen that we'll put the link up here but the prices have changed the stock levels have changed and you can't get that keyboard at that price anymore but this one definitely a winner and I'll catch you in another tech video very soon peace out for now bye you