Aula F75: A $70 Custom Keyboard!?

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How inexpensive is too inexpensive with a fully built custom mechanical keyboard? Today we explore more of that with the Aula F75, a 75% keyboard with some solid specs: 3-mode connectivity, a bit 4000 mAH battery, a rotary knob, factory-lubed switches, double-shot PBT keycaps, and plenty of foam options for tuning the board sound to be precisely what you want... but what sacrifices were made to achieve this price point? Keep watching to find out!
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TIME STAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Visual Design
1:02 - Keycaps: Blue Samurai Clones?
1:43 - TTC Crescent/New Moon linears
2:15 - Stock Typing Test
2:55 - Stock Stabilizers and Rotary Knob
3:23 - Case Disassembly
5:01 - Polycarbonate Plate and Gasket Mount Design
5:35 - Included Foam
6:03 - PCB Design
6:27 - Battery
6:46 - Programmability, Or Lack Thereof
7:22 - Re-built Typing Sound Tests (KTT Vanilla Ice Creams, DCX Emerald, and stock parts with foam mods)
8:40 - Closing Thoughts
Music provided by KZread Audio Library
#mechanicalkeyboard #budget #wireless

Пікірлер: 48

  • @realmccoy220
    @realmccoy2205 ай бұрын

    that light bar next to the escape button can be turned off, its the battery charging indicator, its blinks when the battery is almost drained, you can change it by pressing fn+left shift.

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    5 ай бұрын

    I didn't see that anywhere in the instructions! Thanks for the shout, that's one less annoyance I now have to deal with!

  • @realmccoy220

    @realmccoy220

    5 ай бұрын

    I was really annoyed by it too, tried google for the solution and turns out it's in the single paper black manual@@TheManicGeek

  • @LuisR357

    @LuisR357

    Ай бұрын

    THANKSSSSS!!!

  • @equiknox_

    @equiknox_

    Ай бұрын

    So when it is charging, the light bar goes up right? what does it do if it is already fully charged?

  • @sadikarafat4227
    @sadikarafat42273 ай бұрын

    Man!you earned a subscriber!this is the exact video i wanted!a very few youtubers tested the black version and also,i thought it's keycaps was inspired by blue samurai so i was looking for a comparison and you just did that!thank you!❤

  • @harryxu1162
    @harryxu11625 ай бұрын

    awesome review, thanks!

  • @peteryoo4841
    @peteryoo48415 ай бұрын

    This was a very helpful review. I bought a aula f75 with all the same switches and colors and I am waiting for delivery. I heard that the price-performance ratio is good.

  • @TheManicGeek
    @TheManicGeek2 ай бұрын

    UPDATE: Since the goon in the comments who just wants to get mad when someone presents a more peaceful alterative to just screeching over something being forgotten, here's a link to the software - epomaker.com/blogs/software/epomaker-x-aula-f75-driver

  • @user-ic6iy5cj1c
    @user-ic6iy5cj1c2 ай бұрын

    That's a great video. Do you know the knob size of this keyboard? I'm looking to see if there are any other knobs that are compatible with this

  • @SimonNg20
    @SimonNg204 ай бұрын

    Fn + left shift cycles the battery indicator mode

  • @equiknox_
    @equiknox_Ай бұрын

    About the battery light indicator, it goes up when charging, do you know what does it do or how it indicates when it is fully charged?

  • @BendyLemmy
    @BendyLemmyАй бұрын

    So - F75 is amazing, but a pain to assemble/mod, and no QMK/VIA. What's a good equivalent to this?

  • @PatrickMacielCampos
    @PatrickMacielCampos2 ай бұрын

    Hi sir, can you help me? I'm buy a AULA F75 recently, was delivered today. I try to use on Mac, using FN + E, but all the function keys (F1, F2... F12) are in "media mode" (volume up, down, brightness, mic, mute, etc). I search in all internet about fn lock or some software to fix that, but I didnt find anything. I need F-keys because I'm a developer and F-keys is heavly used. Can you help me?

  • @pudinichigo91
    @pudinichigo912 ай бұрын

    Really good keyboard, Ive been looking for MK for a few months now and two days ago I just decided to bought one since theres double date sales for this keyboard just for $36 only, and the delivery took one day only to reached my door, really fast, I choose the black color with side engraved, I actually consider a few keyboard like RK M75, Ajazz AK820 and VGN N75 Pro but after I watching hundred of videos for the past fews weeks I decided to go with Aula F75 for a few reason, the first one was the color since I dont to mod/change or add extra cost for a new keycaps so i choose Aula since this model have Black gradient color with side engraved keycap and I really like this color option, the 2nd is the build quality since F75 is better than Ajazz AK820 (based on a few review I watched) and the last one is because of creamy/thocky sound, I watched video comparison sound test between F75 vs N75 Pro and I prefer F75 more than N75 Pro, btw this is my first MK but I really satisfied with build quality, features and the sound of keyboard with stock, so far I have nothing to complain.

  • @MrTayda

    @MrTayda

    27 күн бұрын

    yes you made the right choice

  • @amirkhusairiabdulmajid1623

    @amirkhusairiabdulmajid1623

    10 күн бұрын

    Yeap agree, bought this as well and no complain. Those who love to mod their keyboard may need to purchase the barebone version from other brand (why would they want to buy this board at the first place?). The keyboard sound is as good as modded keyboard.

  • @DiverseDivinity13
    @DiverseDivinity134 ай бұрын

    Coes it work with xbox or consoles

  • @Lenticular67
    @Lenticular675 ай бұрын

    That's a $70 board!? Most impressive for that price point.

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    5 ай бұрын

    RIGHT!? It may be missing a few technical niceties, but the overall quality of the board is massively promising.

  • @wutttt7661

    @wutttt7661

    5 ай бұрын

    I got mine for $40

  • @pudinichigo91

    @pudinichigo91

    2 ай бұрын

    Just got my yesterday for $36 and it aready arrived today, really damn fast delivery, mine with black color and side engraved

  • @adrianmontemayor861
    @adrianmontemayor8615 ай бұрын

    Any tip on how you remove the top casing? It is very hard for me to do so 😢

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    5 ай бұрын

    I used an iFixIt kit's picks to wedge between the plastics to carefully separate them, but you could also use guitar picks or an old gift card/credit card in a pinch.

  • @asterisk4424
    @asterisk44245 ай бұрын

    Can you remove the stabs without taking the whole build apart?

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    5 ай бұрын

    Yep, just need to pull the switch and unclip the stabs.

  • @in_direct
    @in_direct17 күн бұрын

    Planning to buy this keyboard would you recommend it for 36-30 USD i live in a southeast asia country making it's price much cheaper and is there any other recommendations boards u would recommend?

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    17 күн бұрын

    For that price, it'd honestly be hard to beat this board. That said, I'm also not SUPER familiar with boards in that region or their selling price, and I do know there's some deals you find in SE Asia that are absolutely insane, so take my feedback with some skepticism.

  • @KrutGemByte
    @KrutGemByte5 ай бұрын

    this is the same as leobog crescent switch right?

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    5 ай бұрын

    No idea, never used Leobog parts.

  • @sauceguy6945
    @sauceguy69453 ай бұрын

    bruh this theme music is for manhua vids :0

  • @SafetyHeaven
    @SafetyHeaven4 ай бұрын

    You type damn fast 😂

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    4 ай бұрын

    LMAO I think I just hit a decent stride in this video, I actually don't ever type much faster than about 80 WPM adjusted for typing accuracy... or a lack of it, I guess.

  • @Dezron
    @Dezron5 ай бұрын

    you think i can game with this

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    5 ай бұрын

    I mean technically you can game on any keyboard as long as it works, but this one should be plenty comfy and responsive for gaming.

  • @Dezron

    @Dezron

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheManicGeek well to be more specific, on rhythm games. Does it have 1000hz polling rate?

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    5 ай бұрын

    @Dezron yes, I mention this in the video when discussing Bluetooth connectivity.

  • @Dezron

    @Dezron

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheManicGeek okay thanks, i watched the full video and just wanted to make sure

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    5 ай бұрын

    @Dezron If you find it's still not quite as fast as you'd like it to be, you can also change over to speed switches, which actuate at 1.2 mm travel instead of 2 mm.

  • @gsg5209
    @gsg52095 ай бұрын

    in korea,that keyboard 30~40 $

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, boards made in Eastern markets just tend to have better pricing in their own, respective regions. Not much we can do about it in the West tbh.

  • @pudinichigo91

    @pudinichigo91

    2 ай бұрын

    same here in SEA region, this keyboard only cost around $40, but I got mine for $36 during sales

  • @justinb8297
    @justinb82972 ай бұрын

    anyone else getting flagged with a virus from the software?

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    2 ай бұрын

    I didn't get flagged for it, but Windowd did give me a warning that it didn't trust the vendor of the software. My PC seems to be fine presently, but I'll keep an eye on it. Did you get it from the Epomaker website? That's the only legit spot I've found for the software so far.

  • @justinb8297

    @justinb8297

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TheManicGeek yea got it from there website but I guess all of there software's pop up with viruses on windows defender so maybe its just false flags. i guess it happens to a lot of people.

  • @TheManicGeek

    @TheManicGeek

    2 ай бұрын

    @justinb8297 Yeah, it's fairly common with these boards to have Windows throw up a flag to tell you it's not from a trusted source. Doesn't necessarily mean it's malware, just that Windows doesn't recognize the source. That said, if there's ever a doubt, these boards do have enough functionality baked in that you can do most everything else other than key remapping.

  • @pudinichigo91

    @pudinichigo91

    2 ай бұрын

    I just installed the software yesterday, without any problem or getting flagged with virus on my Windows 11 PC

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