rying The Cheapest Keyboards on Amazon..#Helpful Post

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