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| Glove80 Keyboard new Silent Switches | Plum Blossom vs Red Pro | Typing test | | ||
| My thoughts | ||
| description: >- | ||
| I recently reviewed the glove80 keyboard, the switches that I have used for 5 | ||
| months are the Kailh's Choc v1 Red Pro, but I was waiting on a new set of | ||
| switches released around a month ago, these are the Kailh's silent Choc v1 | ||
| Plum Blossom | ||
| image: | ||
| path: ./../../assets/img/imgs/250209-thux-glove80-plumblossom-redpro.avif | ||
| date: '2025-02-09 06:10:00 +0000' | ||
| categories: | ||
| - keyboards | ||
| tags: | ||
| - keyboard-switches | ||
| - glove80 | ||
| - keyboard | ||
| - review | ||
| - youtube | ||
| - video | ||
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| ## Contents | ||
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| ### Table of contents | ||
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| - [YouTube video](#youtube-video) | ||
| - [Disclaimer](#disclaimer) | ||
| - [If you like my content, and want to support me](#if-you-like-my-content-and-want-to-support-me) | ||
| - [Discord server](#discord-server) | ||
| - [Follow me on social media](#follow-me-on-social-media) | ||
| - [All links in the video description](#all-links-in-the-video-description) | ||
| - [How do you manage your passwords?](#how-do-you-manage-your-passwords) | ||
| - [Sound test comparing plum blossoms and red pros](#sound-test-comparing-plum-blossoms-and-red-pros) | ||
| - [My thoughts comparing both switches](#my-thoughts-comparing-both-switches) | ||
| - [I removed the palm rests](#i-removed-the-palm-rests) | ||
| - [Should I try the voyager?](#should-i-try-the-voyager) | ||
| - [Which switches should you get](#which-switches-should-you-get) | ||
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| ## YouTube video | ||
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| ## Disclaimer | ||
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| - I'm not sponsored by [Moergo](https://www.moergo.com/){:target="\_blank"} (I | ||
| wish I was, and that they would send me free stuff 🤣) | ||
| - I bought the keyboard with my own money and they haven't sent any products for | ||
| me to test that would bias my judgement | ||
| - So the review in this video is 100% mine, since I'm not getting anything in | ||
| exchange, so you'll get my honest and personal point of view | ||
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| _purchase receipt, in case you don't trust me_ | ||
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| ## If you like my content, and want to support me | ||
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| - I create and edit my videos in an M1 mac mini, and it's starting to stay | ||
| behind in the editing side of things, tends to slow me down a bit, I'd like to | ||
| upgrade the machine I use for all my videos to a `mac mini` with these specs: | ||
| - Apple M4 Pro chip with 14‑core CPU, 20‑core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine | ||
| - 24GB unified memory | ||
| - 1TB SSD storage | ||
| - 10 Gigabit Ethernet | ||
| - If you want to help me reach my goal, you can | ||
| [donate here](https://ko-fi.com/linkarzu/goal?g=6){:target="\_blank"} | ||
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| [{: width="300" }](https://ko-fi.com/linkarzu/goal?g=6){:target="\_blank"} | ||
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| ## Discord server | ||
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| - After following this guide or even watching the related video, you: | ||
| - Have questions related to one of the tools, configs or scripts that I use | ||
| - Would like me to expand a bit more on how something is done | ||
| - Or simply would like to talk and meet other community members that share | ||
| your same interests | ||
| - join the | ||
| [discord server in this link](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrSIvbFncPSlK6AdwE2QboA/join){:target="\_blank"} | ||
| - Access to the discord server is only for YouTube community members | ||
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| > I'm opening the discord channel to the public, I think that for at least 3 | ||
| > months, I'm only accepting a few members at the moment, to get used to things | ||
| > and manage it, so if you want to join, **please reach out via one of my social | ||
| > media links below and I'll add you** | ||
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| [{: width="300" }](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrSIvbFncPSlK6AdwE2QboA/join){:target="\_blank"} | ||
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| ## Follow me on social media | ||
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| - [Twitter (or "X")](https://x.com/link_arzu){:target="\_blank"} | ||
| - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianarzu){:target="\_blank"} | ||
| - [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@linkarzu){:target="\_blank"} | ||
| - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/link_arzu){:target="\_blank"} | ||
| - [GitHub](https://github.com/linkarzu){:target="\_blank"} | ||
| - [Threads](https://www.threads.net/@link_arzu){:target="\_blank"} | ||
| - [OnlyFans 🍆](https://linkarzu.com/assets/img/imgs/250126-whyugae.avif){:target="\_blank"} | ||
| - [YouTube (subscribe MF, subscribe)](https://www.youtube.com/@linkarzu){:target="\_blank"} | ||
| - [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/linkarzu/goal?g=6){:target="\_blank"} | ||
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| ## All links in the video description | ||
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| - The following links will be in the YouTube video description: | ||
| - Each one of the videos shown | ||
| - A link to this blogpost | ||
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| ## How do you manage your passwords? | ||
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| - I've tried many different password managers in the past, I've switched from | ||
| `LastPass` to `Dashlane` and finally ended up in `1password` | ||
| - You want to find out why? More info in my article: | ||
| - [How I use 1password to keep all my accounts safe](https://linkarzu.com/posts/1password/1password/){:target="\_blank"} | ||
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| [{: width="300" }](https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-101327218-15917064){:target="\_blank"} | ||
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| ## Sound test comparing plum blossoms and red pros | ||
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| - You'll be able to listen to the difference between the 2 switches in the video | ||
| - Bottom line: the plum blossom switches are silent, and the red pro's are not | ||
| silent | ||
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| ## My thoughts comparing both switches | ||
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| - In the video, I talk about how I felt that the red pro switches slowed me down | ||
| while typing | ||
| - I felt the plum blossom switches way more comfortable to type | ||
| - They also feel way more stable, and the reason for this is that they were | ||
| designed that way | ||
| - Also keep in mind that these plum blossom switches were specifically designed | ||
| for the glove80 | ||
| - The image you see below is **not** for the plum blossoms, but you'll be able | ||
| to read the `off-center` design, which adds the stability I'm talking about | ||
| - This image was found | ||
| [here](https://www.moergo.com/products/glove80-ergonomic-keyboard-revision-2-with-silent-witches?variant=50146620965137){:target="\_blank"} | ||
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| _Cherry blossom switches banner_ | ||
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| - On the image below you'll be able to see the technical differences between the | ||
| 2 switches | ||
| ([image found here](https://www.moergo.com/pages/glove80-key-switches){:target="\_blank"}) | ||
| - The main differences are: | ||
| - Both of them are `linear` switches, but the plum blossoms are silent, and | ||
| personally I love silent switches | ||
| - The other difference is actuation force, the plum blossoms are around `10gf` | ||
| heavier (more on this later) | ||
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| _Notice the technical differences between the 2 switches_ | ||
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| - Personally, I feel the plum blossoms way more stable to type on, the feel | ||
| smoother, they are silent, you feel more of like a response from the switch | ||
| after typing, I don't know, I just love how they feel, but there's a big but | ||
| here, more on that at the end | ||
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| --- | ||
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| - I have a full tutorial on the glove80, in which I cover my layout, how you can | ||
| make changes and upload a new firmware, and my thoughts related to the | ||
| keyboard, you can see the entire thing in the video below: | ||
| - [Thoughts after 5 months of using the Glove80 - Firmware upload - Layouts - Battery life](https://youtu.be/Yvn2V-Bij44) | ||
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| {% include embed/youtube.html id='Yvn2V-Bij44' %} | ||
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| ## I removed the palm rests | ||
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| - If you notice in the video, I don't have the palm rests attached anymore, | ||
| there's 2 reasons: | ||
| - The keyboard is way smaller, like around half its size, so its way easier to | ||
| carry around. With palm rests I feel it looks way too big | ||
| - It allows me to reach the numbers easily. When I have the palm rests | ||
| attached, my palms are resting on them, so it's harder for me to reach the | ||
| numbers, I have to lift of the palm and then get to the number row, I don't | ||
| experience that without the palm rests, I just type numbers easily | ||
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| ## Should I try the voyager? | ||
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| - I've heard so many people recommend the voyager, I like the fact that it's a | ||
| really small and compact keyboard, it's really easy to carry around | ||
| - I've thought about it, and I think there's a few things I'll be missing: | ||
| - Bluetooth support to connect multiple devices: | ||
| - With the glove80 I can connect to my work (ex work) and also the personal | ||
| computer, I just press a key and it switches 3 things, my monitor, my | ||
| mouse is also switched to the other computer and the keyboard, I wouldn't | ||
| be able to do this with a voyager, as it doesn't have Bluetooth | ||
| capabilities, unless I use a KVM switch or something | ||
| - I would be missing keys, I'm used to all the keys that the glove80 has, | ||
| because I have them mapped to different functions, for example, if I tap the | ||
| `right_arrow` key, it's going to switch me over to the `skitty-notes` app on | ||
| the right. Also for example, if I type `left_command` it sends `cmd+c` to | ||
| copy, and with `left_option` it sends `cmd+v` to paste. To get a better idea | ||
| on all the different keys I use, and what I use them for look at the image | ||
| below | ||
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| _Some of the keys that perform particular actions_ | ||
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| - If you want to know how I switch my 3 devices between 2 computers by tapping a | ||
| single key on my keyboard, I have a video in which I cover all of this: | ||
| - [You don't need a KVM switch to switch your mouse keyboard and monitor to another computer](https://youtu.be/26r52tpzbY4){:target="\_blank"} | ||
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| --- | ||
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| - To learn how I do all my different mappings, including when I type | ||
| `left_command` it sends `cmd+c` to copy, and with `left_option` it sends | ||
| `cmd+v` to paste, how I switch between apps, change system settings, switch | ||
| between tmux sessions and way more, check out my karabiner-elements video: | ||
| - [karabiner-elements configuration updates 2024](https://youtu.be/dqEiDVYRWLk){:target="\_blank"} | ||
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| {% include embed/youtube.html id='dqEiDVYRWLk' %} | ||
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| ## Which switches should you get | ||
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| > Make sure you read this entire section, I'm not using the plum blossoms anymore | ||
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| - I have only tried 2 switches, the `red pro` and the `plum blossoms`, out of | ||
| those 2, in the video I recommended the `plum blossoms` 100% | ||
| - I love how the plum blossoms feel when you type and their stability, and the | ||
| fact that they are silent | ||
| - **bbbbbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut** | ||
| - After using the plum blossoms for around a month, my fingers started to hurt, | ||
| at first it felt like my fingertips were getting numb, I felt them tickly | ||
| - First I thought it was the palm rests, since I had removed them, so I added | ||
| them back, but the pain didn't go away | ||
| - Then I started to feel pain in the entire finger, in the joints, felt like | ||
| arthritis, maybe MF just getting old and weak | ||
| - So I decided to switch back to the red pros, and after a few days of use, the | ||
| pain is not there anymore. I still feel some residual pain, but is going away, | ||
| it feels 90% better now | ||
| - Keep in mind that I come from a magic keyboard, which is really soft and for | ||
| weak hands, so if you also have bitch's hands, don't get a man switches, If | ||
| you like silent switches, I would probably recommend you to get the | ||
| `cherry blossoms` as they're similar to the plum blossoms, but softer or if | ||
| you don't like silent switches, probably get the ones I'm using right now, | ||
| which are the `red pros` | ||
| - I cannot 100% recommend the cherry blossoms, because I haven't tried them, I'm | ||
| just guessing, but if you'd like me to test them and compare them to the red | ||
| pros and the plum blossoms, leave a comment in the YouTube video | ||
| `"Please Stephen, send him the cherry blossom switches"` | ||
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| _Cmon Stephen_ | ||
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| --- | ||
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