If Apple Made Custom Mechanical Keyboards - The MODE Experience

This whole channel is if apple made a keyboard review channel

Nice vid and overview CT. Apple - Ha! A company living off a historical reputation that is no longer deserved. Marketing at it's best and worst :)
The one thing I disagree with you is finding all the parts to work together after a long ass time of searching. I have had experiences, with other products, that have meant I am left spending even more money to replace new parts that are no longer supported; so a company that is keeping a close eye on the ability to deliver and communicates this is a huge plus point for me. After all, who wants to pay twice for a product component? Oh hang on - Apple again.

Honestly at this point - calling out RAMA should be put front and center rather than just a cheeky nod. - Sincerely, a RAMA Victim.

Other than that - great job on the video. I've always wanted a Mode board but the lack of any wireless options makes the value proposition a little wild to me.

great video with well presented information! very engaging to watch, even as a current mode board owner. fun to learn some of the facts and your insights on the operations of the company overall.

Unexpected to see Ovomaltine in a Keyboard video. 🇨🇭

have you seen Matthew Encina's video on his mode keyboard encore? Its really cool showing some of the behind the scenes of making keyboards like this.

Nice vid mate

They may have too many configuration options for Apple to be quite honest

I'd really like a mode, but like most keyboard companies, they unfortunately don't support a single design that has a Mac bottom row, i.e., 4 keys bottom-left or at least a key below C. Also no split spacebar sucks because it wouldn't be hard for them to implement, but it is what it is.

I love Mode…and no longer use their boards. The sonnet was amazing. I loved it at first sight and preordered a rather pricy configuration of it. The build experience was wonderful, and the keyboard felt great. However, after a few months of use, I started having key repeat issues. The Mode Discord described various things to double check on the PCB, and I found none of those things were wrong. Ultimately, I discovered it was a known fault of the Sonnet PCB to repeat key presses upon waking from sleep on macOS. A workaround firmware was provided in a difficult-to-find Mode Discord forum post, but it disabled the ability to use the keyboard in a certain way, I believe waking a Mac from sleep.

I shelved my Sonnet after one-too-many Zoom calls where I hit the volume up key and had to panic unplug my keyboard before the key repeating sent my volume to max…I hope to revisit Mode products one day, but the PCB flaw soured me on the company.

I moved onto the Frog TKL 8K. It’s a nice board, but I’ve had a number of issues using QMK on it that have required me to DM with the PCB designer. That’s a far cry from the smooth experience of Mode’s board even if said Frog PCB designer is quite nice and helpful.

A sighting of my Modern Materials at the end 👀

Man I loved this video. I also have the Tempo. One of my favorites for sure. Keep up the great work!

fun video, couldn’t agree more! very happy OG Sonnet owner, exciting to see Mode continuing to evolve and innovate! Also not so quietly begging for them to make a WK 60% (I need my full bottom row)

In many ways, Apple and Mode are similar. For instance, they do not mention new products at all until just before the official announcement. However, the communication process on Discord until the product is delivered can be considered an advantage unique to Mode. Given the nature of Custom mechanical keyboards, communication with users is truly important!

apple and custom is opposite side of the word

the mode stabs are awesome as well lol

This is how I feel about grey studios lol. man i am just obsessed with their boards.

Thanks for the shout out!

Let me guess... MODE doesn't build ISO keyboards 🙄

Apple would never use wood. Because the outcome of the design isn't controlable.

“apple” and “custom” (as in a properly custom device) in the same phrase, doesnt seem right

i wish they would do german key layouts...

Apple and custom dont go together

no arrow keys, jesuschrist

all keyboards look the same, people don't experiment on layouts

I love your vids! It feels like dave2d early vids before his channel got big and he started to review the same products like every other big techtubers instead of cool and unique products. I hope you'll get your gold play button soon while still doing reviews for cool products.

It's funny how you keep saying that this isn't an ad but anyone with half a brain can tell that it's nothing else but an ad...

Cool, a very, extremely good keyboard is an extremely important tool coz' communication is the 2nd most important tool of mankind (time & prayers are first most important tool of mankind).

The Altar is more like what Apple would design, they put Apple's chiclet keycaps which is a good dimension. This is more like what Bobba Fett would type on.

God bless.

What I like is they are good but also in stock and I can get more stuff want like extras love poly to not a fan of long group buy either… so far an envoy and a new 65 my first keyboard of the hobby a ikki68 from a reseller cause I was lte but wanted under 200 at the time the new sonnet will be next I just got a loki65 smoke black com on mode make a smoked poly

there is no way apple would release something with such awful color scheme though, but nice try anyway, I guess

Actually, if Apple made a mechanical keyboard they would provide a Bluetooth option. So sad I can use a wired as it would interfere with my Davinci Speed Editor on the desktop

What a pity that they do not do ISO layout. Nice keyboards.

Thank god it's not made by Apple.