Prebuilt Split Keyboards Aren't Overpriced

Featuring the Kaly42, a DIY split mechanical keyboard! Building your own keyboard can be less expensive than buying a prebuilt board, but you miss out on nice features, and (depending on skill level) get a lower quality keyboard. Basically, you get what you pay for.

Dwctor's video on the Kaly42:    • My Journey From Mechanical to Ergonom...  

Ben Eater's 8-bit Computer:    • Building an 8-bit breadboard computer!  

Kaly42 Keyboard Case, 3D Model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:658...

Keyboards mentioned in video:
Moonlander Mark I: https://www.zsa.io/moonlander
The Voyager: https://www.zsa.io/voyager/
Glove80: https://www.moergo.com/collections/gl...
Kinesis Advantage: https://kinesis-ergo.com/products/#ke...
Dygma Defy: https://dygma.com/products/dygma-defy
Naya Create: https://naya.tech/

The Corne42 LP Kit from keebmaker was NOT sponsored, so I can't recommend (or not not recommend), but here is the link: https://keebmaker.com/collections/kit...

Chapters:
0:00 - My new keyboard
0:50 - Why the Kaly42?
1:57 - Cost of the Kaly42
2:57 - Cost of keyboard kit (feat. Corne42LP)
4:43 - Getting sidetracked on a fun soldering project
5:25 - Cost of prebuilt Corne42 vs other prebuilt keyboards
8:33 - Kaly42 custom case
9:05 - Outro and Kaly42 typing test