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Hipyo Tech opens up the Linky 87 budget-keyboard bargain

The unsponsored teardown finds replaceable switches and VIA support, while viewers compare prices across countries.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

This $39 Keyboard Is INSANE...

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0:00Hipyo explains that the Kisnt KN85's increased price prompted another search for a budget keyboard.
2:46He identifies shared manufacturing and hardware similarities between the Linky 87 and Smack Ape Impact 80.
4:37The teardown reveals double-shot PBT keycaps and BSun linear switches.
5:42He examines gaming latency and explains the keyboard's VIA configuration support.
6:42Opening the casing exposes the gaskets, foam and battery compartment; the switches are replaceable.
8:37An isolated typing test lets listeners hear the keyboard without commentary.

Hipyo Tech goes looking for a cheaper keyboard after a previous budget pick becomes harder to recommend. The result is "This $39 Keyboard Is INSANE...", the most-watched of his two uploads this week, with about 209,000 views.

The Linky 87 gets more than a quick typing test. Hipyo pulls the keycaps, examines the BSun linear switches and opens the casing to inspect the gaskets, foam and battery compartment. He identifies it as sharing an original equipment manufacturer with the Smack Ape Impact 80. The appeal is practical as well as audible: VIA configuration support and hot-swappable switches leave room to change how it works and feels. Quiet, however, it is not.

Hipyo says he bought the keyboard himself and the review is not sponsored. His enthusiasm is tied closely to its budget price, which makes the comments especially relevant: several viewers report finding higher prices when they shop, while others compare availability in Germany and the UK. Those reports don't establish why prices changed, but they do make the bargain less straightforward than the title suggests.

The other new upload, "This Keyboard is SO QUIET?! 🤫", offers the week's neatly contrasting premise. Both are among the channel's strongest daily draws, alongside the older Flex Bar review, "Finally Someone Did What Apple Couldn't...", which continues attracting substantial viewing beyond its launch.

The channel added 10,000 subscribers over the week, though daily views are running a little below their usual level. Among nearby gadget channels, META PCs had a particularly large viewing week; Hipyo Tech also drew a substantial weekly audience, larger than most of that same-size group.

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What viewers say

I have this as my work keyboard for almost a year now, only downside i can find is it has short battery life when all the RGB is on. Overall a very good keyboard, also no bloatware software needed to install.
@thiosulfate1216See it on YouTube
I have a first gen Wooting 60HE, I'm not gonna be looking to get a new keyboard for a long while but I always love swinging by to your channel to see what you got going on. Love your videos man, keep it up <3
@TheFr0styPandaSee it on YouTube
I have two of these and they've been great. So good that coworkers asked what keyboard it was because it sounds amazing out of the box.
@volt43kSee it on YouTube

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It always surprises me how much cheaper keyboards often are in the USA.
@VerhoevenSimonSee it on YouTube
fun fact if you hate TKL keyboards for not having volume knobs you can rebind Print/Scroll/Pause keys to Mute/Volume Down/Volume Up butttons. and a lot of keycap sets have those exact buttons included
@swasho2939See it on YouTube
If this had a volume knob, it would be pretty much perfect for a cheap board. Even if it ment if would be 5 or w/e € more.
I would buy that.
@darkholyPLSee it on YouTube

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The facts

Channel: Hipyo Tech
Subscribers: 1,770,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 5,490,574
Videos published this week: 2
Video published: October 31, 2026
Video views so far: 209,203
Views on its first day: 152,508

The numbers

Here's how Hipyo Tech's uploads and audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

28,818,830

5,490,574

2,914,155

1,685,781

1,661,569

1,608,854

1,481,931

1,008,506

802,526

subscribers

1,770,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,037,623,283

views per day

734,923

typical day: 822,401

first-day views of each video posted this week

This $39 Keyboard Is INSANE...

152,508

This Keyboard is SO QUIET?! 🤫

47,082

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

1,980,000

1,920,000

1,820,000

1,810,000

1,790,000

1,770,000

1,680,000

1,650,000

1,560,000

As of November 2, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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