How to mount Costar Stabilizers
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2015
- There's a debate in the mechanical keyboard community regarding stabilizers. What is the best stabilizer? Is it cherry or is it costar?
Before making up your mind please check this quick video, correctly assembled costar stabilizers are simply sublime!
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Holy cow! You are the only person on the whole interweb that can put the keycap on the stabilizer the right way!
I've struggled multiple hours yesterday to try and insert new keycaps and mount those stabilizers again. Managed to do it rather quickly now, thanks to this video.
1:37 saved me so much thank you
Was having a hard time with these stabilizers until I watched your video. I'm always confused about which keycap mounts should be facing but now I can rewatch your video if I ever forget. Very helpful. Thank you
Thank you! This is exactly what I needed! Great vod, loved the funny music and captions :3
These stabilizers were super finicky to work with but I manage somehow. Pretty much exactly as you show but before I even see this video. So I'm glad I did it the right way.
Directions Clear: Keyboard back in one piece now.
Same. Very helpful video
Thank you so much for this video. I would never have thought of just setting the side mounts in place and mounting the key after. I assumed that you had to insert the mounts into the key first and someone mount the key after inserting the wire into the side mounts.
Great video. Very helpful. Great keycaps over the years too.
haha i was so confused why it wont go in then my dad came and says it the wrong side. you the man
Thank you for this video been searching for a vid for 3 hours now
No one mentioned which side the thing had to face. Ty ty ❤
Thank you, exactly what I needed to know.
Finally, a video that actually shows how to do this!
very nice video! it helped a lot on my second custom keyboard build.
I couldn't get my shift key back on the stabilizers, and this helped me! thanks
thank you for the video, very helpful
Thx! Helped me a lot!
Best instructional vid ever!
Loved the captions, those were hilarious.
You are a legend, thank you so much!
If you're ever in the DFW area in Texas, I owe you a beer.
Thanks for that.
Good video. What is that tool you use for the lubricant?
Edit: it's a soldering accessory, I think.
hey thanks so much
Thumbs up for the music. Ha!
You saved me. Thx.
One of my stabilizer clips wont push into the holes on the sides of the keys. I tried everything I can find but to no success
I love wasd boards. My last board I got the bear bones with no key caps. Now when it came to installing my space bar key cap the plastic clip where the metal bar goes in to Stabilize it kept popping off and it made the keycap stuck. I finally switched it with an old stabilizer plastic thing that actually stuck in their tighter so it doesn’t pop off when I press the key. I hate costar stabilizers
Thanks for this. I've been mounting it the wrong way, or should I say, the harder way.
were you putting the plastic pieces on the key cap first and then trying to force the wire through? lmao i was doing that before i watched this video and then had the realization it shouldn’t be this hard
@@cason1029 yeah, pretty much this. the problem with mine is that some of the inserts are a bit loose on the keycap, so it made it even harder to put on. I'll be trying this method when I clean my keyboard. I think I currently have the inserts in the wrong direction too lmao.
What is that tool you use in the video?
These are on razer keyboards. I don't lube them so I don't do it this way. I get everything either connected to the keycap. Or insert the plastic bits into the backplate. Then use a small flathead cell phone repair screwdriver to push them in. If I tried to do them this way. Getting the stab inserts out of the keycap would likely break them. I've never tried though.
Can't find a video on how to remove costar stabilizers from the plate; do I have to bend or push something to take it off?
By my experience, Costar stabilizers are painful to mount, but overall, they give best typing experience.
Agreed. They actually make the larger keys feel springy and mechanical.
Could I do this in a Cherry stabilizer board? Awesome thanks!!
+quake4tt you mean lubing? sure
+Matt3o what he probably means is if you could fit these same stabilizers into the holes of cherry stabilizers like these: hardforum.com/proxy/CKbSwA7n6N9nDecy0lKTwmhIGxmm800G0T8EP7oHQ6afq2DDLS0DjLg96H2JelINw6hDwD8kI1VVZzdEL%2Fc9KkXMPtUIbLtSPYuTTn9%2FK8QVNSaSUQo%3D/image.png, since i found out that my keyboard msses one i also want to know since really the only stabilizers you can buy are the ones shown in the video
+geeltje 35 oh, no you can't, unless the holes are specifically crafted to be also costar compatible. That is rarely the case for commercial keyboards, but it might work on custom creations.
+Matt3o ohh that sucks, i got a ducky shine 3 for cheap since it was a open box andi just found out it is missing a stabilizer, thanks for the quick answer!
Dayum bro your the real hero
I'm Trying to mount this Dumsh*t Stabs for 4 Hours and ahh....
I cant even dismount it :'(
i can't hear the stabs over that horrid click lol
gosh I hates this stab
Why don't you talk during the video? You point at things but you don't describe why or what you are doing.
He's not pointing but using the tip of the metal tool to lubricate the hinge surfaces.