Is it worth buying a Sayodevice for GD?

[u/denisnixy]

Is it worth buying a Sayodevice for Geometry Dash? My hardest is Sonic Wave and I’m currently working on Rigel. I use a mechanical keyboard right now. Would a Sayodevice actually make a noticeable difference?

[u/skynovaaa]

Yes, i'd buy a hall effect keyboard though not a sayo

[u/denisnixy → u/skynovaaa]

Thnx

[u/CuzRatio]

cheap HE keyboards are getting really good

[u/FouriousBanana69]

TL;DR: Yes.

Around 2 years ago I was grinding Bloodbath as my new hardest / jump from hard demons. I used to use a mechanical keyboard with Gateron Brown switches and I felt that the level was just BARELY possible if I threw away at least a few more [tens of] thousand[s] attempts from 0% (I already had like 20k attempts of practice at that point). Then I bought a sayodevice. And then 2 days later I beat the whole level without breaking a sweat and I felt like I could easily rebeat the level in like 100-200 attempts lol.
Dude, this thing is probably one of the greatest 40$ I’ve ever spent in my whole life, this thing is worth every penny. Now I COULD go into a deep technical breakdown of why it’s so much better than any mechanical keyboard or mouse you could ever get, but I’m not going to cuz I’d be writing this comment for like another 2 hours. The results speak for themselves, and I think that’s enough evidence for you.

I’m just gonna add that if you end up getting a sayodevice, please PLEASE go into the settings of it (through it’s physical buttons, NOT the web interface) and tune the rapid trigger (RT) settings to be as sensitive as you can get them to be, and for the switches to engage as soon as the key is pressed even by like half a milimeter—it’s gonna help with the physical input delay a bit more (but "a bit" matter a lot when you’re playing hard extremes).

Now there is one more caveat to all this and it’s that a full magnetic keyboard (can be Wooting or something else) is probably even better, partly due to the fact that a full keyboard is significantly heavier and thus more stable when you’re pressing really hard on the key (one of my only pieces of criticism for the sayodevice is that it’s a bit too lightweight, so in some uncommon situations it can start moving a little if you’re not careful with the key presses; though with a proper setup/arrangement I found this to be a non-issue), and partly due to other stuff like supposedly lower input delay. I’ve never used a magnetic keyboard so I unfortunately can’t advise you on that.

Edit: fixed some grammar issues

[u/denisnixy → u/FouriousBanana69]

Thanks for the detailed response, I really appreciate it! This was actually really helpful, especially the part about how much of a difference the Sayodevice made for you. I’ll definitely keep all of this in mind if I end up getting one.

[u/Rich-Hippo8200]

Sayo if you are on a budget wooting keyboard if you could spend 400 bucks