The brand-new Raspberry Pi 500+ is finally here — but is it truly premium at £179… or just a pricier Pi in a fancy keyboard?
In this video I test the real-world experience: build quality, keyboard feel, thermals, NVMe performance, and overall usability.
No benchmarks for the sake of numbers — just honest impressions of what it’s like to actually use this all-in-one Raspberry Pi 5 computer.
🧠 What you’ll see:
First impressions - unboxing & setup
Taking the thing apart and internals
Real-world NVMe speed
Keyboard & design flaws
Final verdict: Worth £179?
👨🔧 Gear Used
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16 GB)
Official NVMe Base
256 GB NVMe SSD
Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm
📦 Links & Extras
Check out more Pi 5 projects, guides, and honest reviews right here on Jeff’s Pi In The Sky → [
https://youtube.com/@jeffs_piinthesky?si=Uk99sxsfsKj54aqn]Got your own Pi 500+? Drop a comment with your thoughts — I read them all!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:28 Like, Subscribe, Hype, Comment
01:20 Unboxing
02:54 Taking the PI500+ apart
04:15 First boot and NVMe performance
06:52 Keyboard and RGB
09:00 Acorn nostalgia
13:16 Conclusions
15:52 Flabby Birds on an LED keyboard!?!
16:58 Final conclusions and outro
Equipment used:
* Canon M100 camera with 13-55mm kit lens
* Shure MV7 mic
* Neewer GL1 Pro keylight
* Nanlite Pavotube 30C lights
* Original video capture using OBS
* All video editing using Kdenlive
* All image editing using GIMP
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