🔧│keyboard_modding

[fluid ravine]

if i turn out not too like em ima just pick up another set of switches

idgaf

[harsh dove]

Good price and good lube in my experience

[fluid ravine]

yup

im still bummed out with the akkoxhmx switch

still has potential ig?

idk

we'll see

[pine anchor]

what is betters

[fluid ravine]

that's a preference thing

[pine anchor]

oh

[fluid ravine]

yeah

[pine anchor]

i like it lighter

i dont wanna put my whole finger to feel it

[fluid ravine]

like for example, i love 60g springs, but for somebody else it could be way too heavy

yknow?

that's why it's a preference thing

[fluid ravine]

you have any past relationships with a certain switch weight?

[pine anchor]

its not ali baba

[pine anchor]

uh ive just used the normal 60 he + versio

n

so

idk

[fluid ravine]

what switches?

[pine anchor]

i had a reddragon before

[pine anchor]

the one that it comes with

the lekkers

v1 i think

[fluid ravine]

ah 60g

what do you think of them

in terms of weight

[pine anchor]

hmm

[harsh dove]

Switched back to alu plate , I think I liked the spacebar on PP better tho ngl

[pine anchor]

it feels sturdy

[fluid ravine]

did you find them heavy? do you want them to be slightly lighter?

if you want lighter you can bump down by 10g

[pine anchor]

i feel like it was kinda good

[fluid ravine]

but if you like em you can stick with 60g

[pine anchor]

felt like nice

[pine anchor]

there isnt a 60 owl one tho

[fluid ravine]

oh yeah

forgor abt that

[pine anchor]

yuhop

[kind helm]

40 dolla pp gotta be better than 20 dolla alu, right? right!

[fluid ravine]

you can spring swap if you want

it's optional

wait whats the spring weight on Tee Hee @harsh dove

[harsh dove]

Leggera G Cream
Venom 7u
Owlabs Ti HE
Black Alu
No pads
Case Foam
40A Ring
GMK Rubrehose

[harsh dove]

40g or 50g

[fluid ravine]

50g is still rather a safe spot to be in anyways

i like 50g myself even though im a 60g lover

[fluid ravine]

mk

[kind helm]

what orings did you guys try?

[pine anchor]

yeah

it feels safe

[kind helm]

i didnt get any different ones, planned to use the stock one for now

[fluid ravine]

well i mean you can go for 50g

[harsh dove]

None yet lol

just been using stock cause it's grey

[pine anchor]

60 feels controlable

ykwm

[fluid ravine]

30a and 40a

[fluid ravine]

i do, im using 22mm 62g springs rn

[harsh dove]

I have like 30a 40a 50a 55a 60a and 70a

[fluid ravine]

i've tried from 40g to 60g so ye

[fluid ravine]

ughhh i need to get more orings D:

need

[harsh dove]

I also have both sizes lol

S and M

[fluid ravine]

damnit

i just need to pick up a 50a and 70a :<

[harsh dove]

I like it, only issue is how soft it is

[fluid ravine]

to my ears i notice a audible difference between 30a and 40a

feel wise, is the same

[kind helm]

should be fine, i am a gentle man

[fluid ravine]

since pressure point on the mount is spread even, it'll all be balance

which is great

and enjoyable

[harsh dove]

If you have a plate fork or use like the silicone sandwich pad, should be fine

[kind helm]

ahh so the installation gonna be annoying

see if i can find a plate fork on amazon

[fluid ravine]

honestly at the point i would just install the switches onto the plate first before screwing it onto the pcb

tbh

that's what i did at school today when switching from alu to fr4

[kind helm]

thank you for saving me money

[fluid ravine]

oh shit...

i didnt record a sound test..

[kind helm]

that way i can just support with my finga

[fluid ravine]

yeah, aint the same story with mx doe

def use fork

[kind helm]

papa "so what did you do in school today?"

[harsh dove]

I tried that and the switches kept falling out of the plate lol

[kind helm]

[harsh dove]

just too soft

[fluid ravine]

fr???

damn

[harsh dove]

yeah haha

[fluid ravine]

they got no dawgs

no fingees

they're like me

weak

twigs

[fluid ravine]

i built a keyboard

i skipped class

i chilled all day

i didnt do work

[harsh dove]

Should I try friction fit pad in Leggera? lol

[fluid ravine]

i ate

[harsh dove]

oh wait

[fluid ravine]

oh lord

first of all

[harsh dove]

we tried already on stream

[fluid ravine]

layout

[harsh dove]

lol I forgot

yeah

would have to cut it

[fluid ravine]

yeah

LOL

and i bet it dont even fit

lol

[harsh dove]

Might go back to PP plate idk yet

I liked the spacebar on there

[pine anchor]

sickk

cam

lemme get the ali express link

PLEASE

[harsh dove]

for?

[pine anchor]

owl

[fluid ravine]

i could try the friction mount maybe another time

[pine anchor]

ti

[fluid ravine]

i can cut it up myself

[kind helm]

wait then if that is true you flip the board upside down wont everything fall apart?

[fluid ravine]

if i dont sell it with the optimum case

that i yet still havent sold

[fluid ravine]

wait that'd be funny

lol

[kind helm]

its gonna be fun to sell then, optimum case with DIY MODULAR FRICTION PAD

[fluid ravine]

LOL

[chrome plover]

does anyone know a longer screw i could use for connecting the pcb to the actual case

these screws r too short wont fit

or reach i mean

[harsh dove]

I don't think they on Ali yet

[fluid ravine]

M*2 5-6

[harsh dove]

Lol nah like when I was holding the PP plate with switches installed, it would bend and they'd just fall out like it doesn't grip them very tight

[fluid ravine]

they just plop out?

lol

[harsh dove]

like without the PCB attached

[kind helm]

ahh i see what you mean

[harsh dove]

just plate only

[fluid ravine]

ahhh

hahahaha

[kind helm]

the bend was causing issue

[chrome plover]

like these?

[fluid ravine]

no like literally though PP can bend in half so easily

LOL

[kind helm]

i guess you gotta line it up perfectly?

[fluid ravine]

it would make sense for them to plop out easily

[pine anchor]

Can u spare a couple of dollars for a beginner modder

[harsh dove]

Lol what

[pine anchor]

31.5 to be exact

[fluid ravine]

i start from the middle of alphas like H

[harsh dove]

Bro think I'm Jeff Bezos

[fluid ravine]

then work my way out

[pine anchor]

Lowkey

[fluid ravine]

to balance out the weight

[pine anchor]

With the setup

You r tho

Lowly

It ain’t a problem for u

[fluid ravine]

smth like that yeah but you should find PH1 type of heads

[pine anchor]

Richy rich is what they called u back in the day

Before cammed

[fluid ravine]

he's homeless

he lives in the mountains

i gave him a froggy leggera pet in a shoe box

literally

[pine anchor]

Can I get 30 bucks

[fluid ravine]

he lives in his 4090 mountain as well

[pine anchor]

Or do I gotta make a go fund me

[fluid ravine]

getting ready to snatch geon orders

was abt to snatch mine for e moment

[pine anchor]

Wat orders

[fluid ravine]

dw abt it

who has the screen shot of that froggy drawing i drew him

for the leggera stream lol

found it lol

[kind helm]

i am confused. why does it look more blurry from the back

[fluid ravine]

what does?

[kind helm]

the case

[fluid ravine]

oh the acrylic body itself?

huh good question

[kind helm]

if it looks as blurry as the left once the board is built then i be really happy

but i fear the clarity is determined by the distance

[fluid ravine]

where did you get the images from?

[kind helm]

[fluid ravine]

geon stream?

testing prototype stream?

[kind helm]

its mine, inspection image before packaging

[fluid ravine]

ohh

oh shoot that's nice of them

[fluid ravine]

OHHH GET CLEAR BUMPONS LIKE MINE

[south flicker]

Any reccomendations on switches that are readily available and not sold out? Currently have the lekker v2

[kind helm]

your bars

[fluid ravine]

THAT'D BE SICKK

[fluid ravine]

look like batteries

lel

[south flicker]

True lol

[kind helm]

yee

another thing is i want golden color screw or white color screw

for the BACKplate

[fluid ravine]

oh yeah

what type of screws are they?

hex?

idk my screw types

lol

[kind helm]

i dont have a froggy yet so i cant check really well but seems to be hex

i think i mainly need to check the length and width

[south flicker]

Gold imo

[fluid ravine]

omg im trolling my life rn 😭

im like trying to do this damn sat practice test thing, and i've spent like 10 minutes talking here instead of finishing the last question rn

[kind helm]

ahh i just realize this is the pesante

[fluid ravine]

finna go broke i swear

[kind helm]

honestly this color doesn't look bad, but just from the render still

[fluid ravine]

mustard yellow

ew

jk

i dont mind the color

i hate mustard though

hate it with my life

[kind helm]

wait holy fck its already 2am

[fluid ravine]

wait...

that's fucking fire

hollup

i had to check my leggera to see if it has it

[kind helm]

i was gonna get some popeye

[fluid ravine]

NOPE

[fluid ravine]

biggie

get me a shrimp tackle box

:P

ima ate that shit whole

including dem tails

another thing i noticed about the weight on the pesante is that shit is IN there

i dont see any screws i dont think

[fluid ravine]

never flipping ind

LMAO

ok fuck this ima give up for tonight

900 on psat here i come

[kind helm]

[pine anchor]

frogson

lowkey

i need like a go fund me

can u sponsor me

[fluid ravine]

whaaaat 😭

[pine anchor]

i need 31.5 dollars

[kind helm]

one of the popeyes still open pogger

[fluid ravine]

wait how old are you??

[pine anchor]

for the owl

[kind helm]

just ordered

[harsh dove]

What you need 31.5 for

[pine anchor]

im lowkey a old soul

[fluid ravine]

yurrr

[pine anchor]

the owl ti

[kind helm]

i love living in a city

[fluid ravine]

and you're asking a kid to sponsor you for a go fund me 😭

[harsh dove]

Better go sell some lemonade on the corner

[pine anchor]

im 16 dood

trust

[steel ibex]

My fatass had Popeyes for dinner lmao

[fluid ravine]

im 16 bro 😭

[harsh dove]

I made $20 in one day before when I had my lemonade stand

0.25 per cup

[steel ibex]

Damn wtf

I made 40$ when someone bet me I couldn’t ace so I aced

[pine anchor]

help anotha

[pine anchor]

cmon

we know u got bands

i saw u in ur lambo talking to the huzz

[fluid ravine]

nah brah you got that LMAO

[pine anchor]

with ur balenci

[pine anchor]

😭

[fluid ravine]

im praying for someone to ask me to lube their switches so i can make money dafuq

[chilly mural]

it's just a switch, dont beg~

[harsh dove]

https://tenor.com/view/come-on-over-duke-dennis-gif-7461628799664778810

[fluid ravine]

and im praying for somebody to buy my optimum case right here right now

[fluid ravine]

tha'ts me brah

[chilly mural]

im praying for $100 to drop on to my table

[pine anchor]

no wait

if atleast 31.5 people give me a dollar

i can get it

[chilly mural]

😭

[fluid ravine]

I'm a frog

[pine anchor]

ur the .5

[quasi hinge]

Ill send a $

[kind helm]

wat is that

[pine anchor]

say ong

[pine anchor]

throat

didnt u know

he use to be the throat goat

[kind helm]

?????????????????

[quasi hinge]

wut lol

[harsh dove]

chill

[fluid ravine]

YO

[pine anchor]

he used to take all the flys back in the days

[fluid ravine]

chill

[pine anchor]

i dont mean in like THAT

im talking about flys

[fluid ravine]

[pine anchor]

i promise

[fluid ravine]

[pine anchor]

dont frogs eat fly?

[kind helm]

maybe its time for cam to time out frog boi so he can focus on his psat

[fluid ravine]

Insects lol

[pine anchor]

oh

[harsh dove]

oh is he supposed to be doing a test?

[pine anchor]

yeah

[fluid ravine]

Small mammals

[pine anchor]

frog is suggposed to study for his psat

[fluid ravine]

Birds

[pine anchor]

are u highkey or lowk being real

[fluid ravine]

Shut up

[pine anchor]

any money counts

[fluid ravine]

I'm going to sleep

I'm taking it in the morning

[harsh dove]

https://tenor.com/view/case-caseoh-your-banned-you'e-banned-get-out-gif-7698576230662898937

[fluid ravine]

[fluid ravine]

OI

[kind helm]

https://tenor.com/view/perfectly-cooked-impressed-amazed-delicious-you-cooked-it-perfectly-gif-17443260

[fluid ravine]

NO

NOOO

[quasi hinge]

put up a 40$ gofund me lol

[pine anchor]

https://tenor.com/view/mango-cat-dance-ai-dancing-cat-gif-4373280976266621514

[pine anchor]

lowkey they wont let me

i dont got a ss

they accept paypal

^^

[pine anchor]

r u gonna be the goated sponsor??!?1

[fluid ravine]

Ok I ain't gonna lie if we the same age, you making me feel rich even though I'm broke like a mofo rn

[pine anchor]

ngl u might feel like that

[fluid ravine]

like I feel bad in some sort of way lol

[pine anchor]

yeah

its unfortunate

i really wanna be one of the cool kids

[fluid ravine]

I ain't cool lol

[quasi hinge]

I said 1$ lol

[pine anchor]

oh ur hecka cool dood

[pine anchor]

ANY DONATIONS HELP YO

[pine anchor]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1137610223549427723/1229640597489324052/attachment.gif

[pine anchor]

Thôi nào anh bạn đừng lo lắng bạn có homie này rất tuyệt

[fluid ravine]

Yo what dafuq

Bro pulled out Google translate

[haughty frigate]

Vietnamese?

[pine anchor]

yes

[fluid ravine]

Ye

[pine anchor]

hell yeah

[kind helm]

[haughty frigate]

But your name is Japanese

[pine anchor]

yeah

[kind helm]

du ma

[pine anchor]

AY

[fluid ravine]

HEY

[pine anchor]

IK WHAT THAT MEANS

[pine anchor]

CAN WE GET A BAN ON HIM

[fluid ravine]

[pine anchor]

https://tenor.com/view/case-caseoh-your-banned-you'e-banned-get-out-gif-7698576230662898937

[kind helm]

dont know what you yall talkin bout

[fluid ravine]

French 😭😭😭😭

[haughty frigate]

Ma is “my” in feminine in French yes I remember

[kind helm]

viet aint even top 4 on that list

[haughty frigate]

And “du” is “of” in masculine form

[pine anchor]

i speak french

thatap

[fluid ravine]

Dafuq man

[haughty frigate]

Vraiment

[pine anchor]

petite

[haughty frigate]

*Petit

[pine anchor]

yeah

[haughty frigate]

I mean

[steel ibex]

Nuh uh what if feminine

[haughty frigate]

If you speak a little, it’s un peu

[pine anchor]

yeah but like

[haughty frigate]

Yes

[pine anchor]

same thing

[pine anchor]

e

extra

:3

[steel ibex]

Exactly

Precisely

[haughty frigate]

If you say petite then you refer to someone or something being small

In feminine

[steel ibex]

Exactly

[pine anchor]

eathan r u petite

[steel ibex]

Haha non je suis gros

[fluid ravine]

@kind helm

笨蛋

[pine anchor]

exactement

[fluid ravine]

[pine anchor]

AY

[haughty frigate]

Wooting’s French keycaps are the old French keyboard that is not the Standard French keyboard anymore

😔

[fluid ravine]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[steel ibex]

I cannot read my mother tongue

[pine anchor]

du ma mai

[steel ibex]

My Chinese might be worse then my French ngl

[fluid ravine]

"Stupid egg"

[kind helm]

i see this way too often in t3xture's chat

[steel ibex]

Since I can read French

[fluid ravine]

HEY

[fluid ravine]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[steel ibex]

Sha dan?

[kind helm]

ben dan

[fluid ravine]

I don't speak Chinese man 😭

My nephew does

[pine anchor]

does swag keys have a discount

[fluid ravine]

He's half Viet and chinese

[pine anchor]

they got the owls i need

[steel ibex]

I can’t tell the difference between mandarin and canto

[pine anchor]

🦉

[steel ibex]

I speak mandarin so

[steel ibex]

Damn

[fluid ravine]

First language?

[steel ibex]

Yea

[fluid ravine]

Yeah I learn a lil here and there

[haughty frigate]

When you just bought a new car straight from the factory and you’re driving it home:

[fluid ravine]

Yeah Viet my first as well

[steel ibex]

I mean I spent most my life in Canada

Which is English and French

So

[pine anchor]

mines arabic

[kind helm]

i can tell

[haughty frigate]

You’re Québécois

[steel ibex]

Like I moved when I was 5 I was never super fluent in mandarin 😭

[kind helm]

me speak both mandarin and canto

[steel ibex]

Vancouverite

Bro my friend speaks both

Man he texts me shit and I just don’t understand

[steel ibex]

I can relate as a 14yold

[fluid ravine]

See I speak Vietglish

dont compare

[steel ibex]

I speak chenglish

☹️

[haughty frigate]

The young Chinese they write on English keyboard the Chinese words and it turns them into Chinese hieroglyphes

[pine anchor]

what does this say

relif?

[fluid ravine]

Nah I'm fluent in both languages so I'm chillinnn

[steel ibex]

Reasons for the rise of politic parties

[fluid ravine]

Rise

[pine anchor]

alrighttt

[fluid ravine]

Nice mustache btw

[steel ibex]

Chenglish frenglish speaker here

[kind helm]

rise of. why is the s touchin the e

[steel ibex]

I’ve achieved the point

Where I “speak” 3 languages

[haughty frigate]

6 vehicles crash just because of 1 tire 💀

[steel ibex]

But are fluent in none

Byelingual

[fluid ravine]

[pine anchor]

guys guys

ladies

listen u0

rn

[fluid ravine]

[pine anchor]

yall know any discount codes for swag keys

[fluid ravine]

[pine anchor]

i didnt say children

ur not included

hush

[steel ibex]

Anyone have a discount code for Wooting

[pine anchor]

go do ur psat

[steel ibex]

I want a cable ☹️

[fluid ravine]

I'm a frog

[pine anchor]

military

[steel ibex]

And friction mount ☹️☹️

[haughty frigate]

Да

[steel ibex]

What

[haughty frigate]

Serve in the military

He said

[steel ibex]

Oh

Maybe in 4 years

I’d rather die in battle then do a 9-5 tbh

[haughty frigate]

I served

[pine anchor]

slay queen

[fluid ravine]

I have one cut up

[steel ibex]

Thanks you for your service

Even though idk what country your in

[steel ibex]

I dork don’t know how friction mount works lmao

Or where it goes ig

[fluid ravine]

There's a tutorial

[haughty frigate]

Become a truck driver, I work as a trucker for 2 years and it’s very relaxing job and you don’t even need to look at the clock all the time like when will this day end, when will this day end…

[fluid ravine]

On woot yt

[steel ibex]

I would crash

[haughty frigate]

Why

[steel ibex]

It’s 11:33pn I have school at 6:30am tmr

Imma just go to sleep

[haughty frigate]

Oh you’re studying

[steel ibex]

I’m probably not a good driver

[fluid ravine]

It 1:33am

I got psat later

[steel ibex]

I got rehearsal tmr morning man

My teacher is gonna crash

[fluid ravine]

L

[steel ibex]

No basses ☹️

[fluid ravine]

I got PSAT, volleyball practice, and then a interview

Coooked

[steel ibex]

I believe in you

I have swim practice tmr so like yk

[pine anchor]

its in the name

[fluid ravine]

Thanks gl to you too lil man

[pine anchor]

practice

[steel ibex]

I might have an audition

[pine anchor]

for what

[steel ibex]

Imagine being old enough for a job smh

[pine anchor]

interview part

[fluid ravine]

Dw abt it

[haughty frigate]

Dude I worked since 12 years old

While studying

[steel ibex]

I physically don’t have time to work lmao

Too much rehearsal and practice

Maybe when I old

Good night guys

Gl frog man

[pine anchor]

alright

[fluid ravine]

Gn

[pine anchor]

i got my eyes set on that thangalang

[haughty frigate]

😊

[fluid ravine]

Alr I'm off as well

Good night yall

[kind helm]

uh huh

[orchid mango]

hi, just put in my order with some GEON raw... delivery in 90 days which will pass veeeeeeeeeeery slow (especially due to my current keyboard). I'm not very kb savvy, i saw that you can do a foam pad mod, is that included in this kit or should i source it separately?

is the lube set worth it and do you recommend doing it?

[sacred elm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hm-JP0NuN8

[glacial wind]

But the jade pros sounded better…

[sacred elm]

in this video i prefer flux sound 🤷‍♂️

clack enjoyer

[glacial wind]

yeah but i mean for average persons sound profile

[fringe quarry]

but more expensive better

[glacial wind]

i think his test was just to try emphasize the lack of wobble chatter maybe, so that's why it's so boosted

but there's the other problem that if lack of chatter sound is your goal there's tons of other options

for like 40% less

[chilly mural]

Flux sounds soo harsh unlike jade pro.

[glacial wind]

flux is a lot higher pitched than jade pros, they're even higher pitched than poms

the real comparison would be to do that same test that he just did, but without the massive +boosted sound profile and with owlabs ti vs. flux

[chilly mural]

that'll be nice

[sacred elm]

where are stability tests

smh

[harsh dove]

"This is truly endgame"

Glad the WS Flux could save us all from ever buying switches again

We made it

[sacred elm]

There's a new king!

[fringe quarry]

raeds

[glacial wind]

i like that he compares them to insanely old switches, shows a marginal improvement in chatter, doesn't mention their price then declares them endgame

[chilly mural]

yeah... should've been owlab TI HE

the Tee Heee

[harsh dove]

I just find the use of the words end game to be funny

especially when he said it at the end

[distant crag]

No soundtest for Akko Astrolink yet? Waiting for this before pulling the trigger for the Owlabss

[quasi hinge]

Any numbers yet?

[sacred elm]

no

[quasi hinge]

lol

[sacred elm]

im expecting same results as poms

[fringe quarry]

havent even tried them yet

[sacred elm]

🤮

[chilly mural]

expecting better for the price

[sacred elm]

i doubt its better idk

[glacial wind]

i expect slightly better stem stability but actual flux to be equal to worse than ttc

[quasi hinge]

Im keeping an open mind

[sacred elm]

stem wobble is better slightly for sure

[quasi hinge]

Although I really like my OG POMs now that I found the Magneto aura lol

If you have og poms and use white light you get a Magneto aura

[sacred elm]

btw you cant spring swap them at all

stems are so thick

[glacial wind]

i'm confused at the lack of chinese reviews for them, are they not out in china?

[fringe quarry]

okay nvm not getting them today

[quasi hinge]

Price too high?

[fringe quarry]

fok DHL

[sacred elm]

yea strange, i thought everybody and their moms got them for free

no?

lmao

[ripe tulip]

get raeds

[chilly mural]

soo strange

[harsh dove]

Yeah basically can't spring swap the TTCs either

[chilly mural]

for something soo expensive and somewhat high profile

[sacred elm]

at least ttc can work with lekker springs or other wider springs

[glacial wind]

everybody and their moms from westerners

[sacred elm]

you cant spring swap fluxes at all

[glacial wind]

the chinese rollout dates might be different or slower maybe

[harsh dove]

Yeah but I wouldn't tbh idk

[sacred elm]

yea afaik theyre 17mm 35/50

should be fine

20mm >>

[glacial wind]

have they actually sent them out to anyone that bought them yet?

i know a few people bought some like thockfather to try, but i don't know if they actually shipped them out yet

[chilly mural]

... but shouldn't it be first? It's the place that focused on sub 0.001mm actuation (based on keyboard marketing) so having switch that potentially can handle lower than that could be a nice focus.

[glacial wind]

i'm pretty sure most of the chinese boards have deals with gateron and ttc already, that and the switch pricing is insane for the large amount of budget boards

[harsh dove]

Mine were shipped on the 28th apparently

[glacial wind]

it is interesting that it's so quiet on chinese front for these switches

[chilly mural]

prop got that 'enough is enough' ahh price

[quasi hinge]

Yeah I figured a bunch of people or at least reviewers would FOMO this already

[glacial wind]

@fallen pecan have you seen wuquestudio flux on taobao?

i had a quick look but didn't see it

[fallen pecan]

still not on their store

noone has em in china

[sacred elm]

[glacial wind]

that explains the lack of it on chinese reviews i guess

[chilly mural]

maybe this is a strat, make it 'seems' like the best to the west until they sold enough before selling it in china and have it be beaten by KOM

[harsh dove]

Yeah mine just landed in LA, so should be here soon

[sacred elm]

they are busy sending 150 pieces to 200 follower reviewers

[harsh dove]

Hey I have 89 followers

[sacred elm]

Oh god...

better than wooting?!?!?!?!?!

[harsh dove]

I saw that

[chilly mural]

[harsh dove]

someone posted it earlier

[glacial wind]

it's his new main, until the next board he gets, that will be his new main

actually aren't they about to be $3 switches for you americans

54% tariff tax

[chilly mural]

😭

[harsh dove]

Idk probably

[prime orbit]

Nah I’ll tell them $1 take it or leave it

They will accept

[glacial wind]

cam was smart. He got his in ahead of tariff and can now resell them for $2.50 per and make profit. He's rolling in the big bucks

[harsh dove]

Gotta get em while you can

like the Nvidia cards before their price went up

[sacred elm]

they will probably accept if you request them for free

i wont be surprised

[prime orbit]

Is this the strat

[sacred elm]

yes

[prime orbit]

U just ask for free

[sacred elm]

requirement is 101 followers

[prime orbit]

On?

[sacred elm]

twitter

[prime orbit]

Rip

[sacred elm]

[prime orbit]

60 more to go

[fringe quarry]

spacebar still kinda loud on rebound with raeds 🤔

is that maybe a stabs thing then or

[calm pulsar]

I don't think stabs influence the sound like that
it's more like spacebar is a big hollow key, so it is always going to be louder

you could try spacebar foam or similar stuff

[fringe quarry]

hmm

still ordered some tx ones now

[little glen]

rubrehose

wish i picked it up but also i had little reason to

[fringe quarry]

spacebar the looong way

[uneven cradle]

I just picked up the artisan for it 💸

[haughty frigate]

Hmmmmmmm

[young lantern]

anybody with the new owlab switches spring swap with pingless yet?

[exotic crater]

Recently bought the Wooting 80HE without Keycaps thinking it would be an easy find but apparently, its not.. 😅

Any fellow Belgians in here or anyone know where I can find some good quality Keycaps with the "Belgium Period" layout?

[little glen]

My general recommendation for niche layouts like this is to either settle for US or get blanks

I am very close to giving up buying every set in german layout

Gets so expensive

[fringe quarry]

i hate it ahhhhh

lets switch to ae oe ue

[little glen]

I mean

Your keycaps dont have to match layout

[haughty frigate]

I also bought USA keyboard layout to Finland

Finnish also uses Ä Ö

[fringe quarry]

switching to ansi would be kinda smart

[haughty frigate]

My current keyboard has Russian keycaps

Well it’s ANSI that has Russian letters also

[kind helm]

end game until the next gud thing comes out

thats why keybort is addiction

[chilly mural]

It's fine

[haughty frigate]

Someone really uses blank keycaps?

[prime cove]

yes 😄

[chilly mural]

hopefully there'll be a better HE switch within the next 4-6 months I can buy for $0.50

[fringe quarry]

do normal switches have the same improvement speed rn

or did they kinda peak already

[prime cove]

wdym

[fringe quarry]

like having options with less wobble and stuff every few months

[kind helm]

holy fcking shipping price

[haughty frigate]

You order to China?

[chilly mural]

Owlab Ti HE (Tee Hee) is out and it's an improvement from Raws, not sure about the max stability angle though, it could've peaked at TTC KOM unless Flux somehow is better.

[exotic crater]

Learning a whole new layout was in my mind but then I thought of the fact that I use keyboards at work as well and will definitely struggle to memorize both all the time

[prime cove]

i have the gateron jade switches they're not as wobbly tbf, i've had the v2 l45 s as well and they were a huge improvement from v1 l45 s

[chilly mural]

The next thing to do is to mix both. Max stability with Tee Hee niceless.

[haughty frigate]

It’s not big difference

[fringe quarry]

ye but my question is if this also happens in the normal mechanical switch world

[prime cove]

usually

[exotic crater]

But it is tho, US lay out uses a lot of different characters on different keys. Also doesnt need shift to type numbers etc.

[fringe quarry]

are they on the same level yet

[haughty frigate]

Compared to what?

[exotic crater]

Compared to Belgium Period

[haughty frigate]

You have different keyboard at work?

You can just look at the keyboard to see which symbol was which

If you forget

Only special symbols are different places

[exotic crater]

Azerty to Qwerty difference

This is Belgium Period

This is US

[haughty frigate]

I have used French AZERTY on QWERTY keyboard too

It’s not hard to memorize

[exotic crater]

I use Azerty at work every day, to then go home and switch to Qwerty is a hassle I want to avoid

[haughty frigate]

You write a lot at home?

[exotic crater]

Yes, ofcourse?

[haughty frigate]

You can also just use AZERTY on the US keyboard since you memorized where they are

[exotic crater]

Yea but still, hassle. + bought French lay out as its closest to Belgian

[tidal frigate]

Ansi qwerty is just better

[little glen]

Your keycap layout does not influence your layout in windows!!!!!

Just use the layout you want in windows

[exotic crater]

I know

[little glen]

Doesnt matter what your keycaps say

[fallen pecan]

dhl being dhl, use ems or something

[little glen]

If you know your layout, you dont even need legends anyway

[exotic crater]

But keys are there for a reference if you need a character by example you dont use much

[haughty frigate]

There are people typing on blank keycaps

So I’m pretty sure that you can also

[little glen]

My caps are as close as you can get to blanks

[kind helm]

didnt see ems as a option on there, i am thinking off coping dhl since they havent failed me once

[little glen]

Without actually being blank

[kind helm]

and the price is not tooo crazy yet

not TOO crazy

my heart is fckin bleeding

[chilly mural]

ahh

[haughty frigate]

54 USD for a delivery is pretty

Overpriced

We’re not talking about delivering a vehicle or something

[little glen]

Wtf are you shipping

[haughty frigate]

Look at his order

[tidal frigate]

Thats normal price from china

[fallen pecan]

YunExpress looks okay

[haughty frigate]

Maybe the delivery must travel through the bamboo forests, fight the angry pandas, beat the kung-fu masters to deliver it

That’s why it’s so expensive

[exotic crater]

I know they exist, just not practical for me

[haughty frigate]

But you literally type on keyboard for your job

[kind helm]

10-15 days compare to 3-5 days that dhl has for 20 dolla cheaper

but i haven't tried

[fallen pecan]

the success % is as high, shud be fine

just takes a bit longer

[kind helm]

i dont wanna gamble on a service i haven''t used before

[kind helm]

the one tried and lost my package also had pretty high success rate

[fallen pecan]

then again dhl/ups might hit you with random ass service fees

dunno why superbuy removed the ems line, they had it a while back

[kind helm]

idk, some of these options feel scary after my first package got lost

[fallen pecan]

was it also thru superbuy?

[kind helm]

yea

[fallen pecan]

dang

then go safe i guess

[kind helm]

i am not sure if i can buy the stuff again even if they refund me

they did refund when package got lost the first time so i am cool with the site

[haughty frigate]

It can be lost in any company when they hire some new workers who accidentally put 1 of 10k packages to a truck that is going to wrong city

[exotic crater]

I type on a keyboard at my work, same as I would type on a keyboard at my home.

Clearly you're a God who can memorize any keyboard layout just like that and know every alt gr character but that just ain't me. Thanks for your help tho xxx

[fringe quarry]

im searching for the spacebar when playing

[haughty frigate]

It’s usually under some ALT GR + Shift combination

[fringe quarry]

oh true

[exotic crater]

I think I could just strip my old keyboard, Corsair K95 Platinum. Uses Cherry MX rgb mechanical switches?

[cyan zodiac]

question did you use all the stand off

i feel like the stand off all the way to the right near enter makes it so hard to put in

[distant crag]

anyone purchased owlabs thru swagkeys? how long does your shipment arrive?

[thorn zealot]

Leggera g has no case standoffs if that’s what u mean

[cyan zodiac]

pcb stand off s

on venom

[thorn zealot]

Oh I see

[thorn zealot]

It’s easier to put the pcb bottom first

[calm pulsar]

I mean if you don't use them all wouldn't the plate be hitting against the standoffs?

[kind helm]

what pcb standoffs

i am still lost

[calm pulsar]

I guess for the plate? lol

[kind helm]

joshiba is always lost

ahhh

[thorn zealot]

Are u a brick

[kind helm]

yes i am a tofu60 redux

[thorn zealot]

Yuck

[calm pulsar]

sorry I sold 2 of yall

[cyan zodiac]

no cause oring

[kind helm]

iirc leggera made space to ensure the oring fits well

[calm pulsar]

hm I believe @fluid ravine did all of the standoffs, and there are also cutouts for the oring for such spots, which is insane, geon da goat

[thorn zealot]

Aren’t the standoffs soldered on anyways

[calm pulsar]

yeah

[thorn zealot]

Should I put crp on my leggera tmr

When it comes

[cyan zodiac]

ah i see

cause i put it in korn

[calm pulsar]

@silk hound has a korn venom build I think, maybe they used some thinner oring or smth

[sacred elm]

discount code doesnt work anymore🤡

[tropic urchin]

$16 shipping gross on top of that shii

[calm pulsar]

is that for flux? I tried this code on AE yesterday too and it said it expired lol

[sacred elm]

Yes

196$ for 90pc fluxes.

[calm pulsar]

nah im good for now lol, I like my MX anyways so I will wait for better times

[sacred elm]

[tropic urchin]

I was interested in trying if I could stack that + my cash back for it and have it be like $50 for 60 but yuck

Back to riding the h8er rail

[thorn zealot]

Seems like joshibas are critically endangered

[glossy pagoda]

Varedis has no idea how close they were to their message being bonked by the bot due to the regex to prevent the steam giftcard scammers

[sacred elm]

lol

[glossy pagoda]

"$50" is a very dangerous few characters, combined with the wrong words and the bot gets reaaall excited

[sacred elm]

@tropic urchin new wlmouse for you

perfect size for your hands

tiny ahh mouse

[little glen]

mouse for babies

[tropic urchin]

Damn I’m turning into bad luck Brian 🤣

Might have to go back to joshiba and call it fiddy dolla

[marsh saffron]

Ws smoking crack

Wtf

[tropic urchin]

Plus any relevant tariffs

Not looking great

And their flux35 code stopped working

[marsh saffron]

This is strange, as a Canadian stuff might be cheaper for me to order over seas than Americans

[tropic urchin]

Ggs

We’re giving CAD a run for their money for who pays more

[marsh saffron]

Yeah that's wild

Trump needs to put the pipe down

[cyan lark]

Or hit it way harder and not stop

Wonder if any of the exchanges are gonna hit their circuit breaker point today 📉

[tropic urchin]

That’s probably the problem, he’s drug free

[tropic urchin]

Hit up $30 since I last checked so we’re doing great

[cyan lark]

Hit?

[tropic urchin]

Went up* idk where hit came from

Tim Apple sabotaging me again

[cyan lark]

Uh, you may need to refresh

[tropic urchin]

It was $5,416 last I checked and went up to $5,464

[sacred elm]

stop please😭

[tropic urchin]

5,466 lets goo

[cyan lark]

Wait it has stos, S.A.P., ATK, and AI MATCH?

[marsh saffron]

Cant wait for not a single pro to ever use this thing

[fallen pecan]

only aspas is using an atk and it's not even the Edge

[cyan lark]

(I don't know what any of those mean)

[sacred elm]

edge

[kind helm]

i remember the brand paying lev is pretty good

in terms of actual consistency in performance

[fallen pecan]

ye both their 60%s measure really well

just don't buy their early releases

almost guaranteed to have firmware issues for the first few weeks

[daring herald]

owlab ti he arrived and damn they sound good

[snow yarrow]

Ok, but does it have a true full-key rollover matrix and flagship waterproofing system??

[cyan lark]

I'm not buying until we get full self driving

[kind helm]

data shows people love my salv + raw build the most

the build i am disembling soon

hehe

[snow yarrow]

I bet i doesnt even have an immersion gold circuit, smh 😤

[cyan lark]

Salv on top 🙂

[kind helm]

just swapped to salv build

clacky goodness

[cyan lark]

Those billibilli stats?

[kind helm]

3 sec "jump out" (stop watching after 3 sec) rate

lower the better

[jagged obsidian]

Right when I was gonna buy too lmao I’m still gonna buy but it hurts 😭

[sacred elm]

wait for another discount, maybe there will be

[austere creek]

@snow yarrow sorry for that ill try and fix the automod

[steel ibex]

Aspas mentioned?

[kind helm]

i dont think it matters to him

bro too goated

[snow yarrow]

Theyre also up on their official aliexpress store, 10-pack for 26€ with shipping to EU

[steel ibex]

Aspas best duelist

[austere creek]

should be safe to post exactly what you had now. was just a misdetection

[snow yarrow]

Ty

[snow yarrow]

I just found this on AliExpress:
€22.69 | Wuque Studio WS Flux Switch 35gf Magnetic Linear Switches Pre-lubed Keyboard Switch for Hall Effect Keyboard (10 pcs)
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EjuLPxE

[glacial wind]

That’s not any better though lol

[fluid ravine]

Sup boisssss

[glacial wind]

honestly if there’s no discount wait a bit for more tests to be sure you want it since there’s no harm

[fluid ravine]

Finished my PSAT, I think I did good

[glacial wind]

$2+ per switch is a bit crazy price to pay unless you’re really sure you want that particular switch

[snow yarrow]

Ik, but shipping from their official website to eu is 20$, even with discount its 34$ for 10-pack

[kind helm]

a bit

[snow yarrow]

Me personally, im chilling with my wooting poms, i wouldnt get them without any tests out

[kind helm]

1 dolla + to me is already crazy

[glacial wind]

Yeah personally I don’t pay beyond a dollar per switch just on principle because beyond that pricing is nuts

[tropic urchin]

And even then it’s a little out there

[glacial wind]

Yeah

[tropic urchin]

I was tempted to stack flux35 and cash back rewards to make it close to fiddy dolla but they expired that shii

L Wuque

[sacred elm]

1.3 is "fine" if they test better than poms, but i doubt lol

[kind helm]

fiddy dolla!?

[tropic urchin]

I speak fluent Josh 😏

[left knot]

Sorry to interrupt, but could someone help me possibly?

[glacial wind]

The thing is even at 1.3 you can pay someone to lube an entire set of poms for you and still come out ahead lol

[tropic urchin]

I gotta be careful with that amount around these parts..

[glacial wind]

especially if you’re comparing to module priced poms which is like .70 a switch

[sacred elm]

potentially

[left knot]

I have a custom wooting 60he with WS Dashes, and for some reason my space bar sounds like... super awful lmao

[tropic urchin]

Would’ve been fun to have a short spring option to play with before tariffs make it even shittier but it looks like that ship has sailed

[left knot]

Like it has a rattle to it and I have never tuned stabs so I have no idea how to get like a proper sound out of it

[glacial wind]

yeah with tariff price the percentage tax sucks even more for US folk

54% of $2 is a lot more than other switches

just the tariff add on alone is going to cost the price of a full set of poms

[tawdry tree]

and ask them for a discount + “outdoor fun” discount codes currently. A bit better than on the site (still not great).

[jagged obsidian]

Is there tariffs on ws rn or no

Cus I don’t see

Them

[glacial wind]

They go live later this month don’t they? And I believe the import tax $800 threshold thing goes live start of next month

at least going off what geon said for it being taken away at start of may

[jagged obsidian]

Ye

[glacial wind]

That’s pretty crazy though that a set of flux will cost the same as buying a 2nd 80he

[quasi hinge]

They expired Flux35?

[quasi hinge]

Crap, there goes my forwarder in the us

Unless I buy things from there but its gonna be expensive soon

[quasi hinge]

I had them in my cart 3 times but like will they be noticeably different than the og poms?

[glacial wind]

Performance wise shouldn’t be, although stem may feel a tad different since it’s octagon or whatever they did there

[quasi hinge]

Looks pretty neat the design

[glacial wind]

Honestly a bit of a missed opportunity I think to price them at say $1 and be a real pom competitor

[quasi hinge]

Yeah good point

Now they are releasing them into a depression

Or stagflation

[glacial wind]

at $1 it can be reasonable because you can say “oh similar performance and sound but they’re lubed well”

but now it’s like “I can pay someone to lube ttc poms and still come out cheaper than ws flux”

[tropic urchin]

Yeah I tried to see if I could meme acquire it before liberation day but it expired

[quasi hinge]

Then f that

[glacial wind]

Liberating those who enjoy cliffs at the end of their stock graphs

[quasi hinge]

The code was the only thing I could reason myself in to buying them

[tropic urchin]

I was gonna buy 60 for 90 and stack 35% discount and $45 cash back

But nope

[quasi hinge]

I guess the silver lining is that with all these tariffs, they may not have foreseen the drop in demand and lower prices

[quasi hinge]

Respect to the combo

[tropic urchin]

Lemme get a whiff bröther

[quasi hinge]

Take a deep one

[calm pulsar]

mental illness

[harsh dove]

Yeah I did

I didn’t have any issues with the right standoff personally

[harsh dove]

Yes and in a few days

Mine actually arrived 4 days early

[harsh dove]

Ooo that’s nice

[harsh dove]

No but I spring swapped my Rawhuks with Geon pingless

[idle warren]

What a beautiful day to skip lubing a batch of switches

[pine anchor]

I’m back

Hahiihi chat

Cam

I low key gotta get money

[uneven cradle]

My first artisan

They aren't cheap

[harsh dove]

Rekt

[harsh dove]

They are not lol

[young lantern]

would there would be any reason to? i have extra sets of springs and my raws are already swapped

[harsh dove]

Not really , unless you don’t like the 40g or 50g options

I think the Owlabs springs are pretty good

[young lantern]

gotcha, i figured as much

thanks as always cam

[cyan lark]

I was curious so I ran the numbers myself. Deficit / imports does seem to line up pretty closely with the tariffs (I grabbed the top trading partners by volume data off wikipedia)

[young lantern]

and here i thought i would be set with my keyboard for long enough lol

[cyan lark]

Learn how to spell "tariff" and round numbers to make them a bit less silly

[fluid ravine]

Wat dis

[harsh dove]

Went back to PP plate

Leggera G
Venom 7u
Owlabs Ti HE
PP Plate
Case Foam
40A Ring
Swagkeys Knights v3

[fluid ravine]

Poppy

[cyan lark]

https://tenor.com/view/m%26m-yellow-m%26m-orange-m%26m-bubble-wrap-pop-gif-17707846020056477846

[tropic urchin]

Curse you cam, now I’m in the mood for Handarbeit 😔

[cyan lark]

Sounds great

[tropic urchin]

Colorful caps do look nice with silver case

[harsh dove]

This is cream but yeah silver works well too

[tropic urchin]

Potato potato it looks metallic 😒

[cyan lark]

It's never too late to get an eye exam my friend. You're not getting any younger.

[tropic urchin]

I blame his lighting and the 12563636 different color shade nonsense ppl use

[tropic urchin]

Not wasting my money on that ish

When there’s tariffs to pay

[cyan lark]

Plus all your money gone

[tropic urchin]

Not yet

[cyan lark]

I looked away from the charts and did some work, look back and it's worse

[tropic urchin]

Gotta work the long con

Short term doesn’t look stellar

MM gonna see some new contributions..

Fact gold is as high as it is, is little concerning but nothing you can do

[cyan lark]

I opened up a CD the other day at 4.5% or so 🧠

[tropic urchin]

I think that’s about what mine gets

[harsh dove]

I don’t color shade my vids lol but my lighting is like this rn , it’s at like 15% brightness on white lol

[tropic urchin]

I thought these were glow sticks for a sec

🤣

[uneven cradle]

That whites looking pretty pink/purple

[fluid ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/josie-jo-martin-josie-martinez-sheep-sheep-xing-gif-11183182952750708710

Cam be like:

[tropic urchin]

What color is the dress part 2 the electric boogaloo

[cyan lark]

Never again (it's blue)

[harsh dove]

That’s how it looks on low brightness

This is 100%