Custom keyboards

[mortal venture]

there alot that comes hot swapplable

while being fully built but am looking for the look and ill never find a thing fits me iknow

either pink board

or clear white

[jolly coral]

I think most of the ones in the #1071070910989209661 are hot-swappable now

[mortal venture]

yes really almost every alice is hot swappable

[jolly coral]

But the clear white is the 60% stuff

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806621657851.html

[mortal venture]

dont mind me 😭

always like this and they make me feel am living in the moon with shipping prices

120 usd not really bad gor full keyboard with nice keycaps if something is bad am to blame because the price is low

[jolly coral]

That's a good price

Congrats on making a decision

[gray wave]

Yeah, even with shipping that's good

[mortal venture]

i will update when it comes

joystick on keyboard new thing

[winged patrol]

That's cute

[jolly coral]

Looks like the TrackPoint on the ThinkPad

Just sayin'

Looks like there's no escaping from work

[winged patrol]

Wait 150$ for barebone?

Damn

[jolly coral]

It's a full metal keyboard

[winged patrol]

Are they that much expensive....?

Damn

[jolly coral]

Yes, most metal keyboards are machined out of a solid block of aluminum

Even if aluminum isn't that expensive of a metal, it's still quite a big chunk

[mortal venture]

it does but looks nicer

[mortal venture]

😭

[jolly coral]

ack... got a few new boards, looks like another round of massive swapping will be taking place soon

here's the plan of attack:

1. Ducky One 3: remove keycaps + switches, install holy panda + white jade keycaps
2. Idobao ID80: Ice King Tactile + White topo keycaps
3. Epomaker RT100: remove keycaps + switches, install beer + clear green keycaps
4. Green NK: Emerald Keycap
5. Pink NK: Violac Keycap
6. iROK FE87: Swap switches from Box Pink to Box Summer
7. Womier K87: Kailh Box Winter + Summer Keycaps

[tall cliff]

how much is this procedure in $

[jolly coral]

a few hundreds

[tall cliff]

i feel broke

[jolly coral]

there was that keycap sale from Drop

and I went down a rabbit hole for clear acrylic keyboards

[tall cliff]

mhm, don't forget to share some pictures later

[jolly coral]

yeah

I need to process the stuff from this build

gorgeous DCX black on white keycaps

my wife's new favorite keyboard

[tall cliff]

ill figure something out for my keyboard

ill just probably get keycaps first

then ill get a new keyboard and try keycaps on it

[tall cliff]

found this one

for 17€

membrane but ill take it

as long as it's quiet and i feel when i press keys

[winged patrol]

Question

Why u have soooo many keyboards

Like some hobby or any other reason?

[tall cliff]

it is most likely hobby

[jolly coral]

Hobby

it's like playing with Legos, but building something that's actually functional and practical

additionally, there are several people in the house that will eventually need keyboards as well

it's not like a keyboard will go bad or out of date

might as well as getting them all setup during this keyboard "phase" that I'm in

[tall cliff]

my hobby is uh

imagining things

i do it all the time

[jolly coral]

daydreaming

some of my friends definitely possessed that skills during school

they tend to not do very well in classes though

[tall cliff]

can't be me

[winged patrol]

It can be me

[jolly coral]

okay, finally processed the last keyboard I've built on the 22nd

I went on a bender for transparent keyboards and the GamaKay SN75 was the first to arrive:

absolutely a gorgeous keyboard right out of the box:

ended up going with some purple switches, since this build will be for my wife:

as I was installing the switches, I discovered that the top plate was not screwed down even though the screw holes existed on the top case and screws were included:

ended up having the rip the entire keyboard apart to screw down the plate since we don't like floppy keyboards in this household

oh yeah, the keyboard came with an aluminum plate as well, but I've stuck to the PC plate since my wife doesn't like the sound DCX keycaps make against metal plates:

speaking of DCX keycaps, simple black on white:

[tall cliff]

que pro

[jolly coral]

GamaKay SN75 with Drop DCX Black-on-White keycaps, unlit:

GamaKay SN75 with Drop DCX Black-on-White keycaps, lit + ambient lighting:

GamaKay SN75 with Drop DCX Black-on-White keycaps, lit + no ambient lighting:

4x build timelapse: https://youtu.be/FcZylNqdadw

and the typing test: https://youtu.be/uIHlfLOoGZ8

my wife is absolutely in love with the keyboard

just for @tall cliff and @winged patrol, I've also recorded an overexposed video of the keyboard lighting with just the switches:

[winged patrol]

appreciate it, thanks

[tall cliff]

looks very cool

[winged patrol]

Is that ring is an smart ring from Samsung's?

[jolly coral]

Oura

[winged patrol]

What it do?

[tall cliff]

where you see it in video

[winged patrol]

His finger

[tall cliff]

oh

[jolly coral]

Guess I'm not the only crazy person building custom keyboards for kids https://youtu.be/_2XrmVSJPfc

[mortal venture]

would teach them pythin java c and networking then at the age of 13 they make me retire or do my work

[mortal venture]

@jolly coral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLsTkWdfT7s

this is keyboard with oled screen

sad the board is plastic

[tall cliff]

looks good enough but unnessary

whats the price of it

[jolly coral]

XVX = Womier

Not surprised

Out of the budget boards, you also have RK, Yunzii, and Epomaker

[mortal venture]

its insane how the budget keyboards are really good they dont feel budget anymore

it feels stealing legally

[jolly coral]

Totally, they sound great too

Probably the most blatant case of "theft" IMO

[tall cliff]

aren't the feel of keyboards depends on switches

[jolly coral]

Epomaker DynaTab 75: https://a.co/d/fg9VqLx

[tall cliff]

10000 mAh battery is crazy

[jolly coral]

vs. Angry Miao's $700+ Cyberboard: https://store.angrymiao.com/products/cyberboard-r2-1

[jolly coral]

That's part of it

How the keyboard is dampened, mounted

[tall cliff]

maybe plastic feels a little different

[jolly coral]

Material of the case itself

[tall cliff]

like plastic on my new mouse feels way more expensive than my previous one

[jolly coral]

And keycaps all make a difference

[tall cliff]

tho the difference is just under 10€

feels like g102 to me

but kinda better

[jolly coral]

But yeah, that's actually the big reason I have a wall of keyboards

I wanted to see how each setup looks, feels, and sounds different

[tall cliff]

im still forced to buy membrane keyboard now

[jolly coral]

Not sure what that means

Membrane keyboards are just handed out with most prebuilds

[tall cliff]

just there is no green mechanical option for me anymore

tho membrane feels good

i still feel the press

and its silent

basically silent tactiles alternative

[jolly coral]

No

Definitely not

Anyways

You've successfully buried my response to @mortal venture

About the DynaTab 75 vs. Cyberboard

#1071070910989209661 message

[tall cliff]

atleast feels way better than mx red ones ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[jolly coral]

If you're talking about "Red" Linear switches...

Those are NOT silent tactiles

[tall cliff]

i meant that membrane atleast has feel to it compared to red linears

red linears are literally made for missinput

i hated them from first couple minutes of use

atleast im glad that it was keyboard in pc club

and not mine at home

[jolly coral]

That's not what you've stated here

Silent tactiles are not the same as linears

[tall cliff]

i compared membrane to silent tactiles

[mortal venture]

opp i meant really good

[jolly coral]

Which silent tactiles?

[tall cliff]

any

[jolly coral]

How can you compare if you've never typed on a silent tactile before?

[tall cliff]

why do you ask

[jolly coral]

Yeah, totally, so many new videos about it too

[mortal venture]

this one looks amazing but am sorry its too much

it might be better keybaord but simple looks what i prefer

i think akko or moon geek

idk if they are the same

they make super cheap ones but really good for the price

[jolly coral]

They're the same

Akko and Monsgeek are sister companies

Like the way HYTE and IBP are related

Monsgeek sells the "premium" keyboards to compete with Keychron

[jolly coral]

This was the video I had in mind: https://youtu.be/TcMG9FItrFw

[mortal venture]

ive seen this one its nice for the price

[jolly coral]

Along with reviewing the Aula F75, Hipyo also dropped the names on a bunch of budget keyboards that he likes

Overall, the video was very funny

[mortal venture]

ALSO ik its not here to mention but i found y70 from official retailer sells hyte parts

or cases

for the same price a bit higher

so will change sooner

[jolly coral]

He really played on the "So you don't have to" (crossed out)

[mortal venture]

[jolly coral]

Oh, congrats

If you can get your hands on a #⌨-keeb-tkl as well

[mortal venture]

i want to buy 2 more keyboards beside they alice one i got

[jolly coral]

Not exactly a budget keyboard, but very good keyboard

[mortal venture]

was thinking about it really

[mortal venture]

if am getting it

it will be for the hyte love

[jolly coral]

It's more than that

After modding 4 now, it's just a great keyboard, period

I'm testing out all the acrylic case keyboards right now

I'll see if my opinion holds

[mortal venture]

am not really tryhard like you i just like to change switches at best

[jolly coral]

What options do you have? I don't think you're in the US

[mortal venture]

i hate taking the keybaord apart

[mortal venture]

yes iam not but ill find it somewhere

local stores

[jolly coral]

Even then, the "core" of the #⌨-keeb-tkl is just really well done

[mortal venture]

or maybe websites here

[jolly coral]

Where is "here" again?

[mortal venture]

asia east asian to be exact

[jolly coral]

K

Ducky makes some interesting keyboards

It was very weird getting something completely analog

Some people complain about how "outdated" Ducky keyboards are

But to me, it's like owning a part of history

What a great board looks and sounds like before all these fancy tech are added

Since you're not interested in taking apart the keyboard anyways, Ducky will be perfect for switches and keycaps swaps

[mortal venture]

maybe fully wooden keybaord

ihavent seen many sell these

[jolly coral]

MU01 from Akko

60% though

Crazy fun and affordable keyboard

[mortal venture]

ooo

i dont personally use 60%

but this one is tempting

also my sister use 60%

so she might like this one

my fav size is 75

tkl is fine but 75 what i love

[jolly coral]

I've done 2 of these now: #1071070910989209661 message

That's the Joy of Life version

And the Mountain Seclusion: #1071070910989209661 message

[mortal venture]

is the wood great ? am afraid if drop water on it or anything

[jolly coral]

The Joy of Life has the silent tactile switches

[mortal venture]

its gone forever

do i need to oil as well

[jolly coral]

And the Mountain Seclusion has the standard tactile switches

[jolly coral]

Wood is perfect

[mortal venture]

am treating it as table 😭

[jolly coral]

But you shouldn't be putting keyboards into water, in general

[mortal venture]

i drink alot

ALOT

ALOT

[jolly coral]

Fun story, the keyboards come with wood oil

[mortal venture]

it became common to drop my coffee my green tea my water on my desk

[mortal venture]

ooo so the oil is a must

[jolly coral]

Unboxing photos: #1071070910989209661 message

[jolly coral]

I haven't needed it

[jolly coral]

Desk pad?

[mortal venture]

yesss always on the desk pad mines always get dirty

[jolly coral]

But yeah, I guess if you live somewhere super humid or super dry

[mortal venture]

i have alot i swap between always lazy to clean 😭

[jolly coral]

You may need to oil the wood

[mortal venture]

summer here is not fun

[jolly coral]

They usually wash off easily too

[mortal venture]

not in europe

[jolly coral]

No idea, I live in a climate controlled house

Weather is too crazy in Iowa

So yeah, my MU01 is doing fine

[mortal venture]

this goes to my basket yes

[jolly coral]

I've definitely read horror stories with wood keyboards

Like the ones people build themselves

But Akko is CNC machining solid blocks of wood

(walnut, to be exact)

[mortal venture]

maybe people use ikea type of wood then complain

[jolly coral]

Exactly, and get massive warp

But with treated hardwood

I don't see it was much of an issue

[mortal venture]

do you have any recommendation for a 75 keyboard

unique look

[jolly coral]

Budget?

Or just "best"?

[mortal venture]

not really but unique look is the goal

i dont know show me both sorry

[jolly coral]

https://modedesigns.com/products/sonnet

[mortal venture]

i wanna see all

[jolly coral]

Hands down, one of the best looking keyboards on the market

But US based, so you may have trouble getting one

This is like ordering a high end car

[mortal venture]

i will check

[jolly coral]

You can literally pick out all the options

[mortal venture]

dont think i can get this one

unless maybe they ship

[mortal venture]

they do not really bad shipping price

[jolly coral]

Haha

[mortal venture]

hate it but its fine

[jolly coral]

That's how much I pay

[mortal venture]

seen worse

[jolly coral]

Better double check that's for international

[mortal venture]

this is total

but havent added any extra things to the keybaord like the colour

[jolly coral]

Sounds about right

[mortal venture]

also

they say 2 bussiness days of shipping

[mortal venture]

they straight lie to me

DHL is

[jolly coral]

I don't think that's international shipping

[mortal venture]

i did put international also the country

[jolly coral]

Wow

That's amazing then

If you're going this route

Be sure to hit up the extra parts section

[mortal venture]

where can i open ticket so i can have my hyte 70 shipped to me with less than 300 usd shipping price

[jolly coral]

https://modedesigns.com/collections/sonnet-extras-2

[jolly coral]

#support

[mortal venture]

no am really joking dont want to do that omg 😭

[jolly coral]

But yeah, if you're going to get a shipment from Mode

Don't be a dummy like me

Grab ALL the extra parts in 1 order

[mortal venture]

this is the first us company for hardware dont charge me same price as the product

ill check on this

[jolly coral]

Especially grab some extra plates:

[mortal venture]

i was watching the cyborg

on the side

review

its really

deserves the title of overpriced keyboard

[jolly coral]

Cyberboard

Yeah

You're just literally paying for the price of flexing

[mortal venture]

it doesnt look nice too

hard edges will make feel uncomfortable

[jolly coral]

Glad I'm not the only one with that opinion

But yeah, with the Sonnet, grab some extra accent pieces:

[mortal venture]

let me see

[jolly coral]

They're cheap and can really make a difference to make your keycaps pop

I would just order the Sonnet in a more neutral color

And then swap out the accent piece

But HUGE warning

You WILL have to build this thing yourself

This is NOT a prebuild

[mortal venture]

does the keyboard come with the switches? because i pref to use my own

i destory switches

[jolly coral]

No

[mortal venture]

then its ok

[jolly coral]

It comes with nothing

You will even have to install your own stabs

[mortal venture]

ive seen

[jolly coral]

Be sure to read this before proceeding this route: https://modedesigns.com/pages/sonnet-guide-2024

But yeah, my Mode Loop is hands down the best keyboard I own

This is some next level stuff

[mortal venture]

ill prob watch a tut on it and decide

[jolly coral]

Good idea

[mortal venture]

because

am really

bad

at this

i destory parts

so easily because am dummy

i hit things accidentally or froce something or do it wrong way

someday ill learn from my mistakes

[jolly coral]

Otherwise, the P1 is a good one: https://www.keychron.com/products/lemokey-p1-qmk-via-custom-gaming-keyboard

[mortal venture]

i almost ruined my motherboard trying to flash my bios 😭

[jolly coral]

https://youtu.be/cl-3j-4aBDk

Hipyo complains a lot

[mortal venture]

ooo have seen this vid

[jolly coral]

And he was only able to complain about how good the keyboard is

[mortal venture]

its also nicely priced

[jolly coral]

And you have all the Keychron parts at your disposal

For me, a huge part of "premium" keyboards are the availability of parts

[mortal venture]

i want to see if they ship to me

[jolly coral]

Keychron is China

So you'll be okay

[mortal venture]

oo then nice

10 us shipping

cant be more happy

[jolly coral]

But yes, if you like the P1, be sure to check out the various versions of Q1

[mortal venture]

so overwhelmed

what are the main differences between the p and the q keybaords

[jolly coral]

P1 is the budget board

Q1 is the top of the line full aluminum keyboard

[mortal venture]

now that i know

[jolly coral]

With the Q1, you get options for plates

[mortal venture]

https://www.keychron.com/collections/all-keyboards/products/keychron-q1-max-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard

so this one is the q version

or am i wrong

[jolly coral]

Yes and no

[mortal venture]

its all because of apple and now every product has pro max version

[jolly coral]

With the Max version, you will need the Pro plate:

[mortal venture]

atleast these are much easier to install

can the website stop asking me to login into paypal

[jolly coral]

Haha

Q1 Max has the purple case

[mortal venture]

i dont want to say may opinon about this colour

i love pink and purple but this one looks

[jolly coral]

#1071070910989209661 message

See my wife's Purple Q6

[mortal venture]

i do love the colour but its no my taste

i really

cant shop

ill login just because i dont want to deal with it

i dont know whats the marketing strategy behind this but they won me and ill login

i might get this because i love white boards as they fit everywhere

but its not the max version for some reason no max version has white board

[jolly coral]

See if you have any luck with the barebone option

The options change with different switch options

You don't really want Keychron's stock switches and keycaps anyway

[mortal venture]

i love my creamy switches

[jolly coral]

The biggest difference between Pro and Max is the polling rate

[mortal venture]

wont be problem

i was seeing the moonsgeek counterpart

they both almost same price

[jolly coral]

Keychron gets you that knob

[mortal venture]

is it much better than the moonsgeek ?

[jolly coral]

Same

Monsgeek was literally created to compete with Keychron

So

Anyways

[mortal venture]

https://www.monsgeek.com/product/m1-v3/

look this

[jolly coral]

Do you get Shell White with the barebone option?

[mortal venture]

ill see now

the paypal issue made me want to not buy from them

tried to login but i forgot my password

[jolly coral]

I see

Monsgeek is great too

[mortal venture]

it does come white but also come with the paypal page

[jolly coral]

I would definitely recommend the M1 in a heartbeat

[mortal venture]

also the X to get rid of that paypal page is to right so ihave to drag my mouse

all they way

to the write

to close this and check

[jolly coral]

Here's my M5: #1071070910989209661 message

[mortal venture]

it looks more polished to me than the keychron

or atleast what i like

[jolly coral]

If that works for you

[mortal venture]

i think

keychron case has more hard edges

and looks i dont know

moons geek is rounded here

i know am complaining for dumb things

but i hate hard edges

[jolly coral]

There you go

Seems like you've made a decision

[mortal venture]

so ill have now my alice then when my salary comes ill buy this one

[jolly coral]

Sounds like a plan

[mortal venture]

i found the moonsgeek in near store here so ill not suffere the shipping prices

[jolly coral]

Looking forward to all your upcoming builds

[mortal venture]

am just getting into this with basic knowledge and limited budget you dont want to look forward for me 😭

you want to make me go hard when ill prob destory alot

dont put much faith

[jolly coral]

Have more faith in yourself

[winged patrol]

Just wanna share this cute keyboard

[jolly coral]

That's an 80% and not 75%

But yeah, one of the Epomaker derivatives

[balmy cove]

Got my first custom keyboard build coming

[mortal venture]

@jolly coral Mr. Expert wanted to ask you if you the main differences between the M1W and the HE version of it

[jolly coral]

HE = Hall Effect

That's the magnetic switches

[mortal venture]

ug i was just reading about it

the boring switches

do they even make any difference when using ?

looks overhyped

[jolly coral]

Yes, they've been banned for gaming

[mortal venture]

ooo those the ones got banned in cs

[jolly coral]

Because they give an unfair advantage

So... Yeah, they're good for certain situations

And I have one ordered from Wooting myself

[mortal venture]

not worth doubling the price

[jolly coral]

Probably not

HE switches are all linear switches

[mortal venture]

more boring

[jolly coral]

Well, it's turning the entire keyboard into a pressure sensitive controller

Advantages are still limited to certain situations

[mortal venture]

maybe to people who play competitve way too serious

[jolly coral]

TBH, most normal people don't even benefit that much from the HE switches

But yeah, this goes back to the higher DPI, faster polling, and faster refresh rates

Whatever little edge you can get from equipment

[mortal venture]

most useless switches ever for ME

i like creamy sounds

@jolly coral if i was half competitve in these ranked games as iam in mobile game maybe 😭

[jolly coral]

Do you mean thocky?

So the opposite of clicky

[mortal venture]

they call it creamy switches

would assume yes prob also called that

[mortal venture]

clicky are not fun at all and gets annoying if you pay attention to it

atleast for me

[jolly coral]

There was this chart that I've found while having this discussion #⌨-keeb-tkl message

About the effect of switches on the 4 general descriptions keyboard sounds

But sound profile depends on the entire build, not just the switches

The low thocky sound profile is most easily achieved with plastic case, PC plate, crazy dampening, regular stem switches, and a tall profile (e.g. SA) ABS keycaps

[mortal venture]

its looks annoying to get thock with low pitch

[jolly coral]

Not really, just the cheapest components: plastic, plastic, and more plastic

Probably the most expensive part is finding SA ABS keycaps

[balmy cove]

@jolly coral Float 65 👀

[jolly coral]

Nope

Not for me

[balmy cove]

I dig it

want something weird

[jolly coral]

I would do an Adam: https://kbdcraft.store/products/adam

[balmy cove]

That looks so boring....

[jolly coral]

You can always make it more exciting: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/145ovlp/first_custom_keyboard_and_lego_build_using/

It's just literally standard Lego pieces

[jolly coral]

Just missing a couple sets of switches that should be here soon, but going to get started with the big 7 keyboard swap:

[mortal venture]

https://youtube.com/shorts/y0tm4F5tiRg?si=C_QRCcwvtmE6yYt-

75 usd for this

and sounds great out of the box

[jolly coral]

Pretty high pitched because of the metal body

But definitely thocky

As expected from a linear switches and a well dampened keyboard

[mortal venture]

its really quesntionable how its priced like this

maybe the battery is not too great or the software it whatever

[jolly coral]

No, I bought a couple aluminum boards that were under $100

Here is my Pink Tide 75: #1071070910989209661 message

And my Blue Tide 75: #1071070910989209661 message

And my most recent Black Tide 75 to just hold my stupid Awekeys keycaps: #1071070910989209661 message

(I really like the Tide 75)

If you prefer a more thocky sound though, the Galaxy 80 barebone is $55: https://a.co/d/emz8GN8

I couldn't stand the soft PC plate on the Galaxy80

[mortal venture]

i got these keycaps long ago and havent used them yet

ill try to get into the mode to change

[mortal venture]

@jolly coral how commonn are the HE switches?

because i have no other option are than buying the HE it looks like

[jolly coral]

Still pretty new, you essentially have 3 to choose from Gateron right now

[mortal venture]

am thinking abou t buying barebone HE

m1w v3

but it doesnt look like i have many options for switches

i also want the Magnetic switches because am very dumb i break one after one accidentally

ooooo the magnetic switches are way too expansive ............

i just checked the jdae Magnetic 😭

i just checked a store basically to have full switches for a 75 keyboard it costs 60 used

its fine .....

[jolly coral]

Nevermind, it's up to 7 now:

[mortal venture]

atleast there is a decent supplier in my country

ill go

with m1w v3 he

i hope i didnt go with the wrong board

[jolly coral]

Should be fine

It's an Akko board

HE keyboard main selling point is actually the software

That's where Keychron is currently struggling

[mortal venture]

am not interested very much into it

[jolly coral]

What you should be reviewing is the "driver" software

[mortal venture]

just because i found the he version on discount somehow

and its ver close to the normal m1w

[jolly coral]

There's not much hardware difference

[mortal venture]

its basically kind of upgrade with min price

but also i hope monsgeek hardware is fine

[jolly coral]

Definitely finr

[mortal venture]

i meant software

sorry

[jolly coral]

But you need to realize, you're going to be stuck with linear switches

HE switches are all linear

[mortal venture]

am having ptsd with cetrain parts in my desk

because of the software

[jolly coral]

Yeah, it's just the Akko software

It's fine

[mortal venture]

its fine i have multiple keyboards at worst

@jolly coral half of my pc is gigabyte and GCC

is the worst software

to ever exists

thats where my ptsd comes from

my ram colours change raondomly

sometimes the motherboard rgb too

i love purple and blue 99% of the time this is my pc colour

then suddenly my ram is red

or different part

[jolly coral]

See video: https://youtu.be/96Zib-c_zFI?t=386

I've got the timestamp with that link to the software discussion

Just realize that HE keyboards are complicated

[jolly coral]

Yeah, I've struggled with my RGB programming with my Gigabyte MB

[mortal venture]

am having the same issues

[jolly coral]

I just gave up

[mortal venture]

its less common now

i have my rams pink and purple today

so it became randomly all purple didnt notice it too much

atleast now its changing to only purple randomly

doesnt bother me as much

[jolly coral]

But red seems to be its "freak out" color

At least for my MB

[mortal venture]

you know @jolly coral

so i was tilted of the colour change

i decided to use the colour it changes to

which was purple at the time

when i did that i started changing red

worst

SOFTWARE

[jolly coral]

Anyways

[mortal venture]

these HE setting page looks like headache

[jolly coral]

You shouldn't have that problem with the M1W

[jolly coral]

It sure is

Problem when there are too many customizations

Reminds me of my BMW M3

Especially when I was editing the module codes

Anyways

[mortal venture]

sorry am just looking before hitting buy

because i hate buying things i want to buy

[mortal venture]

you will hate me

i ended up with m1w v3 no HE

i just dont want to deal with headache and i want to have more options for the switches

[mortal venture]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9kwcOlP-ZR/?igsh=MWUzaWVzMXQ1cXh1aQ==

the advertisement 😭 😭 😭

[jolly coral]

I don't hate you

Congrats on the new purchase

[mortal venture]

its from the official akko store on aliexpress

avoided shipping prices

i got the fullu built because i want they keycaps plus the switches look nicr never seen these piano pro switches before

[jolly coral]

They're cheap linear switches

The MU01 had them: #1071070910989209661 message

[mortal venture]

if i dont like them ill change

but from sound tests they were nice

[jolly coral]

They sound and type fine, but extremely poor construction making them very difficult to pull off the keyboard

Like the switches literally break when you pull

The housing material on the switches are like paper thin

[mortal venture]

its fine i ruin them anyways 😭

i ruin atleast 5 to 6 witches every time i replace

[jolly coral]

And you won't have enough replacements, since you get the exact amount of switches with pre-builts

So literally, single use switches

[mortal venture]

yes they will die once i pull them out

atleast the board was on big discount

30% off

it was the price of barebone with fully built

also wanted these keycaps

so its worth the deal and RIP the switches in advance

also i dont know why akko store has this discount in ali but not their website -_-

the merchant is the official akko

[winged patrol]

Looks beautiful

But price not

[jolly coral]

#1071070910989209661 message

I have the purple set

Better than the aweful metal keycaps

The set that I really want from them: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/world-s-first-blue-and-white-ceramic-keycap-set#/

Not sure whatever happened to this set

[jolly coral]

Hands down, most interesting switch tester: https://duckeys.com/products/quackey-fidget-toy-that-quacks

[winged patrol]

I have it

Kinda have

[jolly coral]

No, that's not the same thing

Ducky and Duckeys are two different companies

[winged patrol]

I mean it's like same same but different

[winged patrol]

Ye ik just similar keycap I meant

[jolly coral]

Dang it, got hit by the Black Diamond 75 ad again: https://store.angrymiao.com/products/black-diamond-75

Maybe the orange on black DCX keycaps: https://drop.com/buy/drop-dcx-skiidata-keycap-set

[jolly coral]

Ooo, maybe throw the HYTE Songque keycaps on it

I think I know the timeline for purchasing the BD75

[jolly coral]

Found the perfect set to go with the BD75: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807131079600.html

Looks like the timeline may be bumped up

Side print and a nice color scheme:

I wonder why it's called "Horizon Theme"

[winged patrol]

Beautiful

One of the most beautiful keyboard I have seen

[jolly coral]

So much carbon fiber

I resisted long enough

[winged patrol]

Well I am guessing price isn't beautiful as the keyboard

[jolly coral]

Angry Miao's other keyboard is much much more expensive

https://store.angrymiao.com/products/am-cyberboard-r4

[winged patrol]

730$?

For keyboard?

Hell nah

[gray wave]

But it's the Cyberboard

[jolly coral]

Exactly, nothing screams that you're irresponsible with money like the Cyberboard 💸

[jolly coral]

keyboard update time

I've completed the keycaps swaps for the pair of NK87

the loud ping from the 7U space bar was really bothering me

so I ended up take off the dye-sub pudding keycaps and replaced them with Drop's DCX keycaps, starting with the Alien Green NK87 going from EVA-01 to Emerald:

Novelkeys NK87 Alien Green with Emerald DCX, unlit:

Novelkeys NK87 Alien Green with Emerald DCX, lit + ambient lighting:

Novelkeys NK87 Alien Green with Emerald DCX, lit + no ambient lighting:

and here's the Nebula Pink NK87 going from EVA-08 to Violac:

Novelkeys NK87 Nebula Pink with Violac DCX, unlit:

Novelkeys NK87 Nebula Pink with Violac DCX, lit + ambient lighting:

Novelkeys NK87 Nebula Pink with Violac DCX, lit + no ambient lighting:

the 7U spacebar was still pinging really badly, despite switching over to doubleshot ABS keycaps

so I ended up doing some "arts and crafts" and made my own dampener from some leftover EVA foam:

ended up doing the typing test 3 times: PBT Pudding Keycaps, ABS Keycaps, and ABS keycaps with the dampened 7U spacebar: https://youtu.be/ci1H0YTLUqc

https://youtu.be/mDWHRGFrOaw

the sound profile definitely improved after adding the dampener to the space bar

I've learned to really hate the 7U spacebar layout

anyways, if anyone wants to see me swap out keycaps, here are the 4x timelapse: https://youtu.be/lhU61rX6nqY

https://youtu.be/tNmKG8vOWBA

[livid mason]

https://www.gravastar.com/products/mercury-k1-pro-cyberpunk

This looks fun

Makes me think of Etherium from MTG

makes me want to build it for an MTG themed keyboard to match my Artifact deck

[jolly coral]

Yeah, I saw it. Been getting hit by ads hard while trying to purchase the BD87. Completely not my aesthetics, so my wallet has been spared.

Matches well with GravaStar's mice

[mortal venture]

it arrived before my alice keyboard 😤 😤

[jolly coral]

Wait, is that the Purple or the Silver M1?

[mortal venture]

silver

[jolly coral]

Based on the stock keycaps, it looks like the Silver

[mortal venture]

room lights

[jolly coral]

K

[mortal venture]

they keyboard is very heavy

but makes it feel nice

[jolly coral]

Typical for all metal

[mortal venture]

it may be heavy but that gives it the luxury feeling

[jolly coral]

Yup

[mortal venture]

also my alice keyboard is being shipped by pigeon 😭😭😭😭

i ordered my monsgeek 2 or 3 days after

it arrived before it

[jolly coral]

Shipping origin matters

And carrier differences

[mortal venture]

yeeeess

they picked up the worst logistics company

in my country

you know they will also charge me like 5% of the price

monsgeek picked the best one

didnt have to pay

[jolly coral]

Akko is really about that

Anyways, here's my M5: #1071070910989209661 message

Also in Silver

[mortal venture]

too long of keyboard

i hate num pads

i tried to like them

i do use it for calculators and exel helps me alot

but i hate the little apace

space for mouse

[jolly coral]

get a bigger desk

[mortal venture]

i do but my arms not big also my hands

so i end up hitting my keyboard alottt

[jolly coral]

turn up the DPI on your mouse so you don't have to move your mouse as much?

[mortal venture]

shh cant used to mine by now i game on it

stop finding solutions that needs time for me to get used to it 😤

[mortal venture]

i had time to test it now

and i can it really feels like a solid keyboard

really feels luxurious

also can be used to kill someone since its so heavy

if someone coming to me ill hit them with the keyboard

[winged patrol]

Nice

[mortal venture]

it really can kill people

😭

[winged patrol]

Nah, at most people will lose memory

[mortal venture]

you dont get how heavy this keyboard is

its like building block

[winged patrol]

Full metal?

[mortal venture]

yes i think

[winged patrol]

Or aluminum?

Oh

[mortal venture]

2kg almost

[winged patrol]

Makes sense

Can you like test it out?

I somehow weirdly curious

[mortal venture]

i dont have a scale right now

[winged patrol]

No no no

[winged patrol]

This

[mortal venture]

oo wow no

[winged patrol]

Sad

[jolly coral]

When the Q6 had the metal keycaps:

[mortal venture]

killing tool

[jolly coral]

Project Griffin: #1071070910989209661 message

[mortal venture]

this wooden armrest

am thinking to get one

[jolly coral]

Keychron

[mortal venture]

should i really get wooden ? have seen many use it

[jolly coral]

Silicone is best

[mortal venture]

i will be getting one but hopefully nice looking

its most important

[jolly coral]

Mine is just black

[mortal venture]

i found mons sell

white ones

[jolly coral]

White gets dirty too fast

And don't get foam

That's the worst

[mortal venture]

ooo ok

[jolly coral]

Foam and gel are both bad

Silicone, wood, or resin

[mortal venture]

ill try to see on websites

[jolly coral]

See Keychron: https://www.keychron.com/collections/palm-rests

[mortal venture]

so to balance things out

i use monsgek keyboard and keycheron wrist rest

[mortal venture]

@jolly coral sorry for the ping

but wanted to ask if you know how to adjust the sleep mode on the m1w

it looks like there none also read the whole manual there no hint for it

i think i work around it if there is none

[jolly coral]

no clue

I don't use mine with wireless

[mortal venture]

i think it doesnt exist

but its fine makes the keyboard stay for week or more without charge

[jolly coral]

Yeah, should be fine

[jolly coral]

I said I was going to stop https://a.co/d/24WXNAN

But dang, that's a good looking keyboard

Plus I want my keyboard back

Anyways, I'll update later

[jolly coral]

Oh wow, looks like Glorious has a new configurator for their GMMK 3 keyboards: https://www.gloriousgaming.com/products/gmmk-3-configurator

Looks and feels a lot like Mode's thing

And there's also a accessories page as well if you want extra parts: https://www.gloriousgaming.com/collections/gmmk-3-accessories

[hearty lily]

@jolly coral HELP

KEYBAORD NOT KEYBAORDING

I’m helping my friend build a keyboard but the keycaps this board came with aren’t fitting??

[jolly coral]

Which keyboard and which keycaps?

Some brands like ASUS have custom stems

[hearty lily]

KBFcraft 001 Adam keyboard

The keycaps it came with don’t fit

At least the shift ones

[jolly coral]

Oh

Size issues

[hearty lily]

But the glorious shift keys also don’t fit

[jolly coral]

Wait, you're using the ones from the kit?

It should fit

[hearty lily]

Yes

They don’t

I can stream the keybaord

[jolly coral]

What's not fitting?

[hearty lily]

If it helps

[jolly coral]

Picture

I can tell enough from pictures

Dang it, it's about time I ordered an Adam

Let me punch in an order now

[hearty lily]

Ah sorry

I can send pics soon talking with doom

[jolly coral]

I see this for Adam's 60% layout:

[hearty lily]

Yes so we have the ANSI one

Every other key fits

BUT THE SHIFT KEYS

[jolly coral]

Both keys?

That's weird because one is stabilized and one is just a normal R4 keycap

[hearty lily]

Yeah

Neither works

I’m just taking all the switches off and checking

[jolly coral]

Anyways, just ordered one of everything from them:

Dang it, going to take a week to get to me

But, just enough time for me to get some switches

[hearty lily]

Haha

Yea

I’m starting from scratch again

XD

So.. @jolly coral after removing the supports for the shift

It holds the one nub shifts

But refuses to hold the 3 ones

[jolly coral]

You mean the stabilized

[hearty lily]

Yes

[jolly coral]

Shift on the left

[hearty lily]

So these were the shift keys and none of them fit

[jolly coral]

Did the stabilizer come pre-installed or you had to install them yourself?

[hearty lily]

I had to myself

But all the others worked fine

[jolly coral]

Should be this one

Can you turn that cap over?

[hearty lily]

Yes I can

[jolly coral]

Give it a good push

Everything looks good

Could be just tight because it doesn't look like you've lubed the stabilizers

[hearty lily]

Problem is it prevents the Z button from actually working

I’ve never seen this problem before

[jolly coral]

Oh

That's far too wide

Wait

Is that the keycaps from KBDCraft?

[hearty lily]

No. The yellow one is from a different keycap. But with the stabilizers the ORIGINAL grey keycaps don’t fit either

[jolly coral]

I'm curious about this shift keycap now

[hearty lily]

I FOUND A RANDOM 3rd SHIFT KEY

WHY ARE THERE 3

The third one is the new one I found

Which…fits

[jolly coral]

Damn, it's a weird 2u shift

[hearty lily]

Yes

I think I found it

But idk why it’s a 2u

[jolly coral]

60% board nonsense

Anything to squeeze out an extra key somewhere

You'll need a big kit (like the 165) to find the weird size keys like the 2u shift

Reminds me of my struggle with the 7u spacebar on the NK87

[hearty lily]

Well luckily…it seems it wasn’t me…unluckily I have to reply all the switches

[jolly coral]

Joys of building keyboards

Looks like I have a Lilith and Adam coming now

Switch shopping time!

[hearty lily]

Yay!!

[jolly coral]

Ended up grabbing another set of the Jerrzi Tactile switches: https://a.co/d/higfIAA

$12 for 70 after a 40% coupon

Used them for the MU01 I'm going to give away: #1071070910989209661 message

Really great experience with them for the 60% MU01 build, and since I'm giving the keyboard away

I don't actually have these switches on a keyboard in the house

Perfect for the Lilith keyboard

[jolly coral]

Probably going to spend hours on here after the KBDFan keyboards arrive: https://www.lego.com/en-us/pick-and-build/pick-a-brick

[gray wave]

Realized the letters of keycaps I'm using don't pop as much because of north facing led on switches, also realized I don't like the letters brighter when trying south facing led, kinda ruins the magic 🍒

[hearty lily]

Keyboard done

[compact rivet]

How do you finance all those keyboards? Are you selling them after you build them or do you just have a big stock of finished keyboards?

[jolly coral]

No, I keep most of them, except for the couple that I've built as gifts like the MU01 (#1071070910989209661 message) and the Pooh Q6 Max (#1071070910989209661 message)

so yeah, I just have a big stock of finished keyboards like the ones on my wall:

and in my wife's office

my wife's complaining right now, so I've worked out a solution for storing her keyboards in her office

I'll post more about it when I have it done

[compact rivet]

Damn that looks sick

Kinda reminds me of myself with building steering wheels

Building more and more but I‘m still using only 1

[jolly coral]

like gaming steering wheels?

[compact rivet]

Yeah for Simracing

[jolly coral]

I love it!

there are so many wheels to choose from now

especially since Thrustmaster started allowing the attachment of real steering wheels to the base

[compact rivet]

Yeah exactly
My want to build list is endless

[jolly coral]

yeah... just when I thought I would stop, I ordered a few more keyboards

[compact rivet]

Hahaha

Classic

I told myself to not build too many in the next few months, but now I ended up with three projects which are all very expensive

[jolly coral]

haha

[compact rivet]

So yeah less wheels, but higher quality and costs

[jolly coral]

speaking of simracing, this news: https://www.thedrive.com/news/sim-racing-giant-fanatec-in-trouble-as-parent-company-files-for-bankruptcy

guess one of the players is out

[compact rivet]

Luckily not

Never had a fanatec
It‘s quite a pain to use it with diy wheels

As fanatec wants you to use their own steering wheels

[jolly coral]

yeah, most people I know uses Thrustmaster

since I'm not that serious about simracing, I just have an old G29

[compact rivet]

I had a Thrustmaster, but I switched to Direct drive 2 yesrs ago

[jolly coral]

I've been really itching to get a motion sim though

been drooling over a DOF system for a while now: https://dofreality.com/

but finding the space for it will be challenging

when most of the space in the house is occupied by kid's toys

[compact rivet]

Yeah those motion rigs are nice
But so expensive

[jolly coral]

for me, it's mostly down to safety with young kids around

those actuators produces a lot of force

and can seriously injure a young child

[compact rivet]

Oh yeah understandable

[jolly coral]

so maybe in a few years

when my kids are older

[compact rivet]

Luckily there are kill switches

[jolly coral]

I definitely want them to learn on motion sim rig before hopping into real cars in the garage

anyways, getting super #off-topic for the keyboard thread

[compact rivet]

I kinda learned driving with my sim and idk I always find the irl cars to slow hahaha

My parents don‘t like my driving style

[jolly coral]

haven't posted in a while, but I've finally finished all 7 tasks listed out a couple weeks ago.

here's the picture of all 7 keyboards: #1071070910989209661 message

and the pair of NKs (Task #4 and #5) were completed here: #1071070910989209661 message

Task #1, #3, and #6 were all kind of related since parts were swapped between the keyboards along with some new parts

but I'll begin with #3, the Epomaker RT100:

it was a "summer" theme build with Kailh Box Summer switches and dye-sub summer pudding keycaps

since the keyboard itself is green and I absolutely hate the keyboard itself, I ended up moving the Beer switches and the transparent Emerald keycaps onto this dread keyboard

this switch + keycap combo was original on the Ducky One 3, and the combo was ruining my desire to every use the Ducky One 3

and I really want to use the Ducky One 3

anyways, threw the Beer switches onto RT100:

and then on goes the transparent emerald keycaps:

Epomaker RT100 with Beer Switches and Transparent Emerald Keycaps, unlit:

Epomaker RT100 with Beer Switches and Transparent Emerald Keycaps, lit + ambient lighting:

Epomaker RT100 with Beer Switches and Transparent Emerald Keycaps, lit + no ambient lighting:

video of the swap: https://youtu.be/Z1lrZRCWqDo

and the typing test: https://youtu.be/t5TWUmUmR48

awful set of switches, but perfect fit now with the awful keyboard

Task #6 involved a straight forward swapping of the switches from Kailh Box Pink to the Kailh Box Summer that just came off the RT100:

the Kailh Box Summer switches still remains one of the prettier switches on the market (much like the disappointing Beer switches):

due to the light blue transparent housing on the switches, the RGB backlight gains a blue hue to even the rainbow color:

threw the mahjong keycaps back onto the FE104, and here's the iROK FE104 with box Summer switches and mahjong keycaps, unlit:

iROK FE104 with box Summer switches and mahjong keycaps, lit + ambient lighting:

iROK FE104 with box Summer switches and mahjong keycaps, lit + no ambient lighting:

video of the swap: https://youtu.be/mSvN5fmZtfY

and the typing test: https://youtu.be/PC-uajulTvw

absolutely love typing on clicky switches

and the Box Summer sound is just a little bit less annoying than the crazy loud Box Pink switches: https://youtu.be/ggiorvJc12k

at this point, I have a couple hundred Box Pink switches sitting in a big ziplock bag

so glad that my wife has outgrown these

finally, task #1 ended up taking the longest to complete:

after pulling the Beer switches and emerald keycaps for the RT100

I finally pulled out my Holy Panda switches:

pretty excited by these given all the raving reviews and now a clear 5-pin housing:

and then I've realized, I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH F***ING SWITCHES, ended up ordering a set of Halo Switches from Aamzon to complete the last 4 above the numpad:

the Halo were 3-pin:

after pressing on both, I can see why Holy Panda gets its reputation

the tactile is much better even though the Halo has a strong tactile force

Halo switches were just heavy, but the tactile feel just isn't quite as good

anyways, got some White Jade keycaps from XVX:

I ordered it because of the SA profile and it looks perfect for an all white build

Ducky One 3 Aura White with White Jade SA profile keycaps, unlit:

Ducky One 3 Aura White with White Jade SA profile keycaps, lit + ambient lighting:

Ducky One 3 Aura White with White Jade SA profile keycaps, lit + no ambient lighting:

video of the swap/build: https://youtu.be/sJ1IKCrj-B0

and the typing test: https://youtu.be/5ADs3SC98iU

I absolutely love this build

the taller keycaps were a perfect fit for the Ducky One 3 sound profile

and the nice diffusion of backlight looks so good through the White Jade keycaps

so glad I've finally found a good combination for the Ducky One 3

the Holy Panda switches really does deserve its reputation

excellent feeling tactile switches that's smooth and responsive

finally, a couple more transparent keyboards (as I've mentioned, I went on a transparent keyboard bender #1071070910989209661 message)

Completed Task #2 and built the idobao ID87 that I've ordered from CandyKeys in Germany:

unfortunately, Drop only has the ID80: https://drop.com/buy/idobao-id80-crystal-gasket-keyboard-kit-drop-exclusive

and I really wanted the more traditional 80%/TKL layout

anyways, wasn't immediately sure why a "parts box" was needed:

turns out, this is a premium board and I will need to build the keyboard from nearly scratch:

at least the stabilizers came installed

installing the silicone gasket was a pain in the butt:

mounted the plate to the PCB:

really wanted to try out these Durock Ice King tactile switches with 68g (heavy) progressive springs:

really pretty 5-pin switches:

and looks fantastic on the ID87:

the light guide works well:

installed the bottom acrylic case:

and the top case went on:

really beautiful keyboard

ended up getting a set of hi-ground topo dupes from XVX:

glad XVX exists to make these knock-offs because I really didn't want to buy a hi-ground keyboard just to get their topo keycaps

as I was installing the keycaps, I've noticed that I had failed to lube the stabs

joys of building a "premium" keyboard: you have to do everything yourself

anyways, drowned the stabs in lube:

and the topo keycaps went on: