Custom keyboards

[merry valley]

yeah, those prices are a. corporate prices and b. 20 years old ... but i did have to order about 250 spares at the old job once, it was under a grand with drop shipping

[little stratus]

I think I'm going to be purchasing 2x more HE boardsmith gmmk 3 keyboards from Glorious with 1x being a wireless version bc I think once or if I can fix my current gmmk 3 keyboard I'm going to put my AliExpress SW keycaps on it once my Hyte SW keycaps get delivered bc I'll be putting my Hyte SW keycaps on my replacement gmmk 3 HE version keyboard

The other two boardsmith HE gmmk 3 keyboards I'll be buying will be for Kafka and Firefly

[jolly coral]

that makes sense. they're up to $10 now. not bad for 20 years of inflation

[jolly coral]

that's a lot of dough

[little stratus]

Yep but at least they'll look nice. And I'll be having Glorious install the switches for me and I'll be buying Raptor HE switches for both those keyboards too

[merry valley]

i forgot how low profile the v1 gmmk is until i put the 992 next to it

i guess after 3 years of daily driving i just got used to it lol

[jolly coral]

Love the pair!

[merry valley]

wait till i get the box greens in and the white auras on ... i might leave some of the blue caps on though, it's growing on me slowly

[jolly coral]

Can't wait

[winged patrol]

Top one is best

[merry valley]

yes, i agree - but it has been my daily for 3+ years, and is not replaceable since they have been EoL for almost 2 years now ... and i am toying with more compact builds, on the cheap

new switches a couple months back gave it some new life ... but black brushed alu is a total dirt magnet

[little stratus]

My Raptor HE switches got delivered today

My Cloth wrist rest got delivered last Monday as well

The switch boxes are a little damaged but I'm sure the switches themselves are probably perfectly fine

[balmy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/holy-shit-whats-happening-whats-going-on-mother-of-god-dear-god-gif-16251359

when does it stop? 😂

[jolly coral]

Soon. I'm running out of keyboards to buy

[balmy cove]

lmao

Did you get your gravastar?

[jolly coral]

After this round of 98%, I think I'm good for a bit

[jolly coral]

Yes, it's just sitting there

I need more time

[balmy cove]

What about the new one from XTIA?

https://www.xtia.design/pages/maker40

[jolly coral]

I don't do 40%

[balmy cove]

I just want it because it's cute

[jolly coral]

It'll drive me crazy trying to remember all the layers

I struggle even with the 60/65% already

[livid mason]

this is def a "keep on the shelf and never use" board

[balmy cove]

I needs it

[gray wave]

A keychain

[balmy cove]

Oh I has question for ye

Are there any 60% PCBs that have knobs?

[livid mason]

no clue

i dont do anything smaller than TKL

[balmy cove]

Oh

I pinged the wrong person 🤣

My bad lmfao

[little stratus]

Both keychron and Glorious have 60% barebones kits with knobs

I don't do 60% either but I've looked at both those two's selections

[balmy cove]

Yeee I found this

https://kprepublic.com/products/bm60ec-bm60-ec-rgb-60-gh60-hot-swappable-custom-mechanical-keyboard-pcb-programmed-qmk-via-rgb-switch-type-c-rotary-knob

[little stratus]

yeah that looks like a nice one too

[balmy cove]

I'll scoop one up when I get back from my vacation

[little stratus]

nice. I can't wait till I get my he gmmk 3 setup and be able to fix my mx gmmk 3 keyboard

[balmy cove]

I do love my holy 60

[little stratus]

Glorious has a deal going on right now that if you buy 1 boardsmith keyboard you get the second one for 90% off

[warm sonnet]

Did that discount auto apply? Tried it as well and didn't get that discount in my basket or when doing checkout

[little stratus]

It auto applied. I just added two boardsmith keyboards to my cart and it did that

[warm sonnet]

Hmm, weird. It doesn't when I try to.

[little stratus]

I'm part of the Glorious Guild maybe that has something to do with it

It's Glorious's free membership

[warm sonnet]

Same, but only the first level though, so that might be it

[little stratus]

I'm also only on the first level

I've only bought 3 things from Glorious

[jolly coral]

Yes: https://a.co/d/fK7gw2L

And I just ordered one yesterday for a gift that I'm making

[jolly coral]

That is not the current promotion at all!

[jolly coral]

Because that's not the right promotion

[little stratus]

Is that why it appears that one of the boards is basically 90% off?

[jolly coral]

90% off? You mean a total of $200ish discount?

That's not 90% off at all

[little stratus]

Yeah bc one of them was only like $260. So on that $260 build it was basically giving me it for 90% off

[jolly coral]

With a flat rate $50 off customs, you want to order cheap builds

I ended up with a custom 100% board for less than $100:

[little stratus]

That $260 board would've been only like $60 that's in my picture

[jolly coral]

That's not how mathing works

The $260 - 50 = 210, then take off another 40 since you're 200. So the total discount will be $90.

So your 260 board will be $170

Still a great discount

But nowhere near 90% off

And 90% off is NOT the current promo rules

[little stratus]

$259 - $218= $41

I would've only had to pay for the other build in my cart plus $41

[jolly coral]

The other build that nearly $500

Which is what got you the additional $50 + $80 discount

[little stratus]

Yeah but but one of them I would've gotten nearly for free

[jolly coral]

That is not the current promotion

[little stratus]

So bc I would be spending $782 for those two boards it basically very nearly zeroed out the lesser priced board bc of the promo discounts?

[jolly coral]

Yes

But that's not 90% off

[little stratus]

Either way that's a damn good deal though

[jolly coral]

Your final price is $563, and that's a 28% discount

[little stratus]

Yeah but I'm very nearly getting a build for free though

[jolly coral]

My cheap build above was $130 and my final price was $75

That's a 42% discount

And I spent a heck a lot less

Once again, the discount rules on Glorious right now favors cheaper builds because of the initial $50 off all customs

[little stratus]

I don't mind paying for the $445 build plus $41 for the second build bc that's equivalent to saying I'm basically getting the lesser priced build for 90% off

But yeah ik that's not how the discount works

[jolly coral]

that's not even close to what you're paying

by your mathing

you have a $288 build and a $494 build

taking all the discounts for both builds, you have a total of $90 + $130 = $220 discount

$288 - $220 = $68

even that's not $41

so that $220 is only a 76% discount

still nowhere near a "90% discount" that you've misinformed @warm sonnet

I don't even know how you've got to $41

but let's take that $41

$288 - $41 = $247 discount

even then, that's only 85.76% off

still not 90%

[little stratus]

The $288 build dropped to $259.20 & the $494 build dropped to $444.60

[jolly coral]

did you check out?

because when you check out

there's a final total discount

what's that number?

[little stratus]

Yeah I'm looking at the checkout now

$28.80 off the $288 build and $49.40 off the $494 build plus $140 off $700

[jolly coral]

What is the total discount?

$220?

[little stratus]

So I guess a full total of $218.20 discount

[jolly coral]

So the math here?

Tell me how that's 90% off?

[little stratus]

So $28.80 + $49.40 + $140= $218.20

[winged patrol]

Math class?

[jolly coral]

not sure what this is

but I certainly won't be trusting this guy to be doing what I'm doing right now (paying bills, it's payday!)

[little stratus]

Even if 218.20 is taken from 288.00 it's still a significant amount that's taken off that price which yeah it'd be like only paying $70 for the lesser priced build so it's a very significant discount and a very good deal bc it very nearly zeroed out the lesser priced build

[jolly coral]

but AliExpress is actually having an "up to 90% off" sale right now:

[winged patrol]

Upto 90% off

Upto is caught

[jolly coral]

$70 is nowhere near $0

$70 is what I paid for my custom 100% GMMK3 build

and I didn't even need to order a second $500 board to get that price

[little stratus]

It's close enough. It's way less than $288

[winged patrol]

Damn

[jolly coral]

whatever makes you feel better about spending $563 on 2 100% GMMK3s

[little stratus]

Like I said I don't mind paying $445 for the first build if I only have to pay like $70 for the second one

[jolly coral]

but you're not

by your math

you're paying the full $495 for the first build

and $70 for the second build

and that's how you get to the $563 total price

[little stratus]

You get my point. I don't mind paying full price for one build if I only have to pay like $70 for the lesser priced build

Plus Glorious has everything I want for the builds except the keycaps

[winged patrol]

I think he meant he is going all out for first build meanwhile he treating second build as side project

[little stratus]

No the first build uses wireless that's why it's more expensive and second one is wired that's why it's cheaper

[winged patrol]

Bluetooth?

[little stratus]

RF/Bluetooth

[winged patrol]

I don't think buying wireless keyboard is good idea

[little stratus]

I need one I can use in my kitchen

[winged patrol]

Oh ic

[little stratus]

As long as I use Bluetooth it shouldn't have any problems. RF just sucks in my place bc RF is very susceptible to interference.

[jolly coral]

the fact that Glorious charges so much for tri-mode keyboards is mind boggling

[little stratus]

Yeah I agree

[jolly coral]

my AliExpress order:

I've got a pair of 98% keyboards that I really wanted to try out

each under $70

[winged patrol]

There will be a delay response, I think

[jolly coral]

yes

but doesn't seem like he's going to be gaming in his kitchen

so doesn't matter

[winged patrol]

True

[little stratus]

Not really. I have a tri mode mouse from Corsair and I've used Bluetooth on it with no delay

The only reason I'm using my Corsair tri mode mouse on wired currently is bc I got sick and tired of the mouse erasing the profiles I have set to its memory and having to keep setting them back up

[winged patrol]

Hmmm ic, I just hope u making right decision

[little stratus]

In my kitchen which is only like 25ft away from my computer I'd only be using the keyboard for searching things up on the internet or typing in addresses in the address bar

[winged patrol]

Oh

[little stratus]

Plus I replaced/upgraded the onboard m.2 wifi/Bluetooth chip on my mobo to that one that comes on the MSI Herald wifi 7 BT 5.4 pcie adapter

So my mobo has BT 5.4 and wifi 7 onboard now

So using the keyboard in BT shouldn't pose any problems at all

[little stratus]

Should I still take the pcb out of the keyboard casing and support the back of the pcb when I install the HE switches? Or is that not necessary for HE switch install?

[jolly coral]

Isn't that the whole reason you're going with HE switches?

[little stratus]

Yeah but wasn't sure bc it'll be my first time installing HE switches.

[jolly coral]

Most people don't have HE boards

Just saying

[little stratus]

Isn't HE better?

[jolly coral]

And just when I thought hotswap MX switches/sockets are safe

[jolly coral]

Too expensive for normal people's usage

[little stratus]

Oh ok

[livid mason]

HE can technically be better

But it requires knowing how to use the software, tuning the settings to preferences thay allow for the input shortcuts you want (without getting banned for cheating) and even then the improvement is relatively minimal, since the main mechanic that made them so good is now banned in FPS's and Osu!

[jolly coral]

that software tuning process is the main reason that I haven't popped open my HE keyboards yet

I can just see myself spending hours playing and tuning

[merry valley]

Any idea what these are spozed to be?

[little stratus]

Those are the Raptor MX switches that Glorious sells

[merry valley]

nope, raptors are clear bottom

and 5 pin

all i can tell is they are tactile, fairly quiet, and medium weight.
i'm replacing with outemu box greens as soon as they come in, just curious really

[little stratus]

Oh yeah

[jolly coral]

Gateron KS-9 Greens: https://goblintechkeys.com/products/gateron-ks-9-switches

80g heavy heavy tactile/clicky

at least that would be my best guess

most pictures of the KS-9 has a green stem that's a darker shade of green

but so many clones of the Gateron switches are out there

[merry valley]

i'm thinking they are a knockoff of a knockoff baby kangaroo

[jolly coral]

could be just one of the weird runs from MMD

[jolly coral]

how heavy is the switch?

[merry valley]

not very - guessing between 45 and 55ish?

[jolly coral]

gaterons will usually have print on the top case

it looks blank from your picture

[merry valley]

these decidedly lack that

they feel cheap AF

[jolly coral]

Yeah, definitely not part of my switch testers:

let me try to find them on AliExpress

the blank top case should be helpful

because even Outmu have printed top case now

definitely the wrong shade of green for the KS-9:

plus the wrong weight

[jolly coral]

yeah, don't see anything

MMD has these "virus" switches with the same stems: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804361838367.html

the bottom case looks like POM from Durock Sunflower: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802543103900.html

[merry valley]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[jolly coral]

[merry valley]

well got the software downloaded, and the ak992 plugged in ... my single gripe other than the lack of INS is the FN key seems to be permanantly red ...

[jolly coral]

Battery status

But seems like a permanent problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/Epomaker/comments/1efqti4/ajazz_ak870_fn_light_constantly_stays_red/

But someone seems to have a solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/keyboards/comments/1fma7td/ajazz_ak820_pro_battery_light_constantly_red/

[little stratus]

Well it sucks I might not get my HE gmmk 3 boardsmith keyboard that's a replacement for my current gmmk 3 boardsmith keyboard until Monday. I was hoping to get it today but it's looking less and less likely by the minute.

I'll know for sure at 9-10am mst later this morning.

[jolly coral]

Interesting new 98% keyboard: https://drop.com/buy/keysme-aim04-98-gaming-mechanical-keyboard

$200 is a bit much for the current market given that I've just picked up a pair of 98% for around $70

[little girder]

i want to try out the nuphy low profile hall effect keyboards

[jolly coral]

Sounds fun

Meanwhile, more paint testing:

Planning to spray this stuff directly onto the new Grey ID87 that I've ordered

[livid mason]

Ooh, this looks nice

[jolly coral]

I really like the 98% layout with those extra column of keys between the numpad and the alphas

[livid mason]

Agreed

It's why I like my QK100 and my old Windx98

QK100 with 2 column buttons and a display ❤️

[jolly coral]

Full metal case, gold plated FR4 plate, and VIA compatible

7 extra keys in total + the knob

[livid mason]

Ye, I'm Def interested

[jolly coral]

Kicker: You can order with a full set of Weightlessness switches

Alright, I'm sold

I'll grab it from Drop

Should get it on 27-28:

Get a DCD set to go with the board

Or the Glow set:

Probably the Bloom set

Been having my eyes on the set for a while now

Drop's Black Friday sales have been kind of meh TBH

And maybe a couple of MT3 sets on 25-26th:

[livid mason]

I was eyeing weightlessness or mars

Unsure between which to get

[jolly coral]

Mars is linear and Weightlessness is tactile, I really like Weightlessness

And the switches are quite pricey buying alone too

[livid mason]

I know, I wanna try both

[balmy cove]

Those Noctua caps are so tall I had to return them 😂

[jolly coral]

yeah, that's the problem with MT3/SA profile keycaps

I find them to be a bit too tall and hard to move between keys

although they do produce a much deeper sound compared to Cherry profile

finished the GravaStar K1 transplant tonight:

that was pretty rough

ended up needing to cut the top case:

fortunately, it was just plastic

turned out to be a pretty wild looking keyboard with the additional side LEDs

[livid mason]

that looks sick

[merry valley]

switches finally cleared customs ... should be here wednesday

[jolly coral]

apparently, the barebone Cyberboard doesn't come with stabilizers

I swear, the more you pay, the less you get when it comes to custom keyboards

[jolly coral]

anyways, nearly done with the Holy 60:

just waiting for the keycaps to get here

did I ever mention that I absolutely hate installing stabilizers?

somehow, this feels exactly like the Tofu60, except the case has a ton of cutouts

it even came with the Redux 60 PCB that's compatible with the Tofu60

I've always wanted to build a Tofu60

[little stratus]

Well this sucks Glorious sent me the wrong pcb. I was supposed to get the HE pcb but instead they sent me the Kailh Hotswap pcb. I even bought Raptor HE switches bc I was promised the HE pcb.

But now those Raptor HE switches are useless.

[jolly coral]

More customers service tume

[little stratus]

Nope bc I don't care anymore. I put every Kailh switch in perfectly and have a fully working gmmk 3 boardsmith keyboard

[jolly coral]

Be sure to aim this time

Preparing for Wednesday, I think I may just end up getting this keyboard instead: https://drop.com/buy/flesports-mk870-tkl-hot-swappable-mechanical-keyboard

$43 TKL keyboard

And get the Glow keycaps ($50) for free: https://drop.com/buy/artifact-bloom-series-keycap-set-glow

I've read all the rules, and I think this will work

I have a set of Kuromi keycaps that I want to throw on a keyboard

[little stratus]

The keyboard fully works now. I'm going to keep my Raptor HE switches for my next gmmk 3 he boardsmith keyboard I'm going to buy from Glorious

Glorious's HE psb's are a hybrid of HE and Kailh hotswap. I just found that out by putting in one of the Raptor HE switches while also using the Kailh box pink switches and the fact that Glorious's software picked it up as a gmmk 3 he even though I was using the Kailh box pink switches on it bc it also has the Kailh sockets on it which is what through me off.

So Glorious actually did send me the correct pcb after all since it's a hybrid which they could've informed me about

[jolly coral]

Finally!

Which set of keycaps was I planning to put on these again

Oh, the EVA sets

[jolly coral]

just sprayed the second ID87:

the sparkle paint actually lightened the grey a little

here's the before picture:

[balmy cove]

👀

I sanded the green off mine

[little stratus]

Well somehow I fried the pcb that Glorious just sent me unfortunately by just updating my raid drivers bc even my Raptor HE switches don't work either

[little stratus]

I tried both the Kailh box pinks and my brand new Raptor HE switches and none of the switches work at all. Well that was quick. That pcb only lasted 1 night and 3/4 a day before it died.

Never had a keyboard die on me that quickly before ever

[jolly coral]

wait, what?

why would you do that?

are you planning to color change?

anyways, what I was working on tonight:

[livid mason]

That frame is super pretty

[jolly coral]

1 of 300

[livid mason]

NUT

[little stratus]

Anyone fry a keyboard pcb by just updating raid drivers before? Bc that's what just happened to me unfortunately

[livid mason]

https://tenor.com/view/nut-gif-19208451

[jolly coral]

another angle

and did some vinyl work on the back:

[livid mason]

You didn't fry the board

You probs just installed either the wrong drivers or had a corrupted driver install

[jolly coral]

Angry Miao did say the paisley pattern was inspired by Versace

[livid mason]

This looks CLEAN

[jolly coral]

I just did what AM couldn't get the IP for

[little stratus]

I just tested that by doing a clean install of win 11 with the correct drivers and still none of the gmmk 3 switches work at all

[jolly coral]

no, he meant you need to reflash your keyboard

the onboard PCB has memory

there should be a button on the PCB to do a hard reset

[little stratus]

How do I do that? Glorious doesn't provide any firmware for it

[little stratus]

Hard reset didn't work either

[livid mason]

It's not a new issue

People have been co.plaining about the new GMMK3 software install for a month now

https://www.reddit.com/r/glorious/s/FrbElWsxLC

People got it to work in various ways

Follow what other people did here. Literally one of the top links on google

[little stratus]

Glorious has the audacity to charge people for this headache of a keyboard!!!! Glorious needs to recall all their keyboards and software start from scratch and not release any keyboards until they fix this problem.

How the f***ck can anyone trust Glorious when they refuse to fix they shit software that causes the products they sell people to brick

If Glorious doesn't care to fix problems then they need to go bye bye via bankruptcy

[jolly coral]

Lovely, Drop changed the rules. In order to get the free keycaps, you must order a Drop keyboard:

[livid mason]

Dude, you need to calm down.

First: it's a soft brick, not a hard brick. Meaning your hardware is fine, it just needs to get re-flashed.

Second: you are dealing with software updates. Bugs slip through the cracks all the time

Third: most of the issues you have dealt with are either user error or stem from your own lack of research on the topic. Glorious sent you a HE key card for free when you broke your mech keeb. They have been doing you major favors

Fourth: While the keyboards are overpriced, they aren't crap keebs. Instead of blaming the company for a tinkerer's product for not being for the layman, you should look to understand that you bought a tinkerer's product and it will involve elbow grease and learning to properly set up as you see fit

Fifth: you want a custom product. Customized/customizing products will never be as easy as just buying and forgetting about it. There is effort needed here

I'm getting really annoyed and sick of your constant negative attitude and complaining on here. It's one thing to ask for help and be annoyed, it's another thing to make it everyone else's problem and constantly talk crap. Glorious had EVERY right to just deny your claim and not give you a $180 keeb. Simple as that

[livid mason]

RIP

Those caps look clean tho

[little stratus]

Ok I figured it out. Glorious put a not needed setting in the software for calibration and that calibration setting screwed up my keyboard. Once I recalibrated each switch everything but the backspace key worked again

[little stratus]

But no matter what I try I can't get the backspace key to work though. I've tried recalibrating the backspace key 4 times now and it still doesn't work and I've checked the switch and Kailh socket and both are perfectly fine and 1 of the leds doesn't work either.

[jolly coral]

The only keyboard semi-worth getting is the CSTM80

Even then, I haven't bought the board for so long for a reason

[winged patrol]

Drop keyboard bad?

[jolly coral]

I'll just wait for another sale or something

[jolly coral]

Extremely overpriced

[winged patrol]

Makes sense

They just wanna sell those

[jolly coral]

Everything on Drop is extremely overpriced

But they're selling exclusivity

[balmy cove]

Just silver for now

[jolly coral]

So leaving it unpainted?

[livid mason]

yeah, been staying away from drop boards because of how expensive they are

I miss when Drop was Massdrop and they did community voted product drops

I got SO MANY dice and card sleeves for cheap

[balmy cove]

Yeppers

[merry valley]

w00t! someone is building a keyboard today

[jolly coral]

Dang, orange wish be quick

[merry valley]

yeah - the board itself was local, so it only took like 3 days

under 2 weeks for 110 switches isn't bad from the land of chineseium

[gray wave]

Under 2 weeks is low key insane

[livid mason]

What board?

[merry valley]

ak992

#1071070910989209661 message

[jolly coral]

Ooo, the Yunzii Boba set! I've had it on a Q60 build; #1071070910989209661 message

Looks great on the naked Holy 60

[balmy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/спасибосаня-thank-you-robert-redford-smile-nodding-gif-17804083

[jolly coral]

ROFL, the keycaps went on sale today and I didn't even need to buy a keyboard

[merry valley]

Rando mid swap pic

[winged patrol]

Why fn red

Thats looking like a button which is most tempting

[merry valley]

Battery is charging

Desk currently wrecked lol

[merry valley]

Done.

and apparently it works, as i am typing on it now

25$ board, 16$ switches, 12$ caps. all in, with shipping, about $60

[jolly coral]

you should see my desk, like all the time

[merry valley]

clutter triggers my CDO

[jolly coral]

sounds like a great deal, especially since you have a thing for white pudding caps

[jolly coral]

I just put it out of sight

[merry valley]

i like the diffued lighting ... same as the recessed govee strip around my desk

[jolly coral]

I don't know what pudding caps has such a bad rep in the custom keeb community

[merry valley]

seeing youtubers with led strips just tacked to the wall is one of my triggers, i have blocked some reactors over that

[jolly coral]

they do look great, especially when you're looking for anything too crazy

[jolly coral]

that's just laziness

but yes, definitely bothers me as well

but I just assumed it's because I'm an old fogey

[merry valley]

yeah i realized how old i was yesterday when i was nominated to dissect the bird carcass

[jolly coral]

congrats on the promotion

we usually get our bird pre-dissected from Popeyes

[merry valley]

lol older people lost it when i removed the entire breast in 2 cuts to slice it properly

[jolly coral]

but somehow, Popeyes locations were closed in our area

[jolly coral]

I dissect actual birds sometimes for my "real" job, the breast comes out in 4 pieces: Left/Right Pec Major/Minor

I'm Asian, so we prefer dark meat. Never quite know what to do with the breast pieces we get from the whole birds from Costco/Sam's

[merry valley]

only problem i had yesterday was getting the switches out of the numpad + and enter keys - stabs made it too tight for a switch puller, had to jimmy them out with a .5mm straight screwdriver

[jolly coral]

Oh geez, I was searching for a keyboard with a frosted black case to go with the new Artifact Glow keycaps, and look at what I've found

Guess I'll find out soon how good this "Used - Very Good" is

Hopefully it's just someone opening a barebone keyboard and shock returned the keyboard without any keys

[merry valley]

man, i used to get the best deals at MC like that

back when all the returns were processed at the sharonville location when all the online stuff shipped out of there ... was a magical time of 40% off mobos and the like

[balmy cove]

@jolly coral keyboard lube says delivered but um

I won't be home till the 21st 😅

[jolly coral]

GPL-205 for the stabilizer?

[balmy cove]

G-lube

glorious something

[jolly coral]

Oh, I've always used some generic version of the GPL-205 for my keyboard stabilizer needs

Based on a quick glance at the reviews, seems like the Glorious version is slightly thinner

I use GPL-105 for my switches that are scratchy

GPL-105 is definitely messier to work with

[balmy cove]

Pcb should also be there when I get back

[jolly coral]

Oil vs. grease

[jolly coral]

Oh, what PCB did you order? I can't seem to recall

[balmy cove]

https://a.co/d/53pWP0S

[jolly coral]

Dang, that's another $50

[balmy cove]

Eh

Not bothered

My favorite switches are still the wisterias lol

[jolly coral]

Looks like only a single row of LEDs for the under glow

[balmy cove]

Was the same for the one I got from kbdfans

[jolly coral]

I just did a build with the Wisteria Tactile switches yesterday:

[balmy cove]

I like the green stems

[jolly coral]

Those are the linear ones

[balmy cove]

Like 8 bucks for 35mon amazon lol

[jolly coral]

Epomaker naming is confusing, probably on purpose

Making Wisteria in both linear and tactile only distinguishable by the stem colors

[jolly coral]

Try $5.50 for 45:

Mechlands was doing some crazy sale on Amazon for Black Friday

Then again, Baby Blue is a light Tactile, so probably not your cut of tea

[balmy cove]

Preordered a gunpla and hopefully that will be there as well

[jolly coral]

there's a #1304836373194215555 thread now

looking forward to your updates there

[jolly coral]

Dang it, Hipyo just posted a video on the Galaxy 100: https://youtu.be/8wgzTNa1LSo

Been trying to get my hands on one for cheap

Now the demand is probably going to skyrocket

[little girder]

soon

[winged patrol]

Nice

[jolly coral]

Always nice when a GB ships

Congrats

[little girder]

We take Ls to wait 10 years

[jolly coral]

Phew, shipped just before getting automatically cancelled

[little girder]

Sheesh

[jolly coral]

Out of nowhere:

It's all here!

[winged patrol]

Niceeee

[livid mason]

Das a lot of wooting

[jolly coral]

Just 1

[livid mason]

Sure, but I mean cases

[jolly coral]

They didn't sell the transparent case as part of a kit

There should be an anodized white and a smoked black transparent

[livid mason]

Wut

Really?

That's stupid

[jolly coral]

no clue

finally got done with my Adam and Lilith today

that left shift was an odd size

I can see what you were complaining about @livid mason

oh no

I remembered the wrong person

it was @hearty lily

found the chain: #1071070910989209661 message

[hearty lily]

POG

Looks good

[jolly coral]

ended up wrapping my Lilith for my wife

[hearty lily]

Awww

[jolly coral]

used her favorite color vinyl:

one of these days I'll get around to wrapping her car in this color

[hearty lily]

The purple is so nice

What keycaps

[jolly coral]

cheapo XVX gradient stuff

https://a.co/d/g7PdfUs

good thing it's the bigger 136 set and has the weird sized keys for the 60% layout

[merry valley]

i might need a south facing board - was perusing some random caps on amazon & orange wish yesterday and found a few side shine caps i really liked

[jolly coral]

side-prints are my favorites

[jolly coral]

if you need any recommendations, please let me know

[merry valley]

https://www.amazon.com/Tsungup-Keycaps-Side-Keyboard-Mechanical-Keyboard-Sketch/dp/B0D835Y1LQ/134-4532974-4397845

a lot of my forza cars have inital d-esque cel shaded looking wraps on them

[jolly coral]

haha

[merry valley]

and those caps really clicked something

[jolly coral]

what layout keyboard are you thinking?

[merry valley]

i was thinking a 75% BT/2.4 for the HTPC - right now i have a horrible tiny nokia phone looking wireless key/touchpad combo

[jolly coral]

30% off: https://a.co/d/0YrJKFw

Just missed all the sales

[merry valley]

46$ isn't bad tho, i already got a couple sets of switches i could chuck in there

but that would not work. duh

idk, the wife uses that pc about every 2 months to shop on amazon, or when she wants to watch the harry potter movies lol

[honest pecan]

Very good keyboard for me but I need to find key caps for it

[jolly coral]

good luck

be sure to get shine-through and not side-print

you have a keyboard with north-facing LEDs

side-prints are going to dim

[livid mason]

Mercury K1 came in, courtesy of @jolly coral. He suggested the load out based off of what he hand I have talked about in the past, and I couldn't be happier

Dude wasn't kidding about GamaKay Mars switches, even threw in a bunch of others to experiment with

It's going to be a fun weekend of tinkering

[jolly coral]

Thanks for taking the Frankenstein K1 off my hand

[livid mason]

I might Frankenstein it even more loool

Looking at PCBs to see what might work

Also looking at potentially franken-switching

Might even go fill tilt meme build and combine different keycap sets

[gray wave]

Very very clean 10/10

[idle rose]

woah this is crazy

[winged patrol]

ohhhh damnnnn @jolly coral this is the same keyboard which i asked u before, remembered?

[jolly coral]

Not sure, but the internal of this standard K1 got transplanted into a K1 Lite case:

I ended up having to make a special keycap because of differences in the layout:

The K1 Lite has an extra key where the volume toggle switch is found for the K1/K1 Pro:

I ended up needing to modify the K1 Lite case in order for the volume toggle switch to fit:

I promise I'll update here soon, but I got buried from orders from the recent sales:

just the keyboards that were done the last couple of days:

[winged patrol]

Lego keyboard

[winged patrol]

Oh

[winged patrol]

Can i know how much is blue keyboard

Looks very cool

[jolly coral]

The dragon one?

[winged patrol]

Yesss

Looks very cool

[jolly coral]

https://en.akkogear.com/product/mod007v3-he-dragon-mechanical-keyboard/?stkn=54a1d4b86081

[winged patrol]

Is this worth the price?

Just asking

[jolly coral]

Yes/No

It's a special edition

[winged patrol]

Damn

[jolly coral]

But from Akko, so quantity is not exactly limited

It's a HE keyboard

[winged patrol]

Its in backorder

[jolly coral]

But the Akko software is not as good as Wooting

[jolly coral]

So Akko will keep making them until demands die

[winged patrol]

True

[jolly coral]

I can tell you it's priced appropriately

[winged patrol]

Thats good,

[jolly coral]

But not exactly a good deal

[winged patrol]

Becoz its special edition?

[jolly coral]

No, because the build quality is just not there

[winged patrol]

Ic

[jolly coral]

It's an Akko, the brand is known for making budget friendly keyboards with special edition collabs

Essentially, every keyboard Akko sells is a special edition

But, if you like the Dragon theme, Akko did pretty well with the design

Year of the Dragon comes around every 12 years

[winged patrol]

Well i feel they did well with dragon design

[jolly coral]

So you'll be waiting for a while until the next flooding of Dragon themed stuff

[winged patrol]

Its fine

I am patient

[jolly coral]

Indeed, but the MOD007 base is NOT a great keyboard

It's good enough, but not great

[winged patrol]

What is base of?

Plastic?

[jolly coral]

No, as in MOD007, the model of keyboard

[winged patrol]

Oh

Ic

[jolly coral]

There's an entire lineup of these

So yeah, one of the most budget friendly HE keyboards

Akko is literally asking for around $100 for an HE keyboard with switches and keycaps

But it's a plastic case

The Year of the Dragon edition has a metal case, making it pretty heavy

[winged patrol]

Ohhh

[balmy cove]

Oh yeah @jolly coral remember that float 65 from space cables?

[jolly coral]

Yeah

[balmy cove]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1gza84p/float65_update_re_spacecables/

Glad I got my money back when I did

[jolly coral]

Sounds like a mess

[balmy cove]

Support for them did not exist even when you could email them lol

[jolly coral]

But yeah, I've got the keycaps for my Holy60:

[balmy cove]

I dig it!

[jolly coral]

The back

[balmy cove]

Going to stick with my boba set

[jolly coral]

So a couple of problems

The bottom cover rattles against the PCB

That was solved by adding an EVA layer:

[balmy cove]

Foam time

[jolly coral]

Yeah

But the other problem is the Cherry stabilizers that the Holy60 kit came with

They're awful

[balmy cove]

Oh they're bad

[jolly coral]

So I'll be putting on my go-to Durock V3

Just got them today

[balmy cove]

I ordered my own but they were meant for the float which that fell through obviously

[jolly coral]

So I'll be swapping out the stabilizers, among other keyboard tasks

[balmy cove]

Excited for the PCB

When I get back lol

[jolly coral]

Oh yeah, you've ordered a new PCB

[balmy cove]

Yeee with a knob

[jolly coral]

I rather like the layout of the Redux60

I thought I was going to miss the arrow keys

[balmy cove]

Think this one will be my first and only custom for a good while

[jolly coral]

But having 2 function buttons is super useful

[balmy cove]

I just need the knob for volume control lol

[jolly coral]

I ended up programming 3 layers

[balmy cove]

Oh I only need the 1 and half of layer 2

[jolly coral]

Fn1, Fn2, and Fn1-Fn2

[balmy cove]

Too much lol

get a stream deck at that point

[jolly coral]

Haha

[balmy cove]

or

do you have like 3 xl stream decks lmao

[jolly coral]

I was just trying to see how I could make the 60% work

So layer 1 is the extra normal keys

[balmy cove]

I don't do much on my main computer

[jolly coral]

Layer 2 are the media keys

And Layer 3 are all the RGB control stuff

[balmy cove]

so 60% is plenty for just a game here and there and youtube

I was a bit annoyed that the app can't control the RGB

[jolly coral]

I went through VIA

There were some basic color controls

[balmy cove]

Yeah VIA wouldn't change mine

[jolly coral]

Interesting

[balmy cove]

I have to use the on board controls

[jolly coral]

No wonder you want to order a new PCB

[balmy cove]

😂

mostly the knob but yee

[jolly coral]

Must be frustrating not being able to work your PCB as intended

[balmy cove]

lol

[livid mason]

look man, sometimes you just need a knob to get going

[merry valley]

<twss>

[jolly coral]

Finished swapping the stabilizers on the Holy60 this morning:

Not the full sound test, but here's a sample of the before:

And the after:

[balmy cove]

New PCB will be there tomorrow @jolly coral

Also ordered a new motherboard that will also be there friday

[jolly coral]

exciting

[balmy cove]

[jolly coral]

getting closer, here's what I've done in the last couple of weeks

here is what is left:

[jolly coral]

and here is where they're all kept:

well, most of them

there's a few at my wife's office that I don't have the ability to take photos easily of

[idle rose]

trying to be like you fr

[gray wave]

I would have to get some kind of showcase thing, dust sits very fast very heavy where I live

[jolly coral]

I have the keyboard and switches ready, just waiting for the Songque keycaps

But even I have to admit that I'm approaching the "too much" by my own standard

Mostly will just be tinkering with the ones I have going forward

[jolly coral]

Or get these acrylic covers for keyboards: https://a.co/d/foK6EgW

Those glass display cases are expensive

[balmy cove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icBP1js5oCM @jolly coral

I might have to get one

[jolly coral]

yeah

don't

[jolly coral]

I've recently built both the Adam and the Lilith:

they're not good keyboards

aside from the novelty of the Lego factor

you're better off getting something else with that money

looking at Alice keyboards, I was very tempted to get this one because of the color combination: https://store.angrymiao.com/products/am-afa-r2-alice-keyboard?variant=44152440094944

otherwise, there are plenty of options for Alice keyboards on AliExpress, like this Aluminium one: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807907216921.html

otherwise, the Alice98 from VTER/Feker/Epomaker got some good reviews: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807640075460.html

and the Alice75 from Epomaker as well: https://a.co/d/hv4neCS

[jolly coral]

I wonder if I should get one of these force gauges to measure switches

A lot of the switches don't have published force curves

Hard to compare the differences in switches without some hard numbers

[little stratus]

So apparently Glorious's software has a bug in it that allows the keyboard's leds to turn off after 24h even if you have that setting disabled in the software

Aka all my current problems with my boardsmith gmmk 3 keyboard are known problems with their software and should be fixed via updates being released in the coming weeks/months according to Glorious

[jolly coral]

So guess it's not a bunch of DOA stuff

[little stratus]

Well it could've been

[winged patrol]

Wat this thing?

Do

[jolly coral]

Force gauge

Generates the graph to the right

[winged patrol]

Oh measurement

[little stratus]

Looks like it's almost time to update the keycaps on my boardsmith gmmk 3 keyboard that I have

[livid mason]

yoooo

lets gooo

[jolly coral]

finally

[little stratus]

Well my official Hyte SW keycaps are about to ship bc a shipping label has been created

[little stratus]

My official Hyte Silver Wolf keycaps will be delivered tomorrow

[little stratus]

And tomorrow I'll be putting on the official Hyte Silver Wolf keycaps onto my gmmk 3 keyboard

[jolly coral]

Waiting for my Songque set, Mid February

[balmy cove]

@jolly coral

No plate though

Won't be here till after Christmas 😭

[jolly coral]

Dang, custom PCB with a knob

Seems like the PCB has more side LEDs compared to the Redux60

Just a lot more keys in general

[balmy cove]

I can actually change both under glow and top separately

Wasn't able to with the other one the holy 60 shipped with

[jolly coral]

Yeah, Redux60 is a pretty budget PCB. Gotta hit that price point to move the case/kits

I personally love the simplicity of the Redux60 layout and how it takes all "normal" keycaps

But all of the 60/65% keyboards are novelties for me anyways

So functionality isn't exactly on the top of my priority for these

[balmy cove]

This layout is funky

[jolly coral]

I can see myself tripping over all the various keys

[jolly coral]

I still have a lot of mispresses on my 95% right now because it's more cramped than a 80/100%

Stupid muscle memory

[balmy cove]

delete is my backspace I just don't have a matching keycap that says BKSP

[jolly coral]

I saw that

Anything to make room for that knob

[balmy cove]

but my slash key beying over there is so weird

[jolly coral]

I'd imagine the knob to be slightly difficult to twist given how nested it's in there

[balmy cove]

It's faily easy

Love VIA for letting me customize it

instead of pushing down to mute it's play/pause

[jolly coral]

Yeah, I have that on mine as well

I usually recode my knob to do that for my Keychrons

[balmy cove]

Yeee

I do like having the arrow keys as well

But it feels weird right now cuz no plate

[little stratus]

My boardsmith gmmk 3 keyboard with some of the official Hyte Silver Wolf keycaps on it and I left some of the AliExpress Silver Wolf keycaps on it as well. What do you guys think about it?

A shame the Hyte keycaps aren't shine through though as I just found out

Here's another picture of it on the Hyte deskmat I got today as part of the keycaps bundle

[jolly coral]

I like having matching sets, but it's your build, whatever makes you happy

[little stratus]

The Hyte set didn't have any pictures on them so I kept the keycaps that had pictures on them on the keyboard and the ones that didn't I took off and replaced with the Hyte keycaps

[livid mason]

not gonna lie, the mismatched keycap set doesnt look good

would've been better keeping the hyte set together

[jolly coral]

4 builds left with 2 pre-orders

Last couple of nights after AliExpress delivered after Christmas:

[gray wave]

The Lilo & Stitch one is super cute

[queen peak]

just got this in the mail wooooo

[spiral portal]

anyone use the HMX Silent Sakura Switches just wondering if they are any good for long term use?

[spiral portal]

@jolly coral by the way do you show off your keyboard builds on youtube?

i came across a youtube channel with your same username is why

[jolly coral]

yup, that's my channel

I post the links here

I'm not really running a YouTube channel

just a place to conveniently host my videos

[spiral portal]

lol i saw it when looking up custom Keeb builds

since your help the other day i have been looking into quiet switches and custom builds so i have an idea if i think the lavender ones are too loud

[jolly coral]

I've done a bunch of silent switches builds

[spiral portal]

are the ones i mentioned above any good

[jolly coral]

HMX Silent Sakura is a Linear

I do Tactile

I need the bump

Linears still types weird for me

but I was kind of forced to use them for the new HE builds

[spiral portal]

oh you have a tactile silent switch you would recomend

[jolly coral]

since Tactiles don't make sense for HE

[jolly coral]

I really like the switches from GamaKay: https://a.co/d/45buOtl

since they're carried by Amazon, you get your switches faster

and they're very reasonably priced

along with a wide variety of switches

I'm linked the Pegasus

somehow the Griffin stopped production

[spiral portal]

thanks i will look into those not bad price for 70 i was looking at milktooth for them since i dont need 90/102 packs

[jolly coral]

so on paper, Pegasus and Griffin looks identical

but Pegasus has a rounded tactile bump and the Griffin has a sharp tactile bump

that's the main difference

both are silent and requires about the same force to type on

if you don't mind spending a little bit more

in my opinion, the best Tactile silent switches are the Boba U4T

[spiral portal]

ah for me price is not a factor it is more quality that is why I switched brands and to one i can swap switches in so i can just repair it myself if a switch goes bad

[jolly coral]

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804714915959.html

this particular one

unfortunately, only this one shop on AliExpress sells them in the clear body

and you'll have to wait like 2-3 weeks for them to arrive

[spiral portal]

ah they are similar to this then https://milktooth.com/products/switches/bobagum

[jolly coral]

sound test here: #1071070910989209661 message

[jolly coral]

that's linear

but yes, same maker

there's literally only one shop that's selling these clear ones in tactile

[spiral portal]

yeah that all i was saying and way i used similar since one is tactile and the other is linear

[jolly coral]

the switches were shown here: #1071070910989209661 message

[jolly coral]

yeah, the Bobagums are very very pretty switches

[spiral portal]

yeah i am starting to wonder what was in my apex pro switch wise

[jolly coral]

who knows

I think most of the generic boards are only distinguished by Clicky, Tactile, and Linear

unless you're really deep into this money pit, stuff like force curves aren't high on people's minds

[spiral portal]

yeah i just like short travel since i tend to glide over the keys then full press

steelseries is using magnetic based keys no wonder my keyboard went out

if the magnet gets moved or over charged it can cause my issue with the last few steelseries keyboards

i can see the need for them in FPS but as far as i know most FPS games ban the use of them for rapid fire and other types of ways to use them

[jolly coral]

if you really want one these HE boards again, 80 HE

[spiral portal]

yeah i save that for later i might buy one for a back up

[jolly coral]

take forever for them to ship the 80HE

[spiral portal]

i have that and the switches on amazon links saved

[jolly coral]

if you order now, you'll be lucky to get it in April

anyways

[spiral portal]

i appreciate the help and info even as an IT i just normally buy gamer stuff prebuilt like steelseries and razer but have had a lot of bad luck with them in the last few years to the point i wanted to go to something i can fix myself since it is always the switch that goes bad not the MB

so it is my first time i go all out and custom on a keyboard beisdes just keycaps

[jolly coral]

so you're going to build on a #⌨-keeb-tkl?

[spiral portal]

yeah for now since i can get that the fastest

i plan to get the HE80 as well and will probably do another build on that as well

[jolly coral]

sweet

looking forward to seeing your builds

[spiral portal]

I will probably get the phoenix version of the switches you sent me the link on amazon they seem to be what i like in terms of soft press and fet my style of typing

Just now need to find a good Mori Keycap set that has the Japanese keys on it as well since i work for my family's Japanese company

[jolly coral]

here you go: https://bruhtech.com/products/vtuber-hololive-en-mori-calliope-theme-pbt-keycaps

she's popular, so her keycaps definitely exists

[spiral portal]

yeah they used to be over $80 when i got my Mori y40 case pre-order so i always just put them off for the time being but for $55 i think i can go for that

I think i will go a Mori build on the Keeb since my hyte case as well is Mori and keep it in the family as to say, and for the HE80 i might go a Re:zero Build on it

[jolly coral]

the Emilia set is on sale right now if you're ordering from BruhTech: https://bruhtech.com/products/pbt-re-zero-emilia-keycaps

the standard blue/pink set is even cheaper: https://bruhtech.com/products/re-zero-keycap

[spiral portal]

yeah i saw those that is why i said that since i will order the Mori ones and those at the same time

[jolly coral]

haha

awesome

not like keycaps will go bad or anything

[spiral portal]

well i have my mori case with a Mori 8" figure that is in it and on my desk in another area is a Bunch of Re:zero Figures

[jolly coral]

great photo opportunities

[spiral portal]

yeah i am going to look for some Mori vinyl stickers to do like you did in your silverwolf build i watched lol it was a nice Idea for the bottom

But for now Switches and Caps since I will have to catch up with work once i get my Keyboard

[jolly coral]

Red Bubble's small sized stickers work great

they print on clear now

so super easy to use

[spiral portal]

cool i will look at them i might also look at AliExpress for some Keycap options for the HE80

[jolly coral]

search from Google rather than AliExpress's website

AliExpress's website search algorithm is very weird

very heavily biased toward irrelevant junk

[spiral portal]

yeah i learned that the hard way a while back when looking for something

the only sites i stay away from is Temu and Wish too many poor quality stuff and total rip off knockoffs on there but AliExress is only slightly better so i stay away from certain types of items on it

[dusky coral]

Hey, sorry to bother.
Wanted to ask what PCB-Orientation and Switches you picked for the boardsmith gmmk 3 (unless you used your own) and if you ran into any kind of interference with em?

[little stratus]

I chose north facing and @jolly coral sent me some Kailh box pink switches that I'm using but for my next gmmk 3 boardsmith keyboards I'm going with the Glorious raptor switches

[dusky coral]

Thanks!
Suuuurely if other glorious switches work with them I won't run into trouble

[little stratus]

I'm going with the Raptors bc they're the most clicky switches Glorious makes

[jolly coral]

alright, finally back and started slogging through the backlog of keyboard recordings and photos

can't believe it's only been less than 2 months and I'm so far behind with updating

let's start thing off with the Akko YU01:

I was super excited when Akko decided to release another one of these "01" series with the 65% layout after my two MU01 (#1071070910989209661 message & #1071070910989209661 message)

the YU01 has a solid resin case, I got it in the "antique jade" color because I thought it looked more realistic compared to the "white jade" color

it came stock with some special white edition of the Akko Piano linear switches

really well designed 5-pin switches with light guide:

they typed well and sounded good too: https://youtu.be/P7OMsDlb9Ss

still being linears, I had a lot more typing errors. I ended up swapping them out with another set of LTC Jerrzi tactile switches that I had found to work great with the MU01s:

had a much easier time pulling switches with my new keycap/switch puller:

finally got myself one of these automatic ones, and they work okay for these non-flex mounting plates, here's the 4x timelapse of the swap: https://youtu.be/InDqK_Bgx_4

surprisingly, the YU01 looked similar to the MU01, but had completely different build mechanics:

I guess Akko didn't want to drill the back of the solid resin case:

everything was just mounted from the top downwards

anyways, got the Jerrzi switches installed:

and here's the LTC Jerrzi tactile switches unlit in the YU01:

being clear body switches, they lit up quite nicely:

quickly put the keycaps back on, and here's Akko YU01 Antique Jade with LTC Jerrzi switches, unlit:

Akko YU01 Antique Jade with LTC Jerrzi switches, lit + ambient lighting:

Akko YU01 Antique Jade with LTC Jerrzi switches, lit + no ambient lighting:

I think the LTC Jerrzi does a much better job with the light spread compared to the Akko Piano:

As much as I like switches with light guides, it ended up creating hot spots with the RGB lighting that doesn't look quite as good as the diffused look on the Jerrzi

they're the stock PC keycaps from Akko

its in ASA profile, so quite tall

and here's the sound test after swapping for the Jerrzi switches: https://youtu.be/H_WvJnRuBE4

[winged patrol]

How much

[jolly coral]

as with PC keycaps, they clacked quite a bit, and the YU01 is quite loud

[jolly coral]

it came with the board, and I paid full price for the board at $120

it did get discount down to $100 during the sale season

[winged patrol]

Oh little expensive then mine

[jolly coral]

but it's now up to $130

[winged patrol]

Ok i take it back

Nvm

[winged patrol]

Looks sick

Soft

Comfy

[jolly coral]

it's definitely very unique with the full resin case

[winged patrol]

Ye

[jolly coral]

I also got a pair of the JIN01

I'll eventually get there

[winged patrol]

Its reminds me of those rubber things u can twist or do anything

[jolly coral]

the case is very solid and nicely weighted

it's a solid piece of resin

doesn't feel cheap at all

[winged patrol]

Ic nice

[jolly coral]

even the PCB is different from the MU01

as there's second set of LEDs on the rim for the case lighting

thus being able to achieve the dual color

[winged patrol]

Both keyboard looks very opposite

[jolly coral]

with the green and white

[winged patrol]

Red one looks sharp and solid meanwhile other looks soft and comfy

[winged patrol]

Match very good

[jolly coral]

oh, you mean my red Q3 in the background

[winged patrol]

Yes

[jolly coral]

that's more of a "normal" keyboard

the MU01/YU01 is more of my "fun" keyboards when I want to have something slightly different

65% is not a practical layout

too many layers that I can't remember

since I swap keyboards so frequently

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I mean its not bad

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if you're just typing

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Yeah u got got whole inventory

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Also gaming

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I mean, this is the backlog:

I've just finished posting the first one

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Quite an long list

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more for you to enjoy

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I feel its not finished

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not when I've just ordered a new batch this past weekend:

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Dang

What happened to Gundam plans?

U also got some boxes of that if i remembered well

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but here are the leftover from the previous batch:

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Gundams are not going anywhere

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0_0

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but stuff from China is about to get very expensive

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Becoz of Shipping?

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going pretty hard to get everything imported before things get crazy

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Ohhhhh virus ?

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because of tariff

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It wont be bad as here

Remembered y70

I got

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all these keyboards and keyboard parts are coming from China

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yup, and I'm not about to pay those kinds of prices

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Payed 12k-15k tax

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I didnt know until that package got in my country

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haha

people will be waking up to some nasty surprises soon

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True

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definitely no more $40 keyboards:

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Aluminum is expensive right?

Boards i mean

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the Hi75 is an oddity:

it's typically around $75

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Oh

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because aside from the thin aluminum case, everything is pretty much plastic

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Ic

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the better version of the Hi75 from Leobog is the Hi8:

about $25 more and you get a slightly better case and build

still nothing like the $200 "entry grade" keyboards that I've ordered

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Dang

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these budget keyboards all have compromises

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I understand

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I'll try to note them as I post my reviews

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I might start work on pc in feb

Hopefully

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looking forward to it

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Maybe, i will ask someone to put pc on my bed

I dont wanna take an risk

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that's not going to be enough, and you know it

you need to wrangle that case during the wiring

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Lets see after an month, i got whole month to recover

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sounds like a plan

anyways, onto the next keyboard

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How many build u did today?

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not today

these are from November

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Wat....

That long?

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this list

see the date

I'm going to be processing the videos from the F87 build next

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There isnt any date

Nvm

11/16

Just noticed

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yes

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alright, second keyboard for the day, the Womier F87:

I got the "carbon fiber" edition:

for a $40 keyboard, it's really not bad looking, especially with the super clean WoB PBT keycaps

it even has a small volume dial next to the arrow keys

the back of the case even has some instructions on how to change the RGB colors:

RGB is not bad, especially there are some side RGB going on too:

it came with some 5-pin "grey" linear switches:

the switches even has light guides:

some close-up of the keyboard after removing the switches:

the scroll wheel even has some knurling for better grip

the stock typing test really wasn't that bad, just a heavier linear switch at 55g: https://youtu.be/EjCUiTcmsNY

both speed and accuracy suffered due to the switches

since I really don't want to hear the sound from this crazy cheap piece of plastic, I opted for some silent switches from GamaKay, the Griffin:

here's how they look, lit:

not quite as clear of lighting with the light guide, but the switches felt amazing

these were 1 of 2 silent tactile switches I've ordered from GamaKay, with the Pegasus coming soon on the GravaStar K1

the tactile bump is clean and crisp (vs. rounded like the Pegasus)

anyways, threw on a set of "carbon fiber" keycaps from Epomaker called the "CarboCyst":

they looked like some dark bamboo weave than carbon fiber

these keycaps looked awful right out of the box

and didn't look much better on the Womier F87 Carbon Fiber, unlit:

Womier F87 Carbon Fiber, lit + ambient lighting:

Womier F87 Carbon Fiber, lit + no ambient lighting:

at least the typing test went well since the Griffin switches were quite nice to type on: https://youtu.be/9Jj86j_-sko

ended up using a different set of keycaps from XVX (Womier) instead:

Womier F87 Carbon Fiber v2, unlit:

Womier F87 Carbon Fiber v2, lit + ambient lighting:

Womier F87 Carbon Fiber v2, lit + no ambient lighting:

4x timelapse of the entire build process: https://youtu.be/93RMKz0eV4U

I was quite pleasantly surprised by the F87 for being a $40 keyboard

it has RGB lighting (both keys and case side) as well as nice knob

the star of this build has to be the Griffin switches

probably my favorite silent tactile switches right now (even over the Boba U4)

the only downside to the Griffin switches is the switch body itself is quite dark and doesn't transmit RGB lighting very well

the whole build is kind of dim due to the opaque keycaps + Griffin

lastly, I can see why the Epomaker CarboCyst keycaps got so much hate from the Amazon reviews

they look absolutely awful

I was really hoping that with the side-print I would like them more

but constrasting against the CF print on the F87, the CarboCyst just look like junk

good thing from Amazon's generous return policy

This whole build came about due to the BD75 (#1071070910989209661 message). I wanted to see what fake CF would look like, and I wasn't disappointed

the BD75 is definitely worth its price tag given just how fake the CF print looks

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alright, last one for the day, the Yunzii X75:

after building several KiiBoom keyboards with acrylic cases, I thought I would try out a more budget oriented keyboard with an acrylic case

the Yunzii X75 seems to fit the bill at $57 and came with some tactile switches:

very colorful as expected from a clear case with clear PC keycaps:

but immediately noticed the lack of case lighting for the X75 that's found on my other acrylic keyboards

worse yet, the stock sound test immediately revealed just how awful the combination of a thin acrylic case along with PC keycaps can do: https://youtu.be/MB7RDJmD02k

somehow, the combination created a clicky sound profile from non-clicky switches

and it's not even the good sounding Kailh clicky switches either

TBH, it sounded like nails on chalkboard at this point for me after building so many keyboards

typing speed and accuracy was high, because I was essentially typing on some medium weighted clicky switches

the original plan was to throw on some black and white PC keycaps from XVX and call it a day:

here's the Yunzii X75 with B&W PC keycaps, unlit:

Yunzii X75 with B&W PC keycaps, lit + ambient lighting:

Yunzii X75 with B&W PC keycaps, lit + no ambient lighting:

redid the sound test with the XVX keycaps and got similar results: https://youtu.be/XWblZRxhATo

the sound profile bothered me so much that it kept me up all night thinking of how I can salvage this build

I ended up ripping out the Yunzii Crystla White "tactile" switches:

and replaced them with some Taro Cream tactile switches from KiiBoom:

I then threw on some purple PC keycaps also from XVX:

and here's the Yunzii X75 with Purple PC keycaps, unlit:

Yunzii X75 with Purple PC keycaps, lit + ambient lighting:

Yunzii X75 with Purple PC keycaps, lit + no ambient lighting:

the sound test with the better tactile switches: https://youtu.be/gPQTeVYDyZU

I was able to change the sound profile from a high-pitched "click" to a more tolerable "clack"

overall, the sound profile isn't anywhere close to the other acrylic keyboards I own

I ended up giving the keyboard to my wife, and I haven't seen her use it once

at least it looks pretty

it was at this point, I've learned that PC keycaps produces a very high pitched click/clack sound when they strike the plate

which reminded me of the miserable experience I've had with my green RT100: #1071070910989209661 message

maybe it's not the Gateron Beer switches problem, but more of an issue with the Emerald Green PC keycaps I had used

this gave me an idea for how to attempt to fix my PC keycap problems, and I ordered some more switches

stay tuned as I attempt to solve the sound profile problem with PC keycaps

for now, here's the 4x build timelapse of the Yunzii X75: https://youtu.be/pkzYx2HafJM

oh yeah, while working on the X75, this happened:

finally broke my first keycap/switch puller

it had served me well for the last 6 months or so

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wow i just got one of those guess i better get a new one you have got a link to it or brand name? it looked Nice

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Get the titanium puller for the switches: https://a.co/d/2dwxiPF

I was eventually going to report on my use of the automatic puller after about a month of use and many builds

The automatic puller is convenient for cheaper boards with PC plates, but absolutely scratches the plate during the pull

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ah that sucks

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Some of my builds have delicate plates

And although it's not visible, there's definitely scratches from the cheaper pullers

I've since moved onto using the titanium puller now

As for keycaps, I still use the freebie pullers like the one I broke for the 1U keycaps

For the wider keys, I like using the automatic puller since the keycaps pulling part is expandable

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by the way how often do you need to lube the switches

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The automatic puller is relatively cheap and comes in many colors: https://a.co/d/3GsRR2r

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Practically never