D60lite - KBDFans is at it again

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Looks like the Kara has some more specific competition, as another “lite” sibling joins the stable:

https://kbdfans.com/collections/new-arrival/products/d60lite-x-6085-mechanical-keyboard-kit

All kinds of dampening and gasket business going on in this plastic HHKB-inspired DZ60 enclosure.

While this isn’t my personal niche of interest when it comes to form-factor, I’m glad to see what appears to be yet another very competent and competitive, typing-experience-focused, mid-priced board on the scene.

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I’m loving the look of this. I’m annoyed I missed out on the Kara so I’ll definitely be picking this up. Shame there aren’t more colours though can’t fault the retro beige they went with.

So many 60/65%s at the moment… it’s a fine time for us who love the smaller form factor.

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Why is there no Ctrl-Key?

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They also have a bunch of other colors and even a surface treatment option (matte, transparent, and mirrored):

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That means I’ll have to pick up two or three of these.

Damn.

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That is severely tan, lol.

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Pretty interesting that it comes with that ePBT 6085 base kit. The set just went into GB today.

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I was thinking that. Just hope it doesn’t take years to be delivered.

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On layouts like this, the caps lock key is usually tossed out and replaced with the control key. It’s a mimic of the Happy Hacking Keyboard, and it’s a particular layout change that a lot of people find a lot more comfortable than the standard keyboard layout.

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Ah alright. I got Fn/temp layer switch on CAPS LOCK.

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Anyone else think they missed a huge opportunity with the naming of thise board? I would’ve just called it the D-Lite.

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Groove is in the heart edition!

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They have a series of board, all the D follow similar design language, then is form factor and lite to indicate injection molding part

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That is pretty sweet! I hope they would eventually consider doing a lite version of the 8x.