Just got mine.
The keys, as observed by someone a few posts ago, are slightly floating. Just a tad dissapointing, but it’s a quick fix: Just cut out some thin material (maybe even rubbery for some extra dampening) and glue it along the inner edge where you fasten the board. I use it with a FC980M, maybe it’s different with a FC980C.
The other thing is that there is no option to raise the angle of the keyboard. I really thought this would be included seeing it was included on the Norbaforce. I’ll just put some big rubber feet underneath and call it a day.
Neither are showstoppers. Apart from these niggles, I really like it
I’d be interested to see if anyone tries to add a gasket/o-ring to the mounting points. In theory it should work. That’s the great thing about having a break-out board for the USB. However, it’s possible the mounting of the break-out board will come into contact with the PCB if you lower it any. That was the case in the Heavy-6 when I tried out the prototype for the MX PCB in it.
Good eye!! Maybe it is the angle then, the F12 key and \ key look as expected. I am not surprised the stabilized keys are higher, since that is not uncommon.
It does. This is my 980M inside of a 980C case. It’s the exact same case, although the 980M had a dampener inside. There are standoffs screws or whatever they are called for both the M and C daughter boards.
ahhh excellent. i’m kinda bored with my plain gray-ish 980M stock case and might go hunting for cases now that people are moving their boards into Heavies-9
I forget who, but somebody asked me to share some images of the bespoke powder options. Here are a few that I snapped when over at the workshop the other day.
Trying to decide on keycaps. Unfortunately, I think the stock gray would have looked best but I have black. Sticking with 2020 EC for now (last photo here)
Harsh lighting makes everything more saturated here than reality. But the colors are relatively accurate
Not a fan of how the blue accent caps look against the case color with the 2020 set, but you unfortunately don’t get a non-accent option with this set.
Picked up a 980m for $50 on eBay. Can confirm that adding o-rings to the mounting points works well. I’m using the ones that came with my novatouch (meant for switch silencing). Slightly lowers the keycaps into the case and adds just a touch of shock absorption. I like it
The problem I have now is that I love my 35g topre for this case too. Hmmm… maybe they’ll be more heavy 9 cases at some point?
