I kind of like it when YouTubers from other spaces do stuff about keebs, and I think it’s neat to see those perspectives. Retro computing is this guy’s main thing, but he does appreciate a decent keyboard - a customized Filco TKL is visible in many of his other videos. Thomas (baritone keeb curmudgeon) even shows up in the comments.
Looks like a fantastic board, gasket-mounted, metal, 2 options to mount, alot of customization options, kudos for KBDFans for a daughter-board, always bugs me when a gasket-mount board doesn’t have one.
@Deadeye this is somewhat related to your pcb question but also an awesome find so posting it here. The apollo pcb was designed by Gondolindrim over several streams.
The design is open sourced so it could be forked with different mounting points without too much difficulty especially vs starting from scratch. Should handle your design requirements at a glance.
I hope this is allowed here: A monstre giveaway is unfolding on kbd.news to celebrate the blog’s 2nd anniversary. 50 vendors offered 111 goodies. Check out the details and good luck!
The GAS67 kit is on sale for less than $50 on KeebMonkey:
(Depending where you live shipping might be high, though)
This is a gaming-oriented budget barebones 67-key with simple but effective gasket mounting, a polycarb plate, included case dampening, per-key RGB, and hot-swap sockets.
As an RGB keeb aimed at gamers, this one has North-facing sockets, prioritizing illumination of shine-thru legends over compatibility with certain popular profiles. This kit was basically made with pudding caps and the like in-mind. The blocker also doubles as a dedicated Winkey lock - because nobody likes to AFK when they just meant to crouch.
I’d say most folks here on KT already have some kind of better board than this - but with the holidays coming up, this might be a great introduction into the world of decent keebs for a friend or relative. The only real flaw I think this kit has is the lack of metal thread inserts for the case screws, so some care is required when assembling and disassembling - but for this price, I really can’t find anything else to criticize.
If you’d like to know more about the keeb, you can find my detailed review and build guide here on my website.