Interesting Finds & Heads-Ups

That’s all it said:

But I’m curious too, what do you think it is.

Most likely shorter. Likely Cherry/DSS height. Maybe spherical, but less scooped?

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At first I thought lower but sculpted. But it could also be R3 uniform MT3 I guess.

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Oh, truee. That would be interesting too.

I’m getting my torch and pitchfork ready just in case.

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NCR80 Kit - AliExpress

I think someone here was looking after the NCR80 in beige? it’s on stock on YMDK’s store, the vendor is trustworthy as far as I know.
Looks so good, if not for the price this would have been a purchase.

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Directly from their store is cheaper, but for some reason the shipping is more, so it’s a toss up. :man_shrugging:

Just remember the gray photos are not accurate, as discussed here:

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Looks like the TTC Heart switch has a new sibling:

Photos like the above and some other information here:

Inf.news | TTC Tiger

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:tiger2:

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Speaking of TTC… look what the Tennessee* (Arizona) keeb warehouse has in stock:

Think Gold Pink, but with the bottom dampener from a Bluish White and a stem-mounted top dampener. Also the stem is clear, because everyone has some of that going on these days. :goat:

Note the sliding price scale; if you’re buying a full-size keeb’s worth of these they’re 60 cents rather than a full buck each. You can also get them from AliExpress, etc.

I also saw that TTC has an “NCR” switch; seems aesthetically suitable for the NCR-80 kit mentioned above.

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I actually have like 5 of those. They came with a box of TTC Chaotic Pandas that I’ve been too busy to pick up from customs…for a good 4-5 months (totally, did not realize I ordered these on November 2021. 3 months was me being conservative in my estimate).

Small caveat, the TTC NCR has a V1 and V2. The V1 was known for some leaf issues that made the linear more of a tactile…the worst ones made noise, and kind of turned into weird clickies. Could’ve been a bad batch, but I know I’m not the only one who had these issues.

I presume the V2 has fixed those cause I haven’t read of any particular complaints with them. Take that statement with a big helping of salt, since I’ve never tried the V2s.

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GMK sets under $100 on Drop right now:

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One day I’ll drop $$$ on one of those sets and see what’s all the fuss about.

Great discounts, high shipping for me sadly.

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The quality and price gap is filling up quickly, so maybe GMK/SP won’t be “worth” the premium in the future.

But, some designers prefer GMK/SP ABS because the color reproduction is better and (for SP) they have some wicked good dye-subbing….so, maybe hold out for a set you love and only comes in GMK :slight_smile:

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If anyone is interested in providing feedback, KBDfans has an IC form up about the next round of KBD67L cases:

By “SA” you mean Signature Plastics ? Because there are quite a few other manufacturers who produce SA profile keycaps like Maxkey and Domikey (which both are quite good too for this profile)

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Ah yes, thank you :pray:t3:. Changed it to SP :slight_smile:

If anyone is interested the ePBT 9009 set for the KBD67 Lite is available on KBDFans’s AliExpress store.

Slower but significantly cheaper shipping for international shoppers.

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Font is a little shmeh in some places but overall looks pretty good; Tecsee has some doubleshot PBT caps available.

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Found a new keycap profile called SAL from Akko that I haven’t seen before, seems to be doubleshot abs

The product description mention stretch marks as reason for the cheaper price
https://aliexpress.com/item/1005004124480738.html

The same store also have akko ASA PC set

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That’s INTERESTING. Very cool IMO. I’m gonna need to give those ASAlows a go too.