Interesting Finds & Heads-Ups

Cannonkeys has a bunch of new Beige PBT sets today. Cyrillic, Japanese, and Hangul with options for different color sublegends.

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Sounds like XMI🤔

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Yes and no.

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YESSS!

Now we only need a PCB.
Gondolindrim is working on a project for a HHKB replacement btw.

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2023, year of Topre :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Looks like even Novel Keys is getting in on the broken-in switch game. Maybe they got tired of other people making money off their switches?

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Are there other offerings of broken-in switches?

RNDKBD comes to mind. There are others but I picked up some of their “Ultraglides”.

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That is super cool. I love my switches after they are worn in but not that much of a fan of the break-in period. Good to see that that is an offering that’s available if people want it.

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I dig how the tray mount keeps on improving. I picked one up to try out in my Klippe.

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I don’t even like RGB, but this has me understanding why people do. I have their Baldr60, but went with a very ambient underglow since that one was pretty frosty. The way the light saturates and refracts into a sort of psychedelic prism just looks freaking fantastic.

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For that price I would want the glass to disperse the light into spectral colors :crazy_face:

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The question is, would they actually sell you one right away if you paid that much?

All I know is that for less than $400, which they’re claiming the sale price will be, I’m actually kind of interested. It does look really good.

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Same here. Their last GB was delayed about a month, but the communication and updates were frequent and honest. I also appreciate they use three different QA grades and that they actually took the time to do that.

Very in depth reveiw on stabs. I wished I had this when I was struggling.

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I’m went back to using GMK screw-in stabs for better compatibility and consistency. I don’t think new vendors have the same rigor as GMK in design, testing, and quality assurance.

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In the end I found you can use decent stabs like Everglide/Durock V1 or KBDFans’s PC stabs, as long as you use quality keycaps/switches.

And by quality I mean good tolerances and minimal wobble with switches.

Gateron Ink Black? you’re gonna have a bad time with rattle even if you use the best stabs, Durock Linear/Kailh BOX? chances are you’re not gonna notice much rattle with most stabilizers.

I may be wrong about that, needs further research…

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Keychron goes sub 60 percent!

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I don’t know if anyone else really likes the form factor of the Ion Jubi like I do, but I was excited to see that there is a R2 coming soon. This was posted in the Ion discord at the first of the month and I just saw it.

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Big fan of this board b/c I love 60% and it gives you the ability to add some flair on the left :slight_smile:

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There goes another $500. Sigh. Every time I think I am done for the year… thanks for the heads up, I think!

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