I am seriously looking at this even though it is quite pricey just for the new material and good looking design.
I’ve considered so many options from the black top and bottom with brass base and plate but then I thought I can get good black keyboards elsewhere and already have one on the way. White keyboards are way harder to find so considered white top and white bottom or the panda white top and black bottom with brass or aluminium plate and matching bottom.
Really don’t know however price is also an issue at these points and shipping considering I’m in Australia. This might sound stupid but the PCB seems like a let down considering so many kits have PCBs with hot swap sockets, however I can just get my own PCB if I want.
Just things that keep adding to the price. Also not 100% on the product considering the review units that went out did not have appropriate plate to top alignment. Seems rushed.
I ended up going with a two-tone configuration: white top and elderberry bottom, with the brass plate in between. I am still a sucker for shiny lights, so I got the frosted acrylic base too
This group buy is a classic disaster. The designer and runner of the group buy spent all the money on materials and was unable to actually complete the group buy. The materials were then mostly lost (supposedly). Only a couple prototypes were released.
Now there is a recovery effort being run - if you pay MORE money then you POTENTIALLY get a keyboard made from knock-off Chinese countertop material (Not name brand Corian).
The Coriander is a much more recent example of a Corian keyboard, and it should be shipping in a few months.