Things that make us go... hmmm šŸ¤”

Funny, I feel exactly the same. I donā€™t want to engage in hype or flipping culture. Itā€™s why I didnā€™t replace the keyboards with a clone or aftermarket option.

Both ā€œsolutionsā€ justify hype for the sake of hype, and make the hobby worse for everyone. Thereā€™s imo no keyboard worth redefining the hobby or my engagement around it. Ironically, buying something like a licensed design of an unobtanium item is the biggest signal-to-noise ratio to kill hype. If it puts money in KKā€™s bank account so they sort out their backlog of complaints, all the merrier that the health of some genuinely talented design houses improves.

Iā€™d like to hear your perspective, if only to hear if you would replace any of the hype keyboards you have if they broke or such.

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I will say one thing that is odd about these Novelkeys x Keycult offerings is that it says they are all aluminum. So $580 seems like a good deal for a TKL with a large brass accent and weight, but seems a bit steep for brass-colored aluminum anodization.

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Yeah they seem really overpriced on todayā€™s market (one could argue they always were) - right when there are sub-$300 choices that are competitive and an ongoing ā€œbig slab of copperā€ GB (Constance TKL) that has better materials, more modern features and construction for about the same price. Never was a fan of Keycult, still not convinced.

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So this ā€œPortapotty humorā€ had me in stiches. I literally spent almost 5 min laughing over it. The job isnā€™t even a bad one too :rofl:!

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Nevermind the ā€œhoverā€ methodā€¦someone went straight to ā€œsquatā€. :footprints:

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: Good one!

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Man, i WISH i could squat like this. Itā€™s crazy to me that in many places on this planet, people just squat every day. My muscles and joints are so weak from decades of sitting. Iā€™ve been focusing on this daily for months now. Iā€™ve made a lot of progress, but I still have a lot of room to improve. Lots of daily stretching, posture fixing while sitting and driving, strength training. Getting old sucks.

If youā€™re young, listen to those people who tell you you need to get in shape NOW. So much easier to maintain than to build. :sweat:

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100%, Iā€™m with you there Pixel.

I grew up on a farm, years of heavy lifting and manual labor have ruined my lower back and hips. Then I became a copier/printer technician and spent too many hours with my knees/butt on concrete floors. I had a partial knee replacement at 40, now I need a total and the other knee hurts just as bad. Thankfully, I have desk job now. For the first few hours of the morning, I stand and work. Iā€™ll sit until around 3pm, then stand again for the rest of the day My workouts are limited to about an hour on the treadmill and some upper body stuff 3-4 times a week.

Getting old INDEED sucks.

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Definitely feeling it. Got a standing desk to get my leg muscles back. Turns out it also helps with posture, especially in the morning when I tend to be groggy and slouched.

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I had my Unikorn sitting on top of my DAC for a few days. When I went to pick it up it was shockingly warm. I guess the brass weight is a great thermal conductor.

Anyway, it was a bit tarnished before but nowā€¦

Pretty cool. Canā€™t tell if it comes through in the photo, but the patina is a coppery-pink. Love the look!

So heat can speed up tarnish? Hmm :thinking:

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I know we have seen it before but your shelf-o-keebs looks like it belongs in a storefront lol with how many there are.

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Ha. Iā€™m still so happy with the purchase. Organization is a daily game here. I honestly spend a large part of my day just arranging and organizing keyboard stuff. Itā€™s the meta hobby. Not just keyboard building or keyboard collecting, but keyboard material organization.

I still have many times over what you see on that shelf that I have to make work in a smaller closet space. Iā€™m currently brainstorming a good idea for lighter, plastic boards.

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Ruined. You might as well get rid of it now, send it over me and Iā€™ll try to find a bulk metal recycler

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Anyone know if cannonkeys.shop is a legit shop associated with CannonKeys?

I saw that CannonKeys is out of stock on F12 Hotswap Bastion TKL PCB so I googled and this link surfaced at that domain:

Cheaper, in-stock, and suspicious.

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Looks like a scam knock-off. Iā€™ve seen fake storefronts for GMK, DeskHero, and ProtoTypist recently too

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Quality foot spacing on that squat. Unfortunately judging by the toe-to-poop-chute spacing, I fear this squatter dumped on the back of the rim.

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Looks fake to me

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Iā€™d say almost certainly fake. I flagged that shop to CKā€™s @Upas on Discord.

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A product title like that screams red flags.

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Thank you guys for the heads up - that is indeed a fake shop.

@donpark weā€™ve actually replaced the F12 hotswap bastion PCB with a combined F12/F13 hotswap TKL bastion.

Itā€™s fewer SKUs for us to manage, so we should be able to keep this in stock more easily.

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