Yup, probably cheaper to solder in some jumpers than make a two layer pcb
Yep - and thereās even an RGB rainbow strip on either side, plus the basic Outemu-style sockets. Itās admirable all the features this keeb has for the price.
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I have an e-yooso that has a similar feature set, its impressive what they cram in there for the price. Those Outemu style hotswaps are finicky when it comes to compatibility with switch pins (especially Kailh which seem to be extra wide and have trouble with mill-max style in general). Have you tested compatibility with various brands of switches? Would be curious to find out if you donāt mind letting us know and/or do some experimenting. From what Iāve read online, Akko switches work with Outemu sockets. Gaterons apparently do as well if you trim the āarrowheadā that is on one of the pins.
Iām actually installing some different Outemu switches in here, but I do have a loose Outemu socket or two that I could test with some switches.
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Wouah, an old school one layer PCB !!!
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Basekit is real not April Fools. You can see one being built here:
https://m.twitch.tv/videos/1443269216?t=00h42m41s
Skip in a bit and you can the MASSIVE PCB.
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Banggood keeps putting sex toys in the fliers they send meā¦ Iāve never even looked at any sex toys on thereā¦or anywhere for that matterā¦
I suppose theyāre living up to their store name 
Jk jk, thatās most unfortunate. Hope they stop doing that.
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But thatās a pretty safe bet. 100% of humans are interested in sex, so chances areā¦
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Curiously, Etsy does this same thing. Despite the fact that so far Iāve only purchased keyboard related items, t-shirts, stickers, and a couple pieces of jewelry for my Wife.
But maybe it all just boils down to sex in the end. 
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Remember the classic
Well instead, I downloaded a keyboard (pic not attached).
the big HMMM wasnāt this fact, but the fact that the designer designed the keyboard to be compatible with costar stabs.
For those newer in the community, you may not remember what costar stabs are, or might think, āarenāt those just plate mounted stabilizers?ā
Yes they are plate mounted stabilizers, but ithereās a reason you probably havenāt heard the words ācostar stabsā in a sentence in the keyboard community for the last half decade.
because theyāre bad.
Makes me wonder why the designer chose this option. it makes me feel:
Even after doing some lubing, the main issue is the actual keyfeel of costar stabilized keyboards. Itās an outdated stab design, which is amazing to think about considering stabs havenāt really changed thaaaaat much in the lastā¦ since the invention of keyboards.
TLDR: friends donāt let friends use costar stabs
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I remember my early stumble through learning that distinction the hard wayā¦
I had two keebs at the time; one with Cherry style plate mount, and a Filco with Costars. I actually needed info on the Cherry ones, but just searched something like āhow to remove spacebar mechanical keyboardā and got a video for Costar style, and was pretty confused for a few minutes.
Letās say you do have a keeb with those and they need some work - good luck navigating that. Like any other stab type, not all the ones made are the same - or the same level of quality. Theyāre all based on the same design more or lessā¦ letās just say some are even worse than the already low baseline.
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Inserts fall out and need gluing or shimming into cap stems to stay in place
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Gotta be extra careful removing wide caps if you donāt want to break stuff
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Hope you donāt mind lots of rotation because itās not going anywhere
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āWhatās that? Your space bar switch is North Facing? Youāre gonna need a different wireā is what I would have have said to Turtle Beach, but I have a feeling theyād have used the wrong wire anyway.
I actually bought a āPureWriterā keyboard from Sharkoon mid last year. They do lots of budget stuff for āgamersā, not only keyboards, and of course use costar style stabilizers even for their new releases. I guess they are pretty well known in europe. Like RedDragon in the US. To all ANSI users I have to say be glad that you donāt use the big ISO enter (āreturnā in UK???).
Let this be a warning to you:
It is virtually impossible to seat both ends of both wires into the cap.
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I personally find it kinda funnyā¦ theyāve been doing it for months, I donāt think they will be stopping anytime soon.
Well, there are some monks that might disagree with thatā¦ 
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Now Iām imagining a recolor of the TTC ACE in black, grey, and purple.
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You know, I know a couple of folks whoād absolutely get that if it were a recolored clicky variant.
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Pretty excited for that board regardless of the space bar setup!
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Agreed!
I appreciate the split space as well. It looks really good with the WKL, and those meaty bezels.