Things that make us go... hmmm 🤔

[pixelpusher]

I’d rather just buy the file for a few dollars. Wish that was an option.

Then, you need to get old school and buy one of those power switches for your computer too, right?

Fighter Pilot Toggle Switches

[Extra_Fox]

Damnit. I wasn’t gonna buy any dumb stuff for a while, and yet here I am hovering over the buy option for the top half of a switch.

EDIT: ah, they’re going with 3D printing. Interesting choice. I think in that case I’d much prefer to see a photo of an actual product rather than the rending. Phew, talked myself down off that one.

[Manofinterests]

I love this idea, but I hate the price.

Fuck it, give me a couple weekends (or whenever I have free time) and I’ll whip up a design and 3d print some. Once They’re good to go I’ll send them out to the KT regulars because why not

[pixelpusher]

[skepp]

Cool! If shipping ain’t to much to Sweden it would be fun to get one

[windfall]

[ajoflo]

@Manofinterests

Once They’re good to go I’ll send them out to the KT regulars because why not

Not all heroes wear capes.

[ListlessLlama]

Is the Gizmo Engineering GK6 just a wildly expensive mid/low profile Preonic with a nicer finish? It’s $330 with a steel plate plus $60 if you want the silicone case dampener. It’s tray mount. It doesn’t even come with plate foam. It has a side-mount USB port. Am I missing something obvious that sets this so far beyond the Preonic’s price point?

[rpiguy9907]

Per key RGB and made by Gizmo Engineering. Not worth it at all.

[ListlessLlama]

Not sure if that was sarcastic or serious?

[Extra_Fox]

I don’t see anything there that seems all that appealing to command such a price.

[huhsh]

Theres a lot of strange design choices there. That USB hole location seems like it would interfere with mouse movement.

[ListlessLlama]

One of the official product photos seems to confirm your point about the USB port interfering with the mouse for right-handed users:

[ListlessLlama]

@huhsh

Theres a lot of strange design choices there.

That neatly sums up what I was thinking. I’m not aware of any premium 50% orthos, but if I was looking to buy one, I’d expect to see high profile cases, better USB placement, and a more sophisticated mounting system to justify a $400 price tag.

[Laughmaster]

That’s, what, $30 worth of bent sheet metal? Kono has never been known for good value but this is a new level of ripoff, I’m kind of surprised they would agree to be a vendor for this. They really aren’t paying attention to the market here.

Edit: I read the description again, they actually machined it out of aluminum. Not sure why, since if they were using a CNC they could’ve made it look like something that doesn’t belong in a bargain bin.

[skepp]

Atlas and Kotai is the most premium 5x12 ortho I know of.

[rpiguy9907]

Sadly not compatible with the Preonic PCB, but this is also a very nice case:

Anodized Aluminium Case For JJ50 50% Custom Keyboard the tempered glas

[ajoflo]

[pixelpusher]

ah, classic case of using “may” instead of “can” would work here

[mecxlabs]

Ask and you shall receive! Please note that this is just a prototype and some slight changes have already been made to the design since ordering our (hopefully) final prototype.