oof, yes, braincringe
Well, I’ll note that my preference is for bigger sharper tactility so I only got enough of these to collect/experiment. That being said:
- Very small but present pre-travel that is felt but not overly-so
- Nice mid-tactility P-shaped bump with little to no “shelf” afterward; there’s linear post-bump travel but it doesn’t feel like bottoming-out is inevitable
- Great housing fitment; zero wobble between top/bottom even after opening
- Small, acceptable N/S stem wobble
- Slightly greater but still acceptable E/W stem wobble
- Pretty smooth even before proper lubing; the UHMWPE in the top/bottom blends seems to be helping
- The UHMWPE does make it sound a hair higher in pitch than my preference, but it’s more muted than, say, Zealio housings
- Slight leaf or spring ping (haven’t swapped springs yet so idk)
Overall they seem like a pretty nicely-refined version of a switch that isn’t my “type.”
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Very nice! I was so wondering about this. Good to know. Great review as always.
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Recieved my purple trash pandas from novelkeys the other day. These are a 5 pin panda housing. I do not have other holy pandas to compare to but they sound and feel awesome with the halo clear stems I swapped into them. The panda housings have absolutely zero top bottom wobble at all. its quite impressive actually. my zealios and nk blueberries are both much worse in this regard. I ended up soldering them into a gingham after lubing with 205g0.
I like them so much that I ordered more from nk along with some polias to frankenswitch together as i have heard that polias make good halo stem replacements since they are near identical.
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Square.X60 arrived today. Stunning, beautiful finish and striking red weight, but not sure I will build this one. This may be a flip as I already have too many 60% boards.
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Well, stay far away from the KBDFans EC 2020 keycap set.
They 7 arrived with a broken socket, the right shift broke off in the slider while I was typing, and the 1U control with misprinted.
Has not been fun trying to get KBD to sort out the issues.
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LMAO no way
Is the gap between keys wide enough to be annoying?
No. Can only really notice it in the macro shot. Turns out it wasn’t even supposed to say Ctrl.
It was just supposed to be a symbol. Something tells me I received a set that was not meant to be sold.
Like it was a sample for their own internal testing or something… they seem to have no idea themselves.
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It’s almost like the days of caveat emptor 
Hope it all gets sorted out. (And thanks for the insight re: the spacing.)
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Well it seems like they weren’t… in control
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I just let out the deepest sigh, followed by being ashamed at how much that made me laugh.
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MT3 WoB is looking sharp here!
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preonic + penguins
I’ve got the exact opposite board on the way. Wob and a black preonic. Looks clean!
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I love norbauer’s presentation. The boxes look like packaging for expensive jewelry.
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That sucks. Good luck dealing with them. Their customer service stopped responding to my inquiries into my black friday purchases not being fulfilled as of yet.