1 time for each switch.

Just sharing new keyboard bought for wifey. She loves it. But i find it to be a bit mushy (if that's the right word), maybe because of the padding they advertised. Otherwise for the price it has more features than my filco and same if not better build quality.

any wireless mechanical keyboard with kailh switch? seems gooding than gateron... looking at keychrone k3...

kailh switches? ducky seems to be collaborating with kailh, some ducky keyboard offerd kailh switches in mechanicalkeyboards.com
i just got the ducky pocket from kailh's taobao shop, with kailh box white.
not wireless i know, but handy if you want kailh switches in prebuilt.

one of my old builds was driving me crazy with its wire ticking sound from space bar. desoldered everything, then applied epsi mod for all gmk screw-in stabs in the build.



i'm happy now

edit: we were so forgiving before the existence of c3 and jwk v2 stabilizers, when gmk was still the best option available

This post has been edited by horns: May 9 2021, 12:43 AM

So called warranty is life-time switch warranty.
Was shipped 10 pieces of newer switches.
Unfortunately there's more than 15 bad switches (both old and newer switches) by now and this thing is going to trash.
I doubt this is the only lemon unit that exist.

Might as well start replacing with Gat yellows

tecware with outemu hotswap rivet, can't fit most other switches.
need to modify pin leg or desoldering.

Just about to get into custom keyboards, but want to buy a hotswap prebuilt first. Any you would recommend, budget max 450..

I've looked into Keychron K2, C1 and C2.. and kinda leaning towards the wired version, since I don't really use wireless much. Mostly will be trying to lube, change switches and etc at some point, and get some nice custom keycaps for it.

I saw the Tecware Phantom sadly the hotswap is kinda limited Switch wise, so I think it's a big no? The price is cheap but can't really hotswap with better switches.

Also looked into GamaKay 61, seems like a really goood budget keyboard, with really sleek design out of the box. Leaning towards this in the end, but wondering if anything else is nice that people could suggest.

Gonna try yellow switches this time. Have tried all blue, red and brown. Just need something new sound wise.

ah so sorry. I thought the elite version with Gat hotswaps.

as krayden says, phantom elite is with proper hotswap, non elite is with outemu rivet.
keychron c1/c2 is nice to start with, rather than buying extra gateron yellow, i would suggest choosing gateron red from keychron.
buy additional spring to swap, shopee china seller sell those, most of them sell by bottom out weight.
buy switch opener to use for long time in this hobby.
buy lube for stabilizer for a start.
yellow vs red is just spring weight difference. red = 60/622g bottom, yellow = 65/67g, brown = 62g, black = 78/80g.
bottom out spring weight is different from actuation weight, you can see it in chart below.



you are right bout elite, but no elite mentioned.

for beginners who wish to learn and experiment stuff, one can start with a hot-swap tkl or full-size with standard layouts. since they are standard layouts, you don't run into issues during key cap selection later.

there are new alternatives that have better features than tecware phantom elite already, e.g. dareu a87 hot-swap
- 5-pin switch support;
- full nkro;
- 3.5mm silicone plate foam;
- detachable cable;
- detacthable high-profile case frame;
- non-rgb backlight;
- double-shot pbt caps;
- dareu custom linear or tactile switches;
- tkl, standard layout

https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=642704922054

finally they're here. will test fit them later



for those who like a gk64-style 64-key 2u-shift single-layout pcb, with qmk-via support for cheap:



This post has been edited by horns: May 10 2021, 07:21 PM

Thank you for the info, really informative.

Thanks i'll probably try this out if I plan to not get one that is backlit. Didn't see this keyboard when I was doing my research for a few days.

yeah it's a new release, currently under pre-order stage.

their custom switches are attracting more attention than the new hot-swap prebuilt hehe

Does anyone know how to/ have contact flashing MCU? Atmega32A-PU to be precise

What’s up with it?

Im building a THT keyboard (LCK75)..printed & ordered extra pcb/smd after initial screw up. I figured out with the extras i can make another set, except for the MCU...which i have no idea how to flash it.

oh, this should be trivial if u have the firmware binary. look like the PCB itself supports ISP header (2x3 pin), most likely u can program it off generic USBASP programmer

Well i know nuts on this area that's why i don't mind paying a small fee for someone to do it