It is seriously nice. Mounted them in my board without soldering, nice thing about sandwich-mount cases.

The sound! Hnnnngggh inducing thocks!

True to Gazzew's word, the switch is smooth stock, you don't need to lube it. Although I will still experiment with lubing some before soldering them in. I don't think the modder in me will forgive myself if I solder it in stock. Lol.

Update with pic. Getting closer to finishing my endgame.

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Looking for keyboard recommendation, budged i guess should be below RM400... Trying to hunt for Tecware Phanthom Elite with Gateron switch but seems like quite rare in Malaysia now so would like to see if there's any other alternatives. Currently using Aula F2058 with blue switches that's having some double click on certain key after 1.5years of use, thinking of Brown switches which is a bit quieter to use for work at late night, and would like to have the numpad as now working from home... RGB is not a must. 

P.S: Was looking at Logitech G413 previously but seems like there's a lot of complain on the switches and cap so will refrain from that...

The Tecware Phantom 2020 non-elite with Outemu Brown is still available. Outemu Brown is nearly identical to Kailh Brown and Gateron Brown.

Tecware is also selling Phantom L low profile which is cheaper (below RM180), and the low profile brown switches are not bad for mainstream.

Was aiming for that but then i read some mentioning the Outemu switch is a bit inferior in quality and need a lot of switch change in period of 6 months while Gateron/Kailh switch is better while does priced higher...
Now checking out Keychron C2 with hotswap Gateron, price below 300 so still fits my bill plus option to swap to Kailh switch in future... maybe?

Was aiming for that but then i read some mentioning the Outemu switch is a bit inferior in quality and need a lot of switch change in period of 6 months while Gateron/Kailh switch is better while does priced higher...
Now checking out Keychron C2 with hotswap Gateron, price below 300 so still fits my bill plus option to swap to Kailh switch in future... maybe?

Gazzew's switches are "enthusiast-grade" switches made by Outemu and are compatible with the Outemu hotswap sockets of the non-elite Tecwares.

Can check out the range at www.gazzew.com

For silent tactile, check out the Boba U4 (not the U4T I posted last page).

Uhh really not sure what you want now.

Previously you just asked for budget keeb with Browns.

Anyways, happy hunting.

qmk buat hal again. it's the times that happens twice a year, a.k.a. breaking changes, i.e. if you chose to upgrade, it will break your qmk installation.

for those who run qmk in msys2, 0.12.52 will break stuff. to revert to 0.12.51, run the following command in msys2: 'git reset --hard  8ba537f' (without quotes) alternatively, just use qmk msys aio installer, https://github.com/qmk/qmk_distro_msys/releases/ (tested and confirmed working for 0.12.52)

qmk 0.12.52 breaks stuff in linux too. however it's much easier to resolve this: just delete all the previously configured python modules in ~/.local/lib/pythonx.x/site-packages/, rerun 'util/qmk_install.sh', 'python3 -m pip install --user qmk', then run 'qmk setup' to check the qmk environment. copy the missing udev rules to the correct directory if necessary (instructions will be given during 'qmk setup')

the proper output with 'qmk setup' will be similar to the following, if it gets fixed:


2 new python modules are now required to run qmk: hid and pyusb (along with their os-specific dependencies). 'util/qmk_install.sh' will take care of everything.

Hi Horns,

I see the latest release is 1.4.1, released 9 days ago (3 days before your post). Do you mean to say you recommend we use 1.4.0?

I need to setup QMK on a new machine, hence the question. I no longer have access to the old machine so I had no idea what version I was using. Probably 1.3.2 or older.

qmk msys aio installer works fine. 1.4.1 is the latest version number.

the upgrade issue happened to my existing environment based on msys2 setup from https://www.msys2.org/

Okok. Misunderstood you.

Reposting my question from MMKB facebook group.

Anybody has more info regarding the PCB and manufacturer for the K87 custom keyboard?

1. K87
  - Connection: BT5.0/2.4G/UBS-C
  - Manufacturer: 北影 (can't get more info)
  - Switch: Gateron Ink 
  - Others: rgb-backlit, hotswap, 3000mAh battery, no keycaps
  - Price: RMB389
  - Link: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=635475041566

2. RK987
  - Connection: BT5.0/2.4G/UBS-C
  - Manufacturer: Royal Kludge
  - Switch: unknown
  - Others: white-backlit, non-hotswap, 1850mAh battery, ABS keycaps
  - Price: RMB269
  - Link: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=646924575312

3. Ganss GS-87G
  - Connection: 2.4G/UBS-C
  - Manufacturer: Ganss
  - Switch: Cherry
  - Others: non-backlit, non-hotswap, AAA battery, double-shot PBT keycaps
  - Price: RMB379
  - Link: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=628262157452

sorry i'm not familiar with products from these brands. i heard of rk and ganss, but not 北影 (maybe it's a new brand)

k87 seems to be the better one among the three, but it's also better to double check if it comes with gateron ink like you said, because from what i can see in the options, they are normal gateron, not ink.

thanks for pointing that out, someone also pointed out that the Gateron Inks retail for much expensive than the K87  . Picture in the page shows Gateron Inks, but when I double checked with the seller, its actually using Gateron KS-9 switches. What else should I double check for regarding the custom PCB?