fc750r in brown switch all sold out... i regret not buying it then

They advised me to video the issue. So for weeks, its like trying to use your handphone to videotape a mouse approaching the trap. I got fed up, and sold my so called brand new Ducky Mecha Mini to another keeb enthusiast who decided they can use it for parts. I was honest to the buyer on the issues. I also gave up of scraping the bottom case of the mecha Mini case (its a nice case actually). i simply want to get rid of this heartache because i really needed a new keyboard to work and had no spare to begin with. I took a peek at the back of the pcb only to witness the WORST SOLDERING JOB for a such a branded service which hurts me more.

I decided to turn this around and call this a blessing because in the process of going custom, i had a lot of learning while building new keyboard, i met friends and a few local sifus. I now belong to the  'Church of Milky Tops' and 'PBT Clubs'.  For now.

Elcheapo RM25 Plastic Case
Elcheapo Gateron Milky Black. 67G .Lubed.
Sandwich Foamed but failed.
PCB mount JWK Stabs 2U x2
PCB mount JWK Stabs X KBDFans 3U 
ePBT 148 keycaps for ISO and Minila layout.
Bface PCB. No Backlight. I hate RGB.
*QMK but reverted to WINKEYLESS to avoid issues because i cannot identify the board maker. Winkeyless? Ymdk? ??? God so many clones..

Soldering and checkup was commissioned.



I have not met any local minila users yet. Filco's Minila has some limitation for me, so i had to go custom. I will build another Minila... but this time ANSI because it was hard to find keycaps. GMK has yet to produce true JIS ISO keycaps. Special plate and the 3U for Minila was also quite hard t find.

Thank you HORNS. Thank you ALL.

- Sincerely
Young ISO Pirate Minila user.

A good quality prebuilt. I've owned 2. 1 of them is my daily driver.

Supposedly not as good as leopold, filco, varmilo, but I can't personally confirm as I've never tried them.

I'd be interested to compare my heavily modded IKBC to a Leopold one day. I'd like to think it would put a stock Leopold to shame.

My mods.

1. Replaced the stabs with Cherry brand stabs. Clipped. Holee mod. Bandaid mod. Housing lubed with 205g0. Wires lubed with Superlube grease.

2. EVA foam between PCB and plate.

3. EVA foam between PCB and bottom case

4. Spring swapped to gold plated 67g springs. Bag lubed with 105.

5. Switch stems lubed with 205g0.

6. Filmed with TX films.

7. Various other aesthetic mods.

Thanks all for the advice,  Leopold and varmilo seem starting with rm500 if i want full 108 keyboard.
Not thinking to over my budget, will go find a shop try ikbc and decide.
Thanks.

I get the reply from seller, cd108 v2 main update is revise cherry switch for longer life span,and double shot pcb keycap.

R2 of KBD67 lite is up if anyone is interested

Yup. What confused me was the kailh hotswap sockets for the wired PCB, did they use that for the R1 also? Does that mean I’ll have to use kailh switches with this board?

I see, then what's the point of them offering kailh sockets on wired and gateron sockets on wireless? :/

Ahh i see. R2 won’t come pre-assembled so I’m kinda excited to build it, ordered the black one but now thinking whether I should change to transparent cuz it looks kinda nice too 

Hi Lowyat,

Excuse if reposting. Do you guys know why this phenomenon occur?

Keyboard from Mr DIY-
when press two button together 35% of the time one button will come out slightly later than the other. .

Logitech K120 - don't have the above problem. press two button okay. Consistent
But Logitech got ghosting problem . CHEAP Mr. DIY no ghosting problem.
Use it to play fighting games.

Hi sifus, while waiting for my kbd67 lite to arrive (likely June) I'm looking for linear switches for my build. I'm currently using Gateron SMD Yellows and I like thocc sounds so I 'narrowed' down my choices in no order:

1) Gateron Yellows Milky Top Black Bottom
2) Cherry MX Black (Hyperglide)
3) C3 Tangerines 67g
4) Gateron Ink Blacks V2

While the Gateron Yellows are the cheapest, I don't mind trying something like the hyperglide or tangerines. The gateron ink blacks are the most expensive among all of them and I'm a bit hesitant to try them tbh.

Would appreciate any form of input from you guys

I've never heard of sp-star meteor and my god that thing thoccs  it's so clacky, is this a well known switch among the enthusiast? or is it rather underrated?
seems like it's quite hard to acquire also in Malaysia 

I'm actually looking at buying a kon-momo clone on taobao since i missed out on the GB haha
Found ks-3 Gateron Yellow (black top black bottom) on taobao too and maybe I'll buy some to try. Was looking for sp-star meteor grey but oos on all the shops in taobao, only whites available 

ya and the clones look quite nice.
Ya I'll either wait for them to restock the meteor or I'll just go with the KS-3 Gateron Yellows (Full Black). I actually really like my SMD Gateron Yellows after lubing and filming them, smooth and good thocc 

Ya I've been doing quite a lot of research, but macam not enough haha
Decided that I'm gonna buy the SP-star meteor white & KS3 Gateron Yellow from taobao then I'll sell whichever I dont like. Is the SP-Star meteor white pre-lubed/factory lubed? How do I remove factory lube before lubing the switches myself? 

I was using Cherry Mx Red stock previously and I very much prefer my lubed Gateron Yellows haha

Wa having to use cotton buds & alcohol to remove the factory lube seems so much work, then having to relube them again holy, will definitely take a while. My first time lubing switches I sat down for 6 like 9 hours straight lubing until I'm done lol
Ya reading and watching videos is one thing, but actually getting hands on is the only way to really understand and learn.

Today I relubed some of my gateron yellows that I feel were not consistent and switch out my normal packing foam I use for my case to an EVA 2mm foam. And my God the sound is so much different and more consistent. For one, the thocc is less compared to using packing foam and all the switches sound a lot more consistent and similar. Didn't know that foam material can make such a BIG difference. Learn something new everyday haha