Isnt sure anyone here following Monsgeek.
Their M1 wireless edition, M1W released on china.
seen like the MSRP is 399RMB for M1W prebuild, and they lower prebuild price for M1 to 299 too.

itchy to switch MG75 to M1W lol (but NO PINK...sadge)

Completed the lubing of the T1 and installed into the M3 with the default PC plate. I really like how the T1 sounded after lubing and filming it with the poron film. Together with the shenpo keycaps it is to my liking.
Took my quite some time to get the spacebar to work/sound and feel properly. I was not able to properly get rid of the rattling.
I had to swap the stabs with the left shift and it solved my issue, lolx. I actually lube and mod all the stabs similarly, but somehow that spacebar stabs pair just does not like to in that spacebar location.
I also swap out the spring for the T1 on the spacebar and use the Emogogo tactile spring which is longer and it just made the spacebar more responsive.



Separately, I just received my powder coated matte black aluminium plate and stainless steel plate order those shopee. Both are of the same price, ~RM42 per item.
The switches are able to fit the hole and I will be trying it in my M3 and see how it goes.

vertex v one is good stuff.



surprisingly, whatever shits that happened to jwk/jwick linear are not present, e.g., there is no apparent spring/leaf pings. know that the current batch is the unlubed variant.

just grabbed another 2x 110 units, and wait for the lubed variant

Assembled this keyboard for a friend.

C3 tangerines (62g) V2, lubed and filmed
Lychee DK67, tape mod
Clone GMK dark sets
Stock stabs

I realised with tangerines.... the only RGB you gonna get is orange hahaha.
And I'm really starting to despite plastic boards that's a pain to disassemble due to their clips.

Hi all, what is the budget mechanical keyboard for the 1st-time player? I would like to try since my job needs me to type more, and the laptop's existing keyboard is too soft for me in the long run.

Thank you for your reply. I saw MACHENIKE K500 is quite affordable but don't know what is the feedback of existing users.

in terms of key cap materials, stem holes of pbt key caps are relatively more tolerant to oversized stems, compared to abs. in the incident of kailh box v1 years ago, which had oversized stems in the whole series, affected pbt stem holes were usually loosed, while abs stem holes were cracked. that means, if you put your gmk sets on kailh box v1 with untreated stems, you are screwed. i was one of the victims. i used pbt more at that period of time, so i have loosed key cap sets, instead of cracked sets.

hence, it's better check and fix each stem with tools like cruciformer. tbh, this is a good tool. it's originally made to shave oversized stems of kailh box v1, but it can also be used to check and fix stems of other key switches. unfortunately it's discontinued. other alternatives are to use a caliper to measure the thickest area of the stem, or use metal key caps to check first, then decide which key cap sets are to be used on them (or, whether you really wanna use them or not)

so, it's a good idea to remain calm when you receive new key switches. incidents like kailh box can happen to any vendor. do your own qc first, before it's too late.

edit: sorry forgot to mention this, but geon trimmer is doing the same check too, https://geon.works/products/geon-trimmer

other useful tools from geon are plate support fork and stab twister

here you go.

i haven't tried tx ap stabilizers. i suspect they have lesser room for free play between housing and stem.

Roughly 10% of total price including shipping. Now got sale though.

Roughly 10% of total price including shipping. Now got sale though.

no problem

yes i also thought a thin layer of lube should work well for tx ap stabs.

plateless builds with thin flex-cut pcbs have good flex and bounce when you type. you should know that these builds also bring the sound down significantly. it's a different kind of soft typing experience, compared to gasket-mount boards.
afaik, i was not contacted for tax. the items were sent to me directly. however these were quite some time already. i'm not sure of the current rates.
yes. to get stuff outside Malaysia, always estimate the actual cost with formula, item price + shipping + tax (which is usually 10% for key caps or keyboard stuff)

Dhl will send you a link to pay taxes online or pay cod.
The other one, epost was it, poslaju will email you up and down and then you'll get a link to pay online .
Both have agent fee included.
Or you can go klia and pick it up yourself. Id choose epost if you're not time limited cause the dhl is super expensive (for me anyway).

Actually I've had some packages just slip through customs and show up at my house too.

as i suspected, tx ap stabs only need a thin layer of lube to work well.

about the tighter tolerance of tx ap stabs (i.e., lesser stem wobbles), it might mean you are likely to have issues if you used warped key caps. (although from my tests with slightly warped space bar, i don't experience anything weird yet)

basically, it's ok. for more forgiving behaviors, just stick to tx v2/3.

What are these ap versions? Just better tolerance compared to v2? I have tx long poles which i have yet to try. Perhaps that will solve the see saw keys mentioned earlier.

I like tx for pcb mounts and durock v2/everglides for plate mounts. From experience,  both mounting methods can be rattle ticking free if modded correctly.

I find a thin layer of xht-bdz on the wires works very well for tx. Holy mod not required. 205g0 for the stem.

I kinda like TX stabs. No ticking sound despite being an amateur in the hobby. LOL

Bought another set of TX stab for my 3rd keyboard build. 

need recommendation for full size, hot-swap-able, wired kb with rotary knob