My first thought was, man if I did this the plane would hit an air pocket and the lady behind me would get half a cherry red to the face.

Damn, sorry this happened to you op, freaking frustrating...

One thing for sure, I started the habit of recording my entire unboxing every time I receive a new product, all the way to testing the pcb and checking the sockets because I'm scared of stuff like this

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"HE'S MAKING A BOMB!!! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!! WAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!"

Travel size lube containers.

Damn you are an asshole

Get a Keychron q4 or v4 instead.

Gateron box ink blacks

Gateron Ink v2

Luckily didn't get questioned by security. I would have thought they would have asked about it.

It was tedious, messed up a couple times, but no major errors.

Was 4 hours, not too long. I was planning on doing it on the previous leg (12 hours) but then was too tired.

Don’t get a one 3 mini, worst decision of my life

I tried to mitigate this by putting all the parts into ziploc bags when I wasn't using them, which worked out. Luckily the plane didn't hit turbulence.

Ducky one 3 mini Mountain Everest 60

"Man, this keyboard's gonna be the bomb!"

Seat neighbor: o.o

I think that's a soldered board. You wont be able to take out the switches easily. Not worth the trouble imo

I’ll check out the Keychron, I appreciate it!

Honestly that needs to go into a washing machine LTT style

Both of those have terrible software, bad build quality and switches that aren't great. At those price points, they are basically a scam when compared to the competition. I'd recommend staying clear of keyboards from companies that don't specialize in keyboards.

Take a look at Keychron's offerings. They have multiple lines for different price points and each of those comes in a lot of layouts. They also have hotswap variants, so you can change the switches whenever you want. Every keychron board is worth the price.

The switches they ship with are fine, but not the best imo and that's why I recommend hotswap. It's usually 10$ extra and it's worth it.

If you absolutely need RGB, the wooting 60 is the best pick right now. It has a decent build, great switches and great software.

Wow this one sparks joy! I fucking love it

Everytime someone sees me lubing switches they ask me wtf im doing.

I’d have to be so zen to even consider doing this on a plane

Money over everything right

How do u bring switch lube into a plane