Most custom keycaps are not shine through anyway, not a big loss for anyone who's using keycaps like gmk, epbt and such.

All same weight?

Ah is that like limited edition releases?

The materials dictate bottom out feel, as does stem length. Spring weight changes the feel, as does spring progressiveness. Stem design and material also affects how tight the stem is, hence stem wobble, and this has a noticeable affect on typing. Then there's the physical fit of the housing, some being tight, some not, which you can also feel. The housing itself an affect plate fitment which can be extremely important in a hot swap board.

To many people just think about sound, and it's silly, as switches are probably one of the least important parts of the board when it comes to sound, unless we are talking about clicky switches of course.

When I reply that switches (apart from changing to clickies) don't really add that much to a board's overall sound and it's more like subtle fine tuning, and you should choose a switch for it's feel, weight etc. and that plate, case and keycaps are more important, I get downvoted, so I don't bother replying to that one anymore.

Thanks! I love Striker on this board.

Well, I haven’t run any GB’s since I myself have a few bad experiences participating. And don’t worry I will participate again, I just don’t want that responsibility that way.

I am however considering kickstarter/indiegogo for some projects as it’s a bit more ‘regulated’ and have done so for other unrelated projects, and I can tell you from that experience trying to make a budget, guess at half the costs, and get the price of the end product to a sane level that people can accept, set a timeline that won’t kill you from overworking yourself, that the overall profit if you actually count your hours as an employee or as a business owner would, it’s 100% guaranteed to be a loosing endeavor.

The ‘real’ profit is in you yourself getting whatever it is you funding most of the time. And I think that applies to a lot of GB runners.

There have been a few GB runners posting numbers in the past, and without remembering any specifics, the over all image is the same. At best they got the profit to cover their hours and perhaps a little on the top, most often not. Feel free to find the numbers and dispute me though, as it was a while back.

Thanks!

Fair, I’m weird in that I don’t mind the layers as QMK allows everything to be tuned just right. There are also a few key sets now tuned to 40% users with sublegends on the caps. Also attaching front print stickers helps a lot with memorizing a layout. I find it intuitive since I’ve been using 60s for a while which require some function layer use, started with the HHKB.

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They all do.

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Mouse pad is Zero Two by Hello Senpai c:

I'm not sure. I've not bought it yet.

You can always use the LED lighting to indicate the layer.

What keycaps are those in the middle?

Ugh, that keyboard sounds amazing. I just wish it wasn't south facing. It's so rare for north-facing to result in conflicts anymore as most decent switches have long stems, so it's just taking a loss on the LED lighting for nothing.

Also wish it came in their midnight blue.

I have the exact same mouse! :O Nice build btw

Just might want to note that apparently the MX Mechanical keyboards have some peculiarities, so it can be a struggle (or impossible) to use certain custom keycap sets, if that was something you're interested in.

Can read this thread for more info: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/ux0hdq/where_to_buy_custom_keycaps_for_logitech_mx/

Thanks, the MX Mechanical looks really nice!

Does the knob have a tactile feedback when turning? If the rotation is smooth, it's going to be really hard to control which layer you end up on.

They also announced something like a sub-division called Monsgeek, which is coming out with something very similar to the Mod007s in mid/late December. I wonder if that's the v3 they mean, or they're actually going to do two boards which seem pretty much identical?

Edit: Ah, or they could be referring to the PC version that someone talked about on here a little bit ago. Strange move if they're making Mod007 plastic from now on and moving their aluminum boards to the other brand...

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Which is exactly why I migrated to topre. You know it when you use it

Thinking that Keyreative is meeting their deadlines purely based on the feedback from one vendor suggests you’re not applying sound assessment skills to the issue.

It’s also worth noting that you cited your personal GB track record as a sign of the issue. The plural of anecdote is not data. To that end, many GBs have successfully completed in time or are within schedule, but unless you’ve known to look out for them they ‘don’t count’ because they’re not your GB.

The Bear65 v2 GB was July 2022 with an estimated production time of 5 months; many buyers have units in hand, with more going out every day.

The other thing you’ve noticed that disproves your point is how many other items are no longer GB.

BadseedTech’s Tactile switch drop; DriftMechanics Austin, the majority of PBTFans first few sets, as well as NicePBT and many Novelkeys PBT sets.

There is change happening where some vendors are fronting costs and only announcing products when they’re ready to be sold, but because they’re ‘not a GB’ you don’t know the timeline of when the order was placed.

Nice build bro! The striker just goes so well with white cases for some reason...