Author Topic: [IC] KBDfans Odin Full size layout keyboard (Read 34367 times)

kbdfans · « **on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 07:44:40 »

Hello everyone!
This is a full-size mechanical keyboard, programmable,Hot swap and soldered can be selected.

Details

- 100% Fixed Layout
- 9° Typing Angle
- Gasket Mount
- ALuminum Top and Aluminum Bottom
- Brass or aluminum weight
- Brass or Fr4 Plate
- Solder/ Kailh Hotswap PCB Options
- Detachable USB Type-C
- Knob support（programmable）
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Price

-TBA

This is a full-size keyboard, which should be more than $350. The bottom may be made of brass or aluminum. It is still unclear. Do you have any good suggestions?

When to sell

-prototype are still being produced. Samples are expected to be available in February. The sales time is still uncertain. Join our DISCORD to get the latest update

Renders

Discord：https://discord.com/invite/kbdfans
Website：https://kbdfans.com/collections/interest-checks/products/ic-kbdfans-d1000-mechaincal-keyboard

Buburoo · « **Reply #1 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 08:08:22 »

Not sure how I feel about the one lonely island Insert key. IS that the intended knob support position?

Edit: Is the circle in the middle of the keyboard a knob? I'm so confused.

soloplayer · « **Reply #2 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 08:12:34 »

i prefer a key than a knob in that position. it's so,umm, unnatural
but it's still a good design. i like it. will closely watch this

kbdfans · « **Reply #3 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 08:23:48 »

Quote from: Buburoo on Sat, 23 January 2021, 08:08:22

Not sure how I feel about the one lonely island Insert key. IS that the intended knob support position?

Edit: Is the circle in the middle of the keyboard a knob? I'm so confused.

The circle in the middle is a knob,Knobs control the volume.It's programmable.The original design was not like this, the knob used to be above the arrow keys, but the knob was shorter and touched the keycaps during operation, so I changed the position of it.So I removed one of the keys and moved the knob up

noodleman · « **Reply #4 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 08:53:02 »

Can the plate not have tabs on the side of the case? Seems to make installing gaskets more complicated with different sizes on top of it making the board more stiff. I think gasket tabs on the top and bottom only will make the board feel better and less complicated to build.

hello21 · « **Reply #5 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 09:08:31 »

That angle is close to a wrist breaker.
Is the angle finalized or are there any chances of lowering it?

Jacki · « **Reply #6 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 12:40:32 »

Since it's named after the Nordic god Odin, it would be cool to see Runes on the weight.
Or the vegvisir rune symbol on the weight, which mean't ''Driections'' which was a symbol carried on charms & Jewels to help people through storms by Odin.
or make the board have some type of connection with Odin to make sense with the name.

uzitaco · « **Reply #7 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 13:47:07 »

Can you adjust the angle? it's so high.

Tree_ · « **Reply #8 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 17:38:19 »

Lower angle, another key instead of a knob and I'd be in.

Pluto19 · « **Reply #9 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 17:46:31 »

treeleaf64 approved

mutthunt · « **Reply #10 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 18:23:28 »

I'll chime in too with the calls for lower angle and removing the knob or at least moving it, but more importantly...

ISO

PLEASE!

Chippy · « **Reply #11 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 20:07:39 »

bottom looks like a corny 1.2og...maybe I am alone. Not sure how I feel about that button/knob in that location, sort of makes the numpad feel like a separate entity instead of being part of the board.

powwu · « **Reply #12 on:** Sat, 23 January 2021, 22:33:24 »

High key a bit... Peculiar? (ugly)

it doesn't need to have a knob for no reason.. also these renders are inconsistent

fix these and I think it'll be alright

NoFunDon · « **Reply #13 on:** Sun, 24 January 2021, 16:22:14 »

9 degrees is too steep.
Love the rotary encoder.
Love the key above it.

This has just about everything I have been looking for in my next build. A perfect antidote for the endless stream of 60/67% boards. Just lower the angle and I'm in.

pntm2006 · « **Reply #14 on:** Sun, 24 January 2021, 17:36:33 »

Other than the steep angle (as others said), I really think the rotary encoder should heighten a little bit compared than what is shown in current renders.
Imagine having an SA profile on this with the height of the rotary encoder so low.

teesui · « **Reply #15 on:** Sun, 24 January 2021, 21:56:23 »

Hmmm. this looks great for a keeb for my office. gonna be keeping an eye on this!

Paitupai · « **Reply #16 on:** Sun, 24 January 2021, 22:11:35 »

Looks good, however it'll be better to lower the typing angle, maybe to 7-8 degrees. Not really sure about the rotary since it seems to sit so low.

long_qt_pie · « **Reply #17 on:** Mon, 25 January 2021, 09:08:34 »

9 degrees is ok, 10 would be better

Azekk · « **Reply #18 on:** Mon, 25 January 2021, 15:22:28 »

Weird. I kinda like it tho

fatpolomanjr · « **Reply #19 on:** Mon, 25 January 2021, 19:05:16 »

This board is really nice, extra key and rotary encoder and all. I really dislike the tall knobs on other boards. IMO they should never be taller than the height of cherry profile R1. I'm happy with the short knob as long as it is easy to use.

9 degree angle is awful. 5 degree is much better, more ergonomic and more aesthetically pleasing. I've used a MARS 8.0 with an 8 degree angle and hated it. My wrists start screaming at me.

Whiplash_XXIII · « **Reply #20 on:** Mon, 25 January 2021, 19:17:28 »

I’m digging this. Really would like some more color options but really nice looking board and something different

Potatomonkey · « **Reply #21 on:** Sun, 31 January 2021, 01:04:33 »

I absolutely love the knob location, size, and height. The weight and usb c "block" are kinda odd? The angle is way too high, but other than that, it looks really good.

damsenviet · « **Reply #22 on:** Sun, 31 January 2021, 18:46:21 »

Angle is definitely too high. Definitely recommend going 5 to 7.5 degrees on the typing angle.

eibbun · « **Reply #23 on:** Tue, 02 February 2021, 20:49:23 »

im interested. especially if there's more color options

Ustinj · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 00:46:24 »

I like that KBDfans offers great bang for your buck. I like the side-profile. I do not like how blatantly the bottom attempts to mimic the style of Matrix boards.

wencan008 · « **Reply #25 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 02:25:36 »

I'm mostly with Justin on this one.
I also agree that the angle seems a little too high.
Currently undecided on how I feel about the knob.

The Equals D · « **Reply #26 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 02:53:39 »

Not a huge fan of the weight and usb c badge/cover design but outside of that I like it. I personally quite like the angle but would be fine with lower at long as its 6 or higher.

edit- an alu plate option would be dope

suicidal_orange · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 05:31:55 »

Quote from: mutthunt on Sat, 23 January 2021, 18:23:28

ISO

PLEASE!

From the website linked:

That's ISO, split everything (except Space) and stepped Caps Lock so you're good.

long_qt_pie · « **Reply #28 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 09:16:36 »

Maybe you could do without the side gaskets and just do the top 3, might decrease rigidity centered around the lateral aspects and provide a little more flex

Rexcramer · « **Reply #29 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 10:03:31 »

WKL option, lower angle and a more prominent knob for easy access. Always nice to see more full size / 1800 layouts.

Sicowa · « **Reply #30 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 10:07:44 »

If possible I would like to see the side gaskets removed, at least for an experiment as I really wasn't happy with how rigid the D65 was due to those side gaskets.
Would also like to see some different knob avail if possible. I would say either make the knob more pronoucned in the design or remove it entirely imo.
Otherwise, it's looking like a really interesting full size
GLWIC

BirgusLatro · « **Reply #31 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 10:24:32 »

Odin looks great, I think the 9-degree angle is fine. I, too take issue with the knob though. It needs a feature to grab more than that tiny point.

Love that white-on-grey keyset, anyone know if it exists ?

jstein91 · « **Reply #32 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 11:28:31 »

I for one love the knob. But I agree the typing angle may be a little too steep.

I love to scroll and the idea of being able to do it with out having to move my hand to my mouse sounds awesome. You mentioned volume control but I assume encoder functionality is programmable?

Also, I think I really like the weight and usbc badge. Its fun without being obnoxious.

Voodoomouse · « **Reply #33 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 15:25:21 »

The one gripe that would stop me from buying it is the numpad. I live on numpads for work, but I cannot live without my 2u 0 key.

fuzewall · « **Reply #34 on:** Wed, 03 February 2021, 16:09:54 »

i dig the different nature of the knob position here. even though i got away from full sized layouts this peaks my interests for sure

Sweetbread · « **Reply #35 on:** Sat, 13 February 2021, 14:14:46 »

Will this have ESD protection? I don't necessarily mind the knob but I do wish it was slightly lower and would rather see a 2u 0 key.

Techichi · « **Reply #36 on:** Sat, 13 February 2021, 15:55:19 »

Agreed that 9 seems a bit high of an angle. And the knob is just strange.

That grey color looks amazing though. Also I've been looking for a solid full size at a decent price. Hope this can make it there.

treeleaf64 · « **Reply #37 on:** Sat, 13 February 2021, 17:06:48 »

Did ai03 design it

Tree_ · « **Reply #38 on:** Sat, 13 February 2021, 18:42:23 »

Quote from: treeleaf64 on Sat, 13 February 2021, 17:06:48

Did ai03 design it

All of the boards that are currently in IC on the KBDFans website (Hello HHKB, D45, Odin) were designed by Wei.

RicWatt · « **Reply #39 on:** Sat, 13 February 2021, 19:08:12 »

There was talk on the website of decreasing the angle, I hope they go for 7* instead, it will be a much better typing angle!

Jmarcelo · « **Reply #40 on:** Fri, 19 February 2021, 00:51:31 »

Finally a custom keyboard in the full size territory!

Love the knob position, really makes great use of the extra space on a compact full size lay out like this.

Is is possible to have a shallower angle? 5-7 seems to be standard. If people want a steep keyboard they can just tilt it up, but if it's steep by default it's steep forever.

Rx003 · « **Reply #41 on:** Fri, 19 February 2021, 02:14:32 »

I dont know what to feel about this but good luck good luck!

Taverius · « **Reply #42 on:** Sun, 21 February 2021, 06:09:20 »

Hot dang yes, this is relevant to my interests.

Also love the large low-profile knob, there's a reason professional gear has infinite scrollers set up like that more often than not.

SNG91 · « **Reply #43 on:** Wed, 17 March 2021, 21:05:20 »

The knob looks weird tbh. I like the "98%" layout a lot if you would call it that but the knob seems out of place

stacksofkeyboards · « **Reply #44 on:** Wed, 17 March 2021, 21:19:59 »

+1 to decreasing the angle. The knob seems like it would be easy to accidentally touch while jumping from the alphas to the numpad.

scoopbb · « **Reply #45 on:** Wed, 17 March 2021, 23:26:16 »

knob is def "just to have something different". i dont like it, feels out of place. echo the angle too high sentiment as well.

mingster · « **Reply #46 on:** Thu, 18 March 2021, 06:39:47 »

They said on kbdfans comments for this board that they’re going to change the angle to 7 degrees

Saturnine · « **Reply #47 on:** Fri, 23 April 2021, 13:34:21 »

Is there any news regarding this keyboard? I've been looking for a fullsize for a while and I wouldn't want to miss my chance with this one.

alevyish · « **Reply #48 on:** Fri, 23 April 2021, 15:45:33 »

I'll probably end up getting this, but only if that angle is lowered. Something around 7 would be ideal, over 8 I wouldn't use.

BouncyChillups · « **Reply #49 on:** Fri, 23 April 2021, 15:55:25 »

Is this a knob for DJs to randomly scratch?


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