[GB] Polaris - GB Complete

[SuddenlyDonkey]

I ordered yellow so I'll have to wait until it's in my hands to make the call. Maybe this is what my sealed skiidata has been waiting for. In hindsight, I'm really digging the rose gold builds I've seen. Worse case scenario, I'll build it, if I don't like it, I'll flip it; if I love it and can't deal with the color, I'll cerakote it. I'm assuming you can cerakote over electrophoresis...

[donkey]

I just got my DHL shipment notification. w00t!

FYI: My order includes previously delayed FR-4 half-plate so I think the only thing standing in the way for everyone is the shipping queue.

I'll post again when it actually arrives. Cheers!

[Create_alt_delete]

Board feels really nice on first inspection, but man, I wanted yellow, not pumpkin spice

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There go my plans for matching mine with Serika...

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[bthezebra]

Man the E-Yellow situation is sooo frustrating. If they knew it was going to be that much variance from what was presented, why not at least offer people a different option? I think it was bad business to send them out like this and makes me want to avoid any future KBDFans GBs, no matter the price deal. I was willing to accept imperfect finish (scuffs/lines/etc.) but come on, to whom does that color appear to be yellow???

[stroodl]

For your board to be able to be delivered in the US did you have to send KBDFANS $20 for shipping or is there an invoice of some sort?

[SuddenlyDonkey]

Man the E-Yellow situation is sooo frustrating. If they knew it was going to be that much variance from what was presented, why not at least offer people a different option? I think it was bad business to send them out like this and makes me want to avoid any future KBDFans GBs, no matter the price deal. I was willing to accept imperfect finish (scuffs/lines/etc.) but come on, to whom does that color appear to be yellow???

I wouldn't sweat it too much until you have yours in your hands and can see for yourself; I'd definitely be interested in a photo if you do have an e-yellow.

[SuddenlyDonkey]

For your board to be able to be delivered in the US did you have to send KBDFANS $20 for shipping or is there an invoice of some sort?

I used EMS b/c it was originally free shipping; however, due to shipping issues, I changed my address and opted for DHL. KBD support said they would invoice me for shipping. I haven't been invoiced yet so I'm guessing my order isn't ready. I'm waiting on a Polaris and Simple JA.

[missalaire]

Still looking for a grey WKL kit pref with matte black weight if anyone is selling theirs.

[InediblePi]

Looking to trade my space gray WKL Polaris for a black WKL Polaris! Pm if interested.

[bthezebra]

Man the E-Yellow situation is sooo frustrating. If they knew it was going to be that much variance from what was presented, why not at least offer people a different option? I think it was bad business to send them out like this and makes me want to avoid any future KBDFans GBs, no matter the price deal. I was willing to accept imperfect finish (scuffs/lines/etc.) but come on, to whom does that color appear to be yellow???

I wouldn't sweat it too much until you have yours in your hands and can see for yourself; I'd definitely be interested in a photo if you do have an e-yellow.

In my hands...

[SuddenlyDonkey]

Man the E-Yellow situation is sooo frustrating. If they knew it was going to be that much variance from what was presented, why not at least offer people a different option? I think it was bad business to send them out like this and makes me want to avoid any future KBDFans GBs, no matter the price deal. I was willing to accept imperfect finish (scuffs/lines/etc.) but come on, to whom does that color appear to be yellow???

I wouldn't sweat it too much until you have yours in your hands and can see for yourself; I'd definitely be interested in a photo if you do have an e-yellow.

In my hands...

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 :-\

[1391401]

LOL!  It's school bus yellow instead of that light yellow they showed in the IC pictures.  I wonder how the mixup like that happens (entirely different color here, not a minor nitpick by pedantic keyboardists).  Still waiting for mine to come - on the plus side I already have a matching keyset for that color and was gonna have to find something for the original yellow 

[bthezebra]

LOL!  It's school bus yellow instead of that light yellow they showed in the IC pictures.  I wonder how the mixup like that happens (entirely different color here, not a minor nitpick by pedantic keyboardists).  Still waiting for mine to come - on the plus side I already have a matching keyset for that color and was gonna have to find something for the original yellow 

Exactly! Like what color blind person was assigned to this project? At minimum have the proto nearby to compare.

Also, to all "E-Yellow" buyers, I reached out to KBDfans to exchange if they had something more similar to what was presented. Here is the response:

"This color is correct ,have no issues.all other sets are same 

If you can not accept it ,Pls return back to the Chinese address ,Thanks "

So ALL of the E Yellow will look the same, if you haven't gotten a shipping email and do not want this color then I suggest you reach out to say do not send and please refund. Otherwise you will have to bite the bullet and pay for shipping back to China during this crisis.

[vi0till]

LOL!  It's school bus yellow instead of that light yellow they showed in the IC pictures.  I wonder how the mixup like that happens (entirely different color here, not a minor nitpick by pedantic keyboardists).  Still waiting for mine to come - on the plus side I already have a matching keyset for that color and was gonna have to find something for the original yellow 

Exactly! Like what color blind person was assigned to this project? At minimum have the proto nearby to compare.

Also, to all "E-Yellow" buyers, I reached out to KBDfans to exchange if they had something more similar to what was presented. Here is the response:

"This color is correct ,have no issues.all other sets are same

If you can not accept it ,Pls return back to the Chinese address ,Thanks "

So ALL of the E Yellow will look the same, if you haven't gotten a shipping email and do not want this color then I suggest you reach out to say do not send and please refund. Otherwise you will have to bite the bullet and pay for shipping back to China during this crisis.

Believe the color reference is Tofu E-yellow, which based on the picture, similar to what Polaris color is. Since I do not own Tofu E-yellow, maybe anyone can confirm this.

Quite sad with the e-yellow color, maybe I will just pair with Kaiju, altho the color might be a bit off.

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[rath_k]

LOL!  It's school bus yellow instead of that light yellow they showed in the IC pictures.  I wonder how the mixup like that happens (entirely different color here, not a minor nitpick by pedantic keyboardists).  Still waiting for mine to come - on the plus side I already have a matching keyset for that color and was gonna have to find something for the original yellow 

Exactly! Like what color blind person was assigned to this project? At minimum have the proto nearby to compare.

Also, to all "E-Yellow" buyers, I reached out to KBDfans to exchange if they had something more similar to what was presented. Here is the response:

"This color is correct ,have no issues.all other sets are same

If you can not accept it ,Pls return back to the Chinese address ,Thanks "

So ALL of the E Yellow will look the same, if you haven't gotten a shipping email and do not want this color then I suggest you reach out to say do not send and please refund. Otherwise you will have to bite the bullet and pay for shipping back to China during this crisis.

Honestly you might as well just receive the board and try to trade it for a color that you like.

If you aren't interested in trading then you can just sell it on the aftermarket. The demand is pretty high for polaris on the aftermarket right now, I'm sure you wouldn't have a problem finding a buyer that pays GB price plus shipping.

Edit: I would buy yellow polaris if you arent interested

[nu_types]

If anyone has a school bus yellow polaris that they don't want, pm me and I'll gladly buy if off you for what you paid + shipping

[Bits]

Yeah I'm pretty bummed about the e-yellow situation too. Still waiting on my shipping notification, but if anyone wants to trade their red wkl/hhkb polaris for my e-yellow hhkb polaris when it comes in hmu

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[manzel]

Why are you guys surprised about the yellow? Basically, all e-yellow boards (e.g. E7-V1, M65-B, KN2.10², Tofu) look like that. And iirc, it also matches the color, which was displayed on the KBDFans store page, pretty well.

[donkey]

AFAIK, Tofu E-Yellow does not look like that.

[sevenseacat]

Shipping notification aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaAAA I'm excited

[Brez1623]

That yellow looks terrible compared to what was shown prior to GB. Curious if AI03 will chime in on what happened with the color matching! I would expect he would have had some say in the color matching of this board.

[1391401]

Why are you guys surprised about the yellow? Basically, all e-yellow boards (e.g. E7-V1, M65-B, KN2.10², Tofu) look like that. And iirc, it also matches the color, which was displayed on the KBDFans store page, pretty well.

Surely it's not that hard to understand how this was confusing?  If you look on their IC page [1] the yellow everyone in this thread was expecting is shown there a few times.  If you want to be a keyboard pedant there's actually two different yellow shown in that first post so you can argue that even during IC the color was vague.  However neither of these colors shown during IC were the school bus yellow that it looks like people are getting [2].  Some people may have bought the yellow and natural brass color (as shown in the IC) and imagine how bad that will look as natural brass + school bus yellow...

[1] https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=100383.msg2753368#msg2753368
[2] https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=101904.msg2903067#msg2903067

[finalarcadia]

I too, can take that terrible yellow off your hands, pm me

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[xantiema]

Even an E-Orange will flip for more than what you paid for it. There is literally no reason to ship it back to KBD if you are unsatisfied - that just seems irrational.

[rockydbull]

AFAIK, Tofu E-Yellow does not look like that.

https://kbdfans.com/products/tofu-aluminum-case-e-yellow
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/c02syn/tofu60/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/g9hp66/mt3_serika_on_eyellow_tofu_68/

IMO looks similar to how the polaris turned out. Color seems to be highly dependent on lighting. The more I look at really orange pictures I see orange and then switch to a yellow one and they all look yellow.

[ninjacore]

Even an E-Orange will flip for more than what you paid for it. There is literally no reason to ship it back to KBD if you are unsatisfied - that just seems irrational.

I don't know that the buyer was suggesting that. I think kbdfans suggested that.

I'd certainly be disappointed, but the "flip it on mm" option is a fine option, imo

[Aerizu]

So my Polaris arrived with missing hex screws (small ones at the bottom of the case). Does anyone know what size are these?

[xantiema]

So my Polaris arrived with missing hex screws (small ones at the bottom of the case). Does anyone know what size are these?

Screw specifications should always be listed as information for Case GBs, given how often they strip (and other reasons such as this) 

[_PixelNinja]

To add to that, I wish more keyboards would have Torx screws instead of Hex.

[Aerizu]

So my Polaris arrived with missing hex screws (small ones at the bottom of the case). Does anyone know what size are these?

Screw specifications should always be listed as information for Case GBs, given how often they strip (and other reasons such as this) 

I asked around the discord server and they said it's M2 hex screws.

[donkey]

Urgh. Sure hope my Polaris, currently sitting in LA customs storage, has all the screws.
I'm screwed otherwise (pun intended).

[dmatx1]

So my Polaris arrived with missing hex screws (small ones at the bottom of the case). Does anyone know what size are these?

Screws:
- Case screws are M2x8mm
- Weight screws are M3x4mm

Hardware-Spec.txt

[xantiema]

So my Polaris arrived with missing hex screws (small ones at the bottom of the case). Does anyone know what size are these?

Screws:
- Case screws are M2x8mm
- Weight screws are M3x4mm

Hardware-Spec.txt

Much obliged. Do you know if they are countersunk or flat?

[dmatx1]

Much obliged. Do you know if they are countersunk or flat?

weight: countersunk
case: flat (or whatever is the name of this type of screw head)

[pr0ximity]

Got a tracking number for my poly+poly

[Solotov]

Saw you guys were complaining about the yellow. Here is my blue gray Polaris with a blue gray kbdfans's switch opener. lol



Love the board anyway 

[sevenseacat]

wow, that's not grey at all lol

[neutralstate]

gotta say though its a pretty unique shade of blue, maybe good with the new minimall and the blue accents.

[ninjacore]

Board is blue, weight is gray. Blue-gray 

[ullr]

I ordered yellow and I was pleasantly surprised to receive something like Nintendo's Spice colorway. No hard feelings from me at all.

[ludd3]

Am I the only one who still havent recieved my Polaris ?

[zian_]

Am I the only one who still havent recieved my Polaris ?

Nope lol

[ludd3]

oh thank you. feels like i was the only one left -.-

[Slash Emperor]

Am I the only one who still havent recieved my Polaris ?

Nope lol

Same. Gray Alu HHKB with Brass Half-Plate and Poly Half-Plate (and ePBT SimpleJA which is supposed to ship with the Polaris), no shipment notification yet.

[donkey]

My Polaris came in:

- Black case with normal brass weight
- 2 PCBs
- full-brass plate and half-FR4 plate
- all the screws were already screwed in and none missing. Whew.

Half-FR4 plate looked pretty good.
https://www.keebtalk.com/t/what-did-you-get-in-the-mail-today/1572/2109?u=donpark

[nycxandy]

One of the keys (|\) on my PCB crapped out, so I think I need another PCB.   I don't think the Polaris PCB is available anymore, so what are my third party options?

[mongoose27]

I'm still waiting on my e-White, WKL, Polaris.  Hope everything is alright with it.

[adamjohari]

LOL!  It's school bus yellow instead of that light yellow they showed in the IC pictures.  I wonder how the mixup like that happens (entirely different color here, not a minor nitpick by pedantic keyboardists).  Still waiting for mine to come - on the plus side I already have a matching keyset for that color and was gonna have to find something for the original yellow 

Exactly! Like what color blind person was assigned to this project? At minimum have the proto nearby to compare.

Also, to all "E-Yellow" buyers, I reached out to KBDfans to exchange if they had something more similar to what was presented. Here is the response:

"This color is correct ,have no issues.all other sets are same

If you can not accept it ,Pls return back to the Chinese address ,Thanks "

So ALL of the E Yellow will look the same, if you haven't gotten a shipping email and do not want this color then I suggest you reach out to say do not send and please refund. Otherwise you will have to bite the bullet and pay for shipping back to China during this crisis.

Believe the color reference is Tofu E-yellow, which based on the picture, similar to what Polaris color is. Since I do not own Tofu E-yellow, maybe anyone can confirm this.

Quite sad with the e-yellow color, maybe I will just pair with Kaiju, altho the color might be a bit off.

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I graduated from the U of I where our main color is Orange and Blue. Let me know if you want to sell it off

[koenoe]

Anyone willing to sell me a spare PCB?

[juliandoucette]

FTR: I can confirm that the bluegrey is not as advertised. It's a nice colour, I guess... but I wouldn't have ordered it.

PS: I'm leaving this comment because I think it's the appropriate place and format to leave feedback about the group buy. Please excuse my ignorance and negativity if I am incorrect.