So, my Monterey K104 finally arrived and I am
LOVING it. Fitted with SKCM Whites of the Pine variety, these feels so good and it secured my love for Alps switches
The rest of the keyboard is pretty good too, doubleshot ABS keycaps with a decent solid build quality. Does flex a little when I attempted to twist it but who really does that to their keeb on a daily basis? Cable is also thicc and the connector looks pristine!
One small niggle though... one of the switches has their contact pins rusted to oblivion as seen in the picture above. And I was able to pull the
entire switch out without resistance.
One solution I thought of is to desolder the switch on the Pause/Break key then use that as a replacement. Because who uses that key like at all?! I sure haven't. Other suggestions would be welcome too! I just want to get this board working with all the critical keys working.
All in all, this was a hella good buy. As my first Alps board, I'm pleasantly surprised and I suppose Alps, to me at least, has lived up to the hype.