Keyboard of the Month 2016 - February - Vote

[katushkin]

Welcome one and all to February's Keyboard of the Month vote! As always it's a bit late, but we have some very special boards for you this month!

First up is Photoelectic's LZ-GH



Another image of it can be found in the nomination thread here

Second is hwood34's RS78 with Hirose Orange switches

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More images over in the nomination thread

And finally, it's Shareandenjoy's 60% Matias project



His build log can be found here

As always the vote is open for seven days, and the winners will be entered into 2016's Keyboard of the Year competition!

[rowdy]

This was an easy one for me this time

[whmeltonjr]

This was an easy one for me this time

Same here. Although I would take any of the 3 boards.

[rowdy]

This was an easy one for me this time

Same here. Although I would take any of the 3 boards.

I noticed that two of them have the space bar removed to avoid any controversy about flipped space bars )

[whmeltonjr]

This was an easy one for me this time

Same here. Although I would take any of the 3 boards.

I noticed that two of them have the space bar removed to avoid any controversy about flipped space bars )

Is that like the mechanical keyboard version of being politically correct?  )

[appleonama]

This was an easy one for me this time

Same here. Although I would take any of the 3 boards.

I noticed that two of them have the space bar removed to avoid any controversy about flipped space bars )

Oh I voted before I read this. space bar flipping would totally skew my vote. mod I want a revote!

[njbair]

Voted. I normally slant heavily in favor of anything DIY, but this month I think the two Kustoms stand out. The color matching on both is superb, and those MX orange switches are just really cool.

BTW, katushkin, I believe that's an RS78, not an RS96.

[nubbinator]

Voted. I normally slant heavily in favor of anything DIY, but this month I think the two Kustoms stand out. The color matching on both is superb, and those MX orange switches are just really cool.

BTW, katushkin, I believe that's an RS78, not an RS96.

The thing I kept in mind in the voting is that one of the Kustoms is, by and large, a DIY project.  The board was a total cluster**** when Photoelectric got it.  It's incredible to see how it is now.

[njbair]

Voted. I normally slant heavily in favor of anything DIY, but this month I think the two Kustoms stand out. The color matching on both is superb, and those MX orange switches are just really cool.

BTW, katushkin, I believe that's an RS78, not an RS96.

The thing I kept in mind in the voting is that one of the Kustoms is, by and large, a DIY project.  The board was a total cluster**** when Photoelectric got it.  It's incredible to see how it is now.

Oh yeah, that was the pink bent one, right? Awesome story.

[katushkin]

BTW, katushkin, I believe that's an RS78, not an RS96.

Yeah, you're right. I got it right in the poll but not in the post for some reason. Thanks.

[n0rvig]

Beauties!!

[E3E]

There is of course one with a story that is very deeply compelling here. I think that's my main draw, but these are all so awesome. You'll get your Oscar dammit! Leo did!

[hwood34]

This shot's probably a bit nicer: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43865.msg2066272#msg2066272

That LZ-GH is awesome though, color is perfect and the restoration is on point

[katushkin]

Just over 36 hours to get your votes in! This is shaping up to be a very close competition this month!

[hwood34]

Congrats Photoelectric! Honestly the most impressive restoration effort I've seen with the most gorgeous looking end result

[njbair]

hwood be like

Congrats to all! Each board here is awesome.

[katushkin]

Congratulations Photoelectric on picking up the win! A fantastic project, and a worth winner.

Commiserations to the runners up, thank you to everyone for taking part!

[rowdy]

Congrats to Photoelectric