[GB] POLYGON 65% - 20th of august 2021 - Keebstuff Collab announced! [CLOSED]

[Rotwitt]

Polygon

After over a year of development, 4 prototypes and a lot of money spent I am now ready to put Polygon up for a GB. To kick things off I’ll show you some pictures of the prototypes, followed by some general information, such as pricing, and what you can expect to receive for your money. I’ll finish things off by giving you a timeline, an idea of the bits and pieces you need to assemble Polygon and a FAQ.






Prototype pictures:










Proto gallery: https://imgur.com/a/6Uny3Fy



Pricing and where to buy:

• Polygon including PCB: 449€ (530 USD) + shipping
• Extra PCB: 67.8 € (80 USD)
• Extra plate: 25.5 € (30 USD
• Foam (ISO or ANSI, with foam for chambers): 20 € (23.6 USD)
• Brass knob: 17€ (20.06 USD)

Where to buy:

• My website: https://rotwitt.com
• For news: https://discord.gg/kQbxZnJdfF




What is included?


Case

• Top
• Middle
• Bottom
• Brass weight
• Brass plate (ISO or ANSI)
• Aluminium knob
• PCB (ISO or ANSI)
• Linear bearings
• Washer
• Screws (Obviously
• Custom molded feet
• Custom molded gasket

Extras

• Foam
• Brass knob




Available colours:



• North sea blue
• Forest green
• Silver
• Plum
• Rose Gold
• Gunmetal




Case Specifications

• Typing angle: 7°
• Case material: Aluminium 6061
• Case finishing: Sandblasted and anodized
• Case colour: Silver, Gunmetal, Forest green, North sea blue, Rose gold, Plum
• Weight material: Brass
• Weight finishing: Sandblasting
• Approximate weight: 3,2 kg (8.37 lbs)
• Custom knob (Extra)

Plate:

• Plate material: Brass
• Plate thickness: 1,5mm
• Plate finish: Sandblasted

PCB specifications:


• Layout support: ISO or ANSI
• Finish: ENIG and Custom PCB art
• Colour: Matte black
• Hotswap
• Rotary encoder (PEC11L)
• Per key RGB
• AT Mega 32 MCU
• USB-C daughterboard
• QMK
• VIA





Collabs:

KEEBSTUFF:



Keebstuff Kabelmanufaktur has made a highe-end custom lemo cable, with brass sleeving that matches the Plum Polygon colourway perfectly!
They are currently holding a giveaway for a cable, which you can check out here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/pctjvf/bulk_custom_cables_by_keebstuff_polygon_cable/.
They also offer a made-to-order service that makes it possible for you to colour-match any keeb you'd like!
https://keebstuff.com/



Timeline:


The GB will launch the 20th of August, will run for 21 days. Until the 10th of September, to allow you to make changes to your order, or order any additonal extras. The GB will be FCFS.

• GB Start: 20th of august at 23:59 GMT +2
• GB end: 10th of september 23:59 GMT +2
• 5 months delivery to me
• 2 months of me shipping out the packages internationally
• Every package should be shipped by the 31st of March 2022




What do I need for assembly?

• A set of allen keys with the following sizes: H2.5, H2.0, H1.5, H1.3
• 66 switches of your choice, and the patience to straighten each and every one of their pins
• Your favorite keycaps
• PCB-mount stabilizers
• A song that makes you feel good
• The assembly guide




FAQ

Q: Firmware?
A: QMK w. VIA or VIAL support

Q: Will you add more plates?
A: No, I'm trying to keep complexity down. Plate files will be available on my website post GB

Q: Will you add more colors?
A: No

Q: Where can I participate in the GB?
A: My website: https://Rotwitt.com

Q: Where will you ship from?:
A: Denmark, in the EU

Q: Will you be using any vendors?:
A: I don't plan to

Q: How many will be available?
A: 500 units will be available at this time. I might run another round, if there's demand for it

Q: Will there be a build stream?
A: Hipyotech and Apiary will receive a prototype to build

Q: Who will be shipping the keyboard?
A: DHL

Q: Will you be declaring customs?
A: Yes.

Q: Do you have a e-mailing list?
A: Not currently. Please let me know if you want emails and I'll consider setting it up.




Special thanks

• Trip-Trap for designing the PCB

• ISO_Returns for giving me advice and lending me GMK 9009 for the first Proto pictures

• YHS for letting me borrow GMK DMG and GMK Hennesey

• Corruto for constantly trying to buy my prototypes

• Eeveeatemyessay for helping me out with GDPR, and being a great support

• The MKDK community and my Discord community for supporting the project from the beginning.

[Rotwitt]

RESERVED

[tkeatingt]

Looks great, and nice and heavy too. Can we have a sound test of the prototype?

[Rotwitt]

Looks great, and nice and heavy too. Can we have a sound test of the prototype?

Sure! Here is a sound test with Alpacas V2 filmed and lubed. There's no sound dampening in the board.
 Alpaca V2 rev 2.mp3

[sagarsiddhpura]

Trying to sell something without even showing it from major angles is a red flag. Hope you include topdown pics.

[Rotwitt]

Trying to sell something without even showing it from major angles is a red flag. Hope you include topdown pics.

Hey! Thanks for telling me. That wasn't intentional, I just didn't want to clog the start of the post with more pictures. There's a full album available here, that includes a short video: https://imgur.com/a/6Uny3Fy
I'll add it to the post above as well.

[AshF]

Looks crazy good!

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[g_hack_it]

Been following this for a while and am totally in awe at the attention to detail on this bad boy. Can't wait!

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[Corruto]

Yeeeeees! Finally.

[haesbaert]

What is the front height ? I couldn't find it anywhere.

[yhs]

What is the front height ? I couldn't find it anywhere.

Believe you’re the same person I posted a best-effort measuring photo for on discord, but until Rotwitt provides a precise spec sheet, the answer is about 20mm

[Will_I_am344]

Looks awesome.

I am gonna buy it.

I live in Sweden but work in Denmark, kobenhavn. Is it possible to physically pick it up instead of having it shipped?

[Havattack]

Trying to sell something without even showing it from major angles is a red flag. Hope you include topdown pics.

"Red flag"... LOL! Plenty of top down pics, in plenty of places.. There is nothing "red flag" about this GB.

[Rotwitt]

Looks awesome.

I am gonna buy it.

I live in Sweden but work in Denmark, kobenhavn. Is it possible to physically pick it up instead of having it shipped?

Sure no problem! I’ll be shipping out from Odense on Fyn, though so it might be a bit of a ride. I’ll add the option on the website!

[yhs]

Looks awesome.

I am gonna buy it.

I live in Sweden but work in Denmark, kobenhavn. Is it possible to physically pick it up instead of having it shipped?

I reckon a lot of the hobby’s Danish crowd in CPH will join this one, so if you know one, maybe have it delivered there and save the trip to Fyn

[Lazesummerstone]

Is it weird that I keep coming back to this page just to look at the pictures?!?

[Havattack]

Is it weird that I keep coming back to this page just to look at the pictures?!?

Only becasue other locations host more pics.

[ggggggg]

Welp, there goes my budget for the summer. Beyond stoked.

[8BitTim]

Gotta say I'm really loving the look of this board. 65% layout with encoder and per key rgb AND hotswap has me convinced. I was going with a mode65 but seeing this has really changed my mind

[8BitTim]

GB is still going for those interested! This is a keeb not to miss!

[Rotwitt]

08-28-2021:

Added Keebstuff Collab.

[Havattack]

GB is still going for those interested! This is a keeb not to miss!

I just wish i could by another one... or two. This thing is so sick.

[Dinerenblanc]

I'd be more interested if this was $100 cheaper. $530 for this is too much.

[Havattack]

I'd be more interested if this was $100 cheaper. $530 for this is too much.

To each their own. It seems perfectly priced to me.

[Rotwitt]

I'd be more interested if this was $100 cheaper. $530 for this is too much.

I actually made a small write-up about my previous 430$ cost-target on Reddit. I’ll just copy-paste it here:


“Hey man. I totally get it. It's pretty expensive, no doubt about that. 
Back in january when I got the first quote I set a price target of ~430 USD, which I was pretty happy with, but unfortunately the latest quotation that I got from the manu added 100 USD to the manufacturing costs. They state that it's because of the metal prices going crazy as a result of covid-19, and people hoarding whatever raw materials they can. That's unfortunate as there's a lot of raw materials being used to manufacture this board. 
 I was really bummed out when I found out about the changes to pricing, and was actually really close to abandoning the project as a result. So yeah, wish it was cheaper to manufacture, to allow more people to join, but the circumstances are unfortunately out of my control

Either way, thanks for your interest! I plan to design another, more affordable board in the future ”


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[Dinerenblanc]

Sorry, I didn't mean to put you down or anything akin to that. It's a shame they upped the costs on you. I will say that the Plum is beautiful, hope to see it featured in your future projects.

[Havattack]

Was there an official end date to the GB? I'm thinking about trying to get a second..

[aliden]

It ends on the 10th of September!

[Havattack]

It ends on the 10th of September!

Thanks, but no, that is NOT correct. It ends on the 14th.

[Rotwitt]

For anyone looking for updates:

All updates are available on my discord here: https://discord.gg/kQbxZnJdfF

Here's the latest update from the Discord:

9th of december 2021

Happy holidays everyone! The year is slowly coming to an end, and I wanted to give you all a sincere thank you for your support and trust during this GB. I also want to wish you and your nearest and dearest a fantastic December, with lots of food and good memories.

I’m currently working on the packaging for Polygon in close cooperation with the supplier and things seem to be progressing nicely.

The case manu is currently waiting for my samples to arrive so that they can proceed with the pre-production unit. Hopefully it’ll arrive soon so we can progress to production.

Oh, and I arranged for the gaskets to come preinstalled, so you won’t have to install them yourselves.

And as always; have a good one!