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Offline SlipperyPeteED

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #150 on: Fri, 18 December 2020, 11:16:57 »
very kanye

Offline mewa

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #151 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 14:40:39 »
Hey folks,

I'm waiting for the GB thread to get approved by the mods, so in the meantime I'm going to give a quick update here.

First of all, the group buy is finally live!

As a reminder, the kits are available at the following vendors (with some caveats, more below):
Europe - CandyKeys
Asia - zFrontier*
North America - Ashkeebs
Worldwide - direct at the thock.co store

*zFrontier is having some technical issues at the moment and we are aware of them. I will post some updates once these issues are resolved.
« Last Edit: Mon, 28 December 2020, 09:36:10 by mewa »

Offline Fenlair

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #152 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 15:07:15 »
What kind of domes can we expect? Similar to stock Topre or something more tactile like BKE Redux?

Offline mewa

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #153 on: Sat, 19 December 2020, 17:25:51 »
What kind of domes can we expect? Similar to stock Topre or something more tactile like BKE Redux?

Similar to stock Topre.

Side note: BKE Redux domes are compatible with the Conundrum.

Offline VellFlamm

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #154 on: Sun, 20 December 2020, 02:33:37 »
When are we to expect the review?
As a fan of EC switches and 40% ortho, I'd love to join.
However, with that price tag from someone with no history, I need to watch some kind of a build-stream or a review before I join.

And honestly, I wish you did an IC before deciding to add a case and stuff.
I couldn't care less about them; That is even if it costed nothing.

Offline mewa

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #155 on: Tue, 22 December 2020, 10:55:04 »
Of course. We should have something out this week.

Offline Ratheighna

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #156 on: Tue, 22 December 2020, 16:30:00 »
Are there any plans to sell the top or bottom blue case down the line or was there not enough interest for that?

Offline mewa

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #157 on: Wed, 23 December 2020, 19:33:17 »
Unfortunately, no. I had to scrap the blue colour since its texture and sheen stood out and I wanted to keep the colours coherent.

Offline saylae

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #158 on: Sun, 27 December 2020, 01:42:03 »
any update on the review(s)?

Offline KurageOuji

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #159 on: Mon, 04 January 2021, 13:19:47 »
any reviews up yet? im interested but i wont join until i can see a review

Offline underpup

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #160 on: Wed, 06 January 2021, 13:11:01 »
zfrontier is finally up, but it's listed for $640 without assembly or shipping? what's going on?

Offline KurageOuji

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #161 on: Wed, 06 January 2021, 16:48:29 »
Unfortunately, no. I had to scrap the blue colour since its texture and sheen stood out and I wanted to keep the colours coherent.

mewa you around? we havent heard from you for the first two weeks of the GB and theres only a week left and still no review or anything. i want to support a topre custom but not if its sketchy like this

Offline mewa

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #162 on: Thu, 07 January 2021, 10:50:22 »
zfrontier is finally up, but it's listed for $640 without assembly or shipping? what's going on?

It seems to be a mistake, I've already raised this with zFrontier.

Unfortunately, no. I had to scrap the blue colour since its texture and sheen stood out and I wanted to keep the colours coherent.

mewa you around? we havent heard from you for the first two weeks of the GB and theres only a week left and still no review or anything. i want to support a topre custom but not if its sketchy like this

I've been working on bringing additional insights into the keyboard such as this video below and answering questions on the 40's Discord. And of course the review!


Speaking of the review, make sure to tune in later this afternoon to Cassidy's Twitch channel!


Oh and by the way, if you're worried about safety I encourage you to buy via the vendors (I'm not actually seeing the money from orders placed there until I deliver the keyboards).

Offline ycanales

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #163 on: Thu, 07 January 2021, 11:25:09 »
Hope everything turns out well because I surely want some custom non-ortho topre boards! Looks beautiful in the video.

Offline mewa

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #164 on: Tue, 12 January 2021, 15:13:19 »
zfrontier is finally up, but it's listed for $640 without assembly or shipping? what's going on?

I've received information from zFrontier that they have to include the Chinese taxes in their price due to the extended time between order placement and fulfilment (which results in them being unable to reclaim these taxes). If you're not in China I'd recommend buying the keyboard from other vendors.

You can find a list of them here (shipping globally):
* CandyKeys (https://candykeys.com/group-buys/conundrum-ortholinear-keyboard)
* Ashkeebs (https://www.ashkeebs.com/product/conundrum/)
* or directly from me (https://thock.co/)

Offline mrvco

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Re: [IC] Conundrum - 40% ortho, QMK, EC (GB Dec 18th-Jan 18th)
« Reply #165 on: Wed, 20 January 2021, 23:02:44 »
I'm not ortho people, but wow, I love my NiZ EC boards and this looks amazing.  If you do another EC design, I wouldn't be able to resist a staggered layout w/ split SB/BS and 35g or 45g domes.