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THERA 75



Hello Geekhack,

    This is our third Groupbuy of Createkeebs, called Thera75 based on the Island of Thera. This board is different as it is Plateless and Gasket Mounted, but also has leaf spring cuts on the PCB. This board is trying to achieve amazing typing experience at great value. A current price of $260 USD for one full kit, making it a great budget high end board.


VENDORS
Worldwide: eschit.com
Japan: Yushakobo

If you are interested please make sure to fill out the IC Form




Basic information:
Case Angle: 6.5
Materials: Aluminium & stainless steel (PVD coated steel/Ti as standard)
Colours: Anodised blue & E-white & E-black & Polycarb for the main chassis
Mounting method: Plateless Gasketed pcb leaf spring   
Case Screw-in style: Screwless
PCB:1.6mm 2layer black (non-hotswap) configurable with QMK/VIA




Typing test

Layout options:



Color options:






Pricing:
1x Board kit price $260 USD
1x Extra PCB price $30 USD
1x PVD Coated Stainless Steel Weight upgrade price $30 USD
1x extra standard Stainless Steel Weight price $80 USD
1x extra PVD Coated Stainless Steel Weight price $110 USD
1x Extra Badge price $40 USD
1x Extra PE Gaskets/Case/PCB price $12 USD (will include all three)
1x Shipping $55 USD

Board kit:
1x Board
1x PCB
1x M2 and M2.5 hex screws
1x Case foam
1x PE PCB foam
1x Plate-like Foam
1x Titanium Badge
1x Standard Stainless Steel Weight
1x Badge ring
1x Gaskets
1x rubber bumpons

STATUS
Starting AUG 15th - 30th

Structure
  (1)Plateless pcb leaf-spring, (2) 3 direction gaskets Wrap around plate, (3)screwless, (4)replaceable insignia made of titanium alloy.



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Packaging







Extra Renders:
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Huge thanks to Alexotos for the photo in the header and the review if you wanna check out more of his content visit his site.

update history:2021.07.06 ic publish.
                      2021.07.07 add layout and pcb pic
                      2021.7.29 update protype pics
                      2021.8.08 update price
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« Last Edit: Thu, 12 August 2021, 23:51:28 by made in China »

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 06:02:16 »
Reserved.

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 06:12:41 »
What are these vertical meme cuts?

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 06:40:17 »
First I dont know what that ting in the top right corner is if I had to guess it's probably not a knob since the info is missing.
Second I never build a plateless board so soundtest would be great.
Third pricing is looking good so far. I would consider buying this depending on the prototypes and further updates.

GLWIC

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 07:28:37 »
First I dont know what that ting in the top right corner is if I had to guess it's probably not a knob since the info is missing.
Second I never build a plateless board so soundtest would be great.
Third pricing is looking good so far. I would consider buying this depending on the prototypes and further updates.

GLWIC
That's an accent, and a nice looking one.

I would like to have a sound test as well.

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 07:43:21 »
What are these vertical meme cuts?
flex cuts

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 11:05:47 »
I like the price considering the materials used. The badge looks great to me.

What is the theme of the imagery? The building on the back reminds me of a mosque or something.

The cuts are interesting, maybe it will result in soft and bouncy feeling. But I worry it might hit the bottom of the case?

I'm probably a minority on this but consider split backspace please  :)

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 11:49:06 »
Loving the:
- Spread out clusters
- Offered colours
- Plateless design
- Weight
- Price

Suggestion to change:
- Not liking the badge design, but if you were to insist on a badge, i'd like a 4cm-ish lighthouse design that can shine light onto the keyboard caps and surrounding(mouse area) for people who like to type in the dark. I think that would be super duper cool, don't think we've seen something like that. You can of course come out with other tall 3D model options for the badge area.
- The badge could be replaced with a knob? or round OLED screen


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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 11:58:03 »
Stabs? I don't see any cutouts on the pcb. The cuts on the tabs don't make sense, and the spacebar relief cut doesn't either. I'm very confused.

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 12:08:49 »
what does plateless leaf spring achieve?
a more springy bouncy feel than gasket mounting?

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 12:25:33 »
ne stabilizer holes avail

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 12:38:14 »
Stabs? I don't see any cutouts on the pcb. The cuts on the tabs don't make sense, and the spacebar relief cut doesn't either. I'm very confused.

actually didn't see that, was more worried about the vertical meme cuts on the tabs

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 13:36:22 »
I am not entirely convinced that those leaf springs are designed properly. Those  "<" cuts seem kind of pointless.

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #13 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 14:18:00 »
No hate here, but if you are going to put flex cuts on your PCB like that, the space bar should be included, you just turned the entire bottom row into a hard point like that.

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #14 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 17:41:58 »
No hate here, but if you are going to put flex cuts on your PCB like that, the space bar should be included, you just turned the entire bottom row into a hard point like that.

Isn't there a flex cut for the spacebar? That round cut at the bottom or am I missing something?

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 18:36:56 »
looks cool, love the badge, price, and look of the board, but the details (plate mostly) needs some work

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 18:44:21 »
Plate needs some work, aswell as the render on the pcb doesnt show stab cutouts.
Certainly interesting for 250$
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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 19:47:11 »
I like the price considering the materials used. The badge looks great to me.

What is the theme of the imagery? The building on the back reminds me of a mosque or something.

The cuts are interesting, maybe it will result in soft and bouncy feeling. But I worry it might hit the bottom of the case?

I'm probably a minority on this but consider split backspace please  :)
We're going to add the split space option, old buddy

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 06 July 2021, 19:49:19 »
Stabs? I don't see any cutouts on the pcb. The cuts on the tabs don't make sense, and the spacebar relief cut doesn't either. I'm very confused.
Sorry, because we won't drawing the PCB, we just build a simple PCB model, but actually there will be stab cut in the PCB

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #19 on: Sat, 10 July 2021, 01:00:46 »
love the inspiration!  :eek:

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #20 on: Sat, 10 July 2021, 17:01:26 »
What are these vertical meme cuts?
flex cuts

Pretty sure those don't actually add any significant amount of flex.

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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs
« Reply #21 on: Tue, 13 July 2021, 03:54:27 »
What are these vertical meme cuts?
flex cuts

Pretty sure those don't actually add any significant amount of flex.
I do not think so
« Last Edit: Tue, 13 July 2021, 04:00:39 by Totoro »

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Protos are added and added an IC form!

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The PCB will support ISO right ? Because the proto's PCB seems to be only ANSI...

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The PCB will support ISO right ? Because the proto's PCB seems to be only ANSI...
Pls Ref layout pics

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very sad there is no led support

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very sad there is no led support
Unless the norceface PCB is made, the LED light will have little effect, CapsLock's LED will have.


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Re: [IC] Thera – 75% plateless keyboard by Createkeebs - protos and pricing
« Reply #28 on: Sat, 07 August 2021, 21:18:30 »
Pricing updated

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design looks pretty nice and the concept flex on pcb is neat, i already have a plateless build and flex from a pcb is more prominent than any flex which can be achieved with any plate at the moment. would love to see this go through with great pricing. most concerning part will be the QC, fitment and anode/coat quality. everything else looks great, would be nice to add some engraving on the bottom weight plate like some stars or clouds or sun something as it looks a bit too plain. would love if we the badge files were released, thinking of a marble badge would look nice on this as well.

just my 2 cents, without it its still a good buy and good concept. excited for this and best of luck.

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Last chance to watch a live build before GB this Saturday on MechMerlin’s twitch

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Seeing a bunch of different colors for the badge, how will that work in the GB?

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Would have jumped on this instantly if it hadn't been for the inconsistent gap size surrounding the badge, aswell as between the right-most column and the function row. A more muted badge would've been really nice aswell.
Still may jump on this, really greagood value proposition, and it's definitely a great sounding board.

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How much does it weigh?
Also are there any better photos or renders of the blue case? Thanks.

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will there be matching ring colors for the other color badges or are there only the blue rings?

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I just want to collect the vivid badge, haha~~