I wanted to post a couple of issues I had with the Phantom, not to complain but hopefully to find out if there's something I did wrong, or if they are real problems, maybe they will get fixed for the new Phantom group buys going on. Maybe these are already known..
Note that I'm using the PHANSI plate with Costar stabilizers.
1. It seems impossible to open the key switches that use short stabilizers (shifts, backspace, enter) without removing the whole switch from the board. Actually the problem that happened to me was, I couldn't close them, as I assembled the PCB/plate sandwich using just switch bottoms, then added the springs, stems, and tops afterward.
2. None of my space bars fit! I knew when I ordered the Phantom that I would need the 7" space bar from Round 4, but thought (perhaps wrongly) in the mean time I could use a shorter space bar. The plate has a third stabilizer mount point, seemingly to support shorter space bars. But the shorter wire bends in the wrong place to get around the switch. Also, none of my shorter space bars fit the third mount point, so I can't use an un-stabilized space bar anyway. Is there somewhere to get a space bar that fits before Round 4 ships (2014?)?