Or better yet someone create a better company that puts GMK out of business. I would love quality, thick, cherry keycaps in PBT instead of ABS.
Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and 2. How many keys you get that you really don’t need? 3. That instead of the manufacturer working to meet the needs of customers.... customers are going out of their way to meet the needs of a company.... this seems backwards to capitalism (whether or not you agree with capitalism doesn’t matter).
I feel like everyone much appreciates group buys like KAT milkshake with a ton of kits, but people also seem to love ABS overpriced GMK sets. Why don’t we stop doing GMK until they edit their manufacturing process to benefit the community. Or better yet someone create a better company that puts GMK out of business. I would love quality, thick, cherry keycaps in PBT instead of ABS. Mostly, I’d just prefer to stop having to buy a million keys I don’t want, rarely ever see a ergo set, and hate paying 300$ when there is an ergo set when 50% of those keys won’t get mounted.
I can already foresee this post being crapped on and people telling me that’s just how it is, GMK isn’t gonna change so just get over it. That attitude is what screws us and let’s them profit off our laziness.
i think i'd be pretty successful running group buys.
I ain't following ya...i think i'd be pretty successful running group buys.
Care to elaborate, my Carbon Based Life Form ?
Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and 2. How many keys you get that you really don’t need? 3. That instead of the manufacturer working to meet the needs of customers.... customers are going out of their way to meet the needs of a company.... this seems backwards to capitalism (whether or not you agree with capitalism doesn’t matter).
I feel like everyone much appreciates group buys like KAT milkshake with a ton of kits, but people also seem to love ABS overpriced GMK sets. Why don’t we stop doing GMK until they edit their manufacturing process to benefit the community. Or better yet someone create a better company that puts GMK out of business. I would love quality, thick, cherry keycaps in PBT instead of ABS. Mostly, I’d just prefer to stop having to buy a million keys I don’t want, rarely ever see a ergo set, and hate paying 300$ when there is an ergo set when 50% of those keys won’t get mounted.
I can already foresee this post being crapped on and people telling me that’s just how it is, GMK isn’t gonna change so just get over it. That attitude is what screws us and let’s them profit off our laziness.
I wish i could make a gmk set.. i think i'd be pretty successful running group buys.
Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and
2. How many keys you get that you really don’t need?
3. That instead of the manufacturer working to meet the needs of customers.... customers are going out of their way to meet the needs of a company.... this seems backwards to capitalism (whether or not you agree with capitalism doesn’t matter).
We are seeing some cheap GMK sets right now. The fact that you can get 9009 for $99.99 is insane. There are some other great sets going for that price aswell.
*mic drop*
Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and 2. How many keys you get that you really don’t need? 3. That instead of the manufacturer working to meet the needs of customers.... customers are going out of their way to meet the needs of a company.... this seems backwards to capitalism (whether or not you agree with capitalism doesn’t matter).
I can already foresee this post being crapped on and people telling me that’s just how it is, GMK isn’t gonna change so just get over it. That attitude is what screws us and let’s them profit off our laziness.
Thank you very much for a well elaborated response. Some middlemen running group buys, Drop included, may have a share of how some fellow GHers perceive GMK. Some of us have no information how your Company is dealing with custom orders and may fill the grays and gaps in unfair ways. This explanation, for example, enlighten us all about the care you put in our community.Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and...
Not to mention, there is still time this year even to announce new things we have been working on ;)PBT or POM double shot process would be really awesome :)
We are seeing some cheap GMK sets right now. The fact that you can get 9009 for $99.99 is insane. There are some other great sets going for that price aswell.
Yeah! and the old BoW from Massdrop. Again, thank the designers for these prices, they are also listening and trying to accomodate what the community wants. :thumb:
I've got a couple of questions though:
- why uniqey doesn't offer some standard sets like bow or beige, instead of that discutible purple and gray set? :-)
- are you going to offer a tkl keyboard, instead of those quite unpopular 100% and 65% keyboards?
thanks
Thank you very much for a well elaborated response. Some middlemen running group buys, Drop included, may have a share of how some fellow GHers perceive GMK. Some of us have no information how your Company is dealing with custom orders and may fill the grays and gaps in unfair ways. This explanation, for example, enlighten us all about the care you put in our community.
Thank you very much for a well elaborated response. Some middlemen running group buys, Drop included, may have a share of how some fellow GHers perceive GMK. Some of us have no information how your Company is dealing with custom orders and may fill the grays and gaps in unfair ways. This explanation, for example, enlighten us all about the care you put in our community.
Thanks for the response as well! We are active on all the forums (have a subforum here as well) and on most of the Discords as well. Should you, or anyone, have any questions for us or want more insight into what goes on internally I can certainly make myself availalble to answer questions anytime :thumb:
Thank you very much for a well elaborated response. Some middlemen running group buys, Drop included, may have a share of how some fellow GHers perceive GMK. Some of us have no information how your Company is dealing with custom orders and may fill the grays and gaps in unfair ways. This explanation, for example, enlighten us all about the care you put in our community.
Thanks for the response as well! We are active on all the forums (have a subforum here as well) and on most of the Discords as well. Should you, or anyone, have any questions for us or want more insight into what goes on internally I can certainly make myself availalble to answer questions anytime :thumb:
I always wonder if BAE molds are available and what post-stem distribution they have. The thin ISO would rock too.Thank you very much for a well elaborated response. Some middlemen running group buys, Drop included, may have a share of how some fellow GHers perceive GMK. Some of us have no information how your Company is dealing with custom orders and may fill the grays and gaps in unfair ways. This explanation, for example, enlighten us all about the care you put in our community.
Thanks for the response as well! We are active on all the forums (have a subforum here as well) and on most of the Discords as well. Should you, or anyone, have any questions for us or want more insight into what goes on internally I can certainly make myself availalble to answer questions anytime :thumb:
Oh, soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many questions pop into my head. I'll limit myself to one.
Is there a way for guys like us to know whether a particular keycap mold exists or not? For example, if I were to design a keycap set with a shortened Backspace key (1.75U instead of 2.0U) and a "thin ISO" Enter key (1.0/1.25U instead of 1.25/1.5U), who over there could or should I ask?
I've got a couple of questions though:
- why uniqey doesn't offer some standard sets like bow or beige, instead of that discutible purple and gray set? :-)
- are you going to offer a tkl keyboard, instead of those quite unpopular 100% and 65% keyboards?
thanks
Hey! Thanks for your interest. So for starters we have definitely considered carrying "standard" sets that nobody owns (BoW, WoB, Dolch, Beige, etc). I think this would be a good idea as well, we essentially just need to make sure we don't compete with ourselves (as in with the community vendors) as it is extremely important to support the vendors and make them a priority as well. One of the biggest aspects of my job is making sure we support the vendors as best we can, because we see how well they also support the community! I believe the idea of carrying these sets can still be done with some creative design (if we keep them very minimal and price conscious, so it would still make sense to run a "full" or extended/modified version of those classics). So the short answer is yes, this has been mentioned and we have been discussing this for a while now.
Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and 2. How many keys you get that you really don’t need? 3. That instead of the manufacturer working to meet the needs of customers.... customers are going out of their way to meet the needs of a company.... this seems backwards to capitalism (whether or not you agree with capitalism doesn’t matter).
I feel like everyone much appreciates group buys like KAT milkshake with a ton of kits, but people also seem to love ABS overpriced GMK sets. Why don’t we stop doing GMK until they edit their manufacturing process to benefit the community. Or better yet someone create a better company that puts GMK out of business. I would love quality, thick, cherry keycaps in PBT instead of ABS. Mostly, I’d just prefer to stop having to buy a million keys I don’t want, rarely ever see a ergo set, and hate paying 300$ when there is an ergo set when 50% of those keys won’t get mounted.
I can already foresee this post being crapped on and people telling me that’s just how it is, GMK isn’t gonna change so just get over it. That attitude is what screws us and let’s them profit off our laziness.
Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and 2. How many keys you get that you really don’t need? 3. That instead of the manufacturer working to meet the needs of customers.... customers are going out of their way to meet the needs of a company.... this seems backwards to capitalism (whether or not you agree with capitalism doesn’t matter).
I feel like everyone much appreciates group buys like KAT milkshake with a ton of kits, but people also seem to love ABS overpriced GMK sets. Why don’t we stop doing GMK until they edit their manufacturing process to benefit the community. Or better yet someone create a better company that puts GMK out of business. I would love quality, thick, cherry keycaps in PBT instead of ABS. Mostly, I’d just prefer to stop having to buy a million keys I don’t want, rarely ever see a ergo set, and hate paying 300$ when there is an ergo set when 50% of those keys won’t get mounted.
I can already foresee this post being crapped on and people telling me that’s just how it is, GMK isn’t gonna change so just get over it. That attitude is what screws us and let’s them profit off our laziness.
We need more DSA, less GMK for group buys.
I just think theres too mucn
It is interesting to see that you live in US. Maybe you are American as well. That speaks about the interest GMK has in the US keeb community as well as in the EU's. Kudos.Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and 2. How many keys you get that you really don’t need? 3. That instead of the manufacturer working to meet the needs of customers.... customers are going out of their way to meet the needs of a company.... this seems backwards to capitalism (whether or not you agree with capitalism doesn’t matter).
I feel like everyone much appreciates group buys like KAT milkshake with a ton of kits, but people also seem to love ABS overpriced GMK sets. Why don’t we stop doing GMK until they edit their manufacturing process to benefit the community. Or better yet someone create a better company that puts GMK out of business. I would love quality, thick, cherry keycaps in PBT instead of ABS. Mostly, I’d just prefer to stop having to buy a million keys I don’t want, rarely ever see a ergo set, and hate paying 300$ when there is an ergo set when 50% of those keys won’t get mounted.
I can already foresee this post being crapped on and people telling me that’s just how it is, GMK isn’t gonna change so just get over it. That attitude is what screws us and let’s them profit off our laziness.
We need more DSA, less GMK for group buys.
I just think theres too mucn
Again, this is all up to designers (with anybody capable of being one!) simply taking the time to design one and finding out what the community wants! We definitely don't discourage against doing DSA sets, and enjoy seeing when designers run sets on both SP profiles and our profiles and give the community even more options.
I've personally known and talked to Melissa over at SP for years (even took pics in each others gear at the Seattle meetup!) so we have nothing but good will towards them, and don't see them as competition, just as another unique outlet for the community to use to express their creativity. I know we are both just so busy with community orders that it is clear neither of us is taking business from the other even haha. Everyone has just exploded with great creative ideas lately!
It is interesting to see that you live in US. Maybe you are American as well.
It is interesting to see that you live in US. Maybe you are American as well. That speaks about the interest GMK has in the US keeb community as well as in the EU's. Kudos.Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and 2. How many keys you get that you really don’t need? 3. That instead of the manufacturer working to meet the needs of customers.... customers are going out of their way to meet the needs of a company.... this seems backwards to capitalism (whether or not you agree with capitalism doesn’t matter).
I feel like everyone much appreciates group buys like KAT milkshake with a ton of kits, but people also seem to love ABS overpriced GMK sets. Why don’t we stop doing GMK until they edit their manufacturing process to benefit the community. Or better yet someone create a better company that puts GMK out of business. I would love quality, thick, cherry keycaps in PBT instead of ABS. Mostly, I’d just prefer to stop having to buy a million keys I don’t want, rarely ever see a ergo set, and hate paying 300$ when there is an ergo set when 50% of those keys won’t get mounted.
I can already foresee this post being crapped on and people telling me that’s just how it is, GMK isn’t gonna change so just get over it. That attitude is what screws us and let’s them profit off our laziness.
We need more DSA, less GMK for group buys.
I just think theres too mucn
Again, this is all up to designers (with anybody capable of being one!) simply taking the time to design one and finding out what the community wants! We definitely don't discourage against doing DSA sets, and enjoy seeing when designers run sets on both SP profiles and our profiles and give the community even more options.
I've personally known and talked to Melissa over at SP for years (even took pics in each others gear at the Seattle meetup!) so we have nothing but good will towards them, and don't see them as competition, just as another unique outlet for the community to use to express their creativity. I know we are both just so busy with community orders that it is clear neither of us is taking business from the other even haha. Everyone has just exploded with great creative ideas lately!
Mod edit: fixed quotes
Anyone else annoyed with how 1. Expensive GMK sets are and 2. How many keys you get that you really don’t need? 3. That instead of the manufacturer working to meet the needs of customers.... customers are going out of their way to meet the needs of a company.... this seems backwards to capitalism (whether or not you agree with capitalism doesn’t matter).
I feel like everyone much appreciates group buys like KAT milkshake with a ton of kits, but people also seem to love ABS overpriced GMK sets. Why don’t we stop doing GMK until they edit their manufacturing process to benefit the community. Or better yet someone create a better company that puts GMK out of business. I would love quality, thick, cherry keycaps in PBT instead of ABS. Mostly, I’d just prefer to stop having to buy a million keys I don’t want, rarely ever see a ergo set, and hate paying 300$ when there is an ergo set when 50% of those keys won’t get mounted.
I can already foresee this post being crapped on and people telling me that’s just how it is, GMK isn’t gonna change so just get over it. That attitude is what screws us and let’s them profit off our laziness.
We need more DSA, less GMK for group buys.
I just think theres too mucn
Again, this is all up to designers (with anybody capable of being one!) simply taking the time to design one and finding out what the community wants! We definitely don't discourage against doing DSA sets, and enjoy seeing when designers run sets on both SP profiles and our profiles and give the community even more options.
I've personally known and talked to Melissa over at SP for years (even took pics in each others gear at the Seattle meetup!) so we have nothing but good will towards them, and don't see them as competition, just as another unique outlet for the community to use to express their creativity. I know we are both just so busy with community orders that it is clear neither of us is taking business from the other even haha. Everyone has just exploded with great creative ideas lately!
Mod edit: fixed quotes
Thank you for the kind "quoting-fix". Confused: It was my fault...? :-[
It is interesting to see that you live in US. Maybe you are American as well. That speaks about the interest GMK has in the US keeb community as well as in the EU's. Kudos.
So for starters we have definitely considered carrying "standard" sets that nobody owns (BoW, WoB, Dolch, Beige, etc).
So for starters we have definitely considered carrying "standard" sets that nobody owns (BoW, WoB, Dolch, Beige, etc).
I would certainly be interested in picking up a few of these sets if y'all decide to go through with it!
So for starters we have definitely considered carrying "standard" sets that nobody owns (BoW, WoB, Dolch, Beige, etc).
I would certainly be interested in picking up a few of these sets if y'all decide to go through with it!
I think it will happen, just need to figure out how to best do it (and find time on the lines to create some sets for us internally, currently they are all being used to capacity for community sets!)
Is there any GMK site tour video somewhere?
It would be awesome to see how those caps are made, prod line etc..
I don't understand the hype with GMK.
But with G20, yes
Is there any GMK site tour video somewhere?
It would be awesome to see how those caps are made, prod line etc..
Well, I have some pictures, but the exact process is actually highly controlled as we have the machines all modified to our specifications that makes then unique, so I can't share any video of the process itself.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/MYulrWJ.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/9kBU6hj.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/Wv7XMsE.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/ntnGEL7.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/W86EO7H.jpg)
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When budget cuts go too far - GMK can't afford spacebars for their own keyboards. :(
Is there any GMK site tour video somewhere?
It would be awesome to see how those caps are made, prod line etc..
Well, I have some pictures, but the exact process is actually highly controlled as we have the machines all modified to our specifications that makes then unique, so I can't share any video of the process itself.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/MYulrWJ.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/9kBU6hj.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/Wv7XMsE.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/ntnGEL7.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/W86EO7H.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/W86EO7H.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/kLdwrXw.png)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/W2EvFDW.png)
kenster 😎
Is there any GMK site tour video somewhere?
It would be awesome to see how those caps are made, prod line etc..
Well, I have some pictures, but the exact process is actually highly controlled as we have the machines all modified to our specifications that makes then unique, so I can't share any video of the process itself.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/MYulrWJ.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/9kBU6hj.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/Wv7XMsE.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/ntnGEL7.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/W86EO7H.jpg)
Is there any GMK site tour video somewhere?
It would be awesome to see how those caps are made, prod line etc..
Well, I have some pictures, but the exact process is actually highly controlled as we have the machines all modified to our specifications that makes then unique, so I can't share any video of the process itself.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/MYulrWJ.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/9kBU6hj.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/Wv7XMsE.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/ntnGEL7.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/W86EO7H.jpg)
****posts are all fun and games until the manufacturer shows up.
Is there any GMK site tour video somewhere?
It would be awesome to see how those caps are made, prod line etc..
Well, I have some pictures, but the exact process is actually highly controlled as we have the machines all modified to our specifications that makes then unique, so I can't share any video of the process itself.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/MYulrWJ.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/9kBU6hj.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/Wv7XMsE.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/ntnGEL7.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/W86EO7H.jpg)
the exact process is actually highly controlled as we have the machines all modified to our specifications that makes then unique.
the exact process is actually highly controlled as we have the machines all modified to our specifications that makes then unique.
that "highly controlled process" is producing defected caps. You should be paying attention to this: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99984.msg2836013#msg2836013
the exact process is actually highly controlled as we have the machines all modified to our specifications that makes then unique.
that "highly controlled process" is producing defected caps. You should be paying attention to this: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99984.msg2836013#msg2836013 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99984.msg2836013#msg2836013)
Just because it is highly controlled doesn't mean QC will be perfect. I had already flagged this internally though and it is an issue being looked into as to why this has happened so it can be fixed.
I have a lot of expensive hobbies, mechanical keyboards being the newest one. Honestly, when you get into the enthusiast side of literally any industry, you can expect to pay top dollar for quality product. I haven't received my first GMK key cap set yet, but I have handled one and I was definitely blown away with the quality and saturation of the colors.
Alternatively, I have seen other brand of key caps with literally maybe a $20 - $40 price difference with slightly lower quality. If GMKs are too much stress on bank, don't buy. Simple as that!
I've always gone by the saying, "If you can't buy something twice, you can't afford it."
We will open shop by the end of the year, with this target in mind.Take my god damn money.
Check the IC thread and fill out the form to hear from us when we start taking orders :)
http://fkcaps.com (http://fkcaps.com)