Sup guys, it's me bringing yet another disassembled keyboard and analysis of it.
Anyways, the keyboard is way too easy to open, there's only two screws in total (really), the rest is just hold up by plastic locks, which thank heavens aren't made out of low quality plastic like on Metadot Das Keyboard (broke almost all of the plastic locks on it) or the Logitech G710+ (broke at least two). They're more similar to the plastic locks on the CM Storm Trigger, which are sturdy and easy to open.
Also, Edgar Matias told me that the keyboard cases on Matias Quiet and Clicky keyboards are made out of Injected Policarbonate (used on football helmets), a more resistant plastic than the commonly used ABS (and which also costs more). I know that ABS can have different levels of quality, some can be sturdy and others not, for an instance, I find the ABS front cover of the CM Storm Trigger quite well done, while the plastic covers on Logitech G710+ and Tt Meka G-Unit are just crap.
Well, in the case of the Matias Mini Quiet Pro, the plastic is really sturdy and looks well done on both front and rear covers. But the only thing that gets me off is what most should've noticed by now, which are my fingerprints. Yeah, Glossy outside and inside, since its a characteristic of the plastic used on it (it's not even painted). That for me, is kinda like its only weak point, but the reason for that, according to Edgar Matias, is that he couldn't use a different cover from what's used on the Mac version and Mac users wanted the damn Glossy white covers. Damn hipsters...
Anyways, another detail on the photo of the rear cover, is that it has almost no rubber underneath it, which makes it easy to move around the table (and the glossy finish even helps). And its feet also don't have any rubber to keep the keyboard on place as well...
Anyways, now let's talk about keycaps. The keycaps come from the same Taiwanese supplier (attention, although Costar does uses this supplier, Costar has no keycap tooling, so, this keyboard is NOT made by them) as FILCO Majestouch 2, CM Quick Fire Rapid/Stealth/XT/Trigger, Ducky Shine II, Ducky Shine III and a few other keyboards. Part of this affirmation comes from Edgar Matias himself and the other comes from how the plastic looks like, its feeling and the mold marking on the rear of the keycap.
Anyways, these are high-quality ABS keycaps with a very nice feel to them. Thankfully Matias didn't decided to choose cheaper keycaps from Datacomp or Solid Year...
Continuing, these are the photos of the keyboard disassembled, the PCB and the controller (which is removable) and the soldering (which looks well done):
Also, since the keyswitches themselves are transparent, that allows backlighting similar to membrane keyboards to be used. This here, is the Caps Lock key:
This way, you can have:
- Cheaper backlighting methods:
- RGB Backlight