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[GB] Altair and Altair-X - Split ergonomic keyboard | Live until June 3 2024
ai03:
Altair and Altair-X
Current status: Group buy from April 29 to June 3, estimated shipping on Q1 2025
After half a decade of development and over two years of use as a daily driver, Altair and Altair-X represent ai03's current benchmark in keyboard design for productivity and comfort.
Going beyond just internals or mounting methods, the Altair family blends a fully-split ergonomic key layout with high-end keyboard visuals and internals to take typing comfort to the next level.
This is the group buy thread - for the full context, wall of text, and mass of photos regarding the project that would be a bit too much to mirror here, please see the IC thread.
Vendors/Product pages
- CannonKeys
- Mechboards
- KBDfans
- Acid & Co.
- Swagkeys
- Sandkeys
- Keebz N Cables
- Keygem
- Yushakobo
Pricing and Kitting
Base kit contents:
- The case halves
- Polycarbonate plates
- Brass weights per half
- PCB and daughterboard per half, along with their ribbon cables
- USB-C to USB-C cable for interconnect use
- Custom carrying case
- Rubber feet and gaskets
- Screws and hardware for assembly
Full pricing:
Altair (5-row)
- Case - 315 USD for dark grey and rose gold, 325USD for e-white
- Learning keyset - 30 USD
- Extra plates - 40 USD for a pair of PC, 55USD for a pair of alu, 25USD for a pair of FR4
- Extra hotswap PCB pair - 55 USD
- Foam layers kit (midfoams, bottomfoams) - 28 USD
Altair-X (4-row)
- Case - 300 USD for dark grey and rose gold, 310USD for e-white
- Learning keyset - 27 USD
- Extra plates - 37 USD for a pair of PC, 52USD for a pair of alu, 21USD for a pair of FR4
- Extra hotswap PCB pair - 51 USD
- Foam layers kit (midfoams, bottomfoams) - 26 USD
Common Accessories
- Extra gaskets kits - 7 USD
- Extra USB-C interconnect cable - 5 USD
- Extra USB daughterboards - 11 USD
- Wooden wristrests pair - 28 USD (Note: Please check wood QC guidelines here
- Extra rubber feet (a whopping 24 per kit to account for 6 per each wristrest) - 5 USD
Specifications
Typing angle: 7deg
Materials: Aluminum case, polycarbonate plate (by default), brass weight
Manufacturer: Hongtu
Weight (both halves combined): ~1.2kg (Altair 5-row) | ~900g (Altair-X 4-row)
Dimensions (per half): ~143.6 x 126.4 x 30.0mm (Altair 5-row) | ~143.6 x 107.4 x 27.9mm (Altair-X 4-row)
PCB: 1.2mm thick; hotswap
Colors:
- E-white
- Dark Grey
- Rose Gold
Custom keyset designs:
An Important Note
While I'll be mirroring project updates here, please don't forget to check on updates from whichever vendor you are purchasing from - there may be region-specific updates at some point, for example for logistical delays that only affect one vendor or another.
I also have a Discord server if you want to come drop by to ask questions in real-time.
halfling_barista:
Joining this! GLWGB.
upas:
Very very excited for this to launch!
I'm picking one up for myself too!
hustinocide:
Will there be extras for this?
victorpre:
have been waiting for the orbit-x forever, so def joining on this one instead :thumb:
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