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Offline Mcnos

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[GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« on: Wed, 29 April 2020, 00:29:20 »
KAT Arctic

What a more perfect time to release a cold set than in the middle of spring?

Releasing a set in the middle of a Pandemic.

Wash your hands.

Product Page - katarctic.com
Discord - https://discord.gg/UK6HZgr
Zeus Cables - https://www.zeuscables.store/arctic

Vendors
https://novelkeys.xyz/
https://dailyclack.com/
https://mykeyboard.eu/
https://en.zfrontier.com/ | http://www.zfrontier.com/





Renders by Manzel and Kingk22
View the full album here
https://imgur.com/a/uRzYhYS


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Kits | Prices
Alphas -
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Arctic Alphas - 36USD


Frostbite Alphas - 43USD


Colevrak+ - 30USD


French - 23USD


North - 26USD



Modifiers -
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Arctic Modifiers - 63USD


Arctic Icon Modifiers  - 63USD


Snowman Modifiers - 63USD


Snowman Icon Modifiers - 63USD


40/Ortho - Otter Modifiers - 48USD


40/Ortho - Otter Icon Modifiers - 50USD


40/Ortho - Frosted Otter Modifiers - 48USD


40/Ortho - Frosted Otter Icon Modifiers - 50USD


Ergo Modifiers - 38USD


Numpads -
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Arctic Numpad - 22USD


Arctic Icon Numpad - 22USD


Snowball Numpad - 22USD


Snowball Icon Numpad - 22USD


Ice Kit - 12USD


Spacebars -
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Spacebar Kit - 29USD


Blue Split Kit - 15USD


Beluga (Novelty Kit) - 32USD


Tentative shipping date - 30 weeks
GB will run til the 1st of June

Zeus Cable - Collaboration


Deskmat by adxlk


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Special thanks to the following!

Eskimojo
Dvorcol
Manzel
Kingk22
OneCreativeMind
As well as all of you supporters <3

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Offline Mcnos

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 01 May 2020, 01:31:47 »
Final Numbers! GB is over.

We have met 649% of MOQ.


« Last Edit: Fri, 05 June 2020, 19:31:16 by Mcnos »

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 01 May 2020, 01:54:07 »
Nice

Offline alper_maestro

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 01 May 2020, 03:53:23 »
I think I'll order this too  :thumb:

Offline Joaquox

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 01 May 2020, 05:47:17 »
Order done!


Aaaand I did get the frozen balls otter icon kit I was nagging you about in the IC!  :thumb:

Offline Rohwi

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 01 May 2020, 06:00:26 »
Ordered 3 sets.
This is my first GroupBuy and my first KAT set...
I completely missed the IC and just found the set. totally in love.

I am excited for december!

Offline J3ff_Leopard

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 01 May 2020, 18:25:32 »
Got my set ordered this afternoon. My first and only KAT set.
WTB Resin Cast Click Clack Leaf

Offline ConfuseBill

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 01 May 2020, 20:36:13 »
YES, great job McNos. This is one of KAT combination that offers complete for 60,65/68,TKL, WKL, ISO with Mid backslash, 98layout, 1800 and Full. Thank you for including 1800 R5 complete keys.

Offline Mcnos

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 01 May 2020, 21:20:00 »
For the lols, here's also a typing test with the caps


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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 02 May 2020, 12:44:15 »
First day, and already reached more than 25% of MOQ!


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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 04 May 2020, 23:30:28 »


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Offline arock0627

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 05 May 2020, 12:39:19 »
This set is the reason I signed up for the site and participated in my first group buy.  There's always been something I didn't like that kept me from pulling the trigger on one of these (colors, certain key symbols, plastic type, accent colors), but this is the first time I went in to a group buy page and I just kept liking it more and more the more I saw.  The KAT profile is gorgeous, the font is great, the symbols look clear, PBT is my personal preference (I love the dry/textured feel).  It just all came together for me.

My current favorite color scheme is the Ducky Good In Blue keyboard, which I have for work and is gorgeous.  This beats it, I think.  I got the Frostbite alphas and Arctic Icon mods.  I think a nice blue/white underglow on these would look amazing.

Thanks for putting this together Mcnos!

Offline tinyumbrella

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 05 May 2020, 13:09:08 »
Living in the Arctic, about to type out my PhD on the Arctic...how can I not pick this up? Now I just need the white Adélie to become a reality.

Offline Rilow

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #13 on: Tue, 05 May 2020, 15:18:01 »
Not an alt, and I ordered 3 kits. Awesome work, can't wait to get it.

Offline Mcnos

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #14 on: Tue, 05 May 2020, 16:53:44 »
This thread looks sus lol

Offline Adelscott

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 05 May 2020, 17:55:49 »
Ordered 5 kits today. What a headache to make a choice ...
Please think about ISO users, add a split left shift to your "alice style" keyboards

Offline Rohwi

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 06 May 2020, 06:05:00 »
Hi everyone,

I was wondering what the white Alphas would look like with the white Mods and since I didnt't see a render with them, I hacked this together.



guess I have to add the white Mods to my order...

Offline Mcnos

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic
« Reply #17 on: Wed, 06 May 2020, 06:11:57 »
Hi everyone,

I was wondering what the white Alphas would look like with the white Mods and since I didnt't see a render with them, I hacked this together.

Show Image


guess I have to add the white Mods to my order...

There wasn't too many renders of it but here you go







Also just to note, we've very much surpassed our MOQ at 159%
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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 159%)
« Reply #18 on: Wed, 06 May 2020, 13:00:30 »


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Offline arock0627

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 159%)
« Reply #19 on: Wed, 06 May 2020, 14:16:16 »
This is my first time doing a groupbuy like this.  Is hitting 160%on the 6th day pretty normal or is this out of the ordinary?

It's awesome, and if we're gonna keep on like this I might end up snagging the arctic text mods too.

Offline Hell-es

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 159%)
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 06 May 2020, 14:54:02 »
 :thumb: quite impressive - also the distribution of kits - as north user just 11 kits is really low - thank KAT for making the low sold kits possible. KAT > GMK

Offline oldcat

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 159%)
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 06 May 2020, 20:18:06 »
really dig this

Offline rockydbull

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 159%)
« Reply #22 on: Thu, 07 May 2020, 13:27:08 »
:thumb: quite impressive - also the distribution of kits - as north user just 11 kits is really low - thank KAT for making the low sold kits possible. KAT > GMK

Sounds about right for a North kit. The impressive thing is how vocal that subset of the community is despite having such a small market share.

Offline Rohwi

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 159%)
« Reply #23 on: Fri, 08 May 2020, 04:13:58 »
The impressive thing is how vocal that subset of the community is despite having such a small market share.

I feel like we have to be more vocal otherwise we will never see NORDE sets at all.
Seeing the difference (at least here) in North and Colevrak makes me wonder why I've seen so many ICs and GBs with colevrak support but no NORDE support.
I guess if you hope for someone else to post a reply or fill out the interest form for you you can't be surprised when there is no NORDE set for you to buy.

I am really happy to see all sets to be made dispite the low numbers of some sets. great for these guys or girls to get their favourite layout, even if they are one of ten who wants it.


Offline stoffelduss

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 159%)
« Reply #24 on: Fri, 08 May 2020, 07:57:53 »
Went all in! Got keycaps for two keyboards.

Seeing the difference (at least here) in North and Colevrak makes me wonder why I've seen so many ICs and GBs with colevrak support but no NORDE support.
Lol where does this ever happen? Do you have an example, because I want to see. Aaaalso the sample size here is literally below 20 ;)

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 159%)
« Reply #25 on: Mon, 11 May 2020, 00:39:22 »
Edit: 5/11 update.  197% --> 209% MOQ



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Offline KaosJ

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 197%)
« Reply #26 on: Mon, 11 May 2020, 00:49:16 »
Might seems like a silly question, i have KAT alpha and wanted to match with this, are the legends exactly the same font or it changed during time? (well kat alpha was the first)




Offline Mcnos

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 197%)
« Reply #27 on: Mon, 11 May 2020, 01:08:03 »
Might seems like a silly question, i have KAT alpha and wanted to match with this, are the legends exactly the same font or it changed during time? (well kat alpha was the first)

The legends are slightly different.

Same family of font but is slightly altered

Offline Yilk81

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #28 on: Thu, 14 May 2020, 03:39:27 »
For those who have a Keebio Iris or something split, here's what Arctic would look like.
I used http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/ to recreate the Iris and just changed the colours.
If you want to mess with the colour scheme yourself just send me a message for the json file.

Offline Lazy_Borzoi

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #29 on: Thu, 14 May 2020, 13:35:29 »
The cable for this GB looks very similar to the one for GMK Masterpiece - light edition?
Or are they actually exactly the same?

Here are the links to both:
https://www.zeuscables.store/product-page/kat-arctic-artisan-cable

https://www.zeuscables.store/product-page/gmk-masterpiece-artisan-cable-light-edition

Offline sapisoi

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #30 on: Fri, 15 May 2020, 06:37:59 »
The cable for this GB looks very similar to the one for GMK Masterpiece - light edition?
Or are they actually exactly the same?

Here are the links to both:
https://www.zeuscables.store/product-page/kat-arctic-artisan-cable

https://www.zeuscables.store/product-page/gmk-masterpiece-artisan-cable-light-edition

i think the only different is the paracord colour.

Cable consists of the following(KAT Arctic):
150 cm // 28 AWG wire
Paracord // Baby Blue 
Techflex // White
Heatshrink // black/White/Grey
20cm - Coil
Aviator
Connector 1/2

Cable consists of the following(GMK Masterpiece):
150 cm // 28 AWG wire
Paracord // Sapphire blue
Techflex // White
Heatshrink // White
20cm - Coil
Aviator
Connector 1/2

Offline Lazy_Borzoi

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #31 on: Fri, 15 May 2020, 11:49:43 »
The cable for this GB looks very similar to the one for GMK Masterpiece - light edition?
Or are they actually exactly the same?

Here are the links to both:
https://www.zeuscables.store/product-page/kat-arctic-artisan-cable

https://www.zeuscables.store/product-page/gmk-masterpiece-artisan-cable-light-edition

i think the only different is the paracord colour.

Cable consists of the following(KAT Arctic):
150 cm // 28 AWG wire
Paracord // Baby Blue 
Techflex // White
Heatshrink // black/White/Grey
20cm - Coil
Aviator
Connector 1/2

Cable consists of the following(GMK Masterpiece):
150 cm // 28 AWG wire
Paracord // Sapphire blue
Techflex // White
Heatshrink // White
20cm - Coil
Aviator
Connector 1/2

Interesting! Thanks!
The names are indeed different but they look practically the same (to me).

Offline Yilk81

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #32 on: Sat, 16 May 2020, 02:47:11 »
And here's what a TKC Molly would look like with the frostbite alphas with the colevrak kit for a Colemak DH layout.
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Offline stoffelduss

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #33 on: Sat, 16 May 2020, 11:29:20 »
And here's what a TKC Molly would look like with the frostbite alphas with the colevrak kit for a Colemak DH layout.
(Attachment Link)
omg endgame 😍

e. jokes aside, where did you find this layout? that's not normal colemak dh.
« Last Edit: Sat, 16 May 2020, 11:32:24 by stoffelduss »

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #34 on: Sat, 16 May 2020, 18:57:31 »
And here's what a TKC Molly would look like with the frostbite alphas with the colevrak kit for a Colemak DH layout.
(Attachment Link)
omg endgame 😍

e. jokes aside, where did you find this layout? that's not normal colemak dh.

What do you call this layout?  Is it Colemak DHm modified to keep ZXCVB in QWERTY order?


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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #35 on: Sun, 17 May 2020, 01:58:27 »
Oh shoot! Did I find the wrong reverence picture? I'm a regular colemak user making this for a fellow colemak user but with the DH mod. Or so I thought.

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #36 on: Sun, 17 May 2020, 02:08:47 »
Oh shoot! Did I find the wrong reverence picture? I'm a regular colemak user making this for a fellow colemak user but with the DH mod. Or so I thought.

Regardless, the layout you're showing might have some positives.

Here are the three Colemak layouts I know of (also CAPS LOCK usually becomes BACKSPACE):







And you could add the Wide mod to any of them:

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #37 on: Sun, 17 May 2020, 02:28:16 »
Used https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/ as the reference this time.

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #38 on: Sun, 17 May 2020, 04:52:18 »
R2 R3 “B” should also be white.
(changed to KAT row number)
« Last Edit: Tue, 19 May 2020, 04:33:31 by dvorcol »

Offline Rico

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #39 on: Mon, 18 May 2020, 11:40:30 »
A beautiful set with the ability to have AZERTY layout was too good to pass on, I pulled the trigger :D

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #40 on: Mon, 18 May 2020, 19:41:37 »


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Offline LordOwen

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #41 on: Tue, 19 May 2020, 02:18:54 »
I've only recently gotten into keyboard building, but at such a perfect time so I could get on this GB! My only problem now is deciding between Arctic and Frostbite... Hard to go wrong, though, it's just a question of which I'll be happier staring at while I'm at my desk...

Offline Reiep

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 208%)
« Reply #42 on: Fri, 22 May 2020, 01:38:50 »
A beautiful set with the ability to have AZERTY layout was too good to pass on, I pulled the trigger :D
Same here!

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 263%)
« Reply #43 on: Sun, 24 May 2020, 15:15:31 »


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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 263%)
« Reply #44 on: Sun, 24 May 2020, 19:49:06 »
Hi, just a question. This was my first group buy and I'm new to this community. I am just starting to create my own mechanical keyboard, and I bought this keycaps on novelkeys. I had a mistake on buying the wrong kit, I was supposed to buy the Arctic Icon Modifiers instead of Otter Icon Modifiers. I read that you cannot cancel group buy orders, but since the GB will run until June 1, would they still accept cancellation of orders since I was planning to buy the right kit for my build. 

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 263%)
« Reply #45 on: Sun, 24 May 2020, 21:12:08 »
Hi, just a question. This was my first group buy and I'm new to this community. I am just starting to create my own mechanical keyboard, and I bought this keycaps on novelkeys. I had a mistake on buying the wrong kit, I was supposed to buy the Arctic Icon Modifiers instead of Otter Icon Modifiers. I read that you cannot cancel group buy orders, but since the GB will run until June 1, would they still accept cancellation of orders since I was planning to buy the right kit for my build.
Please reach out to the vendor you bought the sets from. They'll help you sort it out.

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 263%)
« Reply #46 on: Sun, 24 May 2020, 22:25:34 »
Hi, just a question. This was my first group buy and I'm new to this community. I am just starting to create my own mechanical keyboard, and I bought this keycaps on novelkeys. I had a mistake on buying the wrong kit, I was supposed to buy the Arctic Icon Modifiers instead of Otter Icon Modifiers. I read that you cannot cancel group buy orders, but since the GB will run until June 1, would they still accept cancellation of orders since I was planning to buy the right kit for my build.
Please reach out to the vendor you bought the sets from. They'll help you sort it out.

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I've already sent a message to them as well, thanks!

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (MOQ 292%)
« Reply #47 on: Mon, 25 May 2020, 17:40:07 »
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Edit: updated with 5/26 numbers


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Offline Mcnos

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Final Week - MOQ 315%)
« Reply #48 on: Tue, 26 May 2020, 08:10:10 »
Numbers look insane, thank you everyone.

We're on the final stretch boys.

Offline tinyumbrella

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Final Week - MOQ 325%)
« Reply #49 on: Tue, 26 May 2020, 16:14:37 »
Extremely cool, can't wait!

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Final Weekend - MOQ 325%)
« Reply #50 on: Fri, 29 May 2020, 06:21:26 »
Last weekend  :-X

Offline LostGoatOnHill

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Final Weekend - MOQ 325%)
« Reply #51 on: Fri, 29 May 2020, 07:21:37 »
Just ordered Arctic Alphas, Arctic Icon Mods and Beluga, really looking forward to putting this on a white board, brrrrrrrrrrr!

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Final Weekend - MOQ 325%)
« Reply #52 on: Fri, 29 May 2020, 17:07:15 »


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Offline dpingz

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Final Weekend - MOQ 325%)
« Reply #53 on: Sun, 31 May 2020, 13:24:01 »
Just ordered Arctic Alphas, Arctic Icon Mods and Beluga, really looking forward to putting this on a white board, brrrrrrrrrrr!

I totally bought the exact same here for an all white as well! Hell yea! :thumb:

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Final Weekend - MOQ 325%)
« Reply #54 on: Sun, 31 May 2020, 15:30:02 »
Well, looks like I join today; 1 numpad, both alphas, both 40s kits! I'll regret it if I don't; plus I'm still hoping I can land KAT milkshake when extras are available! Artic is mine!


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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Final Weekend - MOQ 325%)
« Reply #55 on: Sun, 31 May 2020, 17:39:01 »
Hey is 1st of June included or excluded? Need to wait to get a reply for b2b transaction from one of the vendors.

Offline Mcnos

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Final Weekend - MOQ 325%)
« Reply #56 on: Sun, 31 May 2020, 23:13:11 »
Hey is 1st of June included or excluded? Need to wait to get a reply for b2b transaction from one of the vendors.

It will still be open on 1st of June until the EOD

Offline arock0627

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Last Day! - MOQ 368%)
« Reply #57 on: Wed, 03 June 2020, 14:14:43 »
Hyped!  Can't wait to see these caps with a nice white and blue underglow

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Last Day! - MOQ 368%)
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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (Last Day! - MOQ 368%)
« Reply #59 on: Fri, 05 June 2020, 15:55:14 »
Nice numbers and interesting tie between text and icons.

Offline vsrnth

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #60 on: Sat, 06 June 2020, 21:20:40 »
There have been reports of legend misalignment and keycaps being moulded wrong. Biip has reached out to keyreative regarding the issue and is waiting on a response. The runners of KAT refined and monochrome have also reached out to keyreative. No one knows how widespread the issue is. That said there have been reports from owners of KAT alpha, that they too had the same issue.

Can you also please reach out to keyreative and see to it that these issues are looked into.






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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #61 on: Wed, 01 July 2020, 07:50:09 »
Hi, is there any update on the progress?

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #62 on: Wed, 01 July 2020, 08:35:32 »
Hi, is there any update on the progress?

Well it's been 4 weeks. Manufacture time was estimated at 30 weeks. So...probably not much.
WTB Resin Cast Click Clack Leaf

Offline arock0627

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #63 on: Thu, 19 November 2020, 13:08:27 »
Coming up on 25 weeks.

Have we heard if there's been any significant manufacturing delays due to obvious reasons?

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #64 on: Thu, 19 November 2020, 13:40:13 »
Given that Keyreactive hasn’t gotten under 9-10 months yet save for their blanks kits, and that KAT Explosion and Atlantis are currently estimated at 9-12 months, I’d be pretty surprised if this wasn’t well into next year.

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #65 on: Thu, 19 November 2020, 13:55:02 »
Given that Keyreactive hasn’t gotten under 9-10 months yet save for their blanks kits, and that KAT Explosion and Atlantis are currently estimated at 9-12 months, I’d be pretty surprised if this wasn’t well into next year.

I'm expecting my board to take about that long (Q2 2021), plus I need to budget for 80 Zealios, a custom cable, and a few bespoke metal keycaps (ESC and enter planned).

AND I need to get a 3080, god willing.

NBD, I just figured we're getting close to the initial estimate and people would probably start trickling in for updates.

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #66 on: Thu, 04 February 2021, 03:16:33 »
It's been a couple of months since the last message in this thread.
Any news on the progress, maybe a new estimated shipping date?  :D

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #67 on: Wed, 10 February 2021, 14:15:07 »
Same.

The estimated shipping date on Novelkeys was Dec 2020, and while that obviously was never going to be hit due to COVID, being kept in the dark about this isn't much better.

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #68 on: Wed, 10 February 2021, 15:46:37 »
NK's update page has it est. shipping date of April 2021

but of course it's keyreative so who the **** actually knows lol

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #69 on: Thu, 11 February 2021, 00:12:00 »
I think expressing keyreactive estimates as months is a little too granular and quarters might be better. Q2 seems a reasonable guess?

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Concluded!)
« Reply #70 on: Tue, 16 February 2021, 10:46:09 »
I think expressing keyreactive estimates as months is a little too granular and quarters might be better. Q2 seems a reasonable guess?

Early Q2 is what I think would be more accurate. Insert "I didn't expect this many delays" comment here.

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Re: [GB] KAT Arctic (GB Ended, production nearing completion)
« Reply #71 on: Mon, 17 May 2021, 17:35:27 »
Final KAT vs JTK

Final KAT vs R1 Sample vs JTK

Final Kat vs R1 Samples


I tried photographing in different lights but this is the best I can do with my 20IQ

These should be the final production samples and we should be on our way.

There are some problems with legends from what I have received,

Some keys are misaligned such as the <, and >. and the R Shift for the icon mods. I didn't receive all of the kits to review so keep that in mind.

I'm seeing what our options are at this time to fix it but I want to get this into people's hands first soon as possible.

I made a mistake and glossed over a spelling error in our Box Art so you'll be receiving KAT Artic. I won't be fixing the box art as that would add too much time for a much delayed set.

The color is finalized, I believe the blue matches very well with what I intended
« Last Edit: Mon, 17 May 2021, 17:40:24 by Mcnos »

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Almost there)
« Reply #72 on: Mon, 17 May 2021, 19:34:48 »
LOL the thread title. You’re a good sport.

Love the blue!

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Almost there)
« Reply #73 on: Tue, 18 May 2021, 01:57:11 »
The misaligned keys are kind of worrying, but the colors look great in the photos! I'm excited to get them at last :)

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Almost there)
« Reply #74 on: Tue, 18 May 2021, 23:09:29 »
The misaligned keys are kind of worrying, but the colors look great in the photos! I'm excited to get them at last :)

So far it's been just small details.

It's kind of annoying but we'll just have to see until we get all the kits in hand.

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Almost there)
« Reply #75 on: Wed, 19 May 2021, 19:00:57 »
The colours look so good, congratz!

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Almost there)
« Reply #76 on: Tue, 25 May 2021, 11:55:08 »
Awesome to see progress!

I'm glad I'm not using the standard R shift or the white alphas, so things are looking up.

Plus I have this brand new NK65 just dying to have these keycaps on it.

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Almost there)
« Reply #77 on: Tue, 25 May 2021, 20:46:12 »
Awesome to see progress!

I'm glad I'm not using the standard R shift or the white alphas, so things are looking up.

Plus I have this brand new NK65 just dying to have these keycaps on it.

I don't think there are any issues with the white alphas.

The ones I have on hand were the previous samples and used a different font.

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #78 on: Fri, 11 June 2021, 00:16:18 »
Just got my shipping notification from zFrontier! Hopefully, my set will arrive by Monday, and I can get them onto my Alpine65 (seems appropriate) that evening.

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #79 on: Fri, 11 June 2021, 10:30:22 »
Just got my shipping notification from zFrontier! Hopefully, my set will arrive by Monday, and I can get them onto my Alpine65 (seems appropriate) that evening.

When you get your caps mounted, would you be willing to post some pics/first impressions here? I’ve heard some horror stories about this set, so it would be good to know how it turns out for you.
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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #80 on: Sun, 13 June 2021, 23:23:33 »
Sure thing, I'm expecting them in my postbox when I get home this afternoon. I'm curious how many others have received them so far, or if I'm just lucky enough to have a quick vendor (zFrontier's English site).

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #81 on: Mon, 14 June 2021, 01:38:21 »
my God this kat artic's spacebars are so scuffed I lost word. the 7u spacebar bend. the spacebar stem are misaligned I'm having difficulties inserting them, not to mention now my spacebar is really slow to return upstroke. I only opened the spacebar kit now I'm afraid to open the mods and alphas

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #82 on: Wed, 16 June 2021, 01:41:43 »
Yes, the Discord on KAT Artic is a blood bath. :(

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #83 on: Thu, 08 July 2021, 05:37:58 »
My set arrived with just one Ctrl key, but 3 Code keys (instead of 2), a wrong row pipe key, and an hourglass 275u spacebar.
Other than that its not too bad, but email attempts to get the missing key/replacements have not been replied.
Its a pity - its a nice set, and KAT profile was interesting.

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #84 on: Thu, 08 July 2021, 09:02:59 »
After hearing this, I'm a little concerned b/c I ordered enough to fit to 2 40% to 50% MKBs.... & received my shipment noticed this morning...oh well,

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #85 on: Thu, 08 July 2021, 20:28:44 »
can we get some pics for the issues here?

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #86 on: Mon, 12 July 2021, 17:21:10 »
Just got my kits today. Will open and takes pics of everything when I get off work in the next hour. My fingers are crossed.

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #87 on: Mon, 12 July 2021, 21:23:18 »
Mine arrived.

There's some minor, MINOR alignment here and there but I'd put it as absolutely in great condition.  No spacebar warping, all letters in the same space on my keys on a cursory inspection, and they feel absolutely amazing to type on.

https://imgur.com/gallery/daLscR5

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #88 on: Mon, 12 July 2021, 23:01:33 »
Got my frostbite kit today... I was pretty hopeful from what I've been hearing from others, but jeez is the alignment bad. My nine also has a random black spot... despite being a white dye-subbed key.
(note the my lighting is not great and the white spots on the keys are not actually visible)

Picture of the set on my Atlas: https://i.imgur.com/xNNTjtR.jpeg

A couple lines to accentuate the alignment: https://i.imgur.com/EPEPbcs.jpeg

Black spot on the 9: https://i.imgur.com/5uajX7m.png



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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #89 on: Tue, 13 July 2021, 00:14:34 »
Got my frostbite kit today... I was pretty hopeful from what I've been hearing from others, but jeez is the alignment bad. My nine also has a random black spot... despite being a white dye-subbed key.
(note the my lighting is not great and the white spots on the keys are not actually visible)

Picture of the set on my Atlas: https://i.imgur.com/xNNTjtR.jpeg

A couple lines to accentuate the alignment: https://i.imgur.com/EPEPbcs.jpeg

Black spot on the 9: https://i.imgur.com/5uajX7m.png


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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #90 on: Tue, 13 July 2021, 20:25:24 »
Mine arrived. I put the keys on a TKL to see how they were.

https://imgur.com/a/umVgPYc

3 things to note, with the disclaimer that the switches aren't perfectly straight so a bit of the twisting is on me.

1. the snowflake key on F5 is a teensy bit darker than the other novs at F6-F8 which should be the same color. the keys are photographed twice with the board turned 180 degrees so you can tell it's not the lighting.
2. the alignment issues noted by catbus seem to be here too, maybe not as bad?
3. See the homing bars? That it looks like there's not enough color by them? Yeah, thats real.

The good: this is the first time I've ever tried KAT. I like the profile and sound. The novs are sharp and the alignment there seems fine. My bars aren't crooked from 7u to 2.25u, at least not more than 2019 gmk sets.

I have...7? more KAT base kits in GB. I haven't asked for refunds and probably wont. The quality is worse than JTK years ago and people tell me they've gotten better and the pics seem to reflect that. If someone wanted to bet me their 1000 to my 100 USD that by the close of 2023 I'd have those 7 sets with this quality being the floor and that Keyreactive wouldn't fold, I'd probably bet it as insurance.

If there's something more you want to see, lemme know. If you said you had issues.........post. them. You have a phone w a camera and imgur's free. People make informed decisions based on these.


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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #91 on: Wed, 14 July 2021, 07:54:03 »
@IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES thanks for the review, it gives a good picture of what to expect from KAT. I’m glad they seem to be transitioning to scooped homing keys for later reverse dyesubs, at least.


The good: this is the first time I've ever tried KAT. I like the profile and sound.

As someone who’s just tried KAT for the first time, how would you compare the profile to Cherry, feel wise? I think with all the issues, that’s probably the deciding factor in choosing whether or not to enter GBs/aftermarket for these in their current state. Wondering if a GMK Arctic would beat this just on overall QC alone...
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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #92 on: Wed, 14 July 2021, 13:19:56 »
@IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES thanks for the review, it gives a good picture of what to expect from KAT. I’m glad they seem to be transitioning to scooped homing keys for later reverse dyesubs, at least.

As someone who’s just tried KAT for the first time, how would you compare the profile to Cherry, feel wise? I think with all the issues, that’s probably the deciding factor in choosing whether or not to enter GBs/aftermarket for these in their current state. Wondering if a GMK Arctic would beat this just on overall QC alone...

Second part first. I've had probably 65 or so GMK sets in hand, 15 SA, 5 DSA, coupla other things, this is my first KAT. I've had a coupla clone sets from 2017-2018 era pass through my hands as they came with something else i wanted. This is the worst alignment I've seen; this includes sets available on taobao. I've got another cap i need to photograph where the top surface is peeling off. People complain about GMK caps 'not being as good as they used to' when I've had spacebars that needed straightening that were made in 2016. GMK QC is a whole other world, and against sets at the same price point as KAT, theyre not as good there either.

This is the importance of photographs. Right now GMK oblivion R2 has ~20x the documentation of issues an order of magnitude less bad than what we're seeing here (none from me, this is the first time I've posted about issues related to quality on geekhack out of whatever thousand posts) and what keyreactive needs is some lessons in QC, because they think this crap is tolerable.

>I’m glad they seem to be transitioning to scooped homing keys for later reverse dyesubs,
I'm glad for you. I dont like scooped. I paid money for sets with bars, they can make the bars.

How does it feel? good enough that Im in here giving a $h!t when its not my turn. I'd really hoped to not like it so I could get my 1200-1500$ back in refunds and buy Rama Chess sets or robot cars or whatever.


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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #93 on: Wed, 14 July 2021, 13:31:16 »
As mentioned before, here’s my cap that’s developed pemphigus vulgaris

https://imgur.com/a/CMOkAcI

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #94 on: Thu, 15 July 2021, 01:30:27 »
Its quite amazing that they won't even reply for missing keys!

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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #95 on: Fri, 16 July 2021, 23:02:00 »
This is the importance of photographs. Right now GMK oblivion R2 has ~20x the documentation of issues an order of magnitude less bad than what we're seeing here (none from me, this is the first time I've posted about issues related to quality on geekhack out of whatever thousand posts) and what keyreactive needs is some lessons in QC, because they think this crap is tolerable.

I think this is what has bothered me as well. To find any KAT/KAM problems you need to hunt for proof of it yourself, in your own set or by checking photos of others’. Their communication issues really don’t make it any easier getting info about production issues or whether they’ll be addressed. The misalignment issue for the price of these caps bothers me too because I have seen clone sets with better placement of legends than this. Then you see the number of people who get incorrect keys in their kits, and the fact that Cadet sent out before final checks, and you gotta wonder what kind of QC they believe in.

I'm glad for you. I dont like scooped. I paid money for sets with bars, they can make the bars.

I was mostly glad about the scooped homing keys because it’s one of the only instances where Keyreative seems to be addressing an issue in a way that will produce results, even if it doesn’t solve the issue. I don’t feel all that strongly about homing keys because I type like an idiot. I do feel strongly about the fact that everyone should get what was advertised and that they paid for, though... you shouldn’t have to accept unexpected changes to a product just because they screwed it up after you gave them money :/

I guess the annoying thing is that Cherry profile caps are a dime a dozen, so you can at least pick and choose what manufacturers to deal with and what issues you can tolerate. KAT is just Keyreative, and they sure do funny things with an attitude like it’s fine because they’ve got a product no one else offers.
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Re: [GB] KAT Artic* (Shipping)
« Reply #96 on: Sat, 17 July 2021, 12:31:05 »
@IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES thanks for the review, it gives a good picture of what to expect from KAT. I’m glad they seem to be transitioning to scooped homing keys for later reverse dyesubs, at least.

yes thanks iover... good info.

I have a few KAT sets on the way. Thinking I'm going to go in on extras here.