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Title: Zeal and KBDfans made up?
Post by: lightsout714 on Wed, 29 May 2019, 15:54:37: Seems like they are working together again? From Zeal's post at reddit, at least early on it sounded like he was done with them.

https://kbdfans.cn/collections/new-arrival/products/pre-orderzeal-pc-roselios-sakurios-silent-linear-switches-1
Title: Re: Zeal and KBDfans made up?
Post by: LightningXI on Wed, 29 May 2019, 15:58:40: Yeah. Kbdfans won't be selling T1 switches anymore and their ZealPC Gateron switches will be solely sourced via ZealPC.
Title: Re: Zeal and KBDfans made up?
Post by: lightsout714 on Wed, 29 May 2019, 16:01:09: I wonder if the T1 thing is just an issue with the manufacturer. Hoping they somehow get the T1's made by someone else.
Title: Re: Zeal and KBDfans made up?
Post by: LightningXI on Wed, 29 May 2019, 16:41:14: It seems to be in a grey area at the moment, but I'm sure a T1-lookalike will pop up soon. If anything, the people associated with the manufacturing of the T1 switches (the factory folks) will find a way to make money out of it and sell into the market through distributors/private buys.
Title: Re: Zeal and KBDfans made up?
Post by: lightsout714 on Wed, 29 May 2019, 17:43:47: Quote from: LightningXI on Wed, 29 May 2019, 16:41:14
It seems to be in a grey area at the moment, but I'm sure a T1-lookalike will pop up soon. If anything, the people associated with the manufacturing of the T1 switches (the factory folks) will find a way to make money out of it and sell into the market through distributors/private buys.
That last part is already a thing, the manufacturer is selling them, just without the branding.
Title: Re: Zeal and KBDfans made up?
Post by: ZG2047 on Wed, 29 May 2019, 18:29:03: This is very easy to do in China so that's not a surprise.

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Title: Re: Zeal and KBDfans made up?
Post by: D4PP3R on Wed, 29 May 2019, 19:13:30: The new drop for EverGlide switches seems like they are made by the same company that made the stealios, or at least that is a common theory. You can tell by the pictures that they look remarkably like those made by the factory in question. The company running the drop has commented that they have nothing to do with the stealios or its manufacturer, and it would really suck for this new brand should the rumour be incorrect, but by god do they ever look similar.
Title: Re: Zeal and KBDfans made up?
Post by: lightsout714 on Wed, 29 May 2019, 19:46:06: Interesting I hadn't seen that drop. Who knows what really goes on behind the scenes I suppose.

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Title: Re: Zeal and KBDfans made up?
Post by: HungerMechanic on Wed, 29 May 2019, 21:54:49: And I see that the "fully-assembled" KBD67 order allows you to choose various weights of Zealios V2.