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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: stech on Sun, 30 July 2023, 03:34:09

Title: good cheap 40% keyboard?
Post by: stech on Sun, 30 July 2023, 03:34:09

is there any cheap 40% keyboards because I cant seem to find any for cheap. I found a couple kits on AliExpress, but I want to see some alternatives. I really just want to try out the layout, and wont be using it as a main keyboard so I don't want to spend much money. I also want make a youtube video about the layout as it seems interesting. If you have some 40% keyboard laying around that you just don't need, tell me.

Title: Re: good cheap 40% keyboard?
Post by: Morbii on Sun, 30 July 2023, 03:41:39

If you are able to solder, and you're ok with a through-hole kit, you might be interested in the Mercutio from MechWild.

Title: Re: good cheap 40% keyboard?
Post by: El Kinoflop on Sun, 30 July 2023, 08:14:33

The Monorail from Kiser Designs or the Coffeevan from CBKBD are both great options. They're both Minivan/V4N layouts which is about as standard as you get for a 40%. There's lots of case options for both if you ever want to put the PCB in something else in the future. Both have got regional vendors too.

https://kiserdesigns.bigcartel.com/
https://www.cbkbd.com/
https://trashman.wiki/

Otherwise the Romeo is available from quite a few shops and the Mercurito as mentioned above are both quite good options.

Title: Re: good cheap 40% keyboard?
Post by: stech on Sun, 30 July 2023, 17:20:56

yea its just I don't know hot to solder so I cant seem to find any hot swap pcbs

Title: Re: good cheap 40% keyboard?
Post by: lakeboredom on Sun, 30 July 2023, 17:35:01

AliExpress are the cheap ones lol...

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