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Title: Choose a 60%, 75%, or 80% keyboard for me please
Post by: libor_ca on Wed, 16 October 2024, 02:27:51

Hello everyone here, I am very new to this scene, and I am currently running a Keychron V1 Max. I want to grab a metal keyboard within the budget of around 350 CAD, and I would pair it with some PBT keycaps and silent tactiles (Outemu Yellow Jade V2), this would be my first real custom keyboard, and I had a few requirements c:

- QMK (real QMK no crappy VIA implementations) or VIAL (aka QMK ;D)
- Comes with stabilizers in the package (Neo stabilizers from QKs is one of them)
- (As the title says) 60%, 75%, or 80%
- Great designs (Mode Sonnet, QK80MK2 is some examples)
- Got choices for plate (I wanna grab a POM one since it is the softest bottom out and I want that, PC is still kinda hard for me in terms of bottoming out)

Do you guys have any recommendations? Please let me know!! :D

- Boris

Title: Re: Choose a 60%, 75%, or 80% keyboard for me please
Post by: zegonix on Wed, 16 October 2024, 02:59:45

i have a qk75 with a alu plate, but the bottom out is very soft, due to their silicon gasket system. while the plate material certainly has some influence, i would not dwell on the pom to much. my envoy with pom plate is not as soft as my qk75 with alu plate.

Title: Re: Choose a 60%, 75%, or 80% keyboard for me please
Post by: libor_ca on Wed, 16 October 2024, 07:34:15

Oooooh interesting

Title: Re: Choose a 60%, 75%, or 80% keyboard for me please
Post by: libor_ca on Wed, 16 October 2024, 09:27:43

Do you think the QK75N or the QK80MK2 are some good choices?

Title: Re: Choose a 60%, 75%, or 80% keyboard for me please
Post by: zegonix on Thu, 17 October 2024, 03:39:55

NO. neither the QK75 nor the QK80 are maintained in the qmk firmware github repository. if you just want to use via/vial fine, but if you want to version control your configuration with git...

Title: Re: Choose a 60%, 75%, or 80% keyboard for me please
Post by: libor_ca on Thu, 17 October 2024, 17:56:31

I would just like to compile my own firmwares :p

Title: Re: Choose a 60%, 75%, or 80% keyboard for me please
Post by: zegonix on Fri, 18 October 2024, 02:21:03

Then don't buy a QwertyKeys board.
Personally I really enjoy the Mode Envoy, but I don't know whether that fits within your budget. Luminkey had some decent offers, but I never touched one, so it's just on paper. divinikey has their 65 on sale. Also the Daring Run boards seem pretty good, divinikey has the 6P (60 + numpad). (I didn't check qmk status for Luminkey and Daring Run)

Title: Re: Choose a 60%, 75%, or 80% keyboard for me please
Post by: libor_ca on Fri, 18 October 2024, 20:57:56

That's why the Mode Sonnet is one of my picks, since it looks good, got great build quality, got lattice block ;D, aand qmk support directly on the repo C:

Title: Re: Choose a 60%, 75%, or 80% keyboard for me please
Post by: MarkXT9000 on Sun, 20 October 2024, 05:36:15

60%: Lucky65 V2

75%: Hi8/Rainy75

80%: Galaxy80