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Title: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Post by: phinix on Sun, 27 July 2025, 08:52:52
What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Anything stands out recently?

Looking for some good kit, like Frog TKL for example.
Title: Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 27 July 2025, 13:09:34
https://mechkeys.com/products/aesco-a67-a83?variant=46341756420319

Aesco 67/ 83

Has rapid trigger,  Induction rod key switches.

This is state of the art.  comes in 67 and 83 variant.

Look at that PCB, all them chips.


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Title: Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Post by: phinix on Sun, 27 July 2025, 13:28:12
https://mechkeys.com/products/aesco-a67-a83?variant=46341756420319

Aesco 67/ 83

Has rapid trigger,  Induction rod key switches.

This is state of the art.  comes in 67 and 83 variant.

Look at that PCB, all them chips.


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Looks cool, tp, but I need TKL - my brain cannot live without nav and cursor clusters in standard layout.
Title: Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 27 July 2025, 13:36:57
Looks cool, tp, but I need TKL - my brain cannot live without nav and cursor clusters in standard layout.

ERgodox. Best keeb.

Tp4 rejects the existence of TKL. Tp4 no longer lives in that universe.
Title: Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Post by: omf on Mon, 28 July 2025, 18:41:40
What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Anything stands out recently?

Looking for some good kit, like Frog TKL for example.


I've been looking at the same thing. The current actually-obtainable list seems to be:

* Solar80
https://clickclack.io/collections/new-arrival/products/gb-solar-80-mechanical-keyboard-kit
* Neo80
https://www.qwertykeys.com/products/neo80
* KBD8X MKIII
https://kbdfans.com/collections/kbd8x-mkiii/products/kbd8x-mkiii
* Enter80
https://clickclack.io/collections/in-stock-keyboards-smart-collection/products/in-stock-kezewa-enter80-mechanical-keyboard-kit
* Gem80
https://nuphy.com/products/gem80
Title: Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Post by: phinix on Tue, 29 July 2025, 04:23:15
What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Anything stands out recently?

Looking for some good kit, like Frog TKL for example.


I've been looking at the same thing. The current actually-obtainable list seems to be:

* Solar80
https://clickclack.io/collections/new-arrival/products/gb-solar-80-mechanical-keyboard-kit
* Neo80
https://www.qwertykeys.com/products/neo80
* KBD8X MKIII
https://kbdfans.com/collections/kbd8x-mkiii/products/kbd8x-mkiii
* Enter80
https://clickclack.io/collections/in-stock-keyboards-smart-collection/products/in-stock-kezewa-enter80-mechanical-keyboard-kit
* Gem80
https://nuphy.com/products/gem80

oh, thanks for listing those.
Gem80 looks nice, I'm very tempted.
Title: Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 30 July 2025, 13:27:36
What makes those boards expensive is the low production scale. The stufffs inside isn't much more advanced/premium vs mass market boards available nowadays.