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Title: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: dante on Mon, 16 March 2015, 14:10:37
Subjects says all ..

I know Poker/V60 are 1.5"+.   Ducky Mini/YOTH is listed at 1.25"; anything on the market either past or present that is thinner than the Ducky?
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: dante on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:08:39
No one?
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: exitfire401 on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:16:51
Not sure of any others with shorter dimensions.
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: jdcarpe on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:16:56
dante, you are confusing me, bro. What is this thickness measurement? From the desk to the top of the keycaps, or what?
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: dante on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:22:41
Quote from: jdcarpe on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:16:56
dante, you are confusing me, bro. What is this thickness measurement? From the desk to the top of the keycaps, or what?

I'm just reading it off the specs on MechanicalKeyboards.com website.
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:25:27
Quote from: dante on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:22:41
Quote from: jdcarpe on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:16:56
dante, you are confusing me, bro. What is this thickness measurement? From the desk to the top of the keycaps, or what?

I'm just reading it off the specs on MechanicalKeyboards.com website.

Pretty sure that is a measurement of the highest point between desk and top of keycaps, not really a measurement of how thin the board really is.
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: jdcarpe on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:32:06
The thinnest would probably be to put your 60% PCB inside a Tex case or similar and don't use feet. Oh yeah, with Cherry/GMK caps.
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: Latin00032 on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:38:38
A 60 percent gon might be pretty thin.
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: dante on Tue, 17 March 2015, 15:06:18
Quote from: jdcarpe on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:32:06
The thinnest would probably be to put your 60% PCB inside a Tex case or similar and don't use feet. Oh yeah, with Cherry/GMK caps.

I assume you meant TEX Aluminum; do you know if the Acrylic is also as thin?

Quote from: Latin00032 on Tue, 17 March 2015, 14:38:38
A 60 percent gon might be pretty thin.

True.  Originally I was thinking Sprit because he offers a super low profile option however he has been MIA.  GON appears to be backlogged with work a couple months long - so that's not an immediate option.
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: regack on Tue, 17 March 2015, 15:12:03
Did anything ever come of the base-plate designs that swill was working on?  Those should make for a pretty thin keyboard.

Edit: found the thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=51872.0)
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: dante on Tue, 17 March 2015, 15:13:44
Quote from: regack on Tue, 17 March 2015, 15:12:03
Did anything ever come of the base-plate designs that swill was working on?  Those should make for a pretty thin keyboard.

I'll have to check that out!
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 17 March 2015, 15:16:36
Quote from: regack on Tue, 17 March 2015, 15:12:03
Did anything ever come of the base-plate designs that swill was working on?  Those should make for a pretty thin keyboard.

I have one of those and they are awesome.
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: trizkut on Tue, 17 March 2015, 15:51:11
Quote from: dante on Tue, 17 March 2015, 15:06:18
I assume you meant TEX Aluminum; do you know if the Acrylic is also as thin?


The tex acrylic case is 1.25cm tall
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 17 March 2015, 19:12:51
winkeyless cases are pretty thin and low profile, you could look into the b.face
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: Oobly on Wed, 18 March 2015, 08:32:44
GON NerD60 or any standard 60% in a flat Tex case.

If you really want a thin mechanical it's hard to beat the G84-4100, although it's a 75% and has ML switches. When they're lubed they're surprisingly nice. Unlubed they don't handle off-axis forces well.
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: katushkin on Wed, 18 March 2015, 11:52:07
I would say probably a V60 with an aluminium case would be the thickest you could get. I have mine with the Granite set and it's nice and sleek. The Ducky Mini is pretty thick comparatively.

Why are you worried about the tickness anyway?
Title: Re: Are the Ducky Mini's / Year of the Horse the thinnest 60% boards you can buy?
Post by: dante on Wed, 18 March 2015, 13:31:41
Quote from: katushkin on Wed, 18 March 2015, 11:52:07
Why are you worried about the tickness anyway?

Because I like thin!