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Group Buys and Preorders / Re: [GB] MW Jirai (Doubleshot ABS) | 7 August - 7 September 2026 (All vendors live!)
« Last post by The Switch Journal on Sun, 23 August 2026, 03:11:23 »The word-play made me chuckle
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Matias / Re: Half keyboard
« Last post by meoowu77 on Sun, 23 August 2026, 02:25:59 »Εξερευνώντας ελληνικές συζητήσεις σε φόρουμ, συνειδητοποίησα ότι τα πιο αξιόπιστα μέρη είναι εκείνα όπου οι πληροφορίες παρουσιάζονται καθαρά χωρίς περιττή πολυπλοκότητα. Σε πολλές συνομιλίες, το OPAP Casino αναφέρθηκε ως χώρος όπου η σαφήνεια και η ευχρηστία έχουν προτεραιότητα. Τα σχόλια ήταν πρακτικά και ρεαλιστικά, δημιουργώντας την εντύπωση μιας υπηρεσίας που εκτιμά τη διαφάνεια και την αξιοπιστία. Αυτό το καθιστά ελκυστικό για όσους προτιμούν απλή πλοήγηση και αξιόπιστες πληροφορίες.
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Classifieds / Re: [WTB] Vine Charcoal Fugu v1.5, Umbral Bombking v1.5
« Last post by Rhienfo on Sun, 23 August 2026, 02:17:30 »bump (and model m acquired 
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Keyboards / Re: Best linear switch nowadays (2026)
« Last post by The Switch Journal on Sun, 23 August 2026, 01:32:05 »Maybe try out some Keygeek stuff if you like deep, Y3s for exemple are dirt cheap and in my opinion significantly better than Oil Kings.
But there's a ton of options depending on how muffled you want it, Little Luckies, Goldens, Butterflies, Y2s/SU Color V2s...
But there's a ton of options depending on how muffled you want it, Little Luckies, Goldens, Butterflies, Y2s/SU Color V2s...
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Keyboard Keycaps / Re: Should Numpad be in the Base kit?
« Last post by The Switch Journal on Sun, 23 August 2026, 00:47:09 »Doesn't using the average base TKL price introduce some bias?
When a numpad is not included into the base kit, I think that the sets tend to include some keys that wouldn't have been here otherwise because of budget constraints.
I say that because I've been very surprised at seeing the difference for KKB between numpad and TKL base, as it really doesn't match the quotes they gave me when considering this exact question making the kitting for my set.
$4 wouldn't have covered even half the production cost difference (without even speaking about vendor/designer margins), and there would not have been any difference between the full base price compared to tkl base + numpad (though maybe vendors take a bigger cut on these child kits which would explain how it doesn't end up that way on the final price?)
When a numpad is not included into the base kit, I think that the sets tend to include some keys that wouldn't have been here otherwise because of budget constraints.
I say that because I've been very surprised at seeing the difference for KKB between numpad and TKL base, as it really doesn't match the quotes they gave me when considering this exact question making the kitting for my set.
$4 wouldn't have covered even half the production cost difference (without even speaking about vendor/designer margins), and there would not have been any difference between the full base price compared to tkl base + numpad (though maybe vendors take a bigger cut on these child kits which would explain how it doesn't end up that way on the final price?)
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Making Stuff Together! / Re: Are Kailh hot-swap sockets still fragile?
« Last post by The Switch Journal on Sun, 23 August 2026, 00:03:46 »Hey, just wanted to say that as a switch reviewer I have some boards which have taken hundreds upon hundreds of switch swaps, and the sheer quantity of them makes it so I basically never take the time to pull the PCB out the case to support the sockets, the only "care" I put in is feeling if the switch is aligned properly before pushing in.
And everything is still fine here, on every boards that I subjected to this.
Admittedly I'm just one guy, but it does seem to indicate to me that recent sockets with a proper solder job are not really that fragile.
And everything is still fine here, on every boards that I subjected to this.
Admittedly I'm just one guy, but it does seem to indicate to me that recent sockets with a proper solder job are not really that fragile.
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Making Stuff Together! / Re: Software for designing keycaps?
« Last post by The Switch Journal on Sat, 22 August 2026, 23:53:42 »The KRK2 plug-in for Blender is extremely useful to make renders to have a decent idea how the set would look.
For the novelties and such, just do them in a software that allows you to vectorize them, depending on manufacturer you're probably going to need to port them over to Adobe Illustrator.
For the novelties and such, just do them in a software that allows you to vectorize them, depending on manufacturer you're probably going to need to port them over to Adobe Illustrator.
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] KKB Cobalt - US/UK/FR/DE base kits! | GB starts 28th of August!
« Last post by The Switch Journal on Sat, 22 August 2026, 23:42:12 »Less than a week now
Also I made a Discord server (linked it to the top post) in case you prefer that to follow the news / ask questions
Also I made a Discord server (linked it to the top post) in case you prefer that to follow the news / ask questions
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK CYL Grid (R2 samples recieved.Pics soon,Need another round of samples)
« Last post by The Switch Journal on Sat, 22 August 2026, 23:36:34 »Looks sick!
Absolutely needs an FR kit though, maybe as a replacement to Nordic in the international kit as it sells more, or a separate ESFR but that'd be tougher to reach moq
Absolutely needs an FR kit though, maybe as a replacement to Nordic in the international kit as it sells more, or a separate ESFR but that'd be tougher to reach moq
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK CYL Purple. | GB October 10th 2026
« Last post by The Switch Journal on Sat, 22 August 2026, 23:26:05 »I was gonna joke about the set needing to be name GMK Khor, then I saw that it really was Khor lmao