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Offline cmfletcher

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75% with gaps?
« on: Sat, 18 April 2020, 14:33:03 »
Hey all,

I'm pretty new to mechs, and brand new to geekhack, but in the recent weeks at home I've been falling down the rabbit hole. Coming from a Logi 910 (romer g's, I know, I didn't know any better). I'm most interested in the 75% layout, compact and I really need the fn keys for work.  I've been having a hard time finding cases/pcb's for this kind of layout, and wondering if any sage members have any recommendations. I'm committed to the MX style switches, but open to options. The 7v is rad, but are there others...?

Thanks!
Cam
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Offline Sup

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Re: 75% with gaps?
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 18 April 2020, 17:18:04 »
If you mean readily available keyboards with the layout like 7V there is none maybe aftermarket you can get one. They go for 700 ish dollars from what i have seen. I think the KBD75 will do a good job as well it may not be aesthetic pleasing but a very solid board i enjoyed it a lot kinda sad i sold it :(
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Offline HungerMechanic

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Re: 75% with gaps?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 19 April 2020, 12:00:56 »
The Satisfaction75 is the ultimate "75% with gaps," but there are other models available.

For example, the Idobao ID80 is cheap [$120?], but the Drop for it just ended. I think you can still get them on AliExpress.

There's also the KBDFans Bella, coming maybe as early as next month. I would recommend that over the KBD75 simply because the Bella is basically intended to be a KBD75 with gaps.

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Re: 75% with gaps?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 19 April 2020, 13:15:12 »
The Satisfaction75 is the ultimate "75% with gaps," but there are other models available.

For example, the Idobao ID80 is cheap [$120?], but the Drop for it just ended. I think you can still get them on AliExpress.

There's also the KBDFans Bella, coming maybe as early as next month. I would recommend that over the KBD75 simply because the Bella is basically intended to be a KBD75 with gaps.

The IDB80 one was sold out fast since a youtuber made a video about it and like 30 minutes - 1 hour it was sold out. The store even rised the price up and eventually took the product page down lol. Just checked still down i guess they are out of stock for a while.
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Offline cmfletcher

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Re: 75% with gaps?
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 20 April 2020, 09:48:42 »
Thanks for all the recommendations! The Bella looks interesting, although I'm not sure how useful a keyswitch opener on the board will be...