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i think unless MOQ is high the size of this kit might price some customers out from buying your set. personally i would slim it down for a sub $130 target price if needed
Base kit is nice and large; not really sure why there are extra 1u Ctrls and Alts in Base when only the original G8X-18XX layouts use them - does that imply the 6u in base has an off-center stem?
Also consider 3-key 40s support, 10% attachment rate might not be great depending on the MOQ you run at
Agreed. The second pair of 1u Ctrl and Alt keys are not necessary, and neither is 6u spacebar in base. It would be good to drop those keys (esp. the expensive spacebar) to make room for some more useful options, such as 3-key 40s support, R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn, or 2× 1.5u Super.
I also think the accent arrow keys could be moved to the spacebars kit, if needed.
Speaking of the spacebars kit, the blue variants of 2c, 2.25c, 2.75c are not strictly necessary and could be removed; and the 1c, 1.25c, 3c bars changed to white so they can be combined with the existing spacekeys in base. This way of splitting keys between the base and spacebars kit has a proven track record, and it's how a lot of new sets do it.
The base kit currently appears to have
three 2.25u Shift keys. Assuming that's a render error and that one of them is supposed to be 2u, I would actually suggest dropping that 2u. This is because you're currently trying to squeeze too many keys into the base kit, and it's likely just going to come back around and bite you in the back.
The use case for 2u Shift is twofold: 1) GK64 and Minila support; 2) makeshift 2u Alice space. Unless you're planning on specifically targeting the East Asian market with this set (which is where GK64 and Minila are popular), use case 1 is quite rare; and since you have proper Alice support in the base kit, use case 2 doesn't even apply. Therefore, there is no substantial benefit to including 2u Shift.
Similar arguments could be made for the second 1u Ctrl key and the 6u spacebar. This goes back to the point of replacing all of these keys with more useful options, listed above.
Could you please add a R3 pgup and a R4 pgdn to the base kit? I believe that those using a 65% keyboard (including me) would urgently need it. Thank you for your work and it is fabulous :)
Is is possible to add R3 pgup and R4 pgdn?
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