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Offline phinix

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What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« 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.
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #1 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.

313787-0

313789-1
313791-2
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 27 July 2025, 13:28:12 »
Quote from: 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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Looks cool, tp, but I need TKL - my brain cannot live without nav and cursor clusters in standard layout.
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 27 July 2025, 13:36:57 »
Quote from: phinix on Sun, 27 July 2025, 13:28:12
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.
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 28 July 2025, 18:41:40 »
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 29 July 2025, 04:23:15 »
Quote from: omf on Mon, 28 July 2025, 18:41:40
Quote from: 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.


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.
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 21 August 2025, 03:07:43 »
Quote from: omf on Mon, 28 July 2025, 18:41:40
Quote from: 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.


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
How's Gem80? It looks pretty nice from the website. The pink onelooks lovely.
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 28 August 2025, 02:50:07 »
best quiet tkl ive ever tried was realforce 87u by far but it's hard to find in europe and might be slightly out of budget. you might need to get one second hand on discord or something like that.

abko and niz also have electrocapacitive tkl keyboards but idk the quality
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 28 August 2025, 18:14:45 »
Quote from: wataru on Thu, 28 August 2025, 02:50:07
best quiet tkl ive ever tried was realforce 87u by far but it's hard to find in europe and might be slightly out of budget. you might need to get one second hand on discord or something like that.

abko and niz also have electrocapacitive tkl keyboards but idk the quality

I have 3 87u topre.

I wasn't asking about quiet - I hate quiet keyboards.
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Re: What is best latest TKL keyboard kit I could buy?
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 30 August 2025, 11:53:12 »
Have you tried the Neo80 keyboard yet? That is an interesting budget board. [It's not 'budget' quality.]

That is the only one in your list that I have experience with. I also have a KBD8X MKII. What I can say is that I don't see how the MKIII stands out in today's market, but it is probably a 'solid' board.
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