Click to view our Accessibility Statement or contact us with accessibility-related questions
pwfff
1
Oct 17, 2018
This keyboard is so close to perfect! My issues:
1. The spacebar does feel a little mushy, and misses sometimes. I haven't noticed anywhere near the 80% misses some people are talking about; it gets it 95% of the time for me. Still not great, but I may just need to learn to type on it better. 2. My J key is depressed. It's not actuated, but the keycap sits about a millimeter under the rest. Actually, while typing this it's popped back up somehow... It seems to just be a little sticky. 3. The function layer on my 61 key is... not great. Dedicated keys to turn on layouts for games I don't play is probably useful to some, but I really want to reprogram this to have my standard layout for 60%s. Also, the WASD function, which supposedly turns WASD into arrow keys, only works for ASD. And the LED indicators showing this don't turn back off or revert to my other LED mode when I deactivate WASD mode.
Is there any way we can get the firmware or QMK support??
I'm really happy with the look of the keyboard, and I got this because I wanted to try a unique switch type. I don't understand the people complaining because they feel weird... I thought that was the point. I like it. I just really want to reprogram it.
Croktopus
29
Oct 17, 2018
pwfffI'm honestly jealous of your spacebar. I wrote 50% in my review but thats after taking into account that I'm slamming it because I know how hard it is to actuate. Just typing normally it never actuates.
But the problem isn't that these are different switches and so feel different. The switch mechanism itself is actually good. But I think they added foam which has made them mushy, and the stabilizers are horrendous.
hippiegunnut
4
Oct 20, 2018
pwfffYes same here - my "W" key doesn't function as up either with "WASD" mode engaged or while holding down the "Fn" key which leaves me having to use PL:" for cursor keys which it really annoying when you use vi every day and are very used to using hjkl movement keys. Also - the usb socket was *VERY* tightly fitting in the case and badly aligned so plugging a USB cable in actually caused the usb socket to lift off the board. I was able to resolder it and carve out the hole in the case enough to stop it happening again but to have to do that on a brand new board to even get it to work and then discover the rather poor layout didn't even work as advertised was - disappointing. For me too QMK support would be ideal but I'm not sure how possible that is given Hall Effect switches are basically analogue and QMK was written for boards with simple on off switches. Access to some sort of fixed firmware and preferably a reprogramming tool so I can put the cursor keys where I want them and loose a load of other functions I'm never going to use would be much appreciated though.
PRODUCTS YOU MAY LIKE
Trending Posts in Mechanical Keyboards