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4363
Official
Feb 26, 2022
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This is the Giveaway Post #3.
1) Upvote this post to enter into the giveaway.
2) The drawing will be held on the Feb 28th. Expect an announcement of who the winner is shortly after the drawing.
3) The prize is 1 box of 35 Holy Panda X Switches
4) The prize will be shipped on March 1st.
5) The winner will ALSO receive two more boxes of switches once we start shipping orders.
Congratulations <username not set> on winning our 3rd giveaway! We'll reach out via email to get your address and send you your prize.
(Edited by moderator Kevin)
Drop+MechKeys
4363
Official
Feb 23, 2022
Locked
This is the Giveaway Post #1.
1) Upvote this post to enter into the giveaway.
2) The drawing will be held on the Feb 24th. Expect an announcement of who the winner is shortly after the drawing.
3) The prize is 1 box of 35 Holy Panda X Switches
4) The prize will be shipped on March 1st.
5) The winner will ALSO receive two more boxes of switches once we start shipping orders.
Congratulations to the winner: @pb612 . We'll be in touch via email.
(Edited by moderator Kevin)
Drop+MechKeys
4363
Official
Feb 24, 2022
Locked
This is the Giveaway Post #2.
1) Upvote this post to enter into the giveaway.
2) The drawing will be held on the Feb 25th. Expect an announcement of who the winner is shortly after the drawing.
3) The prize is 1 box of 35 Holy Panda X Switches
4) The prize will be shipped on March 1st.
5) The winner will ALSO receive two more boxes of switches once we start shipping orders.
Congratulations to the winner: @KingXF88 !!! We'll be in touch via email.
(Edited by moderator Kevin)
Tlplus
0
Feb 26, 2022
Drop+MechKeysIs the third giveaway post out yet? I’m a little confused on which post to upvote.
Kevin
5434
Outreach
Mar 23, 2022
Good news: Production was completed early.
Good news: We readjusted our deliveries to move our internal keyboard switch allocation (for Icon series production) to retail package units so that we'd have more switch packs available.
Bad news: COVID-19 delays snarled freight transportation across China creating massive delays.
Good news: We managed to air-freight all of the switches via an indirect route (both 5K batches) to avoid the congestion.
Bad news: It cost an ungodly sum of money to air freight that many switches. I hope they were served caviar on the plane.
Good news: The switches are currently sitting at JFK airport waiting to clear customs, get picked up, and then get delivered to our warehouse in New Jersey.
Good news: Assuming everything goes smoothly, we should start shipping Holy Panda X switches next week, which is two weeks ahead of the original schedule.
Note: 8,700 of the 10,000 kits have been sold. The next batch of switches will be arriving in about 6-8 weeks (depending on COVID19 in China, etc.)
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DeadeyeDave
892
Keyboard Club Member
Feb 24, 2022
I have no doubt these will be good - probably great, given Gateron's track-record of killing it lately.
Still, I'm not sure calling it a "holy grail" is anything but a little silly, especially since almost no one has tried them yet. Holy Pandas were a bit like The Beatles - the first of their kind to make a big splash - but there's a reason we'll never see a splash like that again - the pool is crowded. Very crowded. Today's landscape is vastly different than it was in 2017, and while I'm sure the name still carries some weight and recognition, it's only going to carry hype so far.
I get why the name was chosen but it does leave an off taste in my mouth, and so does calling it an "official" successor to a switch originally not made by any single company or brand while containing components from neither. It's also true the whole copyright thing never panned-out... It's like the Mustang Mach-E or new Supra - no doubt they're good - but the names fit like a round peg in a square hole, coming off as a bit forced.
No doubt this is one hell of a temperamental community when it comes to stuff like that, just figured I'd throw my two cents in there. It's definitely not the worst name choice - it's got plenty of recognition and at minimum it fits in terms of implying a stronk tactile - but it's not an Invyr Panda, it doesn't contain a Halo stem, and it doesn't look to be built on Gateron's "X" housing - so the name is somewhat of a head-scratcher for folks like me who enjoy materially referential naming conventions. ;)
I wish much success with this drop, and I do look forward to seeing various creators' thoughts on these upcoming switches. I also look forward to seeing what kind of and how much influence they end up having in the ever-changing switch landscape moving forward.
I do kind of hope this is the last time I see a commercial switch containing the phrase "Holy Panda" though, just because, man, that horse is waaaay dead
Kevin
5434
Outreach
Feb 25, 2022
Once again, thanks for the thoughtful and constructive post. I think the most important salient points for the situation we agree on, and there's the side issues that everyone agrees is a tangled mess.
fer.real
528
Keyboard Club Member
Mar 1, 2022
That mouse pointer is straight out of Geocities or MySpace. It's beyond dated and tacky, please ditch it. It also makes navigating this page impossible. I can't get off this page fast enough.
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Kevin
5434
Outreach
Apr 1, 2022
Stickied
Hey everyone,
The Holy Panda X Switches have arrived and are being shipped as we speak. We expect all orders from both preorder batches to have shipped by early next week, a full 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule!
We're just about sold out on Batch #2 of the Holy Panda X switches, and Batch #3 will go on-sale on Monday April 4th. This production batch of 10,000 units has been delayed to May 15th, so we've decided to extend our pre-order discount until we've received sufficient inventory to sell the product with immediate shipping.
Geeknoid
39
Mar 1, 2022
I really wish they have that wallpaper of the holy panda that would look great on my monitor.
Theroc
2325
Keyboard Club Member
Mar 3, 2022
There's also "Lucky" on the yellow book next to the pencil cup.
Drop+MechKeys
4363
Official
Feb 26, 2022
It's a good question. They're factory machine lubed.
There's a lot of ambiguity about the term "lubed", so hopefully this helps clear it up:
A proper "enthusiast grade" hand-lube job of a full set of switches takes like 1-6 hours depending on care and proficiency. We have someone who does this (basically as a full time job) for our Paragon series keyboards. You are not getting this type of quality lube job in a box of switches.
What you can expect, when you open the HPX switch, is a thin application of lubricant on the leafs of the stem, slider and pole sections.
Edit: I was working off an old spec sheet. Gateron has informed us that the lube is only applied on the leafs of the stem.
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NachoMama
21
Dec 1, 2022
Drop+MechKeysThat explains a lot. I really like these switches, but they definitely do not feel or sound hand lubed.
This info should be present somewhere in the product details. I have no problem hand lubing my own switches. I just wish I knew this before I had installed them... thankfully they're in a hot swap board, but still
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