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Infinity x GMK 3Run 60% Keyboard Kit

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vim_commando

Nov 18, 2015

I just want to stand up for the Infinity a little, it is hands-down my favorite keyboard I have ever owned. Does it have the nicest fit and finish? No. However, this was a keyboard *kit* not a fully-finished product and gave me fully-programmable layouts. For the record, I got a standard layout with Matias quiet click keys and the basic black plastic case.
The "oblong" holes for the key switches I assumed were for multi-switch compatibility, and I had no issues soldering it together--even though I am VERY amateur at soldering. I have ZERO skills for surface-mount and have only done some basic AC adapter repairs on laptops.
I do suggest if you got Matias switches to plate mount all of your switches, including your stabilizers, before soldering. The signature plastics keycaps are a tight fit and do not come off easy. They are such a tight fit I haven't risked removing one since I finished the keyboard.
I can't speak to the assembly guide documentation, because honestly I didn't use any of it. I felt most of the process was a self-explanatory. The most challenging part I ran into was how to assemble the stabilizers; I did have to disassemble them more than once before I got a reliably smooth result, but they do work, and are not significantly noisier than the rest of the keyboard (not even the space bar.) I can imagine if I had waited on the stabilizers for after soldering I may have had a worse result.
Programming using the web interface worked well enough for me. Using the command-line tools in OS X to flash the board is very simple once you have the right tools installed from Homebrew.
I would absolutely do this drop again. My total cost was comparible to the retail price of my other 60% keyboard--the TEX Beetle. And while the TEX included a 90-degree USB cable (that I now use on my Infinity), a superior overall "finished" product feel, and a preferred bottom row (dedicated arrow keys, smaller space bar so fn-keys are easily thumb-activated), my custom layout and feel of the Infinity win every day. In fact, now my O-ringed MX browns feel like mush.
So thank you for making an awesome keyboard available to the enthusiasts out there :)

Nov 18, 2015