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Dec 19, 2017

I thought I might write a short review for this board for people considering joining future drops. I got the gray caps with matias clicky switches. I am going to focus on the negatives to give some perspective, as it seems to be something of a consensus that this is a pretty good board overall. First of all, the key feel is absolutely great, but very inconsistent. About half of the keys on my board are sounding and feeling absolutely fantastic, while some of the switches seem to suffer from sloppy quality control. Even the poor ones are better than cherry style switches, but the inconsistency is annoying. My P-key is pinging a lot, and some keys has a less sharp click noise and tactility to them than others. The biggest drawback with the board I got is that the space bar was super squeaky, to the point where it were unbearable to use. I bought some lube and applied it to the stabilizers, which fixed the issue but that was like the equivalent of maybe 9 dollars extra and some work, which should not be the case for a board this price. On a side note the space bar now is one of the best i've tried so far, super stable and absolutely no rattle. However, some of the other stabilized keys do rattle quite a bit, but I havent tried to fix that myself yet. The point is that it should not have been the case in the first place. Another weak point is that the key caps are feeling pretty plastic-y, and so does the entire board both in feel and sound. The key caps are also super duper hard to remove, to the point where I'm worried I will damage something if i pull harder. This is also the reason why I havent yet tried to fix the rattling stabilizers as it is not a pressing issue and there is no replacement switches included if anything breaks. Also note that there is pretty much no other key caps available from any source.
But, despite the above mentioned issues I do recommend this keyboard solely for the fact that no other modern switches compare in terms of feel and sound, including the "bad" switches on my board. It took me a few days to get used to the feel as it is very different, but they are indeed amazing compared to the modern alternatives. I would have wished for better quality control, less plastic feeling (and more weight) to the board, better key caps (and some alternatives), no squeaky space bar, less rattling stabilizers and full programability if it were possible. The switches could also be improved aside from the inconsistency as they are a bit scratchy and has a weird seconds bump after the actuation if you press slowly. However, the difference between these switches and cherry-style switches are as big as the difference between rubber dome and cherry mx. So its a good purchase for now, but be aware that there are a variety of issues yet to be resolved.

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