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I'm Santa. Probably won't be able to do gift cards again for a while, I *might* have a suitable prize to give away next month though.

Fair enough guys, fair enough. We buy too much stuff on Prime. I'm spoiled by it and spoiled in general. My wife also pointed out to me in the review that there is no such thing as 11/31. Sorry for my complaints here. I was just frustrated at how long it took to ship, but point taken that they're a small business etc. Also, if you check other people's reviews on that judge.me site, you can see that they DO (or did?) package the switches in the foam blocks with a square cutout for each switch, as mentioned - the proper way. The packaging is cool but these cost $63 for 110 switches. If they cost $50~ and just came in a big bag I'd have preferred that. Thanks for the feedback/constructive criticism. Also, sorry for my multiple posts in a row and if I'm annoying anyone following this thread.

The switches came but I'm about to go to a concert. Here is how they were packaged, in a tin inside some plastic.

Also, we did click their review link in the email. It goes here. I left a one star review because of the shipping thing, and it is not visible as the last review made. If you filter by one star reviews you can see it. They have no Google listing where you can leave reviews knowing they are shown, including the bad ones. Basically they curate what reviews they show on that judge.me site to make themselves look good. If you can get switches or anything else from NovelKeys, kbdfans, Amazon, or a host of other reputable sites I suggest you do. And avoid switchcaptain.com. Even if I get my switches, that 7 days to mail it after the shipping label was created is ridiculous.

So for the keyboard build I'm doing, I can't really progress on it or put it together because I don't have the switches for it yet. It has the stock keycaps and Gateron Yellow switches removed. I am waiting on switchcaptain.com for 110 pcs Kailh Box Pale Blue switches, we ordered last Thursday and they made a shipping label but didn't actually take the package to the Post office until today, and it's saying that I will have them on Monday by 9pm which I assume means Tuesday. It basically took them a whole week to deliver the switches to the post office. Then we get a survey letter in an email. Basically asking us for a review and saying "Hey, you've had your product for a while now, can you please do a review and get $20 off your next purchase". But I don't have the product and it took you an effing week after creating a shipping label to deliver it to the post office

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"Have you looked into Unicomps? I think that's what I'm leaning towards as far as finally pulling the trigger on a buckling spring board one day, but I'm not 100% set on that over an actual Model M just yet. " I have in the past. They're the company that makes brand new Model M keyboards using the exact same remanufactured parts and switches as IBM did in the 80s, right? I should look into that because most of the cheaper Model Ms I saw on eBay yesterday were discolored from UV radiation. One in good shape that is the original color is like $150-200. This one looks great and the price is decent: Unicomp, Inc.: Classic 101 White Buckling Spring USB WWW.PCKEYBOARD.COM

Hey @Sir Beregond Not the most enthusiastic video, he says they are just ok. Not good, not bad. But maybe you can tell from the sound test if you would like them or not.

So since I'm an idiot and on a lot of prescription drugs atm, I am trying to figure out when this foldathon starts and ends for me. So I can add it to my calendar. Is it only a 2 day foldathon or 3 day? I'm in UTC -6 so I know it starts for me Thursday, December 21st at 6pm my time. But I'm so confused on when it will end, will it be the 23rd at 6pm?

Well, hope it is stable for you. Yes, the board manufacturers put more effort in on the Intel side but AMD support and features on the boards have improved greatly since the Phenom II and FX days to where the features and support are pretty close to as good as Intel... I suppose you have no reason to post in this thread anymore, then?

So in the reviews for the board I'm doing, people said the switches are really hard to get out. The YUNZII/Keynovo numpad I did last year was a nightmare. Thankfully, they are quite easy to get out on the YUNZII IF98.

So in a Discord DM, Supercrumpet suggested I document the process of building the board I've got for my wife to keep the thread going. You can either read and look at these posts and follow along, or ignore them. A bunch of stuff came yesterday:. We have the pink plastic cover up top, keyboard in the center, and Cinnamoroll keycaps and red o-rings at the bottom. About to open and test the board and verify it works before getting to removing keycaps and Gateron Yellow switches. The Box Pale Blue switches I ordered I will have ???. We ordered them last Thursday or something but USPS tracking says shipping label created, item not yet delivered to post office and it's said that since Thursday. EDIT: Tested it and everything seems to be working fine. @Sir Beregond you might like a board with Gateron Yellows and blue O-Rings, they are linear switches and very quiet. Here is a pic of the board stock before I remove keycaps and switches. In the top right was a removable aluminum rectangle that had the famous Japanese wave art on it, no good for a Cinnamoroll keeb. To my surprise, it had switch sockets underneath (For Print Screen, Scroll Lock and a few others missing)

You could try Kailh Box Burnt Orange (tactile, 60g actuation) or regular Kailh clone Browns. There is also Kailh Box Silent Browns. For a swappable board, I'd recommend a Keychron K8 Pro which is what I have with Box Navies in it. If price is no object. ....what can I say, I'm a Kailh fanboy

Yeah, I need to get a IBM Model M and PS/2 to USB adapter. Been wanting one for years. Last I checked they were like $90 on eBay, but that was years ago. Maybe I'll ask for one and the adapter for my birthday in July. I've been really spoiled with PC parts for my rig all year. And we just finished getting all our Xmas gifts for everyone too so, now is not the time.

Yeah, point taken I suppose. The Redragon boards are pretty damn good for $20 all things considered. Check out the brand YUNZII on Amazon. It's the brand of keyboard I'm getting and modding to have Kailh Box Pale Blue switches and Sanrio Cinnamaroll keycaps for my wife. They make hot swappable boards, but they make cheaper ones too. The numpad I got from them for her last year was only like $20, swappable and came with decently cute keycaps for her - it has held up well. Edit: just found out that YUNZII's prices are a lot cheaper if you're a Prime member. We got the keyboard for $98 but if you're not a Prime member it's $135.

Disagree. Sorry. Had a Redragon TKL board at one point, and it had Outemu blues, the metal clang and very loud click of the switches was pretty terrible and it wasn't worth modding. My brother still has one and those $20-40 keyboards with them are great for the price, but you really do get what you pay for. $40 is what I spent on November's foldathon prize of a Rosewill K85 with Kailh clone blues, and some blue O-Rings. That board is often on sale and a great buy, but needs o-rings to keep the keycaps from bottoming out and eliminate the metal clang. That's the keyboard Mom uses on her rig for gaming. Previously she had a Redragon TKL with Outemu blues in it, it was just horrific, she really appreciated the upgrade.

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Sir B, this one is very high quality and has Gateron Browns. I have a Keychron K8 Pro Aluminum Tenkeyless. The thing is packed with more than one layer of sound dampening foam and probably doesn't need o-rings on the keycaps. Amazon.com: Keychron K10 Full Size 104 Keys Bluetooth Wireless/USB Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard for Mac with Gateron G Pro Brown Switch/RGB Backlight/Multitasking Computer Keyboard for Windows, Aluminum Frame : Tools & Home Improvement WWW.AMAZON.COM Buy Keychron K10 Full Size 104 Keys Bluetooth Wireless/USB Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard for Mac... Also if you are looking for cheaper the Keychron TKLs and other layouts are pretty cheap on Amazon right now and come with Gateron Browns. They're $60-80 atm.

Jesus at the Gateron Greens and the actuation force. That's crazy. My GMMK has Kailh Box Jades in it permanently, but it came with Gateron Browns and I'd agree on the points you made about them. They feel really smooth but need a tighter spring. They are still better than MX Browns. Getting Gat Browns vs MX Browns really depends on whether Sir B wants a prebuilt board or a custom one. There are plenty of prebuilt boards on Amazon that are cheap Chinese ones with Gateron Browns, but the quality of them is lowish and they will probably need o-rings or you get a metal clang when you bottom out the switch. If he gets a more expensive brand name keyboard it will probably have MX Browns and be a higher quality board.

Gateron Browns are really good too and some people say they are better than Cherry MX Browns. My custom GMMK came with them and they're pretty nice. The reason I like clicky or tactile switches is you can actually feel when the switch actuates, with Browns you feel the tactile bump and then don't have to press the keycap all the way down to register an input. The keycap won't bottom out. With tactile, you get it by feel. With clicky switches you get it by feel and by sound. With linears it's like hard to tell when the switch actuates because there's no feedback. On my favorite board, the modded E-element Z-88 with Kailh Box White, the actuation force is only 35g so I can type with a light touch and not push the keys all the way, which speeds me up a bit. These are my reasons for liking clicky switches, the feedback from the bump via touch and the click being audio feedback. Dunno if others here agree or not but that's my reason.

I have one on my desk from last year, they are really super nice quality.

@Fluxmavenhave you or anyone else ever used this site before? Are they reputable? We already ordered 110 pc Box Pale Blue for $63, I hope the wait time isn't long or they aren't counterfeit or something. Kailh BOX Heavy Pale Blue Mechanical Keyboard Switch WWW.SWITCHCAPTAIN.COM Kaihl BOX Heavy Pale Blue clicky switch have a heavy spring, are IP56 waterproof, and are MX compatible.

Thanks @firedfly@damric for another great Foldathon! Was glad to be able to offer a prize, and the winner is quite excited about it and should have it tomorrow!