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Orbiter

Canada18 Posts

January 22 2013 22:07 GMT

#21

I would be super aware of this. The key caps don't come with the unit itself. There is another mass drop for the caps, adding $41 to the total price. That brings it to a whopping $240 for the unit.

Not including key caps, and not mentioning that they are not included seems really shady. The post and mass drop page inclined me to think everything would come together for the $199 price tag. Having the case made out of untreated aluminium sheets screwed together adds another $61.

It is a really cool product, but I can see some serious customer backlash regarding the business side of things.

Edited for punctuation

Targe

United Kingdom14103 Posts

January 23 2013 11:34 GMT

#22

On January 23 2013 06:56 bisl wrote:

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Haha, sure. Saying it looks bad is one thing--a subjective opinion--but I strongly doubt you're fluent in KiCAD, materials, teensy programming, etc. Enjoy your weird keyboard thing Razer sells.

To build it all I would have to do is dismantle any mechanical keyboard and re-arrange the keys, use a jigsaw to cut out the shape then drill through to make some places for screws, no programming experience required.

There was no need to be so aggressive there, I was just commenting on the looks and was saying that using this is the equivalent to those Razer keypads, I didn't say it was bad.

Some people...

llIH

Norway2147 Posts

January 23 2013 13:09 GMT

#23

Looks like a cool keyboard. Sort of like a DIY kind of thing.
Looks like a fun challenge and project.

LunaSea

Luxembourg369 Posts

January 23 2013 13:26 GMT

#24

This keyboard is what Vim is to text editors. Fast but really annoying to learn.

bisl

United States21 Posts

January 23 2013 21:16 GMT

#25

On January 23 2013 20:34 Targe wrote:
To build it all I would have to do is dismantle any mechanical keyboard and re-arrange the keys, use a jigsaw to cut out the shape then drill through to make some places for screws, no programming experience required.

You're right, sawing apart a mechanical keyboard will not adversely affect the function of the underlying circuit board. No subsequent PCB design would be required to accomodate this rearrangement, nor firmware programming required to support it. Any keyboard can be made with a jigsaw a drill, and screws.

I'd be interested to see your handiwork.

imallinson

United Kingdom3482 Posts

January 23 2013 23:15 GMT

#26

Looks cool and all and I really like the idea of building the keyboard myself but $200 is a lot of money for a keyboard.

jesseclaytonjames

20 Posts

January 24 2013 00:14 GMT

#27

On January 23 2013 06:56 bisl wrote:

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Haha, sure. Saying it looks bad is one thing--a subjective opinion--but I strongly doubt you're fluent in KiCAD, materials, teensy programming, etc. Enjoy your weird keyboard thing Razer sells.

Who would use any razer product. I have a steelseries 6gv2 and a Das Keyboard. I could go and get my old model m back out of the garage too.

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