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Thumps22
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Aug 9, 2019
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WOW!
I've been using the Alt HP for 4 months now so i'll chime in.
I'm not majorly experienced in the custom scene yet but i did built a tofu with dz60 pcb, tealios r11 from kbdfans and gmk skydolch, but this keyboard is on another level with build quality overall.
Northface LEDS!!! some will not even touch this board because of this feature. Most switches will hit gmk caps on row 2 and 3..... BUUTT the kailh housing dont hit by .2mm which im guessing... Its so close that if you twist the caps while bottomed out you can feel it hitting. Make your choice now if you care or not.
The stabs are not bad on the high profile for what I can see. I am comparing to gmk screw ins. I will say they are not as good but not vortex bad. For some reason only the space bar stabs came lubed but they still had some rattle i needed to clear and did completely clear with a proper lubing ;). Make sure the tips of the stab bars are lubed correctly after inserted as they seem to make the most noise in the stabs. Also seems like they used a thin lube and i really like thicker lubes for stabs.
I got the gmk laser caps... LOVE EM!!! stock caps...??? Well they are w.e.... A little bit to rough on my fingers and makes the whole experience kind of un-enjoyable. That is my opinion. I think I'm just a little to spoiled with GMK!!
Hotswap!! some may love or hate it... I personally like it since I can change switches since I'm not regular with all different switches and plan to try many different kinds of switch in the future. This board is a perfect tester board before soldering for a new build. OR change it up whenever your bored of the switches inside.
Halo Clear switches are nice but will use them to make pandas in the future. Main reason why I chose them in checkout.
I find the usb passthrough to be useless in my application. Dual usb ports are very useful if you need to route the cable in a certain spot.
RGB? its a must and vibrant.
Qmk is what i used to create custom firmware. it takes a few more steps but if your furmiliar with QMK then you wouldn't have any issues. BBBUUUUTTT!!! setting the rgb is qmk is whole other language for me and really is for the expert coders out there.
MASSDROP! if your reading please add GESC OR A ENTER MANUAL CODE to the massdrop configurator so i wouldn't have to create my own keymaps and be able edit my leds!!!!!!
8/10!!!!
-2 for configurator missing options and northface leds..
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Recommends this product? Yes
Kiefofpolice
171
Nov 13, 2019
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Thumps22There are many pre-made and GUI QMK interfaces for the ALT and CNTRL keyboard. Check out reddit and the comments under here and there are some very generous and talented people who have created the ripple effect RGB, and theres a GUI for programming each key if you'd like me to send you the links.
SuperKrog
18
Jan 15, 2020
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Thumps22my ALT high profile, black case arrived. I'm using it since 2 days and it's perfect, no issues, keycaps are good (but I will replace with dolch sa), leds are very bright and even without any skill with qmk the web configurator allows to create per-layter complex led effects, remap anything and it's better than the usual web qmk configurator. What else to add.. i'm really happy.
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