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kingofheart4711
86
Aug 30, 2017
So you have to put it all together yourself, it's really small and it costs around as much as a full size, fully assembled high end keyboard? I don't get it.
Edit: Wait so the base price of $140 is just for the case, plate and blank key caps? I'm baffled...
exits
216
Aug 30, 2017
kingofheart4711Putting it together is part of the fun if you're weird enough. (I am weird enough.)
kingofheart4711
86
Aug 30, 2017
exitsWell that I can understand, but I would think that because you put it together yourself it would be cheaper than buying a whole keyboard, but instead it looks like you're paying extea for the privilege of putting it together yourself.
Aevynn
104
Aug 30, 2017
kingofheart4711Yep...you're paying for the privilege of having a fully customized board. You can get a custom plate or another PCB if you want just the case or the other way around. You can pick your own switches. You're paying extra to have something you can make to your liking.
yanfali
1544
Aug 30, 2017
kingofheart4711Custom keyboards are rarely cheaper than buying a mass produced one. Price out a cheap chinese XD60 board with case, stabilizers, switches and keycaps. It'll be closer to 100usd. The big difference is you'll know exactly everything that went into the build and the quality of the work on the PCB; and you can program the firmware to suit your specific needs. It's a bit OCD for sure, but that's the joy of custom keyboards.
kingofheart4711The other thing is very few of the mass produced keyboards have the ability to change the firmware to support multiple layers or are a grid layout. I've been considering getting a FrostyFlake to put in my QuickFire Rapid to add programmability. Because I really want a grid layout to try, something like this seems like a good option. And like others said, it allows me to choose the keycaps and switches for the keyboard. I don't recall seeing Kaihua Bronze switches in mass made keyboards. I also hate desoldering to swap them out of one of the boards I already have.
jm090
281
Sep 1, 2017
kingofheart4711on top of being a small manufacturing run, it is made with extremely high end components. If you held this keyboard in your hand or like a Corsair k70 it would be blatantly obvious which one costs more money.
kingofheart4711If you want a comparison, the TADA68 drop: * Description price price of $74.99 with printed caps & Gateron switches * $69.99 for blank keycaps <- I'm going to call this the base price * $133.99 with an anodized aluminum case from the base price. * $158.99 with above & Cherry MX switches
Preonic: * Description price: $139.99 - includes plate & anodized aluminum case * $152.48 - with Gateron switches * $170.98 - with Cherry MX switches Brown, Red, or Blue
It's only a $18.49 difference between these two with similar options for Gateron switches.
A couple other options: $168 - Corsair K95 RGB $170 Das Keyboard 4 Professional
To me, this finalizes my decision to get the Preonic on the 15th. It's quite competitively priced when you compare this to the mass produced keyboards like the Das & Corsairs keyboards as well as the customized TADA68.
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