A brief reflection and look at how far our community has come since joining. I’ve been in the mechanical keyboard hobby for a very long time. It started as a high school student’s search for a keyboard for writing novels back in the 2008-2009 school year. I thought I wanted to be an author and I felt I needed a keyboard that I could sit down to at my desk and just write. After researching, joining forums, and saving money, I made my first purchase in the hobby, a blank black Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2. I still own this keyboard and while it is heavily modded now, it remains one of my all-time favorites. My HHKB Pro2 with MitchCapped Accents Many people would have stopped there, but keyboards became a hobby. I enjoyed learning about them, and early on, I enjoyed hunting for them in thrift shops. I would dig through bins at Goodwill and Salvation Army while popping keycaps off with paperclips looking for mechanical switches. I searched for a birthday Model M...
May 7, 2024
Oh, Thank you for this fantastic keyboard.
1. The board is water resistant. The PCB is completely waterproof. The bamboo, like any wood, may not behave well if soaked for a long period of time. The mini USB port is not sealed and so bad things might happen if you dunk it under water. (The really water-proof versions of the board have a soldered and glued in cable.) So, spill proof, certainly!
2. Yes, the springs directly touch the PCB, but they don't move at all. Even at the top of the stroke they are slightly under compression.
3. The top housing also clips into the PCB which will prevent it from loosening too much. Bamboo is pretty good at holding dimensions over time but, like any wood, many drastic humidity changes will harm it. So if you soak it for a few days, leave it out in the sun for a few days, and repeat many times, I can't promise you won't see warping!