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ISO TKL keyboards? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Antaeus@lemmy.world to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml
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Hi fediverse.

I am searching for an ISO TKL barebones kit, and so far have come up short. I have found the following: nuphy gem80 (which is out of production and they confirm that a new batch is not in plans). Evo80, which seems to be a bit pricier and out of stock. Luminkey80, seems to not support nkey rollover, so I might be better off using my Model M keyboard.

Am I correct that no keyboard with modern comforts like proper layer dampening, hotswap, gasket mount exist in ISO and in TKL?

EDIT: I already own keychron and ducky, but I would like to have a keyboard where it ticks all the boxes. Like the ones I made as examples in the beginning (gem80, evo80, luminkey80)

Thank you in advance.

EDIT 2: I chose a Neo80 from monacokeys. Thank you for the dialogue, guys!

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[–] neverpanic@chaos.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@Antaeus the Neo80 can be built with ISO layout and should tick all boxes except RGB.

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Good thing I don’t care much about RGB. I hope it’s VIA. Compatible.

Thanks!

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

keychron? most of their kbs can be ordered barebones

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you. I was hoping for something in an higher end. Already have a couple of keychains and Ducky.

Apologies, obviously I failed to mention that.

[–] ominouslemon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

MonsGeek has some ISO keyboard kits! Their website is kinda confusing but you can easily find them on AliExpress

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The 75%M1 is the only that checks by boxes besides the fact it’s not TKL 😕

[–] ominouslemon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've just remembered that Pulsar also sells ISO TKL keebs, I think those might check all of your boxes. There is a Hall Effect one and a traditional mechanical one

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I had a pulsar. It was a fine board with good acoustics, it wasn’t gasket mount though.

I will check them out again.

[–] ominouslemon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

The current ones are gasket-mounted

[–] doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I recently got myself a Keychron V3 Max with ISO TKL, which has hotswappable switches and a gasket mount.

EDIT: Keebfinder is nice to get a good overview.

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I went through the list with all the suppliers in Europe, but again all the boards I would want are out of stock ☹️

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Besides keychron and Akko I can’t find anything “higher end”.

[–] exu@feditown.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The GMMK TKL has hotswap, not sure about the rest.

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Tray mount :(

[–] Ghoelian@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

but I would like to have a keyboard where it ticks all the boxes

What boxes? Because keychron has keyboards with layer dampening, hotswap, and gasket mounts. What else are you looking for?

[–] Antaeus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I understand your question. I have a V3 (no gasket, ABS plastic) and a C3 Pro (cheap but gasket). Perhaps I am an addict, but I would like to try that “high end thing” that the ANSI market offers. Aluminium case. POM plate. Poron dampening. I hope it makes sense