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ISO TKL keyboards? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 5 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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[–] 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 6 days 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 6 days 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 5 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