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Ironically enough, talking about cutting expenses, the keyboard in the photo could easily cost 10 times more than the typical 100% keyboard you'd find in a corporate office.
Especially when they have luxury of lubed switches, foam, dampeners/stabilizers, custom case material (that keeb def. Custom one).
Don’t forget keycaps! It’s where the real money is lost.
That set looks like GMK Blue Samurai, which sells new for $150.
Looks like a knockoff to me. Look at the "Backspace" lettering up close for example.
You’re right. No shame there, but definitely knocks a $100 or more off the price.
Keycaps are expensive but you can easily spend $500 on a keyboard chassis/plate/pcb alone
Have you seen how metal keycaps are priced?
True. I was mostly thinking about having to buy keycaps aftermarket when the prices double/triple and having to source all the different kits.
Personally, I think I have three times as many keycap sets than I do keyboards.
This might be controversial, but at some point just buy a decent repro on AliExpress.
Scandalous!
They def pricier on chassis, plate (foam too!) and ready-to-use designed pcb with components. However from my own experience building your own keyboard is fun especially when the result is as good as you expected from planning stage. Pure bliss.
~~Hello fellow 2hu youkai~~
Keycaps is where I always avoid because that's what makes keyboard standout other than the overall produced sound.
~~Still saving for my keycaps sets~~
I was even thinking just about the case - good CNCd aluminium has come down in price, but it's still expensive. You also have a point, I agree.
A typical office keeb is around $15. If you can build this for anywhere close to $150 I'm gonna take 2, please!
I wrote "could easily cost 10 times more", which doesn't exclude an even higher price. $100-$150 for just the case (I couldn't find the exact one) is what I'd expect.
They're free with the shit boxes we hand out at work lol.