Thanks for sharing! I'm subscribed to their newsletter, received the articles yesterday, and just finished reading the whole stuff. I'm truly impressed by Jacob's work! Nobody has ever done such an in-depth comparison. The results are very good regarding Kailh switches, indeed.

Here is how they tested: https://input.club/the-problem-with-mechanical-switch-reviews/.

They rated Kailh (Kai Hua) among the top, so it looks like we are getting good switches.

I don't want to speculate too much, but there are a lot of factors that might cause such problems. For example, overly tight holes in the metal plate, the soldering process used for the switches (reflow soldering vs wave soldering vs selective wave solering), handling and storing of the switches before, during, and after manufacturing, and who knows what else. A conclusive test should include both individual switches and assembled keyboards. My hopes are high that we'll be able to do durability tests eventually but not yet.

Unfortunately this is solely based on my own experience with such switches (i.e. Zalman ZM-K500 about which a lot of complaints can be found on the interwebs).

Hi Fred,

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us! We wish we had such a tester machine. In any case, based on what we have read we haven't found any conclusive evidence that Kailh switches are worse than the rest durability-wise. Do you know about any such resources?

Hi Carlos,

Yes, it's possible to tent the UHK without using the palm rest, although we think it might not be a good idea ergonomically, because the hands don't have surface to rest on.

I have a question about tenting. Would you be able to tip and tent the keyboard without the palm rests? That's a problem with the matias ergo which require palm rest for tenting

Cheers

Hi Den,

Yes, these keycaps are from Matias. We plan to offer a Matias UHK eventually but not yet. The biggest obstacle is providing a Matias compatible base plate. We rather provide less option in the beginning to deliver as soon as possible, and extend our offering eventually. In any case, the PCB is already compatible with both MX and Matias switches!

Thanks for the nice words!

Hi Joel,

The sprue mark will be etched away so the surface will be nearly flat. We'll make sure that it won't make the sticker warp. We're not sure what runners and gates are because we're no very familiar with English injection molding terminology, but we assume that it'd call for a more expensive mold. We're aware that we could automate this process better, but we intentionally minimized mold making costs without compromising quality - that's why it's implemented the way it is.