What's the next premium EMK to look out for?

Firstly, I went to the old Subreddit and the last post is over 2 weeks ago. This community must be one of the first to totally abandon Reddit.

Secondly, to the point, I would love a premium ergo board, like the cornish zen. I see that Boardsource has an aluminum Lulu but its got about 20 keys too many for me. I'm currently using a Corne with 36 keys.

What are others thinking about premium boards? Or asked another way, what keyboards are you dreaming about today?

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hazel@keeb.lol · 4 pts · 3y (10 replies)

What about something like the mini36 by controllerworks?

saddlebag@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (8 replies)

Holy shit that's beautiful. Do you have one?

hazel@keeb.lol · 3 pts · 3y (7 replies)

I've got one from the first batch and it's great.

saddlebag@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Have you shared pics of it before? I’d like to see

hazel@keeb.lol · 2 pts · 3y (5 replies)

here's a picture I took after getting it

It's a great board but sadly it's just been sitting on a shelf. I need a more aggressive stagger on the pinky.

iZRBQEcWVXNdnPtTV@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

My universe for an aluminum Swoop case...

doob@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Did the short trrs cable come with it?

hazel@keeb.lol · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

no, it came with a longer one. This is some cheap one I found on aliexpress

doob@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Oh I dig it! How aggressive of a pinky stagger are you looking for? I’m currently using a chocofi but was thinking about grabbing one of those for work.

doob@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Oh man, you made my wallet cry! I think this may be what I was looking for!

Corr@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

There are Cornish zen 3x5 extra going up sometime. You can join the discord for updates. Darryl is just waiting for components before putting the extras together

doob@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I’ve got one of those on my list

iZRBQEcWVXNdnPtTV@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (6 replies)

I'm waiting for this guy to come back in stock. The KA360 and Glove80 are also mega premium, imo.

yingeling@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (5 replies)

I ordered the keyball39 during the last batch! But tbh I wouldn't say it's a premium emk.

iZRBQEcWVXNdnPtTV@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Darn! Could you share your thoughts on it?

yingeling@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (3 replies)

I haven't received it yet, I'll make a post with more thoughts when I built it 🙂

But for me a premium keyboard should have an aluminum and/or a very well designed case. Whereas the Keyball boards uses a "simple" acrylic sandwich case. The trackball housing looks very well thought out tho.

iZRBQEcWVXNdnPtTV@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Do you know if the maker has a twitter or something so we can keep up to date with it?

yingeling@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

This is the maker's twitter account, he regularly updates when new stock is coming (in Japanese).

iZRBQEcWVXNdnPtTV@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Thank you!

ben@feddit.dk · 3 pts · 3y

A no expense spared board board for me would be a skeletyl from bastardkb, maybe when in a metal printed case. Right now i have a Lagrange which is very nice, but i don't use all the (70) keys on my Lagrange so a 36 would maybe for me better.
If i was in the market for a flat board, then maybe one with a trackpad like the dilemma, but I'm very happy with my zilpzalp as a portable "throw in bag" laptop keyboard.

kukkurovaca@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 3y