As an afficionado of all issues mechanical keyboard, I’ve seen a number of wild designs in my time. However I’ve by no means seen a industrial keyboard model make one thing fairly so distinctive or charming as this.
Epomaker’s latest design is a full cut up ergonomic keyboard that’s all wi-fi and all wooden. It’s additionally costly — the entire set with a wi-fi numpad and wrist rests will price $549.
However dang it if that may really be justified on this case. The Epomaker x Feker Alice 60 Wooden keyboard’s physique and keycaps are all fabricated from one hundred pc actual lifeless tree. It seems just like the legends are even utilizing wooden inlay with both a distinct wooden or a distinct stain for distinction.
And the sweetness isn’t simply skin-deep. It’s rocking triple-mode wi-fi (multi-device Bluetooth and a couple of.4GHz wi-fi) for all three separate panels, gasket mounting for a “bouncy” typing really feel, and the all-important hot-swap swap sockets for max customization.
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If $549 looks as if rather a lot to pay for a keyboard… properly, it’s. However within the context of super-premium, {custom} mechanical designs, it’s not really that insane. I’ve put about $500 price of elements (and possibly not less than that a lot in my very own labor hours) right into a single {custom} keyboard earlier than.
And wooden keycap units and keyboard our bodies are understandably costly for those who get them custom-made. Right here’s a $900 one on Etsy with good five-star evaluations. Contemplate that Razer asks for $350 for its most costly gaming keyboard, with a near-useless display and 0 wooden, and this doesn’t appear too dangerous in any respect.
That mentioned, I also needs to inform you that cut up keyboard customers are a really explicit bunch, and may not admire each design resolution right here. When requested for a quote, my coworker and cut up keyboard professional Alaina Yee supplied, “Where tf is my tenting?” (She’s speaking about add-on instruments that allow you to modify the vertical angle of the keyboard in a number of instructions.) And for those who’re asking for a ton of cash for a cut up keyboard that claims to be ergonomic, that’s a good query.
If you happen to’re okay with a paucity of explicit positioning powers, the Epomaker x Feker Alice 60 Wooden is up for pre-order now and can ship in late December this yr.
