The work on the mega. version has now finished. The keyboard is a 3 piece keyboard, PCB will be designed by Yiancar.
Our goal with this keyboard is to create a 65% keyboard made from aluminium, supporting QMK, Hot-Swap and RGB for a great price. This will allow newcomers to the community to have a go-to keyboard with a 65% layout without breaking the bank.
MANUFACTURING COMPLETED
Got questions? Ask away.
The keyboard should be coming in the end of December. I would like to thank you all for the support and the long wait. We are excited and have been using the keyboard mega. prototype for 5 months now without an issue. Yiancar has been a great support, thanks to all input from everyone in the community, as well as the criticism that it is taking too long!
Some info that may not have been posted on the product page –
ISO is coming, yeah… Give it another month and a half.
RGB per LED is programmable using QMK. PCB uses ATMEGA32.
Anything else?
Mikkel S5 months ago
Hey Julien,
Still excited – can you please share an update? Would be appreciated.
Joe Westwell6 months ago
Hi!
How are we looking? I’m thinking that we’re just on the cusp of seeing that configurator!
Thanks for the amazing work, can’t wait to see this board!
Woover7 months ago
Hi! Updates? I can’t wait !!!!!
Jonathan Mohr7 months ago
Same, completely hyped !!! 🙂
Marc Zwiegela8 months ago
Hey,
can you give us a new release date as I read somewhere in the comments,that it should have been released the last few days. Is ISO version still planned to be comming a month after ANSI?
Can’t wait to have it in my hand someday. Looks like the perfect board for me.
Julien Powell8 months ago
Hi!
the virus situation has postponed manufacturing a few weeks. We are looking at end of April to mid May now. Yes ISO is still planned for roughly 1month after. Production times have increased too though so it could be 6-7 weeks as opposed to 4.
Hope to deliver to you soon!
Fred9 months ago
1.25U Alt and 1U AltGr doesn’t make much sense though. Hate it on every board that has that layout. AltGr is much more important. If one of those keys has to suffer it should be Alt.
Ati9 months ago
Well I guess we wont be seeing this anytime soon. No update, no date, I understand the whole process is very complex. It just would be great to hear from you every now and then, even if it means another delay.
Just keep us updated, when can we await some news, a product page with details, or sale even.
Give us a statement please.
Thank you.
Keenan Chung9 months ago
did you not read the march update above?
Ati9 months ago
HI. That was added after my comment, I already did. Bad timing, and since the crisis will take some time, no idea when we will see kits ready for shipping.
Julien Powell9 months ago
Hi Ati,
yes it is bad timing indeed. We cant give a date at the moment but are trying our best to organize everything.
Thanks for your continued support!
Ati9 months ago
Hello Julien.
No worries, hope for the best.
The fact that when I was searching for something similar and found you, in EU, is a small miracle in my mind anyway. Im with you all the way, dedicated. Hopefully this year, christmas comes early 😀
Keeb us posted, and stay safe.
David Hockey9 months ago
Will there be color options to match previous colorways of the nano? I would be very interested in purchasing one if this is the case. Also, I have tried contacting the company twice in regards to the anodizing of the nano. bento. I look forward to your response!
Julien Powell9 months ago
Final Colours of the Mega are being released in the next days. It wont be matching the nano Bento as this was unique in its colour scheme but they should be getting close to the normal nano colours.
vinz9 months ago
Is it delayed? No february update
Julien Powell9 months ago
Sadly yes, component manufacturing and shipping constraints in Asia have pushed it back just a few weeks.
Mikkel9 months ago
Guys, how are we doing? I am so excited for this!
– how soon after ANSI layout do you expect ISO?
Mikkel10 months ago
Any news?
~Bullets10 months ago
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO YOUR MAILING LIST OF WHEN THESE ARE AVAILABLE.
Julien Powell10 months ago
Hi!
if you go to this link you can sign up and you will get the newsletter: https://www.keebwerk.com/newsletter/
Steffen10 months ago
Hey
Habe ich das richtig verstanden, das Ganze wird kein Group Buy sein, stattdessen wird es (wie bei Nano) einen Konfigurator geben und die Bestandteile sind tatsächlich bereits auf Lager und versandbereit? Und gibt es eigentlich einen ungefähren Zeitpunkt zu dem ANSI und danach ISO Varianten verfügbar sein werden?
Julien Powell10 months ago
Hi Steffen,
Ja genau, den Konfigurator wird es erst geben wenn wir alle Bauteile vor Ort haben und auch Tatsächlich bauen und Ausliefern können. Aus dem Nano haben wir schließlich gelernt 😉 die ISO Variante sollte ca. 1 Monat nach dem ANSI kommen.
Steffen10 months ago
Hi Julien,
besten Dank für die schnelle Rückmeldung! 🙂
Und gibt es für die ANSI Version einen ungefähren Zeitpunkt oder wollt ihr dazu lieber nichts sagen, nachdem ihr die Pläne schon häufiger ändern musstet?
Ich bin auf jeden Fall schon sehr gespannt auf das Board und die Konfigurationsmöglichkeiten. Der Blogeintrag liest sich schon extrem verlockend bei so viel Detailliebe (Padding für die Plate, wow!).
Ebenso gespannt bin ich bereits auf die tacit Switches – hoffentlich kommen sie bald an ♥
Julien Powell10 months ago
Hi Steffen,
wir planen mitte Febraur, genauer kann ich momentan selber nicht sagen, aber alle Teile werden momentan Produziert.
Freut mich das du ganz gespannt darauf bist, wir auch!
Ati11 months ago
Hello.
I am getting the rest of things ordered before the .mega is available and was wondering what kind and size of stabilizers will fit the board? What kind will be included? I am trying to make sure they will be quiet from factory or after modding since I am buidling as silent as I can(with Aqua Zilent V2).
RSHift:
LShift:
Enter:
Backspace:
Spacebar:
etc
Thank you.
Julien Powell11 months ago
Hi,
sounds like a good build, all stabilisers will be from Cherry.
By the way you will have the option to customize your Mega. with our new Silent Tacit switches as well!
Ati11 months ago
Hello.
Good to know, can you please share the stab sizes as well?
Ive seen the tacit, it is really interesting and I might buy a bunch in the future, but since this is my first build I prefer the Zilents for now.
Thank you.
Ati10 months ago
I would like to know if the stabilizers are screw in, plate mount or pcb mount. Is the spacebar 6.25u or 7u?
Thank you
Julien Powell10 months ago
Hi,
Stabs are pcb mount, spacebar is 6.25u.
Koniotaur11 months ago
I’ve been following this for ages now it seems, will someday there be an non hot swap pcb available?
Julien Powell11 months ago
We are planning this yes! Cant tell you when though, getting the hotswap out is priority. Hope to update you soon
Koniotaur11 months ago
This is some great news, are you planning on expanding tops as well? Wkl or wk maybe?
Koniotaur11 months ago
And what about expanding this further some day with maybe wkl or wk top?
Matteo12 months ago
You guys really do amazing work at such a low price point on all your products.
Julien Powell11 months ago
thanks so much! really appreciate the support!
Alex12 months ago
Any Eta for the keyboard and the tacit switches? I suppose q2 next year if we are lucky?
Julien Powell11 months ago
It will be earlier! Mid February is realistic now. All components are currently being manufactured!
The Tacit Switches are in transit and launching in the next days!
lord eilertsen12 months ago
“The colors are probably set now, black, silver, blue, a darker green and then a unique red. Colors will be expanded on fast. MORE news is that we also will be selling the ANSI plates before the ISO ones come because the ISO ones require more time”
Does this mean we wont be able to order this with an ISO layout until a later time? I have been waiting _a while_ for this now and am wondering what to do…
Julien Powell11 months ago
All parts are currently being manufactured and mid February is realistic now but yes ANSI first. ISO should follow 1 month later!
Alex12 months ago
Any ETA from configurator going life over production to arrival of shipped orders`for the mega keyboard? Also nice to know for the tacit switches. I go on a limp and say not 2019 anymore, b ut is late q1 or early q2 2020 realistic?
Julien Powell11 months ago
All components are being manufactured as we speak! Products pages are currently being worked on. Mid February seems is realistic now!
Ati11 months ago
I have created an appointment in my calendar for the 13th of February.
Will check back every now and then, will there be an option to reserve/pre-order a kit ? I would very much like to do so.
Thank you.
Julien Powell11 months ago
Hi,
sounds good, no we wont be doing preorders or reservations. We will launch the Mega on social media though, so you will know when it comes online as long as you are following us!
Tekilashot12 months ago
Rose gold and purple for the next color please
Julien Powell11 months ago
Noted!
Sebastian Frosch12 months ago
Hi Folks,
wenn ich das richtig verstehe wird es auch eine deutsche Version geben?! Wird es wie beim Nano eine Option mit einer durchsichtigen Grundplatte und Beleuchtung geben?
Grüße
Sebastian
Julien Powell12 months ago
Guten Tag!
Ja, die Tastatur kommt mit ISO-DE Weiss und Schwarz Tasten von GMK als Config. Option falls jemmand DE Tasten sucht.
Niklas W12 months ago
Is there a updated landing date or new progress to share? Very interested in this keeb, looking forward for the launch!
Keeb up the good work!
Julien Powell12 months ago
We will post a update tonight!
Marco Fonseca1 year ago
About the keycaps kit. For the ISO user it will most appreciated that it includes ALL the extra keys for those different layouts – DE, UK, Portuguese, Spanish, French, NOR and so on. As a reference example the INTERNATIONAL KIT option from GRANITE KEYSET has all the goodies. It is by far the most comprehensive international set I am aware of.
You may then consider selling the bulk of keycaps as single option order or as a core set plus an extra optional set for the less common layouts.
Please share your thoughts about this will you?
ThkU!
Julien Powell1 year ago
Hey Marco,
We are working to make a INTL kit with a WoB GMK kit as standard. We are aware there are so many GBs running that it would make no sense to bring something even newer in as most customers of this keyboard will probably already have a set that they prefer more. So we will be sitting around with WOB and some cool Mods or colored caps to let you guys customize it how you need. Thank you for your feedback.
Marco Fonseca12 months ago
ThkU for your input. As far as I saw the NORDEUK++ international set from Gmk Wob is fairly good:
Supported Languages:
UK, British
ISL, Icelandic
NO, Norwegian
SE, Swedish
FL, Finnish
FO, Faroese
DK, Danish
DE, Deutsch
PT, Portuguese
My personnal opinio: ALL international keycaps sets for ISO shpuld have these!!! Everyone wouldn’t mind paying a couple of euros extra for the full pack as it would serve everyone. A new standard like this would open us ISO-INTERNATIONAL users the whole spectrum of keycap sets currently only available for ANSI and UK, and sometimes Norde users.
Do you agree with this statement?
ThkU again!
Looking forward for that Mega.
Alex10 months ago
what about CH, Swiss ?
Julien Powell10 months ago
will be looking into that too!
MARCO FONSECA9 months ago
Those too 🙂
Attila Tamas1 year ago
Greetings from Slovakia.
First of all, thank you for the effort. Finding EU shops/developers/distributors for kits is hard. I think not many of the community know about you or it might have been just me who recently found out thanks to Candykeys, thanks David, anyway, really looking forward to this board and the hopefully lower than usual price.
Im looking for my entry to the KB building hobby and as such I dont want to go all in straight from the start.
As I found out my options are limited to EU stock or direct orders from china, but still hitting the 300EUR price or certainly higher for a full kit.
Looking forward to more details and eventually ordering one.
Aluminium: ✔
65%: ✔
QMK: ✔
KIT: ✔
Hotswap:++
Hopefully there will be an option to get the kit without switches/keycaps or with “wasabi”+PBT.
Many thanks, all channels open for updates 🙂
Julien Powell1 year ago
Hello Attila,
Thank you for the kind message. So indeed we are working to keep the price as low as we can 🙂 We will be offering the switch with it too, but at the moment it looks like that the switch will be delayed to December where-as this keyboard will come at the end of November in stock.
Attila Tamas1 year ago
Thank you for the update.
I already ordered Zilent switches, so now I am waiting for the mega kit to be released so I can build my own. End of november sounds great.
Rob Hughes1 year ago
Will this connect via Bluetooth or USB? Thanks
Julien Powell12 months ago
USB for now, the certification for BT is a tough shot.
Ati12 months ago
USB-C I hope, but anyway this is amazing from the updates. Hotswap, qmk, silent, premium quality.
Cant wait to get my parts reserved.
Body, pcb, plate, stabs, mute padding, no switches(ordered zilents), no caps.
Thank you.
Matthew12 months ago
If you need help with BT certification like UL or any of those I can be of service for free.
D H1 year ago
Will it be ISO compatible?
Julien Powell1 year ago
Yes it will be ISO compatible.