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I could not disagree more. I bought one after the Kickstarter, and the hardware is very high quality.

jimpudar 8y ago
Same here. If you think there may have been QC issues with your board, reach out to Jesse and Kaia and they will take care of you. Matias keyswitches are fantastic, I've never heard of anyone calling them "non-standard" or "cheap". They are a recreation of the classic ALPS keyswitches used in early Apple and IBM keyboards.
- ScottBurson 8y ago
  Although I am overall happy with my Keyboardio, I must say the Matias keyswitches have been a bit of a disappointment. They're okay, but don't feel quite as nice, to me, as actual ALPS — I still have a working Kinesis Evolution that I use frequently, so I can compare them directly — or as Cherry switches. I wish they'd gone with Cherry.
  - jimpudar 8y ago
    Do you use the quiet ones, or the clicky ones? I have one of each, but I generally prefer the quiet ones.
    - ScottBurson 8y ago
      I originally ordered two with the Quiet Click switches, but when my first one arrived I wasn't that taken with them, so I asked Jesse to change my second one to the Click switches. But those were even worse; some of the keys were sticky. There was eventually an update from Keyboardio (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keyboardio/the-model-01-an-heirloom-grade-keyboard-for-seriou/posts/2314407 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keyboardio/the-model-01...) about the problems with the Click switches, but before that came out, I decided to try converting the Click keyboard to the Quiet Linear switches, as described by someone on the forum. I do like the Quiet Linear better; I think they're almost as good as anything else. However, I have also noticed that I dislike the Quiet Click less than I originally did; I think they've loosened up a bit with use. (The problem I had with them was that there was a bit of friction in the travel; not enough to make the key stick, but enough to make them less pleasant to type on.)
      - jimpudar 8y ago
        Do you have a link to the forum post about the Quiet Linear mod? I'd be interested in checking that out. I used the Matias Ergo Pro with the Quiet Click switches pretty much exclusively before I got my Model 01, so I was already very used to that style of switch when I first got the board.
        ScottBurson 8y ago
        https://community.keyboard.io/t/swapping-out-keyswitch-mechanisms/335 https://community.keyboard.io/t/swapping-out-keyswitch-mecha...

Same here. If you think there may have been QC issues with your board, reach out to Jesse and Kaia and they will take care of you. Matias keyswitches are fantastic, I've never heard of anyone calling them "non-standard" or "cheap". They are a recreation of the classic ALPS keyswitches used in early Apple and IBM keyboards.

ScottBurson 8y ago
Although I am overall happy with my Keyboardio, I must say the Matias keyswitches have been a bit of a disappointment. They're okay, but don't feel quite as nice, to me, as actual ALPS — I still have a working Kinesis Evolution that I use frequently, so I can compare them directly — or as Cherry switches. I wish they'd gone with Cherry.
- jimpudar 8y ago
  Do you use the quiet ones, or the clicky ones? I have one of each, but I generally prefer the quiet ones.
  - ScottBurson 8y ago
    I originally ordered two with the Quiet Click switches, but when my first one arrived I wasn't that taken with them, so I asked Jesse to change my second one to the Click switches. But those were even worse; some of the keys were sticky. There was eventually an update from Keyboardio (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keyboardio/the-model-01-an-heirloom-grade-keyboard-for-seriou/posts/2314407 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keyboardio/the-model-01...) about the problems with the Click switches, but before that came out, I decided to try converting the Click keyboard to the Quiet Linear switches, as described by someone on the forum. I do like the Quiet Linear better; I think they're almost as good as anything else. However, I have also noticed that I dislike the Quiet Click less than I originally did; I think they've loosened up a bit with use. (The problem I had with them was that there was a bit of friction in the travel; not enough to make the key stick, but enough to make them less pleasant to type on.)
    - jimpudar 8y ago
      Do you have a link to the forum post about the Quiet Linear mod? I'd be interested in checking that out. I used the Matias Ergo Pro with the Quiet Click switches pretty much exclusively before I got my Model 01, so I was already very used to that style of switch when I first got the board.
      - ScottBurson 8y ago
        https://community.keyboard.io/t/swapping-out-keyswitch-mechanisms/335 https://community.keyboard.io/t/swapping-out-keyswitch-mecha...