appreciate the thorough and thoughtful review! Will admit TKL is not my preferred layout, but the MX Blacks on alu sound so lively in this board! Would definitely love to hear this with a Nylon or PP nonflexcut plate. Nylon is absolutely nuts in my opinion / limited personal experience
I agree. I think the range of prices that constitute "budget" at this point has shifted pretty significantly downwards. From what I can see here in the video though, I think the board's price point is justified. The complexity and quality of machining seems to be higher than what I've seen on, for example, the Rainy75 or nd75. (Edit:) Or on other budget TKLs like the Feker Galaxy...
Its a fair point. The term is subjective. And kinda relative to how much you would be willing to spend I guess. I just think before I got into the hobby, a $200 board was outrageous. And then after looking at a bunch of different customs, $200 doesn’t seem bad. Especially for a tkl, the size alone makes things more expensive. Compared to the tiger80 which came out like 2 years ago, this board is cheaper and offers way more, so with the tiger80 being considered budget back then, it just makes sense for an aluminum tkl with more features at a lower price to still be considered budget. But I get $200 is a lot for a lot of people.
appreciate the thorough and thoughtful review! Will admit TKL is not my preferred layout, but the MX Blacks on alu sound so lively in this board! Would definitely love to hear this with a Nylon or PP nonflexcut plate. Nylon is absolutely nuts in my opinion / limited personal experience
Hell yeah I see BSUN Roselles I like
This is a great keyboard, but $184 keyboard is not budget anymore. Not in 2024
I agree. I think the range of prices that constitute "budget" at this point has shifted pretty significantly downwards. From what I can see here in the video though, I think the board's price point is justified. The complexity and quality of machining seems to be higher than what I've seen on, for example, the Rainy75 or nd75.
(Edit:) Or on other budget TKLs like the Feker Galaxy...
Its a fair point. The term is subjective. And kinda relative to how much you would be willing to spend I guess. I just think before I got into the hobby, a $200 board was outrageous. And then after looking at a bunch of different customs, $200 doesn’t seem bad. Especially for a tkl, the size alone makes things more expensive. Compared to the tiger80 which came out like 2 years ago, this board is cheaper and offers way more, so with the tiger80 being considered budget back then, it just makes sense for an aluminum tkl with more features at a lower price to still be considered budget. But I get $200 is a lot for a lot of people.