The keyboard itself is pretty decent and feels well-made for a plastic body. That being said, quite a few flaws that would have made me hesitate to buy this.
- Certain keys do not work with Mac (like fn). These are coded in such a way that you can't remap them.
- There's a persistent issue with keys double pressing. It's somewhat mitigated by upping the key repeat delay, but you may not want to do that.
- The white coating on the metal is super easy to scratch off with the included keyswitch puller. After two switch changes, it's quite noticeably damaged around many keys.
GMK Calcium
Group Buy End: Oct 2nd 2020
Estimated Ship time: July 2021
This is a group buy form for the GMK keyset group buy: GMK Calcium (formerly GMK GB)
Yes this is real.
GB didn't stand for anything, just GB. GMK GB doesn't really evoke any feelings of what the colors are. Ideally, we would all just use a non-copyright-infringement reference to the anime character that this keyset draws inspiration from, but alas, there is no such character.
With all that said, we're going with GMK Calcium. This is actually a name I'd used during the [IC] phase after I transitioned away from the name GMK IC (yes that also happened) due to the keys having a kind of milky quality.
BE AWARE: This is a Group Buy, and as such, this is a product that WILL BE produced. It does not exist at present. By entering, you are aware that this product will be produced and delivered to you in 5-8 months. By entering you make clear that there will be no refunds on funds used to enter this GB. By entering, you agree to these terms.
Hard-Capped at 500 Kits. This GB entry period will be Sept 28th.
Not in Canada? No problem! Grab this set at a vendor nearest you:
- US: (Panc.co): https://panc.co/ols/products/gmk-calcium
- EU/UK: (Prototypist): https://prototypist.net/collections/gmk-calcium