Current Keyboard Rankings

The collection:

1. D65: Brass plate, gasket mount, creamsicles

2. Think 6.5v2: FR4 plate, gasket mount, nk silks

3. Vega: FR4 plate, gasket mount, JWK Linears

4. 7V: Aluminum plate, leaf spring mount, nk silks

5. Tofu65: Brass plate, tray mount (pcb), nk creams

6. Zplit: Brass plate, tray mount (plate), nk silks

7. KBD Maja: Brass plate, top mount, Glorious pandas

Thocc

1. PC D65 w/ Creamsicles, Brass plate

2. Maja

3. Think 6.5v2 w/ Silks, FR4 plate

4. Tofu65 w/ Nk Creams, Brass plate

5. 7V w/ silks, Alu plate: higher pitched than the rest sounds kind of weak

6. Zplit w/ silks, Brass plate: higher pitched, pretty quiet

Muted

1. Vega w/ JWK linears, FR4 plate

Feel

1. KBD Maja w/ Glorious Pandas, Brass plate

2. Think 6.5v2, most satisfying bottom out feel of my linears

3. Vega, feels slightly softer than the Think6.5v2

4. D65

5. 7V, bottom out feels premature as if there was less key travel. Feels bouncy? not sure if not enough bounce or too much bounce

6. Zplit, stiff bottom out, feels shallow. Layout is especially difficult (reverse stagger)

Overall

1. Think 6.5v2: Thocc and bottom out feel is better than the rest. Beats Maja because its linear & 65%

2. Vega: Equivalent to Think6.5v2, but when I want less sound

3. Maja

4. Zplit: Bottom out feel and reverse stagger mostly cause this to be lower.

5. D65

6. 7V

Thoughts

Split keyboard would be higher if it could deliver on a more satisfying bottom out. I joined the Sol 3 group buy, so depending on how that feels it might actually beat out the think and Vega. The D65 actually feels and sounds very good but sometimes it feels *too* smooth. It has heavier springs, but I feel like I actuate the switches by accident because I can’t tell that I’ve depressed them. On another note, light tactiles might make up for poor bottom out feel ie: Maja feels really good although its also top mount… I didn’t put mill max sockets in the Zplit though, so I have no way of testing that :/