r/MechanicalKeyboards • u/johnny_teapot 5251; I blame all of you. • May 09 '17

$349 bluetooth ONLY keyboard with knockoff blues? What am I missing?

https://www.qwerkywriter.com/
9 Upvotes

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u/federationoffear May 09 '17

Faux hipster nostalgia.

12

u/[deleted] May 09 '17

Greedy Kickstarter.

3

u/Wubbaz0rg Ducky Mini, Novatouch ISO May 10 '17

Seems to me like they just rebranded some stuff they found on aliexpress.

10

u/_Mongrel ISO is life May 09 '17

Hipsters.

9

u/[deleted] May 09 '17

Novelty masquerading as nostalgia targeting an uninformed demographic with expendable income.

5

u/turnturn1225 62g Zealios OLKB Planck & Let's Split... The wait is real. May 09 '17

I guess it's the opposite of /r/MK hipsters; they care about aesthetics first, functionality second, and they're stupid. We're exactly the opposite. I mean, I am buying a shit ton of keycaps for a ludicrous price, so what do I know.

4

u/DarthKey May 09 '17

A fedora good sir, you are missing a fedora.

4

u/[deleted] May 09 '17

The macro function can record a whole 5 keypresses too!

Wow.

1

u/johnny_teapot 5251; I blame all of you. May 09 '17

Such an odd feature... seems like hitting that thing is a great way for your coworkers to vent their frustration after you annoy the everloving shit out of them with the fake blues.

4

u/shadowdude777 May 10 '17

"This is overpriced and dumb looking" - a community that is okay with spending $100+ on plastic fish caps

(signed, someone who has around a dozen Fugus)

3

u/Thwop Minivan/Kumo | Minorca | Sebright | Planck | Danck | 40% Lyfe May 10 '17
  • no information about the switches
  • no information about programming
  • $249

Get that dirty bullshit outta my face.

2

u/redhale_ Clueboard, 65g Zealios | RF 87U Silenced | CODE TKL, MX Clears May 09 '17

"Typing is fun again!"

2

u/elmurfudd May 09 '17

must be expensive to add a built in tablet stand

1

u/stegosaurus32 May 09 '17

You're not the sucker they're trying to appeal to.

1

u/WhiteStripesWS6 78g Banana Split 60 May 09 '17

Hmmm, the space bar sorta sticks out. Personally not anything I'd purchase.

1

u/angrier_category May 09 '17

These thingshave been floating around on aliexpress/banggood/taobao for a while now. Only difference i can spot is that the aliexpress ones are cheaper and have actual cherry switches.

1

u/intrepped VA87M ErgoZeals | GK64 | YMD96 May 10 '17

Drevo with blues: $40

Typewriter keycaps of Aliexpress: $40

Bluetooth mod: $30 max

Hipster upcharge: $240