Akko PC98B Plus Black/Gold Wireless $149, ACR Pro Alice Wired $159 (RGB Hot-Swap CS Crystal) Shipped ($0 MEL C&C) @ PC Case Gear

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Price is good as it's $231.38 on the official Epomaker site https://epomaker.com/products/akko-pc98b-plus?variant=403205….

Also comes in Crystal Wine red switch flavour $149 Akko PC98B Plus Black/Gold w/Crystal Wine switches

• 1800 Compact Top Mount Hot Swappable RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
• Bluetooth 5.0/2.4GHz/Type-C Wired Triple Modes Available
• PBT Keycaps in ASA or OSA Profile
• PC Plate & Silicon Case Foam
• RGB Backlight & Underglow
• Compatible with Win/MacOS/iOS/Android Device
• Akko Crystal Switch: Linear
• Akko Crystal Wine Red Switch: Linear

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Akko ACR Pro Alice Plus Wired White RGB Hot-Swap CS Crystal Keyboard $159 Delivered ($0 MEL C&C) @ PC Case Gear

This is a wired keyboard
- $194.06 at https://epomaker.com/products/akko-acr-pro-alice-plus?varian… (excluding shipping)

For fans of the Alice/Arisu layout. This is more of a typers keyboard than used for gaming as the WASD keys are in an awkward position

Also in Black

• 68-key Hot Swappable Split Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
• Alice Split layout, 68-keys Hot-Swappable Keyboard for Win/Mac/Linux
• Gasket Mount & Sound Absorption Foams
• Lubed Plate-Mounted Stabilizers & Screw-in Supportable
• Double-Shot PBT Keycaps in ASA profile & SMD LED RGB Backlight
• Programmable with AKKO Macro V1.0
• Akko Crystal Clear Switch: Linear

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  dandoon on 26/03/2023 - 09:14

  No QMK compatibility - I'd skip 🤷‍♂️

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    grackfight420 on 26/03/2023 - 09:30

    afaik there are no wireless keyboard PCBs that do QMK/via, so that shouldn't really be a point against it here

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      ZT on 26/03/2023 - 11:19

      The Keychron Q1 Pro was released recently

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        twister292 on 01/04/2023 - 00:14

        I like the idea of the Q1 Pro, only catch is it only polls at 90Hz over BT

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      BarneyKB on 26/03/2023 - 11:30

      There are custom ones, such as the mitosis

      The receiver is what does the QMK stuff and the wireless is between the receiver and keyboard.

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      n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 26/03/2023 - 16:14

      Keychron K Pro series (plastic case), and Q Pro series (metal case/gasket mount) support VIA/QMK and wireless (bluetooth not 2.4G).

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      dandoon on 26/03/2023 - 16:27

      I'll give that to you - I wasn't aware of the difficulties of QMK/VIA over bluetooth. Seems like it's a multifactorial problem, which is partially solved by ZMK (lose some of the comfy features of QMK to gain full BT functionality). Also agreed that 99% of people will be more than happy with the bone-stock firmware that these will come with, or whatever functionality that the Akko configurators provide. Thanks for teaching me something!

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        n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 26/03/2023 - 16:37

        +1

        which is partially solved by ZMK (lose some of the comfy features of QMK to gain full BT functionality).

        Yeah when I was frequently keeping up with r/MK the Polarity Works ZMK Bluetooth PCB's were a straightforward option for those who only needed common layouts (standard 60/65/75%).

        Here is the post from last year. https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/tqbnsg…
        They were the first I think to put the bluetooth chip on the topside of the PCB, so there was no signal interference issue from using a metal case. All the chip antennae signal has to travel through is the keycaps. Plastic (PC/FR4/POM) plate is recommended.

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    n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 26/03/2023 - 16:12

    Keychron V series supported QMK and were about half these prices during this sale https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/761128
    No wireless though. Need to look at the K Pro/Q Pro series (new) for wireless + QMK.

    As you can see someone in the comment's of that deal a user mentions V series for $79, I think that was for the V5 or V6 model.

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  jpeg-jpg on 27/03/2023 - 12:00

  What's the difference between the PC98B and the 3098B? Just purchased the 3098B for $84 from a previous deal. Looking at the specs the only difference seems to be triple bluetooth on this vs single bluetooth on the 3098B?

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  twister292 on 01/04/2023 - 00:30

  Crystal wine shows 199 now