【GB】Viendi 8L | Elegant. Southpaw. Knob | GB closed.

October 31, 2021 GB, 其他本文总阅读量次

类型: GB
作者: NTN
发布时间: 2021-10-31 10:56:44
更新时间: 2021-12-01 06:29:39
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=115158.0

Hi mechanical keyboard enthusiasts
Firstly, thank you all for paying attention and support to this project.
It has been more than a year of development. I am so happy to announce the official GB launch date:
October 29 until the end of November 14 2021 (Keebsforall ends on November 21)

About the 8L:
This keyboard is not only for left-handed people. Why?
The left numpad lets you use the numpad and a right-sided mouse at the same time. It also frees up more space for your mouse.
The first idea, 8L is a keyboard for work, especially for those who need to input a lot of numbers on daily work, the left numpad will maximize your workflow as well as efficiency.
Our original cause is to make tools not only for you to create other greater things but also an inspiration every time you sit at your desk.
You can find more detailed information at https://viendi.co/8l/ or our Discord server for more instant interactions.
- Final prototype video (shot on actual prototype, not renderings):
- Taekeyboards review video: colorway Mist.
**- Typing test 01 by Long Tran:**colorway Nero; switches: Durock Piano; keycaps: SP DSS Dolch.
**- Typing test 02 by Alexotos:**colorway Nero with extra gold plate; switches: Durock POM; keycaps: GMK Lux.
- Construction:

/*Note: we removed the feature of per-switches LED and RGB under-glowing LEDs.
Group buy information:
1. Basic:

FCFS. Maximum purchase per entry: 2 base kits.
Maximum slots: 300.
Extras and accessories: unlimited.
Estimated Date of Delivery: Q2 2022

2. Standard kit included:

Top case, bottom case aluminum series 6000
Mirror finish brass plate
Brass Viendi Emblem, Soldering PCB (no hotswap version)
1x Unsoldered Tactile Encoder Alps EC11; 1x CNC solid stainless steel knob (color of the knob depends on the color of the chosen board)
1x PCB-Plate foam and 1x PCB-Bottom foam
Silicone bumpons and screws.

3. Vendor, quantity and retail price:

/*Note:

The actual quantity is capped at 300. You may see the total sum of the quantity in the above table is more than 300. Because in case any vendors do not sell out, their quotation will be allocated to other vendors.
For those prices that are tax included, is also international shipping fee included. What you have to pay more is just local shipping from those vendors’ warehouses.
Why does the price increase from the price range in the original IC? Please see session 8 below.

4 . How to order:
Please click on one of the following vendor links below. All links are live!

5. Available colors:

Shadow: dark gray aluminum case, gold brass plate, gold knob, gold emblem
Mist: silver aluminum case, gold brass plate, gold knob, gold emblem
Nero: black aluminum case, black nickel brass plate, nickel knob, nickel emblem

6. Supported layout and default firmware:

Default firmware:
Viendi 8L is designed to be the keyboard for work, so we spent a lot of time to think of the way it is used in daily work. Here is the optimum firmware defining the keymap on 8L prototypes Viendi team members use for about 10 hours every day on our main job. The main software is AutoCad, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, 3ds max.
Please note the Layer 1: single press 1 for F1, single press 2 for F2,

7. Extra and accessories:

solid CNC stainless steel knob, starting from 12 usd:
Luxury cables, starting from 53 usd:
gold plated push and pull connect, Techflex wrapped, usb type C to A.

8. Question:
/* Why was the price increased from 200 300 usd in the original IC?
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Yes, we are able to make the board at this price range. But that is compromising to superficial and low quality product, also turns this into a negative profit project, which may kill our motivation to do next cool things.
We do not want to use cheap manufacturing for this beautiful design. We have to increase the price range to 300-400 usd because:
To ensure the design has the finest possible manufacturing.
To offer you the highest possible quality products, to worth your paying, expectation and long awaiting.
/* Why was the price increased from 388 usd as announced?

to be clear, Viendi has always been announced that the price $388 is excluded tax and shipping.
we don’t lie, you can buy at retail price $388 in local Viet Nam, without any overhead.
what more you pay for is the tax of your country and international shipping, not for Viendi nor vendors.
different countries have different amounts of tax > retail price differs depending on country.
We wish we can sell you at retail price $388 without any overhead, but we must comply with the law of your countries.
For example: Apple announces the latest iPad price starting from $329 on their website, but in VN, I have to buy it at retail price $438 - retail price raises $109 in this case.
The aluminum material price is almost doubled since we have started the project. Yes almost double, check this link:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Commodities/Aluminum-prices-hit-13-year-high-amid-power-shortage-in-China
but Viendi did not raise the base price from what we announced 6 months ago, which is our big risk and a big cut-off to our profit. But it is ok.

**/* The Plate:*it is not easy to achieve the plate mirror finish.
You can take a closer look, you can see the outer edge of the plate has 1mm milled radius fillet, which has never been done on other boards before. Combining with the mirror finish makes the plate price double.

It took hours of gradually polishing by machine before going to the chemical step:
/ Why did the US and AU vendors change as prior announced?
There were problems with dealing with US and AU vendors at the very last minute before the launch. We were unable to find a solution for both parties.
Luckily, we found other vendors. This is the main reason for the pushing back for 1 week.
From Saigon, Viet Nam.
Sincerely,
Nguyen Truong Ngan - NTN.