类型: IC
作者: Emir
发布时间: 2019-01-17 07:29:20
更新时间:
2019-01-19 08:05:49
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=99021.0
Hi everyone, this is the interest check thread for Linjär, a
smooth Linear switch made by the Swedish community,
Mechanical Keyboards SWE.
A big thank you to Janglad
for rendering this!
Switch information for Linjär:
Manufacturer:
Gateron
Housing Pantone 301 C, Stem Pantone 116 C
(official pantones for the flag of Sweden)
Type: Linear
(LINJÄR)
Weight: 65cN bottom out, gold plated spring
Factory
lubed: Yes
Pricing: 0.35usd~ per switch
Sold in
packs of 90 or 120, to keep costs down
MOQ: 20000
switches
The proxy and GB point of sale will be our
friends over at mykeyboard.eu.
Our initial idea was to only offer the switch for us
in the swedish keyboard community, but with the higher MOQ,
we have decided to also offer it to everyone. Our goal is to
have a smooth linear switch, similar to gateron yellow (if
you’ve tried one, you know they’re pretty damn smooth), but
without transparent or milky housings for the sound
signature that provides. Since it is a community driven
project, we do not aim to make a profit out of this, but
simply want to meme our keyboards with the glorious Swedish
colors.
)
- This switch is Non-profit, which means that costs are kept at an absolute minimum. The only costs added on top of the manufacturing cost from Gateron are import fees handled by mykeyboard.eu, and logistics related such as shipping material.
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For full transparency, the quote from Gateron is 3000RMB
for a full housing and stem of custom colors, and then
1.75RMB per switch with a MOQ of 20000. The housing color
cost is distributed over the 20000 switches, and so is the
shipping cost from Gateron to mykeyboard.eu, along with
other logistics costs.
IC Form: https://goo.gl/forms/x9pvACTNNhK7JMOZ2
If you’re Swedish and want to be a part of our community, a discord invite link can be found here www.mekaniskatangentbord.se.
Status: We are waiting for confirmation of shipping price from Gateron, which may be lower or a bit higher than our guesstimate - this might change the price per switch slightly. We are also waiting confirmation of them accepting our Pantones.
Update: Interest has been overwhelming, in just a few hours we passed the MOQ of 20k. We will go ahead with the GB phase as soon as we hear back from Gateron regarding production time, pantones and shipping costs.
UPDATE: We heard back from gateron. Shipping prices were more than double compared to what we expected. 2000RMB, which translated to about 295USD - luckily we left room in the price per switch in our calculations to cover for this, so it won’t change the price (even if it did, 295usd across 20k is about 0.0147USD) - so price would be similar. We still aim for 0.35 per switch for the EU, I need to hear back from US proxy to calculate the price for the US market., so only 0.01 higher than EU - very fair pricing!
Gateron confirms that they can do our switch, and our Pantones. They offered to have samples to us by 29th of January if we could pay up front, and have the rest delivered right after the chinese new year. We can’t front the money, so there won’t be any samples. Gateron however says that it will be as smooth as Gateron yellows, which is comforting.
Our aim is to start the GB phase ASAP, we just need to confirm a US Proxy. I have reached out to Mike on Discord, but we have not heard back yet. I will keep you updated.
GB period will likely be from as soon as we confirm proxy, until the end of chinese new year (no reason to end it prior to this, since we won’t get any progress during CNY anyway) - so it will be a couple of weeks for you to get your orders in - there will only be 1 run of this.
From the date of payment, Gateron says it takes about 15 days to manufacture the switches and have them sent out to us.
– Price is calculated for the 20k MOQ, as we first strictly wanted to keep to 20k switches to make it more exclusive. Since we lifted the 20K limit, it means that any switch sold at higher than 20k will be a microscopical profit (we are talking few cents here), which depending on how many switches are sold, turns in to a few dollars. This means that there will be profit, but we can’t predict against it. So, instead of the community going profit, we decided to leave this, however small, profit to the retailers mykeyboard.eu and US proxy for their support in this project. Our goal is still to stay strictly non-profit, and as a community, we feel this solution is still true to the non-profit spirit –
**Update:
NovelKeys confirmed as the US Proxy, also non-profit! The per switch price for the US will be 0.36USD
The GB will start on Monday, and be open for roughly a month (end of chinese new year). Manufacturing time will be 15 days, roughly. GB Thread will follow shortly. Thanks for the overwhelming support!**
The swedish keyboard community is very excited and happy about this, and hope to do more great things in the coming future!
Memes (note, not color accurate, shots taken in certain basement-like conditions)
