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jansan ◴[] No.42204314[source]
There is (or was?) a Dutch keyboard maker called Wooting who has been offering alternative switches like optical and hall effect switches for a few years. I owned their Wooting One TKL and it was really nice. They always had issues with availability, and AFAIK they never offered a 70% HE keyboard, so I ended up with a Keychron with yellow mechanical switches. I still think those optical or HE switches are the best, and it was a bit sad to see that small Dutch company not getting their products out of the door.

Edit: Thanks for the corrections in the comments below.

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lsaferite ◴[] No.42204402[source]
Wooting is still around and still makes HE keyboards. They offer 60% and 80%, but not 70% models.

Perhaps I'm just unaware, but I thought Wooting was the company behind HE keyboards becoming a commercial product. When they did their first HE keyboard I certainly didn't see any other HE keyboards on the market. I would still be using Wooting if they had a Low-profile HE version.

It seems that while I've been not paying attention, HE keyboards have become a thing finally and, more importantly, Low-Profile HE keyboards are now a thing. This makes me super happy as I only use LP keyboards now days. I love my Keychron K15 Pro!

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jansan ◴[] No.42204568[source]
Yeah, they have a 80% HE keyboard on their website, but again only for preorder. I really wish for them that they can achieve the delivery by mid of December, but personally I will only consider buying one once they actually have it in stock.
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1. bogwog ◴[] No.42208356[source]
I actually bought their full-size HE keyboard (the Wooting Two HE) recently. It was out of stock on their website, but I was able to find a reseller that had them available pretty easily, and their price was only like $5 higher than on Wootings own website.