August 2025 Update

Hi everyone,

This is a quick update on what we have been up to! No, we are not dead. We are still shipping orders and making great things. Even though it has been almost 2 years since we've released a product, we are still alive. This is a list of things we are currently working on:

New macropad!

Yes, we do have a product in development and we think it's pretty cool. At the moment, we can't release any details until the product is finalized for production. Even though we are working with less and less R&D budget, we are close to releasing a new product.

US Tariff situation

Now that the US tariffs have settled down, it is still almost 30% on all components and products. We are very sorry to our international customers that have to deal with the tariffs that are not related to your country. We do not support the tariffs, they are not a good way of moving manufacturing back to the US. Like we said in a prior blog post, every component, like switches and microcontrollers are all made in Asia so even if we want to move assembly to the US, we are still buying components with a 30% tariff. There is currently no supply chain in the US for computer hardware, that's it. 

Economics of mechanical keyboards

The mechanical keyboards community have a lot of great talents and ideas but manufacturing is a whole different world that relies on economies of scale. For any project to make financial sense, there needs to sell at least a couple hundred units. We have seen some vendors in the community not fulfilling orders or shipping groupbuys. We are not one of them, we do not do groupbuys but it is at the cost of slow development. We can't release new products every year because they take a long time to make without a promised investment from a groupbuy. 

To any keyboard/keycap designer, if you have a great idea, feel free to send us a message! We are open to making your ideas into a reality. We would love to collaborate!