Klippe S Mechanical Keyboard by Mekanisk

Price: $310

(This will be outdated pricing when the group buy starts, please check the website.)
Colors: Ultramarine, R1 Grey, Silver, E-white

Included

• Klippe S mechanical keyboard top and bottom piece, CNCed in aluminium (Standard or Blocked Corners)
• Carbon fiber isolation layer for the plate mounting
• Aluminium Plate with either European, or American layout
• High quality, VIA compatible, printed circuit board designed by Wilba
• High quality packaging for storage, initial and future freight (I have made the packaging good so you can reuse it, so please do not throw it away.)
• 4x stainless steel screws for the plate mounting, 6x stainless steel screws for the case mounting, rubber bumpons

Optional add-ons

• High density precision cut EVA foam infill for the case (+$10)
• Brass plate upgrade(+$15)
• PC plate upgrade (+$10)
• E-White coating(+$30)

If it is an upgrade or not, is just personal preference. Plate material pricing is based on cost of manufacturing.

Extra parts

• Extra aluminum plate $25
• Extra PC plate $35
• Extra brass plate $40
• Extra top standard $70
• Extra top blocked corners $70
• Extra PCB $60
• Extra CF isolation layer $25

Not included, but needed to complete the kit: PCB mounted stabilisers, switches, keycaps

Design
Klippe means Cliff in Norwegian. Based on the Klippe T(tray) by Mekanisk, the Klippe S has some considereable upgrades. It is bottom mount, with an isolation layer. It is mounted in a way that makes the typing experience even and has a richer sound. There is now also an option for blocked corners. Klippe S is designed for a firm and even typing experience.
Low starting height: 18mm (lowest on any Mekanisk board)
8 degree typing angle

Isolation
Standard isolation in form of a carbon fiber layer for the mounting plate to rest on. This does help elimitinating the potential for pinging and metallic sounds from the keyboard(which can occour on 2-part keyboards). All in all, it is an affordable way to ensure that the keyboard sounds like you want it to, without costing you more than necessary. It's nothing magic.

Typing experience
Klippe S has a firm and even typing experience by default, this is due to the plate resting around the whole case. You can adjust flex by customizing the plate and isolation.

Weight
Klippe S has no weight, however it weighs around 1.3 kg.

How to buy
As many of you know, I do not start out a new design by selling a large amount of units, then make the kits more available later. Initially there was going to be a raffle, however there might be some kind of FCFS in addition, or maybe just that. We have a little more time to figure this one out.
First round will have approximately 50 units. The next rounds will have more, and might have a different pricing, design and options.

When
Pre-order November 2019, maybe december. Shipping early 2020 or earlier.

Where
Mekanisk.co


Klippe S at the Oslo, Norway mechanical keyboard meetup, ultramarine color and GMK solarized dark


Picture of the Klippe S prototype in "blocked corners configuration"


Disclaimers:
Pricing is not 100% finished, there will be some minor updates.

Typing test by vegs: