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TB8-TKL (80%/TKL)

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Description

TB8-TKL
by Tech Bear Studios
Post edited by Click Clack

Index

- Intro
- Design
- TBS Brilliance Technique
- Build Components
- Colorways
- Pricing and Vendors
- Specifications

Intro

The TB8 keyboard is the child of labor resulting from the journey that Tech Bear Studio took to bring to the community a special project that ensures the qualities and attributes of a premium keyboard while keeping lower prices.

Design

The TB8-TKL as the name suggests is a traditional TKL size keyboard fully equipped with function-row keys as well as the function area and arrow keys to the right. Owning to the 80% layout look, the TB8-TKL boasts a customizable embedded decorative strip that also functions as a Wireless Mode Indicator light.

The TB8-TKL aims to serve a practical and user-friendly productivity tool in your work and entertainment life with an ergonomic tilt for an enhanced typing experience.

Tech Bear Studio Brilliance Technique

With the rise of increasing innovation, the mechanical keyboard community, it is important to find ways to introduce new craftsmanship to enrich your choices without becoming repetitive.

This is why we at Tech Bear Studio are excited to finally bring to you an extremely intricate back treatment process that we have incorporated for the counterweight. The brilliance technique gets its name by examining copper, as a material, under different temperatures resulting in a range of unique designs.

Note: The weight base and decorative strip of the brilliance technique are both made of brass as the base material.

Build Components

Case
▼ Case options:
└ WK
└ WKL

PCB

The community has always been vocal regarding their desire for non-flex cut PCB options, and we can gladly say that you are heard! We offer options for both non-flex as well as flex-cut PCBs.

PCB options:
- Soldered Wired non-flex cut PCB
- Hotswap PCB
- Hotswap non-flex cut PCB
- Hotswap Wireless PCB
- Hotswap Wireless non-flex cut PCB

The TB8-TKL offers VIA support for the Wireless PCB option with low latency in Wireless mode. It should be noted that some switches may experience chattering due to prolonged debounce time, this can be resolved using the FN+H key combination.

Hotswap supported layout:

Soldered supported layout:

Plates

Additionally, we offer various options for the plates as well as flex-cut counterparts, including:
- PC Plate
- FR4 Plate
- Aluminum Plate
- Non-flex cut Aluminum Plate

Mounting Styles

Tech Bear8-TKL offers 3 different PCB mounting styles catered towards your different needs.

1. Gasket Beans: Offering a softer and more lightweight touch.

2. Gaskets: Providing a more solid and full-bodied touch.

3. Top mount: Delivering a unique sound profile and more consistent feel.

Furthermore, Tech Bear Studio has worked effortlessly to bring to the market a re-engineered and improved ball-bearing mechanism suited specifically for keyboards by implementing the EZ-assemble system for the TB8-TKL.

Colorways

TB8-TKL’s case offers a choice of different Anodized/Electrophoresis colors, which can be mixed and matched freely with the weight and badge options. For Anodized colors, high-mesh ceramic sand is used to enhance the smooth and delicate tactile feel. The use of a high-mesh ceramic allows for an improved smoothness and delicacy while preserving the metal’s texture resulting in a more comfortable and evenly radiant appearance.

Coating – Meteorite Ash

Coating – Milky White

Coating – Purple

Anodized – Red

Anodized – Lavender

Anodized – Ice Blue

Anodized – Silver

Anodized – Black

Electrophoresis – Pink

Electrophoresis – White

Electrophoresis – Safari

Electrophoresis – Green

Electrophoresis - Yellow

The eight (Brilliance/PVD) weight color options can be matched freely with the case and they can share the same color scheme as the decorative strip.

New Weight Designs

Pricing and Vendors

Specification

Dimensions: 354mm x 142mm
PCB Mounting: Gasket Mount; Top mount
Typing Angle: 7 °
Weight ≈ 2.4kg
Front Height = 20mm (excluding bump-ons)