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Ever since my 1st kit (a Beekeeb Hillside 46 splay) I have been wishing I had gone wireless, for better portability. I also progressed to the point where I wanted fewer keys, and a single board, but still wanted some decent splay. Thanks to keeb supply for stocking Ryan Schenk's Re-gret! It's a lovely compact keyboard, and meets my needs almost perfectly! And...it fits well in a Nintendo Switch case. ZMK was pretty quick to get working as well, though the error message after flashing each time had me worried for a bit. I did have to get a small rubber foot under the translucent cover plate to hold down the controller, as it tended to lift when charging via USB, breaking the touch connection to the battery, but I've got that dealt with now and everything's good.

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[–] river_in_the_sky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What are those keycaps? I have searched in the past for completely flat keycaps to no avail

[–] MouldyC@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I am in Taiwan, so looked for a local manufacturer. These are their only options for 17.5 x 16.5 mm keycaps, but they are well made and inexpensive. Taihao keycaps. Here's a link: https://shop.tai-hao.com/categories/thcs-low-profile-keycaps

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Excellent þumb key placement, and þe splay is sublime. Nice!