New GMMK Pro - mechanical keyboard

roy_g_biv · 11 Nov 2020 at 19:30

Went on preorder today in the US, and it reads like a checklist of desirable hobbyist specs.

75%, gasket mount, aluminium CNC case, hotswap switches, rotary encoder

Apparently arriving in the UK (and ISO) in Q2 2021

OC stocks the regular GMMK so it's likely they'll be the distributor here. Looks like my gf is getting my old keyboard

Anyone else getting one?

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8myers8 · 12 Nov 2020 at 22:01

Am hoping OC do get sum in next year , fingers crossed ..

roy_g_biv · 12 Nov 2020 at 22:06

Went to send OC a webnote to ask about their plans towards this, they're asking for urgent messages only because of the ongoing Nvidia clusterwhoopsie.

Who knows they might see this..

bcdill · 13 Nov 2020 at 18:24

I've literally just signed up to the forum because I wanted to ask about this, I emailed Glorious today and asked about an ISO version, as you've said they quoted Q2 2021.
Absolutely desperate to get my hands on this, is there a way to keep updated other than to just periodically check OCUK? I don't want to miss it, wishing there was like a mailing list or something :/

NoNameNoNumber · 13 Nov 2020 at 18:28

bcdill said:
I've literally just signed up to the forum because I wanted to ask about this, I emailed Glorious today and asked about an ISO version, as you've said they quoted Q2 2021.
Absolutely desperate to get my hands on this, is there a way to keep updated other than to just periodically check OCUK? I don't want to miss it, wishing there was like a mailing list or something :/

Damn it's just a keyboard.
The original GMMK is a quality piece, just get that if you're desperate.

bcdill · 13 Nov 2020 at 18:31

NoNameNoNumber said:
Damn it's just a keyboard.
The original GMMK is a quality piece, just get that if you're desperate.

hah, I get what you mean, I've just been scouring the internet looking for a keyboard with this particular configuration - it's a bit sad I know...

roy_g_biv · 14 Nov 2020 at 12:52

bcdill said:
hah, I get what you mean, I've just been scouring the internet looking for a keyboard with this particular configuration - it's a bit sad I know...

The US announcement by Glorious said they'd be relying on distributors to arrange preorders in other markets. Maybe speak to someone at OC to see what their plans are? If you find out I'd be interested to know

Pocket10s · 14 Nov 2020 at 19:44

NoNameNoNumber said:
Damn it's just a keyboard.
The original GMMK is a quality piece, just get that if you're desperate.

bcdill said:
hah, I get what you mean, I've just been scouring the internet looking for a keyboard with this particular configuration - it's a bit sad I know...

Not for me, but I can definitely see why this would be an absolute game changer. a lot of people want something like this but group buys and etc. is a really had place to get everything together. This is just switches + caps and you are good to go! You might do already, but reddit's Uk mechanical keyboard subreddit is really good for info around stuff like this.

Ryan-3 · 15 Nov 2020 at 20:53

Anything similar to this from a group buy is typically about 3x the price. I am definitely interested, even though I've taken positive steps towards kerbing my KB spending... (even cancelled my switch order for Holy Panda's recently... :eek:

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roy_g_biv · 15 Nov 2020 at 21:54

Ryan-3 said:
Anything similar to this from a group buy is typically about 3x the price. I am definitely interested, even though I've taken positive steps towards kerbing my KB spending... (even cancelled my switch order for Holy Panda's recently... )

TBH I'm glad to have found this quite early on, it'll be such a ££ jump to get something else with similar specs that I can be reasonably confident in keeping it as a daily driver for years!

Been teaching myself to build stuff anyway, seems to be a more sensibly-priced side of the hobby than GBs and GMK keycaps

Flands · 26 Nov 2020 at 11:20

Posting because I'm also interested in buying if OC get any next year

iamwilf · 12 Dec 2020 at 15:28

Looks amazing. Just paid the reservation fee, but might cancel and wait for the uk release

Nick1881 · 13 Dec 2020 at 16:53

I recently built my own 75% board recently but also very interested on this. Waiting for the ISO version, then I would probably go with the same Tealios V2 I'm running now, though lubing and filming them isn't something I'd look forward to doing again.

Matt1882 · 26 Dec 2020 at 17:12

I will be preordering this from whoever (I hope OC) ends up being a UK reseller of the ISO version of the keeb

iamwilf · 26 Dec 2020 at 17:15

Nick1881 said:
I recently built my own 75% board recently but also very interested on this. Waiting for the ISO version, then I would probably go with the same Tealios V2 I'm running now, though lubing and filming them isn't something I'd look forward to doing again.

Got some lube and films ready for my Zealios. How long did it take?

Nick1881 · 26 Dec 2020 at 17:54

iamwilf said:
Got some lube and films ready for my Zealios. How long did it take?

Quite a few hours in total, though I'm not one to rush things, I wanted to apply the lube evenly over all surfaces that required it, also making sure each switch was the same. The films also add a little extra fiddle.

iamwilf · 27 Dec 2020 at 13:56

Nick1881 said:
Quite a few hours in total, though I'm not one to rush things, I wanted to apply the lube evenly over all surfaces that required it, also making sure each switch was the same. The films also add a little extra fiddle.

Was it worth the effort?

Reppyboyo · 27 Dec 2020 at 14:09

Kinda wish it was 65% layout, hopefully in future they will do one.

Nick1881 · 27 Dec 2020 at 15:35

iamwilf said:
Was it worth the effort?

It made a big difference, they are very good as stock but amazing lubed and filmed.

iamwilf · 27 Dec 2020 at 18:29

Nick1881 said:
It made a big difference, they are very good as stock but amazing lubed and filmed.

I'm enjoying them at stock. Good to know it's worth the time put in to lube etc