manufacturing

German, Nordic, Plain, and OS keycaps

Hallo, hallå, and hei! We're excited to introduce new PBT keycaps, including:

  • German,
  • Nordic,
  • Plain ANSI and ISO (just like the Blank option, but without the dots),
  • OS keycaps include two Cmd, Opt, and Windows keycaps to make you feel more at home if you're a Mac or Windows user.

Let me emphasize that these are not cheap ABS but durable PBT keycaps. PBT keycaps featuring non-English symbols are rare, and we've paid dearly for their tooling to bring them to life. These keycaps are backlit-friendly, the same type that the UHK 60 v2 has. The legends are easy to read even when they’re not backlit. The surface of these keycaps never gets shiny with use, and their legends never fade.

You can purchase the German, Nordic, and Plain keycap sets as part of your new UHK or as a separate keycap set.

The OS keycaps are only available as a separate product. We won't make them available as a product option for the UHK because we already offer too many product options, which makes manufacturing slow and error-prone.

Let's see some photos of the new keycaps in their full glory.

German
Nordic
Plain ANSI
OS keycaps: Mac
OS keycaps: Windows

We haven't forgotten about the UHK 60 v1 backlight upgrade kit that we promised ages ago, and we'll announce it in a separate update.

Lastly, I'm delighted to say that we've caught up with pending orders, and new orders will ship in a week.

Talk to you soon!

UHK Survey and production progress

Hi there, and welcome to this short and slightly late monthly UHK update!

We've created a survey that you're welcome to fill out regardless of whether you have a UHK. You can directly affect the development of the UHK and the creation of new models this way.

Speaking of manufacturing progress, we've almost caught up, as the oldest pending order is about a week old. Unfortunately, we're out of palm rests again, but luckily, we'll get a new palm rest batch about two weeks later, and we'll fully catch up with orders then. Consequently, we expect new orders to ship in about three weeks. We'll keep you updated via the delivery status page.

If you got your UHK, tweet about it, or it didn’t happen!

Thanks for reading this update! We’ll talk to you in a month.

UHK 60 v2 production progress

Happy new year, and welcome to this short monthly UHK status update!

We have assembled all pending orders, but we can't ship the ones that include palm rests because we'll only receive palm rests in January in multiple small batches. We plan to ship every pending order in January, and we'll update the delivery status page every weekend.

Please note that we can't make partial shipments for orders that contain palm rests. We appreciate your patience!

We’re delighted to hear from UHK 60 v2 customers as they receive their orders. If you got your UHK, tweet about it, or it didn’t happen!

Thanks for reading this update! We’ll keep you updated on all things UHK and plan to publish the next update at the end of January.

UHK 60 v2 production progress

Hi there, and welcome to this short and slightly late monthly UHK status update!

We’ve been effectively catching up with pending orders in November and closing the gap. We expect to catch up fully in January.

New orders are expected to ship in January, and we’ll update the delivery status page every weekend.

Following are some recent tweets, starting with Tony's beautiful palm rest build.

Thanks for reading this update! We’ll keep you updated on all things UHK and plan to publish the next update at the end of December.

UHK 60 v2 production progress

Hi there, and welcome to this short monthly UHK status update!

We’ve been effectively catching up with pending orders in October and keep closing the gap.

New orders are expected to ship in January 2023, and we’ll update the delivery status page every weekend.

We’re delighted to hear from UHK 60 v2 customers as they receive their orders. If you got your UHK, tweet about it, or it didn’t happen!

Thanks for reading this update! We’ll keep you updated on all things UHK and plan to publish the next update at the end of November.

UHK 60 v2 production progress

Hi there, and welcome to this short, monthly UHK status update!

We’ve been effectively catching up with pending orders in September and keep closing the gap.

New orders are expected to ship in early November, and we’ll update the delivery status page every weekend.

We’re delighted to hear from UHK 60 v2 customers as they receive their orders. If you got your UHK, tweet about it, or it didn’t happen, even if you're a unicorn!

Thanks for reading this update! We’ll keep you updated on all things UHK and plan to publish the next update at the end of October.

UHK 60 v2 production progress

Hi there, and welcome to this short, monthly UHK status update!

We’ve been effectively catching up with pending orders in August and keep closing the gap. There was a week-long pause in production at the end of August due to a delayed part which we'll receive tomorrow. Apart from that part, we're well-stocked, and we expect a strong September in terms of production.

New orders are expected to ship in late October, and we’ll update the delivery status page every weekend.

We’re delighted to hear from UHK 60 v2 customers as they receive their orders. If you got your UHK, tweet about it, or it didn’t happen!

And last but definitely not least:

Thanks for reading this update! We’ll keep you updated on all things UHK and plan to publish the next update at the end of September.

UHK 60 v2 production progress

Hi there, and welcome to this short and slightly late monthly UHK status update!

We’ve been catching up with pending orders in July and closing the gap. We couldn’t catch up as rapidly as in June because our busy elves of the assembly team were on a much-deserved vacation, but they’re back stronger than ever. We expect August to be a strong month in terms of production.

New orders are expected to ship in October, and we’ll update the delivery status page every weekend.

We’re delighted to hear from UHK 60 v2 customers as they receive their orders. If you got your UHK, tweet about it, or it didn’t happen!

Thanks for reading this update! We’ll keep you updated on all things UHK and plan to publish the next update at the end of August.

UHK 60 v2 production progress

Hi there, and welcome to this short monthly UHK status update!

We’ve been catching up quicker than ever with pending orders in June and effectively closing the gap. There’s not much else to say regarding production as everything went very smoothly.

New orders are expected to ship in October, and we’ll update the delivery status page every weekend.

We’re delighted to hear from UHK 60 v2 customers as they receive their orders. If you got your UHK, tweet about it, or it didn’t happen!

Thanks for reading this update! We’ll be keeping you updated on all things UHK and plan to publish the next update at the end of July.

UHK 60 v2 production progress

Hi there, and welcome to this monthly UHK status update!

In May, we shipped about as many UHKs as we sold; thus, we couldn't catch up with pending orders effectively. Our PCB contract manufacturer has moved to a new facility, which put UHK 60 v2 assembly on a halt due to a temporary shortage of PCBs. Our contractor has successfully migrated, and UHK 60 v2 production will resume this week.

On the flip side, we've been preassembling modules, palm rests, and various subassemblies over the past two weeks, so we expect to ship many, possibly a record number of orders, in June.

New orders are expected to ship in September, and we'll update the delivery status page every weekend.

If there's an ultimate modder, Roger has earned the title as he transformed his UHK 60 v1 like no one else. He added foam and replaced the key switches to minimize their noise. Then he replaced the USB Mini-B connector with an easily accessible USB-C connector and added a magnetic connector for increased convenience. In true keyboard modder's fashion, Roger also replaced his keycaps. Now comes the crazy part: he added Bluetooth to his UHK without any visible bulk, like it's a factory feature. Mad props to Roger, and check out his post if you're interested in modding.

We're delighted to hear from UHK 60 v2 customers as they receive their orders. If you got your UHK, tweet about it, or it didn't happen!

Thanks for reading this update! We’ll be keeping you updated on all things UHK and plan to publish the next update at the end of June.

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