Lemokey L5 HE 8K: The Ultimate Magnetic Gaming Keyboard - kickstarter

[revenant]

Lemokey L5 HE 8K: The Ultimate Magnetic Gaming Keyboard​

8K Hz Polling Rate | 32K Hz Scan Rate | Hall Effect | 0.01mm Actuation| 0.14ms Latency | Rapid Trigger | 75% Layout | Full-Metal Body

This thing is boasting an impressive feature set.. just thought some people here might be interested.


View: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lemokey/lemokey-l5-he-magnetic-switch-8k-polling-and-scan-rate-001mm

 

[shleepy]

Tomshardware already has a review: https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keyboards/lemokey-l5-he-8k-review

Seems like a decent Wooting competitor (and is almost as pricey).

 

[HeavensCloud]

Actuation force of 25, that's incredibly sensitive right? Like lighter that MX reds? I have fat fingers so I can't use it if a brush against a key is going to make it input, but I really want to try a magnetic keyboard.

 

[shleepy]

Actuation force of 25, that's incredibly sensitive right? Like lighter that MX reds? I have fat fingers so I can't use it if a brush against a key is going to make it input, but I really want to try a magnetic keyboard.

Well, the whole beauty of these magnetic keyboards is that you can adjust the actuation point in the software (and switch it you want to type vs game).

 

[HeavensCloud]

Well, the whole beauty of these magnetic keyboards is that you can adjust the actuation point in the software (and switch it you want to type vs game).

Oh that's sick. Will definitely buy one after I research a little.

 

[RanceJustice]

Its probably worth mentioning that Lemokey is a gaming sub-brand of Keychron, a well known keyboard company, so I can have a little more faith in the project. However, there are still things that bother me... ESPECIALLY if its from Keychron and thus they have plenty of resources.

Overall, it seems way too proprietary. I know this won't bother everyone but this is the main reason that I haven't wanted any of the Hall Effect boards so far overall. First, the HE keys are apparently NOT compatible with anything but a sub-group of Keychron/Lemokey HE switches..which is frustrating. They did this before with the Keychron Q1 HE - in fact, I don't think this board is even compatible with the "double rail' switch types from the Q1 HE! There are finally a wide variety of more or less standardized HE switches from Gateron among others, yet many boards only use a very limited or proprietary assortment. At very least, I'd like them to be capable of hot-swapping standardized HE switches or if they're not, tell me exactly why - magnet/sensor location or whatnot etc. Next, the software/firmware is again proprietary. Keychron seems to do this generally. I'd rather see something FOSS here, and especially with HE we need to move that way. Every HE keeb highlights its going to have software that lets you set macros and activation points etc... but its a smattering of often Windows only utilities. What they should be doing is putting effort into getting those features into QMK/VIA (vial) / ZMK / Bazecor and other FOSS interoperable utilities and firmware. There's zero reason we need redundant proprietary widgets that all do the same thing with varying degrees of competency; especially not on $200+ keyboards and not on HE where such things already exist. Lastly, while its a small quibble compared to some of the others, the backlighting is NOT PER-KEY? Are you kidding me, on a "premium" product like this?! 22 patterns like 'breathing" and various colors board wide etc.. those are nice little bonuses or examples but not having per-key RGB takes away one of the useful elements regarding lighting especially on HE like this, having colors change along with layers, functionsm, modes and the like. Of course, it also takes away customization and something that many "gamer" boards that cost far less offer.

There may be some neat elements, but at least from my perspective the above really limits its potential and value. There are already boards out there that are similar if you don't mind the proprietary everything (ie Glorious, Wooting, or even Logitech/Razer/Corsair etc) that have some of the other features like per-key backlighting. Keychron has the resources to really help bring HE into wider interoperability on both hte hardware and software level, so its disappointing for see such potenital miss out.

 

[shleepy]

Keychron has the resources to really help bring HE into wider interoperability on both hte hardware and software level, so its disappointing for see such potenital miss out.

I think we're still just in the relatively early days of HE keyboards, and I'm sure Keychron will release more. If I remember correctly, this is just their first wired-only HE keyboard.
Once there's a little more consensus about which switches are the best, there will probably be more standardization. And I do hope that QMK gets more popular with HE keyboards... Keychron does have one QMK-compatible HE keyboard already.,