One thing that I never thought I would get sucked into was the world of custom keyboards. I believed that the builds all looked super cool, but they had a spendy price tag. Well, that changed for me this week! A buddy of mine mentioned that he had been purchasing items for himself and his kids on Temu. I had been noticing Temu for a bit now on social media but wasn’t interested in checking it out until I heard good things from someone I know. He recommended me the DK75 Mechanical Keyboard Kit after purchasing it himself. $35 for the board with no switches or caps. I thought what the heck, might be fun building my own keyboard for once. Finally received all the items in the mail today, and I wanted to share the pictures with you all cause I love this kind of hardware stuff!

Custom Board

The main star of this show is the DK75 Mechanical Keyboard Kit. I really like the layout of this board since I’ve been leaning towards smaller form factor keyboards recently. The volume knob is also a nice addition as well with a tactile press to mute.

Picture of board

Key Switches

Next, I needed to pick out some key switches. I really like the weight of the press on these Holy Panda switches from Drop. They are decently priced as well just, unfortunately, had to get more than needed since they only come in packs of 35.

Picture of switches

Switches in keyboard

Keycaps

Then for the keycaps, I went with the Red Samurai keycaps that I found on Amazon. No reasoning for my choice here other than I thought they were unique! I was so excited to get the keycaps on that I didn’t take a picture of them before installation…. Finally here is the finished product. One picture has normal lighting and the other is dimly lit.

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