Just in case anyone is interested to know the parts of my keyboards, here’s a short list of specs and where I got them from:

Kyria

  • PCBs were originally bought from MKUltra, but they no longer carry Kyria PCBs.
  • Gazzew Bobagun Silent Linears (Unlubed) Aliexpress MKZealots
    • It’s quite unique of a feeling, key travel feels shorter, bottom out feels bouncy almost (gummy heh), but I came to enjoy it quite a lot.
    • Some people say it’s similar to Topre(?), I would disagree, though my Topre experience is from a Niz Atom 66 (Lubed), so don’t take my word.
    • Absolutely silent, which highlights any stabalizer rattle since that’s the loudest sound coming from your keyboard.
  • Cherry stabalizers from KeyHive lubed and clipped with bandaid mod.
    • Honestly I would suggest getting higher end alternatives like durock stabs for tighter tolerance.
    • The above suggestion is mainly due to any stabalizer rattle being very noticable with the bobagum switches.
    • I mitigated stabalizer rattle with an extra O-ring on 2u keys.
      • I know this might not make sense, but to me it made drastic improvements to the sound of the 2u keys.
      • Bobagum switches already have tight tolerance, so I’m guessing the extra O-ring simply lessened the vibrations further when your finger hits the key.
  • Acrylic top and bottom plate from Little Keyboards (Technician Case).
    • Not a huge deal, but the switches do not clip in to the plate on the large cut-outs for the optional 2u thumb cluster.
    • I don’t think it impacts the sound and feel in any way, it’s just that there’s no support between the top plate and the PCB.
    • I’ve placed O-rings between the PCB and the top plate at each standoff hole, but I don’t think the rings are thick enough to make a difference.
  • OLEDs and Arduino Pro Micros were sourced from Little Keyboards. Kyria-stacked

Maypad

  • Kit includes PCB and parts from KeyHive.
  • Gazzew Bobagum switches
  • Cherry Stabalizers MayPad

Navi

Keycap sets used:

I was never a big fan of the Group Buy business model of the mechanical keyboard community. For me they are too expensive, and the wait times are too long to be an enjoyable experience. As to the quality of the above keycaps, I could really recommend the Hami Melon keycaps and the Sushi keycaps. The reason I’m mentioning this is because I originally used the XDA keycaps for my Kyria, I’m not sure if it was due to the keycap profile or the tolerance of the stem, but the keyboard sounds noticably better (and quieter) in my opinion with the Hami Melon and Sushi keycaps (which are both cherry profile). The XDA keycaps are still nice to have since they are uniform profile, and I could use them to fill in mod keys on tricky rows, but the 2u keys were noticably rattlier with the XDA keycaps. This could be due to the nature of bobagum switches being so silent that it highlights any kind of noises, and I wouldn’t put the blame on the build quality of the XDAs. The above are just my experience.

Also a big shoutout to LittleKeyboards, whom promptly responded to my request for an exchange for a defective part, which happens, and made the process much less painful than what it could’ve been.

I’ve also been looking at the Reviung41 and the Sesame kits from 42 Keebs. This vendor has a lot of interesting kits (that are also otherwise hard to find) for affordable prices, so big shoutout to them as well.