F1-8X 722 | Alu | Dream Creams (apollo hotswap pcb)

- Keyboard: F1-8X 722, cerakoted "patriot blue"
- Plate: Alu v1.1
- PCB: ApolloH 87H-T-SC, double taped flex cuts
- Mounting style: O-ring gasket
- Foams: None
- Keycaps: GMK 80082 BL00
- Switches: Dream Creams, 205g0 + 105 on springs, TX 62g XL or L (forgot which)
- Stabilizers: TX AP 205g0 + dielectric grease on wires, stab wire pads on pcb
- Deskmat: Eclipse

- Camera: Logitech Streamcam
- Microphone: Audio-Technica AT2035
- Audio Interface: Audient EVO 4

Not gonna lie, build sounds pretty weak. Alphas do sound thin even with the double taped flex cuts. But the spacebar sounds kinda nutty though, a little muted, maybe due to stab wire pads. Definitely recommend going with the certified hood classic galatea solderable fr4. Geon also recommends this over the new hiney pcb with the fly daughterboard, simpler construction all that.

I recently started putting stab wire pads on my pcb's because I still hear the wire wiggling around when I spam the spacebar, even with a holee modded durock v2 but I think TX APs don't need them. The wire sits quite closely to the pcb, just barely elevated off of it so the stab wire pad can restrict a lot more of that wire movement.

Don't think I'll do another build with this pcb, flex cuts ain't it unless you shove it with foam. Nothing wrong with that though, I already have one of those.

[DadTech]

did you notice any difference with the taped flex cuts?