Just wanted to share the link to the livestream of the designer Matt3o looking at the first batch of the MTNU keycaps. They are made by GMK out of PBT, with double shot legends. The profile has been developed by Matt3o and GMK as a Cherry-height spherical angle shape. First batch is currently shipping out and has the WoB, Beige and Susu colorways.
I find it really interesting and I don’t think I read anything here regarding this.
It feels like there are a lot of other low sphericals now-- XDA/MDA, CSA, Akko’s ASA, XVX for backlit-- at much lower prices and shorter lead time. $115 for a 100% set stings when I’m used to sub-$40 sets from China.
I guess what GMK could bring would be brand power and standardization. Buy a few cheap sets and they’ll likely be subtly different profiles, but I’d expect MTNU sets would be interchangeable, which is a bigger deal the further you get from 104-ANSI boards
More choice is always better! I discovered this profile because of the Colevrak addon, which sold badly it seems and won’t be produced again in future runs - that alone makes it lose almost all the appeal for me. Let’s see how it pans out, as you say this could become a proper standard.