Some MT3 sets are also available at the US site of Amazon.com Europeans can order there and EU VAT will be pre-charged by Amazon. Doing so will avoid any additional import tax and administration costs by the authorities, respectively the transporter.
If you buy something outside the EU, it is always wise to check whether the seller offers one-stop-shop EU VAT pre-charging to avoid hefty administration costs.
Unfortunately, many small shop sellers outside the EU are still unaware of this service which is often handled by the better logistics companies. To the EU buyers it makes a huge price difference and it 100% influences my personal buying decisions.
PS: This is also the reason why I recommended you Aliexpress AFSA right off the bat, as I saw you were living in Greece. Aliexpress also pre-charges EU VAT.
Neither would I focus too much on PBT. I did the same when starting out in this hobby, but it limits your options, especially for sculptured sets. Moreover, AFSA is made out of a PBT-ABS mix and feels nice. Domikey and Maxkey ABS SA sets are also available through Aliexpress. However, SA cups are less deep.
I’m living in Sweden so I know about the hazel of getting stuff from outside, but if you really want something…
But I was talking about aftermarket/second hand, it’s a viable option in this hobby, especially if you want to keep your costs down or want something special that was never a in-stock item.
The homing kit is deep dish homing for the keys on the homing row, every MT3 has deep dish homing for F and J so that you know. CandyKeys sells MT3 in eu but they are quite expensive https://candykeys.com/search/mt3
@skepp Thank you so much, mate! I am indebted by your kindness. If you could ask the one who sold you the kit, I would be grateful.
As far as Discord works, I am afraid I 've been turning into an old man -kind of I am- and I have not yet grasped how this whole thing runs. I do not even have a Discord account.
Personally, I think the article neglects the existence of more affordable profiles like AF SA / MG and CX SA. And also things like HSA.
Yes, MT3 is an alternative to harvesting Topre keycaps, but you can just buy AF SA. Which resembles Topre Hi-Pro and is like 1/3rd the cost of MT3.
The article also doesn’t state an advantage of MT3, which that you can purchase it in PBT and get pretty great sound, often. [At least on a board that isn’t foamed too heavily.] You can’t get AF SA / MG in PBT, probably not HSA, and it’s rare and expensive in SA-profile.
MT3 is a large, spherical scoop which will either work for you, or it won’t.
Yes, it’s written as if Drop is the only place to buy keycaps, so stuff they don’t sell doesn’t exist. I’m using AFSA/QXSA daily, while my MT3 sets sit in a box somewhere.
And I have PBT MT3 and PBT SA (which aren’t too expensive from PMK). I’m not personally a fan of the MT3 PBT caps - I think they look cheap.
I realize I’m late to the party here, but I wanted to make sure you were aware of MTNU. It’s from Matt3o, the same guy who developed MT3, and it’s basically a Cherry-height version of MT3:
I grabbed an Extras pre-order of the WoB and have been absolutely loving it. It improves on basically everything I didn’t like about MT3 (my previous daily driver):
Shorter height is more comfortable for me to type on
Edges of the striking faces aren’t as sharp
Striking faces are a little larger
PBT instead of ABS
The only one currently available for Extras pre-order is MTNU 800, but there will definitely be more coming in the next year or two. I’m absolutely in love with my WoB set, and will definitely be picking up a more colorful set once one that fits my tastes comes along.
