Intro

During the summer of 2020, I stumbled upon the mechanical keyboard hobby. I had heard about it before, but wrote it off as a waste of money. Who’d spend 150 bucks on some plastic keycaps?

I guess having an engineering income changes you - I’d end up spending a few thousand in total on all my keyboard purchases.

From the very beginning, the keyboard I had my eyes on was the Satisfaction75. It was and still is the most aesthetically pleasing keyboard available. The problem was that you could only get one for like $1600 on mechmarket. But then a Round 2 was announced for November 2020 with delivery a year later. A much more reasonable $500 (yes, I know it’s still crazy). In the meantime, I got started with a black ID80, Aliaz 60g switches, and BoW keycaps. From there, I bided my time for the Satisfaction75 R2 groupbuy. The hype was insane, so I enlisted a friend to help with the raffle, and somehow we both won, so I became a proud owner of two future Satisfaction75s. Now, in March of 2022, I’ve received and built both, and I can happily say I’ve reached my endgame. Other than a few elusive artisans for the side keys, I’m done.

Builds

I couldn’t be bothered to take nice photos or do a sound test (I have silent switches anyway), so below are some mediocre phone pics.

Build 1: Cloud White Satisfaction 75

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  • GMK Oblivion Modifiers, ePBT x GOK BoW Alphas
  • Gateron Silent Ink Switches
    • 62g spring
    • lubed with 205g0
  • Black RAMA Knob
  • Sandun Oblivion Banbani Artisans
  • Redline Warning RAMA Artisan
  • Osume Sakura Deskmat
  • PCB Millmaxed with 3305 sockets, Bongo Cat LED

Build 2: Deep Ocean Blue Satisfaction 75

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  • GMK Shoko
  • Boba U4 Switches
    • 55g spring
    • unlubed
  • Silver RAMA Knob
  • Bento R2 Torii Deskmat
  • PCB Millmaxed with 3305 sockets, Bongo Cat LED

Bongo Cat Animation:

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