DUO is back.
Originally designed in 2018 by LAZYDESIGNERS, DUO was a dual color housing design which was a favorite among many folks.
The resigned DUO is still a simple kit, and also not a perfect kit. The design is to choose a balance between lowering costs and maintaining good performance. 
Staggered Layout (The red part is the compatible layout only provided by solder pcb)
Ortho Layout (The red part is the compatible layout only provided by solder pcb)
Schedule
- DUO Groupbuy is from Nov 7 to Nov 20. Please fillout the order from here.
- If MOQ (Regular and HHKB) hasn’t reach 30, groupbuy will be canceled. If HHKB orders haven’t reached 10, they will be confirmed if they are switched to regular layout or cancelled. There will be an announcement once the MOQ is reached during the groupbuy. If you place a HHKB order, please pay attention to the announcement on discord server.
- Invoicing between Nov 20-Nov 25. Unpaid orders will be cancelled after Nov 26.
- Orders will be placed to the manufacturer after Nov 26. Progress will be annouced in announcement channel and DUO channel on discord server.
- Estimated time of shipping: Late Feb (Due to Chinese New Year in Feb, the logistics could cause delay.)
- If payment orders and reservation orders reach 100, the groupbuy will close in advance.
Special Notice
- This groupbuy is only available in LAZYDESIGNERS discord server. All informations about this groupbuy will be announced in the discrod server. Please make sure you are reachable by discord message.
- Orders can not be changed or cancelled after payment is done. Please make sure you have taken a careful consideration before you place an order.
- Estimated time of shipping is not an actual time for shipping. The groupbuy could be delayed. There is not guarantee that the groupbuy order will be shipped at that time. Please remember to check the progress on discord server.
- In order to keep the package light weight and compact, all kits will be pre-assembled and packed in one box.
- During the manufacuring of keyboards, some small flaws of the products are inevitable. Please reconsider of placing orders if you are very sensitive to any small flaws.
- The delivery address is the one showed on PayPal. All orders will be shipped to those addresses by default. Tracking number will be provide after the package is sent via discord message.
Kit includes
The kit includes
- Tophousing and case
- Plate
- PCB
- Poron plate foam
- Poron bottom foam
- PVD Stainless Steel Weight
- Rubber feet (The bottom has no foot position)
The plate foam is made for hotswap layout. To be compatible with other layouts, you have to cut the foam yourself.
The kit weighs 1.1kg with aluminum inner bezel.
Tophousing layout options
- Regular
- HHKB
Case options
Only E colors are available for the case
- E-Pink
- E-White
- E-Beige
- E-Black
- E-Yellow
- E-Lavender
- E-Green
Inner tophousing options
E colors available for the inner tophousing
- E-Pink
- E-White
- E-Beige
- E-Black
- E-Yellow
- E-Lavender
- E-Green
PVD stainless steel options for the inner tophousing
- Silver
- Rose Gold
- Black
Weight options
PVD stainless steel Weight options
- Silver
- Rose Gold
- Rainbow
- Black
PCB options
- Staggered Hotswap (2.25+2.75 split spacebar )
- Staggered Solder
- Ortho Hotswap (2+1+2u spacebar)
- Ortho Solder
1.6mm thickness white PCB, and support for screw-in(PCB) stabilizers.
Plate options
- Aluminum Hotswap Plate (Anodized in Black)
- PC Hotswap Plate
- Aluminum Solder Plate (Anodized in Black)
- PC Solder Plate
- Aluminum Solder Plater for Ortho (Anodized in Black)
- PC Solder Plate for Ortho
- Aluminum Ortho Hotswap Plate
- PC Ortho Hotswap Plate
Total Price
Groupbuy price
Aluminum Inner tophousing + Aluminum case
- With solder PCB 180 USD
- With Hotswap PCB 190 USD
PVD Stainless Steel Inner tophousing + Aluminum case
- With solder PCB 200 USD
- With Hotswap PCB 210 USD
Other options
- Extra Plate 10 USD
- Extra Solder PCB 15 USD
- Extra Hotswap PCB 25 USD
- Extra Aluminum Inner tophousing 40 USD
- Extra PVD Stainless Steel Inner tophousing 60 USD
All return customers will have 10USD off discount.
Shipping rate to US, Canada, UK, Australia and some of EU countries is 38USD. For other coutries, shipping rate will be confirmed when invoicing.
For example, total price of one solder kit to those countries will be 180+38=218 USD.
Carrier and Shipment
- All kits sold will be shipped by SF Express. You can check the availibity of shipping and actual shipping rate here: http://www.sf-express.com/cn/en/dynamic_function/price/ . The origin is China/Guangdong/Shenzhen/Nanshan.
- The shipping rate to US, Canada, UK, Autralia and some countries in EU are within the same range, they will be charged a standard rate of 38USD for one kit.
- If extra items are added, they probably will raise the weight or dimension of the package. The shipping rate could change. The shipping rate will be confirmed when invocing.
- For other coutries, shipping rate will be different. For example, shipping rate to most of Asian countries will be lower. You can DM Jacky to check shipping rate and also the availability of shipping.
- The default shipping address is the one in PayPal. All orders will be shipped to the addresses showed in PayPal. If you want to use address other than that, please DM Jacky.