Originally designed in 2018 by LAZYDESIGNERS, DUO was a dual color housing design which was a favorite among many folks. The design is to choose a balance between lowering costs and maintaining good performance.

Schedule
- DUO40 Groupbuy is from March 19 to March 30. Please fillout the order from here.
- Invoicing during March 31-April 2. Unpaid orders will be cancelled after April 4.
- Orders will be placed to the manufacturer after April 5. Progress will be annouced in announcement channel and DUO40 channel on discord server.
- Estimated time of shipping: Early August.
Important
- 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.
- 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.
- For US customers, please note that the customs duty exemption may be no longer applied in the future. There might be extra cost to afford when the package is delivered.
Kit includes
The kit includes
- Top inner and bottom case
- Plate
- PCB
- Poron plate foam
- Poron bottom foam
- PVD Stainless Steel Weight
- Rubber feet (The bottom has no foot position)
- Storage case
The kit weighs 1.1kg with aluminum inner bezel.
Top inner layout options
- Regular
- HHKB
Bottom case options
Available colors for the bottom case
- E-Pink
- E-Lavender
- E-Beige
- E-Black
- E-Yellow
- E-White
- PC
If you choose PC bottom case, please note that 1) There could be slight deformation due to the nature of PC material. 2) Screw holes have no metal studs. There is a risk that the thread might be damaged when working with screws.
Top inner options
Available color option for top inner
- E-Pink
- E-White
- E-Beige
- E-Black
- E-Yellow
- E-Lavender
PVD stainless steel options for the inner tophousing
- Silver
- Dark Gold
- Black
Weight options
PVD stainless steel Weight options
- Silver
- Dark Gold
- Rainbow
- Black
PCB options
- Staggered Hotswap
- Ortho Hotswap
- Staggered Hotswap with underglow feature(12 RGB LEDs)
1.6mm thickness PCB, and support for screw-in(PCB) stabilizers.
Plate options
- Aluminum Staggered Hotswap Plate (2.25+2.75 Bar)
- PC Staggered Hotswap Plate (2.25+2.75 Bar)
- Aluminum Staggered Hotswap Plate (3U Bar)
- PC Staggered Hotswap Plate (3U Bar)
- Aluminum Ortho Hotswap Plate (2x2U Bar)
- PC Ortho Hotswap Plate (2x2U Bar)
- Aluminum Ortho Hotswap Plate (3U Bar)
- PC Ortho Hotswap Plate (3U Bar)
Aluminum plates are anodized in black.
Total Price
Groupbuy price
- Aluminum top inner kit 205 USD
- PVD stainless steel top inner 235 USD
5USD is added if underglow PCB is chosen for PC bottom case.
Other options
- Extra Plate 7 USD
- Extra Hotswap PCB 25 USD
- Extra Underglow PCB 30 USD
- Extra Aluminum Inner tophousing 50 USD
- Extra PVD Stainless Steel Inner tophousing 80 USD
Shipping rate to US, Canada, UK, Australia and some of EU countries is 38USD. For other countries, shipping rate will be confirmed when invoicing.
For example, total price of one alu top inner kit to those countries will be 205+38=243 USD.
Carrier and Shipment
- All kits sold will be shipped by SF Express. You can check the availibity of shipping and shipping rate here: https://lazydesigners.cn/shippingrate/ .
- 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 invoicing.
- 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.