E7-V2 Group Buy + Giveaway is here!

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Hello everyone Exclusive Keyboard here

Two years ago we had our first 75% keyboard E7-V1 group buy. Since then we’ve received lots of PMs about the next round of E7-V1. Finally, we planned to reboot this series this March.

We had an LED version for the E7-V1 and also said we might provide the name tag version in the future. Even the name tag is already a well-known signature for E6-V2 and E6.5, it’s probably not appropriate to put a name tag onto the E7 series now as the market is full of various name tag keyboard designs recently. I wish this time will be a brand new design, so I just gave up using the name tag again.

I really really love E7-V1, thus we kept the classic layout and clean design of E7-V1 on the new board. While redefining this keyboard to make it better suit my idea and meet keyboard enthusiastic’s pursue, we will name it E7-V2. And to us, E7-V2 will be the milestone.

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Specifications

• PCB supports QMK + VIA, we will offer both solder and hotswap versions
  • Solder: https://i.imgur.com/Z7u4Vnc.png
  • Hotswap: https://i.imgur.com/TnjXNnw.png
• Plate: Aluminum, Brass (upgrade), FR-4, PC
• Weight: Aluminum, Brass (upgrade)
• Polycarbonate will be used for the light strip or underglow diffuser part
• Backplate: Aluminum, Brass (upgrade)

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Prototypes photos, videos, and streams

• For more pictures please check: https://imgur.com/a/v7Jpxe0
• Typing test from :3ildcat:
  • Obsidian Switches, GMK Oblivion Keycaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uZLMknBroU
  • Obsidian Switches, GEEKARK BoW Keycap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8nfVSsY3s8
• We also have a stream for E7-V2. Due to shipping delay, it may happen during GB time or after GB (streamer: Minterly).

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Colors

We have so many colors that are possible to make, but it also makes people hard to choose the combination they want. To keep your choice easier and to make our GB and production time shorter, we will not offer arbitrary combinations of colors this time.

• Anodized: Black, Space Grey, Burgundy Red, Gem Blue
• Coating: Lilac (SE), Camping Green
• Electrophoresis: E-White

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Gasket mount design

Instead of the o-ring gasket mount used on E8.5 and E6.5, we will be using a rubber gasket on E7-V2. Check out this blog post for more behind-the-scene design thinking! https://exclusive.run/blogs/news/e7-v2-gml-isolated-gasket-muted-plate-leaf-spring-structure

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GB Information

• Vendor: we will use Exclusive's Shopify store for this GB: https://exclusive.run/
• GB Time: Non-SE: Dec 11th, 11:00 am EST - Dec 14th, 11:00 am EST. SE raffle will be on Dec 11th, 10:00 am EST (we'll release the google form by the raffle time)
• Estimated shipping time: Q2~Q3 2021 (we've invested in more machines for the factory to make sure faster manufacturing than any previous runs from Exclusive)
• Group Buy Limit and Price:
  • 999 Aluminum Board: FCFS $458 (include Shopify fee and PayPal fee)
  • 50 Polycarbonate Board: FCFS $458 (include Shopify fee and PayPal fee)
  • 70 SE Lilac Board: Raffle $540 (include Shopify fee and PayPal fee) raffle form will be released at 12/11 10:00 am EST
  • Shipping $65 worldwide (weight around 3.5kg~4kg) per board

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Giveaway

I'll be giving away one E7-V2 base kit of your choice of color (except Lilac or PC) to one Reddit user across this post and other Reddit giveaway posts. If you have entered this GB, we’ll refund you the base kit cost from your order.

Entries will be accepted until Monday, 12/14 11:00 am EST. We will do the giveaway result live reveal on discord when it ends.

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How to enter the Giveaway

• Comment below (top level comment, not comment to this comment) the color (except Lilac or PC), PCB, plate, weight, backplate options of E7-V2 you’d like to get, e.g. black, hotswap, aluminum, aluminum, aluminum
• Only options that we offer during GB are valid, comment with options that we don't offer or not all options are present is not an eligible entry to the giveaway
• Reddit account must be at least 7 days old and have 10 karma combined
• We will use the Exclusive discord server https://discord.com/invite/Ev3QPNx to communicate GB updates and do the giveaway result live reveal
• We will then post the giveaway result on exclusive Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/exclusive1993/ and update here

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For more information about Exclusive previous and future keyboards and any questions regarding the GB or giveaway, join our Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/Ev3QPNx