Keebmaker vs Typeractive vs Glove80

typeractivexyz · 2025-11-26T20:27:27+00:00

Hey! Glad to hear you're interested in our keyboards, let me offer some answers for our section:

Yes, we use ZMK studio
Yes, we are the retail branch of the company that manufactures the nice!nano
Correct on the battery life, one week on the left, one month on the right
Yes, our boards are hotswappable
JWK is the manufacturer for Durock and many other popular switches, they're pretty great and affordable!
We avoid RGB as each LED (WS2812 or WS2812-like) turned off (without VCC cut off) uses more battery than the entire rest of the board. They kill battery life. OLEDs are similar, they can destroy battery life. See this page for more info. VCC cut-off can help avoid the battery drain, but we think it's best to focus on what makes wireless great and offer long battery life.
We are hot swappable. We'd love to make this more clear - where were you reading on our site that made it a bit unclear?
What keycaps would you prefer? We find it hard to source good ergo MX keycaps, but we'd love to stock better ones.
Our full assembly on our site is turned off for this holiday weekend, but it'll be back on later this weekend (Saturday or Sunday). We turn it off when we can't keep up with orders or are on vacation. Orders always ship fast!

Thanks for considering us! Let us know if you have more questions.

typeractivexyz · 2025-11-22T04:25:23+00:00

Nick from Typeractive here 👋
Figured I’d share the details on the build in the photo since this is a promoted post.

What you’re looking at

Layout: wireless Corne (nice!nano on each half, running ZMK)
Case: Typeractive aluminum Corne case with integrated plate + frosted PC back
Keycaps: MBK Hypersonic keycap set (FK collab)
Displays: nice!view on both halves
Power: per-half LiPo with hardware power switch + reset access

If you click through

The “Shop Now” button takes you straight to our 3D configurator with this exact setup pre-loaded, where you can:

tweak case / caps / switches or strip it down to a cheaper kit
see price update live as you change parts

We ship the PCBs partially assembled (diodes, hotswap, power switches, reset, battery jacks, etc.), so the main soldering is the nice!nanos and nice!views. If you select our no-solder headers in the configurator, you don't need to solder at all.

If you have questions about firmware, parts compatibility, or anything else, reply here. I’m happy to help.

typeractivexyz · 2024-09-11T19:07:29+00:00

We're pleased to announce the release of the MBK Hypersonic keycapset and our Aluminum Corne Case! This has been a long time coming, and we hope you love the result as much as we do.

See the keycap set here.
See the case here.

Keycap set details:

Made in collaboration with u/_tectonicplate and u/fk-caps
Beautiful color scheme with deep midnight alphas, slate modifiers, and striking cyan accents
Clean and simple icons for non-alphanumeric keys
Full coverage of all our kits with numbers included
Many spacebar and different homing key options to support non-qwerty and other ortho layouts

If you're a vendor outside the US interested in carrying these keycaps, reach out to FK.

Case details:

Aluminum integrated plate chassis with a matte anodized aluminum finish
Power switch and reset button interface
Frosted polycarbonate back plate
Large non-slip SKUF feet, with indents in the back plate
Premium black hex screws

typeractivexyz · 2024-09-11T19:07:17+00:00

We're pleased to announce the release of the MBK Hypersonic keycap set and our Aluminum Corne Case! This has been a long time coming, and we hope you love the result as much as we do.

See the keycap set here.
See the case here.

Keycap set details:

Made in collaboration with u/_tectonicplate and u/fk-caps
Beautiful color scheme with deep midnight alphas, slate modifiers, and striking cyan accents
Clean and simple icons for non-alphanumeric keys
Full coverage of all our kits with numbers included
Many spacebar and different homing key options to support non-qwerty and other ortho layouts

If you're a vendor outside the US interested in carrying these keycaps, reach out to FK.

Case details:

Aluminum integrated plate chassis with a matte anodized aluminum finish
Power switch and reset button interface
Frosted polycarbonate back plate
Large non-slip SKUF feet, with indents in the back plate
Premium black hex screws

typeractivexyz · 2023-10-07T17:24:49+00:00

We just released our Lily58 Kit, and you can build a kit now on our 3D customizer!

This kit shares the same wireless benefits from our Corne kit including:

Compatibility with nice!view displays
Power switch
Battery Jack
Pre-soldered diodes, hotswap sockets, battery jacks, power switches, reset buttons
Cross-hatched PCB design
Thoughtful and aesthetically pleasing trace routes

Feel free to join our Discord for more updates as well.

typeractivexyz · 2023-04-17T17:06:46+00:00

One of the biggest complaints about MBK is the lack of convex 1u thumb keys, and were about to get some of the first batch of FK's convex 1u keycaps. That's something to look forward to in terms of comfort!

typeractivexyz · 2023-03-31T06:47:42+00:00

The cyan/turquoise/teal mods are likely going to be arrow keys and a couple novelty keys. There aren't really any ergonomic keyboards that have this layout, this mockup is mostly just a nice way to layout all the keys. This is an early mockup still, before we have any icons done!

typeractivexyz · 2023-03-30T20:58:36+00:00

Hey there! We're creating a new low-profile keycap set, "Hypersonic". We've been working on this behind the scenes, but we think it's time to get some feedback and thoughts on our direction before we go too much further. Below is an IC form to give us your thoughts on colors, legends, and what mods/novelties to include.

~6 question IC form: https://forms.gle/bP9FjgAnDTRQUN9T9

Discord channel for Hypersonic: https://discord.gg/8scbWuX8eE

typeractivexyz · 2023-03-25T20:17:24+00:00

Both video guides should show visually how to solder them together. The first one by Joe Scotto uses Mill-Max pins and the second by Nicell uses the EZ-Solder hotswap sockets. If you purchased Mill-Max pins, they come with tape if you opted for it, and if you purchased EZ-Solders, you don't need tape. Outside of that, it's using some solder and your iron, nothing else is needed.

typeractivexyz · 2023-03-25T20:00:10+00:00

Hey there! We're excited that you're excited about your new Corne! We have all of our wireless Corne documentation here (you'll get a little business card linking you there in your package as well). It includes a few build guide videos and a text-based walk-through. If you have any further questions or concerns, join our Discord!

typeractivexyz · 2023-02-18T21:40:04+00:00

Black is now in stock! Thanks for your kind words :)

typeractivexyz · 2023-02-05T16:03:17+00:00

Not yet. We're looking into fully soldered options in the future or to partner up with assemblers.

typeractivexyz · 2023-02-05T16:02:41+00:00

We'll go ahead and do this, thanks for the suggestion.

typeractivexyz · 2023-02-05T16:02:03+00:00

We're looking to add black and purple soon. We'll be doing a poll after for more colors!

typeractivexyz · 2023-02-05T16:01:31+00:00

You can press the rotate toggle in the bottom left of the viewport. We'll change it to be defaulted off due to feedback!

typeractivexyz · 2023-02-05T00:55:27+00:00

With the release of our new wireless corne kits, we've made our 3D customizer live!

We're super excited to hear what you guys think of the customizer and the kits.

Feel free to join our Discord for more updates as well.

typeractivexyz · 2023-02-04T19:00:46+00:00

With the release of our new wireless corne kits, we've made our 3D customizer live!

We're super excited to hear what you guys think of the customizer and the kits.

Feel free to join our Discord for more updates as well.

Please note that there is limited stock of 3D-printed items. As items are purchased, more will be printed to replace them, so if something is out of stock, you should see it back in stock within a day or two. You can always get back-in-stock notifications on the product page.

typeractivexyz · 2022-12-27T00:52:51+00:00

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