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Spec sheet
- Layout
- 75
- Case material
- aluminum
- Mount style
- pcb-mount
- Hotswap
- yes
- Wireless
- yes
- Released
- Mar 1, 2023
Qwertykeys' PCB-mount 75% with a CNC aluminum case, swappable knob/badge, and PVD weight options. Wireless and wired hotswap PCBs; bouncy plate-or-plateless feel that ties to the wider 75% mainstreaming trend.
Mentioned in 4 articles
Trends
When customs became vendor-first
From 2018 through 2022 the typical custom shipped through one host vendor and a fan of regional proxies; by 2026 the baseline custom is a configurator on a vendor's own storefront. Boards moved. Keycap group buys mostly didn't.
thock5 min read
Trends
The split/ergo cohort grew up
Split and ergonomic boards spent a decade as a hobbyist sub-cohort orbiting a stagger-majority. By 2026 the Voyager line, the Glove80, and a steady trickle of r/mk transition posts have pushed split/ergo across a visibility threshold — still a minority, but now a reference category instead of a footnote.
thock5 min read
Guides
Mounting styles, compared: gasket, top-mount, tray, and integrated plate
A builder who has lubed switches and tuned stabilizers and chosen a keycap profile and still cannot place why their next board feels different from their last one is usually meeting the mount style. The plate's relationship to the case is the half of the typing feel that nobody discusses on a sound test.
thock12 min read
Trends
How 75 percent became the default custom layout
Two years ago a custom-board recommendation defaulted to 65% with a polite note about 75% as the next step up. The Sonnet 2026 refresh, the QK75, and a crowded mid-tier have flipped that order. 75% is now the layout customs reach for first.
thock5 min read
QK75 appears in editor-curated build sheets.