I received my kit – now what?
Please see the Getting Started page for general information/tips/gotchas about our kits and other products.
What’s with the “42”?
It’s a reference to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, my absolute favourite 5-book trilogy ever. Like 42, custom mechanical keyboards can sometimes be the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Which leads us nicely to the next question.
Why open a shop?
The cost of entry to this wonderful and weird rabbit hole of a hobby can be quite high, and availability of many parts in Europe is limited (or at least it used to be at time of writing in early 2020). That is why I, u/piit79 a.k.a. u/42Keebs, after running several rounds of Mill Max sockets group buys on Reddit/GeekHack decided to open a small on-line shop.
The main focus of the shop is to offer a wide range of in-stock budget through-hole kits (almost) anyone can build without having to stop eating for a month. Plus many other parts and accessories, like switches, components and even some tools.
Where are you located?
We operate from Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, The Earth, Sol, Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, The Milky Way Galaxy.
The full shop address is:
Petr Sedlacek
42. Keebs
Anny Letenske 1120
Praha 2
12000
Czech Republic
Aren’t you just selling other people’s work?
To a certain degree, we are. However, 1) we always make sure we’re allowed to do that by the kit’s license, and if not, I contact the designer to obtain permission in exchange for a share of the profits, and 2) even if I am free to do that within the license terms, I still contact the designer and offer them a share of the profits from every sale. And last (but hopefully not least), I have made quite a few modifications and improvements to various kits, and even designed some from scratch. These are always open-sourced – see my GitHub repositories.
Why are your prices quite a bit lower than elsewhere?
The shop started as a fun side-project in December 2020 while working full time at Evil Corp. It eventually turned into a small family business in June 2022 and is now our main source of income. However, my wife and I still run the shop from home, which means low overheads – we try to pass those savings on to you, members of the wonderful mechanical keyboard community!
What is the order processing time?
While we do our best to get the orders out of the door as quickly as possible, we’re a very small “husband & wife team”, so we rarely manage to ship next day.
The current order processing time is 🟠 7-9 business days.
Where do you ship? How? And how much is it?
tl;dr: We ship worldwide (with a couple of exceptions). Please see the Shipping page for all the details.
What payment methods do you accept?
- Credit/debit cards via Revolut (or Stripe as a fallback) – no card information is sent to the shop
- Google Pay/Apple Pay (via Stripe)
- SEPA bank transfer in the EU – currently attracting a 2% discount!
- Cryptocurrencies via CoinPayments
- PayPal – the most expensive option for the shop. Please use a different one if you can. Carries a 5% surcharge due to the high fees and necessary currency conversion
Any other questions?
Don’t hesitate to contact me by joining my Discord, by e-mail or using the live chat. I aim to respond within 24 hours – usually sooner, but it can occasionally take longer during busy times.