January 2025 Monthly Update

First off, happy New Year! This is the first monthly update as I am starting to move things away from only being on discord to being more accessible via the website. These posts will serve as a way to tease new projects, provide status updates of projects in production, and communicate any other Bowl Keyboards related news!

Current Status of Active Projects:

Group Buy/Preorders:

Compact Ergo: At the time of writing, the compact ergo shipment is currently under inspection at US customs. After clearing inspection they should take approximately 2 weeks to arrive to the warehouse for final QC and fulfillment. This is expected to finish this month. Extras will go live after GB supporters receive their orders. ETA for extras is mid to late February.

Pangea Fullsize: Currently, CNC programming is ongoing and raw materials are ordered. These steps are expected to finish before STR leaves for the CNY holiday. After returning to the factory in mid-February CNC machining will begin. These are expected to finish production in May. 

DCS INTRO Beige and WOB: Order has been placed with Signature Plastics. Production is expected to finish early Q2 2025.

Pangea Mini: GB is live until January 10th! After closing, orders will be collected from all regional vendors and submitted to STR for invoicing. 

Upcoming Instock:

Gateron L'Orange: These will be/are live as of January 8th!

KAP Midas: Order is placed with Keyreative, production is estimated to finish after CNY in Q1. 

Capy60: Currently being packed by STR, awaiting shipping estimate to my forwarder then to the warehouse.

Oblique: Production is ongoing and expected to finish shortly after CNY.

Teases:

Manta is an upcoming keyboard in collaboration with Alexotos. Currently prototypes have been ordered and will being processing after CNY.