Mote 75 · Mechanical keyboard
Every keystroke, considered.
A 75% aluminium keyboard, gasket-mounted and tuned by hand for a low, rounded sound.
01 — Anatomy
Five parts. Nothing wasted.
Every switch is opened, lubed by hand and closed again before it meets the plate. A long-pole stem on a 62 g spring gives each press a soft, rounded bottom-out.
- Total travel
- 4.0 mm
- Total travel
- Bottom-out force
- 62 g
- Bottom-out force
- Layers of dampening
- 5
- Layers of dampening
- Typing angle
- 8°
- Typing angle
Press any key — the stem answers.
- Keycap: PBT, double-shot
- Top housing: Nylon, hand-lubed
- Stem: POM, long pole
- Spring: 62 g, two-stage
- Base: Polycarbonate
02 — Switches
Choose how it presses.
Three switches, each lubed by hand. The curve is how they feel — force against travel, measured on our bench.
Smooth, top to bottom
Nothing between you and the bottom-out: a long-pole stem on a 62 g spring, lubed by hand so the only sound is a low, round thock.
- Actuation
- 45 g
- Actuation
- Bottom-out
- 62 g
- Bottom-out
- Actuation point
- 2.0 mm
- Actuation point
- Total travel
- 4.0 mm
- Total travel
Press any key — follow your finger down the curve.
03 — Acoustics
Tuned to a lower note.
A PORON gasket, a silicone case pad and a thin sheet of PE under the PCB take the hollow ring out of a metal case. What is left is low and short: a thock, not a clack.
Or type — every key leaves a ridge.
04 — Design
Quiet from every angle.
No lighting, no logos on the keys, no badges. One machined block, a knob that turns like a lens ring, and a single ember key to find your way home.
Chalk — Bead-blasted, natural anodised
05 — Connectivity
Wired, wireless, yours.
Plug in the coiled cable and play at 1000 Hz, or cut the cord: 2.4 GHz for work, Bluetooth for everything else. With no backlight to feed, the battery lasts for weeks.
- 1000 Hz, wired
- USB-C
- 1000 Hz, wired
- 1000 Hz, wireless
- 2.4 GHz
- 1000 Hz, wireless
- Three devices
- Bluetooth 5.3
- Three devices
- Battery, 4000 mAh
- 200 h
- Battery, 4000 mAh
- Remap in the browser
- QMK · VIA
- Remap in the browser
Type — watch each key travel down the cable.
06 — Studio
Made slowly, in small numbers.
Machined from a single block of 6063 aluminium, anodised, and assembled by one person in our Copenhagen studio. Each board carries the initials of the hands that built it.
From block to board
Four days, one pair of hands.
Every Mote passes through the same four stations in our studio. Nothing is outsourced after the aluminium arrives.
- 014 h
Machined
Each case starts as a solid block of 6063 aluminium and spends four hours on a five-axis mill.
- 022 days
Finished
Bead-blasted by hand, then anodised in batches of forty so every case in a batch matches.
- 035 h
Tuned
Every switch opened and lubed, every stabiliser clipped and balanced, every key listened to.
- 041 min
Signed
Tested key by key, then signed underneath by the person who built it. Their initials ship with it.
Lineup
Three sizes. One feel.
Mote 65
Compact · 67 keys · 65%
- Case
- 6063 aluminium
- Mount
- Gasket, PORON
- Battery
- 4000 mAh
- Weight
- 1.4 kg
From $289
Reserve →Mote 75
Batch 04The original · 82 keys + knob · 75%
- Case
- 6063 aluminium, brass weight
- Mount
- Gasket, PORON
- Battery
- 4000 mAh
- Weight
- 1.9 kg
From $329
Reserve →Mote TKL
Full focus · 87 keys · tenkeyless
- Case
- 6063 aluminium, brass weight
- Mount
- Top mount, dampened
- Battery
- 5000 mAh
- Weight
- 2.3 kg
From $379
Reserve →
Mote 75
Specifications
Everything we measured, in one place.
- Layout
- 75 %, 82 keys + rotary knob · ANSI or ISO
- Dimensions
- 327 × 141 × 32 mm
- Weight
- 1.9 kg, with a 650 g brass weight
- Case
- CNC-machined 6063 aluminium, anodised
- Mount
- Gasket, PORON · flex-cut polycarbonate plate
- PCB
- 1.2 mm, hot-swap (3- and 5-pin MX), south-facing
- Stabilisers
- Screw-in, hand-lubed and clipped
- Switches
- Mote Linear, Tactile or Silent — lubed by hand
- Keycaps
- PBT double-shot, Cherry profile, 1.5 mm walls
- Dampening
- Gasket, case pad, PE sheet, IXPE switch pad, plate foam
- Connectivity
- USB-C · 2.4 GHz · Bluetooth 5.3 (three devices)
- Polling rate
- 1000 Hz wired and 2.4 GHz
- Battery
- 4000 mAh, up to 200 hours
- Firmware
- QMK, remappable in the browser with VIA
- Typing angle
- 8°, 19 mm front height
- Works with
- macOS, Windows, Linux, iPadOS
- Warranty
- Two years; the case, for life
In the box
Everything, and nothing extra.
Mote 75
Assembled, tuned, signed
Coiled cable
USB-C, 1.5 m, aviator connector
2.4 GHz receiver
Stored under the magnetic foot
Keycap & switch puller
Stainless steel
Four spare switches
Matching your choice
Hex key
For the six case screws
Mac modifiers
⌘ ⌥ ⌃ in PBT
Dust cover
Undyed cotton
From the desks of Batch 03
“I stopped noticing the keyboard. That is the highest compliment I know how to give a tool.”
Inês M.Type designer, Lisbon “Deep, round, never loud. My partner no longer leaves the room when I have a deadline.”
Daniel K.Software engineer, Berlin “Built like a camera body. The knob alone feels like it belongs on a lens.”
Priya S.Writer, London
Questions
Good to know.
Anything else, write to us — a person who builds the keyboards will answer.
When will my keyboard ship?
Batch 04 is built in February and ships in March 2027. We build in small batches, so reservations are confirmed in the order they arrive.
What does a reservation cost?
Nothing. We'll write before your keyboard is built to confirm your configuration; you only pay when it is ready to ship, and you can cancel any time before.
Does it work with a Mac?
Yes. It switches between macOS and Windows layouts from the keyboard, and Mac modifier keycaps are in the box. Linux and iPadOS work too.
Can I change the switches later?
Yes — the PCB is hot-swap and takes any 3- or 5-pin MX-style switch. No soldering, just the puller in the box.
Is there RGB lighting?
No, on purpose. A single warm LED under Caps Lock and the battery indicator are the only lights — which is also why the battery lasts about 200 hours.
What if something isn't right?
Thirty days to return it for any reason, two years of warranty on the electronics, and the case for life.