Tofu60 with Milky Yellows
60% · Hot-swap · Linear
- Thocky
Budget
Updated . Sound tags are editorial, not measured.
The usual first custom keyboard. It is a 60% with an aluminium case and a hot-swap PCB, so switches pull out and push in without a soldering iron. If you pick the wrong switch you swap it, and you only lose the cost of a pack.
Gateron Milky Yellow Pro linears are lightly factory lubed and need 50 g to actuate, so they feel smooth and light from the first press. The polycarbonate plate flexes more than aluminium or brass, which softens the bottom-out.
Compatibility
All 6 parts fit
Checked for mounting, layout, switch fit, stabilizers and keycap coverage.
- You need about 61 switches: 7 packs of 10 leaves a few spares.
Estimated total
≈£187
All 6 parts priced. Some prices are converted from other currencies (≈). List prices, or the lowest shop price we have seen. Check each shop for today's price.
Parts
≈£44
Slim-bezel aluminium, tray mount, and it takes standard GH60 PCBs. It weighs about 800 g without the optional brass weight, and the sliding USB blocker lines up PCBs whose connector sits off-centre.
≈£26
The board KBDfans sells for this case. It is hot-swap, has per-key RGB with underglow, connects over USB-C and is set up through Vial or VIA.
≈£14
Cut for this PCB and case. Polycarbonate is softer and more flexible than the aluminium version of the same plate, which is why it suits a lighter, softer-feeling board.
£2.75
per pack, 7 packs needed
A cheap, smooth linear with milky nylon housings and a 50 g actuation force. They come in packs of 10, so a 61-key board needs seven.
£75
Doubleshot PBT in Cherry profile, white on black. It covers 60% to TKL in ANSI and is a cheaper PBT answer to GMK's white-on-black sets.
≈£9
A budget Cherry-housing set that KBDfans lists for its hot-swap PCBs. We chose it over Durock stabilizers because KBDfans says this plate does not clear Durock screw-in housings.
Before you buy
- KBDfans does not state the Redux PCB's 5-pin support or its stabilizer screw holes. We took both from product photos, so check the listing before you order.
- The keycap set is ANSI. For a UK ISO board you need the separate International kit.
- A 60% needs about 61 switches. Seven packs of 10 leaves a few spares.
Where to buy
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KBDfans Tofu60 Redux Case
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KBDfans Redux 60 RGB ANSI PCB
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KBDfans Tofu60 Redux Plate (Polycarbonate)
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Gateron Milky Yellow Pro
PBTfans WoB
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Cherry PCB Mount Screw-in Stabilisers
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