Hibi HERO

Sales

• format: limited gb
• period: July 2, 2023 - September 10, 2023
• Expected Shipping time: ~6-7 months from pre-order close

Pricing

• Bundle prices available through Daily Clack partnership
• Includes: aluminium tray case, silicone base with brass inserts, WT60-H1 PCB, FR4 plate, carry bag
• Does not include: switches, stabilisers, keycaps, USB cable

Vendors

• HIBI Design
  • Bundle partner: Daily Clack

And then a HERO comes along...

Every hero has an origin story.

Before we get into the details, explaining HERO's pourquoi story is important.

HERO gets its name from our most important stakeholders - our wonderful community.

After posting a callout asking for help naming this keyboard, we fell in love with HERO as we scrolled through the hundreds of suggestions.

The rest is keyboard history.

Long-time fans of HIBI's short history will know our love for mixing materials, and HERO is no different. HERO combines silicone with aluminium to make a novel take on a 60% tray mount with a comfortable 5-degree typing angle.

The HIBI HERO represents everything we believe in when it comes to mechanical keyboards - thoughtful design and lovely acoustics (listen for yourself below).

Tops

Offered in three colour ways, each aluminium top is milled from high-quality aluminium before being anodised.

The colours were chosen to reflect a mixture of existing and exciting colours, which are (more or less) inspired by some of our favourite mochi/ice cream flavours.

1. CHOC (BROWN W/ OFFICE BEIGE BASE)
2. SOOT (BLACK W/ CLEAR BASE WITH GREEN GLOW-IN-THE-DARK FINISH)
3. SOOT CANDY (BLACK W/ PINK BASE)
4. PINE CLUB (GREEN W/ LIGHT GREEN BASE)

You'll notice that the pleasing complementary silicone base offers a subtle two-tone look.

The HERO in 'SOOT' also has a green glow base, which is pretty cool.

Bottoms

The silicone base also offers several advantages in that it dampens the switch actuation sounds, making for a delightful sound profile.

In addition to acoustic properties, the silicone base is deceptively heavy and has non-slip properties - reducing the need to add traditional 'feet'. The base also serves a functional purpose, serving as the tray mounting point and integrating into the vents of the aluminium top piece.

The silicone base also features the HIBI logo because - of marketing.

Insides

We're proud to partner again with wilba.tech to produce the internal PCB for HERO, the WT60-H1 HIBI PCB.

This PCB is VIA-compatible. It's also a standard tray mount case and compatible with other tray mount 60% PCBs on the market.

It's important to HIBI that we create products that continue our design language and offer cross-compatibility with our existing products - and other popular models in the market.

In this instance, HERO and JUNE share the same PCB/Plate.

Bundle Offers

We're proud to partner with our friends at Daily Clack to offer a limited number of bundle deals for the PINE CLUB and SOOT colourways with the keyset that inspired our choice of colour.

Firstly, DMK Ghost, which we envisioned, paired with the SOOT colourway, which can be bundled with your HERO for an additional $70 USD.

Secondly, GMK Botanical 2, which we saw as the perfect pairing with HERO in PINE CLUB, can be bundled with your HERO for an additional $110 USD.

We appreciate that tracking down the perfect keycap set can be logistically challenging and frightening, so we appreciate the opportunity from Daily Clack to offer this substantial discount.

Layout Options

Standard 60% layouts supported (ANSI, ISO, and split spacebar options).

Manufacturer: HIBI Design

PACKAGE CONTENTS

• 1x Silicone Base with ten molded brass inserts for mounting
• 1 x WT60-H1 HIBI PCB (made by wilba.tech)
• RAL9001 solder mask with matching Kailh hot-swap sockets
• FR4 plate
• Custom molded carry bag + various packaging
• This product is sold without switches, stabilisers, keycaps or USB cables.