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Varmilo

Varmilo was founded in Shenzhen in 2013, and the name comes from Esperanto. Its own manual reads it as via armilo, a keyboard made for you. What people buy Varmilo for is the art. Whole themes like Sea Melody, Sakura, Panda and Beijing Opera are printed into dye-sub PBT keycaps, with a matching case and novelty keys. Under the paint the classic VA boards are simple. Cherry MX switches sit on a metal plate in a plastic case, and there's no software to install. Varmilo also makes its own electro-capacitive switches with flower names like Rose, Daisy and Jasmine, and those boards look nearly identical in photos, so read the model code. Ducky and Varmilo teamed up on a 65% called the MIYA Pro, and the newer Minilo line brought hot-swap sockets and wireless.