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Sofle Keyboard without rotaries?

I have a Lily58, but I would love having two thumb buttons and overall 2-4 buttons more. The Sofle V2 seems like a really good choice, but I have no use for the rotaries. Is there a way to replace the rotaries with normal switches or are there other spilt keyboards similar to the Sofle V2, but without rotary encoders?

Thanks for any suggestions!

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I ended up upgrading from a Sofle to a Compression4C keyboard because it is a similar form factor (aside from being a slim choc kbd). One of the thumb buttons gets moved to about where the rotary was on the Sofle.

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I found the Avalanche, which is pretty much what I was looking for. Now I only need to figure out how and where to order FR4 plates and PCBs.

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Very nice

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Try the Lotus 58. You get a bit more options over all.

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What's the difference to the Lily58, aside from the optional rotary encoder and RGB?

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