NuPhy has released some interesting keyboards in the past, with the likes of the Air60 HE (curr. $139.99 on Amazon) claiming the title of the world's first low-profile Hall-effect gaming keyboard. Now, it looks to be marking another world first with the Kick75, a new 75% wireless keyboard with some neat tricks up its sleeve.
The headline feature of the Kick75 is its compatibility with both low-profile and full-height mechanical switches, all in the same PCB and case — mostly at least. While NuPhy has been somewhat skint on the details, there are a few things we can glean from the official Kick75 teaser page.
For starters, it looks like swapping between low-profile and full-height modes will require swapping out at least the top case. It will also likely require swapping out some other parts, like the plate or at least the plate foams and mounting hardware — which looks like it uses gaskets. If there are any sandwich layers, like PCB foams and films, those may also need to be swapped out.
Similarly to the switches, the Kick75 will have the option of either flat low-profile keycaps or full-height keycaps. Again, NuPhy hasn't provided details on which keycaps it will use, although the ones in the teaser renders look like nSA for the low-profile configuration and mSA for the full-height version.
The bottom case of the Kick75 isn't transparent, although it also looks like some sort of plastic. TechPowerUp managed to get a glimpse of the Kick75 at NuPhy's CES 2025 booth, revealing some features that weren't previously divulged by NuPhy itself. One such feature is the kick-out feet, which are almost a necessity for low-profile keyboards. Given that the Kick75 is designed to be customised, it uses screws to join the top and bottom cases, and it seems as though there are green silicone strips between the top and bottom cases which may serve as both a force-break and a gasket mount for either or both configurations.
At the time of writing, it's unclear whether NuPhy will sell the Kick75 in either the low-profile or full-height configuration, or if buyers will be able to opt for a sort of hybrid kit with the mounting hardware, foams, and top cases for both the low-profile and full-height configurations. The latter seems more likely, given how NuPhy has chosen to sell keyboards like the Nos75.
What is known, though, is that the Kick75 will offer wired and wireless connectivity, with 2.4 GHz — and 1,000 Hz polling, at that — and Bluetooth connectivity for extended use on battery.
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