Mode claims its upcoming Encore keyboard refresh ‘delivers our most satisfying typing expertise so far’ and has a neat new mounting system as well

Mode, a high-end keyboard maker that lets you customise caps, add a stabiliser, swap switches, plate materials, PCB kind, and extra at checkout, has simply introduced a refresh to its Encore keyboard. Made in collaboration with YouTuber and creator Matthew Encina, the 2026 Encore has a neat new crown mounting system and a few pretty design options.

The mounting system is a collection of screws you place on the plating earlier than the switches go on. They give the impression of being lush in gold, and although we have solely acquired a couple of seconds of footage up to now, Mode says it “delivers our most satisfying typing expertise so far.”

The Encore is a beautiful wanting 65% keyboard with a break up wooden prime plate. The 2026 refresh will probably be out there in 5 colors (Black Sesame, Matcha Cream, Studio Mild, Mocha Mushroom, and Monterey Dune).

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We do not but have the pricing of the 2026 Encore, however the Encore 3 is not low cost. Eradicating switches, caps, PCB, and prime plate, you are still taking a look at a charge of $269. With the most cost effective model of each part above (minus a stabiliser), the Encore 3 will run you $431 proper now, not together with transport.

That value does appear to mirror the standard, although. They give the impression of being nice, and from the quick snippet of the 2026 Encore in Mode’s newest video, sound nice too. Mode says its PCB, mounting system, and keycaps work “in sequence to cut back and isolate vibration switch for clear typing sounds.”

That is all to say it ought to sound pretty.

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The brand new mounting gasket system is not going to be current within the Mode Sonnet refresh that can also be coming this 12 months, however will probably be within the Prologue, which is a 98% structure keyboard that the corporate has been teasing.

Prologue and the broader vary of keyboards this 12 months are fairly huge for Mode. Encina says the corporate was quiet final 12 months because it was “deeply targeted on analysis and improvement” and it has been “reshaping Mode, the model, the product, and the way we function.”

This is hoping the worth of the brand new Encore is an effective sufficient worth to get on my Christmas wishlist subsequent 12 months, or the Prologue is spectacular sufficient to justify the associated fee anyway.

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