Why the monk's keyboard weighs 1,180g.

Light keyboards flex. They shift under keystroke pressure. The plastic creaks. The feet slide. A gasket-mounted aluminium board at 1,180g stays in place the way a stone stays in place. The typing experience is not about the weight. It is about what the weight prevents. A heavy keyboard does not move when you type on it. The gasket mounting means the board flexes slightly — absorbing impact rather than transmitting it — while the aluminium case means the flex is controlled and consistent. The result is a typing experience that feels intentional. Deliberate. Every keystroke lands where it should. The Silent Viper weighs 980g. Not because weight is a goal. Because aluminium is the right material for the case, and the right amount of aluminium for this keyboard has this mass. Specifications are descriptions of decisions. When you read that the Silent Viper uses a CNC-machined aluminium case, the weight is the consequence of that decision — not a selling point, not a liability. A fact. The monk's rule: never optimise for lightness in a tool that stays in one place. Optimise for stillness.