Under its screen, the AULA L99 is a gasket-mounted board with a slotted PC plate and six sound-absorbing layers. Those parts aim at a softer, quieter keystroke, and hot-swap sockets take mixed switches with no soldering. It carries a 1-year local warranty with Evetech.
The touchscreen gets the attention, but take it away and the AULA L99 would still be an interesting board, because of what sits beneath the keycaps. A gasket-mounted keyboard with a slotted polycarbonate plate and six sound-absorbing layers is the recipe enthusiasts build by hand for a softer, rounder keystroke, and the L99 ships with it from the factory.
Under its 3.98-inch screen, the L99 uses a gasket-mounted, hot-swappable PCB, a slotted PC (polycarbonate) plate and six layers of sound absorption. Together they aim for a cushioned bottom-out and a quieter, less clacky sound than a rigid board, and the hot-swap sockets accept mixed switches without soldering. Evetech backs it with a 1 Year Local Warranty, at R1,099 for either colourway.
In a conventional tray-mount board, the plate and PCB screw straight into the bottom of the case, so every keystroke travels into a stiff frame. A gasket design suspends the internals on soft strips instead. The practical effect is a little give under your fingers when you bottom out a key, and less of the hollow ping that rigid cases can produce.
Switches snap into a stiff sheet called the plate. Polycarbonate flexes more than aluminium or steel, and cutting slots into it adds more flex still. That pairs naturally with a gasket mount: both push the board towards a softer, more forgiving feel, and polycarbonate tends to give a deeper, less metallic sound.
AULA lists six sound-absorbing layers inside the L99. The listing does not break them down by material, so the fair reading is simply that the gaps a hollow case would echo through are filled. More layers generally mean fewer high-pitched resonances.
The PCB's sockets are hot-swappable, which means switches pull out and push in without solder. The L99 supports mixed setups too, so you could, for instance, fit heavier switches on the space bar while keeping lighter ones elsewhere.
Out of the box, the two colourways come with different factory-lubed linear switches. The Grey/White/Blue L99 uses Raindrop switches, which actuate at 1.8mm; the Red/Black uses Caramel Latte, actuating at 2.0mm. Pressing either takes roughly 45gf at the top of the stroke and 55gf at the floor, with 3.6mm of total travel. Lubed linears are smooth rather than bumpy or clicky, which suits the damped build.
A gasket mount and six layers make the L99 quieter and softer than a rigid, empty board. They do not make it silent. Linear switches still produce a bottom-out thud and a return sound, and how loud that is depends on how hard you type. If you share a room or take calls at the desk, a lighter touch matters as much as the internals.
The other thing the build does not change is what the board can do. It is still a tri-mode 75% keyboard, running on the cable, a 2.4GHz dongle or Bluetooth, polling at 1000Hz when wired or on the dongle, with an 8000mAh battery behind the wireless modes. And the right-hand screen still handles lighting, settings, a numpad and a calculator.
To compare this build with other boards, look through the gaming keyboards at Evetech, or start with the keyboard best sellers.
There is slight give when a key bottoms out, because the plate and PCB float on soft strips rather than screwing into a rigid tray.
It flexes more than metal and tends to sound deeper, which complements the softer feel a gasket mount is aiming for.
Not in its listing. It describes them as sound-absorbing layers without naming each material.
Yes. The sockets are hot-swappable and mixed switch setups are supported, so no soldering is needed.
It is quieter than a rigid board, but linear switches still make noise when bottomed out. Typing more lightly helps.
Yes. Both share the gasket mount, slotted PC plate and six layers; they differ in switches and keycap colours.
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There is slight give when a key bottoms out, because the plate and PCB float on soft strips rather than screwing into a rigid tray.
It flexes more than metal and tends to sound deeper, which complements the softer feel a gasket mount is aiming for.
Not in its listing. It describes them as sound-absorbing layers without naming each material.
Yes. The sockets are hot-swappable and mixed switch setups are supported, so no soldering is needed.
It is quieter than a rigid board, but linear switches still make noise when bottomed out. Typing more lightly helps.
Yes. Both share the gasket mount, slotted PC plate and six layers; they differ in switches and keycap colours.
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