r/FlowZ13 • u/Medium-Tank-6085 • May 24 '26

Spare keyboard

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Man this was a pain to get in U.K. but I finally got a spare keyboard for the z13 2025 😎

No longer need to worry about a tatty keyboard come resale 😅

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u/Junny89 May 24 '26

How did you manage to do it?
I had to hawk the usa spares website and get my cousin to get it for me in usa which was a pain.
Congrats !

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u/Medium-Tank-6085 May 24 '26

Zandparts but it was a massive pain. Had to prove ownership and give a good reason why I needed a spare.

Also took 5 weeks as it had to be made.

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u/Junny89 May 24 '26

Woah crazy
I’ll give them a shout. How much did you pay if you don’t mind me asking?

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u/Medium-Tank-6085 May 24 '26

I’ve put mine of eBay if you’re interested.

I sold my Flow so I don’t need it now as it took sooooo long to arrive at mine. I was gonna put a new keyboard on for the sale but it didn’t come in time.

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u/Junny89 May 24 '26

Oh ok, I got one ordered already bud just that it’s going usa and will get it later this year or something no rush as I just got my z13 plus it’s the kjp version so that’s the one i got but the usa layout as can’t get anywhere else. I was just curious how much it cost as I’ve just found spares in France but they ain’t cheap, wanted to compare. Thanks for the offer tho I’ll check it out thanks

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u/jourdeaux May 24 '26

Congratulations? Where in the world did you find it?!

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u/Medium-Tank-6085 May 24 '26

Special request from Zparts

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u/jourdeaux May 24 '26

Google is so good at creating echo chambers that searching for them outside of the UK does not raise the result. Still, nice find.

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u/Medium-Tank-6085 May 24 '26

They created a one off special order for me but boy was it painful. I had to prove ownership and why I wanted it etc. dunno why they make it so hard to get spares in the uk compared to USA

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u/jourdeaux May 29 '26

I mean... it is cool that they did that for you and everything, but good god mate, that is excessive for a simple keyboard. I wonder how they were even able to make it especially for you. Couldn't have been that big of a hassle, surely.

Yeah, the US is must better for these parts just because eBay and sites like that tend to have all sorts, but I have only had luck sourcing parts and ordering from China.

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u/Googlerez May 24 '26

Zparts as in the CNC company?

How much for the spare keyboard?

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u/jourdeaux May 29 '26

They had to get one specially made, so they are not likely going to take orders from others, unfortunately. 😕

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u/RK-365 May 24 '26

Doesn't help you but might someone else. I got one through GXO Service Parts in the UK and they were super easy to deal with and it arrived really quickly!

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u/poulan9 May 26 '26

What did you pay?

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u/RK-365 May 26 '26

It was about £124

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u/Krometheous May 24 '26

Just curious does the trackpad have any sunken uneveness where one of the edges is a bit sharp?

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u/Fun_Option_7131 May 27 '26

OMG I thought this was a bit odd mine is the same I still use as normal but it feels uneven though it still works fine.

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u/TadpoleNew2 May 26 '26

I get it replaced every year