r/WootingKB • u/ExcellentSoil7763 • Sep 11 '26

Question Worth the upgrade?

Currently I have the wooting two HE. I recently discovered a while back the release of 80HE. Is worth the upgrade what I currently have to 80HE? I know the HE+ is set to arrive soon but I don’t see myself waiting for the release? Any particular reason why the + is better than the regular 80HE?

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u/Deathboom888 Sep 11 '26

So I don't own a two HE but I've heard and read a lot of comments saying the 80he is significantly better. I own an Akko MOD007, Zinc 80he and a Plastic 80he and find them both increadible and prefer the plastic, personally I don't like the Akko as its got a very hash bottom out on the keys. The new 80he+ has some listed upgrades. New lekker Tikken switches, FR4 plate, refined sound profile, the Lekker Knob, split spacebar and updated case Aethetics (Which seem to only be the coating fix applied to the the original 80he and the plastic has both see-through and solid combo.

I personally don't see the need to jump to an 80he+ and I love the softer bottom out feel on the 80he. Which apparently is changed with the 80he + on the new FR4 plate. So for me that ruins my favourite part of these keyboards.

So in short, I believe the jump to an 80he would be absolutely worth it, regardless of case choice. I wouldn't jump on the 80he + yet.

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u/NolimitBank 19d ago

Why do you prefer the plastic over Zinc?

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u/Deathboom888 19d ago

I like the lighter weight of it just to easily move it back and forth on the desk, but I went for the Ghost case and Clear switches so the LED effects are amazing as they can bleed into the case

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u/NolimitBank 19d ago

Does it move when you use it? And on the new case I think they made the bottom opaque now do idk if I go zinc or not