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I bought a full-size. In fact the second I saw this full-size my hand slammed onto the buy button so hard it flew off and was carried away by an eagle. Actually I am currently still in possession of both hands. I wanted a bigger keyboard since all I am doing these days is white-collar computer nonsense and I wanted to switch to Cherry tac switches and and and IT'S CUTE 
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hosed up that i cant find anywhere to just buy those keycaps probably would be less cute with my boring black plastic board anyways 
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Eezee posted:
I have the VA68M and love it, it has a solidity to it I really appreciate and it's held up very well over the last couple years. Mine's a kind of weird version with a case made from a magnesium alloy, so I imagine it'll feel a bit different, but it's a solid brand imo. There's a bunch more TKLs now than there used to be, but I have, and like, the WASD Code, which is v solid as well. I'm sure other people will have more recommendations, but I don't think you can go wrong with either.
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Aug 6, 2020 20:33
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I've had a VA88 for work for the last three years, with browns, and it's been great. Using it again now since I haven't fixed my Iris yet, it feels really good and is very sturdy. I've run the caps in the dishwasher with no Ill effect as well, so that's a thing. Phosphine fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Aug 6, 2020 |
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Doccykins posted:Thanks for the advice all, the Durgod looks good but the K310 doesn't come in black that I can find - did find this Cherry Mk1 though going cheap as I assume it's end of line. Looks the part, has media keys and cherry brown mx switches. Any drawbacks? Is the board itself poor build quality? (though I imagine being Cherry themselves their keys would be made for their own boards?) Actually the board's build quality is loving top-notch. It's the most stable and well built mass-produced brand of boards I've owned. It's even programmable with the Zeus Engine Software.
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Typing this with my brand new, first mechanical keyboard! It's a Keychron K4 with Gateron blue switches. Very clicky, and I like the light effects. 100/10
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Finally, NK65 PCBs have come in stock and I can repair my DoA one within the next couple of weeks  I'm really looking forward to trying out the Outemu U4 switches I've had sitting around for a month and the JWK linears I have coming soon. Truly hope they both live up to their reputations.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Actually the board's build quality is loving top-notch. It's the most stable and well built mass-produced brand of boards I've owned. oh awesome, no excuses left then, pulling the trigger on this 
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Eezee posted:Hey Keyboard Thread, Varmilo is one of the best out of the box keyboard brands. But with confidence. They are up there with Leopold and Ducky. Build quality is solid, they have some cool designs / themes for their keyboards, and their keycaps feel good too. I bought a set of their keycaps for my massdrop CTRL. I don’t know for sure, but their stabilizers felt lubed from the factory which cuts down on a rattling sound and improves the feel of the space bar, enter, backspace, and shift keys. The only reason I’m not still using my varmilo is because I wanted a hot swappable switch keyboard to try out some different non Cherry switches.
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I'm considering a replacement for my home keyboard, which is a full layout with cherry black switches. I really like the one I have at work that I got from elitekeyboards, but that site is apparently no more. It's a tenkeyless with browns. I'm not married to that exact layout or switch type, but I need a board that has home, end, delete, F keys, and at least one windows key or equivalent as actual keys. Single height enter preferred. I'm intrigued by rumors of more tactile switches. Backlight isn't necessary but also isn't a downside. I've seen this keychron which looks nice, and this leopold and others that are great except they have no way of indicating caps lock is on?? I'm wondering if there's anything I've been missing in the sea of 60% boards and occasional full size old-school layouts. I am not interested in paying a significant amount extra to build something myself unless it's a unicorn in ways no one wants to read, but I can probably solder something without burning my house down. Though I've gotta say, browsing through this stuff took me from "why the hell would you build your own" through "goddamn so many of these are almost perfect" to "oh that's why they build their own."
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Blue Footed Booby posted:
Sounds like a 75% layout is perfect for you. (the layout that is used in that Keychron K2))
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I'm considering a replacement for my home keyboard, which is a full layout with cherry black switches. I really like the one I have at work that I got from elitekeyboards, but that site is apparently no more. It's a tenkeyless with browns. I just want to throw out that GMMK has a hotswap TKL in the same price range. If you wanted the option to play with switches down the road or just want more options for the initial switches it's not a bad option.
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Thanks to both of you! I'll look into those once I'm off work.
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Coffee And Pie posted:Typing this with my brand new, first mechanical keyboard! It's a Keychron K4 with Gateron blue switches. Very clicky, and I like the light effects. 100/10 Welcome to the mechanical keyboard club! I wish I could pull off having blue switches where I live and where I work - unfortunately I'd get murdered by my wife and by my co-workers. I've switched to Cherry MX Reds and might stay on the linear train for a while unless something good and tactile comes around. I know the Keychrons like to sit tall, so I recommend getting a wrist rest that you'll like. If you're every annoyed by the sounds it makes from the non-clickies, easiest solutions are always putting some foam in the board (don't cover the battery though), some PBT keycaps, and lubing up the switches. I never removed my switches and nor disassembled them, I just took some Super Lube (with the thin applicator nozzle) and put a tiny drop on the sides of the switch while pushing it down to open it up. Also, O-rings too! It can all be tedious so I recommend doing it on a rainy, boring day. Also, what is the next keyboard you'd like to get? Once you get one, you can't stop. My Akko 3084 is my 4th, and I'm eager to get my Durgod Fusion in October.
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Ringo Star Get posted:Welcome to the mechanical keyboard club! I wish I could pull off having blue switches where I live and where I work - unfortunately I'd get murdered by my wife and by my co-workers. I've switched to Cherry MX Reds and might stay on the linear train for a while unless something good and tactile comes around. Honestly I’m very happy with it—I think I wanna get into keycaps next, maybe try to mold my own even!
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Just got a notification from Drop that my Susuwatari is in the mail, and that my Keychron K8 should ship this month!
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I just got my Leopold fc980m in and holy poo poo do the keycaps feel fantastic. The build quality of the entire thing feels great. Everything is solid, nothing bends or creeks. I'm really happy with it. I just need to get used to the space bar sound because they put some foam in it and it changes the sound from what I'm accustomed to. It's much more of a "thock" than a "clack".
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Aug 7, 2020 23:05
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"thock" is the lord's sound
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Thanks for the help. I splurged a bit and ordered the Varmilo with a nicer colorscheme than the all black one I posted before. What is the general opinion on wrist rests? I've always used onebut I also have the bad habit of restig my wrists in it while typing and I'm pretty sure that's just begging for an RSI.
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Eezee posted:What is the general opinion on wrist rests? I've always used onebut I also have the bad habit of restig my wrists in it while typing and I'm pretty sure that's just begging for an RSI. Get this board if you want to force yourself to learn a floating typing technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vWYj97Fc8E
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.Z. posted:I just want to throw out that GMMK has a hotswap TKL in the same price range. If you wanted the option to play with switches down the road or just want more options for the initial switches it's not a bad option. I'm taking a look at this now that I'm home from work, and it's great...except the branding  They had the decency to drop "master" from "pc master race," at least... Am I the only person made uncomfortable by this poo poo? Because while this looks like a really nice keyboard, uh... Edit: is this makes no sense just probe me for being drunk Edit 3: I'm not accusing Z of anything, he's a cool guy as far as I've seen Blue Footed Booby fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Aug 8, 2020 |
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Aug 8, 2020 02:03
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"glorious PC gaming master race" was maybe funny ten years ago, if you squinted and turned off your higher brain function, but it's definitely pretty dumb-looking now, yeah
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I'm taking a look at this now that I'm home from work, and it's great...except the branding Nah, you're not the only one. It may have started as a dumb PC vs. consoles gamer culture thing but it's too close to nazi ubermensch and therefore fashy poo poo in a post trump world.
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That branding is why gmmk was never an option for me when I was looking for a hotswap keyboard. Speaking of! The Impulse arrived. It's actually pretty good! The switches are hot swappable, even though none of the branding on the box has even been updated yet to say so, and for some reason even though I was worried I would hate how it looks based on pictures and the one video review, it's actually pretty alright in person. Not sure why it didn't seem as good on screen. Build quality is good, it doesn't flex at all, I like the look, feel, and sound of the plate typing on it, and the floating keys work for me. The stabilizers aren't perfect, but they're much better than the ones on the K70 I was coming from. There's also no software to install at all, so if that's a turn off for you, great! I got mine with Box Whites, which I like quite a lot. The PBT key caps it comes with are fine, dim alternate function legend aside, especially if you like the pudding style. They gave the switches a more high-pitched tone compared to even the cheap NKPC PBT caps I swapped on, which was a surprise, but the difference wasn't huge. Downsides include the default keycap legends - which have a slightly weird font (but nowhere near as bad as, say, modern Corsair keyboards), but the function legends are almost impossible to read, with or without the LEDs. Speaking of which, I turned the LEDs off right away, though if you're into RGB then it seems like it's got some good options, but the problem is is working with them through the hot keys is a pain in the rear end, and if RGB is a big deal to you, setting them up will suck. Overall I'm pretty happy with it! I'd definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a fullsize hot swap.
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Behold my final steps into keyboard madness
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.Z. posted:Behold my final steps into keyboard madness 
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Rexxed posted:Nah, you're not the only one. It may have started as a dumb PC vs. consoles gamer culture thing but it's too close to nazi ubermensch and therefore fashy poo poo in a post trump world.  it was Yahtzee making fun of PC gamers for the PC vs console thing. Not that it matters, it's why I don't have a GMMK board, just an amusing piece of internet trivia.
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.Z. posted:Behold my final steps into keyboard madness build the switches for a keyboard
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taqueso posted:
contract a factory in China to reproduce an all-metal keyboard design from the 1970s That's the most extreme step I've seen so far.
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Some Goon posted:
I played Yahtzee as a child but don't remember that part of it.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I'm taking a look at this now that I'm home from work, and it's great...except the branding Nah, I feel the same way, even though I got a GMMK TKL back in the day (edit: wait, it was as recent as 2017; no excuses for me there). Not gonna buy anything from them again, though. In another dumb hobby of mine: there's a specific wristwatch design that has its roots in the German Luftwaffe. A few German watch manufacturers have lineage back to those days, and they're still making these watches today. It kinda looks cool, but I can never bring myself to buy one, not even a knockoff made by a non-German company with no historical ties to the Nazi airforce. :/
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I'll admit that I looked at getting a barebones GMMK as a neat hot-swapping platform, but I was driven away by the marketing. Unfortunate connotations aside, it's just cringy and I don't want to be in the position of having to explain what they mean by "glorious race" if someone happens to look at the back of my keyboard.
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So I had some amazon giftcards laying around and wanted to change the blank keys of my filco majestouch 2 so I picked up this set, seeming by mistake because for some reason poo poo like shift or backspace have this thing where if you don't push them down perfectly in the center they just feel like they're jamming or "binding" I think I'm using the term correctly. Other times they push down fine but if you push them down harder they click a second time, so I often get this nasty double click feeling specifically the backspace key and the left shift key, the space bar has zero issues.
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Dramicus posted:contract a factory in China to reproduce an all-metal keyboard design from the 1970s  https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=105222.0
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I'm taking a look at this now that I'm home from work, and it's great...except the branding It's a little reddit tier cringe, but the boards themselves are just plain aluminum slabs with no logos or branding on them at all so meh, whatever. And the price for a simple hotswap board that can be ordered barebones is good.
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If you wanna talk about questionable imagery in gaming and logos that are annoying, how about skypad. I imagine the design process had "oh, we should turn that second one around and put it at an angle" said at some point during it. The worst part is the creator loves the logo to the point they don't even give you the option to remove it or get a smaller logo on your mousepad. It's annoying as heck, but they have a literal monopoly on fps-sized glass pads right now. Blue Footed Booby posted:They had the decency to drop "master" from "pc master race," at least... Most of their products have minimal to no branding on purpose, and they actively lose customers with their current branding because people find it offensive or cringe. There's a reason most people call the company "glorious", and that's really what they should rebrand to with no logo/logo under the product being their standard. Khorne fucked around with this message at 14:00 on Aug 8, 2020 |
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Khorne posted:Despite the allusion, and how tone deaf it is in general, it's a fairly inclusive mentality. "pc gaming race" is anyone who pc games, and anyone can join the pc gaming race by pc gaming. This is a thread about $100+ keyboards. The PC gaming master race thing got started because a low end gaming pc costs double what a console does, and goes up from there. “Inclusive” isn’t quite the word you’re looking for. e: we have a $100 mouse thread in the same forum.
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.Z. posted:Behold my final steps into keyboard madness No idea. What is it?
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