mewse posted:

KBTalking switches are custom Greetech switches apparently. When I search "disco tkl" on amazon canada they are all KBT switches.

Constellation I posted:

CyberPingu posted:

It doesnt come in clear because MX Clears dont support RGB Leds unfortunately. Which sucks as clears are my favourite switches.

Browns are pretty good, but too light for my tastes as i like to hammer my keys. They almost feel like blues without the click halfway down.

It really boils down to if your preference is RGB or switch preference.

CyberPingu posted:

If you are using RGB as a way of identifying keys in the dark id recommend getting some proper lighting for your desk otherwise you are going to screw up your eyes. (I have RGB at home and i love sparkling things too)

Steakandchips posted:

Might be the wire bar ends need greasing (no, really, this is an actual thing).

Zarin posted:

Does the stabilizer bar clip to the bottom of the key at all? (I don't know anything about wire stabilizers - all my keyboards seem to have cherry-style stabilizers)

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A Goon recommended this brand to me when I got into mechanical keyboards, and I really like them:
https://grifiti.com/collections/fat-wrist-pads

Some Goon posted:

Let it dry out for a good while, test the switches, replace any that are borked? Not sure what you need to do about potential PCB issues, what did you spill?

CyberPingu posted:

What type/model of keyboard?

I've spilled a variety of liquids on keyboards so you might be ok.

teethgrinder posted:

Your avatar makes me believe the cat is to blame

Thirst Mutilator posted:

Sound tolerance will always hinge on your neighbors and environment. My manager's MX Browns and my MX Clears were tolerable in our pod, but the entire floor was VERY open plan - rows of desks, if you wanted quiet you were expected to get a conference room - so there was no expectation of silence, and everyone had headphones. I'd say give it a shot but I'd be ready reverse course if anyone complained. Being able to use a mechanical keyboard at work isn't a hill I'm willing to die on professionally, though I don't have RSI or a condition that could change the calculus

Zarin posted:

Said it better than I could have.

To add some content, when I was in an open-plan office it seemed like you could hear everyone type on the garbage-tier Dell keyboards we were supplied with. The people that had "upgraded" to the "ergonomic" keyboards were even louder than that, given that the hump in the "ergo" keyboard they were assigned seemed to just create an even bigger hollow space for the sound to resonate in. In this environment I chose to bring in a GMMK with Box Navies, and nobody cared. One of my friends a couple rows away said that they could tell when I was typing vs. other people because it sounded different, but that was about it.

I did worry about the noise for the first couple weeks but then I stopped thinking about it altogether. I had that keyboard in that open area for about a year or so before COVID sent us all home and I never made it back there. So, YMMV but it depends on what the environment is like now, what the expectations are, and all that. But since you already own the board, might as well take it in and see if anyone says anything or even seems to notice.

Edit: I got a quieter keyboard for my new office area, a Keychron in browns, since my BOX Navy board became my WFH board. Seems about the same noise if not less than the garbage-tier Dell keyboards we get by default. Joke's on me, though, nobody is ever in the shared office with me so I could have brought anything I wanted and nobody would be around to care.