As I may have mentioned elsewhere what I really like is heavy tactile feedback, with really light weight… and IO haven’t found a mech setup yet that duplicates my Amiga A1000 keyboard (fastest ever). As for the sound - unless it sounds different when mistyped (!) I don’t worry about the amount - and the cat hasn’t complained yet (on MX blues)
i like the default sound of outemu switches, theyre loud and the scratchy noise im a huge fan of personally.
My MP keyboard with outemu browns has been my favorite MK ive had so far, ive had plain cherry brand kb with browns and Azio retro with i think was Kailh Blue switches on the one i had.
I have never had a mechanical keyboard before and i didn’t want to spend $300 on one with tax such as the Cooler master CK350 which has red switches. So i opted for the cheaper combo pack Master Set MS121 to try and i really like it. They are the mem-chanical red cap clicky switches & RGB Lighting. I’m sure it’s also louder than some but i have no issue with it.
Hot swap Mechanical 65% keyboard from Cheychron is 79 Dollars, comes with Gateron brown/blue/red switches.
25 + 79 + 10(Spray lube) - 50(sell Gateron switches that came with keyboard) = 64 dollars.
Not bad for a top of the line keyboard.
Oh dear, those things suck ass… they really don’t compare to actual mech switches. Maybe a bit better than standard rubber dome keyboards…
It’s this one isn’t it? Yeah, gonna agree with Linus here it’s really bad.
Though, no judging. Glad you enjoy it.
You should check out Zealios v2s as well.
They are expensive as hell, a dollar per switch, but they really have incredible tactility. It’s the type you get from a light switch.
I like heavy keys with heavy tactile feedback. I can tolerate clicky in order to have it. I owned 1 red switch keyboard in my life. I used it for 2 days and deposited into the garbage can as the switches were so insanely light I couldn’t type on it.
I’ve only used a couple Topre keyboards, and I couldn’t stand the things. FAR, FAR, FAR too light for my tastes. Ideally I want my keyboard to feel like a classic, mechanical typewriter. I like HEAVY switches. Currently I use all blues since everything else I’ve tried was too lightweight, although to be fair I’d like far heavier than this.
I would love to, but the problem is finding a keyboard that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg in the US. I won’t pay more than $80 for a 100% mechanical keyboard (I don’t care about the gaming features, or RGB, and Red Dragon makes really good ones for $40-$60 so not paying double that), or $40 for anything that’s 10-keyless (since it’s lacking a feature I use a lot, so I won’t pay ANYWHERE near as much for one). I have heard about the Ink Blacks before, and have found not a SINGLE keyboard available for purchase in the US that uses these switches for under $120.
I’ve never heard of the Zealios v2…I’ll have to look for them.
60%? Ewwwww, no way am I touching something like that. The 75%/80% is the smallest I’ll go. Anything smaller than that and it’s unusable to me. I use F-key far too much, keypad far too much to be wasting my money on those types of keyboards. That and having to purchase the switches I wanted would make it like $100+, not a chance I’m spending that kind of money on a keyboard that doesn’t have a full Fn row and keypad. The companies that make these seem to not realize there’s people that set at desks that can have a full keyboard, and thus WANT a full keyboard.
But there’s still a few dozen keys missing. I want a SINGLE KEY I press for each things. A single key for each letter. A single key, for each number. A single key, for each Fn key. A single key, for each keypad. I WANT a full keyboard. I’ve been using them for 30+ years, I’m quite good at using them without looking down, including the keypad. I don’t WANT something where I need to remember “meta+arc+1+4+q+r+z=Fn1 key”. Nope, too much work.
Thanks, I’ll just stick to blues until I can find someone who actually makes it with the switches I want to try. Re-switching a keyboard is more labor than I want. And reselling the old switches would take FOREVER since if you use ebay you’ll lose so much on the ebay fees + paypal fees, and I can’t use offerup since ti’s phone only for selling (I don’t install apps on my phone).
I’m completely the opposite. I like HUGE, HEAVY, MASSIVE keyboards. I want my keyboard to function as a deadly melee weapon, in case I am attacked by a home invader (and I want it to be stronger and more durable than my opponent’s head).
