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full travel linears
>MX2A Blacks
>Gat KS-3
>HMX Snow Crash
>Gat Oil Kings
long pole linears
>SWK Ghost Dragons
>BSUN Raw
>Kailh BCP
>Hyacinth V2U
>Gat Smoothie/Sea Salt
>HMX Xinhai
>HMX Macchiato
>Keygeek Y2/Oat
>HMX Bad Sweetheart
tactiles
>MX2A Brown/Clear
>Lichicx (anything)
>Haimu (anything)
>Gateron Quinn/Lanes/Green Apple/Type R/
>HMX Frog/Snowfall/Firecracker/Yamatake

The shitty Corsair keycaps are completely falling apart at this point so I think I'll pull the trigger on getting a keycap set just to have a usable keyboard.
https://aliexpress.com/item/1005005484468911.html
These WoB clone ones should be decent for the price, no? I like that they have both the normal division/multiply for the numpad as well as the 1u Win and Fn keycaps so I can use them on my K70 and then be able to migrate to a proper board in the future with normal spacing.

>>108151907
As long as you have a newer K70 that has the standard bottom row, and not one of the models that has a fucked up non-standard 6.5u spacebar

Basically if all the keys on your bottom row are the same width, you're safe. If some are wider than others, you have the fucked up Corsair layout that makes buying replacement keycaps impossible

>>108151921
Yeah I have the fucked up old Corsair layout (K70 LUX) with the shitty laser etched keycaps that crack at the stem, but at this point I don't want to commit to a brand new board rn (no 104 ANSI with normal status LED's also zero jobs worth a shit) so at the very least I want some replacement keycaps to have a usable board. If I'll have to keep the stock spacebar, I'll keep it since that didn't wear out the same way other keys did, whatever. Left Control is on a second replacement keycap, so third in total, and the replacements have an even thinner, shittier stem. At this point it's 1/4th cracked and holding on by sheer willpower. WASDZC lettering is visibly worn out and I don't use the backlighting anymore so having double shot WoB legends would be a plus. Note that this is my very first mech with MX Browns I've had for 8 years so obv I'd be getting something completely different nowadays, with switches that are properly tactile and such.

>>108151986
My brother had a corsair for that long, and he only cracked one of those shitty keycaps once, and that's because he's a fucking retard who rests his feet on his keyboard

I don't know how you're managing to break them consistently

>>108151994
It's the left Control specifically that's getting it's ass beaten by me, other keycaps may sit loosely or have light stem cracks, but it was the left Control that got beaten so hard that I've ruined three stems in total at this point. The OG one went circa 2020-2021, which is when I wrote to Corsair's support and they've sent me two replacements that were even shittier than the OG's (even less plastic on the stems) and now the second replacement got cracked. Again, Corsair's keycaps from these boards are notoriously shit quality, cheap plastic and laser etched, no double shot or anything.

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KKB versus GMK.

CRP spacebar is pretty good what the fuck

>>108151685
could you cool it with the femboy stuff. not trying to shit on you but you are becoming quite obnoxious and you are driving people away.

I already have my endgame.

>>108153094
CRP is hard to explain to the uninitiated, but it is a very special set

>>108153517
Every general has one poster like that. It's a law of nature or something

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>>108151001
Eventually got it working. For me, the only json that worked was "GMK26 (Wired)." Obviously, be sure you're connected USB. Do your remapping then connect 2.4 if that's what you want.
In digging I found it's Korean, not Chinese (still made in China) and the switches are supposedly HaiMu.

>>108153517
Severe delusion.
>but I can see the Matrix and I can see people view and leave without commenting!
Each thread hits 310+

>>108154965
Yeah because 200+ of the posts say "mx blacks ONLY", "get your G on", or "ouuu the thocking feels so good in my keebussy"

Posting in this thread recently feels like accidentally walking into a room with one extremely talkative guy.

>>108155056
Welcome to /g/ where putting a twink in your posts guarantees your immunity from off-topic or spam reports

I wish I had a keebussy

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fuck off satan, you won't tempt me with mechanical keyboard, i will stay faithful to my k120

I ordered some Greetech browns because they were dirt cheap at MK, supposedly they're even scratchier than MX browns. Sound tests with them sound retarded. Excited to try them

Hall effect/etc. is cool and all, but when are we getting a keyboard with load cell switches?

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It's too bad both sellers bought WKL F1s when they did. It's time to fix the other one.

Anyone have any experience with MT3 or KAT cap sets? Not really trying to drop $120 on them only to find out I should have bought another SA set.

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>>108155983
MT3 is way better than SA imo. The dishing is noticeably deeper, so it "hugs" your fingertips more than SA. Just feels nice.
This is dactyl specific but the sculpting, wider tops to the caps, & taller height meant that with SA it felt like the adjacent caps were in the way of the one you were trying to hit. That effect is basically gone with MT3.
You could wait for a BOGO sale if you're worried about the price.

>>108155983
MT3 is great, fun to use, looks good. But, at least in my experience with the ABS set, the spacebar doesn't sound great. And I think MT3 looks better the higher your keyboard's typing angle is. On a relatively flat keyboard it looks funny.

Never tried real SA, only clones. The clones are OK.

>>108155709
Can't make two tone boards uglier than they already are, go for it!

>>108155709
Caps lock enjoyers are fucking retards, confirmed (as if anyone needed it confirmed)

>>108155983
Superior to SA imo
Recommend the PBT sets

>>108155709
BASED

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>>108155056
let's see the last thread
>14 Geon
>14 MX Black
>3 get your G on
>"200+ of the posts"

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get your Jane on

>>108156894
I thought you faggots made fun of expensive boards

i want clicky tactile switches like cherry mx blue since its been a long while, are they still recommended in 2026 or is there something else? mostly looking for the light clicky noises

>>108151666
Use case for a keyboard with 722 function keys?

>>108156864
Don't forget baion

>>108156864
It's at least 200

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>>108157167
>3 Baion

>>108156961
Nobody has made a good clicky yet imo. Waiting for someone to make basically zealpc clickies but with the tactility of an mx blue.

>>108157073
map them to snipe different vendors everytime a fancy GB goes live
press F1 and it gets your G on
become the sole owner of all boards in all GBs
flip them for 50% more or whatever
rinse and repeat and you have your own Berkshire Hathaway
go on get rich

>>108156961
Get box whites or pinks if you want a clicky switch with low/medium tactility. Zeal clickies are great but they're very tactile, which is probably not what you're looking for.

>>108157638
Box White V2s are endgame clickies.

It's funny though, I've never seen anyone use Box Whites on a fancy custom.

>>108155983
MT3 sets go on sale all the time. Just be patient.

>>108156961
melodics are the best clickies imo. I can definitely recommend them to an mx blue enjoyer

>>108158059
I think they're a lot more tactile. I like them, they're OK, but I like the feeling of MX blues more.

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For me, it's HMX

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Get your GMK on

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I'm eyeballing with the new Keychron V1 Ultra 8K, it looks perfect for my needs and the price tag isn't even that horror. It's not available currently where I live, but hopefully it gets here soon.

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based as fuck
there will be no production.

>>108160489
>I asked CC about the payment delay for the +84. They explained that:
>“We were not aware that payment was pending, as our team members from the US, Europe, and China work collaboratively across regions, and there may have been miscommunication or missed messages, which could have led to us overlooking the author’s messages.
>That said, we have now received your message and will look into this carefully and resolve the issue as soon as possible.
>Please rest assured that we are still operating normally and our business is doing well. We will never run away, and we take full responsibility for all customers who trust and support us.”
hahaha

>>108161265
what a faggot lmao

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$66 for BNIB-tier GMK.

>>108156195
Experiment with Keychron's KSA, they're MT3-like

>>108161880
from the thumbnail I though you posted the Epstein files.

>>108162061
Reddit has you covered there. Behold, GMK x Epstein:
>https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1qrzv4s/i_bought_this_keycap_set_about_a_year_ago_a/

>>108162145
kek

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you're welcome!

Keychron - V5 Max 96%
or
RK ROYAL KLUDGE S98

>>108164414
Keychron, duh

Is Keychron being shilled in here?

>>108164521
A Keychron is naturally the better pick when compared to a Royal Kludge.

>>108164618
What's better than Keychron in general?

>>108164433
What if the price difference is $30-40 in RK's favor?

>>108164650
you get Gateron switches with the Keychron, which are 100% better than whatever slop they pair with the RK
The RK is top mount so typing will feel exhaustive compared to the softer push on the Keychron's gasket mount
just cry once and buy once already, the longer you wait the longer it's gonna take to get delivered

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MTNU sets are now available in-stock on GMK's website, Boomer Beige and WoB, price runs from ~$100 to ~$150 depending on keyboard size kit

>find nice keeb
>no ISO layout

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I am really liking the Melodics in the PC66. The stock stabs are nice, the PC plate is very stiff and not at all like the PC plates you'd get on other keyboards. They're just great for these switches. There's no QMK/VIA, but it doesn't need any software to use the macros either, they're all pre-mapped. I haven't used any smaller keyboards like this to know better, but it's a good thing to have anyway.

>>108164735
I see. Thanks.

I'm feeling out of the beige mood and into black or white, does Shepno have any PBT keycap sets that come in either of those? Their quality was really good with the set I got.

Also, I really wish that I bought that PBT Cherry profile 6.5u spacebar in bulk considering the shipping cost more than the keycap, cause I can't find that listing on Aliexpress anymore.

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>>108165290
>does Shepno have any PBT keycap sets that come in either of those?
There's pic rel on Ali for something on the darker side.

>>108165290
Shenpo is dye-sub. They buy the blank caps from a manufacturer (iirc Gateron? Don't really know though) and then do the dye-sublimation. They have no ability to do black keycaps with white legends by any other method than reverse dye sublimation, ie dye all over the keycap except for the legend. There are lots of problems with this, both visual color consistency and warping (dye sub uses heat, more dye means more heat, more potential warping)

Shenpo does have a 2048 black on black set, but it's hard to read the legends on sets like that.

Mechanicalkeyboards.com has a new double-shot WoB set made by Leopold which is just under $50 for a TKL kit and ~70 for full base kit. I ordered a set to check it out and will tell you guys whether it's any good when it gets here

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Ah yes, they carry WoB too.

>>108158021
Clickies don't go very well with aluminum. They go well with plastic.

>>108165414
I wouldn't expect this to measure up against their beige sets

>>108164735
That's not what exhaustive means.

AKKO TAC75 HE or MonsGeek FUN68? Anyone got a kb with either glares or flash switche? Wanna try a hall effect kb, sifted to everything and now got to decide which one, either cost ~40 euros.

>>108165550
>Akko A or Akko B?
The last time I recommended Akko the poster came back a week later to thank me for recommending a keyboard that was dead on arrival

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How should I go about refurbishing an original K95? For something that uses Cherry MX Red switches, it is really loud and I'd really prefer some Cherry profile keycaps that don't leave behind an oily finger texture.

I don't have the original wrist wrest.

>>108165573
step 1: find a WoB keycap set that comes with a 6.5u spacebar

that'll take a while, don't worry about next steps until then

>>108165565
That's cool or whatever, but assuming it won't be doa, is there any hidden reason to get one instead of the other? Otherwise I would just toss a coin.

>>108165609
They both look like shit and sound like shit and are exclusively shilled by astroturf RGB influencers, pick your poison

I'd go for 75% over 65 just because having that extra gap to the escape key prevents accidentally opening the esc menu when you meant to hit 1, and sometimes games have something bound to tilde by default. There are just more keys within reach of the left hand if you have that extra row up there, I think that matters.

MX Blacks on Alu
typos guaranteed

>>108165648
Don't care for looks and sound (I'm unironically a bit deaf and touch-type anyway). But the 1-esc thing is something I hadn't thought about. Thanks a lot! Will just buy the 75 % one, worst thing that could happen is that I wasted 36.50 euros.

>>108165689
Yeah 75% is an ugly layout but it's popular for a reason. And to their credit they give you F13 (I mean the condensed f-row layout, not the actual key value they assign by default) and a full column on the right so you can get the whole nav cluster in there.

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So why the fuck are there no good keyboards yet. Even ANSI have no choices.

https://redragonshop.com/products/yama-k550
This looks cool, like a K70 that isn't complete shit.

>>108165689
Oh shit where did you find it for that price? I ordered the TAC75 for 70€ yesterday

>>108165573
Dante Must Die mode: solder in Mill-max hotswap sockets

>>108165799
Redragon is probably king of the kinds of shithouse keyboards that Razer, Corsair, etc. put out in years past

>>108165768
you gotta build your own
>Geon Frog Leggera
>Geon Venom TKL HE PCB + plate
>Geon Raw HE Switch
just face it, it's cheaper and better this way
no you do not need RGB or low profile BS
get your G on

and for your next build, use a Nixie spacebar but with the housing materials upside down
thicc black nylon up top
milky housing down below

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>>108165924

>>108165902
>solder in Mill-max hotswap sockets
Just need to figure out which size.

Most people doom scroll on the Twatter or the Ticky-Tocky or the Instant Grams, I scroll to my doom on Ali's Express, we are not the same.

I'm inclined to get an HHKB even though I have a Realforce already. Topre cult got me by the balls.

>>108165859
link:
>aliexpress.com/item/1005009681742524.html
got the black one with the glare switches. note that depending on your switches, yours might be more expensive (or sold out) everywhere, but since I don't know any of the switches and theorizing won't help, I went for the cheapest ones.

>>108166588
I have an HHKB and want to get a Realforce just to have one. I also just bought another HHKB because I poured coffee into my old one.
My old HHKB still works perfectly fine after the coffee incident but I kinda got scared because if my HHKB would have died I would have potentially had to go WEEKS without an HHKB and I literally can't do that.

Bazoomp

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>>108161942
Maybe if it includes competent ergo kits. Though I also have multiple MT3 sets just sitting in my closet waiting to be put on a board.

I like my keeb. It's a 100% with a sound knob. I just need proper keycaps that feels GOOD. Simple black keycaps with good material and white letterring is enough.

>>108165768
typface kafka, if the group buy is still open

>>108165768
I feel like I'm the only person in this thread who figured out what your image meant lol. Other replies are retarded

Sorry, no low profile wireless RGB hall effect keyboards yet, I guess if you need those things you'll have to wait. You are probably gay if you need those things also

>>108168062
get any WoB set from KKB/GMK

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>>108167454
Those look cool, is there any you recommend with a similar look that are uniform profile? I have been using the blank ones with your kit, and they’re fine but I like the style/legends like that. I guess using alternative layouts make finding nice sets harder, and I’m not sure if I could stomach some limited edition hypebeast prices

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>wob numpad keycaps
>faggoty math signs
>no standard alt keycaps available
fuck every niggerlicious manufacturer that pulls this shit desu, it's like they are physically incapable of being le quirky goofy with their designs even if their one fucking job is to copy every single office membrane keyboard made in the last two decades

>>108169180
>I guess using alternative layouts make finding nice sets harder
Yea, unfortunately. Don't know anything off-hand, but last I checked KAM sets were good about including ergo kits.

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Literally the most impossible task for keycap manufacturers
>look at pic rel
>copy the legends 1:1 into a WoB color scheme
>do not change a single fucking thing about it
Same goes for keyboard manufacturers
>look at picrel
>copy the layout 1:1 including the status LED's
>do not change a single fucking thing about it
Faggots need to constantly do some retarded gimmick like 108-keys, or being *this* close to nailing it but adding retarded status LED's that are beyond useless compared to Num Lock and Scroll Lock (Keychron being the worst offender here, fuck you slit eyed faggots).

Whenever I look at the market to get something for myself I'm constantly mad that not a single manufacturer even dares to do what everyone has been doing for decades. Always gotta put a retarded quirk into it because fuck you.

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Oh yeah forgor, IBM did that shit themselves.
All that has to be done.
Picrel keycaps.
For MX stems.
1:1, no changes.
Impossible for them.
Why.

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thoughs on split keyboards with integrated trackpads / trackballs? e.g. moergo go60 (picrel), zsa voyager w/ navigator trackball, et cetera

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Hurry the fuck up Cheng, this keycap will 100% give out today, another 1/4th of the stem is cracking off already.

>>108166588
I bought a realforce keyboard recently, what can I expect?
Also, do normal keycap pullers you'd use on a cherry mx keycap work on topre keycaps?

>>108168062
pbtfans wob are good but i personally dont like the icon mods

>>108169466
just add superglue lol

>>108169475
you can expect a weird mixture between linear and tactile. I don’t think it’s bad but I also don’t understand how anyone thinks topre is the greatest thing ever

>>108169549
Good idea, but I remembered the board came with alternative keycaps profiled for FPS and MOBA gayming, and those have the old good quality stems, maybe even better than the regular ones since they're made from solid black plastic, so I used a W one as an alternative for the time being. Hopefully Cheng will pull through and the new WoB set will arrive soon.

And maybe there'll be a decent 104-key ANSI base to get to finally ditch this shitty ass K70 for good. It had a good run but it's starting to piss me off. Maybe get a wooden wristrest as well.

>>108169574
maybe it's because "thing (japan)" but I just like collecting weird novel shit that does things differently

>>108169187
shut the fuck up retard

>>108169212
just dumpster dive bro

>>108170055
Learn how to design keycaps faggot

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>>108171113
Make me

>>108169187
in what way are those "faggoty math signs"?

Do you resell your keycaps locally if you decide you no longer want to use them?

>>108169243
I have a friend who games on this M13 he found for like ten bucks in a box, this keyboard looks so good.

>>108165601
>6.5u spacebar
I did buy a pink 6.5u cherry spacebar, but only one, now I can't find the listing on Ali anymore... this is proving to be a problem.

In the meantime, I'm wondering about whether to lube the existing MX Reds or buy some silent switches of some type.
>>108165679
What about MX Blacks on aluminium?

>>108171541
Did not exist on numpads ever since they were first introduced until some retards decided they're incapable of releasing a keyboard related product without it being quirky in some way, which is circa this decade. Even all the gayming keyboard with their shitty fonts still adhered to the standard of a forward slash and an asterisk, because that's what these keys fucking type.

That's what the code for math equations looks like, that's what you type to comment out code, and given how in the modern keyboard landscape numpads have been relegated to this optional legacy thing only neckbeards use, there is no reason to suddenly turn those into math signs and not giving people options to have the same legends that existed ever since the Model M besides purposefully being a cunt.

>>108169187
what is the problem here

>>108171575
(You)
Ya happy?

>>108171587
no, I genuinely want to know what the problem is

>>108171592
And I explained what the problem is, so you're not getting another wall of text out of me. I'm not that retarded.

>>108171570
okay, thought you were just being a faggot, your concerns are valid... cheers

Guys could you recommend me a plain and simple full sized, white-backlit mechanical keyboard that does NOT need any retarded software to configure ?

I bought a Logitech G413 SE and this piece of shit forgets its lighting brightness everytime I reboot.

>>108171900
Fucking uhh bodge it with OpenRGB running on startup for the time being maybe? Do look for a better board tho cuz gayming ones are hot shit

>>108171931
>OpenRGB
not supported.

>>108171570
it looks better now so whatever
the free market has spoken

>>108171575
the problem is he's off his meds, there's always people like that around these days.
there is simply nothing wrong with that numpad LMAO

peak autism, just get used to seeing actual mathematical symbols on your numpad instead of whining about muh code
of all the things to whinge about

Thoughts on OG MX Blues in current year? I miss using those.

>>108169212
Get custom sublimated keys at Signature Plastics, call it a day.
>>108169466
Consider, for the future, reinforcing the sides of the key with epoxy before it breaks.

>>108172555
if you want a modern clicky switch with hysteresis there isn't really a better option other than buckling spring from unicomp

that being said mx blues sound terrible and don't feel as good as bs so just go bs

>>108169187
https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/products/mkl-keycap-set-classic-black-wob
One more way MK x Leopold got it right

>>108172322
He's 100% right actually. Putting an "x" on a key than inputs a * is fucking retarded

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>>108171570
Yeah if we're gonna put quirky icons on keys to show what they're used for rather than their literal input, we might as well start doing goofy shit like this too

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Are sub legends based? Or cringe?

>>108173323
Based if you ever use them. Cringe if not.

I'd be tempted to get a board with greek sublegends because I do actually use greek symbols sometimes, or might occasionally insert an ancient greek word into something I'm saying

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>>108173323
I'm a sucker for nordic/tulip sublegends

>>108173323
this hobby is about aesthetics and personal preferences so yes it is based
the free market has spoken

>>108173675
You have not even begun to think about aesthetics if you invoke the name in this way.

I've spring-swapped the MX Browns on this soldered board twice already but I'm beginning to think I need to spring swap them one more time because they still feel too heavy (went from regular length 70g springs to 22mm 55g springs, which still feel very heavy)

Might try 18mm 50g next. I want length because it makes the browns feel a little more tactile, but wow does it ever make them feel heavier to press

Anyone have recommendations for a ~65g spring that doesn’t have the large portions of wind up at the ends? I need to swap springs for some switches and when bottoming out on these spare boba springs there is a bit of crunchiness from what I am guessing is too much compression. I forgot to measure the stem width but I tried a different set springs that were pull outs and they didn’t fit.

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>>108173703
FREE MARKET

>>108174465
>keycaps over double the price of the keyboard
this hobby is deranged

>>108176555
Why are you retards so confident that keycaps are supposed to be one of the cheap parts of a keyboard? What do you think is so special about a case and a pcb?

>>108176626
there is no universe where big chunks of machined and anodized aluminum should ever be cheaper than some small, injection molded pieces of plastic. it simply makes no sense

>>108176670
Injection molding is only cheap at huge scales, and when you're paying peanuts for labor like in china.

>>108176670
>there is no universe where big chunks of machined and anodized aluminum should ever be cheaper than some small, injection molded pieces of plastic
You forgot to mention the part where you're comparing two big chunks of aluminum to ~140 small injection moulded pieces of plastic

>>108176670
Machining the molds for injection molding is orders of magnitude more expensive than machining an aluminum keyboard case. Injection molding is only cheap if you are producing something in large quantities.

>>108173853
i dont like heavy springs, 50g is about the most i like. 35g is too light though, i usually end up going for 40-45g

>>108155983
>not really trying to drop $120 on them
BoW is $40 right now

https://drop.com/buy/drop-mt3-black-on-white-keycap-set

I’m buying the 8bitdo retro keyboard. tell me why it’s a bad idea and what else to get that is similar to 90’s vibes and price

>>108177458
it doesn't really matter what you buy at that price

you do you

>>108177458
it looks cringe and reddit, get a classic tkl if you want a retro look which isnt quite as cringe
https://novelkeys.com/products/classic-tkl-keyboard

>>108177494
he is a normalfag. he isn't going to want to buy stabs, switches and keycaps

>>108177458
Are you buying the TKL or the full-size? I would kind of recommend buying the full-size because the numpad is a cool companion piece, but it's also not programmable in any way. The full-size also has better quality PBT keycaps than the TKL and the numpad do. 8bitdo keyboards are plenty for a Good Enough solution for somebody that doesn't want to fuck with stabilizers and stuff like that, I find the clip-ins on the keyboards from factory to be perfectly good.

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>kafka GB is expiring soon
>tempted to get it and try HE since it's basically a cheaper series 2 encore with a bottom wood accent instead of top
>HE version is prebuilt only
>HE version can't even do split backspace
bro... why...

for all the geon dicksucking, this PCB has fuck all for layout options

>>108176670
Commie cope

>>108177458
go for it retard

>>108177458
https://vortexgear.store/collections/multix

>>108177577
split trannies deserve to seethe
stop removing stabilized keys ok?
it's bad enough with the split shift

>>108177757
backspace on \ is just superior
\ should be a 1u key

it just makes sense, ok?

>>108177577
I have never heard of a hall effect pcb offering optional split backspace. Is that actually possible?

>>108178036
I don't know. It is with EC. It's hard to tell because there are hardly any HE customs.

>>108177458
Get a keychron instead

>>108178547
A keychron doesn't come with clicky switches, and what's so great about the styling of a Keychron anyway? At least the 8bitdo has a proper dedicated caps lock LED, which the Keychron doesn't

Also the Xbox one is totally siiick

t. Keychron owner, fully support his choice to buy something else

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'member Das Keyboard?

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Help me, I'm stuck keeb anons! How do I progress to the land of 140wpm?

>>108179004
fast typing is for edgelords
>ooh look at me go at 220 WPM
0 real-world benefits

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>>108178579
what did I fucking say retard
ignore these mongs and get your 8bitdo on
or become a commie conformist and get some beige piece of shit so you can fit in with anonymous losers

What's the best deal on a silent keyboard I can find in the 50-90 dollar range? Multimedia controls preferred.

>>108178896
>minecraft was created with cherry mx sand switches

>>108179112
well, there is benefit: good typing skill reduces cognitive load when coding and thus improves your productivity

>>108177556
was getting the tkl and numpad but maybe the full size now

>>108177506
tis true I’m a normalfag

>>108178579
>>108179133
i got a steamdeck to replace my mac mini for grad school. had a logitech k760 for about a decade until some cats broke it. now my plan is the logitech keys to go 2 for being on campus in class or libraries, and a mechanical keyboard at home on the desk while docked. and i dunno the 8bitdo retro keyboard spoke to me even though it does in fact, look cringey and reddit. but i already have the mario and zelda game & watches and lego gameboy so the two red button aesthetic would fit in. i was wondering if the 8bitdo was secretly awful and or there’s a better board out there.

>>108177494
this one also speaks to me

>>108179279
no it isn't awful, go for it

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Beautiful.

creamy baionsicles

>>108179279
>i was wondering if the 8bitdo was secretly awful and or there’s a better board out there.
There are theoretically better boards out there but 8bitdo is perfectly cool if you have no intention of really programming your keyboard, or doing more than remapping keys. There's maybe one or two Game Boy themed keyboard cases out there and that's about it for retro vidya themed keyboards, so 8bitdo has market penetration on that niche.

I am saving money to build a workstation to work professionally with audiovisual production. If you would like to contribute here it is

https://www.abacashi.com/vaquinha/me-ajude-a-montar-a-melhor-workstation-para-edicao-de-videos-do-brasil

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>WOT IF I JUST REPLACED BEIGE WITH GRAY AND MARKETED IT AS TWO DIFFERENT SETS?
>FUCKING IDIOTS WILL EAT IT UP

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>FUCKING CHINKS SELLING GMK CLONES GRRR
>SUPPORT THE DESIGNERS
>BUY GMK GODDAMNIT

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>>108181266
I fucking wish, I've wanted a cromulent GMK DMG clone in a sculpted profile since the colorway was first announced.

>>108181570
At least this one looks unique.

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>I got your switch storage box right her-

>>108181570
>no Ctrl keys
>just layer everything bro
>style over substance bro
>that will be $400, no delivery and no refunds
mental illness

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>>108181266
Cheng will offer me the two extra regular numpad keycaps instead of forcing me to use the quirky math symbols while the faggot krauts will outright refuse to offer these despite charging fucktarded prices for the numpad keycaps alone. Which is extra fucktarded for kraut faggotry given how Cherry to this day manages to sell boards with bog standard legends, yet these kraut faggots keep pulling shit like this.

sorry if it's a dumb question, but i'm broke and my keyboard won't work anymore (a few weeks ago it would stop from time to time but now it won't do anything anymore)
are there some cheap but decent mechanical keyboards you guys would recommend from aliexpress?
can i find something something decent for like 20 or 30 dollars max?

>mechanical keyboard
>doesn't click
the market should be nothing but clicky IBM clones

>>108181819
use any Amazon keyboard until you can save up for a decent mech

>>108179279
>wondering if the 8bitdo was secretly awful
Not that I'm aware of. The Keychron has two big advantages over the 8bitdo:
- QMK/VIA programmability, meaning no need to download software to remap the keys (VIA), and more extensive alterations to the firmware are possible (QMK), though for most boards that's not necessary.
- Assembled with hex screws, which means it's easy to disassemble. The 8bitdo is assembled with clips, which are a pain in the ass

Other than that the differences are all a matter of preference as far as I'm aware.

>>108179732
I dislike all sets where the mod colors are inverted alpha colors

>>108181794
>hile the faggot krauts will outright refuse to offer these
https://www.gmk.net/shop/en/gmk-cyl-wob-white-on-black-keycaps/fptk5007

>>108179004
https://files.catbox.moe/1ue5cd.txt

Four books of Mencius, English translation. 18,000 words. Custom monkeytype, 2000-3000 words at a time.

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You guys joining the CRP R7 group buy?

Mnemonic Cyrillic FTW

>>108182247
Kind of a bonus for the 8bitdo is it's clipped, but it also doesn't really have any modification points you can't easily reach, clip-in stabs and hotswap switches. Top-mounted but it feels fine. It has a silicone pad for noise dampening, as I recall, or at least the TKL does. I can't really think of anything I'd change about it besides putting some liquid silicone in the bottom of the case for weight.

>>108181570
this also speaks to me

what is it?

can anyone tell me if DCS is worth it as someone who doesn’t really like the sharpness of standard cherry profile and prefers scooped keycaps

>>108184042
There's very little difference between cherry and DCS profile.

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>>108184042
>sharpness
they're a little more rounded on top, and the corners are round instead of straight. the spacebar digs into your thumb a little more, though. some people really dislike DCS spacebar.

it's mostly an aesthetic and sound preference, i think. DCS looks more vintage. the caps are also thinner, meaning that it brings out more of the switch sound. however, with some keyboards they can sound too thin. they're best on keyboards that already sound pretty deep.

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>Hey anon!
>Gimme a board wit nuthin!

>>108183801
looks like a Ramaworks thermal with GMK DMG

>>108184183
>the spacebar digs into your thumb a little more, though. some people really dislike DCS spacebar.
Yeah I was trying just the spacebar the other day and it felt pretty aggressive on that bottom edge

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i hate that this is the only half decent beige mouse with a good sensor / feature set
>>108184218
yeah, you used to it imo, but my friend for instance uses a cherry spacebar on his DCS set

>>108184228
The side buttons suck, would replace with some 3D printed bigger ones if I could be assed. Good sensor and fucking love the charging dock + 2.4ghz hub though. Dock isn't gojng anywhere once it's on your desk, surprisingly heavy.

>>108182355
autism
>>108183801
don't even fucking look at that thing
make a decision anyway
>>108184042
lmao how dainty are your fingers?

>>108183295
>Q3 2026
they can have my money when it's in stock and ready to be shipped.

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>hey Jee-Yon, you still got those unsold beige caps and shitty stock Cherries?
>mark them up, people want nothing else but beige and MX Blacks now

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>AND SO I RESET MY ROUTER AND I DODGED MY IP BAN AND I SAID "GET BEIGE OR WOB OR YOU WON'T FIT IN WITH US" AND IT WORKED

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>THANKS FOR BUYING MY UNSOLD SHIT, FAGGOT
>DON'T FORGET TO BUY IT ALL AGAIN NEXT WEEK

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>>108183801
Guy saying it's a Ramaworks Thermal seems to be on the money, keycap set is GMK DMG

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All finished building out my latest wireless Helix 4-row. Found the perfect little battery to fit in between the PCB and bottom plate, so extended the battery life from ~2 days to ~1 week. Trying to decide if it's safe to wire in another battery in parallel for ~2 weeks per charge. I'm not too up-to-speed on LiPo parallel. Lots of people online saying bad idea with just as many saying it's perfectly fine.

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I need side print keycaps that are black with white text and are non shine through keycaps. preferably with pbt plastic. It feels impossible to find...

>>108185728
I use mx stem switches by the way. filco has a board with the the keycaps i want the majestouch 3 ninja but thats it and its expensive for a dookie keyboard

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>>108185728
https://www.amazon.com/OHY-Lusterfly-Switches-Mechanical-Keyboards-White/dp/B0G62PMS2N?s=electronics
Closest I can find, MDA profile

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>>108151666
/g/ i ain't got enuf space on my table to place a keyboard. What do?

>>108185808
damn theyre kinda zesty thats messed up. is there really not a market for them? I thought side print was kinda popular

>>108185860
Side print is more a thing *because* of RGB than existing alongside it

>>108185854
Get a small thinkpad with the original keyboard like the x220 or x230 modded and get rid of everything on your desk like your monitor and mouse. All you need is a thinkpad and a trackpoint if you're space consious

>>108185866
i always thought it was because it helps prevent fading on the font plus it looks cool. i guess thats not a factor anymore because everyone uses fancy doubleshot pbt stuff now but i just like how they look side prints look without rgb like the majestouch 3 oh well

>>108185274
>RAMA
Still amazing how hard they fell from grace.

help me /mkg/
i took my shift key off and it won't go back on properly

Are o-rings still the meta of keycap dampening?

>>108185897
Geon does it better than Rama ever did or potentially could
>>108186877
just buy silent switches jeez

>>108185877
if you have a keyboard with qmk, you can map some keys to mouse movement and mouse clicks. it’s not as good as the nipple but it’s usable

baionzilla fr

MX Blacks
MX Browns
MX Nixies
no you do not need anything else

Are there any keyboard bases with:
>hot swap
>NKRO 1000Hz
>104-key ANSI
>NumLock/CapsLock/ScrollLock status LED's
>QMK/VIA
that are available anywhere or is the market still hyperfixated on 108-key BS and Keychron's fucktarded Win/Mac LED's for retards?

>>108187540
Monsgeek M5?
hot swap capable
n key rollover + 1000hz
108 keys instead of 104 but whatever
LEDs for all keys so you can disable the rest lol
QMK/VIA ready
go for it CUNT

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>>108169212
I have felt this frustration before. I have always wanted those shiny smooth 60's keycaps. pic related
Butt I wanted them for my Unicomp Ultra Classic / New Model M. No way, Jose, they say.

>>108187572
>108 keys instead of 104 but whatever
So nothing worth a shit, got it. Unless of course there are blank windowed R4 keycaps to replicate those status LED's on those extra macro keys, that won't cost me $60 with shipping to get because having shit that's been the standards since the 80's now requires a premium because fuck you.

>>108188551
Like, 108-key wouldn't be a problem if there were windowed R4 keycaps for me to repurpose the backlight for status LED's, or windowed keycaps for NumLock/CapsLock/ScrollLock, but the former seem to be unobtainium even on Ali and the latter are also unobtainium, and if they exist they won't match any WoB keycap set there is. I'd just get a Keychron V6, reprogram it, swap the keycaps and it would be fine. Ideally Keychron would have 104-key boards that don't change the status LED's to tell me whether I'm using Windows or Mac as if I'm too retarded to see what's in front of me and I would have zero issues finding the perfect board for myself.

>>108151666
>Satanic OP
Still waiting on my MX Milky/White to be shipped from Vortex.

>>108188590
If you're specifically after a WoB keycap set with windowed lights then you're stuck with buying GMK https://www.gmk.net/shop/en/gmk-cyl-wob-white-on-black-keycaps/fptk5007.0

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>>108177458
You can literally buy a 90s keyboard from Unicomp. Machinery and employees are the exact same people. Keyboard itself is the exact same minus the color.

But ANYTHING to keep the Shenzhen economy going, am I right?

>>108189046
The Vortex Multix 104 looks good, if only it was available in black. I ordered that Ali GMK clone kit, will put it on my K70 to the extent that I can with it's 6.5u spacebar, but fuck me, whenever there's something this close to what I'd want, there has to be a catch. 104 keys and standard status LED's, but it's not available in black. I'd dig the beige if not for the fact they don't have the regular numpad division/multiply keycaps.
https://aliexpress.com/item/1005005484468911.html
If I already invested in that WoB set, then I'll have to invest into a black keyboard, but since the market refuses to make anything but 108-key, Keychron refuses to make 104-key boards with normal status LED's, and no one offers either blank windowed R4 keycaps or Num/Caps/Scroll windowed keycaps, I'm out of options to finally ditch the K70 for even something rudimentary with Brown clones before I start splurging on different switches.

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>>108189099
The New Model Ms are really good.

>>108189134
Is your intellimouse scroll wheel also skipping a little bit?

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>>108189169
Nope. I've had it a good long while and it still works without issue.

>>108189205
Weird, mine is new but its skipping once every 20 or so steps

>>108189338
I own a model 1893 made in Chiner. I also last adjusted the polling, light color, and that nonsense 3 years ago using software no longer available. That might be a cause as well. Planned Sabotage.

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fuck me in my Baionlenjas

>>108188715
tf is an MX Milky?

>>108189099
seethe

>>108189099
It's unfortunate that they're beaten at their own game by New Model F, even with the showrunner for that project being a raging spastic. Beamspring keyboards with MX slider compatibility is godly, and Model Fs don't run into the key rollover problems of the Model M

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>herr yurr TKL kit from GEON
>it not compatible with GEON TKL
>get full base orr no Tsangan style
gook bastard

Trying out homerow mods. Using kanata. Can I ask out of curiosity what peoples tap/hold timeouts are? I'm starting tap 120 and hold 150 wondering if this is a decent baseline

>>108189563
oppa tsangan style

>>108189734
I don’t do anything with timers. In vial you can just set a key to work one way when pressed in combination and another way when pressed alone and that’s all I ever bother with.

Had a bad dream last night that the WoB keycaps I ordered arrived but they were the wrong color, so I went to the listing on the website I ordered from and in small text in the description it said "You will receive a randomly-chosen colorway", it was some awful white and green I would never use

>>108189563
normie bottom row is way more common outside of the hobby

>>108190063
weird dream
your subconscious is freaking out because you didn't get GMK
get your G on

Can anybody recognize this keyboard? I see people saying is a sayodevice but I can't find anything with similar form factor
https://youtu.be/sf49kj8jChs

>>108189453
>that they're beaten at their own game by New Model F
i don't really agree, honestly. i have an Ellipse Model F repro and it isn't as good as my cheaper Unicomp Mini M in either feel nor aesthetics

Ellipses' BS do not really feel like authentic Model F capactiive buckling springs, they're much lighter and less tactile. they're almost just noisy linears. also his chassis design is laughably amateur considering their price
>and Model Fs don't run into the key rollover problems of the Model M
to be honest i never really considered this a huge selling point of my Model F. it's nice, but the only place where it matters is gaming, and i am never going to game on a keyboard with hysteresis. that is a significant bigger impairment to gaming than 2kro ever will be

IIRC the only real issue with modern Unicomps compared to OG Model M's is that the molds they're using have enough mileage that the keycaps are a bit loose

>>108189114
https://www.adafruit.com/product/5112

>>108191488
I'm not paying out of my ass to ship three tiny pieces of plastic from the US to the EU

just get a Geonworks keyboard and call it a day
>muh buckling springs muh IBM muh Corsair
be at peace.

>>108191555
I have never seen a more beautiful ano job than my cannonkeys. I just haven't. A plain jane brutalist board is looking like end game to me. If I buy another keyboard, it's going to be something extra special or some gimmick like HE.

OK the MK x Leopold WoB set arrived. I've put it on a board to test it out. First impressions:

- Sound is just a touch lower-pitched than Keykobo ABS, and a hair less 'full', but pretty close. I think the sound is pretty good, no complaints.

- Uniformity seems good but is a little hard to judge because I'm using them on a hotswap plateless board, so I can't be sure whether any inconsistency is the fault of the switch or the cap. Just eyeballing it, it looks good, nothing seems warped or wonky. None of the stabilized keys had any perceptible binding.

- The fit on Cherry Browns is moderately tight, not loose and not difficult to remove.

- The legends on a few keys look bad. Especially backspace and esc. Comparable to e.g. Swagkeys—typical double shot legends when you get outside of the high-end, with inconsistent character thickness etc. This is exacerbated by the choice to go smaller on the alpha legends: they are only slightly larger than the capital letters on the mod keys, which makes the mod key legends look big, and inconsistently so.

- Curly bracket key legends seem inconsistent with the other alphas. They look oversized.

- Kerning is far from perfect. Shif t and C trl will be familiar to anyone who has bought cheap keycaps before. A full space is an exaggeration of course—all of the issues I am pointing out are fully visible in the photos on the product page, so have a look there if you want to see what I mean.

- The texture is rough and grainy, moreso than most PBT caps.

- I haven't yet figured out what makes Leopold's profile different than Cherry, feels the same.

- The black doesn't look as deep/dark as e.g. GMK, but that's probably because of the surface texture, not the dye. You'd have to really shine them up to compare apples-to-apples.

Overall I think these are perfectly good keycaps for the price, although the mod legends are disappointing. Maybe I'll do pictures later

>>108191571
Geon has the Venom HE PCB
slap it in an F1

>>108191571
Brutal V2?

>>108191835
V1. malicious ergo

don't get me wrong, it isn't perfect. the board is super simple and lacks mounting options, lacks plate options and the plate itself is just FR4 which is a material I don't think should even be used in plates anymore and it's also little too tight. the PCB is one piece with no daughter board, all that being said the ano is 11/10

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>>108191820
nah, if I use a venom PCB it'll be this way

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She's here.

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>>108154880
Changed out the switches for kailh speed silver and the main keycaps which I'm pleased with. Not sold on the relegendables though.

>>108191739
Mod legends always seem to be pain point for keycaps. JWK you get nice triple shot legends but then the mods are the most disgusting piles of dogshit ever

>>108173017
>>108191739
>MK x Leopold
Looked over these. That's what this is.
>>108192396

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Anyone got the CIDOO QK75? Need a hotswap kb, either 75% or tkl, supporting 5-pin switches (no, I'm not circumcising my switches to 3-pin). Need something very silent. Anyone got some Outemu Silent Peach V3 and HUANO Sakura switches and can compare the two?

>>108192707
Probably can't do better than that board for a QMK/VIA hotswap keyboard

>>108183295
Z

>>108193238
guess I'll just give it a try, thanks
any recs for silences switches? otherwise I'll just order 90 outemu peach for 14 or so euros

>>108192707
>>108192707
i have a monsgeek m3 with ttc frozen silent v2 switches and it's way quieter than the silent bluish white or outemus i tried, a lot of 'silent' switches aren't that silent but the frozen v2 are good

Somehow I always end up coming back to this cheapo Daring Run Flip 6P with stock cherry browns, plateless hotswap. How fucked up is that

It's just so bouncy to type on, there's a slight "boioing" feeling to the bottom-out of every key press, and the sound is extra clacky. I don't know how a keyboard could be any better than this.

>>108193418
Yeah "silent" is a catch-all for switches that have dampening of any kind, including ones that are hardly even trying to be quiet

Chosfox Voyagers feel good for tactiles but both the V1 and V2 have an odd problem where if if you press a key down too sharply on the top or bottom edge of the keycap, it'll fail to actuate the switch even though the slider is fully depressed. It's weird and it's the only switch I've ever come across that does it.

>>108192396
Lookin good

>>108193425
>this cheapo Daring Run Flip 6P
Bro, that board is awesome. I'm sad I missed out on that one.

>>108193510
It's not all good. I had to do my share of modding to make the board acceptable. Among other things, that connecting piece over the numpad gap has a metallic ring if you don't dampen it with something. I put two layers of hockey tape on the underside and that fixed it.

For what I paid I guess I can't complain. And I like the layout.

>>108193418
>ttc frozen silent v2
cost 3.5 times as much as the outemus, might try them first or maybe the HUANO Sakura as they are just a bit more expensive

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>>108192188
It's my first time trying a mechanical keyboard, and I'm basically beta testing this model due to lack of reviews (price seemed too good to pass, at least from what I searched and considering my lack of experience), but I decided to go for it anyway since this brand seems decently reputable.
I thought I'd easily get used to TKL, coming from a full keyboard, but I keep reaching for the numpad as if it was a fucking phantom limb, so it's going to take some practice.
Since I couldn't find information at all I imagined I'd be stuck with rainbow pattern forever, but it was nice finding out I can set pretty much any single color, dozens of patterns too (most locked to rainbow though).
I'm really enjoying the typing experience so far, it isn't very loud and the sound is kind of nice. Some people made it seem like Kailh Box Red would be bad for a first timer because the clicks are too smooth or something (and I can see it), but I'm not having any issues with it during these first hours (maybe I just have decent "control" over my typing?), naturally I have no experience with tactile switches so I can't feel if I'm missing out or something.
For some reason I thought the light would pass through the letters on the caps, but they don't, kind of a bummer. I don't really need to see them in a dark room, it just would look nicer in my opinion.
Other than that I think there isn't much to talk about, I still need to try it a little more extensively anyway.
>tl;dr I don't know if I made a good choice, but I'm liking it.

I have Aula F75 and Lemokey P1 Pro. Wtf is the difference since my fingers rest on the edge of the Lemokey's keycaps while on the Aula its more center

>>108193654
>it just would look nicer in my opinion.
It's literally impossible for light to pass through the center of a Cherry MX keycap, because the center is where it connects to the switch stem. Light can only pass through at the top or bottom, depending on the orientation of the switch.

>>108193591
they're 3.5 times as good, do some research before you buy or you might end up with a bunch of shit switches you'll never use

>>108193683
There shouldn't be a difference, the keycap profiles look the same to me.

>>108193724
yeah, unless its like milky yellows or something everyone knows is good, you usually get what you pay for

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>>108193725
I have the ISO version. This is the one I have.....

>>108193734
Oh I was looking at ANSI. That looks to be Keychron's OSA keycaps. Kinda weird that your fingers aren't "settling into them" like with Cherry keycaps since they're dished more deeply than Cherry.

>>108169394
Overall a good idea, but some people say the touchpads on the go60 aren't great. This is somewhat relative I guess, because it's pretty expensive so people expect very high quality.
I wanted to do a build with trackpoints but now I have configured hotkeys for almost everything, even wrote my own Gnome shell extension and I rarely even use the mouse anymore.

>>108193724
honestly the effectivity of research into switch quality is pretty limited. for each chinesium switch (they're all chinesium) I can find good and bad reviews, and even here opinions differ greatly. but maybe I should just order a small tester kit or idk 5 switches and get the cheap ones as well. worst case I got 90 switches I don't like, but in my cunt (Germanistan) the used market is extremely active and selling pink switches to retards and trannies for a profit probably won't be that difficult lmao

>>108179004
At 120wpm you are so fast that probably noone can teach you any theory that you don't already know. The people who are faster most likely do what you do, they have just practiced for longer.

>>108193739
Ye my bad I was unclear. I think it's because the Cherry keycaps are more wide, the OSA keycaps feel smaller at least to me

>>108193763
I personally don't like OSA very much, especially odd because I already do like sculpted keycaps but I find OSA isn't sculpted *enough* for my tastes. Try MDA, SA or Keychron's own KSA sometime.

>>108193706
I see, thanks for the insight.

>>108193743
Test it yourself lmao
Chinesium switches are fantastic
>I can find good and bad reviews
TEST IT

>>108193743
People seem to agree, generally, that the TTC Frozen Silent V2 is, in fact, very quiet. Whether they think that's good depends on the person. I think it's bad. I prefer Lichicx, which isn't really silent at all.

>>108194252
i prefer blue stars which also aren't really silent either

>>108194259
There's this idea in the air that, since they're called "silent switches", they should be judged by their success or failure to be dead silent, and the best silent switches must be the most silent.

There are clearly a lot of people who would like most of the 'feedback'—both sound and feel—of a regular switch, but a little quieter. So a manufacturer will make a switch that meets this demand and then some reviewer gives it a "4/10 for sound" because "it's not that silent"

>>108152098
The kerning on Lock looks wicked bad on KKB. That's disappointing

>>108194259
Those seem neat. The sound is closer to POM-on-nylon than you'd expect from a silent. Lichicx sounds more rubbery.

I'm tempted to order some to try but I really need to stop losing cash to this dumb hobby for a while

>>108194515
Just goes on to show GMK remains the top dog for a reason. Good thing there's so many like-new sets floating around on Discord markets.

>>108194540
>Those seem neat.
they're great. they still have the character of HMX, they just have a silent downstroke which i think is a good trade off to reduce sound. they don't feel mushy on bottom out at all either

>I really need to stop losing cash to this dumb hobby for a while
same. I just caved and bought the kafka GB because I've never tried HE and just remembered raeds exist. not sure why keyboard FOMO hits me so hard, usually I'm immune to FOMO

>https://keebworks.com/keebscore/
>>Linear
>Akko x MonsGeek Green Fog
>SP-Star Polaris Grey
>Gateron Oil King
>>Tactile
>KiiBOOM Taro Cream Milk
>Akko Cilantro
>Feker Panda <- main option?
I know these kind of reviews are very subjective, but is this a decent enough resource on what to try next?
I'm trying to find other places with lists like that.

nuuu
>>108195933

>>108195772
post in the new thread
tell me what you want from your typing experience
tell me all about your preferences and your needs
and I will fulfil them and satisfy you like a fucking S tier WHORE

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>>108194733
based Raeds HE Topremaxxer
Raeds are the only decent silent-ish HE in the free market
get your Raeds on stud
I love you!