HiPro is the best profile editionprev >>108882852>Keyboard recommendation template:https://pastebin.com/n220xk9V>Find vendorshttps://www.alexotos.com/keyboard-vendor-list // Up-to-date list of reputable vendors with brief descriptionshttps://keycaplendar.firebaseapp.com // Tracker for current and upcoming keycap group buys>This keyboard stuff is so expensive!https://aliexpress.com (or Taobao if you know how)>Learn about MX-type switches ("mechanical keyboard switches")https://rentry.org/mkg_switches // Introductory guidehttps://www.theremingoat.com // Switch reviewshttps://www.switchesdb.com // Compare force curves>Split and non-standard layout resourceshttps://compare.splitkb.comhttps://keyboard-design.com>What does ______ do to a keyboard's sound?https://blacksimon.tv/science (Google sheet)>Practice typinghttps://monkeytype.comhttps://keybr.comhttps://thetypingcat.comhttps://play.typeracer.com>How Cherry switches do backlighting, and why it's not idealhttps://rentry.org/mkg_backlight
Is the Kisnt Kn85 a good option?
>>108934797I wouldn't buy something with "Creamy Sound" on the box myself.
nth for MT3 caps (rip).
Is the Neo75 a good board for le thock
RARE
>>108938670Pretty nice lookin' purple.
I haven't played with this shit for years ever since my Ducky and a KBT Race from like 15 years ago, I understand the kids nowadays have wireless aesthetic keyboards for dirt cheap on AliExpress, are there any decent brands or any that should be avoided at all costs? My child wants one with a small led display that can monitor battery and show an animated gif or something.
>>108938670>no super keysYuck!
Been stuck at sub 90wpm for yearsWhat do?
>>108938951Relax, don't tense up while you're typing, have your wrists floating & level, adjust your chair & desk to allow for the previous points to be as easy as possible.
>>108938951as soon as get monthly wage slow it down
My stabilizers sound fucking disgusting. How are they not a solved problem in 2026? This hobby fucking sucks
>>108938951might as well transition and kill yourself
>>108938883I don't mind the blockers on sub-TKL layouts because I'm using layers anyway.
>>108936185God it's disappointing that MT3 just vanished off the face of the planet with Drop. Corsair has exactly one set in stock currently (cross-promotional set for Fallout, I think) and it looks like Amazon is trying to work through everything they have laying around in their warehouses from pre-liquidation.
>>108939592Yea it's sad. Hell at this point I wouldn't mind if GMK bought the tooling.
>>108939592Are they even gonna bring it back. I assume it's extinct.
>>108936185these big caps look weird why do they all slope down like trad Cherry R5 capsfuuuuck
what keeb do I need? I previously had a Logi MX Mechanical and was happy with it but it brokeI ordered a Keychron K10 but it's a piece of shit and i'm returning it
>>108940526They don't though.
Been buying a new keyboard <300AUD almost every year since I get to claim it on tax but I'm wondering, is there an endgame that will satisfy me and dont need me to buy one every year? Some realforce topre? Or just keep buying something like a keychron every year and don't worry?>Preferably under 300AUD so around 215USD atm>Australia>Brown switch>Don't really care between ANSI and ISO>Preferably TKL or smaller>Backlight dont care>Had a lot of brown and red Leopold, FILCO, Keychron, some smaller plunger keyboards etc before
why has no one made an MX clicky with a large immobile leaf so it works like an Alps switch lmao it's so simple
holy FUCK!thocky plappies!
>>108939917GMK sort of already has their own answer with MTNU at least.
>ZERO posts on plebbit for the Keycult No. 2/60 GBLM-FUCKING-AOhow the mighty have fucking FALLEN
>designed by Stef Woltersholy FUCK the name is ENOUGHTAKE MY FUCKING MONEYEVEN THOUGH IT'S A PIECE OF SHIT THAT GETS BTFO BY A CHEAPER NUXROS 60%
>>108936530Yes. Any high quality board that's less than 100% will have decent thockiness.
>>108936530abso-fragging-lutely
>long thuddy feetStef Wolters is a lunatic
>>108941591Hopefully there'll be a Joe that'll get to making a reproduction of Alps in an MX form factor. I mean, surely it can't be that hard if one autist from NYC managed to bring back both the capacitive buckling spring and the beam spring, right?
>>108940003All we have to go on is Drop's own say-so that the profile won't be dying and stuff will still get made and sold, just on Corsair's store. Given Corsair pretty much purged Drop to the point that HD6XXs are sold directly by Sennheiser instead of Drop or Corsair now, that probably means nothing and MT3 is just a dead profile now.
>>108943054I'm actually pretty impressed by his beam spring work, he made good changes to the designs to both cut costs and add MX keycap compatibility. If anything his beam spring modules are so robust I completely ignored his warnings about their fragility, I thought I was going to need to be very careful in putting on and taking off keycaps but there's really nothing different about the process compared to an MX switch and corresponding keyboard. Overall this keyboard is less fragile and less fiddly than even the buckling spring keyboard I bought.
>>108939183They are solved, you just can't afford a Seneca.
>>108943113True.Imagine if you bought a Seneca and they still weren't solved
>>108942661>>108942967I'm just stuck between the neo75 Cu and the evo75 on what to get for my next boardI heard good thing about the leaf springs on the evo but I don't really like how the board looks, on the other hand the neo75 has that copper plate but no leaf spring
>>108936530Get one of the 8bitdo keyboards if a resonant chassis is your priority
>>108943210custom > prebuilt
Just replaced my ancient Gamdias Hermes RGB (blue switches) with a Keychron Q8 (banana switches). Still getting accustomed to the Alice layout, especially the right space bar (keep hitting fn2) but overall it's a nice change.
>>108941893It's just too bad it doesn't have an ergo kit.
>nicePBT Decepticons on a fucking OGR
>>108943068you know you want it
>I will pay for the cable of my dreams>no not like that!>I won't buy a $100 chinkboard that I can resell without the cable just to own the cable of my dreamsit's really not that hard, anonI believe in you and your dream
>>108943968>>108943958Too obscure for me to know what it is you're even driving at here
>>108943958>>108943968Buddy, I should be able to get a beige PVC sleeved cable without having to go through these sorts of gymnastics. Even a straight one would be fine, coiling isn't hard, but that shit's unobtainium. Unless I get a USB-A to USB-B and then get a USB-B to USB-C adapter, if those even exist.
Why do you torment yourself, anon?Your dream cable is $100 away, much less if you resell the PoS it comes with.
>>108944025You know what you have to do.No gymnastics involved, I know you'd pay close to $100 for that same cablegiven how much you want ittake it TAKE IT TAKE IT
>Keycult
>>108944003
>>108944606Hard to tell if those splotches are on the desk or the board.
Dadesin waifus were the sole reason Keycult was what it wasthen they said fuck the Chinee, we'll do it in-house and charge more for itlook where that got them.
SingaKBD continues to thrivesolely because of Elaine Lim(pic unrel)
>>108943925
>Muh Kohakuis NOTHING SPECIALNuxros is set to destroy the competition with the Kraze 65
>>108941320Answer me you fucks I even followed the template>>108941771Hey man not sure if you're aware but some kid scribbled on your arms
>>108941771what's the top right orange board?
>>108941591>>108943054check out zeal clickiez. good luck finding them though.
>>108945955If you really want 'em then email zeal with how many you wanna buy, it'll get it that much closer to restocking.
>>108945955just use Lanes
>>108945791Get the Kraze 65, GB starts soonyou get the choice of running MX Browns or EC (Metapulse red variant for Topremaxxing)you can have it all
also, here's your chance to get some nice SA profile keycaps for DIRT cheap50% off while stock lasts at MtnKBD>https://mtnkbd.com/products/domikey-sa-profile-doubleshot-1980s-keycaps
>>108946721>UP/LEFT/DOWN/RIGHT instead of arrows
>>108946743it's dirt cheap
>so around 215USD atmyou simply cannot get better for your money with pic relif you don't want the EC kit, the regular option is $99 and comes with a hotswap PCB
yeaaaah
This is one of the most autistic hobbies ever yet the problem of "spacebar sounds completely different from the other keys" has not been solved in any of the 13 keyboards I've had. From all price points. Only Realforce boards do it. Is my nitpick completely my own here?
>>108946887There's not really any way of getting around it since it's a key six or seven times the length of nearly every other.
How do you deal with pain on the pinky side of the wrist
>>108946920Cubital tunnel/golfer's elbow, wear an elbow brace when you sleep at night.
>>108946794Thanks but I'm too old for this assembling keyboard tomfoolery
>>108946887that's a 'you' problem, anonjust do it right instead of fucking it up
>>108946891serious copeyou guys, come ondon't suffer a bad spacebarthere's resources available online, use them
>i-is that a koi fish on a copper weight?>in the most basic design I've ever seen?>HOLY FUCK I'LL PAY WHATEVER YOU ASK I DON'T GIVE A SHIT>ANYTHING FOR A KOHAKU OMG IMAGINE THE DISCORD CRED I'LL GET BY SHOWING THIS OFF
KEKOO FOR KOHAKU
Yepthat's a Kohakuand that's a Kohakuthere's another Kohaku
not sure if this is the right thread but I'm sitting on a Wooting 80HE with a zinc-alloy shell here and I wanted to get a second wireless keyboard for different use cases. Is there a similar customizable 60-75 board without keys and wireless? I saw Akko has one but I don't like their branding on the front.
I'm an angler for the agesI went fishing and caught me some KOHAKUS
>>108947358OK I found already alternatives
>>108947717What did you find?
>love tactile>want to try hall effectam I doing it wrong?
How many keyboards is too many? I personally only have 2, the second is a qwerty one so that others can use my pc
>>108947976MonsGeek has an assembled TMR wireless keyboard but some people claimed their software is shit. I'll just wait till there are more options.
>>108948717I'm a practical guy, so if a keyboard isn't my work or home daily driver + one backup I keep I sell it off.
>>108948717No more than 8, generallyno more than 12 if we're counting nostalgiabait (Command65/Class80/IBMs) or modern classics (AKB OGR/OTD 356)
ideally you'd have a few of the top mounts, gasket mounts and whatever else lies in-between across different layoutsno fucking Kohakusjust well-made boards that sell themselves on their PVRE merit
>>1089487171 F1 and 1 Glare are more than enough for me
>>108949413having different builds ready to swap in on the same board is a sensible flex desu
>>108949114>OGRif you like hollow sound, yes>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYC1VplEiY
sounds worse than a Neo, this is what happens when you think your design is good enough to sound good without heavy internal weights
I've been practising touch-typing on a board with cherry reds and it feels so much more fatiguing than typing on my laptop scissor-switches, especially with my wrists floating in the air instead of lying on top of a laptop (but is supposed to be better ergonomics?).would a split keyboard be worth it to reduce strain? or different switches or a wrist rest or something? I want typing to feel great and painless.
Anyone have suggestions for HE keyboards available in Canada, not imported from the US? There are some cheap ones on Amazon from "Attack Shark" and "EPOMaker" but I've never heard of these brands before. Otherwise I could go with a Wooting or Keychron.
>>108946922Doctor said it's ecu tendonitis / tfcc for meIt hurts when i press ctrl and shift
>>108949943go Wooting
>>108949943See if there are any Madlions keyboards. Otherwise honestly try one of the cheap keyboards, Hall Effect keyboards have 99% of their uniqueness factor in their software, not their hardware. It REALLY does not matter.
>$360 for the most impossibly basic PC top and Alu bottom imaginable>$360 doesn't include an EC kit despite being designed for Realforce internalswhat the fuck is this?
nice to see AKB added an internal weight to the Metanoiashould have done it on the OGR as wellimagine prototyping and patenting your beautiful thicc OGR without giving a single flying fuck about ugly metallic resonancecompletely wasted
holy fuckplateless Browns!
I'm looking for a low-profile wireless ergonomic keyboard that supports switching between several devices. Not necessarily mechanical. I don't mind numpads because I use my left hand for the mouse.I don't know whether to go with a Logitech K860 or a split keyboard like the Glove80. The latter seems more ergonomic and customizable, and I'm willing to relearn touch typing, but the reliance on layers for keys I use very often like arrows or the F row makes me reluctant, plus the warranty seems relatively short for such an expensive item.What would you recommend? Anyone here has experience with any of the options? I'm especially curious about what kind of configuration do people with split keyboards use to work with software and games that use a lot of keys that aren't in the main layer.
>>108950688>but the reliance on layers for keys I use very often like arrows or the F row makes me reluctant,>I'm especially curious about what kind of configuration do people with split keyboards use to work with software and games that use a lot of keys that aren't in the main layerI don't use columnar stagger like I think you're asking about when you say ergo, but with a split spacebar and a board that uses QMK it's not really an issuefor general usage, left space + hjkl has become more intuitive and faster for me than having physical arrow keys. in games where I need left space back to being space I have a layer toggle that puts it back and puts fn on right alt. I'm not really playing games that make heavy use of F keys though
>>108952937oh fuck yeah
>>108952937noice
I'm not the only one who always uses linears for the spacebar right?
i bought a keychron c1 for $50why do i need more?
>>108953343numpad doko???
Any suggestions for a low profile 1800/96% keyboard?Should I just get a 75%?
>>108941320Go for something wild like a DIY Corne split ergo kit.You will either enjoy building keyboards or you'll realise there's nothing more to the hobby.
Just replaced my first mechanical keyboard (Pulsar Lunar Alloy) with my first magnetic kayboard (Keychron K10 HE)You may proceed to laugh at my decisions as a keyboard newfag but I hate compact keyboards and and excess shit like displays and dials, so choices are slim.
Help a retard out. I've a Keychron K3 Max and recently started to play with the mapping using their web app (caps lock remapped to control, etc.). The manual says that the layer toggle can be set up as TT(), which is tap-toggle, methinks. All good, but I can't seem to find a way to change the number of taps to toggle the layer from the default 5. Any tips or guide on how to do this?
>>108954182this might not be exactly what you're looking for but does the k3 max have a macos/windows switch on it? just have the macos layer as a different one?
>>108954237Yeah, but I wanted to map ijkl to the arrows on another layer, which is easily toggable. Maybe there's a less retarded way to go about it
Honestly, just grab an F1 while you still can and be done with it. That thing will last you a lifetime or two
>>108949855>wrists floating in the airstop doing this
>>108953291I use Linears for everything. I am the Linear master here.
>>108955240No, floating your wrists is the correct technique. You should stop putting pressure on your carpal tunnel by laying your wrists on a surface while typing.
>>108953291nopeHMX makes the GOAT spacebar switchesnaysayers should try Snow Crash/FJ400/Lunar Stone and become true believerseither of these will simply suit your needs
>>108955240>>108955318just rest your forearms on your desk and keep your fingers over your keysit's comfortable as fuck, don't knock it till you've tried it
is there a keyboard out there that has>trackpoint>directional arrow keysIve never seen one with both.
>>108955776This is a trackpad right?
do you niggas not do mouse recs no more?
>>108956804Because everyone became gay and embraced wireless.
What's the cheapest 60% custom on the market right now?
