I still don't have the OP edition
obligatory hall effect tmr post
Nobodies going to buy my lekker V2s now that tikkens and owlab ti exist
>still no good ortholinear or columnar keebs
>order beamspring keyboard>Add a first aid kit onto the order>Website fucks up and gives me a f104 first aid kit instead of beamspring>Guy hasn't shipped my order in like over a weekI thought he had these on hand wtf is going on with this project
>>109460639I'm a bit of a /g/ tourist because I have a learning disability (I'm stupid) but what is going on with these spring keyboards? Is it like a superior buckling spring keyboard or just some autistic shit that nobody will ever care about?
>>109460909Its both better than buckling spring and also autistic shit you don't need to care about If you want a model m/f just get that don't bother with this it's way less reliable and way more expensive
>>109460909>just some autistic shit that nobody will ever care aboutThat's this hobby. Buy or design and build the board that suits your cultivated autism.
>>109460958>Its both better than buckling springcan you elaborate how? I have some 65nm cherry clears (I don't fucking know) and they're not quite as heavy as I'd like nor as tactile as I want. Its also loud as fuck because I have a super heavy finger; typing on a lenovo thinkpad or whatever I'm the loudest person in the office so I assume its my typing style. I only have a Duckee One which /g/ says is overpriced but somehow cheaper than even corsair MX reds. Would it be worth hunting down a beam spring for the heavier keypress and more tactileness, or should I just eat a giant cock and get a prebuilt with removable switches and swap them with something like Jupiter bananas?As an aside, can key switch manufacturers get their shit together and stop putting retarded names to switches, and just make it easier to shop for? >clicky or silent?>tactile or smooth?>light as a feather, medium as a normie, or heavy like an american?>RGB, yes or nah?Just make a simple configurator and ship me the parts or charge me $50 to assemble it before shipping. I'm not interested in shopping sketchy overseas websites and waiting 2 months for some nerd to ship something to me.
>>109460639You'll likely wait a good while before you'll get your keeb. Joe's site is an info mess but the gist is that if you order a Model F from him, that'll be a 1-2 month backlog of orders before it even ships. The current beam springs, the Round 2, is still being made, and you're looking at a backlog going back to like 2021. He'll probably give you a rough idea of the waiting time if you politely ask about it and point to how there's no info about that, only for the buckling spring ones. If there's shipping damage, and there'll likely be as Joe doesn't know what packaging material is, you hit him up and he'll send you replacements free of charge and offer you free shipping for any extras you'd like. Though he'll also ship them without any packing material, just a ziploc bag in an empty cardboard box because lol, lmfao, but my replacements arrived unscathed. If your order fucked up, just e-mail him and he'll correct it, he's pretty responsive when it comes to shit like that.
>>109460471There are plenty of good split columnar stagger boards out there.
anyone got some recommendations for wrist pain short of maintaining perfect posture? I just cannot float my hands for a whole day lolI was thinking of trying low-profile key caps, or get a flatter keyboard
>>109463014Take regular breaks. Adjust your chair, desk, monitor, etc. height so that you can float your wrists comfortably. Use a chair designed to be comfortable for long periods like a herman miller aeron, embody, or steelcase leap. Having good posture and good typing technique is more important for your health than what type of board you're using.
>>109463124well i know all that already I was more so looking for keyboard recommendations but thanks anyhow
>>109463137Get something split & columnar stagger then, that way you can adjust the halves in whatever way you find comfortable.
>>109463155>split & columnar staggeri never thought about that. never had one before. anything i should know? I am completely new to that area of keyboards
>>109463218It'll take some getting used to if you've only used row staggered boards up until now, but it's not as daunting to switch over as you might think. Most of these type of boards use QMK so you can also program them basically however you want. If you're interested in a dactyl like picrel >>109462094 you can send me an email to dactylman at protonmail.com.
>>109463284cool ty for the information. I think riding out the pain is the correct play and then get a split/stagger afterwards to hopefully help mitigate this happening again>you can send me an emailyou don't gotta answer this if you don't want to but are you outside europe? if so that could be an issueimport fees where i am at currently are not pretty
>>109459204hi anons, looking for any recs you might have>US>sub $100>TKL>brown switches >wirelessNot looking for anything too special or fancy, just want something I can haul around in a bag once in a while No guide to posting in OP so let me know if I missed anything, thanks
>>109463380Syrupland, so yea outside yurop. Trust me I know how bullshit shipping & duties are.
>>109463598Just get a dome keyboard for travel under $100 they're more reliable and they come in much thinner form factors and are less fragile than mechs. Also the wireless will actually probably work
>>109461063Well what happened was I emailed him about the round 1 beamsprings and he emailed me back a month later saying he found some in the warehouse which I think is in ChinaHe said he's manually qcing them himself so I assumed he had them on hand but I think what's happening is he's got them in the warehouse he's importing them and then shipping it from him to me
>>109463905>dome keyboardIs that just another way of saying membrane keyboard? Sorry I'm new to all this. Did you have any recommendations or is it just best to see what gets good reviews on retail sites
>>109463952NTA Rubber domes are technically a different thing from membranes.https://deskthority.net/wiki/Membrane_vs_rubber_dome
>>109463952Membrane means there is a capacitive sheet underneath the switches which triggers on key pressRubber dome is a type of switch that usually goes on top of the membrane and for the most part only rubber domes use membranes in 2026, with a few exceptions including the ibm model m.
>>109463014How are you on laptop keyboards? I don't float but I found wrist pain when typing on a standard mx keyboard. The only "free" things are to >angle mod (aka position your left hand inwards too so your hands are in a ^ shape). >learn a new keyboard layout. these differences seem to be marginal though. Otherwise buying a split keyboard with columnar stagger is the way. In order of cheapest to most expensive.>DIY Kit and learn 2 solder>Pay for a build of a kit>Buy from proper mass manufacture company If you do get a kit Choc v1 pink switches are the lowest profile and lightest switch. All this being said though I don't use my split ergo board from a diy kit anymore because I just found it unreliable to type on as my soldering skills / chink tools, badly made kit? and pcb flex would require me to resolder my pcb every 6 months.
>>109461063I had also heard the opposite and it kinda spooked me from buying a keyboard as I've heard the beamsprings are pretty unreliable and fragile and the round 1s are more prone to issuesSome people even saying the modules break in months and that he'll gaslight you by pointing to positive reviews that you were at fault and that youd be responsible for shipping to and from for any defectsBut I wanted to support the project so I bought one and I'm just praying to God i get a working product and don't have to play ticket tag for a month to wrench my $300 back
>>109461019So uhhhhI'll link you a chyrosran22 video on this he can explain it better than mehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hNRH1ULmbNA&pp=ygUdQmVhbXNwcmluZyByZXZpZXcgY2h5cm9zcmFuMjI%3DBasically in the beginning there was the beamspring. It is the granddaddy of the ibm keyboardsThe model f was much cheaper to produce so that supplanted the beamsprings and the model m was the cheaper version of the model f so that became the keyboard we all knowBeamsprings are supposed to be insanely smooth and good to type on even compared to a model fThe project were talking about is a reproduction of model f and beamspring keyboards where they use custom modules and keyboards to put the switches in. They are not the same thing as OG beamsprings and they aren't completely accurate to what beamsprings were but they still have some of the best key feel of any switchAs for your recommendation I'm also heavy handed and I found I preferred zealios 65g (back when zealios was novel) buckling spring and black space invaders (though those are not usually great keyboards to buy due to chattering issues)I would recommend you buy a model m from unicomp if you live in America it's extremely reliable never chatters and has very heavy keys that separate weak handed twinks from men
>>109464243>How are you on laptop keyboards? I've never gotten pain from typing on a laptop but I never spend more than 10 minutes at a time on them>Otherwise buying a split keyboard with columnar stagger is the wayI'll most likely build a columnar stagger in the future. Is the procedure different from putting together a normal one?>If you do get a kit Choc v1 pink switches are the lowest profile and lightest switch.I think my pain stems from decades of typing on heavy switches and poor posture. Light switches sound like the logical choice, but not being able to rest my fingers on the keys will suck - though if i manage to learn to hover type permanently that won't be an issue> I just found it unreliable to type on as my soldering skills / chink tools, badly made kit? and pcb flex would require me to resolder my pcb every 6 months.damn that blows lol. Is that common experience with these boards?
>>109464208>>109463983I think I understand. So most "membrane" keyboards in current year will likely be using rubber dome, but it's still probably best to check
>>109444351I realized that full-size with f13-f24 + media keys was the Light when I first cast heathen like you into the pit.>>109460973they grew me in a greenhouse
Keychron POM low profile reds are pretty good
>>109465028>full-size with f13-f24 + media keysI love my F122 repro \( *v* )/
He updated my order to have the beamspring first aid kit but then told me it'd be like a month before it shipsGlad I already have a model m otherwise I'd be really screwed
>W key stops working>pull out the key>huge dust cover stuck under all the keysHow do I clean it without pulling out every single key?
>>109472150Just bite the bullet and clean out the whole board, lazy fag.
if you have small keyboard does this mean big penis? like car rims? or does a large keyboard mean large penis and a small keyboard a small penis? is there a correlation?
do they sell small kbs like 40% that dont require soldering and dont cost $150?idk if theres been any like that since the ut47.2
