peripherals

[pine magnet]

OUCH that new meg panel is only like 100ppi. a 27 inch 1440p screen is higher.

oh and all aud prices include a 10% tax.

[gloomy lichen]

Yes, built in rather than sales tax on top.

[pine magnet]

in us you add it on after, in au we include it in the price on the shelf

[gloomy lichen]

GST is baked into the price so that's what Frog would pay.

Genuinely the best piece of legislation the Liberal party there ever pushed through.

[pine magnet]

agree

[fair crag]

In Sweden our 25% tax is included in the displayed price

[sonic cape]

its in the EU generaly, not showing gst hst,sales tax is a typical north american thing

[fair crag]

ya, I know.

[viscid tapir]

it is because it is whole kailh switch tester

but out of all of these i think box and red are the best

[chrome raft]

Milky yellows

[blissful dragon]

true

[exotic wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/flint-lockwood-officer-earl-running-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-gif-26130263

pov youre about to be sued by nintendo

[exotic wyvern]

anyone know where i can get my hands on a set of ANSI layout keycaps that have the legends on the bottom of the keycaps like this? im looking at a V1 but i dont want to lose my backlit keys

[viscid tapir]

why not normal yellow ones

[chrome raft]

which r better dt990 pros or dt770

[viscid tapir]

you should ask audio channel

[chrome raft]

oh lol clicked wrong channel

[viscid tapir]

np

dude

[chrome raft]

:)

im taking the elevator a story down

[proud ember]

Any good cherry réd mx keyboard

[glossy sandal]

leopold

any with the cherry mx option

[proud ember]

Alr

[fading iris]

Oops

I was gonna ask if anyone knows what switches these are

Seen em heard and think they will go well for a friends project but I dunno what they are therefore I can’t recommend him them

[blissful dragon]

wrong image 💀

[fading iris]

They look a lil goofy but that dosent matter

[fading iris]

It was an honest mistake bro I promise

[blissful dragon]

first thing i thought was razer

[fading iris]

They look like sumn razer would make

[blissful dragon]

yeah

i think @glossy sandal knows

[glossy sandal]

C3 Kiwi

hi

[blissful dragon]

oh yup

hi

[glossy sandal]

these

[glossy sandal]

how are you?

[blissful dragon]

im pretty good

[glossy sandal]

mmmm

I’m in a empty class rn

[blissful dragon]

hbu

oh cool

[glossy sandal]

nobody showed up so just me and the sub

[blissful dragon]

sub?

[glossy sandal]

substitute

[blissful dragon]

oh

[glossy sandal]

yeye

nothing new in terms of keyboards though

I do have a one off planned to get made soon if everything goes to plan

[blissful dragon]

i am in love with the air75

[glossy sandal]

buy it when you get a job

NuPhy boards are pretty lit

and weeb packaging is nice

[blissful dragon]

yeah

[blissful dragon]

what?

[glossy sandal]

weeb packaging

there’s a waifu on the box

[blissful dragon]

ohhh

[glossy sandal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/811121740608045077/1063504006351171694/IMG_3470.jpg

[blissful dragon]

thats cool

[fading iris]

Generic Damascus Deskpad?

[glossy sandal]

Not my picture

[fading iris]

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-dog-suspicious-look-suspicious-doubt-dog-doubt-gif-23680990

[chrome raft]

thats cool

[blissful dragon]

hey thats what i said!!

[glossy sandal]

Hello lux

[blissful dragon]

hello gas

[glossy sandal]

what’re you doing

[blissful dragon]

absolutely nothing

what about you

[glossy sandal]

Watching Titus play aliens

[blissful dragon]

cool

[cinder anchor]

finally found out my zoom tkl will be shipped in march

[vapid rivet]

my cool epic mouse with kailh speed silvers

[cinder anchor]

that’s kinda wicked

[vapid rivet]

thanks fish :D i made it myself!

[cinder anchor]

how did you do it?

[vapid rivet]

i took apart the whole mouse, used a heat gun to get the solder off the fried switches (crappy 5 dollar mouse switches died in literally a day) then i found some wire lying around, soldered the traces of the pcb to my switches, then bada bing bada boom, mouse with keeb switches

oh and i just used a knife and the heat gun to manipulate the frame to fit the weird parts

[cinder anchor]

actually really cool

how is it to use?

[vapid rivet]

its horrible lmao

the switches are fine, but the tracking on the mouse is smelly

i wanna try and redo it with a nicer mouse sometime in the future

[cinder anchor]

yeah i think it’s a pretty good idea, it might also be better with low profile switches if possible

[vapid rivet]

y e s

110%

ill get some laptop keycaps so they dont protrude as far

[cinder anchor]

yeah that’ll be perfect

[chilly perch]

5000 mile button travel

[gloomy lichen]

Maybe so, but are you really being a keeb nerd if your mouse hasn't at least had a switch swap?

[gloomy lichen]

I see you are also a person of culture

[rain sentinel]

Ikki gang

Mine is using Anubis tactiles

[gloomy lichen]

I've got a lot of love for my Zen Pond Ikki. I use NK creams for that little bit of OG feel

I'm looking for something that really has some high-pitched clack though to put in my keypad. Maybe I should try my old GPs, they were always hella high pitched.

[rain sentinel]

I just have a aurora r2. If I could’ve I would’ve gotten zen pond

I have a spare batch of drop x invyr holy pandas and a spare NicePBT set so I just need a board but idk what board to get. Mainly looking for something both cheap (around $100) and either tkl or 60 wkl or 60hhkb

[gloomy lichen]

Love my Zen Pond. When it finally came in from CK mine had a long scratch on the bottom, they got with Wuque and shipped a new bottom out to me that week. Very nice considering it was a 1000 unit run

[rain sentinel]

Ima get a d60 lite and when I have the money

Idk if this set would go well with a glossy black polycarbonate board

@gloomy lichen what do you think

[gloomy lichen]

It is really hard to go wrong with that color combo on NicePBT

So I will go with "absolutely gorgeous"

[rain sentinel]

Yeah I already have the set so I might as well try that set on it before ordering another one

[gloomy lichen]

The colorway reminds me of how bad I missed out on the Persona 5 Metaverse cap set

[rain sentinel]

This is the board I was talking about

[gloomy lichen]

Ooooh, oh yeah

[rain sentinel]

Very reflective

It would probably look the best with a polycarbonate transparent keycap set

[gloomy lichen]

Maybe? I really like the simple dual tone colorway on glossy black

Especially if those caps are ABS because they'll shine up with some use

[rain sentinel]

The polycarbonate black transparent caps come basically shined

The NicePBT keycaps are obviously pbt tho

[gloomy lichen]

I thought some NicePBT caps were ABS.

[rain sentinel]

Nah they’re all pbt

I like them tho

[gloomy lichen]

But I'm one of those degens who periodically has to talk himself out of acetone treating my ABS caps to maximum shine

After polishing a full set of PBT Akko caps with a dremel and car polish... that took weeks.

[rain sentinel]

The only abs set I own is mt3 infinity war

[gloomy lichen]

Great set

[rain sentinel]

I got it for $15 bucks

[gloomy lichen]

sdfhjkasdl;fkjasdl;kj

[rain sentinel]

Not used either

[gloomy lichen]

I got two sets of MT3 caps in the first BOGO sale on Drop and I adore them, they're my daily drivers

[rain sentinel]

I got my mt3 set when the marvel sets were on sale for $40 and I also had $25 off bc of the free drop ctrl I won

God that Christmas event on drop was crazy

[gloomy lichen]

I missed it and it still hurts

[rain sentinel]

I won a skylight shine through set and a artifact shield cherry pbt wob set along with a signature series drop ctrl with holy pandas and a purple on black artifact shield cherry profile set. I ended up giving the shine through set to a friend and ended up replacing the pandas in the ctrl with gateron browns and gave the ctrl to my brother for Christmas. The wob set I don’t have a pic of tho

Drop then apologized for shipping the ctrl in a non standard packaging to save costs and gave me a $25 giftcard

[gloomy lichen]

I do like the high profile Ctrl but I understand it being a better gift for someone else

So far I've built... um...

[rain sentinel]

I didn‘r know what to give him+ i consider myself enough of an enthusiast to not need a drop board but I still wanted the holy pandas so I took those

[gloomy lichen]

• Bakeneko65, NK Box Creams, Akko Blue Samurai caps
• Ikki68, NK Creams, MT3 Camillo
• Galaxy75, Gat Browns, some random HyperX $25 crystal caps
• Custom DZ60v3 soldered with Akko Matcha Greens and pink caps
• Akko ACR98, pink switches, white shinethrough caps, honestly don't remember who by
• GK61S, Glorious Pandas, Mars Green caps
• Realistically probably a few others I've forgotten

All switches lubed, all stabs modded, all boards foamed and otherwise optimized

I even came up with a number of specialty revisions to the Espi/Holee mods that I didn't share with the community because they weren't consistent enough but make perfect, unticking stabs when they're done right.

[rain sentinel]

I’ve only built 2

[gloomy lichen]

Yeah but you've built good boards

I started with some HyperX trash mech that I kludged mods into, then hopped over to a Glorious GMMK TKL and ended up filling it with Flex Seal

[rain sentinel]

its 3:15 in the morning so gn

[gloomy lichen]

Lol gn

[viscid tapir]

do you guys think i should buy red or yellow i mean from gateron pro series

red ones feel better for typing like bottom out but black ones feel better for gaming but too heavy bottom out

[unkempt dome]

it's only a matter of preference

[viscid tapir]

true well idk trying to find something between them

like actuation around 50 and bottom out around 60

[boreal rivet]

Buy either and just spring swap

[chrome raft]

milky yellows

[chrome raft]

What r the best brown switch keyboards on amazon uk for under £80

[viscid tapir]

why swap springs if you can already get them with right springs

[viscid tapir]

actually i have decided to get milky yellow pro

[chrome raft]

<3

[viscid tapir]

i hope i will like them not sure yet but i hear a ton of people like them and they are apperantly between red and black according to resistance of their springs

[chrome raft]

mhm

i like them

[viscid tapir]

also i was surprised they were quite cheap

i hate it that i have to pay for shipping as much as switches

like red are a bit too soft for gaming and black feel a little too heavy at bottom out

[chrome ember]

When you lube a keyboard

How long does it last

Until u need to lube it again

[chrome raft]

It depends on the lube but I like letting it set for an 1hr to 1hr30 but it depends

[chrome raft]

What lube u using

[chrome ember]

One sec

Glorious

[chrome raft]

Than probably like 45mins to an 1hr to let it set that recoat it

[chrome ember]

👍🏻

[glossy sandal]

[glossy sandal]

A couple years

Don’t listen to whatever OhZip said

[glossy sandal]

Get yellows

Good mid way

[chrome ember]

Im getting milky yellows

Are they good

[glossy sandal]

Yeah they’re solid

but uh

Seriously don’t listen to what that guy said

[chrome ember]

Alr

What board do you recommend

For milky yellows

[glossy sandal]

any

what do you want in a board

[chrome ember]

Preferably volume knob

And 65%

Is this good

[urban panther]

ipad

[chrome ember]

yea

I don’t like using my phone

[urban panther]

amazon does not scale well to ipad

[chrome ember]

True

[burnt violet]

is that USD? that price plus shipping is real expensive for an lk67

[urban panther]

@chrome raft

[chrome raft]

haha

yes :)

[chrome ember]

Any mouse recommendations

Is the raze viper ultralight good?

[chrome ember]

Yea usd

[chrome mauve]

I wouldn't get any razer mouse

[urban panther]

people seem to like the new $280 one

[viscid tapir]

i have order milky yellow pro earlier today

i hope they will be good

[blissful dragon]

G502

[chrome mauve]

g203 if you're looking for a budget mouse

[viscid tapir]

i agree i have used g203 and g305 for years

only issue i see in them that plastic gets shiny easily

[old scroll]

Do you know if the k70 pro hot swappable?

[chrome mauve]

it is not

[old scroll]

Ok

Thanks

[glossy sandal]

pretty mid

[glossy sandal]

If you’re looking for something like this

gmk67 or keychron v2 are options

[unkempt dome]

Xtrfy m42
Xtrfy mz1

[chrome mauve]

I personally use a vaxee np-01s

[chrome raft]

Epomaker th66 + Cut standoffs + Tape on back of PCB and inside case + Included foam, And lastly Salmon tactiles from kinetic labs

What does that equal? Nice thocky sound

[glossy sandal]

as long as you like it I suppose

[cunning anvil]

tap tap im on my colemak

i might get rid of my qwerty entirely, feels like a crutch

and it makes my brain hurt using both

[boreal rivet]

Depends, is weight important to you, do you prefer an ambi shape or ergo, wireless or wired

[exotic wyvern]

i like my basilisk ultimate v2, but in retrospect i would not buy it again since it has less features than similarly priced products and razers software is a pain in the ass

[blissful dragon]

i want a g203 when i get a pc

[amber tartan]

g502 on top

nothing will every beat 502

except maybe the 602

[glossy sandal]

Using a RVU on my pc

I love it

[chrome mauve]

feels a little unnatural for me

[glossy sandal]

Was a little odd switching from a basilisk to a rvu

but my experience with razer has been pleasant, wish I could turn off the rgb without downloading the software though

[blissful dragon]

g502 is overrated

but its good

[blissful dragon]

a what?

[glossy sandal]

razer viper ultimate

[stable bane]

I recently got new key caps for my old logitech g910 orion spark

it had the annoying square keycaps

on it

[tiny onyx]

My new mouse came in

G502 X

it feels so nice compared to my old G502

[tawny umbra]

man why is it so hard to find anyone selling fullsize boards

[amber tartan]

because no one needs full size boards that much

[chrome mauve]

yeah the demand isn't really there

[hard jasper]

how good are cannonkey lavenders

[chrome mauve]

most people just buy cheapoards and forget about it

[hard jasper]

i found 61 of them for 25 canadian

[lyric basalt]

Any idea what kind of plug that is? Found this old keyboard on grandma's table

[muted karma]

wtf is that

[muted karma]

5 pin DIN plug

probably running the AT protocol

adapters from that to ps2 are pretty cheap btw

[lyric basalt]

Nice

[muted karma]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304764787980

or you can get something more expensive

which you can put a custom fw on

to make it reprogrammable etc

[blazing tinsel]

Yes, quite.

Here's a better picture

[livid walrus]

Rate my keyboard it was $60 I built it myself

[glossy sandal]

what part did you build?

[livid walrus]

i replaced all the swiches ,keycaps and filled the base with epoxy

a lot of pepole dont like the clickys but i personally like the light tactile bump they add compared to the pervious black liner swiches and i dont use the back light often as it makes the keycaps a space gray color wich aint it for me

[viscid tapir]

does anyone know how long it usually takes candykeys to usually ship a product within eu

it does say that is usually takes or could take up to a couple of weeks but this is pretty vague

[amber tartan]

its supposed to vague because its unpredictable

[viscid tapir]

amazon always ships in 4 days and caseking in 8 days

at least they did to me but it does narrow it down 3-5 days to 11-14 days

[chrome raft]

milky yellows

[hard jasper]

i bought glorious pandas

but i didnt had money to buy 61

i only have 34 lol

ima put it to ones with the stabilisers

[chrome raft]

ha

[muted karma]

it's pretty rng

from a few days to 2 weeks in my experience

[high grail]

Rate the keyboard

[cunning anvil]

6/9

stinky

[muted karma]

keyboard/10

also this seems very unnecessary

[viscid tapir]

i actually believe i had almost exactly the same keyboard several years ago

i actually kind of like these low profiled ones

[high grail]

What about that is unnecessary

[glossy sandal]

It’s 2u

nonstandard

[high grail]

I use I

It

[sour peak]

What in the world...i have so many questions

[sour peak]

Alright 1u \ with ansi enter, that's rare

[crude hollow]

sounds like you want some tactile switches

[queen mural]

Nice, i made my own off aliexpress for about 60 (tester68, knockoff holy pandas which i lubed, pretty cheap keycaps)

[viscid tapir]

i got switches from candykeys the next day

this was faster than shipping from our postal office in the country

[viscid tapir]

Guys

Help

I will throw it all away now

Just gonna get gaming keyboard

[boreal rivet]

LOl

[viscid tapir]

This is so trash

Switches never fit in

[boreal rivet]

skill issue

[ionic briar]

Yea

That I can agree with

[viscid tapir]

how is it a skill issue

if other boards work just fine

i have managed it

these switches are like so creamy

[boreal rivet]

not knowing is a skill issue unto itself

[viscid tapir]

Who said i do not know

If it does not happen on other ones

Never happened to me when trying to changr seitches on keychron

Milky switches are weird on one hand they are very creamy but on other hand they feel mushy like i spilled honey on thrm

[high grail]

lol skill Issue

🤣🤣🤣

[viscid tapir]

do you have any valid arguments that support it

or do you just use cliche references

[amber tartan]

L

[viscid tapir]

switches still refuse to go in

[glossy sandal]

what board?

[viscid tapir]

all keycaps are angled

keychron

v3

[glossy sandal]

can you loosen the screws on the plate pcb assembly for me please

[viscid tapir]

maybe tomorrow it is late but then i have to take it apart again right

[glossy sandal]

sleep well

[viscid tapir]

been reassembling it today for 4 or 5 hours

i pulled each switch out 4 or 5 times and put it back in

and then never seem to sit well

i tried putting them into my redragon and they sit well

but every switch i put in keychron has an issue

[glossy sandal]

I think the pcb/plate assembly is wrong

I think you might just have bad luck

or aren’t pushing in far enough LOL

[viscid tapir]

i used both hands i was standing i had to push so hard

[unkempt dome]

Or the machining of the plate is borderline too small to fit those switches properly

[viscid tapir]

i pushed so hard i heard cracking

[glossy sandal]

nah the milky yellows aren’t tight

nor is the plate

[viscid tapir]

people told me they have the same one

akko ones just kept popping in and now but milky barely fit

i have had more difficulties with this keyboard that building a pc and rebuilding whole room

by far the hardest thing i ever did nothing ever works fine

[fading iris]

[amber tartan]

epic pcb crack

[glossy sandal]

new dyesub pbt

https://geon.works/products/jc-studio-pbt-dye-sub-keycaps

[mortal creek]

does anyone have suggestions for a good wireless mechanical keyboard that I can use in between windows and Mac?

looking for 75% size or 65%

[glossy sandal]

keychron k2 pro

[viscid tapir]

some gaming keyboards are decent for its price like redragon and rk but some like logitech and razer are far too expensive

like comparing razer to sennheiser you just pay for marketing and rgb

[crystal sequoia]

it’s project oclock

working on my first keyboard, exciting stuff!

[crystal sequoia]

Pulling switches sucks so much lmao

[inner relic]

I wanted to buy a good keyboard with cherry mx brown switches can you guys recommend me something in a full length

[untold orchid]

With a puller like that I can see why

[unkempt dome]

Léopold

[amber tartan]

lol

[crystal sequoia]

yeah the puller did me no favors lmao

the silver switches are divine tho

idk how i lived with those kailh greens for so long

even the gateron blues that the board came with

good lord im never going back to clicky switches

[opaque shard]

Making progress on my keyboard design

It's magnetic now

[red relic]

what type of keyboard is that one

[opaque shard]

It's one I'm designing and making.

It's split column-stagger 30-key

I use it for coding and writing. It works poorly for gaming, so I have a separate one for that.

[red relic]

Nice i use a steel series apex 5

and it is my first gaming keyboard

[dusty folio]

my guy I'd unironically buy that

[chrome raft]

glarses:

[urban panther]

V5?

[glossy sandal]

i think it's a q3

sorry q5

[potent void]

yeah thats a Q5. the V5 has the clear plastic

[crystal sequoia]

Q5

[chrome raft]

milky yellows

[potent void]

fitting for you

[mild hamlet]

is there a higher end keyboard thats more along the lines of the higround base 65 (similar layout and footprint)

[glossy sandal]

how high end

@mild hamlet

[mild hamlet]

im looking at the keychron k6 pro with the aluminum frame, but idk if those are compatible with TTC switches, id assume they would be but im not certain

if that gives you where i am in price point

[glossy sandal]

They are compatible with ttc switches yes

So a high end 65%?

[mild hamlet]

yup, thats the idea

i really like the feel of the TTC's in the higround, i just miss having a metal frame and that more premium feel

[glossy sandal]

what did you have before that makes you miss it?

[mild hamlet]

i had a custom built poker 3 with MX Blacks but the mini usb connector broke, so i got the higround because it had the TTCs and it was cheap enough to hold me over until i could build another

[glossy sandal]

mx blacks are lit

let me see what I can find, are you cool with something a little more expensive?

[mild hamlet]

im cool with whatever as long as its got the 68 key layout

so glad i got arrow keys back, makes illustrator so much more usable

[boreal rivet]

wow poker

thats some nostalgia shit

[mild hamlet]

yeah ive had it for years

i think i built it back in 2018 or 2019

just want another board to put my Serika 2s to use since they look awful on the higround, the cream color case just doesnt hit like a black case would

[glossy sandal]

bakeneko65 would be something i would look at

serika is pretty lit, nice set

[mild hamlet]

oooo i like it, does it come with a pcb and plate? or just the case?

[glossy sandal]

it comes with everything but switches and keycaps

[mild hamlet]

and i already have caps, so i just need switches, lube, and foam?

[glossy sandal]

bakeneko already sounds fine stock, wouldn't suggest putting foam in it

doesn't have much space anyway lol

so just switches and lube

[mild hamlet]

i do like it, just dont like the fact that its a 67 key, i really like having a right ctrl key

[glossy sandal]

?

ah

blockerless 65%

you can rebind the keys btw, if it's more of an aesthetics thing

[mild hamlet]

given i do really like how the bakeneko looks

i could just rebind the alt and fn to fn and ctrl

[chrome raft]

thats the point

[past vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPmTdaKSbkM

[boreal rivet]

Cringe

[past vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJSREjWH7Y

[glossy sandal]

I’m gonna throw up

[viscid tapir]

i still like brown switches

idk why it is a meme to hate them

[boreal rivet]

because apparently more tactility is objectively better and a light tactile doesn't deserve to exist obviously

but remember preference is king yup

[glossy sandal]

rip topre

[untold orchid]

The problem with them specifically is that its not tactile, not even the slightest bit

Its just a more scratchy red

[boreal rivet]

Cope

I’m so sick and tired of that overused description

[glossy sandal]

[viscid tapir]

i believe people who hate them are just gatekeeping because of their own insecurities and tunnel visions

they have objectively less tactility but tactility itself is subjective

if brown switches felt like white switches i believe they would have right amount of tactility

but spring resistance is completely a preference like live and let live right

[past vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFvdM_0XuAg

[bright seal]

are gmmk’s worth the money? been looking into getting a new keyboard

[potent void]

Glarses funny man hate them. Internet hate them too

I haven’t actually tried them I’d like to

[glossy sandal]

No

[glossy sandal]

Glarses was memeing

some people took it as unironic though

[potent void]

https://youtu.be/15g9bgaeTUU

[viscid tapir]

they never provide a reason why they hate them they just use pop references like sheep

i guess red blue brown by cherry are so common almost on any displayed keyboard in mall

i like cherry mx brown more than majority of switches for this price

but they are far from perfect but i doubt you can go wrong with them for the low price

[exotic wyvern]

i have the v1 gmmk tkl and it is definitely not worth it, pingy as hell and worse than other kbs at the price, shouldve done my research when i bought it

[viscid tapir]

they seem to be a little angled is this nromal

they seem to sit well

they sit well on akko

but on yellow they are not straight

[glossy sandal]

looks fine to me lol

[viscid tapir]

it looks like a millimeter angle not parallel it looks fine to me but i do notice a little difference and a lot of people keep telling me if fucked up and complain a trash build

[glossy sandal]

what kind of toxic ass servers are you in

[viscid tapir]

in one server they told me to kym because i use trash v3 version with knob

[glossy sandal]

you need to clean out some servers bud

[viscid tapir]

i noticed a lot of people with insecurities who try to gatekeep

[glossy sandal]

I don’t like the knob v3 (I don’t think anyone does) but I’m not weird about it

[viscid tapir]

i got v3 instead of v1 because it is more parallel and symmetrical and if you get knob function keys are closer together

[glossy sandal]

if it makes you happy

[viscid tapir]

i say live and let live each person should use what they like

but idk why it bothers people so much i like it a lot better

[glossy sandal]

does anyone like 75%?

[viscid tapir]

i like 75% and 80% the most

[glossy sandal]

most people prefer tkl

[viscid tapir]

i wanted to get 75% but keychron only had 80%

[glossy sandal]

hard to get a good looking 75%

[viscid tapir]

i like rk68 the most

[glossy sandal]

only upcoming one I’m interested in is magnus75

but it sounds like ass because of the nav row

[viscid tapir]

i really like these layouts

[glossy sandal]

so you like compact layouts

I own one of these

A d84, it’s a nice board

[viscid tapir]

yes like compact ones that are very symmetrical

i also really like zoom ones

[glossy sandal]

Like

Zoom65?

[viscid tapir]

yeah

zoom65

[glossy sandal]

Maybe you’d like tofu65 2.0

[viscid tapir]

tofu too yes

hh

very

boxy

[glossy sandal]

This is og tofu

I’m talking about tofu65 2.0

[viscid tapir]

this is why i am thinking of modding my rk68 and redragon

but i also like tkl a lot but really hate v1 but like v3

[glossy sandal]

So you don’t like 75%

[viscid tapir]

what kind do you like

[glossy sandal]

or rather, exploded 75%

[viscid tapir]

depends if arrows are parallel

[glossy sandal]

I like any layout if it’s done right

[viscid tapir]

i hate when arrows are moved down left

[glossy sandal]

for tkl im thinking I get something custom made

[viscid tapir]

not down left i meant down right

i have ocd so i only use symmetrical stuff

[glossy sandal]

maybe you’d like ortholinear lol

[viscid tapir]

do you ahve any examples

[glossy sandal]

yeah give me a sec

[viscid tapir]

this is why i got knob version

see because of ugly positioning of function keys

[glossy sandal]

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1851/5125/products/image_937ecc9e-ef66-4340-b9a0-70dccdad56fa_1024x.jpg?v=1637336955

[glossy sandal]

you’d like tiger lite, it’s symmetrical where it counts

F13, 7u bottom row.

[viscid tapir]

i really like ones that ahve straight keys you know w right above s

that are like a chessboard

[glossy sandal]

so these?

that’s called an ortholinear

[viscid tapir]

yes but not a split one

i was thinking of getting one

but idk if i would get used to typing

i also find alice so comfortable but i could never own it because of the look

also i hate mice taht are not for both hands

[glossy sandal]

I like Alice

[viscid tapir]

this is why i only use g203 and g305 always hated mice like g502 or naga

[glossy sandal]

I love how Alice looks

I was planning on getting a qkrisu

which is Alice but with arrows

[viscid tapir]

alice is so good for typing i always twist my hands together you know mouse and keyboard and them i hit them together

idk why keys not when i press on top side of keycap gets stuck a little on top but if i press it on bottom side of keycap it is smooth

[glossy sandal]

Maybe you’d like preonic

preonic is a nice ortho from what I’ve heard

[viscid tapir]

yeah

this

[glossy sandal]

?

[viscid tapir]

if i press keycap on top edge it does not go in i feel like getting it stuck on top

but if i press it on bottom edge it goes smoothly

[cunning anvil]

niice

[glossy sandal]

what board

and switches

oh lord of hat

you’re into ortho and stuff like that rifhr

[viscid tapir]

atm i am using v3 by keychron with gateron milky yellow switches

[glossy sandal]

hmm

[viscid tapir]

and i use keycaps from amazon

[glossy sandal]

I have that set

I don’t know what you mean by that though

maybe it could be interference with the keycap though

[viscid tapir]

you know when you type and you play games and you do not really put fingertips in the middle of the keycap right

[glossy sandal]

some cheapo sets have wack molds

[viscid tapir]

if i put them on top side of keycap i am not able to push them down smoothly but if i put fingertips on the very bottom of the keycap they go smoothly in but it works fine on other switches

[glossy sandal]

which row does it happen on?

or is it different rows but certain caps

[viscid tapir]

i think it happens to all of them

but it is noticeable at very top and very bottom because they are on the edges

but for pressing it happens for all of them

so i am not sure if this is normal because of angle or am i doing something wrong

like if i push keycaps down but little towards north they stutter a little

but if i push them down and a little towards south they are very smooth

those are really small things but i wonder if i messed up something because in other servers people started complaining about smallest details and now i notice all of those

on one hand i am glad i got milky yellow pro they are buttery smooth and sound great but on other hand i regret a little not getting red while they are like honey they are a little slow for fast typing

[amber tartan]

finally joined a local keyboard group hoping i get my board this month for a meetup

[bright seal]

since gmmk is bad, i need recommendations on new keyboards then. gonna be used for some programming and gaming, would like to have controllable rgb but it’s not essential

preferably with a mouse from the same brand that goes with it

[amber tartan]

why a mouse from the same brand

[glossy sandal]

any dedicated keyboard brand doesn’t make mice

or decent mice at that

[amber tartan]

i would go for the original ibm model m and ball mouse then

[urban panther]

keychron has keyboards and a few mice

no idea if their mice are good or not

[bright seal]

just want to go together aesthetically i guess

[amber tartan]

get keycaps the match then

or just mod your mouse

[bright seal]

right now i use a logitech g512 (i think) and it’s switches are starting to get worn out

[amber tartan]

rarely ever they have the same aesthetics

[bright seal]

yeah i figured

[boreal rivet]

Learn a skill and replace them

[amber tartan]

soldering is rather easy

[bright seal]

I might just do that, should I try and replace them with the exact same switches or should i change them?

[amber tartan]

you can change them if you want

[boreal rivet]

Try and use stock

Stock g502 clicks are already really nice

[sour peak]

why is IBM model M apparently "GOAT" keyboard? (like LTT literally made a video with a title calling it the greatest keyboard of all time)

[boreal rivet]

its nowhere close to being the GOAT

but iconic? sure

[amber tartan]

when you think about a vintage keyboard you think of the model m

[sour peak]

See ya that's what I thought (i have a pet peeves about model m though) but the LTT video isn't the first time i heard ppl calling it great.

[glossy sandal]

I think of vint cherry tbh

[sour peak]

Is it just cuz it was so ubiquitous and popular or something?

Me is sun 6 UNIX layout

[glossy sandal]

Beamspring has a cult like following

[sour peak]

Sun keyboard, The feel itself isn't as good as spring keyboards even at the time but damn that layout is just 🤌

[glossy sandal]

it’s a board with a lot of coverage

[sour peak]

Ooh yes that's what I'm seeing

[boreal rivet]

Beamspring is way overhyped

[glossy sandal]

I think my favorite alternative to mx would be erm

hmm.

[sour peak]

What was old school but clicky? I recall using something akin to clicky in the 90s

[glossy sandal]

ALPS?

mx was also around during the 90s so maybe it was that

[sour peak]

Really? Ya possibly. Clickies are somehow very familiar feel to me

I'm not sure if was cherry, what i recall had a very springy feel on the return

[glossy sandal]

Do you remember anything about it

hmm

[sour peak]

Click, sproing

[sour peak]

I just despise the IBM keyboard cuz to me ibm ruined the ansi layout with their idiocy

[glossy sandal]

Do you think it could have been an ALPS board?

[sour peak]

Likely yes

[glossy sandal]

lit

neon green alps are really nice apparently

but they’re also like 80$

[sour peak]

80 for what?

[glossy sandal]

80$ each

[sour peak]

Wtaf

Surely u mean a whole keyboard

[glossy sandal]

each

key

[sour peak]

Jesus

[boreal rivet]

Rarity combined with a community where scalping is condoned

No surprise there

[glossy sandal]

mhm

[boreal rivet]

If you dislike topre 55g I don’t think you’ll like neons

[glossy sandal]

I don’t dislike the feel

Just the sound

topre feels nice I just hate how it sounds

[sour peak]

I'm now settled on box hades jade, the heavy spring and clickbar sorry of imitate what i liked but without the annoying parts

[sour peak]

How so?

[glossy sandal]

don’t know how to describe it

[gloomy patrol]

you dont like it silenced unsilenced or both?

[glossy sandal]

neither

bleach and a couple other people have showed me theirs and I don’t like it

[gloomy patrol]

i fw silenced topre

[glossy sandal]

also got to try one irl some time ago and still no luck

[gloomy patrol]

if i try it in person and like it enough

i will grab a hhkb

[glossy sandal]

yeah it feels fine

definitely see how it would keep someone away from mx switches

[boreal rivet]

You’re probably just used to a high pitched fundamental

And not much harmonics

[glossy sandal]

not particularly

it sounds erm

muffled?

can’t describe it

[gloomy patrol]

weird

i enjoy the muffled aspect

this is still one of my favorite sound tests

https://youtube.com/watch?v=n3_wTUpTb0U&feature=shares

[glossy sandal]

yeah not doing it for me

[gloomy patrol]

to each their own tho

[boreal rivet]

Did you go to canjam?

[glossy sandal]

no

haven’t had time

[boreal rivet]

Oh unlucky

[glossy sandal]

ye

I have found some audio stores near me though

Maybe I’ll go this weekend

[boreal rivet]

One of the Subtonic guys was there with storm and prototypes

[glossy sandal]

wait when is it

all I’m seeing here is dates for sept 30 and oct 1

wait I missed it?

[boreal rivet]

It’s this weekend lol

Or last weekend for me

[glossy sandal]

I missed it

pain

[boreal rivet]

You did

There’s socal next though I think

[glossy sandal]

I am in socal

lol

which one were you talking about

[boreal rivet]

Oh then go for that

This one is ny

[glossy sandal]

oh lol

I am not in ny

September 30th to October 1st, I’ll keep it in mind.

[viscid tapir]

never used g502 how do they compare to g305 only ever used this one

i have used g203 and g305 for more than a decade

because i hear it is the most sold mouse

all people i know use it

[chrome mauve]

people don't like trying new things ig

[viscid tapir]

because it costs money

i usually tend to search for most ideal thing and when i find it i stick to get

consistency over novelty

but this is just me i like reliable things

[cunning anvil]

g600 :D

[quiet needle]

my pc just had a seizure and now my scroll lock light indicator is flashing and wont go off
my keyboard is k63 corsair compact

[amber tartan]

unplug your keyboard

problem solved

[mild hamlet]

welp my search for a premium 68 key 65% is still ongoing, ive found plenty 67 key ones though

[glossy sandal]

Have you looked at tofu 2.0?

@mild hamlet

[mild hamlet]

i havent, im assuming its qmk?

im looking at it now

[glossy sandal]

Yeah

[mild hamlet]

so i can map that extra 4 keys to what i want correct?

ooo i can do a carbon fiber plate thats sick

[glossy sandal]

yep

cf plate is pretty sick

the mounting points on both mounts are questionable but eh

[mild hamlet]

i was thinking either oil kings or one of TTCs linears

i like TTC better just because of the spring weight

[glossy sandal]

you can spring swap the oil kings if you’d like

[mild hamlet]

i really like the TTC hearts

[glossy sandal]

Titan Hearts?

[mild hamlet]

either or, same switch different color

[glossy sandal]

haven’t tried a higround board, doubt I’ll be impressed

[mild hamlet]

i run one currently

[glossy sandal]

the more premium one just looks like a standard gasket mount

[mild hamlet]

it is, branding is what you get basically

[glossy sandal]

tray mount one looks like a just another gh60

[mild hamlet]

i can upload a sound test of my base65 from them

i have their TTC white flames in mine

[glossy sandal]

ttc switches never fail

[mild hamlet]

i got it because my poker finally died

[cunning anvil]

pcbs here

[glossy sandal]

the caps are cool I guess but I haven’t any need for them

if I wanted side print I’d be getting beige

[glossy sandal]

the ortho full size?

[cunning anvil]

also my 38 key Ortho with thumb clusters

also the altoids controller

[glossy sandal]

that is so damn funny

[mild hamlet]

im a fan of ttc switches, but lubed mx blacks are another option

since mx blacks are what i ran in my poker

[glossy sandal]

mx blacks are also really cool

I love cherry switches

nylon, right?

[mild hamlet]

yeah pretty sure

[glossy sandal]

why not salvage the switches from the pok3r?

[mild hamlet]

i do really like the sound of banana splits

i dont wanna go through the hassle of desoldering

it was my first build so i kinda just wanna retire it

[glossy sandal]

encase it in resin

[mild hamlet]

ive already put its original keycaps back on it, saving my serikas for my next build

[glossy sandal]

but erm

honestly any linears will work

they all blend together at the end of the day

[chrome mauve]

I so want to buy like a trillion keyboards

[glossy sandal]

my next is probably qk80

[mild hamlet]

yeah, just depends on certain tones

[glossy sandal]

then getting something one off’ed

[mild hamlet]

i like the husky's too, but i just like linears, i gotta have that silky smooth typing experience

[chrome mauve]

I need to find someone I can give this keyboard to

so then I can get an excuse to get a different one

[glossy sandal]

break the usb ports

[chrome mauve]

dude

[glossy sandal]

broken keyboard need new one

[chrome mauve]

I'm paying for it

[glossy sandal]

yes

[mild hamlet]

im trying to remember what those stabs are called

[glossy sandal]

Durocks?

[mild hamlet]

thank you

[glossy sandal]

yeah don’t buy those

[mild hamlet]

is there better?

[glossy sandal]

yeah

durock wires are ass

tx stabs are my go to, aside from cherry clip ins

[blissful dragon]

@glossy sandal

[glossy sandal]

wassup

[blissful dragon]

hello gas

[glossy sandal]

Hi

[mild hamlet]

im trying to find screw ins for the tofu

[glossy sandal]

why tx?

I mean why screw ins?

[mild hamlet]

thats what that pcb takes from what i read

or plate i may just be a little dumb

ive only built one board and it was years ago and my higround makes it sound like im typing on a bag of lays

[glossy sandal]

clip ins go into the screw holes on pcbs where screw ins would screw in

[mild hamlet]

ah i see

[glossy sandal]

But erm

TX 1.2mm, 6.25u

they only need lube tbh, and if they’re not straight you can balance them super easy

[mild hamlet]

1.2T 6.25u?

[glossy sandal]

mhm

[mild hamlet]

got it

the aesthetics are really important to me too, which i know switches arent really ever seen, so i was thinking the titan hearts because theyre just the ttc hearts but black

and i think all blacked out with the serikas and cf plate would look super good

[glossy sandal]

yeah if you’d like it, go for it

sounds nice

[mild hamlet]

just gonna for sure relube them because factory lube on these higround switches is inconsistent

[glossy sandal]

ttc switches on cf aren’t something I don’t see often though

curious how it would turn out

[mild hamlet]

gonna be unique

and if it doesnt work ill just run banana splits

i wonder how the TTCs would sound lubed and filmed

i dont think anybody has done those like that

[past vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsTcv792DBA

[pine magnet]

These keys feel super mushy ewww

[glossy sandal]

we love razer 🫶

[pine magnet]

This cheap whatever it is from Amazon feels better

[ionic briar]

i mean, you bought a low profile keyboard with low profile switches so its gonna hit the bottom sooner

and then if it has rubber dampeners on the slider for silencing purposes then its gonna feel mushier

[pine magnet]

Razer need a keyboard that isn’t crap but in white

[boreal rivet]

you just prefer longer travel over shorter ones

its not mushy lmao

[pine magnet]

Mushier than the other one

[muted karma]

that all falls in the water once you move arm, wrist and fingers at the same time

which you do

you should just use a shape that works better with your natural grip

[past vortex]

the whole part when he moves his hand like a winshield whiper 💀

[misty drift]

I know this is a silly thing but my I used to be able to continuously hold backspace on my keyboard and it would delete now I have to tap it how do I change it back??

Please @ me for the answer or pm

[charred garden]

yup

[glossy sandal]

wahahahahaha

[cunning anvil]

what's so funny

omg the purple 40 is upside down

that's bothering me

[glossy sandal]

average tech bro server

[cunning anvil]

what an angry boi

[glossy sandal]

It’s very nice

Congrats

[cunning anvil]

very excited, probably building the 40 first

[glossy sandal]

[cunning anvil]

mainly because ive not bought the other parts i need for the others

[glossy sandal]

oh true

what’re you gonna use for the full size?

[cunning anvil]

40 is choc brown, 100 thinking of some silent tact if i like the brownies

dunno yet honestly

[glossy sandal]

buy silent whispers

cheapish I think

[cunning anvil]

also totally only have 1 promicro so I'm reusing my old one

from the bad thumb 40

[glossy sandal]

what was bad about it ?

The spacing ?

[cunning anvil]

homies hurt my thumb

gonna also make a 4x10 ortho splittable

after all these done and dusted

revision of the bad thumb 40

[glossy sandal]

yeah the spacing looks a bit erm

close

[cunning anvil]

er

hm?

it was actually a bit far

Colemak dh, homies on upside down F/J

homers

[opaque shard]

Colemak DH gang

Niiiiice

Sadly I can no longer use regular Colemak DH, dont have enough keys on my keyboard anymore. Only have 24 keys for my pointy fingers

[cunning anvil]

thats not a lotta keys, got a pic?

oo

[opaque shard]

Oh I got a new pic now

[cunning anvil]

:o

[opaque shard]

Ive only put together the right half now

[cunning anvil]

is it a 2 controller split? or something else?

[opaque shard]

Yeah, 2 controllers and wireless

Its meant to be completely wireless

But battery broke on the left one, havent bothered fixing it

Im trying to replace the left one with a mirrored version of the right one. I just dont have all the components yet

The right one works correctly at least, I just havent gotten properly used to it yet

[cunning anvil]

ooh nice

what sorta diffs are there from a pcb with wireless vs without?

[opaque shard]

Not much. You just use a nicenano instead of a ProMicro, and they have the same footprint so no change there

And also you add a battery that you connect to GND and RAW pins

Oh and you gotta use ZMK firmware instead of QMK

[cunning anvil]

oh fr thats all you need to get the battery working? no circuits for it?

with nice nano

[opaque shard]

Nice Nano already has BT chip, antennae and charging circuit integrated

So yeah, pretty simple

[cunning anvil]

rad

[opaque shard]

Mine is magnetic 🤘

[cunning anvil]

i saw that before! :o tho, do you not have a bottom plate?

where do you keep the battery?

[opaque shard]

The box under the palm

I haven't figured out what to put under it yet

Probably gonna use some thin foam

[cunning anvil]

oof n!n is pm fp, ig no 100% with bt sadg

wait wut

that right side looks interesting

have you used those pins before

[opaque shard]

What do you mean by this?

[cunning anvil]

my 100 is elite c fp lol

but if i can wire those extra pins

[opaque shard]

Elite C has same footprint as ProMicro

[cunning anvil]

extra pins tho

[opaque shard]

Yeah, it's not compatible with OLEDs without an adapter

[cunning anvil]

huh? oleds should be fine i thought

[opaque shard]

If you mean the top pin on the nice Nano, it's not part of the footprint

It's just an optional header for connecting battery

[cunning anvil]

i mean the pins on the bottom fo the elite-c

[opaque shard]

Those are for OLED displays

[cunning anvil]

shouldnt be, they can be wired to the pins on the sides

sda, scl, vcc, gnd

on a pro micro at least

dunno about nn

[opaque shard]

I don't use them anyways

So doesn't bother me

[cunning anvil]

oled?

sounds like itd be a lotta power draw on a n!n anyways lol

[earnest orbit]

Someone have some tips how to fix my key?? My "K" key just stopped working after just a 1 year.

[cunning anvil]

just realized i need to solder over a hundred diodes and sockets for the 100 o.o

[chilly perch]

Lol!

108 key nkro be like

[cunning anvil]

https://youtu.be/4g80G8YisPg

why do i keep getting vids recommended with keyboards in them

i dont play tetris anymore

its like they know

also [+] switch

[chrome mauve]

I also got recommended that video

[warm creek]

What's a good 60% gaming keyboard?

[chrome mauve]

wooting 60he lul

gaming or not, keyboard and what switch you use is preference

[warm creek]

Das 400 bones seems a bit overkill

[glossy sandal]

so any 60% with a 1000hz polling rate in that case

which is most new keyboards.

[wintry vigil]

How do you like that sloped spacebar?

[formal dragon]

feels like a spacebar

[glossy sandal]

flipped bar

[formal dragon]

Flipped is the only way

[pale pond]

I just ordered some gateron blacks, and I can't wait for them to arrive. gonna put it on my gmmk compact barebones, which is gonna be my first custom.

here's the barebone I bought

[fluid igloo]

can someone recommend me a 75% keyboard w/ red switches for less than 80 euro in the Netherlands

i was looking at keychron v1 but shipping cost

[vestal crown]

TH80 pro pretty hot keyboard

[glossy sandal]

I can’t make it out

[fading iris]

Brother that’s not the compact

That’s the TKL I think

[pale pond]

it is? its the full size compact

its still called the compact

[fading iris]

Nope that’s just the full size? Right

I thought the compact was only the 60% one

[pale pond]

it said that on the site i bought it from

some norwegian site

might be wrong but its still a good kb

[fading iris]

Yeah

Just a minor website error

[pale pond]

yeah

[fading iris]

I was just making sure you were aware it wasn’t the 60% Compact

Incase that was what you were originally after

[pale pond]

i thought all of them were compacts

it looks something like this

pre lubed stabilisers aswell

[fading iris]

Yeah I believe that’s just a regular Full size board still a good board tho

[pale pond]

yeah

cant wait for my switches to arrive

[fading iris]

Idk why some people don’t like glorious boards but I have a GMMK compact 60% and I love it

[pale pond]

its all about preference

im going for gateron blacks

[fading iris]

Nice

[pale pond]

it has like kinda thocc, kinda not.

it still sounds good

i dont like having a 60% anymore tho

its a bit too small

so im going with full size

[fading iris]

Yeah my 60% feels a bit small so ima get a 75% eventually despite my small desk

[pale pond]

i reccomend going with a tkl or larger

[muted karma]

like unless you go for ISO hotswap fullsize on a budget

there is no reason to go for them

there are just straight better options for a comparable or lower pricepoint

https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-v6-qmk-custom-mechanical-keyboard?variant=40320325353561

70 USD

for the barebone

imo the fully assembled one is a better deal at 90 USD

since it comes with very much decent caps

and decent switches as well

also comes in a larger variety of layouts

does not use some weird proprietary random chinese OEM firm-/software

but just qmk with via

[exotic wyvern]

aye gmmk gang

[pale pond]

yep

my switches are arriving soon

[pale pond]

hey that's me!

[exotic wyvern]

is your case really pingy or is it just mine? it may also be the unlubed gateron browns but doesnt hurt to ask

[pale pond]

mine isn't finished so I don't know, might be your switches.