peripherals

[still quarry]

Maybe the aula f99 but I've never used it

[pulsar agate]

I found some weird Chinese brands like Furycube or attack shark, but a lot of noise complaints and faulty switches

[boreal rivet]

not really the best for general purpose is it

[charred plank]

IBM makes some really good Asics that for their uses smoke and and Intel in the server market

[boreal rivet]

which is what people use amd and intel for

[charred plank]

Outside of those uses they're useless

[still quarry]

Shark attack I know from making budget mice

[boreal rivet]

hence, technicality

you're just in denial

take a break and go touch some grass

learn some common sense

[charred plank]

Which isn't a distinction you made...

I'm trying to help you get why broader claims than you can reasonably make are stupid

[boreal rivet]

sorry for assuming your intelligience 🤷

[charred plank]

Because there are narrower applications and niche products always that you aren't considering

[spiral mica]

those 2 brands should be fine

pretty well known brand here in china

and mechanical switgches dont rly break that easily, mostly pcb issues which you can prob get replacement for

(warranty I mean)

[charred plank]

I usually recommend he560v4 as a cheap sub $200 headphone because it's the best "generalist" headphone in that price, but I always add in that caveat and ask if people have a more specific use in mind for example

Because 6xx for example does vocals better

And deva does gaming better

As other examples

To be clear cause I know this is the point that pisses people off the most and that I know most people here aren't reading into. Me saying not to "not recommend" rk because a couple expected failures isn't me saying to recommend them either.

[pulsar agate]

Any thoughts on dark project? Design is pretty nice, but price... Oof.

[spiral mica]

never heard of them and looks very basic

[charred plank]

It's me making it clear that people in this hobby need to focus more on objective reasons when making recs and less on false or at best misled reasonings when recommending or hating a product

[still quarry]

Could you link it

[spiral mica]

snandard tray mount, floating key design

prob better off with a keychron

[charred plank]

@still quarry you'd probably find this interesting. I'm upgrading all my hand lubed CJ switches to durock pom pianos in hand lubing and the difference is massive

Especially on larger keys

[still quarry]

It makes sense

I've used both switches and pom pianos were much nicer

[charred plank]

Lubed they're insanely deep

[still quarry]

Yep

[charred plank]

And they feel so smooth and linear to press while having no wobble

[still quarry]

I wouldn't pay over 30 bucks for one of those

[pulsar agate]

https://youtu.be/ZJXGttLCspI?si=dknqONQu_MUjvWbH

WHY

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

[still quarry]

Do what

[spiral mica]

deserved

[charred plank]

Most other switches I noticed have a bit of a point at the beginning of the press where you can kinda tell they're lighter but the pom piano feels the same through every point

[spiral mica]

otemu black is the single worst switch I have used

[still quarry]

You might like longer springs

[pulsar agate]

Yep, sounds awful even on video

[spiral mica]

its even more scratchy than non vintage, non HG mx blacks from 2000s after lubing

[still quarry]

See if you can find this tbh

It mounts with something called gasket mount, which makes the typing experience more trampoline-y

[pulsar agate]

Found, 40$, nice

[still quarry]

If you can't find anything nicer it seems to be decent

[pulsar agate]

But switch names a weird, don't think i can found sound test

Hayan and avocado, bruh

[still quarry]

It probably won't sound good

You're paying for the layout

https://youtu.be/5n51CuI5nbw I found this test but the mic sounds really fucked up

[spiral mica]

see if jamesdonkey rs2 is available for a decent price

in some places they are pretty expensive but some places its cheap

[still quarry]

Yeah new keyboard brands do that now

[pulsar agate]

https://youtu.be/PBbGIHvk2G8?si=uO21S_Cnzxa_YroA

https://youtu.be/88qd2oV0Ea4?feature=shared

Hyacinth sound nice tho

[still quarry]

That doesn't help at all tbh

It's a completely different keyboard

[spiral mica]

I would say just go for it

ajazz stuff doesnt sound horrible

[still quarry]

I trust them over aula

[spiral mica]

eh I suspect that they have the same oem manufacturer

[still quarry]

Maybe but ajazz cost less at least

[patent belfry]

week 3 of waiting for BIOCC to not argue to themselves

[pulsar agate]

Only downside- English only, stickers will look horrible

[spiral mica]

you can get keycaps easily on aliexpress

[pulsar agate]

Ajass ak980

[worldly garden]

hello thockers

[pulsar agate]

Still beter that they have on their official channel

https://youtu.be/PjkqqNy650k?si=lwAfvEsf8T8Fssi9

This is just fucking horrible

[spiral mica]

thats like the worst sound test you can ever record

[still quarry]

Ew

[worldly garden]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjA7Oap5XKo

[pulsar agate]

Ordered ajazz AK35i v3 with sea salt switches, thanks everyone for supporting me

[still quarry]

Hope you enjoy it

[worldly garden]

ktt sea salt lemon ?

[pulsar agate]

Ajazz sea salt

[crisp patrol]

"trust me bro"

[patent belfry]

no its not

[charred plank]

2001like I said, pay me 3 months r&d and i probably will

[charred plank]

do you have internal failure rate data on them and other companies?

[modest condor]

u do realize this is a album right? not a single picture https://imgur.com/a/royal-kludge-is-good-brand-you-should-buy-keyboards-x7LTFwp

[charred plank]

if not then youre just making a false claim that requires data you dont have

[patent belfry]

just bioc things

[charred plank]

in other words "source, it came to me in a dream""

[crisp patrol]

we aren't doing all that for some shitty rk board

[still quarry]

wow this looks so much like a diode

[modest condor]

sounds like 99% of the stuff u say!

[patent belfry]

@crisp patrol @modest condor @still quarry we should invite biocc

[crisp patrol]

use common sense and don't be a nonce

[charred plank]

thats a battery

happens from time to time when lithium ions are used

its an li thing

not an rk thing

[crisp patrol]

excessive amounts of complaints regarding the pcb specifically
normal

[charred plank]

except given saild volume its not excessive

it seems pretty expected

[crisp patrol]

my chinesium

[charred plank]

unless every other company in the industry has a 0% failure rate a popular product having a few failures is expected

[tacit rose]

this is just like tesla driver copium

[charred plank]

again, im not recommending the board but for a valid reason

[crisp patrol]

LMFAO

real shit

[charred plank]

im just saying your reason is a big claim that requires more info than all of you have and seemingly isnt valid off expected failures

[still quarry]

Wait what was your reason again

[crisp patrol]

not enough copper foil

[charred plank]

not knowing how it sounds or feels

[tacit rose]

a real blast of an experience

[charred plank]

considering on amazon alone they have 14k reviews (not purchases but reviews) id be crazy to say one failure is enough to say them failing ain that way is common

[still quarry]

My friend has one and I can tell you it feels like a 12 dollar AliExpress OEM board

[crisp patrol]

the rk61 is actually better than my hhkb pro2

[modest condor]

cause it is

[crisp patrol]

it thocks

[tacit rose]

one failure

[charred plank]

and thats even making the full asumption it was their part that failed and not the guys usb outputting 6v or a physical failure of the battery housing from a drop, etc

[still quarry]

Rk61 with topre

[charred plank]

making a worst case scenario assumption for them its nonsense to conclude anything off that one failure alone

[crisp patrol]

hhkb is just rk61 with topre

[charred plank]

if there was say info on the battery manufacturer they used having a x rate failure and all other companies fail half as often then valid

but do any of you have that data

[crisp patrol]

mass usb overvoltage issues
slop build quality causing battery damage

[charred plank]

valid reason to not recommend it

[charred plank]

one failed in probably over 100,000

in that manner

[crisp patrol]

https://imgur.com/a/royal-kludge-is-good-brand-you-should-buy-keyboards-x7LTFwp

one

yes one

amazinf

[charred plank]

thats the diode not the battery

[crisp patrol]

there's only one in this entire album

[crisp patrol]

and how do you know that

hm?

what if it was the pcb

or mcu

or solder joints

hmmmm?

[charred plank]

if we say 100 of them failed in that manner and half were without cause thats still not an unexpected rate of failure

maybe not ideal

[crisp patrol]

don't assume things without data bro

[charred plank]

okay, so ill say 1

instead of 50

so its actually better than the rest of the industry off this new assumptionless logic for battery survivability

[cunning anvil]

this is why i don't get wireless

[charred plank]

valid

i avod wireless too

@crisp patrol youre a smart dude usually. idk why you lose all logical thought oncce it comes to keyboards

[crisp patrol]

you do the same shit schizo overclockers do

[charred plank]

not assuming a mass failure off 1 failure?

thats common sense

[crisp patrol]

if anything, it'd be better if you put your pc in a faraday cage

[crisp patrol]

"1 failure"

sure

[charred plank]

@crisp patrol then whats the failure rate and whats a normal failure rate

If you have enough data to claim they have some QC or failure rate issues but lack actually failure rate or QC numbers you must at the very least have the info required to interpolate thst

[crisp patrol]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/991793738584178738/1033050669025861632/attachment-19.gif

[charred plank]

@crisp patrol why are you speed running having reddit brain then dying on the hill of not elaborating on any of the reddit pilled claims?

[crisp patrol]

common sense

[tacit rose]

i think if i were in the market for a cheap keyboard and i saw photos of someone's exploded one i would avoid buying that particular model
even if it were a one off incident

[charred plank]

What if I told you that every keyboard has had a few fail

[tacit rose]

exploding is not a normal kind of failure

[tacit rose]

fucky pcbs? yeah that happens even in mega expensive enthusiast boards
exploding?? that shits scary id rather not

[charred plank]

It isn't a PCB issue...

How does nobody here know how keyboards work

It's like seeing a tire explode on a car and calling it an engine issue

It's a battery issue

An issue all boards with a lithium ion can and will experience

[tacit rose]

i didnt say the exploding was a pcb issue
im saying bad pcbs that managed to slip past qc has happened and is a kind of failure im willing to gamble on

[tacit rose]

n
no??? fym every keyboard with a battery will explode

[charred plank]

with l;ithium ion yes, all will see a certain percent fail in a way akin to that

your battle is with lithium ion as a whole

[tacit rose]

if you're talking about decades old batteries pillowing and exploding thats
an entirely different thing
old psps exploding is unfortunate
someone's keyboard exploding after maybe a year or two of use is abnormal

[patent belfry]

boicc still coping i see

[tacit rose]

maybe his braincells are pillowing...

[charred plank]

any time heat is out of spec, usb port outputs too much voltage, or chassis is compromized itll happen

so its not an age thing alone

[tacit rose]

it's a lot of things, yes
curious how theres been so many documented cases on rk boards in particular

[charred plank]

the fact there is only 1 report of this happening is actually crazy lucky

[tacit rose]

i know some people manage to get perfectly good units that dont explode
one of my friends had a rk and i tell them about the exploding ones all the time but afaik they got lucky and didnt get shipped a defective one

[charred plank]

the rate of their batteries failing is pretty low seemingly

also, ill bet you anything they dont oem their own batteries

and id bet you anything the same oem makes 90% of keyboard oem batterieis

[tacit rose]

maybe so! gee i wonder why i havent heard of and seen pictures of non rk keyboards exploding

maybe, just maybe because the issue isnt in the battery alone

[charred plank]

because sales quantity

[tacit rose]

i hope u experience some minor inconveniences in ur keyboards
not exploding tho that would be awful
but maybe a normal pcb failure

[charred plank]

if I buy 2 tvs for my home chances are none will fail

if I buy 100k to sell as a company chances are some will fail

[tacit rose]

will they explode tho

[charred plank]

you realize how keyboards pcbs work right?

you can short the whole pcb in liquid metal and you wont have issues other than it not working

by design switches are a very very good short

if you press every key down you dont get a fire

and usb ports generally dont pass enough current to cause issues and will trip ocp if current peaks too high

keyboard pcbs are the simplest thing

a few switches which by design short, diodes, resistors, and a simple processor

none of those parts failing is an issue beyond keyboard working or not if they fail

[crisp patrol]

lobotomy

[charred plank]

@crisp patrol if I offered you $15 paypal to give a valid argument for them having a higher failure rate than any other semi notable company would you? literally any failure rate data that can logically be used to interpolate a percentage of failures or a direct cause

[tacit rose]

this is literally just like when there were reports of tesla steering wheels falling off and the dudebros getting all uppity and saying it's a normal kind of failure

[crisp patrol]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/842584806566789120/1276665253576441896/togif-4.gif

[charred plank]

not really cause those are failures with an explicable cause of failure that isnt normal

[tacit rose]

exploding should not be a normal kind of failure

[charred plank]

claiming an oem using the same oem batteries as everyone else has a higher rate of failure on that same part with no data is just evolution going backwards

[charred plank]

then boycot lithium ions

I remove them from any boards that have them

[tacit rose]

i use my kb wired too

[charred plank]

as does any sensible person

to be clear this isnt me recommending rk cause @crisp patrol seems to keep failing to realize that

its me holding a claim that makes no sense to the minimum standart of proof

[crisp patrol]

rk pcbs suck

[charred plank]

in what way

if you cant answer that dont speak

go back to reddit

[modest condor]

go back to ur moms basement

[crisp patrol]

the failure rate

[charred plank]

so what is that rate

its a rate

so you should have a rate

do you have that?

[crisp patrol]

more than other chinaslop

[charred plank]

then whats the rate or relative rate

[crisp patrol]

too much%

[charred plank]

@crisp patrol go cry to reddit

you have no data

youre literally sourcing your own lack of understanding

r/ekwb will welcome you with open arms

[tacit rose]

chinaslop comes in a wide range indeed

[crisp patrol]

https://imgur.com/a/royal-kludge-is-good-brand-you-should-buy-keyboards-x7LTFwp

no proof that asus scams people with their shitty rma policies because you have no data or percentage rate, get fucked

[charred plank]

difference there is an issue that isnt normal can be identified

batteries failing are nnormal when batteries are used

[still quarry]

It doesn't help that even in the rk subreddit they are actively recommending other boards

[charred plank]

because reddit has a tendency to react to one popular post of a failure like its happening to all

reddits kinda alow iq bunch of reactionaries

[crisp patrol]

so all the ek and asus shit is made up by low iq people?

[charred plank]

do you read?

ever

i explain something then its like you somehow missed it and everything inbetween

[charred plank]

remember when i typed this

[tacit rose]

what happened with ek anyway? i dont pay attention to watercoooling stuff since i cant afford it lol

[charred plank]

they didnt properly electroclean before electroplating which causes peeling is I think what hes referring to but the issue there is identifiable and the claim isnt based in a percent

[crisp patrol]

massive build quality decrease, employee issues (iirc not paying, bad treatment, etc.), probably a good bit of warranty issues, etc

[tacit rose]

damn, that sucks
esp for the people working in there

[crisp patrol]

yeah

at least aliexpress has become the best place to buy wc parts now

bykski, barrow, etc. my beloved

[tacit rose]

because u get access to a pretty big chunk of the cn market with ali yeah
lots of slop but every so often there's some real gems

[crisp patrol]

the amount of slop is overrexaggerated sometimes

[tacit rose]

i think once u shop on chinese sites enough ur slop radar gets decently strong

[crisp patrol]

true

I love china

[tacit rose]

+100 social credit to u, comrade

[crisp patrol]

cheap thinkpads, darks, and cherry boards

with the occasional good alps deal

not to mention the one time they had $250 titan vs

[tacit rose]

zamn

[charred plank]

so now equate this same logic to kb

imagine im saying bykski all fail cause I saw one in a leaking pc

[crisp patrol]

it's different

[charred plank]

it isnt

[crisp patrol]

yes it is

[charred plank]

its the same argument

requires the same amount of proof thats all missing

and for the same reason

[crisp patrol]

not in terms of quality

[cunning anvil]

im impressed if you can make an explosding wired keyboard

big caps maybe

just use your keeb as a hot plate

[tacit rose]

perfect for the winter

[crisp patrol]

leave it to rk

[charred plank]

it literally is

[crisp patrol]

so many more factors in keyboards

[tacit rose]

personally i think an exploding keyboard is scarier than a leaky loop

[charred plank]

bykski has massive failure rate issues cause I saw one in a leaking pc

requires me to show failure rate I dont have

[crisp patrol]

[charred plank]

and requres me to identify the cause of the leak which i didnt do

[crisp patrol]

you're still saying there's only one issue

did you even look at the imgur album

[charred plank]

same thing as rk have a massive failure rate cause i saw a pic of one blown up

[tacit rose]

not that a leaky loop isnt scary because if that happened to me i'd be freaking too
but exploding means active fire hazard and that means i could lose a lot more than just my pc

[charred plank]

requires an identification of cause of failure which you lack

[crisp patrol]

or are you just going to do more mental gymnastics

[charred plank]

and is a rate which requres a rate whcih you lack

[crisp patrol]

imgur album

[charred plank]

i can apply this same logic to any of those issues

[crisp patrol]

obv pcb issue

[charred plank]

and you can too

[charred plank]

so whats the issue

[crisp patrol]

the pcb

[charred plank]

whats wrong with the pcb

and whats the rate of failure from the issue once you identify it

[crisp patrol]

nobody is doing a full on investigation on some shitty $20 chinaslop keyboard

[charred plank]

until then dont recommend them cause the sound or feel or price

[charred plank]

then dont make baseless claims

simple as that

[tacit rose]

iirc the cause of the exploding rk was because the owner tapemodded it? but because rk boards are hilariously cheap, the pcb just sits rawdog on top of the battery
and things went really badly really fast

[crisp patrol]

https://imgur.com/a/royal-kludge-is-good-brand-you-should-buy-keyboards-x7LTFwp

[charred plank]

so issue wasnt even with them

[tacit rose]

so when i wanted to shove more foam into my cheap chinaslop keyboard i was like
im not taking any risks and pulled the battery out
and accidentally punctured said battery 😂

[charred plank]

it was with the idiot user using a conductive tape

[tacit rose]

not necessarily

the explosion might be a one-off (and it's fun to meme) but i feel like theres enough documented cases of plain old bad qc

anecdotal evidence, sure
but thats all reviews

anyway rk go boom lol

i used the duct tape that came with my zoom75 like a dumbass and immediately after sticking it in i was thinking to myself
oh my god im gonna have so much fun trying to remove that in the future
because this was just months after accidentally puncturing my chinaslop battery, which was also taped in by the factory

nothing googone cant fix tho right
surely

[still quarry]

Wtf

[tacit rose]

lol

i know googone will likely handle the adhesive alright but
i wonder if it's safe to put on the battery
thats the biggest concern

the duct tape in the kit was explicitly for securing the battery so i did follow the build guide correctly fwiw

[patent belfry]

shut up tbh

[charred plank]

https://tenor.com/view/foggie-mad-cuz-mad-mad-cause-bad-what-do-you-mean-gif-23419003

[charred plank]

you can just not recommend it because of valid reasons

if thats a problem for you then you have issues tbh

[patent belfry]

https://tenor.com/view/guy-arguing-guy-talking-to-wall-talking-brick-wall-gif-18667615

[charred plank]

whats crazy to me is this whole argument is over wanting to give false reasons to not recommend something instead of valid ones

that's like joker level you should know you're in the wrong

[patent belfry]

https://tenor.com/view/bloodcartier-gif-25848886

[young wharf]

Anyone got a good keyboard rec $100 for gaming

[chrome raft]

no

[wild wharf]

steelseries are pretty good

for gaming you won't really notice a difference

unless you're super into keyboards

and not using something ultra cheap

[worldly garden]

anything

if gaming is ur main point

[cedar pulsar]

Is womier vk 66 a good keyboard?

[patent belfry]

no

[tacit rose]

it is a keyboard

[pulsar agate]

You can't buy your skill

[split rose]

so i have a gk61 rn which is hot swappable , if i buy HE keys and swap them in i assume it wont work right?

[spiral mica]

nope

need special magnetic switch pcb

[split rose]

how much do those cost? or am i better off just buying a prebuilt keyboard itself?

[spiral mica]

without using taobao your only option is prob wooting60+ which costs more than a cheap he keyboard

there is a really cheap and high performance pcb on taobao but everything in taobao is chinese and shipping would prob be expensive

[split rose]

is taobao like a site ?

[spiral mica]

chinese online shopping site

[split rose]

oh

[spiral mica]

kinda like amazon

[split rose]

i live like near it

[spiral mica]

all the good keyboard stuff are there

[split rose]

how uch would it cost?

[spiral mica]

under 200rmb if there is stock (not atm)

[split rose]

rmb?

[spiral mica]

under 30usd

around 25

excluding shipping

[split rose]

oh thats preetty decent

[spiral mica]

and it should fit in any gh60 case

[split rose]

i dont think shipping wont cost much to india right

a;r

alr

[spiral mica]

not sure

I can send the link if you want to, its out of stock at the moment tho

[split rose]

i would appretiate it

[spiral mica]

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=832551227606&spm=a21xtw.29178619.product_shelf.1.58812e7dMQKYUe&skuId=5577279068475

[split rose]

oh wait thats just the pcb?

[spiral mica]

yeah

there are many options if you want the whole thing

dont rly have recommendation tho

[split rose]

oh

whats the best switch then?

[spiral mica]

magnetic jade

[split rose]

https://divinikey.com/collections/hall-effect-switches?sort_by=created-descending&filter.p.m.custom.switch_type=Hall+Effect

i was thinking something from here

[spiral mica]

raw he is also good (sounds very good afaik)

[split rose]

alr

linear or normal raw?

[split rose]

these r the options this has^

[spiral mica]

magnetic jade or raw he

[split rose]

alr

[split rose]

also is the reddragon rapid trigger keyboard good?

[spiral mica]

prob the worst he board out there

from what I know atk ones are decent

[split rose]

o attackshark

im gonna buy the attack shark x3 soon

so might aswell buy its keyboard

[spiral mica]

I mean atk not attackshark sorry

[split rose]

oh

do u have an link for it?

[spiral mica]

drunkdeer is also decent

[spiral mica]

only taobao link

I get most of my keyboard parts/cheap keyboards off taobao

[split rose]

its expensive tho

120$

[split rose]

oh alr

[spiral mica]

its like 50 on taobao lmao

[split rose]

fr?

[spiral mica]

https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=784110160625&ns=1&priceTId=2100cffb17275163740922000e0c26&skuId=5356452733646&spm=a21n57.1.item.1.2fac523cuzCeC2&utparam={"aplus_abtest"%3A"a230bbcae298b53d90791a5dd10fa15e"}&xxc=ad_ztc

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?abbucket=12&id=837075880352&ns=1&priceTId=2100cffb17275164160374067e0c26&skuId=5761722990385&spm=a21n57.1.item.52.2fac523cuzCeC2&utparam={"aplus_abtest"%3A"6f3be40254311e23a5ef72f22de13229"}&xxc=taobaoSearch

[split rose]

which one would u say is better?

[spiral mica]

not sure, unless someone here has experience with either of it I would say go for the cheaper one

[split rose]

ALR

oops caps lock

[split rose]

any idea on how attack shark is tho? im gonna get the mouse sssoon but just wanna get it confirmed it soon

[spiral mica]

they mouse is decent

one of the better ones in the bunch of cheap chinese mouse

[split rose]

i mean i dont havve much of a budget to spend here

[spiral mica]

its a decent mouse

by cheap i just mean the price

not quality

[spiral mica]

for x3 at least as its the only attackshark mouse I have tried

[patent belfry]

good morning keyboards

[slow hare]

Anyone else here have a nice collection?

Would love too see some inspo

[charred plank]

cj vs durock pom pianos in the same chassis

gonna buy more stabilizers soon. any recommendations on stabilizers

[spiral mica]

cherry clip ins with c3 wire

[patent belfry]

[charred plank]

Why are they all in Europe

Why can't someone just pair those in the US 😭

[patent belfry]

my recommendation is to stop looking for validation and use what you like.

[spiral mica]

its just stabs

most decent stabs sounds similar

[spiral mica]

damnnnn

[patent belfry]

damn is that a 38j?

[boreal rivet]

Wut

Which one

[patent belfry]

xerox

[boreal rivet]

Never heard of that name

I just know it as 6085 or daybreak

[patent belfry]

green alps?

hella nice

[boreal rivet]

Just browns

I’d be using it by now if it had neons lol

[patent belfry]

real

[slow hare]

oooh sleek

[patent belfry]

jus the 4 i use regularly

[crisp patrol]

pingmaster??

[boreal rivet]

yes?

is it super special now or something

[crisp patrol]

idk, I just kinda want one

[boreal rivet]

should've been around when you could get nos chinese ones for $20 off ebay

[crisp patrol]

yeah

[boreal rivet]

I will say

its not that good

i'd rather have an mx linear

and I hate linears

[modest condor]

[charred plank]

Ended up just buying c3 stabs and cherry clip ins and I'll just swap the wire because shipping for the combined kits in Europe was mad

Plus now I have a pair of screw in stabs just in case

So win win win

[glass surge]

The only change I've done to my keyboard is swap the letters switches from linears to seafoam tactiles

[low dirge]

Which color config looks better?

[boreal rivet]

Realforce

[gusty gale]

this is keyboard

[twilit rampart]

I mean

Usually the difference between keebs is switches n shit not the shape

[worldly garden]

red with chroma weight

[low dirge]

If you had to choose another color what would it be?

[worldly garden]

navy dusk

tbh just go with what you like

not what i like

[low dirge]

I like navy as well

[worldly garden]

see, very solid

[low dirge]

Maybe with these keycaps

[worldly garden]

the image did not show

[low dirge]

Yeah ik that was weird

[worldly garden]

u thinking of buying the neo65 ?

[low dirge]

Yeah

I have an og white Chroma qk65 r3

Getting a little tired of the foamy sound

[worldly garden]

i see

neo65 is deccent for no foam builds

[low dirge]

It definitely helps that it's one peice of aluminum

If I were to get silver I'd polish it

[worldly garden]

ohh raw color yeah

[low dirge]

Navy dusk looks so good thoo

But I'm looking for something to match the desk I'm building

[boreal rivet]

87ub55

[charred plank]

They did angle the wrist rest more in tbf

Lol

[patent belfry]

please don't make a tiktoker setup with this

so much potential

[low dirge]

I won't I swear

[patent belfry]

thank god, no more white everything and nano leaves

[low dirge]

It's a dual setup with my mom

I don't think she would let me add that much rgb

Just purchased a grey neo65 with a mirror black weight

[patent belfry]

RGB is aids, it looks nice

I recommend an architect lamp

[crisp patrol]

sick trackball mouse

[low dirge]

tyty

[low dirge]

If I add any rgb its going to be accent lighting like white

[patent belfry]

sickk let us know how it turns out, would love to see the finished product

[low dirge]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1250975041596952588

[patent belfry]

gmk laser clones and rgb lighting

[low dirge]

I've matured quite a bit wouldn't you say XD

[patent belfry]

yeah i like the warm look of the new stuff

[low dirge]

I also found that working for extended periods of time in that environment caused a lot of eye strain so I knew something had to change

[low dirge]

I do too 🙂

Do you think the white stream deck is too distracting or is it just me

[patent belfry]

mount it somewhere thats hard to see

[boreal rivet]

replace it with a realforce

[patent belfry]

a black realforce 86u would go hard on that setup

[boreal rivet]

unfathomably real

[patent belfry]

or 84u conversion because wkl >>>

[crisp patrol]

as a knife enthusiast... that knife hurts me

[worldly garden]

https://tenor.com/view/yuri-gif-14837893

[crisp patrol]

[low dirge]

It's bad ik but it has emotional value

I bought it at a summer camp when I was younger

[sonic shell]

What mouse should i get with a budget of 130$

[crisp patrol]

understandable

[spark ibex]

keyboard from my work that a acquired

It is old. Yet I like it

[patent belfry]

keybort

[fresh phoenix]

Hello to anyone and everyone reading this.

Amazon Prime Day is coming up here in Canada and I'm seeking recommendations on a keyboard that fits the following criteria:

Budget - $100 CAD (excluding the 15% tax my province charges)

Profile - 65 or 75%

Switches - Red or whatever equivalent offered

Connectivity - Ideally at least USB and 2.4Ghz

Thank you in advance for any and all recommendations.

[twilit rampart]

I don't get why people think prime day is gonna have any actually good deals

[low dirge]

I'll keep that in mind

[low dirge]

quite literally the monitor market rn

[urban panther]

I ain't paying $900 for a smoker smh

[frosty pollen]

Hello. Im wondering what a a good 65% keyboard that anyone would recommend that is hotswappable and great for gaming. I have a RK that as of right now is giving me a lot of issues where the keys are getting stuck moving one direction. Now my problem isnt the keyboard's actual keys getting stuck but rather the input for the WASD movement is getting stuck for about 2-3 seconds where I will be constantly moving forward, left or right. So i was wonderin what anyone else recommends.
I play Valorant, Skyrim, and other games like Naruto STORM 4. (Essiently Im a variety player)

[boreal rivet]

hhkb

[tacit rose]

ROYAL SLUDGE STRIKES AGAIN
you can use any keyboard for gaming

[frosty pollen]

yea i realize but im a competitve person and im not afraid to drop 300$ max on a good keyboard

[low dirge]

Have you tried replacing the switches?

[frosty pollen]

well....no

I honest to god did not think of that sense they are not getting stuck

will that have anything to do with the input?

[earnest summit]

Hi

[frosty pollen]

I was thinking it was more a software or even BT reciever issue

[low dirge]

Try taking a couple switches you know work out and replace the ones that aren't working with those

[frosty pollen]

Okay. Ill have to give it a shot in a game but I would be suprised if that worked

[tacit rose]

hall effect is the current hot gamer thing but the only people who genuinely benefit from it are the best of the best
a fancy keyboard will not make up for skill issue

[low dirge]

Try moving the switches around first and if that doesn't work we can look at other causes

[patent belfry]

KEYBOARD

[frosty pollen]

lmaooo lol im only gold and plat. i know my place

[tacit rose]

a keyboard that works is a good keyboard for gaming

[frosty pollen]

fair but i have a small space so im only using 65% nothing bigger or smaller

[tacit rose]

whats your budget

[patent belfry]

my bad for the caps there fellas

[low dirge]

He doesn't have to spend money if he doesn't want to

[low dirge]

Lol

[patent belfry]

lets see the space

[tacit rose]

bro's likely having pcb issues

[low dirge]

Maybe

[tacit rose]

royal sludge moment after all

[low dirge]

Occam's razor...

[tacit rose]

also what country are you based in ig
in case we need to account for vat

[patent belfry]

THOCKY KEYBOARD

[tacit rose]

dangerously close coke can...

[patent belfry]

NAH

[formal beacon]

u should send the mousepad link ive been looking for one of those for a bit

are they any good?

like in terms of working with them with some light gaming on the side

[patent belfry]

yeah there are some nice ones

https://www.beaverpeak.com/product/wool-and-cork-desk-mats/

[formal beacon]

alright cause i heard it just doesnt glide well

[patent belfry]

its not for gaming

i put a mat on top of it when I game

[formal beacon]

ah makes sense

cause i currently have pretty much a leather desk mat and does all my tasks great.

but wool ones just look good

[patent belfry]

yeah they are still very nice to have though

[edgy saffron]

whats the best mechanical keyboard under 100$?

[worldly garden]

wwhere ur weed ashtray

[worldly garden]

what is ur definiton of "best"

[cunning anvil]

what's that graded card looker

[edgy saffron]

no clue. good feeling and looking ig?

don’t know much about keyboards

[worldly garden]

the thing is

they are all preferences

they look good and feels good toyou doesnt mean they look good and feel good to me

[boreal rivet]

$100 realforce from japan

[charred plank]

Really like the anodized color. Looks nice.

[patent belfry]

dark magician

[worldly garden]

REALFORCE SUPERMACY

[patent belfry]

[fresh phoenix]

^Just posting this here since my og message got lost in chat. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 🙂

[cunning anvil]

nice, you play the game?

[patent belfry]

i used to back in the day

[cunning anvil]

ooh the old layout

[patent belfry]

yeah 2001 jp

[cunning anvil]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/395057842329223189/1290121076902199317/ghotiem_2.mp4?ex=66fbf722&is=66faa5a2&hm=e60ace072e00ba8b5d7d027c00f12c14be67193987b3b68e906523ffc367d55d&

modern Yu-Gi-Oh be like

[patent belfry]

oh yeah I played that game on steam

[cunning anvil]

it's so pretty

[cunning anvil]

plate be like

[chrome raft]

Anyone know how I can fix my keyboards " key going from " to @ like every time I use the " key it outputs @

[still quarry]

what keyboard is it

[chrome raft]

apex pro

[still quarry]

did you mod it

[chrome raft]

no I've fixed it now

[still quarry]

ah

[crisp patrol]

wacky

[crisp patrol]

any idea if it includes alps SKCL "compact" switches too?

they're basically just SKCLs cut in half

[cunning anvil]

shurg

skcx?

doesnt seem

[crisp patrol]

aw

[patent belfry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYgIbG8JZFk

for all you f75 enjoyers out there 😉

[grizzled gust]

Yo you got a felt mat

I got a keebmat kind of thing at the meetup

I’ll post a link

https://cafege.com.au/products/cafege-tkl-mat

[patent belfry]

yeah those are sick

[grizzled gust]

Beige 😍

I’ll take a pic once I’m out of hospital

Now I might get a normal mousepad

Instead of the deskmat

Because I got the tkl mat for the keyboard so there’s not much point of the big deskmat

[charred plank]

Are there any companies that make mouse pads with a swapped foam between the area the keyboard and mouse would be in?

If not that might be a nice market to tap into

[patent belfry]

i like the felt XL mats the most still

[stuck tulip]

any suggestions to reduce wrist pain while typing?

[tacit rose]

do your wrist stretches
hover when you type
adjust your sittting posture

[spiral mica]

go ergo

[grizzled gust]

I mean like one of those black artisan ones

For gaming

And when I’m not gaming I can just use my deskmat

[edgy saffron]

whats a good keyboard under 100$?

gaming + programming. dont really know much about keyboards lol

[edgy saffron]

prebuilt and black

size doest really matter

[spiral mica]

how much gaming and programming you do

if you do a lot of programming (its your job or sth) then maybe consider getting 2 keyboards

a normal board for gaming and split/ergo for programming

[boreal rivet]

Realforce

[edgy saffron]

cs student

so 70% gaming 30% doing hw in vscode

[spiral mica]

imo hhkb is really good for coding but its prob out of budget

maybe some sort of alice, slightly more ergo and still able to game on

[edgy saffron]

im also a pick and clicker. bad habit I picked up from when I was younger. memorized the layout so dont look at it but still slower than someone who types correctly.

like my hands are right above keys and I kinda just muscle memory

will try to learn to do it corretly

[edgy saffron]

what kind?

[pulsar agate]

K E Y B O A R D G L O B E

[edgy saffron]

what is this monstrosity????

[tacit rose]

oh fave

[pulsar agate]

Perhaps i have something special for you

[tacit rose]

big fan of the teacup keyboard google jp made that one time too

[pulsar agate]

K E Y B O A R D С U B E

[edgy saffron]

[spiral mica]

endgame

[stuck tulip]

I recently got the GameStop GS200

Got it for 36 dollars

Only issue is that the switches are not hot swapable

And the keyboard is wired

And no wrist rest

But it's a lot of keyboard for the price

[edgy saffron]

is buying used keyboards worth it?

from like mercari

or should it be avoided

[pulsar agate]

Hand cheese included

Yummy

[patent belfry]

for topre yes

[tacit rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHqPrHTN1dU
holy shit google jp dropped a hot new banger

[spiral mica]

oh wait its that day of the year again

[grizzled gust]

Mercari has lots of topre

Like realforce

[edgy saffron]

what is topre?

is it good?

[shadow ridge]

is the keychron v1 max good?

[grizzled gust]

Topre is a type of switch different to mx style

Not everyone likes it but a lot of people do

There’s your pcb, then your cone shaped springs on top and then rubber domes on top the springs, these domes are very tactile and provide a nice feel, then all that is In a plastic housinng with a slider on top and then Ofc your keycaps

These sliders can be swapped out for mx COMPATIBLE Ones

Not just any mx stem

And you can then put mx keycaps in it

[eager jolt]

best 3pin linear?

[bronze thistle]

The snarky answer is "same as the best 5 pin linear" seeing as you can just clip the extra legs

[eager jolt]

i dont really want to clip the extra 2 legs tbh

[edgy saffron]

which ones are generally better? i don’t really have a preference as i’ve been using dog cheap keyboard and mice combos before

also if I was going to buy new what would you recommend?

under 100$ budget

[grizzled gust]

You’d be better off looking for mx style with that budget

Under 100 bucks I’d look around for prebuilts

Keychrons maybe

If you wanna go a bit over 100 bucks you can get customs like the transition lite tkl

Or the classic tkl from novelkeys

Or try and find a filco majestouch

[spiral mica]

this

miles better than a keychron

only decent value keychron is lemokeys p1

[worldly garden]

this

[spiral mica]

filco is 🤌

[grizzled gust]

The pink majestouch looks kinda nice

[spiral mica]

they got a new full stainless filco

[still quarry]

plate mount mx black

[patent belfry]

this

[twilit rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/mechanical-keyboards-bateman-meme-ironic-discord-gif-22248488

[pure sundial]

lmao

modded my daily driver more yesterday and its so good now lol

tryed some mic pop filter foam that i havent seen anyone try and it worked so well

and did a tape mod obviously

[patent belfry]

obviously guys

[pure sundial]

yup

[cunning anvil]

tf is a tape mod

[crisp patrol]

@cunning anvil do you use thru hole or smd components on your boards more?

I'm also curious if you use templates at all

[cunning anvil]

depends

sometimes

i prefer through hole for the aesthetic, but if im ordering assembly its almost always all smd

[crisp patrol]

rn I'm working on a test board using a template based off the stm32 mcu

[cunning anvil]

https://github.com/NCKiser/STM32F072_template

[crisp patrol]

I think that's the one I'm using yeah

[cunning anvil]

gud

nkiser is a cool guy

[crisp patrol]

I haven't seen any tutorials on how to use the kleplacement plugin unfortunately

only some blog post with vague instructions

it seems a whole lot easier than placing everything manually

[cunning anvil]

its aight

idk if its been updated

[crisp patrol]

I'm guessing you don't use it much?

[cunning anvil]

ive used it once when i made a full size i think

but most my stuff is small and less

staggered

[crisp patrol]

hmmm

does it matter if I bother staggering on the schematic?

or should I just lay it out how I generally want it to be

[chilly perch]

Are there any normie full sized southpaw keyboards?

[spiral mica]

wind studio stuff

and keychron

mostly

[tacit rose]

windx is Not normie stuff lmao

[chilly perch]

Yeah wind way too expensive for what you get

are there any shine through keycaps for south facing LEDs that are top printed?

everything you i can find is just side printed

[pure sundial]

everyone

today

i wish to reveal

my glorious creation

behold

the one key keyboard

linear, lubed, gateron yellows

with a 1% layout

[chilly perch]

Bluetooth? 🙂

[pure sundial]

nope

doesn't do anything

yet

[worldly garden]

bri trying to sell his keyboard for 7 months straight 💀

[worldly garden]

osu player mentioned

[pure sundial]

lol fr

[fiery vine]

guys I am a bit lost on what keyboard I should buy cuz I keep watching youtube tier lists and rtings ratings and other websites and it all says different things on what the best gaming keyboard that is in the 130-140 dollars price range. I've seen the razer huntsman mini highly rated on the rtings website and I also saw the corsair k55 rbg pro xt on some other website saying its the best. Could yall say what is really the best keyboard for that price range for gaming?

[fiery vine]

I still need help so yall can reply later too and thanks in advance!

ohh and my current keyboard (that has coffee on it) is a hyperX alloy fps pro

and I really liked it

[boreal rivet]

realforce

[pulsar agate]

You know, any keyboard is good for holding W and pushing buttons on the same time, you don't need 100+ overpriced crap

[random umbra]

Some have faster reaction speed which don’t even matter that much tbf

[pulsar agate]

Human reaction is ranging from 100 to 200 ms, 2 ms keyboard response time wouldn`t make any differnce

[random umbra]

Yeah true

[random umbra]

You think a steel series apex tkl would have a difference with like 0.1

That’s what I got tbh I don’t notice a huge difference

[spiral mica]

a good keyboard will not fix a skill issue

unless you are a pro/esports player I dont think you would notice the difference

[random umbra]

True

[pulsar agate]

And you motherboard and processor will also add a little bit of delay processing the signal, if you using Bluetooth, that wil also add delay, e.t.c.

[random umbra]

Ah fair enough

[worldly garden]

must be a real force

[worldly garden]

bro dumped the whole HE keyboard indutry into the ocean

[fiery vine]

not available in romania

[patent belfry]

that's a lie

[fiery vine]

I didn't find it here

[worldly garden]

buy this keyboard

with koi fish in the backside

[fiery vine]

which keyboard

[crisp patrol]

[dusty remnant]

it’s a Joke about the Kohaku

[fiery vine]

Im not THAT educated

[dusty remnant]

just go to Keychron and be happy

[worldly garden]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_fsE2IJ768

[worldly garden]

this

consumer sticks to keychron is the way

*s

[patent belfry]

memes

[tired mulch]

any good wireless keyboard kit or pcb/case combo? preferably hotswap and backlight is optional, i am looking at monstargear ninja87pro, it looks pretty clean

also black color

[worldly garden]

wwhats ur budget

[tired mulch]

no fixed budget really, i am looking for something that's good and reasonably priced

[worldly garden]

keyboards ranged from 10$ e waste to 3000$

for a retangular piece of metal

[tired mulch]

actually i think $100-150

could be lower if it's good

[patent belfry]

[worldly garden]

get a neo series keyboard

https://www.qwertykeys.com/products/neo65-1

https://www.qwertykeys.com/products/evo80

or this one

just realeased

fully built

[patent belfry]

foam 80

[worldly garden]

fr

[dusty remnant]

The Bauer lite is in that price range if you want a 60

[patent belfry]

[modest condor]

[spiral mica]

would not rly recommend evo80 tbh

afaik the chinese community is having quite some problem with it

mostly shit customer support (eventhough its qk)

[worldly garden]

give him some other picks then

🥱

[spiral mica]

transition lite

[tired mulch]

damn this one is really good, though i should have mentioned that i prefer the tkl layout as well, but the neo80 is still within the price range

[worldly garden]

either the neo 80 or the evo 80

evo 80 should be built with foams to sounds good

[tired mulch]

wait, is it wireless

[worldly garden]

yes

[tired mulch]

ok that's great

[signal parrot]

neo80 is much better

[pure sundial]

YOOO WW

[crisp patrol]

@cunning anvil

progress is being made

[cunning anvil]

whopee

nice

[crisp patrol]

now I just gotta finish laying everything out, then route the traces, and add mounting holes

[dusty remnant]

looking good, i recently got my first custom pcb design soldered and programmed, still haven't brought myself to finish the V2 tho

[crisp patrol]

kinda wacky layout on top row

[dusty remnant]

it's my Tab Pad

1.5u tab and backspace

[crisp patrol]

what two keys are 1.5u

oh

[dusty remnant]

I type numbers for a living

[crisp patrol]

interesting

[crisp patrol]

muh gmk

[dusty remnant]

1/2 off GMK is still a deal, esp for this set i love it, wouldn’t ever pay full price tho

[patent belfry]

[pure sundial]

ouuuuu, i likey

[charred plank]

Who was it that was glazing the viper V3?

Went to my friend's place to try it and some of the Razer mice I gave him after I upgraded to a (still bad) model O and Jesus I forgot how mushy the clicks and non smooth the stock skates were

No wonder I thought model O was endgame back then

[cedar shell]

Hey everyone. I’ve a question regarding the detachable keyboard for my Surface Pro, I’m wondering if this is the right area to ask about it or do I ask in a different section?

[tacit rose]

here's probably fine
keyboard question in the keyboard channel

[cedar shell]

Ok cool, just wanted to check first.

So I have a Surface Pro and the detachable keyboard- it’s called a Type Cover. It was working and then it just stopped. The Surface was turned off for quite some time- like two months. Anyway, I contacted Microsoft and they had me re-image the Surface using a USB key. It still doesn’t work. I attached the Type Cover to another Surface and it lit up and worked just fine.

Is there anything else I can do to troubleshoot this or any hidden tricks I ought to try?

[full bolt]

Guys linear or tactile switches?

[patent belfry]

this is a keyboard channel biocc

[tacit rose]

makes me think the issue is with the surface itself rather than the keyboard, since you said the keyboard works fine on another machine
if you're able to, maybe try attaching a different keyboard to that surface and seeing what happens?
or maybe wipe down the contacts where the keyboard connects?

[dusty remnant]

better question, typing or gaming

[tacit rose]

go to your local bestbuy or whatever and touch the display keyboards so u can tell the basic difference between them
and then pick what u like

[dusty remnant]

bonus points if you have a microcenter nearby

[main narwhal]

ionno if that's good for tactiles tho lol

my bbuy just has browns on display for tactiles

I really like heavy tactile switches for typing, but it gets annoying for games where I have to hit the same key over and over

so usecase does play into tactiles vs linears

[tacit rose]

it's good for personally understanding the basic difference between switch types
but thats about as far as it goes

[spiral mica]

browns are shit tactiles imo

barely feels tactile

I dont rly like mx tactile but for me baby kangaroo is the best one yet

[patent belfry]

i feel like this is a parrot thing to say

[main narwhal]

browns are good tactiles if you like browns lol

[urban panther]

Browns are fine

True neutral or whatever

[tacit rose]

consider alps

[patent belfry]

done

[crisp patrol]

try having a 140g s[acebar

[full bolt]

Gaming

[full bolt]

There are no stores that sell keyboards... I just realized I've had both types btw

I think I prefer linear

[tacit rose]

a keyboard that works is a keyboard good for gaming

[full bolt]

I have a ROG falchion ace rn, I wanted to upgrade to something better sounding and possibly wireless, but I wasn't sure on what switches to pick

[tacit rose]

im a tactiles guy so i dont really have too many feelings about linears aside from spring weight so
look up the weight of the switches you're currently using
do you think theyre too light? too heavy? just right?
it's a start

[full bolt]

I think they're a bit light, but I like that, I'm used to it now

I used to have a blue switches keyboard...

[tacit rose]

gateron yellows and kang whites are some super dirt cheap favourites across the community iirc

[full bolt]

Yeah I was thinking about getting the Kang whites

[tacit rose]

morandis are pretty popular too
and they have the nice light diffuser

[full bolt]

I have a budget of like 110-120€ for the whole keyboard

Not a lot

[full bolt]

But yeah the Kang whites fit

[tacit rose]

euros
ouch there's vat involved too
better shop from local vendors then

[full bolt]

I don't have local vendors 😭

[tacit rose]

https://wiki.keyboard.gay/VENDORS.html
give this site a look, they list eu vendors too

if vat isnt too bad, aliexpress could be a potential option..? maybe

[cedar shell]

Thank you, kindly! I will try this when I am next at my desk.

[worldly garden]

kang whites...

a bit dated

u can get newer switches

[full bolt]

I kinda Wana get it on Amazon

Cuz the money I'm using is the one I got from returning a monitor

So...

[spring portal]

yo I got a problem with my keyboard

can anyone help me fix it?

in dms

[twilit rampart]

Dont ask for help in dms please

[spring portal]

didn't

[boreal rivet]

🤓

[true charm]

😍😍😍 Gods, I could only hope to be so lucky one day 😭

[spiral mica]

need more kbobs

knobs

[true charm]

20 is a good start but I think you might be right

🤔🤔🤔

I’m just imagining how awesome this would be for music production as long as those knobs could be mappable. Likely an unreasonable expectation

[tacit rose]

u can grab one of these guys on the side
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=635130485812

[modest condor]

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=636724260106&sku_properties=211004089%3A1360117194

https://i.imgur.com/nRwi4An.png

[tacit rose]

mine got more knob

[modest condor]

this one is cheaper

[tacit rose]

is it less yuans per knob tho

[modest condor]

this is like 70 bucks

[tacit rose]

yeah but it['s got 9 knob

[boreal rivet]

ew

just get a mixer at that point

https://www.dangerousmusic.com/product/monitor-st

👍

[chrome raft]

youre comparing a 100$ keyboard meme to a $2000 mixer dickybird

[lofty sail]

Yo I’m looking to bet my dad a new keyboard for his work but don’t want to break my budget. Would someone dm me for some ideas?

[bronze thistle]

These sideway encoders are so expensive compared to the trusty EC11... I've been trying to convince myself for the past 2 months that they're worth the price I'd have to pay for them thanks to my shit currency and tax laws (it'd end up being about 20 USD per encoder, iirc)

[elder owl]

have you found any replacement EC11 30 step encoders that don't wobble...

[pure sundial]

https://www.amazon.com/Geeky-GK61-60-Mechanical-Layout/dp/B0C77HCGWZ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=21Q4CKGK53Y37&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.89BKtZoLcQ4DrzsGXkohYOYwBHxnBg3Bz5VBRHm7kLwGQiINo-BDGIokembjh6vGEHnoALHo5SdxsOKL0Czgw1OgI8InZlWHSpRhMFEMIOHT89pra3-cK7bS253jyl2ohZy7wdqADKdQCiRN9_co0nv7s8Qz6ArR-JnzxOZE4YXVeajNvbpzzWF3vwAXmSwAam3BEshWFbcDXLfBack5_ByHUyLndlMRJltCKtiQVcvC0deVvRm7xibfzkVzwjL4b0cAQw1pUtGFn-UJgSpEAO0fYEcb-iwZWfXC1qu9lZg.SxwmYb0hValq9egODvQP3y7D87FMy46Ix3pjxccYQvw&dib_tag=se&keywords=hot%2Bswappable%2Bmechanical%2Bkeyboard&qid=1728193177&s=electronics&sprefix=hot%2Bswap%2Celectronics%2C91&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

for a 29.99 keyboard, this is kinda decent lol

[tacit rose]

full of trackers....

[spiral mica]

there are prob better options on AliExpress (depending on region)

[worldly garden]

buy more

[worldly garden]

get ur dad a logitech k120

will last 10 years +

[pulsar agate]

K280E is nicer in my opinion

[worldly garden]

membrane enthusiast

[pulsar agate]

K120 is also membrane

[worldly garden]

he just mentioned that he need a keyboard

and as cheap as possible

membrane is the way

[pulsar agate]

Bruh, k120 is 10£, k280e is 30£, wtf

I bought mine for like 10$ brand new

[boreal rivet]

Realforce is the cheapest

[charred plank]

Reorganized my whole setup so I could have shelf space for future keyboards and have room for a glass mouse pad

And so that my monitor are more centered, flat, and close

[patent belfry]

https://tenor.com/view/super-sigma-discord-ok-buddy-alrighty-gif-15348709449560062319

[dense hamlet]

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-japan-circular-gboard-keyboard-3488050/ this is certainly an odd one

[spiral mica]

google Japan moment

coming up with the good stuff every year on 1st oct

[cunning anvil]

"double sided"

nobody counted

[dense hamlet]

Mobius strip so technically one sided https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou0lU8WMgo

[wooden ember]

Question, I have a LInk65 and lately it seems that I have to replug the USB cable to it if I reboot with it connected in order for it to work again. I just tested 4 other keyboards and they do not have this happen to them. How can I fix it on my Link65?

[worldly garden]

project numero 41

[crisp patrol]

@cunning anvil what do you usually mount your custom boards on?

I see some people using standoffs and something under the pcb, maybe a blank board idk

[cunning anvil]

depends on if its based on a specific case or i get to chose

my customs these days are just skeleton hull i think

idk

fr4 skeleton is my go to

[crisp patrol]

[tired lion]

Hi everyone , i wanted to know if a Keychron keyboard is better than the razer huntsman mini or the Logitech G PRO X60 LIGHTSPEED ? Bc i wanted to buy either the razer or logitech but someone told me that i should go for a Keychron

[tacit rose]

what are you looking for in a keyboard

[tired lion]

i just want a wireless tkl or 60% keyboard for mostly gaming

[tacit rose]

razer and logi have their own firmware so how much do you think you'll benefit from either of them
since most keychron models use qmk/via nowadays
and how much do you care about things like aesthetics and hotswappable switches
do not go optical tho you'll be shafting yourself

[tired lion]

im sorry bc english is not my 1st language, but what is a firmware 😭 , i know nothing about keyboard/switches and all that , since i never had one. For the aesthetic I just want a black tkl/60% wireless (if possible) keyboard

is the firmware the application to customize the keyboard?

[edgy saffron]

whats the best mechanical keyboard for gaming + programming? under 200$ budget

all black

custom built or prebuilt idc

[tardy saddle]

Like most things you physically touch to use, "best" is very subjective.

[urban panther]

Just get a keychron /s but not really /s

[patent belfry]

how about you do some of your own research

you got 2 hands and an empty search bar, what you waiting for ?

[edgy saffron]

I have no idea what Im looking for tho?

never really had a pricey keyboard

most were membrane keyboards

[edgy saffron]

I mean I dont really have a preference yet

what do most people find good?

[patent belfry]

200$ is budget still

given the price of big gaming brands

[edgy saffron]

really?

[patent belfry]

i would say so

[edgy saffron]

how much would I have to spend for a good one?

[patent belfry]

good is subjective

[edgy saffron]

so are video games, yet most people agree elden ring is great

is there something like that for keyboards?

one most people agree is decent

[patent belfry]

not sure where this info is coming from

[tardy saddle]

No idea what most people find good, but I'm personally a Cherry MX Brown switch user for life. Still have my Logitech G710+ going strong since 2012, now with Razer PBT Keycaps on it.

[blazing breach]

I find browns have a good activation point. They are kind of in the middle when it comes to clickyness, activation and tactile feel.. Not to much of any one thing, but a good middle ground for all... I found when i used reds i was prone to double tapping keys by mistake.

I believe Linus also prefers browns

[edgy saffron]

should I just build my own and follow ltts guide? and just choose the switches I like best?

like exactly

[tardy saddle]

Entirely up to you. I cannot advise what someone should or shouldn't do when it comes to items of a personal nature, like those you use in the office. Not trying to be difficult, but it's like asking "what's the best work headset" - there are hundreds of headsets that all fit and sound different to different people.

[edgy saffron]

i mean when someone asks "whats the best earbuds for an everyday person" most people say airpods

[worldly garden]

Thats what the consumer would say