#peripherals

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fleet scroll
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original owner replaced the daughterboard so

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no port replacement

main narwhal
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o nice

fleet scroll
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but im fine with the mini to be honest

main narwhal
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whats it got

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the cipulot one?

fleet scroll
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i have no idea lol

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the listing didnt specify it

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its really nice though

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connected to my phone right now

shy junco
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Oh yeah I know it can, I have stuffed mounted to edges etc. I was saying that I don't want to cut into desk just to reduce the height of the keyboard

main narwhal
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they have keyboard trays that clamp to the side

chrome raft
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Ignore the right arrow. I lost the keycap 😜

patent belfry
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hell yea crazy upgrade

fleet scroll
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not being linear was enough to persuade me lol

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now i must snipe yahoo auctions or something for another

charred stag
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any good somewhat budget modular keyboard? with numpad (or seperate numpad) (not picky about how it sounds)

crisp patrol
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guys I got this off aliexpress is it any good?

patent belfry
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lol

charred plank
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Needs shine through RGB led light 16.4 million colors or else

crisp patrol
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handarbeezy

young spoke
crisp patrol
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winkeyless keyboard
no winkeys

patent belfry
young spoke
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just seems impractical

crisp patrol
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left alt = windows

patent belfry
crisp patrol
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mb

patent belfry
crisp patrol
patent belfry
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I dont think handar has one

fleet scroll
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okay topre is definitely acquired lol

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i didnt love the sound when i first tried it but now its the best thing i’ve ever heard

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also feels way better than my laptop keyboards or mx custom keyboard already

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and i’ve gotten used to the layout

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(except for the arrow keys)

chrome raft
fleet scroll
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it would help if the original owner didn’t swap the keycaps so i could see which function key does what lol

patent belfry
fleet scroll
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home, end

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arrows

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delete

patent belfry
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oh yeah

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you have a custom controller so you could reprogram

fleet scroll
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true

patent belfry
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im building my s60 v2 pretty soon

fleet scroll
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1 thing i really like is how the top row is positioned up

fleet scroll
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oooh

patent belfry
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frosted pc top, white alu bottom custom hhkb

fleet scroll
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it’s a custom case?

patent belfry
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ye

fleet scroll
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i see

patent belfry
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just waiting for the OEM pcb and controller to show up from china

fleet scroll
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hey the s60 v2 is surprisingly not that expensive

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73 gbp

patent belfry
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wait what

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its like 300 usd

fleet scroll
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What

spiral mica
patent belfry
fleet scroll
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well i did convert it from realvirm to gbp

spiral mica
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damn that sounds interesting

patent belfry
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full plate gaskets and silencing rings

fleet scroll
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i really want to buy a pro 1 for some reason

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i doubt i’ll ever find one for sale

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but i’ll look around

patent belfry
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you should buy a fucked up one and put it in a custom housing

fleet scroll
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2 decade old domes

patent belfry
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ive got lots of old realforce domes they aight

fleet scroll
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the people who sold me my keyboard forgot to take it off of ebay

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cause i bought it through their website

patent belfry
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they might have a bunch

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topre

fleet scroll
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cup rubber

patent belfry
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wait there

fleet scroll
patent belfry
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r1 realforce is good

fleet scroll
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is that true

patent belfry
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i dont like the R3

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r2 is meh

fleet scroll
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i’ll have a look at the r1s

fleet scroll
patent belfry
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r1 goodness

fleet scroll
patent belfry
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that ones has a custom pcb yeah

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via compatible

fleet scroll
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ie

patent belfry
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theyre like 500$ a piece

fleet scroll
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a realforce 87ub

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would it be Not great

patent belfry
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it would be good yeah

fleet scroll
patent belfry
fleet scroll
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oh really

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my fault for knowing nothing by the way

patent belfry
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I want this next

spiral mica
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variable weight is so nice

patent belfry
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fr

lone tinsel
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thock tuah

charred plank
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Is it hard to remove to protective layer on keychron q series silver boards

charred plank
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Q1

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Thinking of getting a silver one and reanodizing it to whatever color I want

worldly garden
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yeah umm

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send it to ppl who did it

fervent dragon
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What's a good cheap mechanical keyboard for under $50?

worldly garden
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dont buy k series

charred plank
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If you need it fully built, linky 87 might be a really good option too

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It's basically like a better v1 max it seems for $31

patent belfry
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chinesium

charred plank
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Not that country even is a variable... What matters is how it performs per $

patent belfry
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over half their lineup is aids on an entusiast level too

charred plank
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Keychron basically makes keyboards that compete as a step up from big gamer memes

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But against the real market they're pretty bad options

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Unless you need a specific layout on a really low budget maybe

patent belfry
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not for enthusiasts

charred plank
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?

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I don't think most enthusiast like bad boards

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The issue they have is literally they're a mainstream type company masquerading as enthusiast. Good thing for beginners who can't get advice and would otherwise get Razer, but useless if you can get decent advice

fervent dragon
patent belfry
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finally

cyan tartan
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is there a lot of difference between 0.125mm and 0.01mm rapid trigger?

patent belfry
fervent dragon
patent belfry
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keep it

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50$ barely buys switches

fervent dragon
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so it didn't come with a keyboard.

patent belfry
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go to the store and buy a 50$ keyboard

boreal rivet
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you should buy a realforce

main laurel
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any mechanical keyboard for 100 bucks ?

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that yall would recomend

charred plank
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If you can go smaller neo65

bitter oar
worldly garden
bitter oar
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of?

patent belfry
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the keyboards

bitter oar
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hi75 and such

patent belfry
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75% is peak noob layout.

echo garden
orchid sundial
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got a whole bunch of these cute keycaps from the thrift store

patent belfry
orchid sundial
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yeah

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hold on i got a photo of the bag from the thrift store

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they seem DIY or something, maybe they are defects that someone collected and donated there idk

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some of them have plastic bits sticking out im guessing from where they injection molded it

patent belfry
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do they have any maker stamps on them?

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OH ITS MIROTICAPS

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he was outed as a pedophile

crisp patrol
patent belfry
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lol

orchid sundial
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oh damn

patent belfry
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maybe imn thinking of someone else

orchid sundial
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some of their keycaps do look like the ones I got

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also it does say that inside it

patent belfry
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i feel like i remember someone saying that back a few years ago

orchid sundial
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wild

patent belfry
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bro still coaches middle school girls volleyball in vancouver, thats insane

worldly garden
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vert low profile

charred plank
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Putting my money where my mouth is on keychron

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Already bought v1 only to have it confirm to me it's a terrible board for its price

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But I bought a v1 max now and q2 to test the same thing with the other two keychrons I see people recommend over boards that in theory and in basically any online test seem to be better

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So maybe they'll surprise me

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Or, maybe they'll just be the next v1 non max level disappointments

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Q2 i can at least mod to be good enough to use though either way

open palm
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I got my eyes on the zenaim keyboard now

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Really expensive but also very interesting

spiral mica
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zenaim is nice

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I tried them in japan and prob one of the best feeling LP I have tried

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and it looks rly goood

boreal rivet
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Interesting switch

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I wonder who manufactures them

open palm
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Thats sick

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They're selling it on amazon now for $300

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Im considering getting it on march

spiral mica
# boreal rivet I wonder who manufactures them

my guess is tokai rika which owns zenaim, the structure doesnt look like anything on the market currently (sllight ressemblence to choc I guess) and tokai rika is probably able to manufacturer it themselves

open palm
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Actually Im kind of tempted to get it right now šŸ˜…

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But goddamn that price

boreal rivet
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Interesting venture though lol

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How’s the wobble?

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I read the tech brief on their switch and the main focus was minimising wobble

spiral mica
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dont rly recall but it is definetly better than mx/mx style he

patent belfry
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thocky keybor

chrome raft
thorny ferry
chrome raft
thorny ferry
worldly garden
crisp patrol
chrome raft
charred birch
# chrome raft

Wait, that's the full kanji kb? If si that's šŸ”„

worldly garden
lone tinsel
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how's the air75 HE keyboard you got there ?

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the magnetic hall effect buttons must be pretty nice

open palm
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It does sound and feel a bit worse than my Lofree keyboards but it’s still good

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Biggest gripe would be the fact that its not a true low profile keyboard

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The switches have pretty much the same travel distance as high profile

still moat
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So last month I bought my first Linear switch keyboard. The ROG Strix Scope II with those nice Snow switches.

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I... Don't like the keyboard much.

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The board is hard.

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No gasket mount or anything to dampen the feeling when you bottom out the key

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Which has taught me that I will probably always prefer tactile switches going forward. The bump makes the press feel softer.

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The snow switches themselves are nice. They are prelubed, so they're very smooth and silent.

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But without something to make the bottom feel softer, I can't enjoy them.

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Is there any mods that could be done to improve this?

frigid bronze
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anyone know of any keyboards with a layout like the keychron Q65 (macro keys on the left, don't mind if its larger) but without the $150 price tag (or even something that just exists on the used market)

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im very obsessed with this macro-keys-on-the-left idea but I'm hoping I won't have to bite the bullet of the price and get that keyboard

i also dont care if i have to do any soldering or sacrifice an ESP32 or what have you

patent belfry
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thocky keyboard

fiery pulsar
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Heyo everyone I am trying to get some switches to be specific 1. the Nokelkeys NK Cream 2. the KTT Rose Linear and 3. the ThicThock Shogaki Tactile switshes. I am still unsure which of these 3 I want and wanted some advice on them. Help is very much appreciated ^^

boreal rivet
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topre 55g

patent belfry
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thocky keyboard

silk pumice
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Customized q1 max with hand lubbed zaku switches and epbt oragami keycaps.

crisp patrol
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~2500 characters

stark nexus
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THATS hiragana

fiery pulsar
patent belfry
patent belfry
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I agree

timid pivot
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Good news everyone

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My insurance claim went through, Keychron is sending me a new package

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That was faster than I thought it would take

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Now hopefully they didn't contract the same intermediary for delivery...

worldly garden
timid pivot
worldly garden
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i should be looking ofr naother board already

timid pivot
worldly garden
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i want custom

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keychron is a prebuilt

timid pivot
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...okay ? And ?

patent belfry
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I'd say if you can't provide help to their question to not interject

patent belfry
urban panther
lone tinsel
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do you all think I should try o-rings on my switches ?

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its relatively inexpensive and not too hard

  • ive never done mods on a keeb
spiral mica
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its shit

worldly garden
bitter oar
lone tinsel
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got it

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i just want to mod my keyboard without going too in-depth

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since the switches are factory lubed
a lot (its all on the pcb as well lol)

vague raven
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what are some quiet switches? i heard lubing them makes them quieter but idk if i want to do that

patent belfry
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MX silents

empty kayak
empty kayak
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I hate lubing Kailh type switches tho. They never open easily.

patent belfry
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lubed springs only >>

empty kayak
patent belfry
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Korean way with LSD oil āœ‹šŸæ

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wobbies

worldly garden
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Slaps

timid pivot
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I understood nothing of that interaction

patent belfry
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šŸ˜Ž

chrome raft
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my rk61 works on my laptop but on my pc its on but not working

patent belfry
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my keyboard is keyboard but won't keyboard when keyboard to keyboard

boreal rivet
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you should buy a realforce

shut sierra
patent belfry
shut sierra
# patent belfry yes

Interesting lol never heard of that being used for springs, whats the reason? Just due to the properties of the fluid? Why use that vs. other "keyboard specific" lubes?

patent belfry
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very cheap, tons of it. used before "keyboard" lubricants

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only downside is the smell, but who cares

shut sierra
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Yea thats super fair, makes sense. And I assume feel/effect is pretty much the same?

patent belfry
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I find my springs have 0 ping with it

shut sierra
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Neat Ill have to try that out then, Ill keep it in mind šŸ™‚

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Thanks for the info

static pilot
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im gonna do something funny... im gonna attempt to game on an old dell keyboard LOL

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and yes i know it was dusty LOL

static pilot
patent belfry
arctic shuttle
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I need that marble thock

charred plank
patent belfry
shut sierra
worldly garden
static pilot
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It’s gonna be a while before I hear back from razer

hidden pulsar
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Anyone has tried a redragon horus k621?

lone tinsel
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looks like its from one of these

hidden pulsar
patent belfry
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???

hidden pulsar
worldly garden
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i do have a couple of hundreads too

patent belfry
hidden pulsar
worldly garden
hidden pulsar
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In this economy having dozens of keyboard switches

patent belfry
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dozens of keyboards

worldly garden
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keeb switches is not that expensive

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like 30-50 cents per got u some hmx's

shut sierra
worldly garden
bitter oar
worldly garden
boreal rivet
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very surprised you would know anything about vints at all kvetinky

bitter oar
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?

worldly garden
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this guy will not recognize the difference between a good ob stems and actual vb stems

bitter oar
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if you expect me to feed your rage bait no thanks.

worldly garden
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im just saying

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is good to see u back from volunteering

patent belfry
bitter oar
patent belfry
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I buy them because they are better and cheaper than every switch on the market.

bitter oar
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If you manage to get them <15Ā¢ a switch and "best" is subjective

shut sierra
patent belfry
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I paid 2 cents a switch

bitter oar
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Not everyone can though for such price and there is no thing such as best switch, availability includes the best part, they're also usually stolen switches from vintage boards, that on itself can be an issue cause of solder residue, not everyone would like the sound profile and above average actuation point

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They're best for you*

patent belfry
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you're objectively wrong

hidden pulsar
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N
The new stocks is keeb switches

bitter oar
hidden pulsar
patent belfry
hidden pulsar
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Ah

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But still 2 bucks for a full size keyboard worth of switches ain't bad

patent belfry
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you will not find better

heady dagger
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budget qmk/via 75% keyboard recommendations pls

worldly garden
heady dagger
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what model

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volume knob is prefered

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wireless if possible

charred plank
worldly garden
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Give him so names u preferred then

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Some

charred plank
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@heady dagger what's your budget anyways?

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Brb

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@ me

heady dagger
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just the cheapest one that fits those requirements

worldly garden
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Keychron is

heady dagger
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was looking at lemokey p1 pro but quite expensive

worldly garden
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If thats ur priorities

heady dagger
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i want a cheaper alternative

worldly garden
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Not the best, not the worst

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But competitive price

heady dagger
bitter oar
worldly garden
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He wants qmk/via compatible

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He did not mention anything else

bitter oar
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Yes, there are compatible chinese boards w qmk

heady dagger
worldly garden
heady dagger
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what brand is that

worldly garden
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U can find it on google

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Chillkey

heady dagger
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flex cut or non flex cut

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and are the blue switches linear

worldly garden
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Optional

bitter oar
heady dagger
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i should've mentionned i want linear switches

heady dagger
worldly garden
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Oh nvm nd75 doesnt have knob haha

heady dagger
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but i dont think nd75 has linear option

worldly garden
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There are

heady dagger
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blues are tactile though

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arent they

worldly garden
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Thats just their name

heady dagger
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idk about this keyboard

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any other options?

worldly garden
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Monsgeek m1w

heady dagger
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black and white are both discontinued

worldly garden
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Try fond one used

boreal rivet
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just buy a realforce

worldly garden
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He likes linear

bitter oar
heady dagger
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oh

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what is the diff between ansi and iso

worldly garden
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Iso is for european normies

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Ansi is for rest of the world

heady dagger
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what are the most linears of those

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i hate choosing switches online

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you dont know what they sound like

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the akko v3 piano pro cost a little more than the other 2

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are they the better switches

worldly garden
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U want thock go for rosewood

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Any works

bitter oar
worldly garden
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Plus dont buy directly from the brand site

heady dagger
worldly garden
heady dagger
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where else

worldly garden
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Where ? Local vendors

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Where are u based

heady dagger
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Canada

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$180 with shipping before taxes on monsgeek website

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$200 keeb

worldly garden
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Oh then fuck no

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It is 99 here

bitter oar
worldly garden
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Avoid aliexpress

bitter oar
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Why?

worldly garden
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China dinks

patent belfry
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fuck AliExpress

bitter oar
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Clarify why

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Their buyer protection is solid

heady dagger
bitter oar
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Doesn't have to be monsgeek, just search "aluminum keyboard" on aliexpress and pick whichever board you may like

heady dagger
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yeah but i want that one

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leobog hi75

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is that a good ali express keyboard

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C$112

bitter oar
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Doesn't support qmk

bitter oar
heady dagger
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dang

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$160 for the monsgeek m3

bitter oar
heady dagger
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wait no it doesnt have switches

heady dagger
bitter oar
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Yes

heady dagger
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and good build quality?

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woahh the bridge75 looks insaneee

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does that have via/qmk

bitter oar
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I think it does

heady dagger
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rn those are my options

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monsgeek got crazy shipping fees though

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bridge75 looks really really good

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i might save up for that

bitter oar
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Yeah, those aren't really worth it at 200 cad, you shouldn't

heady dagger
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oh

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you'd get the womier?

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btw my current keyboard is epomaker th80x

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its kinda crap

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the 2.4ghz dongle is fried so i gotta use it wired now

bitter oar
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I've had a dozen monsgeeks they be ok but not worth more than like 50 usd for the barebones

heady dagger
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you've had how many?

bitter oar
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~15

heady dagger
bitter oar
heady dagger
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136 usd

bitter oar
heady dagger
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wait theres tax

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15% for me since canada

bitter oar
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Then no

heady dagger
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so 226 cad

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157

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usd

heady dagger
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and to get a better keyboard than the bridge75 i'll have to spend way more

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ima save up a dollar every hour

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i'll get it in 10 days

bitter oar
heady dagger
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what's taobao

bitter oar
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basicly aliexpress but not international, asia mostly

heady dagger
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barebone bridge 75 aren't on ali

heady dagger
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how difficult

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wait theres the bridge 75 and bridge75 plus

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what are the diffs

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adds $15 to the cost

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oh the rgb

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boyy its so expensivee

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i've never spent so much on a rectangular piece of metal

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i need help funding thisss

bitter oar
# heady dagger some effort?

Placing order request, asking the agent to provide cheaper economy shipping if possible, shipping may turn out to be expensive due to weight, waiting for the order

heady dagger
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what does the bridge 75 max do

heady dagger
bitter oar
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You can translate it but yeah that as well

heady dagger
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i save $6 if i make a new ali express acc

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so 191 before tax

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219 after the 15% tax but i dont know if ali express adds that tax

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ima check checkout

bitter oar
heady dagger
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bridge 75 isnt rgb

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plus has rgb

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max idk

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wait i dont think theres tax

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lets go

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so 191 cad

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132 usd

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are there promo codes i can add on ali express?

charred plank
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P1 kinda sucks

heady dagger
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yes

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i've decided

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but im tryna save as much

charred plank
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It's basically like that Q2 I showed being worse than the hi75

heady dagger
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squeeze a promo code or smth

bitter oar
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most of the time than not

heady dagger
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are there some rn

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and where do i find them

patent belfry
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ali express stinky

worldly garden
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just got this off somewhere

night night
main narwhal
worldly garden
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cute

patent belfry
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šŸ’€

bitter oar
worldly garden
# patent belfry šŸ’€

Cutie can i have belovedhaku for valentine šŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗ

bitter oar
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out of many boards i’ve had 0 so far were defective to a point where it was causing issue he’s right about the glorious one having brittle sockets, so i wonder based of what’s that ā€œqcā€ is on the chinese boards

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because just categorising all of the chinese boards as ā€œvery bad / terrible / major QC issueā€ is vague without an explanation why

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i feel like that list is extra not specific so it avoids any responsibility if it’s used beyond just subjective matters

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i’d genuinely like to know the failure rate

charred plank
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Reasoning on the list are nonsense, but I do agree that people shouldn't buy rk or. Glorious boards, but it's cause how they sound for their price

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But after that the gamer brand one and drop and highground are the only other sensible part of that list

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The rest is him just being schizo

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"Chinese so bad qc" meanwhile "get keychron for their qc" (based in Hong Kong China and produced in factories throughout China)

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Dudes just odd tbh

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He's schizo about QC but doesn't know what QC means or implies

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And he's schizo about China brands but shills a brand without knowing it's Chinese

boreal rivet
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imagine arguing over this when realforce is better anyway

shut sierra
# worldly garden just got this off somewhere

Yea, I have an RK (first on the list). As my first keyboard ever it was fine, I learnt how to solder/desolder with it so fine for a project to learn if you don’t want to muck something up, but I do have an issue with the PCB. Still usable but annoying

bitter oar
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I just hope that list isn’t based off complaints on reddit and such and that he’s objectively basing the ā€œQC issuesā€ from some sort of reviews/teardowns of the pcbs from other users unless he checked the boards himself, if he found issue with each brand it’s still not quite fair to categorise the whole brand as horrible qc

shut sierra
# bitter oar which model btw

RK61, it has an issue where there is a certain column of keys on the right side of the board (the +, }, right shift, and a 2 others I forget) that when you click, it registers as the whole row being clicked

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Although honestly idk if that’s potentially an issue I caused when opening it up and soldering and whatnot, or maybe one I didn’t properly install the ribbon cable? Not sure

bitter oar
shut sierra
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Yes that’s fair. Honestly it’s lasted me a few years at this point and for how much I paid (excluding keycaps cuz I can reuse those) I’m pretty satisfied

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Can’t expect a god tier product when paying 60$ Cad

charred plank
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I know him

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He doesn't even know what QC means

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He just says anything that's Chinese has QC and PCB issues

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Doesn't know a thing about PCB design or what QC even means though

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And ironically he shills keychron purely for qc when he doesn't know what that means and without realizing keychron is Chinese

shut sierra
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Realistically most cheap brands probably don’t have crazy QC tho no? It’s probably cheaper for them to ship out pretty much everything and just replace a board if someone complains. I doubt they have extensive QC but that’s just me thinking about it from a cost perspective, not with any real insight on how these companies function

charred plank
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QC process is basically the same on all

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They get a visual then a power on test

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No brands are doing ir scoping to check for internal microfractures or anything

shut sierra
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That’s fair, as I said I’m not sure what the process is, I just assume cheaper brands would cut as many corners as possible to max their margins

charred plank
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They would in other industries

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But keyboards are so simple that basically none fail and the QC process is kinda forced to be the same among all

shut sierra
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Well if almost no boards fail why check?

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Like I said why not ship and just replace if someone complains? Probably cheaper

charred plank
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Because it's still cheaper than a warranty claim to power on 100 boards to find the one that won't power on than to ship it back and forward

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Although it's probably more like 1/1000

shut sierra
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I can’t speak to that, I don’t know what the costs are between both, although it would probably make a really interesting cost analysis

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Anyways I was just curious, was some interesting food for thought as a business student, but like I said I have no inside knowledge lol

charred plank
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Speaking of PCBs though, I found a pretty funny bug in multisim yesterday

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Made a circuit that runs on ac and DC on different portions of the circuit, and multisims built in probes as soon as the DC half is connected refuse to read the ac part as ac

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They'll read the right values

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But they'll only read it as DC

bitter oar
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i’ve had issues with the trust brand for example, yes it’s literally branded ā€œtrustā€ their mices have sensor issues, occasionally/randomly the sensor just tends to swap horizontal movement for vertical (gxt disan 161) and their mices have cheap i’d even call it they just spray painted thick the mouses and moved on, because with usage the plastic layer started to crumble and falling off, their speakers sound poor (well, they’re cheap) i’d personally never buy that brand unless they improve/d

charred plank
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So to figure out readings you need to have an inherent understanding of if that portion should be ac or dc

charred plank
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Or it's just them making it up cause they want to shill something worse

bitter oar
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the sensor surprisingly felt okay considering rest of the mice, that’s where all the positives end, skates, basicly nonexistent coating unless that cheap spray paint count, heavy, buggy, software gets flagged as malware

patent belfry
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the ultimate Redditor chat

charred plank
patent belfry
charred plank
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All these bs qc claims come from reddit wanting to shill the worst products

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They do it in every hobby

patent belfry
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ok budget man

worldly garden
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Name a china brand that isnt shit

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Me first: kbdfans

patent belfry
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ew kbdfans sucks

worldly garden
patent belfry
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no I did not

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also the 8x is not a kbdfans board technically

charred plank
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I need to know why keychron has such bad stock stabs

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I swear, they're the least flat wires I've ever seen

worldly garden
bitter oar
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qc

worldly garden
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No workers have time to mod each set invidually, let alone any other aspects

charred plank
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Better tuned than any of the aftermarket stabs I bought too

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Part of why I consider it so beginner friendly

worldly garden
charred plank
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Who has a preference for non flat stabilizer wires?

worldly garden
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Idk this is mine

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Neo clip ins, will take cherries over it

charred plank
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I have both neo clip ins and cherry clip ins. I'd say both are okay, but I'd say the hi75 stock plate stabs have more flat wires by a decent bit still

bitter oar
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if a board doesn’t have rattly stabs, the switches are prelubed good enough, no casing defects, unintentional sharp edges, semi consistent issues with pcbs, issues with firmware, keycaps don’t have visible printing issues, keycaps aren’t warped or offset, etc. something that would affect user experience… that would be considered solid qc for a keyboard
which decent amount of the chinese boards checkmark, ofc not all but a lot do

charred plank
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Yea, most people just don't use the word QC right

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They just use it as a way to justify boards that they can't justify off physical reasonings

worldly garden
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I will lube my blues and have u recognized if the stabs is rattle or not

charred plank
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Also, why are gat brown pros just linears that feel scratchy

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They feel like my cherry silvers rather than a tactile

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It feels like they have a scratchy part of the slide rather than a tactile bump

charred plank
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But it's so absurdly light of a bump why even have it

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It just makes them feel unlubed instead of feeling like a tactile

bitter oar
worldly garden
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@patent belfry vb acquired

bitter oar
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if it passes that i determine that my unit doesn’t rattle/tick

worldly garden
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Mmm smooth stems

shut sierra
boreal rivet
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realforce is better

shut sierra
bitter oar
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stock monsgeek stabs atleast the older versions (iirc v4 or v5 m1’s include different stabs) have a lot of ticking and some rattle unlubed

charred plank
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But people will use QC as if it means all those

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Hell, people will use "QC" when FedEx drops their package

shut sierra
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That’s why sure Reddit may not have the most reliable info, but doing research/seeing how many other people have issues with a board is how you’ll find out or atleast get a half decent answer

Also it’s not even a QC issue necessarily, if you have 0 QC but make a really good board with barely any defects, you’ll have x amount of defects say 1/10000, but if you make a shitty board with 1/100 defects, and QC only catches 9/10 (1/1000 defect rate) you’ll still have less issues with the first board

shut sierra
charred plank
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Yes, but QC in keyboards is pretty simple

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And pretty universal

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And I've never seen someone make a claim of qc on keyboards and show a company lacking one of the 2 or 3 actual QC steps a keyboard company would have

shut sierra
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That doesn’t change the impact it has, whether it’s done or not is what matters, the simplicity simply affects the cost and difficulty for companies to implement it

shut sierra
charred plank
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Except again, none of the dudes claims are based on a company not doing a visual or power on inspection

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It's all just because foxy is kinda schizo and doesn't know what QC means

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He thinks all Chinese brands have bad qc but loves keychron simply cause he refuses to understand they're Chinese too

shut sierra
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Yea its kind of tough to identify if an issue was QC or something else (as you said, shipping) cuz you don’t know if something is wrong till you open the package and it’s not like the board comes with a picture of the unit before leaving factory

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There’s no proof of testing or anything so you really have no way of knowing

bitter oar
# charred plank Hell, people will use "QC" when FedEx drops their package

well, not necessarily entirely wrong when an some employee checks the package if it’s not damaged but, yeah i don’t think that would be considered qc rightly but rather just package/delivery inspection
usually it’s just meant in terms of manufacturing/product check if the product works or doesn’t have apparent issues, testing, expected failure rates could be considered a part of qc because atleast they have an idea

shut sierra
charred plank
patent belfry
bitter oar
# charred plank Issue is how people use the word QC wrong

I mean, using qc as in context of ensuring the delivery company delivers your package intact or not damaged could be technically considered qc, because in this case the ā€œproductā€ is shipping, yes it’s not manufacturing but a delivery company doesn’t manufacture, it depends on the context but yeah it’s not entirely incorrect or correct to use qc that way in modern days

patent belfry
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you guys are being insufferable

bitter oar
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yes, i’m aware that i overgeneralize, i just hope ya understand, i don’t express myself the best

worldly garden
patent belfry
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what year

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send sticker pic

shut sierra
shut sierra
worldly garden
bitter oar
shut sierra
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Yea exactly

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I think I initially misread your first message that’s my bad, I just read it again and yea I see what you mean

patent belfry
patent belfry
shut sierra
patent belfry
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literally what I'm doing

worldly garden
patent belfry
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rip

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what a waste that's a good board

worldly garden
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You know how much i got them for

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26 bucks

patent belfry
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not bad

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hopefully they are nice

main narwhal
charred plank
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Rebuilt my keychron q2 with better stabs that I tuned and my cerakeys

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but its still pretty mid

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also did a tape mod and added let on the plastic sheet it comes with and even copper foil on the rear of the pcb

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sounds a lot less hollow

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But it jsut sounds kinda like id expect a much cheaper board to sound with all these mods

main narwhal
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what's the foil posed to do

charred plank
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and doesnt sound on par with the modded lucky 65

main narwhal
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just more absorption?

bitter oar
charred plank
bitter oar
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with tweezers

main narwhal
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lawd

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5 years ago?

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6 years? i'm not sure

charred plank
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does a rreally good at cutting gain to frequencies over 2khz and a really good job at maintaining ut under that

bitter oar
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they did pop out but it took like great amount of force

charred plank
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makes it really good when aiming for a deep sound

main narwhal
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these pcbs had so little solder on them that popping out the socket did no damage to the trace lol

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which is...good in a way lol

charred plank
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but the design of q2 leaves it unable to sound poppy

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stock its just really pingy and hollow

main narwhal
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and it was multiple batches from different chinese vendors, but yeah, long time ago

charred plank
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modded I got it to sound deep

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but like there are cheaper boards that sound deep without as many mods and can sound poppy

main narwhal
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neo ergo = ā¤ļø

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though

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I wish they had a legit 65% neo ergo

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instead of the gk64 arrow layout

charred plank
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unironically, I think keychron q series may be the worst sounding aluminum boards money can buy that arent some super obscure meme

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or a gamer board

main narwhal
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some of kprepublic's in house stuff sounded awful lol

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they had a lot of variations of fixed plate cases that all sounded super stiff and pingy

charred plank
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Idk much about those, but this is just horrific knowing its msrp

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fortunately I got it basically new for $70

main narwhal
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including some that were a single sheet of aluminum bent into the shape of a case lol

charred plank
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but even there its not worth it

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besides for the color I like

main narwhal
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speaking of mods

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i had ordered equalz stabs and never used them, and when I cracked open the packaging I was confused coz it came with like 5 or 6 different kind of foam pads

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which seems...excessive lol

charred plank
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I get one for the top of the stem where the wire touches and one for under the stabilizer

main narwhal
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and some of them didn't seem like they would do anything

charred plank
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but what are the rest for lol

main narwhal
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they included foam to put between the wire and the pcb to dampen the "sound of the wire hitting the pcb", but the wire doesn't touch the pcb there

charred plank
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if the wire is touching the pcb they might need to rework how they straighten their stabs lol

main narwhal
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foams to put between the stab housing and the pcb, with a punchout for where the slider touches the pcb

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because there's a DIFFERENT foam to put in that spot made of a different material

charred plank
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lol

main narwhal
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foams to wrap around the wire where it inserts into the housing

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and foams for the inside of the slider

charred plank
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v1 max arrives today

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so ill see if thats the one good keychron

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or if the whole company is just overhyped mainstreem trash

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my hopes arent too high

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but gives it more room to maybe impress me

worldly garden
#

u are buying e waste and being aware

charred plank
# worldly garden u are buying e waste and being aware

I mean there are a lot of people who would strongly disagree. so far I have seen theyre just idiots, but im giving those people every chance, cause they make up more than half the people giving advice in this hobby

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but maybe v1 max is the one shilled keychron that is good

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we will see

worldly garden
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U can afford enthusiastis keyboard but u didnt buy it

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Thats not fiancialy wised

charred plank
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already have neo 75

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and got it to sound near perfect to my like

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visually its ideal for my setup

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and I have the modded lucky 65 that audibly is actually perfect for my likes

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so now any keyboards I buy are for fun

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until something higher end is interesting enough for me

heady dagger
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if i get the bridge75 plus from ali am i gonna get an authentic one

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$191 CAD

worldly garden
worldly garden
worldly garden
#

75% is for normies anyway

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Rips off tkl’s

charred plank
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I prefer 65%

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But neo ruined the neo65 cu anode choices

worldly garden
#

There are a handfull of high ends 65% id u want to

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Neo65 cu isnt high end

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Is more like an entry level enthusiast board

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Go get the belovedhaku

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🄱

heady dagger
worldly garden
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U can find deals in mm

heady dagger
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nothing used

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in my area

worldly garden
#

Dm me i will aend a discord where u can find it

worldly garden
bitter oar
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please could you clarify why they're trash

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point out the issues compared to a high end board

patent belfry
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hello Redditors

heady dagger
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whats the highest quality black full desk mat i'm gonna get for around $50 CAD no design or anything preferably

bitter oar
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depends on how soft you want the mat, surface roughness, glide or control

shut sierra
patent belfry
heady dagger
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balanced i guess

charred plank
#

V1 max arrived and tldr it's pretty bad value too

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But it's usable at least

patent belfry
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quit wasting money then

main narwhal
#

i wonder if you could do a topre dactyl type borb

worldly garden
bitter oar
worldly garden
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Dont sit here and ask ppl why, go and get one to know

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U can afford 15 monsgeek board for a reason theb u can afford a high end

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Buy some tgr or geonworks

patent belfry
worldly garden
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Oh yeah i forgot i cant find any in ali

patent belfry
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I wasn't taking that angle but sure lmfao

worldly garden
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U should buy a belovedhaku for your girlfriend before the price going up

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Trust me

patent belfry
bitter oar
patent belfry
#

nobody is avoiding your question, they gave you a reasonable answer.

bitter oar
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no?

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he didn’t explain anything at all

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I asked why, I didn’t ask him to recommend me a board to find out myself, do you actually think the chinese slop are the only boards i had/tried?

patent belfry
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ive not seen proof of nothing contrary

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so yes

bitter oar
#

i also asked you for clarification why aliexpress sucks, instead you prefered to call it ā€œstinkyā€ completely ignore the question and called me smooth brain

patent belfry
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ive gotten scammed on ali express 3 times

bitter oar
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skill issue

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literally

patent belfry
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no

bitter oar
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you could’ve opened a dispute, you could’ve just not buy obvious scams

patent belfry
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i participate in groupbuys and sketchy marketplaces daily

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i won the dispute but not every person will

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its not something I can recommend unless its a seller that ive personally been successful with

bitter oar
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i’ve been scammed on thermal camera recently because the resolution was misleading all i had to do is contact their 24/7 custom service and i managed to get a refund after being rejected

patent belfry
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which in the past 10 or so years its been a fat 0 so no recommendation from me

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part of this whole hobby thing is to not recommend or talk on something you havent used.

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youve admitted to being misled/scammed on the platform and yet you continue to recommend people shop there.

bitter oar
# patent belfry i won the dispute but not every person will

that’s really a skill issue because i’ve bought hundreds of products on aliexpress, 5% of which were scams, one time (I) gave up because the seller refused to provide me a return label, if i went further i’d get a full refund

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otherwise i won all the disputes

patent belfry
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5% is a lot

bitter oar
patent belfry
#

don't care the brevity

bitter oar
#

their dispute system is on par with what we have in the west, i don’t know why are you complaining, using appeal that most people can’t do it is their issue, as i said literally a skill issue, even on ebay you can get scammed by the seller if you don’t care enough to provide sufficient proof

patent belfry
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could have recommended to a 12 year old or someone not very fortunate, what happens when they lose money or a product, that could hit them pretty hard

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you asked me for my opinion and now you're saying im complaining?

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so delusional

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you chose to argue with me after for asking my opinion. so hypocritical or someone who berates others for doing that.

bitter oar
patent belfry
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delusional

bitter oar
bitter oar
#

it’s not really hard to do 3 clicks on the aliexpress site (logged in) to get live support

patent belfry
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bro what

worldly garden
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U are promoting a scam site

patent belfry
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but i get what u mean

bitter oar
#

please list atleast one thing why the site is a scam

worldly garden
#

U personally got scammed there

bitter oar
#

by the sellers* not the site

worldly garden
#

The site are tolerating sellers like them

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So there is no point putting my money in risk for buying ā€œcheapā€ products there

bitter oar
patent belfry
#

dont fall for bait diamondlee

worldly garden
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I mean sure I can’t tell him to use it or not

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Just don’t recommend it to everyone u met

bitter oar
#

same with aliexpress

worldly garden
#

That’s literally skill issue whether u can recognize a scam or not

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I love my money, so i always pass on sketchy deals

bitter oar
worldly garden
#

Whenever i saw u around

bitter oar
worldly garden
#

U should buy xyz and they are listed in ali

bitter oar
#

the sellers are scamming, not the site

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if you deliberately want to scam yourself with $3 2tb usb flash drives sure

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even ebay has/had those

bitter oar
worldly garden
#

Brb im at funeral

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*a

bitter oar
bitter oar
worldly garden
bitter oar
#

okay, so to the original point, why do you think the site is a scam?

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well, not why you think but why it actually would be a scam?

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is that just your opinion or the scam is actually a scam

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if it’s not just your opinion then list a reason

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so far you’ve just pointed on the sellers scamming, not the site, the site does not support scams

worldly garden
#

I dont know anywhere is, however they are tolerating scammers to do business here

bitter oar
#

they don’t.

worldly garden
#

Take ur time as i wont be reading what most u say if u take that long to type

bitter oar
#

could you backup your claim how they’re tolerating the scams?

bitter oar
# worldly garden Take ur time as i wont be reading what most u say if u take that long to type

okay, so i assume you just assume because there are scam listing laying on the site
why does not ebay or amazon hire more exployees to check the ongoing scams on their site, when they don’t it does not automatically mean the site is a scam, there can be multiple reasons why they seemingly ā€œtolerateā€ those scams and quite a few of the reasons may not even be intentionally

#

you should’ve phrased your argument like aliexpress sellers are scammers, even that would be incorrect as it is a generalization, should’ve said ā€œa lotā€ or to watch for them

patent belfry
#

holy shit you guys are still yapping away in here

bitter oar
#

it started because what you’ve said is misleading, dismissed to clarify why

patent belfry
bitter oar
#

you’re not obligated to answer me, but then don’t back up or attempt to reinforce your arguments by making fun of me

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without actually answering the question

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is it that hard to specify what’s worse about mid range or ā€œentry-level enthusiastā€ boards comparated to high end ones?

shut sierra
worldly garden
#

Buy one and experience it yourself

shut sierra
#

Or, if you’re really hard set on supporting Ali, both Lee and thocky presented their points and logic, so if you’re still set on your position just agree to disagree šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

worldly garden
#

Thats why most people he ā€œdiscussā€ to is annoyed

bitter oar
worldly garden
#

U arent in there

bitter oar
heady dagger
#

CAD $175 for bridge75 plus white version, marketplace, says its new he recieved dec11 good deal?

worldly garden
bitter oar
#

than which vendor? on average? your argument is very vague imo

worldly garden
bitter oar
#

okay and…

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or are you mixing odds and chances with your personal experience?

worldly garden
#

and i recived the goods ?

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personal and everyone whos aware of what they buying

bitter oar
#

oh the classic anecdote argument

worldly garden
#

we ar not argue

bitter oar
#

oh i’ll also do that, whenever i was buying (properly) on aliexpress i’ve never got scammed, so nobody else will

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i feel that logic

worldly garden
#

everyone wasnt scammed

bitter oar
#

you should not mix up odds and purchases based off your experience

worldly garden
#

odds are close to zero than in ali

bitter oar
#

how do you know

worldly garden
#

i bought from both places

bitter oar
#

you still haven’t answered

worldly garden
#

and most people else

bitter oar
bitter oar
#

how do you know who has had an issue with such vendors or not

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if you’re basing it off few people

worldly garden
#

how about u buy smth from an actual custom "keyboard" vendor then we can talk

bitter oar
worldly garden
#

for u to experiment it out

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u like experiments yeah

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rose75 by newone, a new keyboard maker

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give it a try

bitter oar
# worldly garden for u to experiment it out

if aliexpress has let’s say 1% chance, then the vendor would have to have even lower missent packages/ wrong goods sent than that, so if i receive the keyboard intact that was highly in favor of odds

worldly garden
bitter oar
#

you don’t know if they’re higher or not basing it off even if i’d purchase 10 times in different locations because the number is too low

bitter oar
#

managing in case they get scammed or not receive the package

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as said not everyone can file a dispute and actually win the money over back just as someone to prove they received wrong goods or the if package arrived at all

worldly garden
#

🄱

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is the volunteer organization that jonna recommended u kick uoutfor yap too much kvet

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i can help u find another one

bitter oar
#

.

heady dagger
#

CAD $175 for bridge75 plus white version, marketplace, says its new he recieved dec11 good deal?

heady dagger
worldly garden
#

i sent u some tofu

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in dms

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check that out

heady dagger
#

tofu isnt 75%

worldly garden
#

oh u want a 75%

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ok

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i will lyk if i can find one

bitter oar
#

is that another personal experience

worldly garden
#

go outside and meet real people for once

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go to a meet up

bitter oar
worldly garden
#

not at all

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why would u when u are listening to this

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This song was written by Bryan Adams and Mutt Lange around a piece of film music by composer Michael Kamen. This trio of songwriters, went on to have 3 number one records during the 1990's. Sadly Kamen died of multiple sclerosis in 2003, Adams says "Losing Michael was like losing a brother, and I think of him every time I sing this song."
This...

ā–¶ Play video
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as i said all you know is aliexpress

bitter oar
# worldly garden not at all

you seem to be stucked in circular reason, they’re shit because they’re shit, aliexpress sellers are scammers therefore aliexpress is a scam (despite not providing any proof whatsoever that aliexpress supports those listings), you are switching arguments before answering the original one

worldly garden
#

name me somewhere else that u get keyboard accesories that isnt ali then

bitter oar
worldly garden
#

lets say i want to get a qk65 v3

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where would u get it

bitter oar
#

cheapest vendor

worldly garden
#

name it

bitter oar
#

cheapest.

worldly garden
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u cant name it yeah

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i know

bitter oar
worldly garden
#

go ahead

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take ur time

bitter oar
worldly garden
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you dont even know what the hell is qk

bitter oar
#

are what are you trying to prove here

worldly garden
#

there are v2 calssic so this is the v3

bitter oar
#

it’s not called v3

worldly garden
#

v2 is their variation without screen

shut sierra
#

Damn i had time to go play some games and yall are still on this, just drop it at this point its running in circles

worldly garden
bitter oar
#

it is not called v3

worldly garden
#

thats their 3rd version

bitter oar
#

it is not called a v3.

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where are you missing the point i wonder?

worldly garden
#

this guy is patheic

bitter oar
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i don’t care what version it is, you deliberately or unintentionally gave me the wrong name and you still expect to dig yourself out

worldly garden
#

argue over namings

bitter oar
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or you just cannot admit you’re being absolutely wrong

shut sierra
bitter oar
#

v2 with or without the screen is still a v2

worldly garden
#

do u even know their family tree

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or do i have to message a qk staff to clarify

bitter oar
#

v3 is wrong.

worldly garden
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without me telling u wont even know what brand is qk

bitter oar
#

you’re switching argument again sigh

worldly garden
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im just saying

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man is saturday i have all time for this

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i gave u advice to go experience more keyboard things and not sticking to ali

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is up to you, then

bitter oar
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you make it sound like aliexpress is the only place where i buy keyboards

worldly garden
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where else ?

bitter oar
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you literally could’ve called the qk65v2 anything but a v3 because it’s confusing

worldly garden
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ok my mistake

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now where else u buy keyboards ?