that's why im looking to split ergo keebs now because of work and i have now adult money
#Mechanical Keyboards
left radish
maiden igloo
Like you look at this as a highschooler and thought "that's the coolest looking thing I've ever seen"
"I want that"
left radish
yea the memchanical keyboard with the rbg underlight lol
atomic gazelle
i always think about relearning with all my fingers but i just dont think id ever be able to do it now
im too deep
left radish
yea but something similar to this but backlit when i was in highschool
maiden igloo
Oh ok
But back then if you had a Das, you're pretty much endgame
..................................riiiiiiight until custom keeb market boomed
If you own a Das now, you're...pretty much scammed out of your money
Because what that is is... Cherry MX Browns
With PBT blanks (good PBTs tho)
Aluminium housing
Steel plate with no meaningful padding
And soldered
and it retailed about 199 dollars
And that was 2014
It still sold for 179 today kek
Which is overpriced for what it is
left radish
that's why the recent development in the keeb scene has been so good for budget builds
no more thousand plus budgets for a brass weight keyboard with a hardass metal plates that makes you fingers hurt when typing
maiden igloo
bro I suck
I choked mid race everytime
this is Typeracer btw
Monkeytype quote mediium
maiden igloo
Interesting
I just found out I cannot do more than about 20 mins of typing challenges
After that I will horribly choke
Damn
atomic gazelle
yeah i struggle after like 10 minutes haha
left radish
typing fatigue hurts real bad
silk summit
I struggle instantly 
severe mica
bought the k2 pro. after so long it was finally in stock. 126, but gonna assume customs will come on top of it too
atomic gazelle
praying to the no customs gods 
maiden igloo
bought the k2 pro. after so long it was finally in stock. 126, but gonna assume ...
owo what config?
severe mica
owo what config?
like this
maiden igloo
ayy
You planning to change the switch soon?
Or you're gonna taste the Reds first?
severe mica
im just sticking with these. is first mechanical for me so idk anything. better leave as is for now
maiden igloo
right
maiden igloo
Post your Monkeytype results later
severe mica
will take a couple weeks atleast till i get it prob
maiden igloo
lmao
severe mica
Post your Monkeytype results later
with my current keyboard did this for the first time ever
maiden igloo
Already
You're miles better than me
I am hardstuck at 70-75
probably entirely my fault
severe mica
with accuracy? i am ussualy horrible at accuracy. obv with the million amounts of typos i make here
severe mica
severe mica
You did not do a backspace at all
is that what it says? cuz i did
maiden igloo
On a normal day if I have a good mood
maiden igloo
is that what it says? cuz i did
Well.. you corrected it fully
severe mica
am currently very sleepy, but shouldn't have affected it at all for me
severe mica
Well.. you corrected it fully
yeah ez
maiden igloo
Again, fault of my own
severe mica
i think it reduces your 30s timer for each mistake
crystal anchor
mistakes get me bad
maiden igloo
severe mica
im sorry, but that even looks horrible 
maiden igloo
no letters/icons on it?
yes
it looks cool to me
I mean my initial attempt was full black
But then I wanna Lip themed it
So yeah
Lip Board
Had a plan to anodize/sublimate the case with custom graphics
Hadn't found the vendor yet
maiden igloo
im sorry, but that even looks horrible <a:gpa_frog_exit:863116859719811076>
To be fair my dream keyboard was this
But can't afford it MSRP so I made my own
severe mica
blank 
maiden igloo
-ish
maiden igloo
I mean I can try revert back to non-snob keycaps
but would it even matter, I can't look down anyways
nyeh
I wouldn't really spend more on aesthetics anyway, because this is pretty much a work tool
aka I use it literally daily nonstop
Probably will do some re-lubing
visual goblet
Can someone help me with finding a good mechanical keyboard?
I'm thinking of royal kludge or keychron
silk summit
What's your budget? And do you have any idea what kind of switches you like? (If you don't really know, you can get a good indication by going to local electronics store and trying out the mechanical keyboards they have on display. It'll give a bit of an indication as to what kind of switches you like.)
maiden igloo
The typing feel is something we advise you got to a physical store to try em out
Other than that, depend on the budget but 50 dollars can get you pretty far
visual goblet
I don't think physical stores have them here
Or if they do, I'm probably too far away from the stores to buy them
Do you know if varmilo is good?
silk summit
Varmilo is great
Always worth a shot giving a look at local large electronics stores
Just in case
crystal anchor
stores irl will always have mechs but theyre gaming focused ones
silk summit
Getting an indication for yourself how the different switch types feel helps a lot with decision making
crystal anchor
mass produced stuff, generally fine
silk summit
stores irl will always have mechs but theyre gaming focused ones
Yup, but just for trying out switch types still great
crystal anchor
for sure
i wish i had that here, ive only ever been in one store that had keyboards out like that
silk summit
In Europe we have Media Markt
And their Spanish branch have the biggest shitposters known to mankind as their social media team
visual goblet
I'm not sure if they have keyboard stores where I live though
crystal anchor
any store that has gaming stuff will have keyboards
silk summit
I'm not sure if they have keyboard stores where I live though
You don't have to look for keyboard stores
crystal anchor
lmfao wtf
silk summit
Just general electronic stores, they often have gaming sections with like ps5, nintendo, pc peripherals etc
visual goblet
I think I know which one to get
silk summit
There's a lot of brands
visual goblet
epomaker, royal kludge are the other ones i can think of
found one for $60 dollars :o
silk summit
Keychron, Ducky, Akko, Glorious, Leopold, Mountain
And the more mainstream companies like Logitech, Razer, HyperX, Corsair etc. also have good stuff, but they also have really bad stuff, so it requires a bit of research and review digging
But that honestly goes for every single brand
crystal anchor
logitech and hyperx i would trust for mechs from gaming brands
visual goblet
https://epomaker.com/products/epomaker-ep84-plus?variant=46012141240628 thinking of this one
silk summit
Epomaker is pretty good
silk summit
logitech and hyperx i would trust for mechs from gaming brands
Logitech is pretty hit or miss imo. Hyperx from what I've heard is just pretty solid all-round
crystal anchor
its logitech gaming mice i dont trust
visual goblet
crystal anchor
no idea if they ever fixed the double click issue
silk summit
Logitech superlight series pretty goated though
crystal anchor
yeah but theyve had huge issues with double clicks on those
silk summit
https://epomaker.com/products/ajazz-ak820?variant=46647470719284 or this one
Not familiar with Ajazz but probably decent
visual goblet
https://epomaker.com/products/epomaker-ep84-plus?variant=46012141240628 thinking...
leaning towards this one
silk summit
I love the looks of the Epomaker DynaTab 75X
silk summit
Tax
visual goblet
haha
no, but i can buy it and then ask my cousin to bring it here for me LOL
becasue they're coming in august apparently
silk summit
Then it's good
silk summit
Since like 99% of keyboard stuff is from China it's a lot cheaper to get it directly over there
visual goblet
yeah
visual goblet
if i am going to buy the varmilo keyboard, which switches should i go for?
silk summit
Which one? They have a lot of boards
And which switches all depends on your preferences
Hence the tip to visit an electronics store so you can try out switch types
atomic gazelle
yeah its basically impossible to just recommend a switch as its complete personal preference
silk summit
Yeah, I would recommend tactile switches, but you might hate that, and every tactile switch is also different from one another. Like, I've used some I absolutely dont like
atomic gazelle
and id recommend linear switches 
just to prove the point
silk summit
Ew, cherry reds
I've had them and I hate them
There's other linears I like a lot more
If you're going with a Varmilo keyboard, get their own switches
Varmilo EC >>> Cherry
visual goblet
severe mica
cool, seems like i should get my keyboard tomorrow or day after
atomic gazelle
woooooo
maiden igloo
The only change I did was changing my chair and I am consistently making 80wpm+ tests
lmao of course after I posted that I tanked to 60
severe mica
wow this is some getting used to for sure. keyboard is very high up, keys are position slightly differently etc... the press is nice, but the keys keys themselfs being higher is weird. their also quite a bit smaller. the cable being on the side is and look horrible. it is also way too small.
oh i got no screenshot button anymore. that is a problem
left radish
maybe you can reassign one of the keys on the side
atomic gazelle
win + shift + s is also a screenshot
left radish
severe mica
win + shift + s is also a screenshot
doesnt do anything
atomic gazelle
i took this ss with it
left radish
mine was supposed to to be home page up end and page down
atomic gazelle
im assuming youre on windows
severe mica
oh it does work, but apparantly my alt is windows. need to swap
atomic gazelle
ooo yeah
severe mica
weird, i placed the keys correctly.
atomic gazelle
ctrl > win > alt
severe mica
thats what i have, but apparantly it is alt and win swapped
which is why im super confused rn
atomic gazelle
strange 
severe mica
even on their photo that showed me which mac and wind keys to swap it was noted like this, but its wrong
via software from keychron themselfs? apparantly can remap stuff there
left radish
ye you can remap from their website and not download anything
severe mica
it discoverd my keyboard very weirdly lol idk what im looking at. esp the f keys
left radish
i think that's the second layer of keyboard, you're using it rn. you can change it back to the first layer so you can use the F keys
severe mica
it discoverd my keyboard very weirdly lol idk what im looking at. esp the f keys
this apparantly layer 0
didnt see the layer options earlier
left radish
that's weird layer 0 is not with the F keys?
severe mica
what does mo(3) do
left radish
the middle button of your mouse
severe mica
that's weird layer 0 is not with the F keys?
it is, but it is the fkeys
- shift combo
doesnt seem like i can do that here. wonder if i save now i lose all possibility of using fkeys with shift for double use single button
severe mica
wonder what i even need fn for
severe mica
ah layer 1 and 0 are for mac 2 and 3 for windows
oh keyboard was toggled on mac settings by default
oh everything works fine now. okay, cancelling then see if i can anything with fn instead
left radish
via goat
severe mica
okay, so macros rlly are not for opening apps
might need a hand rest or something to reach these keys more comfortably
lethal latch
via is crazy the first time I used it I was like "ok how do I flash this in" but it was already applied automatically
blew my mind
because I was used to generating those hex files and flashing the microcontroller for every layout change
atomic gazelle
might need a hand rest or something to reach these keys more comfortably
i have one, worth it for any keyboard imo
severe mica
my prev one had one just attached to it so never had to think of it
hardest part is getting used that f1 key is where my esc used to be so need to move further now for esc
left radish
claw or fingertip
my finger is cramping after a game of ow2 but the tracking i did with tracer was kinda insane lol
silk summit
claw or fingertip
Disgusting
My dream mouse is still that magnesium alloy mouse Razer made
left radish
bru mouse with holes kinda ugly
the only mouse with holes i like is pulsar x2, they still look clean
crystal anchor
ill probs get a viper v3 pro soon
the bad scroll wheel on my finalmouse is really annoying
silk summit
the only mouse with holes i like is pulsar x2, they still look clean
The Razer one is the only one I like with holes
silk summit
ill probs get a viper v3 pro soon
I'm still using a viper ultimate, great mouse
Has been in service for over 3 years now
I did have to take it apart to clean the scrollwheel but besides that works great
crystal anchor
viper is the closest ive ever had to the OG finalmouse ultralight shape
left radish
the bad scroll wheel on my finalmouse is really annoying
mouse wheel i could deal with but the moment it started to double click, i start looking for a replacement
left radish
viper is the closest ive ever had to the OG finalmouse ultralight shape
the mouse i had before was darmoshark m3, pretty much a finalmouse clone shape lo. the shape was pretty cool
silk summit
Deathadder, Viper, and Logitech MX Master are honestly the greatest mice shapes ever made
crystal anchor
that reminds me
i gotta find that other ergo logitech
my mx vertical grip is melting
silk summit
Sad
The grips on my viper have seen better days. You can very clearly see where exactly I hold it lol
But no reason to buy a new mouse unless this one breaks
left radish
i gotta find that other ergo logitech
ye that side scroll is pretty tempting
for office or everyday use
crystal anchor
yeah i cant find it though
its not the mx master though
i swear i saw one that was basically the mx master but more vertical
left radish
mx lift?
crystal anchor
thats just a smaller vertical
left radish
it must be not available here for me
silk summit
Outside of MX Vertical and MX Lift there's nothing else here either
silk summit
this one? the angle looks high.
Pretty normal angle compared to most ergo mice
Razer, when are we getting the vertical gamer mouse???
left radish
still waiting for a good trackball mouse for office use
one with a scroll and a side scroll
maybe something like a trackpad with more features built in, so i don't have to move my right arm so often just to move my mouse across to this big ass ultrawide screen
silk summit
Don't the Logitech trackball mice have a ball and regular scrollwheel?
left radish
logitech ergo m575 looks clean 
but yea most looks horrendous with the big old red ball
silk summit
Looks like a paint palette
left radish
oh yea it kinda does lol
lethal latch
I also recently had this problem, there aren't any good ergonomic mice that are usable for gaming
silk summit
Sensorswap an ergo mouse 
silk summit
wise escarp
oooh pretty
silk summit
Wdym, Superlight is like their only good mouse lol
When it comes to gaming stuff that is
left radish
i used the g304/5 before the trend of light gaming mouse, its value is amazing.
im still mad about this lol
#kpop-chat-2 message
good thing peripherals have so much competition now that we get so much value now for the prices we've been seeing now compared back then.
silk summit
Outside of the Superlight, MX Master, and MX Vertical, Logitech really doesn't have anything good huh?
left radish
Outside of the Superlight, MX Master, and MX Vertical, Logitech really doesn't h...
maybe their webcams lol. 5 of them are in the top 10 best selling webcams in amazon
though i hear their racing gear sim is kinda good.
*oh boi that's another whole ass expensive hobby to have *
silk summit
Those are not mice
left radish
Cleaned my keyboards and bought a new keycap set to change the profiles of this one
lethal latch
nice match
silk summit
Cute
left radish
clone keycap set
severe mica
yeah the switches. esp need spacebar heavier as just having hand ontop of it makes me jump endlessly
crystal anchor
lmaooooo i have that habit from being a lucio main
switching to browns wont help unless youre getting like 90g ones
hearty marsh
u should also check if your kb is hotswap 'cause unless it is you might have to de- and re-solder switches
silk summit
Damn, you must have really heavy hands huh?
left radish
some people do light switches on the alphas and heavy switches otherwise
silk summit
That's a pretty crazy price
left radish
darmo shark m5 review after nearly 3 months of use
mouse history:
a prety long time user of g305/4 (goat), had the logitech g pro and a darmoshark m5
hand size: i'd say medium
first day, terrible cramps lol but after a full day of use, i'd gotten used to the size pretty quickly
grip & gaming: I mostly use it as a claw grip but i also use fingertip when the enemy movement in ow2 goes crazy lol, i felt like tracking with such a small mouse, allowed me to micro adjust more to my liking than before with a big mouse,
work: before, using a big mouse sometimes felt fatiguing in switching to keeb to type and mouse to navigate and click, now its a bit easier but still a hassle(next move: split keyboard and a touch pad??)
also for its size, the battery can last for days, sometimes longer compared to my old mice i've used
overall it's a great purchase in gaming and unexpectedly in work.
silk summit
Yoink
silk summit
wanton compass
that is a very cute and comfy looking board!
silk summit
New profile takes a lot of getting used to
It do be very comfy though compared to cherry
lethal latch
oh what profile is this
silk summit
KOA
lethal latch
never heard of it before
silk summit
It's the exclusive profile of KBDiy, which is a company that specializes in clones
Now I don't know how the original ones feel / look like irl. But these seem to be very high quality and feel really nice
lethal latch
i see
silk summit
Looks and feels better than some official GMK sets I've seen before 
left radish
KOA
first time i've heard of this profile. i thought all of the brand just do oem
cool that some brands have their own
hearty marsh
looks like a more rounded XDA profile
silk summit
It's an altered XDA profile yeah
silk summit
My friend is still using some MSI membrane keyboard so I'm getting him something new
left radish
my loona playlist gonna have fun with this 
silk summit
That's not keeb
left radish
i dont know where else to put it
maiden igloo
severe mica
ah soldering one huh
atomic gazelle
hunting for set of en/kr keycaps again, dont have any on my current keyboard and would like to start practising again
atomic gazelle
where do you guys look for keycaps usually these days
silk summit
ali
left radish
we have shopee, don't know if you guys have something like that, nowadays i look for clones
atomic gazelle
hahah ali it is then
wary void
Oooooh someone is gonna love this
Someone in my local keyboard community designed this board. I was selling it on another discord server and someone linked me here
I can’t send pics here sadge can someone attach them so they’re not hidden in the imgur link?
maiden igloo
Hot damn
silk summit
That's cute
wise escarp
wooooah awesome!!!
wary void
Anyone interested in buying? It's fully built, all you'd need is keycaps. Just a fyi, for this kind of custom board one-off, the cost from the factory with all the machining and brass internal weight was 1k USD. I'm selling it for 400 shipped 🙂
This is all spec'ed out on a mechanical keyboard nerd level lol. And if you want I can help you customize it further swapping out the switches, and sourcing keycaps to match the keyboard color!
silk summit
If I was rich I'd consider it, but uh, yeah...
wary void
They keyboard hobby really ain't cheap...
What the Orbit logo should look like in the back color wise? https://i.redd.it/yh47wtwmbj961.png
I think it would be a fun project to fill in the back engraving with color
silk summit
Looks a lot better ye
maiden igloo
daymn
hearty marsh
Finally swapped from 68 to 99 keys
hearty marsh
been eyeing to swap for years now, my rkg68 not working in wired mode finally made me do it
crazy how low the prices of these chinese mkbs are nowadays though. gasket mounted, lots of foams inside with plates. kinda a great entry to actual modding
left radish
yea it's gotten cheaper
an aluminum gasket mount 65 key is like 80 usd now
weikav nut65
crystal anchor
i've been thinking about replacing my 60% with a TKL but i'm years behind on what switches and pcbs are good nowadays
i like my zilent v2 switches but it doesnt look like zeal has innovated for years
of course it's just my luck that i open kbdfans for the first time in forever and there's a tofu tkl going on sale in 14 hours
hearty marsh
blaming son, revived the forum 
hearty marsh
i like my zilent v2 switches but it doesnt look like zeal has innovated for year...
still using some old akko switches, my kb came with some variant of some linears and i tried but no tactile feedbacks really isnt for me
might even just use my older gateron ks3 browns again, although i don't think i bought enough for 99 keys
left radish
aye im still using the keyboards years ago, i just only changed my keycaps
but some of the keys in other boards are stuttering now 
silk summit
I still love my current keyboard so I won't be replacing / upgrading anytime soon
crystal anchor
of course it's just my luck that i open kbdfans for the first time in forever an...
rip was in a meeting and forgor
only winkeyless left which i dont want
maiden igloo
i've been thinking about replacing my 60% with a TKL but i'm years behind on wha...
There's a new switch manufacturer in town
HMX
crystal anchor
yeah i looked at those and were interesting
i ended up ordering some gateron type R's
maiden igloo
PCB I dunno, don't really have real world use of custom PCB or even QMK/VIA for me so like I'd use whatever Chinese barebones kit they sell and mod the hell out of it
SInce I am neither a gamer or a coder
Basic ass Kailh hotswap PCBs is good enough for me
Altho there's a thing called flex-cut PCBs but I kinda doubt their durability
crystal anchor
i also ordered a kbdfans gt-80 kit but it says preorder
so who knows when that'll ship
maiden igloo
Like this is quite on the high side for me but I am starting out this kit is great
Already has the acoustics fitted in
Durock?
yeah those look like Durock stabs
crystal anchor
keyboard shipped 
switches are on backorder until the 28th so ill have to fit my zilent v2s temporarily
or the set of gateron browns i have sitting around somewhere
crystal anchor
board arrived and i've already messed up in that these stabs are horrific
at least im using iems now so i cant really hear them but everyone around me definitely can
maiden igloo
is Ducky dead?
left radish
typing on fiberglass nice
crystal anchor
board arrived and i've already messed up in that these stabs are horrific
got some swagkeys knight v4 stabs lubed and now it's clean af
just waiting on my gateron type R switches to arrive and now looking for a new keycap set
maiden igloo
oh is this some malaysia-made switch
yep just found out about it too
Polycarb top housing
Fiberglass (??) bottom housing
POM stem
50g ac/63g bo
Almost identical to my Gat Yellows
crystal anchor
i currently have a mix of zilent v2 65g and gateron browns, since i dont have enough zilents to fill an 80% lol
kinda weird having mushy silents for everything important, then lighter snappier for things like function keys and arrows
maiden igloo
oh damn Zilents for alphas only?
crystal anchor
alphas and modifiers
basically the section of the board that correlates to a 60%
trying to get a hold of this set too, waiting on a reply from someone on mechmarket
maiden igloo
Eye-ing for this sexy ass caps
Prob is I don't Japanese
Rather have no/Korean
There's this but too many colours
crystal anchor
i'm really picky with fonts and really hate this default gmk font or whatever it is
crystal anchor
even worse
maiden igloo
keklmao
3 years into blank caps
can't say I missed having letters but look wise, having legends do look better sometimes
And it's not like I can physically go any faster than this
crystal anchor
not 100% back up to speed yet, new stabilizer on space is catching me out
might swap the switch out with a gateron brown since its a bit heavy
crystal anchor
no i mean the browns are lighter than the zilent
maiden igloo
Oh ok
crystal anchor
i think its like 65g vs 45g?
maiden igloo
Yeah Gat Brown uses the same spring as Blue/Red
Gat Yellow is the outlier
in the "basic ass non-funky names" Gat series
crystal anchor
type r's are 55 so its a middle ground
maiden igloo
oh we the same weight class
crystal anchor
those are 50g iirc?
maiden igloo
50ac/63bo
crystal anchor
was torn between ttc silent bluish whites and type Rs but decided to go with some non silents for a change
maiden igloo
Heard of Mute Box Jades?
crystal anchor
no
crystal anchor
clicky 
maiden igloo
nono wait
Normal Box Jades are
but there's a mute variant
if I ever want to go tactile I'll get that or one of those MMDs
cause people said Silent Box Browns are ...bad
crystal anchor
i'd imagine silents are an acquired taste
people probably dont like how mushy they are
maiden igloo
yeh cause rubber pad
silk summit
Still running my boba u4's
crystal anchor
crystal anchor
the stock kbdfans one is surprisingly decent so ill probably skip that
i still have gateron type R switches supposedly on the way but i have no idea when theyre supposed to ship so i might just try canceling the order
maiden igloo
atomic gazelle
TIL irfan likes one piece
maiden igloo
TIL irfan likes one piece
Nope this is my officemates'
atomic gazelle
damn
maiden igloo
Almost all around mod this time
Case infill
Tempest
Plate foam
Permatex on the stabs
Krytox on the switch
Think the only thing I didn't do is film
maiden igloo
Red af
The Lipboard is refreshed
Bruh my phone camera isn't doing the audio justice at all
I swear there's massive difference
My stabbed keys aren't ticking anymore
maiden igloo
My stabbed keys aren't ticking anymore
Well, sort of
Is this how the internet people test stabs?
ooh that Backspace is thocky af