I have joined the mechanical keyboard gang.
So far so good. I went with a logitech 10 keyless style since it was only $39.99 on sale. I don't know what kind of switches this thing uses but it has pbt keycaps, I think? Anyway here it is on amazon. Feels good to finally have a new kb where I don't have to struggle pushing down the p key.
Nice, I couldn't imagine going back after switching to a mechanical keyboard. I also couldn't imagine not having a 10 key but I guess if you don't use one it would be fine.
I also couldn't imagine not having a 10 key but I guess if you don't use one it would be fine.
I barely use the 10 key as it is so I didn't need it.
Welcome. This is a deep hole to throw money into if you start getting really into it.
Apparently your keyboard uses "Longhua switches made by Kaihua" and these equate roughly to Brown Cherry MX switches (so half way between a very clicky feel and smooth key, effectively a mild click feel).
I hope it feels much better than your previous keyboard. Mechanical keyboard modding is a thing (if you're interested). The switches can feel much nicer if they're lubricated and you don't necessarily need to de-solder to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Lu3fj6W5s
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Apparently your keyboard uses "Longhua switches made by Kaihua" and these equate roughly to Brown Cherry MX switches (so half way between a very clicky feel and smooth key, effectively a mild click feel).
Yeah so far it has a very nice click sound to it! I'll look into lubricating it then.
If you lubricate the side where the slider clicks inside the switch then it may lose most of its tactile clicky feel (which may be a good or bad thing depending on what you want, personally I prefer smooth keys). This lubricating process is tedious and takes a couple of hours at least.
There are also Lemmy communities dedicated to mechanical keyboards if you're interested.
anything new and exciting to recommend for someone who bought their keyboard years ago enjoys their ducky kb w/ mx browns?
Hipyo tech makes good content if you're looking for ideas: https://youtu.be/GaeIEKilzVA
You can mod your own keyboard. Or if you want to do something new then you can look at other layouts. Look at my post history, I've made a couple of custom layout compact keyboards.
If you really want to get your hands dirty then you can look at making a handwired custom keyboard or macropad from scratch: https://www.youtube.com/UCsjCKly4KtkvVyDjG_XkzEA
I don't think Ducky supports QMK, but if you have a QMK/VIAL compatible keyboard then you can do all sorts of interesting custom key assignments.
I'm currently rocking an AliExpress Corne because why have a regular keyboard when you can have a keyboard that you have to spend a bunch of time programming to make useful? It's super fun, though. I love split keyboards.
Getting a hotswappable board is also fun because then you can easily experiment with different switches. My favorites are currently the Gazzew Boba U4T Silents.
Hell yeah I have a Cantor 42 key I built, love the split kb vibes
i there any budget mech keyboard out there that any of you can recommend that also has a numpad? preferably sub-50 dollars, i'm poor as shit lmao
/r/BudgetKeebs
I got a logitech G413 SE for around that on sale. Might've been ~80 normally. Great keyboard so far and it looks normal.
Yeah looks like it's $56 on Amazon right now. Don't know how often it goes on sale, but apparently not that irregularly.
The really cheap AliExpress ones and Amazon ones can be hit or miss, but keychron has the C2 which I think is one of the better options for 50 bucks
Maybe refurbished you might find something in that price range? Sorry I really don't know as I'm a newbie myself.
clack clack gang
Welcome to the "likes hearing themselves type /probably also talk" crowd! :D
As someone who also loves them clicks
clickity clickity
So I figured out a trick to stop my hands from paining on the new kb. I was using the hand rest wrong and it simply had to be adjusted. Now I'm enjoying click clacking away with these clicky keys. I'll test drive it tomorrow playing some FFXI and see if it beats out my 360 controller.
My Keychron K2 V1 died on me recently and I need to replace it. It was a good little keyboard while it lasted. They make ultrathin models now and in curious how those are. It would be ideal for my use case.
So far I like this and it seems good for the price. I was tempted to go buy a $20 no name brand from aliexpress but then I saw that this one by logitech was only $30
Yeah that's a good price. Keychron is a little pricy but they offer a lot of variety. I like having keeb that's portable.
i have gone in search of an mkb 3 times and every time i ended up with a keychron. they are the best price + selection. especially for a tkl. if i was OK with a smaller kb there would maybe be better choices. but how do you live without a nav pad???
i'm sure there are 10000 youtubes and reddit posts to answer this for you.
nav pad? you mean numb pad? I'm pretty good at touch typing numbers, but also I'd totally buy a stand-alone mech 10 key. I want this thing pretty bad: https://www.8bitdo.com/retro-18-mechanical-numpad/
I believe that'd use Logitech's own proprietary "Romer G" switch that's supposed to be similar to a Cherry MX Brown?
Oh that's cool and I didn't know that. I had borrowed a mechanical keyboard from my friend a few years ago to try it out but after a few days it ended up hurting my writs badly and I'm not sure why. So I bought a memory foam hand rest to go with it.
Mechanical keyboards seem so cool, I'd totally get into them if I had a lot more money...
I do have a pretty nice old keyboard that I got for free (only had to buy an adapter because this computer doesn't have PS/2), it also makes quite a lot of the clicks, I'm quite satisfied with it, but it's not mechanical
Yeah like I said this one was only $30 something on a black friday discount from amazon, and I know you can buy even cheaper ones off aliexpress although I can't vouch for their quality since I've yet to use one from them. But this logitech is worth it for the price, very solid and nice to type on. I've yet to try it for gaming though.