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flip-mode wrote:I caved. I picked up a Drevo Tyrfing 87 key board with off-brand brown switches for $40. I refuse to spend $100 on a keyboard, but I can do $40.
flip-mode wrote:I did not realize the mechanical keys still make a clack sound when they bottom out though, so this thing is quite a bit louder than I imagined it would be.
Captain Ned wrote:Embrace your inner Luddite and bask in the glory of 1391401.
whm1974 wrote:Frankly, because it simply is not necessary. My previous Dell rubber dome "freeboard" lasted 8 years of daily use and through three builds before I traded it in for no reason in particular. The keys did feel just a slightly spongy by the time I replaced it, but they were not that bad - I actually have felt a truly spongy keyboard and the word sponge is perfectly descriptive to what it felt like. But with perfectly decent and durable keyboards being available for far less than $100, my inner cheapskate cannot abide by spending that sum when I can get something perfectly adequate for so much less. But, like I said, I can stretch and do $40.flip-mode wrote:I don't see why not considering that a good decent keyboard will last you almost forever or at least over many builds.I caved. I picked up a Drevo Tyrfing 87 key board with off-brand brown switches for $40. I refuse to spend $100 on a keyboard, but I can do $40.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:Best if you don't bottom out keys when you type - it can lead to repetitive stress injury, which (from personal experience) can be excruciating. It's one of the reasons I love my Ducky Zero - I can actuate the keys with a slight application of pressure, without needing to bottom out.
flip-mode wrote:Captain Ned wrote:I fully reject RGB backlighting, if that counts.Embrace your inner Luddite and bask in the glory of 1391401.
flip-mode wrote:Chuckaluphagus wrote:Best if you don't bottom out keys when you type - it can lead to repetitive stress injury, which (from personal experience) can be excruciating. It's one of the reasons I love my Ducky Zero - I can actuate the keys with a slight application of pressure, without needing to bottom out.
I'll try, but that will take more than a little practice to make a habit.
flip-mode wrote:Captain Ned wrote:Embrace your inner Luddite and bask in the glory of 1391401.
I fully reject RGB backlighting, if that counts.whm1974 wrote:flip-mode wrote:I caved. I picked up a Drevo Tyrfing 87 key board with off-brand brown switches for $40. I refuse to spend $100 on a keyboard, but I can do $40.
I don't see why not considering that a good decent keyboard will last you almost forever or at least over many builds.
Frankly, because it simply is not necessary. My previous Dell rubber dome "freeboard" lasted 8 years of daily use and through three builds before I traded it in for no reason in particular. The keys did feel just a slightly spongy by the time I replaced it, but they were not that bad - I actually have felt a truly spongy keyboard and the word sponge is perfectly descriptive to what it felt like. But with perfectly decent and durable keyboards being available for far less than $100, my inner cheapskate cannot abide by spending that sum when I can get something perfectly adequate for so much less. But, like I said, I can stretch and do $40.
whm1974 wrote:By all means buy what you are willing to spend. I paid $50 for mine and I'm happy with it. However I'm still thinking about getting a Unicomp keyboard, or maybe even a Das Keyboard.
DancinJack wrote:flip-mode wrote:Chuckaluphagus wrote:Best if you don't bottom out keys when you type - it can lead to repetitive stress injury, which (from personal experience) can be excruciating. It's one of the reasons I love my Ducky Zero - I can actuate the keys with a slight application of pressure, without needing to bottom out.
I'll try, but that will take more than a little practice to make a habit.
Get some o-rings.
Captain Ned wrote:flip-mode wrote:Captain Ned wrote:I fully reject RGB backlighting, if that counts.Embrace your inner Luddite and bask in the glory of 1391401.
To be a true follower of 1391401, one must also abhor the abomination of the "Windows key".
DancinJack wrote:whm1974 wrote:By all means buy what you are willing to spend. I paid $50 for mine and I'm happy with it. However I'm still thinking about getting a Unicomp keyboard, or maybe even a Das Keyboard.
You confuse me so much dude. First, you said "buy that $100+ keyboard!" Then come to find out you only spent 50 on yours.
Do you make Cherry MX switches in your basement or something? Keycaps?
Flying Fox wrote:Captain Ned wrote:flip-mode wrote:I fully reject RGB backlighting, if that counts.
To be a true follower of 1391401, one must also abhor the abomination of the "Windows key".
I'm finding this increasingly hard to do. Since Windows 8 the Win+X key is more important than ever.
And then there's the USB port...
just brew it! wrote:DancinJack wrote:flip-mode wrote:I'll try, but that will take more than a little practice to make a habit.
Get some o-rings.
This.
I bottom my keys out, especially when typing fast. O-rings muffle the "clack", and provide a (slightly) cushioned landing that your finger joints will thank you for.
Flying Fox wrote:Captain Ned wrote:flip-mode wrote:I fully reject RGB backlighting, if that counts.
To be a true follower of 1391401, one must also abhor the abomination of the "Windows key".
I'm finding this increasingly hard to do. Since Windows 8 the Win+X key is more important than ever.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:It's really just the Super key, which has been in use since before Microsoft started having keyboard manufacturers put a Windows logo on it. On my Ducky Zero, it's a cartoon duck.
DancinJack wrote:Get some o-rings.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:There is a highly technical solution you could attempt:
whm1974 wrote:Sorry. I brought my keyboard almost four years ago when I built my current rig. I didn't know about Unicomp back then, and barely anything about Das Keyboard. If I knew then what I know now, I would have brought one of those instead.
DancinJack wrote:whm1974 wrote:Sorry. I brought my keyboard almost four years ago when I built my current rig. I didn't know about Unicomp back then, and barely anything about Das Keyboard. If I knew then what I know now, I would have brought one of those instead.
No need to apologize, it's just really weird to hear someone advocate spending 100+ bucks on a keyboard when they didn't do it, and the OP stated he doesn't want to either. I'm in the "paid more than a hundred for my keyboard" group too.
derFunkenstein wrote:You haven't lived* until you've built your own custom keyboard.
* = OK, you've probably lived. You're probably better off for not having done this, in fact.
whm1974 wrote:So which cherry switches do you guys prefer?
whm1974 wrote:So which cherry switches do you guys prefer?
Chuckaluphagus wrote:Flying Fox wrote:Captain Ned wrote:To be a true follower of 1391401, one must also abhor the abomination of the "Windows key".
I'm finding this increasingly hard to do. Since Windows 8 the Win+X key is more important than ever.
It's really just the Super key, which has been in use since before Microsoft started having keyboard manufacturers put a Windows logo on it. On my Ducky Zero, it's a cartoon duck. :DAnd then there's the USB port...
There is a highly technical solution you could attempt:
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Chrispy_ wrote:The blues are too noisy,
Chrispy_ wrote:have more moving parts so there's more friction and they'll wear out faster,
Chrispy_ wrote:and they have an unusually long travel making them hard to adjust to.
Chrispy_ wrote:The browns are perfect. They're tactile but MUCH quieter and smoother than the blues, whilst still providing the short travel that makes them feel "normal" to use.