Mechanical keyboards
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What you got?
I have a really old one that has started to go. Double pressing keys, missing altogether etc.
It’s had a decent clean. It to no avail.
It has really loud clicks keys which I don’t mind but those around me have threatened physical violence before.
So, what you got? Budget is no more than £150, not bothered about it lighting up RGB. I’m more interested in the feel, weight and great quality. 104 key a bonus but not a deal breaker.
I have a really old one that has started to go. Double pressing keys, missing altogether etc.
It’s had a decent clean. It to no avail.
It has really loud clicks keys which I don’t mind but those around me have threatened physical violence before.
So, what you got? Budget is no more than £150, not bothered about it lighting up RGB. I’m more interested in the feel, weight and great quality. 104 key a bonus but not a deal breaker.
devnull said:
I have a few.
Keychron K2
Unicomp Classic (clone / continuation of the IBM Model M)
Realforce R2 Limited (Topre Keys)
Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2 (Topre Keys)
Ducky One2 Horizon
Plus a corsair K95 and a steelseries which I couldn't get on with.
Out of them all, the Realforce is my favourite. Topre Keys are amazing. The keychron / Unicomp classic are my number two favourites, but are a bit loud for things like conference calls! (I work from home, so pissing off the office with clacky noises is limited to annoying the wife).
£320!!! You’re insane. Keychron K2
Unicomp Classic (clone / continuation of the IBM Model M)
Realforce R2 Limited (Topre Keys)
Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2 (Topre Keys)
Ducky One2 Horizon
Plus a corsair K95 and a steelseries which I couldn't get on with.
Out of them all, the Realforce is my favourite. Topre Keys are amazing. The keychron / Unicomp classic are my number two favourites, but are a bit loud for things like conference calls! (I work from home, so pissing off the office with clacky noises is limited to annoying the wife).
Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum Illuminated Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, RGB Backlit Keys, Romer-G Tactile Key Switches, 9 Programmable G-Keys, Arx Dual Display Technology, QWERTY UK Layout https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01G5Y27VY/ref=cm_sw_r...
For anyone else who fancies a decent deal.
For anyone else who fancies a decent deal.
Edited by Davie_GLA on Saturday 15th February 20:38
devnull said:
I didn't pay for that for it. If you mean the Realforce, then it's £260 on amazon.
And given using a keyboard with a computer is the very basis of my job, career and pays the mortgage, funds the family and toys, then I'd rather have the best I can get given my hands are on it for 10 hours a day.
(besides, if you want to see bats
t insane, go look at /r/MechanicalKeyboards on reddit. People there spend upwards of a grand on a single "artisan" keycap which has a small sculpture built into it)
I actually looked on there first, then I came here for more frugal options. And given using a keyboard with a computer is the very basis of my job, career and pays the mortgage, funds the family and toys, then I'd rather have the best I can get given my hands are on it for 10 hours a day.
(besides, if you want to see bats
t insane, go look at /r/MechanicalKeyboards on reddit. People there spend upwards of a grand on a single "artisan" keycap which has a small sculpture built into it)2Btoo said:
Some cheapo thing from Amazon (could have been eBay) for about £15 a few years ago. Out of curiosity when I had a spare £15.
It's good. Lacks the number keys on the right hand side which makes it annoying from time to time. Would I spend another £15 if it broke tomorrow? Yes. Would I spend £150 for a replacement? Probably not.
(Not a gamer either. My own PC, used to pay my mortgage and run my own business.)
I enjoy the tactile.feel of a mechanical but I'm also not a gamer. I do a lot of typing (computers also keep a roof over our heads). It's good. Lacks the number keys on the right hand side which makes it annoying from time to time. Would I spend another £15 if it broke tomorrow? Yes. Would I spend £150 for a replacement? Probably not.
(Not a gamer either. My own PC, used to pay my mortgage and run my own business.)
For some daft reason having a nice feeling keyboard and a good screen lightens the load when I know I have a shed load of plans to write, employees to mock or argue with people on the internet
.This will be connected to a dock that will at any given time connect to a Mac for home or Windows 10 when I'm working from home. We will see how that pans out. I don't want a multitude of colours but I like a backlight, reading the reviews of this one (of course AFTER purchase) the lights can only be set to what you want when you have accompanying software running at all times. The lights can be switched off completely from the keyboard but as I said I like some illumination.
Anyway, shall report back when it gets here tomorrow.
Lord Marylebone said:
This isn’t aimed at the OP, but it never ceases to amaze me how incredibly tight people are when it comes to spending money on the tools that earn their entire living.
I work with guys who get paid £400-600 a day, for years on end, and getting them to part with £1200 for a new laptop when their old one is faltering is like you are asking them to hand over their life savings.
It is literally the only tool they will use, all day every day, for several years, while earning their living.
I have to remind them that it’s two days wages.
My living depends on my laptop, an external drive, and dual monitors for when I’m working from home and maybe a few other minor bits and pieces. So I buy the very best of everything.
I don't mind this. Until I went permy I was one of your highlighted demographic but its why the replacement is needed. If it's done and no longer functional then it's a no brainer, but it by no means justifies buying the very best of what's available. I will buy exactly what I need at the budget I need to do the job I need. (Fancy keyboards excluded;))I work with guys who get paid £400-600 a day, for years on end, and getting them to part with £1200 for a new laptop when their old one is faltering is like you are asking them to hand over their life savings.
It is literally the only tool they will use, all day every day, for several years, while earning their living.
I have to remind them that it’s two days wages.
My living depends on my laptop, an external drive, and dual monitors for when I’m working from home and maybe a few other minor bits and pieces. So I buy the very best of everything.
Bearing in mind it's likely we are claiming the benefits through limited companies or whatever then it makes perfect business sense to be frugal.
Well, it's here and it is a decent feeling keyboard.
I've got it running on a mac just now and although it was a bit of a faff to get going it's done now and i've got it set to a solid colour rather than the stroke inducing rainbow effect it ships with.
So far it has one annoyance that i'm not sure i'll be able to deal with. When pressing the space bar it has a dull but very noticible "clang", if that makes sense. It's like the sound you make if you bump a metal water bottle lightly with a dull object. This may be a deal breaker....
Will use it for a couple of days and see how it goes but if i can get over that with perhaps some music on in the background then we might be good.
Slight shift in brain co-ordination needed too as there are 5 customisable "G" keys at the extreme left. My brain is programmed to go to the farthest most left position for keys like shift, tab, ctrl etc and i've struck these keys a few times by accident already.
Will report back for those interested.
I've got it running on a mac just now and although it was a bit of a faff to get going it's done now and i've got it set to a solid colour rather than the stroke inducing rainbow effect it ships with.
So far it has one annoyance that i'm not sure i'll be able to deal with. When pressing the space bar it has a dull but very noticible "clang", if that makes sense. It's like the sound you make if you bump a metal water bottle lightly with a dull object. This may be a deal breaker....
Will use it for a couple of days and see how it goes but if i can get over that with perhaps some music on in the background then we might be good.
Slight shift in brain co-ordination needed too as there are 5 customisable "G" keys at the extreme left. My brain is programmed to go to the farthest most left position for keys like shift, tab, ctrl etc and i've struck these keys a few times by accident already.
Will report back for those interested.
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