Keyboard suggestions, Mechanical vs Traditional

[Amastacia]

Guess we'll see how the 9008 pans out...

[Amastacia]

Ducky arrived sooner than expected, and it's freakin' amazing. Love this thing.

It's got about the smallest footprint possible for a 104 key keyboard, the browns are perfect for what I wanted, and while some of the backlighting is gimicky (e.g. the only turn on esc, wasd, arrows, or the pulsing brightnes) the build quality is stellar and it's incredibly comfy to use.

Part of me wishes I could've easily gotten a 9008 non-backlit with PBT keycaps, but that wasn't to be. Do want to see, long term, if there is somewhere to get better-quality keycaps that are still backlight friendly. If Deck made keycap sets for resale without a keyboard, I'd be all over that.

[Qeomash]

I'm tempted to get a blank keyboard for work so nobody wants to even use my computer. My computer is the office bicycle as it is right now.

[Kohan]

I'm tempted to get a blank keyboard for work so nobody wants to even use my computer. My computer is the office bicycle as it is right now.

Buying an S Ultimate has yielded the results you desire, in my case. It wasn't even intentional on my part, but—unless they have no choice—no one uses my computer now.

Keeping it clean and shiny is also one of my joys. I'm glad they include a polishing cloth with each one.

[Boyiee]

I have a problem.

For some reason my brain thinks its perfectly reasonable to spend 100-120$ on dye sub'd PBT keys for my 104 with red switches.

Someone needs to take my credit card away. But damn, they'd look so good.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...yesub104-1.jpg

I'd totally get red lettering.

[Tymon]

if they weren't so expensive, I would get a set of red W-A-S-D, < ^ > v, and ESC, but it's not worth it.

[Boyiee]

I've been looking at getting doubleshots/pbt's for a while but I can't justify $120 for a full set. I was more thinking along the lines of running a two tone keyboard, but those dye subs are amazing.

[Gryffes]

Filco's with browns are easy to get a hold of, what I'm surprised about is that there are more Blacks and Reds out there than Blues.

Soon, soon. Not paying 150 for one on amazon when I can get one for 100-120 with custom keycaps.

Honestly my brown is plenty fucking noisy already, and that's with headphones on that block out a good amount of external noise.

I think it takes a special kind of person to use a blue, especially in an environment w/ more than just yourself - and not get stabbed in the face for being a penis.

[stewie]

I just got my keyboard from http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/ with blues, feels so much better than a membrane keyboard. They're a bit on the expensive side though.

[Caiyuo]

what's the breakdown on all the colors anyhow? I know brown and blue, but there's red and black, too, yeah?

[Boyiee]

Honestly my brown is plenty fucking noisy already, and that's with headphones on that block out a good amount of external noise.

I think it takes a special kind of person to use a blue, especially in an environment w/ more than just yourself - and not get stabbed in the face for being a penis.

I have a 87 tenkeyless blues for reports, that I rarely use for anything other than that, and a 104 red for gaming which has become my 100% usage keyboard. I fucking love it. I meant to get it just for FPS's, but I'm using it now for instance. I just can't fucking stop typing on it or using it for everything I do.

Realistically I should be using the blues more but I just cant. Fucking thing is in mint condition straight from japan with original packaging. Could make bank off it if I wanted to.

[Tymon]

what's the breakdown on all the colors anyhow? I know brown and blue, but there's red and black, too, yeah?

Red and Black are less tactile and are for gaming.

Personally I hate both of them and would only ever type on Brown or Blue keycaps

[Caiyuo]

Kind of dying to try a mechanical with browns at this point, which is apparently why I can never have nice things because I'm more drawn to dropping $100 on a keyboard than $600 on a new PC

[Boyiee]

what's the breakdown on all the colors anyhow? I know brown and blue, but there's red and black, too, yeah?

Reds and Blacks actuate with less force than Browns and Blues, so yes as mentioned they are more suited for gaming than typing.

However, I use my reds almost exclusively for typing unless I'm typing a 5-15 page report or something. Reds aren't usually liked for all-around usage, and browns and blues fall into that category more, but for some reason I have fallen in love with my red and use it for absolutely everything. My blue meanwhile just sits there with a plastic cover on it begging to be used.

Brown/Blue are your best bets especially for all around usage, or even Clears from Deck if you want to spend the money. As I mentioned, I put so much use into my reds I want to spend 120 on dye sub'd pbt key caps. I'm nuts.

[Gryffes]

Kind of dying to try a mechanical with browns at this point, which is apparently why I can never have nice things because I'm more drawn to dropping $100 on a keyboard than $600 on a new PC

Worth it.

A good mechanical will last you 10-100 years. a pc will need replacing!

You can leave a good mechanical to your grandkids.
They'll be all like shit grandpa, you're cool as fuck with your ballin filco that's now worth $40k.

True story.

[Amastacia]

Reds and Blacks actuate with less force than Browns and Blues, so yes as mentioned they are more suited for gaming than typing.

However, I use my reds almost exclusively for typing unless I'm typing a 5-15 page report or something. Reds aren't usually liked for all-around usage, and browns and blues fall into that category more, but for some reason I have fallen in love with my red and use it for absolutely everything. My blue meanwhile just sits there with a plastic cover on it begging to be used.

Brown/Blue are your best bets especially for all around usage, or even Clears from Deck if you want to spend the money. As I mentioned, I put so much use into my reds I want to spend 120 on dye sub'd pbt key caps. I'm nuts.

Small correction... blacks have the highest actuation force of all the Cherry keyswitches. 60g at point of actuation, 80g at the bottom of the keypress. This is what makes them popular for gaming... it's harder to mispress keys, and it's possible to do very fast double-taps in games that require it. Blues and clears have similarly high actuation force, but only at the tactile bump, they're less stiff through the rest of the stroke.

Anyway, from my own use... the tactile bump on browns is very minor, while it's much more noticeable on blues (and clears from what I've heard, though I haven't used them). I find browns to be a good compromise for typing and gaming - there is just enough of a bump to make it possible to learn to type without bottoming out the keys (though it does take adjustment and practice), but the overall action is fairly linear, which is decent for gaming. They're not quite as light as reds (virtually the same force curve except for the tactile bump), but I think their popularity amongst people who both game and type is well warranted.

[SephYuyX]

Best keyboard ive ever used are the basic no frills one dell ships with their PCs.

[Caiyuo]

Worth it.

A good mechanical will last you 10-100 years. a pc will need replacing!

You can leave a good mechanical to your grandkids.
They'll be all like shit grandpa, you're cool as fuck with your ballin filco that's now worth $40k.

True story.

not every day you see a bullet-proof argument on the internet, slap a sold sticker on me

As I mentioned, I put so much use into my reds I want to spend 120 on dye sub'd pbt key caps. I'm nuts.

in fairness they looked reaaally fucking cool

[Boyiee]

I keep picturing my Black keyboard, with white keys with red letters, and It just gives me a chill cause of how amazing it would look.

edit: Turns out I'm not alone with overusing my reds. A lot of guys on geekhack also use their reds as their main boards. Now I want to get those 120$ keycaps even more cause they'll last forever and get a shit-ton of use.

[avelle]

I keep picturing my Black keyboard, with white keys with red letters, and It just gives me a chill cause of how amazing it would look.

edit: Turns out I'm not alone with overusing my reds. A lot of guys on geekhack also use their reds as their main boards. Now I want to get those 120$ keycaps even more cause they'll last forever and get a shit-ton of use.

Just be a man and pull the trigger!