/mkg/- Mechanical Keyboard General

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>Finger autism

>>55825933
this gives me eye cancer to look at

does anyone have enjoy pbt/gaternon pbt and GMK?
i have each of those sets coming in and im just wondering what u guys think of it

yes i know PBT > ABS but pretty meme colors are life

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Are these threads dead, or does nobody just want to make the OP?

>>55826033
I have no clue, I guess I could start making the OP, but I have a busy life

>>55826017
pbt is not always > abs

i have gateron pbt sets. they're great, but the legends aren't the sharpest IMO

going to sell a set of gateron ghost white if anyone wants em btw

>>55826033
people just don't care about your memeboards. everyone who used to care are now overwhelmed with buyer's guilt

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>>55826158
NORMIES GTFO MY THREAD

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>55826158
k dude

>>55826158
>implying a mechanical keyboard isn't the superior way to do all things /g/

>>55826205
>>55826318
>>55826431
>those post times
Just let it go Anon, dead general is dead

>>55826447
R E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

>>55826431
i think he means 40% or ortholinear boards
>>55826318
ur bottom row is broken

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I'm going to Japan soon, what should I pick up? Need suggestions please tell me of some good meme keyboard manufacturers that'll be cheaper there than here (AU)

>>55826572
hhkb jap edition

get me one too senpai

>>55826572
Cherry ML keyboard

>>55826581
Thanks, I'll consider that. Anything else? Also if I recall correctly I can get a ~8% off through GST exclusion if I show my passport and a further 5% off if I pay using a VISA, so my price range is quite high.

>>55826723
cherry ml are super scratchy and have terrible off center keypress

What does /g/ think of keypads for gaming?

>>55826730
do not buy a japanese keyboard you will hate yourself its worse than ISO
but its the perfect opportunity to get into topre(godswitch)

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>lmao you have the same keyboard as my grandpa
>wow those are the same keyboards my library has
>why is your keyboard from the 80s

>>55826796
Oh yeah, I was thinking more the brand (HHKB) rather than the actual keyboard mentioned, the jap layout doesn't seem that appealing to me.

Is Topre really all its cracked up to be?

how do you do anything with those tiny typewritekeyboards

where are the function/arrows

>>55826863
you press a key and press other keys to get at the function keys/arrow keys

the idea is you move your hands away from the home row as little as possible

>>55826572
Screw mechanical keyboards, get yourself an Abee PC case you can't get anywhere else!

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>order a Tomoko I-500 for first mech board
>keep hearing the keycaps are shit
>"surely, they can't be that ba-"
>WASD showing wear after a few evenings of playing Doom 1
>now all frequently used keys are showing heavy wear when compared to barely used keys
>my F5 is starting to wear a bit
>the worst part is the way the lettering wears off makes the keys look more dirty than they actually are
I guess that's what I get for buying something made in China.

Who here White Fox master race?

I picked up a used rk-9000 for 65 freedom bucks and I'm loving it. Was it a good price?

>>55827338
that's the rosewill board right? it's got a lot going for it

>costar OEM (or at least that's the rumor)
>actual cherry switches
>can install a custom controller to make it fully programmable

don't know anything about build quality though

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D-does this count?

Pls no bully, it shits all over the stock laptop keyboard, hard going back when I take it somewhere.

>>55827067
That sucks, you can get new keys though right?
My WASD brand keyboard shows no signs of wear after like two years of heavy use. People on here always shit on WASD but I think they are just basing their second hand opinions on forum posts from years ago when they released their first batch of keyboards.
Their V2 keyboards do not wear easily.

>>55827391
Yeah it's a Rosewill although its not the v2 one which I assume you are talking about. It has a metal back plate which makes it hard to to bend unless I try pretty hard. Excuse if I don't know the proper name as this is my first mech keyboard an I do not know all the proper terminology. Mine has Blue switches.

So is there really any reason to deviate from cherry mx? I've looked at topre and there doesn't seem to be enough difference for deviation.

>>55827661
Topre is much better, so is gateron.

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Apple Extended Keyboard II on a Windows machine. Possible? Practical?

>>55827596
IIRC the non-v2 version is the better one as the v2 version doesn't support the custom controller. So congrats!

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>>55825922
Harambe has ordained the new prince of memeboards.

Step aside, HHKB.

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There are less than 48 hours left in July.

>>55828249
Haven't you heard, bro? Cherry Clears stopped being cool months ago.

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>>55827827

Just get an adb to usb adapter or make your own. Theyre like $15-30 on ebay usually. I have a whole gang of old apple keyboards.

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>>55827827

>>55828357
plz describe the tactile/auditory sensation vs. cherry blues

>>55828421
clicky alps are like a whole 'nother world compared to cherry mx blues

tactile to the point that it hurts, and the pitch is a lot lower so it's not annoying like blues

>>55828421
>>55828430
i don't believe any AEKs come with clicky alps though.

>>55826843
i and everyone i know except one person likes it
the one person doesnt like it only because he cant afford it

>>55828268
i was just about to buy an mx clear board
whats the big meme now
zealios or gaterons?

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>>55828457
the big meme is OLKB
switches can only do so much. layout is the next frontier.

>>55828358
Why? Is it hated here? It might be nostalgia from when I was a kid in school but I like how they felt back then.

>>55828357
Is that it? It plays nice with Windows if you just get an adapter?

>>55825922
what's the best place to buy keycaps in germany/middle europe?

>>55828421

I don't like MX blues. I don't feel like I would not be a good person to ask. They are my least favorite switch of all so you would be getting a very once sided response. As that other guy said >>55828421 they are very different any ALPS switch is much more 'full' and 'clunky' than a MX switch except the complicated linears which are butter smooth. They feel more mechanical. Cherry style switches have a soft springy feeling with light mechanical feel.

>>55828584

Mine do I have 3 different types of apple ADB keyboards. I don't use them much but from my use they have been okay so far.

>>55828430

WOOPS I mean to link this post in there

>>55830211
Does the Apple key get detected as an ALT key and the Option key as the Windows key?

>>55830225

Not 100% sure. You would have to do some research, sorry. Look around on geekhack or deskthority theres probably like 100 threads on each website I've seen over the years about the converters. I use a griffin iMate btw from what I remember I paid like $20 shipped.

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>tfw useless tiny keyboards
>tfw special snowflake colored key caps
>tfw colors anything other than gray or black
>tfw skull shaped Escape keys

>>55827439
If it's a RT7D5JTW then it's indeed very decent.

>>55830297
>no spacebar

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>>55830463

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hey boiz, just checkin' in as i usually do

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another one

>>55826843

BTC dome with slider boards are fairly common and dirt cheap rubberdome+membrane keyboards that feel very similar to Topre if you can't get your hands on the real article to test it.

Main difference being that Topres feel more consistent and actuate before they actually bottom out.

Electrostatic capacitive switches are technically not mechanical but we give them a pass because they're p.gud.

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>>55830608
>>55830622
and just to show everyone that this is keyboard is not the universal sign for a being gay, here's a shot of my gf typing on it

>>55830652
clover is dead, install her explorer++
also this is the ultimate normie machine, i hope you don't use that.

>>55827661

Cherry is merely OK. Their quality slipped decades ago and honestly their modern reputation is largely a result of their being the only game in town when mech boards saw their recent resurgence.

Their patent on the switch is expired now, so anybody can make improved versions. Gatreon makes way smoother "cherry" switches and has pretty much taken the crown from them.

Also ALPS switches are almost always better than Cherry, though the only modern versions being manufactured are Matias switches. The oldschool lime green and blue complicated ALPS switches are incredible.

>>55828421
alps switches make a hearty "thock" sound. It's delightful

>>55830608
>>55830622
This looks so much better in direct sunlight than i does in my slightly dim room.

Got my Ganss GS87 with blues.
They keycaps are alright, guess I lucked out?
People made them seem like theyd be flimsy shit, but they seem pretty nice in all honesty.

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>>55826572
make sure you bring your passport and purchase tax-free, you can get up to 13% discount buy paying with VISA on top of that

>pic related

my purchase from my last trip

>>55830834
I don't get it either. There's no better TKL option under 100 dollars, and decent PBT caps can easily be found for 25 bux.

85 all-in is a lot less than anything else comparable with mx blues.

I bought WASD keycaps and there's nothing you can do about it

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>>55826831
>tfw I hear this daily at work with my HHKB

>>55831258
Wanted to get the miami set for it, but in all honesty I actually like the default ones. The font color is really nice.

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>>55826033
All my purchases are on their way, I have nothing new to post till later in the year.

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Such want.

>>55831717
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egaqtCgw2pw contemplating doing something like this to mine.

>Function-keys behind modifier
Wow.

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>>55826033
I was on holidays for the past three weeks.

Nice to see someone quoting my memes

>>tfw colors anything other than white, gray or black
>>55830297

Ftfy

>>55830608
Hey, look, Jon Blow is here

>>55830297
You continue to be one of my favorite contributors to these threads. Keep up the good work.

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>>55827067
It comes with a cap puller, so replacing the caps was expected on the part of the manufacturer.

Anyone know of a good place to buy caps?

Is there anything for keyboards with unremovable cables, that can protect where the cable comes out of the keyboard?

>>55830652
wow that keyboard looks so convenient for normies with the lack of arrow keys and the commonly used Pause Break button. How the fuck is she supposed to find the Pause Break with those homo keycaps?

Which one of these keycaps should I get for my Majestouch 2? I'm not sure which one is the better one
http://www.keyboardco.com/product/double-shot-filco-105-key-uk-keyset.asp
or
http://www.mechsupply.co.uk/product/tai-hao-pbt-sunshine

>>55834122
Neither. The former is most likely ABS, while the latter is pretty thin and most likely has the dreadful anti-bacterial coating.

I'd suggest either the Master Control set on Massdrop, or the EnjoyPBT set on Geekhack.

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>>55831906
>never forget

>>55826831
>>55831538

No one would ever confuse a HHKB for a vintage mech no matter how pleb they are. They never came in a such a form factor and Topres don't sound anything like an old mechanical switch.

>>55835236
I think you underestimate people. I work for an MSSP,and I'm the only one with a mechanical board, if you consider topre mechanical, and the only one with 60%. People hate on it constantly, they're too pleb to handle a 60% board.

>>55835332

I could see people hating on it because it's a 60% and doesn't look like a common keyboard, but not because it looks "vintage"

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>>55835236
normies will think anything that is grey and doesn't have chiclet keys is 'vintage'

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Laptop version

>>55835731
why does everyone want their own ugly special snowflake layout

>>55835676

Non-black I could see, but office keyboards are still largely generic black Dell or HP rubber dome boards, not chicklet/scissor.

>>55830652
>facebook

>>55835751
Colemak is available out of the box in every OS that isn't Windows. It was easy to learn and it's more comfortable than QWERTY.

Also, that doesn't matter, look at the caps lock key and the last row.

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>>55830652
nice I have the same key caps

Anybody here uses/used a Turtle Beach Impact 500 keyboard?
I'm deciding on buying either that, or a CMStorm Quickfire XT.

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>tfw fell for the mechanical keyboard meme
J U S T
U
S
T

Are Ducky keyboards any good?

Looking at the Shine 5 because I want a full backlit keyboard without all the gaymer shit. Is it a good upgrade from a G510? Also which switch would be best? I do 50/50 gaming and typing. I'm a britbong, selection is shit here.

>>55836020
somebody doesn't like windows

>>55836617
good

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Looking at buying a GH60 aluminum case for my Poker 3. It has Valentine/pastel pink/offset cream keycaps and a white base. My choices are Red, Blue (looks more like teal judging from the pictures), Gold, Silver or Black. Any advice? I'm leaning towards red.

>>55837091
Get standard gray key caps like a functional adult instead.

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it's on the way

>>55837166
truely epic burn, my friend "tips hat"

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>a keyboard with a Ctrl key à la HHKB
>but with two separated del and backspace keys

Does such a thing exist?

>>55836459
if you're unsure about switch types, go to a local computer store and ask them about the different kinds, they might let you try a couple keyboards

>>55836678
Thank you, they were the first keycaps I got rid of

>>55837372
hhkb + hasu controller

>>55837225
>blue

>>55837372
if you don't want topre there's been a cheap GH60 kit with the HHKB layout floating around for a while on eBay and Aliexpress.

>>55837452
I'll look into it thanks

>>55837389
I would if I had any shops in my town other than Currys and they don't have any mechanicals on display or anything. But thanks anyway anon

>>55830881
Nice dude, what store is that? I'll be buying from bic camera probably. And yes, I am doing that of course.

>>55837225
>Blue

>>55826318
Best way to clean a white HHKB? Followed guide on geekhack.. still not good enough

>>55837962
don't be a disgusting slob for starters.

are there any kind o fdiy ones? where I can program what different keys do? I want a 40% but none fit /exactly/ what I want

>>55836459
>Are Ducky keyboards any good?
Actually wondering the same. Ducky is widely available where I live.

anything bad on steelseries 6gv2? got a good deal on it.

>>55838321
its entirely personal but i would suggest you to buy anything but browns
most people dont like reds
if you can tolerate noise/others around you will(more important) blues are great
blacks are #1 but maybe on the heavy side for most i think duckys come in a "nature white" which is a lighter black
that would probably be your best bet
>>55836459
i like my ducky board and my friend likes the 2 he owns

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Got myself a Tomoko memeboard

How do I remove the logo on the base of the keyboard?
Tried scratching it away with some sugar (no joke) but I want a fast way to remove it completely without ruining or altering the plastic. What does /mkg/ recommend for this task?

My rubber dome keyboard needs around 60g of force for a keypress. Are MX Clears heavier than that? People say that Clears are really heavy, but some sites say that they're 55g or 65g

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>rip miya

>>55839147
theyre 65 to actuation
at the bottom theyre 95g

>>55839356
err sorry
55g to actuation but 65g to the tactile bump
but still 95g at the bottom

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>Budget
$100+
>Location (continent at least)
Canada/ON
>Preferred switch type
Cherry
>Layout
ISO
>Form factor
100%
>Backlight
minimal
>Previous/current keyboards
steelseries 6gv2

Help?
Should i just buy the same one? :l

>>55837814
>>55837439
I want to be as tactile-cally loud as I can

>>55839826

Matias Tactile Pro

>>55839054
Have you tried isopropyl?

Also, where'd you get those caps?

Well, Rosewill's domain is compromised.

Suggestions on where to get a custom USB cable? I ordered one from Mimic, and it took him like two months to ship the fucking thing, and when I got it, it appeared to have been assembled by a mongoloid toddler.

>inb4 Pexon

They're in the UK, and I live in America, and they're also slower than moles.

>>55839822
>ISO
For what purpose?

>Should i just buy the same one?
Fuck that board.

>>55839431
Just wondering, but if a tactile switch requires 65g to get past the bump, shouldn't the actuation force be 65g? Because the 55g measurement has no real meaning. I don't get why tactile cherry switches are rated this way.

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>Budget
$100-150
>Location (continent at least)
USA
>Preferred switch type
Brown
>Layout
ANSI
>Form factor
Anything, I guess a TKL would work ok for programming, r-right?
>Backlight
Not necessary really, but a nice to have
>Previous/current keyboards
G710+ that just died.

>>55842110
The peak of the bump does not cause actuation, so no, it's not the same thing.

>>55842155
There's a Filco for sale on Geekhack with Browns right now. TKL is fine for programming.

>>55842396
Thanks anon! I think I'll grab that one.

What's the cheapest mini (~60%) with CMX blue switches that I can get?

>>55842839
probably a KBParadise off of mechanicalkeyboards.com
use coupon code: KBP15 for 15% off
you have until like tomorrow

>>55837091
bump

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I narrowed down my first mechanical keyboard buy to a Ducky ONE with brown switches (possibly TKL, dunno), and I just noticed that the only store that ships them to Mexico ran out of stock.
How often does mechanicalkeyboards.com re-stock?

WASD is my other option, but they are so expensive. Almost $50 more.

There's also this mexican store, but they mostly sell Razer crap and overly tacky RGB gamer keyboards.
https://www.digitalife.com.mx/productos/idCategoria/98/precioInicio/1600/pagina/
The CoolerMaster looks alright, but they only sell it with red switches.

>>55842839
The promo the other anon said. 15% off is good, and the seller is reputable.
You should also check Massdrop, I saw some minis there too.

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>>55827183
Right here fampai

>>55843951
i feel like the whitefox doesn't really bring much to the table, but at the same time if you want that layout, most of the alternatives are either really hard to obtain (rs68) or prohibitively expensive (22mini).

really i just think the

>Budget
$50-80 (60k-90k BsF)
>Location
Venezuela
>Preferred switch type
Red, but I haven't tried any other kind of switch
>Layout
ANSI
>Form Factor
Full size
>Backlight
No
>Previous/current keyboards
Cheap rubber dome keyboards

A courier will charge $5/lb for shipping from Miami to Venezuela

>>55844176
is this how you are spending the donations you exhorted from /pol/???

>>55844213
??
I'm just one of the few venezuelans who can still use their money for something that isn't food. You would see more venezuelans on 4chan if chinkmoot lifted the decade old country ban

>>55837372
You can just remap caps to ctrl in every major OS

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Here's my juicy board. Ducky Mini 2 with mx cherry clears. Keys are PBT. Purple on the edges, which is hard to see with backlight so bright. I switch between backlight bright and more subtle.

Will get a better picture for the next thread

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Hi friendos,

So I purchased a chinese topre knock off on Aliexpress earlier this month and it came in the mail a few days ago.
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Anyways I thought I'd offer my 2 cents about it and review it for you lads just in case you guys were interested in it.

It's a 35g Topre clone with RGB Backlighting called the Plum84. So I've had reds for 3 or 4 years now and since then I've wanted lighter reds. Along comes this keyboard and I had to buy it to see if I really wanted anything lighter than 40 grams. The short answer is yes, this is exactly what I've been looking for, as well as being a fairly legit topre clone. It's not going to win any awards on build quality like Realforce does or the HHKB. There's definitely a cheapness to it when it comes to the case, keycaps and backplate, but when you forget about that the keyboard actually offers a solid typing experience. I've never owned a Topre board before this so I can't really comment on how close it is to a topre board, but there are definitely posts on leddit and other forums and massdrop comparing the two, as well as comparing this keyboard to that Coolermaster Topre board. Speaking about that coolermaster board, apparently this one feels much much more like a topre than the coolermaster variant. The chinese have really outdone themselves with copying topre cause this feels great. The only way I can describe the sound of this board is chalky raindrops and it definitely feels a little grainy similar to cherry reds.

The rgb lighting is great as well, several different modes to choose from. However when it comes to more intense lighting effects you can clearly see some form of "lag" when it comes to lighting up all the different keys. For instance there is a ripple mode where whenever you press a key it will change LEDs on other keys in a line. When you start typing fast it clearly lags behind and looks absolutely awful. It cost me 124 USD and took about two weeks to ship. Willing to answer any questions btw.

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some real cute keyboards here today

>>55846038
>Plum84
If that keyboard came in black i would buy one right now

>>55846038
this with column layout would be one of my favorite layouts right after the maltron 3d, maltron 2d and ergodox.

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>>55841565
Not isopropyl, but tried denatured alcohol without success. i'll try isopropyl as soon as i can find some.

Those keycaps (except the esc key which a friend of mine gifted to me with a gaote brown switch) are the ones included with the keyboard, and they feel like the printing will fade in about a month.

>>55846437
>gifted to me
gave me

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I found this on AliExpress. I can't find anything on it or how it even powers the leds if it even really has any. Anybody ever tried it?

>>55847561
absolutely disgusting.jpg

>>55846125
I'm pretty sad with how these caps look in dim/yellow light. It's more like pastel blue and salmon.

>>55847191
given to me you goddamned neanderthals.

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>>55846437
>Those keycaps (except the esc key which a friend of mine gifted to me with a gaote brown switch) are the ones included with the keyboard, and they feel like the printing will fade in about a month.

Oh okay. Just wondering as mine have smaller print.

As for the printing, yeah I've only had mine for three days and the printing is already fading on the frequently used keys. It should be completely gone by the end this week, after I've done some serious work with this keyboard.

Still feels nicer to type on that my good ol' Unicomp Spacesaver (with its buckling springs).

>>55847561
>how it even powers the leds
Through USB?

>>55827439
It ain't mechanical but it ain't shit either, unless you got a REW1000 and not a RT7D5JTW.

>>55831786
Best layout.

>>55839826
Blue Alps skcm

>>55839054

Over here in sweden they sell clean Acetone in bottles, dab some of that on the logo, wait 30 seconds then rub it off with some paper.

>>55849402
That would probably take the whole finish off

>>55836020
Dude please clean them, my OCD is taking over me , i can see the dust where the windows keys don't exist.

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>>55849489
Depends on how the plate was colored. You can tell if you actually can feel the coat of color, or if theres a transparent finish on top or if the surface feels metal ish.

Most plates used in mech keyboards nowadays tends to be get anodized for coloring. I used acetone fine to remove the logo off an pic related. Other people have done the same with spyder lolita and other elevated keys out of plate type keyboards.

>falling for the mech keyboard meme

kek

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>>55849709
>not falling for the mech keyboard

roflmao

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>>55849693

After logo removal

>>55850048
Those are the caps of a cherry mx board 3.0 aren't they

Also, interesting to see costar-style stabilizers on a chinkboard.

>>55849807

>$10 dome keyboard works perfectly fine

what's the point of mech keyboard agaub>

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>>55850103
memes and buyers remorse

>>55850103
>agaub>
l2touchtype

>>55850103
>10 dollar netbooks work just fine
>10 dollar suits work just fine
>10 dollar shoes work just fine

Can someone list me some pros and cons of the Romer-G Switches?

>>55850139

>zero content meme posting

mechfag logic

>>55850068
Yep. From a G80-3850

It's probably some chink OEM but Ozone is I think a Spanish company.

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>>55850218
Are you actually looking for serious answers or just making really bad attempts at baiting people?

Because it seems like the latter, which is why nobody bothers giving you a serious reply either.

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Hello guys.
Where i can find exactly this keycaps?

>>55850242
Looks like signature plastics DSA, you can dyesubbed PBT sets like from pimpmykeyboard.com

>>55850176
pros
>shit switch so when you go to literally any other switch it makes you that much more thankful
cons
>feels like shit if its the only keyboard you own
>shit qc
>shit keycaps(thin and prone to breaking)
>disgusting design
dont buy one

>>55850237

A mech keyboard is 10x as expensive as a dome keyboard.

It is louder, with a harder keypress required.

The only advantage I could think of is durability but my dome keyboard lasts 5+ years no problem.

So honestly I don't see the point of these meme keyboards except just as another fashion statement.

>>55850317
triied sooo haaard

>>55850293
Thnx

>>55850317
Wew thanks for expressing how you feel bud. Your opinions and views will be taken into consideration by the community

What would be the difference between a 60g rubber dome and a Cherry MX Black?

I'm serious, I've never tried a mechanical keyboard and I don't know anyone with one.

>>55850048
I'm interested into Cherry MX red keyboards. Could you tell me your opinion on them please? Are they good for typing? Do they cause wrist/finger strain after a long use session?

>>55850455
Todays cherry reds are fucking shit.

You shouldn't be getting <insert any> reds if you're typing. Reds are for video games. I fucking love reds and even I admit it's much easier to skip a letter or get some letter in wrong order with reds.

>>55850628
I'd like to build a new pc for both gaming and working, but I'd love to get a good mech keyboard for both purposes. What's the most balanced kind of switches according to you? Like something that's moderately accurate for both things and that's not too fatiguing.

is anything on aliexpress good?

>>55850686
Yes

>>55850628
What's your budget like? ~$50? ~$100?
Do you use the numpad a lot or do you want to save a tiny bit of space?
Do you like clicky sounds when typing or are you perhaps living with people who dislikes that?
Where do you live?

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>>55850317
>A mech keyboard is 10x as expensive as a dome keyboard
This is correct

>It is louder, with a harder keypress required
Not necessarily. They typically are, but you can get mech keyboards that have rubber-dome levels of quietness. And the force required also varies depending on the dome or the switch, there's light switches and there's heavy switches, same goes for rubber domes.

>So honestly I don't see the point of these meme keyboards except just as another fashion statement
They feel nice to use and offer a very high level of modularity, which is why many people choose them over rubber dome keyboards.

Though like >>55850448 said, nobody here cares for your opinion as to why you don't like mechanical keyboards or can't understand why someone would want to use them. Nobody's going to stop using their mech because of you and your not very informed opinion.

>>55850455
>>55850628
Reds are perfectly fine for typing. If you're having trouble typing properly with reds, then maybe you should learn to type properly. They're certainly quite unlikely to cause you strain on your fingers since they're on the lighter side of switches. If you like how they feel or not, that's a different matter, but they're perfectly fine for any kind of keyboard activity, be it typing or gaming.

>>55837372
Many keyboards have dipswitches to swap caps/ctrl like KUL, etc.

>>55850836
I touch type without bottoming out. It's impossible to do it properly on reds regardless if it's cherry, kailh, gateron or some other chink cnockoff, since the switches will have varying actuation points, up to 2.5mm. The specs says +-0.5mm, well their specs are fucking bullshit. Unless if you spend hours manually popping open each switch to bend the leaf parts to manually calibrate the points. I have never had problems with cherry browns or blues, they've always actuated after the tactile bump. (kailh browns/blues are shit)

>>55850452
60g rubber dome will feel better for about 2 months.

is the Ganss 87 any good?

>>55851376
I just got it in the mail

it's almost the exact same thing as a filco

>>55850317
>A mech keyboard is 10x as expensive as a dome keyboard.
My mech cost me 45 bucks
>It is louder, with a harder keypress required.
Not necessarily
>The only advantage I could think of is durability but my dome keyboard lasts 5+ years no problem.
There is also tactile ans audible feedback on your keypress and actuation, a ton of layout options, choice for basically everything, space saving and ergonomics (for some keyboards)
>So honestly I don't see the point of these meme keyboards except just as another fashion statement.
More like a comfy statement imo.

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Not sure if I should cop a g80 11800.
32 dollars but got mx browns would it be easy to swap switches? Or should just let it go

>>55850836
Ok. I've always heard a lot of people say that Browns are the sweetest spot between reds and blues, but a couple of guys here told me that Browns are awful and that both Blue and Red are better. At this point I'm prone to think that it all comes down to subjectivity. I'm just looking for switches with very low resistance and very good response. A sweet tactilw feedback would be also nice, but I guess that this point is really subjective. This is going to be my first mech keyboard and I'm planning to invest quite a large amount of money on them because I want to keep my new keyboard for very long time.

>>55852753
Get a switch tester.

>>55852773
How?

>>55850686
Look for magicforce with gaterons

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>>55830380
>>55849136
Yup, RT7D5JTW. Used to run it with an win98 Dell Precision.

I wish I had a camera that was worth a damn, but if you squint hard enough, you can somewhat make out the model number.

>>55850850
Love the dip switches on the KUL ES-87, but it's not worth all the squeaking the damned thing does or how uneven some keys are and press wrong.

Guys sometimes i press something on my pok3r, and esc turns into tab, and i can't write. Dunno which keypresses does this, anybody got a clue?

>>55831786
good luck replacing keycaps

>>55852843
Exchange currency for the product.

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Put some nice wide rubber bottoms on my board. That combined with the weight keeps it solid on the desk, I love it.

majestouch 2 with blank pbt keycaps master race

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>>55837994

and step 2?

Ok, faggots. I'll bite.

What the cheapest mechanical keyboard on the market?

>>55853670
Gorgeous. How do you find typing on DSA profile compared to Stepculture?

>>55854330
Can't notice a difference at all, actually.

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Learning steno is pretty fun. I suck terribly at it though, there's no way I would have been able to write this post using it. I just spend 20 minutes a day doing drills of simple words.

>>55854362
>steno
>2016

>>55854376
wow, it's the current year :)

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>>55854362
>steno
Im still confused on how it works even after learning it.

>>55854160
1% cherry clone keyboard without case or keycap

>>55854533
Every word is a chord. You press all the keys at the same time and when you let go the entire word comes out. The keyboard "flows" from left to right in order to decode your chord. For example, if you want to type kat, you press three keys at the same time. (Left side) K (Thumbs) A (Right side) T.

To type "Scaffold", you press 6 keys at the same time. (Left side) SK (Thumbs) A (Right side) FLD.

It gets a bit more complicated then that, but those are the basics.

>>55854635
Yah I kinda get that is supposed to be a predictive and fast way to type once you get it. Just kinda confusing once you start working out more complex words and sentences. Thanks for the explanation just needed a more basic run through.

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>>55854160

Probably >>55839054 and >>55848902

Costs around $40 (usd), has knock-off blue switches (Switchmaster Blue).

It seems the importer/distributor keeps changing names.

So far, it's been called the Topop I-500, Tomoko I-500, and currently (in the US) it's listed on Amazon as "Teswell 87-Key USB Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Blue Switches & Key Cap Puller"

>>55830225
The Apple key (Command) is detected as Windows and option as Alt.

>>55826572
Dude, this picture is racist.

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>>55848902
Same here
shitty keycaps

is this good? it's the only affordable mkb i could find. i've never used mkbs.

https://www.amazon.com/Tesoro-Mechanical-Tenkeyless-Tournament-TS-G2N/dp/B00O7EB3HO

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>>55855749

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Thoughts on Leopold FC660M? Good keyboard? I've read they have nicer build quality than Filco. The layout looks nice to me and I'll actually use those two keys on the right-hand-side. I can get one from Taobao, is it cheapest there? Asking about this in particular as I've got like $70 on my Dotdotbuy account from a while ago.

I'd like a set of 104 white or ghostwhite blanks, best option atm?

>>55855246
Thanks. Which caps have the closest feeling to a good membrane?

>>55855847
Good but uses 2 left B2.25 shifts so good luck finding custom keycaps for it.

>>55856557
Should be fine. Is Taobao the cheapest place I can get the board?

The caps lock light on my Ganss is now stuck on.
Any idea how to fix it?
Scroll lock wont swap on the light either

>>55858505
unplugging worked.

Is posting a WTB for a hhkb professional 2 worth a try? I'd kind of like to snag one from someone "within the community" but i've seen a couple on ebay for a pretty decent price.

>>55830652
Her arches look a little too high, but what are her toes like?

>>55859082
Edit: I meant posting a WTB on Geekhack

>>55848902
That barrel distortion. What you were using to take photo?

>>55852598
faggot

>>55837787
It's Yodabashi-Umeda in Osaka

>>55831736
She's beautiful

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>>55830881
I didn't go to Akiba for keyboards so I wouldn't know, but tell me what kind of selection the Nips get besides of course, G610 Orions.

what do you think about the steel series apex m500

>>55861637
don't do it

>>55861466
Mainly Topre and Filcos.

There's also the regular brands like corsair and razer, and then some no name gaymen brands. Also spotted a matias keyboard, but that one was packaged and not on display unfortunately.

>>55831736

Are those IMSTO keycaps?

I have an order in the last groupbuy, but they are taking forever.

>>55863839
Looks like tai hao doubleshot ABS to me

>>55863955
Yes I think he bought them on ukkeycaps

>>55860837
Poor faggot

>>55839822
late post, are you still monitoring?
just wanted to ask you about 6gv2, found it at good price and thinking of coping

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Emt with hand autism here. I need a keyboard for work because the tablets here make me want to suicide but they have usb ports so I'm in luck. I need a keyboard that's basically indestructible, can be doused in sanitizer and bleach without breaking and is pretty much silent but feels nice. Thx famallama. Price range is anything under 200 buckaroonos.

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whoop whoop
>can't pull off that cap too fat

>>55831736
would bust a nut over it , its beautiful.

>>55846038
Is this poker III at the top?

>>55864423
Is this even legal

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>>55849807
SOO THAT BOX UNDER YOUR DESK... IS IT YOUR SECRET DRAGON DILDO STASH?

>>55864423
who manufactures these?

>>55865074
Wouldn't be very secret if it were.

It's just some translated manga and memorabilia, I need to clean those drawers and that box up, half of the shit in there is junk.

How long did it take for you to find out what switches you prefer? I've only used MX Brown, Blue and Clear. I like how the clears feels smooth and kinda mushy but they're a bit too heavy for me. I like the blues but they're a bit too noisy. Browns are what I lean the most towards right now but the actuation point feels weird after I've typed on my clear for a while.

I have no idea what to try next, I'm leaning towards Gateron Browns since I've heard people say they're smoother than the MX Browns.

Guys i wanna buy a Mechanical Keyboard and found out that the Corsair Lux 70 RGB. But you guys keep saying its a meme keyboard and that it sucks and shit.

Can anyone recommend me another RGB good quality keyboard since Corsair lux 70 RGB sucks or w/e. Im willing to spend up to £150. I mainly game so let it be a good one for gaming.

>>55865196
Ducky Shine 5 or MK Disco.

>>55865221
see look the problem with those keyboards is that they look ugly as fuck. God dammit. Can i know why you guys say Corsair lux 70 RGB Sucks? Please I wanna know why it sucks so i can decide for myself if i should buy it or not.

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>>55865195
45g Topre gave me a preference for lighter switches (35g linears are lovely). I still like the heavier clears, but I don't use them a whole lot since the keyboard I have them in is fucking huge.

I don't think I have any definite preference as to what I prefer. I like linears, I like light switches, I like tactile switches and I also like heavy switches. I think optimally I'd have a board in the 60% - TKL range for every switch that I like, which given my broad preference for switches, would probably lead to something around 10 keyboards.

At least I'm on the way there.

>>55865257
>see look the problem with those keyboards is that they look ugly as fuck
They don't. They look good. The corsair keyboard on the other hand looks like shit.

Apart from objective matters such as taste (your taste sucks), corsair is known for issues such as bad QC, failing LEDs and a horrible firmware. Not to mention that the corsair keyboard has a non-standard bottom row, hence you'll have a whole lot of trouble finding replacement keycaps for the shitty laser-etched abs keycaps that it comes with.

>>55865305
Dude you say my taste sucks and then suggest me keyboards without num pads or volume control scroll wheels. If I wanted a classic keyboard I would have gone to a old dated keyboard store and bought a windows 2000 keyboard. Those keyboards you mentioned look ugly as fuck and many people will agree with me there. Duck Logo? Dafuq is this a petting zoo? What other brands are good other than those? Why is Razer bad? Is logitech good?

>>55865090
Devlin, an electric components manufacturer in the UK that still has some extremely thick keycap molds. They're thicker than SA profile with the K series (the thickest ones) being almost twice as thick as thick Cherry profile caps.

There's only a planck keyset and a sampler pack (with some jucky lasered legends we'll probably not see again) out so far, but there's going to be a group buy for a complete double-shot set soon. They might even be cheaper than GMK.

>>55865347
>Dude you say my taste sucks and then suggest me keyboards without num pads or volume control scroll wheels
That is correct. Keyboards with a numpad and a volume control wheel can look just fine, but that doesn't stop corsair keyboard from looking gaymurrrrr shit.

>Those keyboards you mentioned look ugly as fuck and many people will agree with me there
Not here they won't. Go back to >>>/v/

>What other brands are good other than those?
Leopold, Filco, the Realforce line of keyboards, most cooler master boards, and plenty others.

I can sure as hell tell you that razer and corsair do not make good keyboards.

>Why is Razer bad
Non-standard bottom row and chink knockoff switches (while selling it for the same price that it had when it was using cherry mx switches).

>Is logitech good?
The g710 is shit, the 910 is shit, the 810 something looks quite ok, I don't know about the build quality, but it uses cherry switches and has a standard layout so it's your best option if you want to stick your money into something that screams GAYMURRRRRRR.

>>55865425
ok you made good points here. The Logitech 810 is actually perfect for exactly what i need. I hate stuff that looks to gamery. I want something that looks exactly like 810 and has the exactly same features with volume control with very good built quality. Is there any keyboard that matches that specifications?

>>55865425
The G810 doesn't use cherry, it still has Romer G switches like the 910.

>>55865453
well i guess a 810 is out of the question then. Any keyboards like the Logitech 810 that are suggested? I want a very good qualty one with red mx keys.

>>55865347
Just get a CM board with a standard bottom row (ctrl, alt and windows keys same size).
They're priced well, are available basically everywhere, look respectable and Cooler Master is still very gamer oriented with the features they put in.

>volume control scroll wheels
Novelty feature that causes a dip in overall quality if you insist on it. I just rebind one of my side mouse buttons + scroll wheel to do volume control.

>>55865453
My bad, I thought I had read that they actually had an up to date keyboard again with cherries.

>>55865463
>>55865452
>I want something that looks exactly like 810 and has the exactly same features with volume control with very good built quality
Doesn't exist.

High end keyboards don't come with volume wheels, and most of them don't have RGB backlighting either. The Ducky Shine 5 is the closest that you'll get to what you're looking for.

Though I think cooler master recently released some RGB boards, don't know about the build quality of those though.

>>55850310
>shit qc

This is just wrong tho. Quality wise, romer G switches are probably the best ou there. Its made by omron aka the best switch manufacturer of everything from mouses to cars, it has 2 electrical contacts in case one fails, and centered led without any light bleeding.

But you are wright, the switch sucks when talking about how it feels.

>>55865508
>>55865486
Ok you know what. Fuck the RGB system. I just want a normal keyboard with volume control. Does that exist? I want it to look similar to the Logitech 810 but i want to experience that amazing orgasmic cherry mx red feel.

Ok i found one that looks quite good but It looks like its made from a cheap material. Its called Das Keyboard 4 Professional. How is that keyboard?

Guys I have a question, its quite important. Im gonna get myself the Das Keyboard 4 Professional But it looks like a lot of people have problems with the keycaps. Is it possible to buy high quality key caps and remove all the ones on the current Das Keyboard 4 Professional and use the ones i buy? If thats possible im gonna go with the Das Keyboard 4 Professional . Also where can i buy the full UK keycaps good quality ones?

>>55865641
Das took a dip in quality after moving over to an OEM in mainland china and isn't really that highly regarded in the keyboard community anymore.

>>55865729
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. It was literally perfect. God fucking dammit. Any keyboards similar to it?

>>55865747
>Any keyboards similar to it?
Not really.

Life is suffering anon.

>>55865747
>buy a volume knob
>glue it on your desk
>buy a decent keyboard WITHOUT A FUCKING VOLUME KNOB ITS FUCKING RETARDED YOU HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT MOTHER FUCKING BUTTONS WHY THE HELL YOU NEED A KNOB ARE YOU AUTISTIC OR SOME SHIT BUY A FILCO

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>>55865894
forgot knob

>>55865894
>>55865905
why the fuck would i want to waste a usb slot for a fucking volume knob you fucking retard.

>>55865934
becozz its metal hahahahha isnt metal cool bro

its better coz its metal :D

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Hello is this the hhkb thread

>>55865934
get a keyboard that has another usb port and be done with it.

hows the Cooler Master Storm QuickFire Ultimate keyboard?

>>55866068
IST VEyR good I""m typIng on mIne now!!!

>>55866077
is this thread filled with retards? Seriously.

>>55865934
>press a button
>volume goes up
>press another button
>volume goes down

/g/ - Technology

>>55830881
>bring your passport and purchase tax-free
What? Can you explain this?

>>55866163
You bring your passport, and if you purchase over a certain amount (usually 5K yen, so around 50 buckaroos) you can get tax exempt for your purchase.

Unless your passport is nipponese.

I got a mechanical keyboard 2 months ago and all I keep doing is making typos and hitting the fucking capslock key. It took me 10 minutes to type this correctly.

>>55866429
Which switches do you have?

>>55866439
Blues. Bit of an exaggeration to be honest but it's taking me ages to adapt coming from a Logitech G16.

>>55866480
I had used rubber dome keyboards before i bought cherry mx blue keyboard. Now my wpm is around 80-85 and with the rubber dome it was 70-75.
It takes a while to get used to them.

So I'm currently using Kailh browns because I love being able to type light and fast on it, going right past the tactile click and no further.

Almost everything about it feels right to me, except for that I dislike the amount of friction on the keys, and I think the weight of the keys may be just a little bit too much.

What path to take? I'm thinking gateron clears or possibly light topres.

>>55867065
Gateron clears are very nice, they're extremely light and smooth, and linear. Don't know how you feel about that given your preferences, but I enjoy them a whole lot.

As for 35g Topre: It doesn't feel as good as 45g or 55. People say that 55g feels snappier than 45g, and comparing them side by side, I didn't really notice that, but having tried them all side by side, 35g really does feel mushier than 45g.

>>55867125
Interesting. I've felt my friend's heavier topres, and I loved how smooth yet tight they were. The lighter ones probably aren't for me, then.

Also, how often do you experience accidentally pressing a key you're resting on with the clears?

>>55867166
>how often do you experience accidentally pressing a key you're resting on with the clears?
Never. Unless you have fingers of lead that won't happen.

>>55867191
Thanks for the info, bruv.

Should I get a Qisan Magicforce 60% meme keyboard? I kindof don't want it, many progs I use involve a lot of fkeys. Though, it could be actually more comfy not to move my hands as far out of home position.

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>>55863839
Yeah >>55863955 is right, cheapo ABS from ukkeycaps. Tai hao's so you can get them any where. Am waiting on some nicer caps atm though and trying to decide whether or not to get a Leopold board.

>>55861440
>>55864498

T-thanks senpai.

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>>55867587
If by Leopold you mean FC660 then go for it Anon, it's truly one of the best layouts. In fact, I'm considering buying a second one to have at work. I realised that instead of spending $80+ on keycaps I can just put in a little more cash, buy a second keyboard (in a different color) and switch caps between them.

>>55868343
Yerp that's the one, it look's really wonderful. How is the over all build quality?

Is a ducky zero with blues at $99 worth a long drive to a microcenter?

>>55868449
It's really solid. It stays firm on the desk and makes a nice, deep sound when bottoming out. I have MX browns. Another thing I find myself using all the time is the function key, which is next to the arrow keys and comes with built in combinations like:

FN + right arrow = end
FN + left arrow = home
FN + up arrow = page up
FN + down arrow = page down

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>>55868783
Nice. The more I look at it the more I want it. I don't suppose you're based outside the US?

>>55868979
I'm not from the US, no. But I do prefer the US layout if that's what you were thinking. One thing I realised after changing layouts is that keyboard shortcuts in general are made with that layout in mind. I am a hundred times more efficient using Adobe software for instance, which has several shortcuts using brackets and hard-to-get symbols in other layouts. Same goes for programming, brackets used to be a nightmare and now they're just one keystroke away.

>>55828249
Still no ES-87.

>>55869175
Did you have to order your Leopold from the US? I have been struggling to find a retailer in the EU that sells them.

>>55869304
I think mine was sent from Korea. Look up Widebasket on Ebay, he's got a bunch of them.

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>>55869457
Nioce! Thanks senpai.

>>55854160
qisan magicforce 68 39.99 on amazon

We need a new thread soon

what is the deal with PCB mounted and plate mounted switches? can i just buy normal ones and still plate mount them? how does it work?

>>55831736
My personal fave; every time i come in this thread i see and fall in love again with that. Aren't you that guy that used to smoke pipe?

>>55850103
I'm sick of this shit
You want to try a mechanical keyboard? Buy it.
You think 10$ are enough for a keyboard? Fine, you saved a hundred bucks.
Just stop being a boring dick.