/mkg/ - Mechanical Keyboard General

topre a shit
prove me wrong: oh wait you can't

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>>56350906
Preparing...

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>>56350891
Alright, we'll go over the basics one more time
>No shitty lights
>No num pad
>Compact overall
>Under $40

If you buy a keyboard with any more features than this one, then just be upfront and admit you only bought it because you think it makes you a cool "professional gamer".

>>56351159
>>>56350891 (OP)
>Alright, we'll go over the basics one more time
>>No shitty lights
>>No num pad
>>Compact overall
>>Under $40
>If you buy a keyboard with any more features than this one, then just be upfront and admit you only bought it because you think it makes you a cool "professional gamer".

Fucking kek. I bought a Strafe RGB because I like the RGB LEDs. I hardly game anyway.

Overall happy with my Anne Pro. Not bad for a $70 bluetooth mech.

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Anyone knows EU stores that send stuff internationally? Preferably german store. To be exact i need some sort of cheap 61 key keyboard for typing.

Btw, blue mx switches have actuation point after the "click"? Right now im using mx black and it's pretty hard to avoid typos because of that 2mm actuation point.

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My cable came in.
>Aluminum plugs
>Charging LED that's perpetually green
>Braided sleeving, probably the least stiff braided sleeving I've encountered
It's a lot less awkward to take in and out compared to the stock cable because of the straight connection. Snaps in pretty solidly.

>>56351402
Is the NAOS any good? I've been thinking of getting one.

Alright I fell for the meme, the CM Quickfire is in the mail. I regret it already.

>>56351526
I use a palm grip with the Naos. I used to claw/fingertip grip my Deathadder 3.5G and I thought about getting the Avior instead since it looked like it would fit my grip style. Then RocketJumpNinja released his video on it and then I ordered a Naos 7000 instead.

Your fingers are forced into a set position but it's the most comfortable thing ever once you find your grip. It's kind of hard to pick up, not because of weight, but because of the coating. It's slippery until you start sweating, but the grip issue is fixable with vinyl electrical tape. Everything works out of the box including the DPI buttons, but software (wangblows only) is required for rebinds and changing the LEDs. It feels more solid than my Deathadder, which I thought was pretty solid already. All the clicks feel good. Scroll wheel has smoother steps than the Deathadder and it's a bit noisy.

>tldr: very solid, extremely comfortable mouse that's a bit hard to pick up.

>>56351662
What caps pham?

>>56351730
Take a guess.

>>56351159
consider about getting this as my first compact
how are the switches?
no original mx i read

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Didn't get a response last thread so I'll post with a pretty picture this time.

The spacebar on my Poker II sometimes gets stuck down, only when the keycap is all the way on the stabilizers though, if it's only just on then it works fine. I've been considering replacing the stabilizers as a last ditch effort in case the new space bar I'm gonna order has the same problem. It seems that the Poker II has a custom made stabilizer wire though, without the bump in the middle or hook action from either side, so I don't know if it's gonna fit.

The spacebar I have on at the moment is a Granite PBT DSA with a slight curve in in, when I straightened it out the spacebar problem got infinitely worse, so I bent it back to a more usable angle, cracking the spacebar in the process. The fact that it got worse when I straightened the spacebar made me dubious as to whether replacing the spacebar is gonna fix anything at all.

>>56351757
Caps for faggots.

>>56351159
>No num pad
droped

Where can I get blank, flat windows key replacement key caps for Topre?
And I'm assuming only place to get PBT Topre space bar is wait for a massdrop again...

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I need to clean both, especially the model M.
The spacebar on the TK is the keycap it comes with because the one in the blue set didn't fit, RIP

>>56351973
NEED

Seriously, why does nobody sell blank ISO PBT caps?

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>tfw bought the corsair strafe rgb because I needed a mechanical keyboard that made less noise and they where the only ones with the "silent" cherry mx switches

How can a company make software this fucking bad? Even fucking Razer just lets me plug in my keyboard and it works but not with Corsair, I have to sit here unplugging and replugging and soft resetting the dam thing every fucking morning because their shitty software is incapable of installing firmware correctly.

Any alternatives because I want to throw this dam thing out of the window.

>>56352222
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/blank-pbt-keycaps?mode=guest_open
Massdrop has been selling this NPKC set with an optional ISO kit for a decent price the last two or three times it dropped.

http://www.ukkeycaps.co.uk/product/gateron-thick-pbt-blank-keycaps-iso-ansi
UK-Keycaps will probably restock these eventually. Funny thing is that he buys full ANSI sets, harvests every 8th set to get a small shift and extra 1u keys and adds an ISO enter bought separately.

More and more PBT manufacturers are acquiring the molds necessary for ISO. As an added bonus dye sublimation is really just a printing technique which means it's reasonably cheap to add more layouts. We might get ISO sets with high quality legends that won't fade and layout support for most of Europe.

>>56352471
This is the one I have here >>56352041
I got it from massdrop and it was delivered in a month or so after the drop ended, which is alright for living in E. Europe.
It was ~30 bucks with shipping, p. cheap, and the caps are nice quality.
But if you want to get them check if the spacebar fits before ordering lel

>Budget
literally cheapest i can get
>Location (continent at least)
UK
>Preferred switch type
black>red>clear>brown
>Layout
i like the big enter key
>Form factor
TKL (not strict)
>Backlight
nah
>Previous/current keyboards
non mech

Is there really any difference between the Ducky One and Ducky Shine 5 other than RGB?

old man fart board do you still play with legos? haahahahha

>>56352851
fuck you

>>56353049
thanks

>>56353057
Honestly tkl is the most meme form factor

>>56353066
i like it. my desk isnt big. i need to fit things on it.

>>56353078
Why not a 60% or a 75% that doesn't waste space

>>56353097
sure, any of those are fine.

>>56353066
I'll have to disagree. Can't use a fullsize with mouse playing fps comfortable.

>>56352851
ttps://corus-kb.com/en/choc-mini-84/13-noppoo-choc-mini-84-usb-nkro.html

anyone have experience with https://www.aliexpress.com/item/mecha keyboard/32676642219.html ?

>Budget
Up to 80€, but the cheaper, the better, I'm ok with chinese keyboards
>Location
Southern europe, using an EN layout is not an issue
>Preferred switch type
Actuation force or linear/tactile does not bother me. Noise does, so blue switches are out of question. Have basic soldering skills, so I could swap switches down the road, assuming I'd find them for cheap (where could I get them btw? Ok with either cherry mx or clones)
>Layout
Indifferent, can work with either iso or ansi
>Form factor
Full size only, I need a dedicated numpad
>Backlight
Yes. Solid blue lighting, or option to set this
>Previous/current keyboards
Some rubber dome one

Gateron blacks or gateron yellows?

>>56351159
Ugly poopoo, case is bad, logo looks like shit and it's right on the front of it, badly made, shilled by the chinese.

>>56353104
Ok bud look I'm gonna recommended the job v60 mini with gateron blacks.

>>56353181
>>56353795
i said cheapest as can be and you both recommended £100+ keyboards. that isnt cheapest as can be.

>>56351662
Nice space bar, I am jelly :^)

>>56353854
see 3rd post in this thread

>>56353031
I think the ducky one uses better PBT caps while the shine uses cheap ABS

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>>56353854
You want cheap here you go

>>56353663
Quickfire ultimate has all those except the blue backlighting unless you go with the blue switches, if you want red switches it'll have red backlight. They usually go for cheap second hand, check around.

Dubs decides if i buy a topre board or no

>>56354217
maybe

>>56353663
If you want switches mechanical keyboards is an official cherry partner so you can buy from there. They cost around $55 for a full set

>>56351387
Getdigital has some unicomps
Keyboardcompany in uk

>tfw no greens

>>56354311
rip..?

>>56355085
:^)

>>56354161

Thanks, but I think I'll pass if I can't get both blue backlight and non blue switches

>>56354378

Thanks as well. Meanwhile I found an ebay seller with packs of gaterons for sale, 30 something € per 120 pack seems good for a past time project. Maybe too good, but searched a bit and feedback on them seems to be legit

>>56355199
Maybe you could buy a project board and just solder it together yourself. It'll cost you more than 80 euros total but you can buy switches now, board later, keycaps whenever, etc
In the end you'll have something perfectly tailored for your needs.

>>56355293

I thought about it, but maybe I'd rather grab something that works out of the box, then tinker with when I feel like it. Hence why I don't mind going with cheaper chinese brands.

I'm a Mac user from Finland and want a mechanical keyboard. What are my options?

>Get a Macintosh Extended Keyboard
It would be the best option, but they're not for sale anywhere and they need an adapter. Sure, you can find the US layout version for 90001 dollars on ebay, but I specifically need the ÖÅÄ.

>Buy a generic mechanical keyboard
Do they have the Mac-style Shift-Control-Alt-Command -setup?

>>56351662
What keyboard is this?

>>56351973
jesus christ that's beautiful, what keyboard?

>>56355405
>Shift-Control-Alt-Command
Literally every keyboard that uses a common, standard layout will have that, the only difference is that the super key is between control and alt rather than beside the spacebar.

>>56355671
>the only difference is that the super key is between control and alt rather than beside the spacebar.
That's exactly what I didn't want. It has to be control-alt-command-spacebar.

> Literally every keyboard
So I'm completely out of options?

>>56355732
You can change that in the system preferences you macbabby

>>56355740
Alright, so any mechanical keyboard will do?

>>56355760
Yes.

>>56355405
>Shift-Control-Alt-Command
That sounds more like an EMACS setup than a Mac one.

AHHAHAHAHAHAH

Thoughts on the new set MiTo announced? Laser

>>56353699
Yellow

I need a TKL, looking at going with KUL. Is there any big reason not to?

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サクラ、散ル...

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>>56355839
It's cool. Ive never had GMK, I'd like to try it. Pic for those who haven't seen

>>56355932
your yeti's monitor gain knob should be facing you. the microphones face forward and back.

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>>56355932

>>56356014
thanks for the advice. i got it for christmas and haven't really tinkered around with it much.

>>56356070
No problem. I own one myself and its a nice versatile microphone.

rapid-i was shit. Need a repalcement, what do you guys suggest?

>>56356324
FC750R, has sound dampening material in the bottom so feelsgoodman

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>>56355932
cute and very gay keyboard. Waiting on key caps now.

>>56356038
noice

>>56355863
What's so good about yellow

>>56355932
aesthetic, but fix your mic positioning
>>56356590
can't wait to see those key caps, mind telling us the colours you chose?

>>56351662
I like the caps lock; very cute

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>>56356710
G20 daylight set and the outer is g20 grey GDE blanks.

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Hello there, frenchfag here (you'll see why it matters after the template)

>Budget
200€ max ( ~$220)
>Location
Europe, France.
>Preferred switch type
I'd prefer softer, more silent, not-so-clicky switch. If it exists
>Layout
ISO, but i'm back at the problem I talked about before.
>Form factor
60% > 65-75% > TKL
>Backlight
None is fine. Anything but RGB if there is.
>Previous/current keyboards
Cheap ass HP, and current is Logitech G110.


Basically, stuff like the FC750R posted before gives me a full-on boner.
But, like many others it probably isn't available in AZERTY. Which I would be fine with if QWERTY keyboards had letters I use because i'm a frenchfag (like é, è, à, ç ...)

Any idea ?

>>56355490
Novatouch TKL with EnjoyPBT aftermarket keycaps. I just couldn't say no to Topre with mx compatible stems for $120.

CM has some Cherry MX options in a similar case too.

>>56355405
Buy any keyboard and download Karabiner.

What are objectively the best switches for playing roguelikes?

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>>56357487

>>56357547
Thanks

Who /stockkeycaps/ here?

are there decent wireless mechanical keyboards?

Why didnt hall effect keyboards catch on?

>>56355839
>>56355949
Mito is a faggot tho.

>PBT Keycaps: For upcoming keyboards. MasterKeys will be the first keyboard to come with PBT keycaps.

Is Cooler Master the first gaymin brand to do this sort of thing?

>>56358108

I think so, ever other brand comes with cheap abs shit.
which model are you talking about? the current pro l, m and s are all with abs caps

>>56358185
They're going to have a model in the future that's called just plain "MasterKeys" that'll come in full-size and TKL. No backlight.

>>56358108
>>56358185
>>56358240
Certainly the first popular gaming brand to do that.

There's some other gaymen keyboard with (doubleshot I presume) PBT keycaps. Not sure if it was from maxkeyboards or some other place.

I'm imagining that the cooler master PBT keycaps will be laser etched.

>>56356802
Why do you care about what's printed on keycaps? You can type in any layout on any keyboard.

Requiring french layout restricts you to pretty much only mainstream gayman keyboards.

Masterkey pro s has a french version.

You'll have more options if you stop looking at your keyboard when typing. Like pok3r, if you want 60%.

>>56356802
you could get blank keycaps

I'll check later but maybe someone knows right now: does anyone know if step-sculpture low profile keycaps (like the ones that come with Varmilo or Leopold) are compatible with DSA profile keycaps? I want to put the remainder of my Hana set to use on my VA87.

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>>56359038
>does anyone know if step-sculpture low profile keycaps (like the ones that come with Varmilo or Leopold) are compatible with DSA profile keycaps?
If I understand this correctly you want to mix different sets?

>>56359038
The low profile keycaps look very similar to cherry's. It will probably look and feel very weird but it is possible to mix them

>>56351859
The one I have uses red switches and has been satisfying to use; it also can be bought with black or blue switches I think. These are "Cherry equivalent" and I've heard from other people that they aren't quite as good as actual cherries but I haven't really found anything to complain about of them either.

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>Budget
Around ~75 Euros = 83.676375 U.S. dollars
>Location (continent at least)
(Estonia) Northern Europe (any online store is also fine with me)
>Preferred switch type
Something tactile like mx Blue
>Layout
ISO definetly
>Form factor
10 keyless is fine but nothing really minimal.
>Backlight
White or If the budget allows RGB
>Previous/current keyboards
(Irrelevant) Razer Deathstalker, Logitech G15,

>>56359619
Honestly go the market place on the deskthority forums and buy something used from there. Pretty much everyone there lives in Northern Europe and you can easily find a buyer

>>56358751
You're right, for whatever dumb reason I was thinking that a keyboard (out of all tech nowadays) wasn't something you could program.

So... I'd be fine with buying a QWERTY and changing the kaycaps and layout ? Noice.

Well, that kind of solves my problem.

That Pok3r looks dope by the way, I'll put that on my list.

>>56356815
Thanks for the answer!

>>56359746
i wouldn't recommend typing AZERTY on a QWERTY keyboard. and you can't just move the keycaps around because they have a staggered profile so they have to stay on the same row

>>56358828
I guess I could, but I will definitely take a long ass time to adapt.

Blank keycaps look super nice though.

Do you a keyboard with blank keycaps to recommend ?
Someone told me about the Pok3r, I guess it would be pretty nice with blank caps too.

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>>56359713
>deskthority
Thanks for the suggestion, im atm on this site and making user. Seems like a decent site. Its a start atleast!

>>56359898
I recommended that site because I have an account on there and I bought a couple of keyboards. An IBM model M and a classic cherry g80-3000. They were both around 60 bucks each and the community is nice from my experience.

>>56359898
some fellow eurofags recommended it to me too

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>>56359804
I'm not sure I understand properly, my english definitely needs some practice.

I'll explain my problem again:

Can I, with a QWERTY and ANSI or ISO layout keyboard (because way more choice as you tell me), be able to type letter like "è é ç è" ?

That's the only thing stopping me from munching on these sweet keyboards

>Pic related, I simply a key that goes "è" as I press it. Even if the keycap doesn't say "è"

>>56360221
Yes in the windows settings you can specify what layout you are using. So even though the key doesn't say è it will type it anyway.
But you cant freely swap keys since they are shaped.
see>>56359193

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>>56351730
>>56351757


20th anniversary ER keycaps

>>56360221
yes you can change the layout in windows or you can remap certain keys (for example function keys or key combinations) by using software such as autohotkey

>>56360299
Aaah I see, I get it now.
If I want to change anything, it will be the whole set. Okay.

Thanks !

>>56360495
Thanks a lot that's what I was wondering about.

ARE THERE ANY DECENT WIRELESS MECHANICAL KEYBOARDS?

>>56360221
Alt codes é is alt +0233

>>56360761
I considered learning the codes for the few extra letters I need, but they are used way too often for this solution te be efficient sadly. Thank you though.

>>56360736
>wireless

hhkb bt

but honestly why

>>56360736
HHKB pro BT

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>>56360736

>>56359193
>>56359274
Good to know. Hana is my first experience with DSA profile keycaps so I'm already having to get used to my full set and I ended up using far fewer than I thought I would from the novelties, flextras and matcha kits, not to mention I ended up not using the pink f-row kit at all.

from feel alone i definitely know the keycap sets i currently have won't be compatible. the closest i can imagine are the front-printed step sculptures that came with my varmilo, which are in cold storage right now and i hate to imagine the same will happen to all the other unused hana keys i have.

>>56360793
>>56360807
>>56360831
because wires are fucking ugly and I fucking hate wires, and I'm willing to sacrifice performance for aesthetics on my desk

>>56360791
You can make an altkey macro for where the letter is usually located

>>56360855
>tardo can't in to cable management

>>56360862
Yes !! Now that's clever and it didn't even cross my mind.
You da man !

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>>56360736
Filco Minila Air

>>56360883
prove me that it's possible to completely hide the keyboard cable from your desktop

because it's not

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>>56360855
I bet you use an iMac. Why not get an apple extended keyboard?
The one pictured has custom keycaps

>>56360919
Drill a hole in your desk where the cable goes.

>>56360947
I'm not going to fucking drill a hole in my $800 desk

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>>56360919
lets see my mouse goes into my keyboard, which that goes to my PC.
There's an HDMI cable but my PC is two inches from my monitor so you can't see it
Then there is the power cable for my monitor and PC.
Oh my god thats three cables what will I ever do

>>56361004
>Oh my god thats three cables what will I ever do
that's 3 cables more that I want to see

>>56360967
YOU BOUGHT AN 800 DOLLAR DESK?

HAHAHA you're a fucking loser

>>56361022
kek, poorfag retard detected

why are you so fucking poor?

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>>56361018
and here I thought I had autism

>>56361036
He's poor because he doesn't have money

>>56361036
You're the one who doesn't know how to manage money

>>56361054
I'm the one with the salary that makes me literally not give a shit about spending $800 on a desk you poorfag

>>56360967
route the cable through your mousepad or under some other surface on top of the desk

>>56361094
Yet your the one who can't figure out to hide a single cable.

>>56361122
I literally don't give a shit if I can buy a wireless version for ~2-3 times as much money, or doesn't matter how much really

>>56361162
If that's how you explain your inadequacies that fine by me

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>>56361162
You may have money but I can eat 3 fresh habaneros at once

I am cooler by being hotter

>>56361222
found you on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-jvIR-DOWY

>>56361250
Damn

>>56361250
I ate a scorpion pepper once and it hurt a lot. I didn't act like that retard tho

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>>56361036
>>56361094
>>56361162
>LOOK AT ME GUYS I'M RICH. I'M THE BEST FUCK U POOR FAGS

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>>56361336
I really don't understand why someone would brag about their wealth on an anonymous image board.

>>56361162
the drawbacks aren't worth it unless your autism level is over 9000, it's just a single wire which can go straight to the side or forward toward your computer monitor. you can get any cable you want in any color and you can sleeve it etc

>>56361386
It's because his money does not bring him any intrinsic happiness therefore he tries to derive happiness from it through bragging about it.

>>56361439
but since we're anonymous I won't ever know what his next post will be unless he gets a trip or starts bragging about it in every post

>>56361036
i think the most i'd pay for a desk is $200-$300 and that's if it's a motorized sit-stand desk.

>>56360919
why not get a custom sleeved usb cable the same color as your desk?

>>56361036
honestly with $800 it better be a custom made desk from some villa in Italy

>>56361580
He has money not brains

>>56361336
>>56361386
>>56361439
>>56361528
>>56361553
>>56361594
>>56361617
fucking poorfags I swear...

>>56361386
if you were talking about mechanical keyboards on any thread other than /mkg/ it would be the same conversation:
>why would you spend X amount on a keyboard what a retard
>because im not a poor fag hurr durr

>>56360038
>this is where he belongs, maybe?

https://youtu.be/B8jX2DpHA5E

>>56361658
for all you know I could be a millionaire but I don't go barging about it on 4chan

what's the consensus on cheap chinaboards with bootleg cherry switches?

>>56361751
avoid kailh but gateron, noppoo, outemu are good

>>56361698
>why would you spend X amount on a keyboard what a retard
2 years ago I would have agreed with you but mechanical keyboards have gotten so much cheaper now. Sure $40 is a lot of money when rubber domes are 5 bucks, but console controllers are $60 and no one complains

>>56361658
>$200-300 sit-stand desk guy here
>also has a salary that makes me literally not give a shit about spending <insert ridiculous dollar amount here> on <insert my interests here>
>unlike you, i have no desire to shit on other ppl's income for my own amusement
i could go on and assume you have to compensate for not having to pay for your own place, or having no girlfriend/wife to spend your extra income on, or having no friends with whom you can go out with and spend money, but those are easy jabs. either way it's sad.

I'm designing my own ergo keyboard. I'll have a few buttons under the thumbs and I'm wondering what key combinations I'll have to make possible (I want to avoid unnecessary duplicate keys like shift)
>ctrl-alt-letter
>ctrl-shift-letter
>alt-shift (I use this one very rarely though)
>ctrl-tab
>alt-tab
>ctrl-enter
>ctrl-backspace
>ctrl-arrow
I know I need separate LALT and RALT, am I forgetting something?

>>56362260
Meta/Super + letter.

So does anybody know how POM keycaps are like? Are they better than PBT or about the same?

>>56358240
Oh really? Nice.
any ETA on when that'll come out or was it just announced?

>>56362548
They say early 2017. Also POMs get glossy like ABS so hell no.

>>56362612
I see. Thanks. So narrows down my choices to just pbt then.

>>56362318
Oh right, one key less for layers it is.

Its nice that ducky comes with PBT caps so that I don't need to spend an extra 50 bucks getting a set

Do they make 60% alps keyboards?

>>56363334
genuine alps no those haven't been in production for years. Clones on the other hand yes there are plenty to chose from:
https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&c=113
and
https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&c=15

>>56363334
>>56363409

forgot to mention these (https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&c=15)
Forward Electronics picked up the design from Alps Electric so technically not a clone, but they aren't good as genuine alps

>>56363446
What's the difference between the matias and fukka switches?

>>56363548
Fukka switches dampened so matias are crisper

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>>56356014
>>56356038
Just got home and fixed it. Thanks guys!

>>56364377
I hope its your camera cause those "artisan" keycaps look ugly

>>56364413
it's the camera but you probably don't like artisan keycaps anyway huh? not really interested in collecting anymore now that i have most of the WoB skull wars keycaps.

>>56364454
can't you resell them for like thousands of didgeridoos

>>56364484
i could. while it would be a truly complete collection if i had the copper evil silence and marble dark lord im happy i stopped while i was ahead.

it's nice knowing that as ugly as they are they at least have some value.

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>>56364377
man i kind of want a lenny face keycap on my left ctrl (since i swapped ctrl and caps lock and don't use the "real" left ctrl key anyway)

where did you get your backlit smiley caps from?

found this one: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/novelty-shine-keycaps

too bad they only had R2 1.5u and R4 1.25u, R4 1.5u would be ideal for me

>>56364932
oh they look like they're OEM profile i want cherry profile ;_;

>>56364932
>too bad they only had R2 1.5u and R4 1.25u, R4 1.5u would be ideal for me
nvm R4 1.25u is what i want jeez i'm so sleep deprived

>>56364932
but maybe i can get an OEM profile R2 1.5u to use as a backspace key instead of \, the "real" backspace is comfy to use because of how high it sits with the staggered layout, but if \ sits higher because of the OEM profile it might be comfy too

>>56364932
that's where i got mine. and yeah the size restrictions were wacky.

>>56365112
but then again i don't think i want ABS on a key i use often ;_;

>>56365113
cool, the oct 12 estimated shipping date tripped me up

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Which Signature Plastics PBT color code matches the green on Ducky's CC&G set the most? The original set was made with ABS VBQ but they don't make that color in PBT. Or should I just go to Ducky and see if they can ship individual blanks?

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>>56366697
just pick yourself
http://pimpmykeyboard.com/colors/

>>56366781
none of them look like they match it all that well

maybe VCR will be ok? but still different. depends on what you're looking for

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I have an older model Razer Tournament Edition keyboard built with Cherry Blues.

On disassembly, it seems to basically be a Filco with a small XKRO sub-board that also doubles as a female mini-USB header. E.G. you can plug a standard mini-USB cable into it and into your computer.

Unfortunately the mini-USB port on the NKRO board has gradually worn out and finally broken. Repairing the keyboard to functional status is as simple as installing a standard Filco cable to the main board, and I'll probably also be able to repair the USB jack on the XKRO board in due course but... I was wondering.

Does anyone know of an XKRO PCB meant to connect in-line to a Filco board?

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$80 on amazon, usually $140, is this a good deal for a decent kb? These use Kailh blues, I think. Are those so inferior to cherry mx switches that I should pass this one up?

>>56367470
imo you should pass on it, at $80 i think you can get better switches like gateron or cherry (or maybe you need to hop up to $100, i'm not sure with this 104-key form factor, it might be a bit pricier than tenkeyless)

>$80 on amazon, usually $140
the "sale" is a trick, the keyboard is worth maybe $80 at most, the kailh switches bring the value down

>>56367550

That makes me even more angry that Fry's wouldn't price match it. Could be to my advantage though, thanks.

>>56355932
lol, this guy literally mic'd his mechanical keyboard

would hate to be in a chat with you

Does anyone have a Ducky Zero DK2108SZ?

Microcenter has them and it's pretty tempting.

>>56351218
>Falling for the multicolor lightjew

>>56367976
>sour graping this hard

>>56367652
lol yeah...i remember being in group chat with my friends over skype playing some game, and they just muted me.

since then i've use a mic headset; the yeti is mostly an unused desktop aesthetic since i don't have a proper set-up yet for twitch

Searching for a new keyboard.

Currently have the Poker 2 with blues (ISO DE layout) and I need a new ANSI US one now.

Would be nice to get the Poker 3 but can't find it anywhere here in Germany and apparently corus-kb has gone to shit.

Anyone an idea for a nice 60% with Clears I can get in Europe with the ANSI US Layout?

How should I be cleaning out the finger flakes from between the switches on my keyboard? I've been using 99% iso and q-tips but that pushes them around more than it picks them up.

>>56368273
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00W02J7Y6 ?

>>56368296
Just saw that too, but don't really like the white version. :/

>>56368288
you can get most of it by shaking the keyboard upside down

>>56368315
I think that combination of clears and ANSI layout is hard enough to find that it's worth dealing with the color. I agree that black one looks way better.

>>56368369
Do you know if there are other 60% (doesn't have to be with metal casing) that don't look completely ugly?

>>56368425
don't all 60% boards look pretty much the same

>>56368443
True..

Then the decision is between a white Pok3r with Clears or a HHKB

>>56359898

deskthority is probably the best mechanical keyboard information source. It used to be gh before the root days but after that its been the best. Its mostly old stuff though if you're a gamer type you are probably going to have no interest in the site.

>>56363334

Matias V60 comes in 60% with matias alps style switches. Theres an ALPS64 groupbuy on geekhack going too so you can make your own.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/50mdnx/review_noppoo_choc_mini_rgb_with_noppoo_blue/

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>>56351159
I bought a $300 USD mechanical keyboard. It's neat because it's bluetooth and can sync up with up to 10 devices, haven't found any other keyboard that can do that yet.

My pok3r should be arriving today
I'm so excited :)
Will post pics as soon as I get it

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>>56370722

Ive been rocking a original poker with ergo clears and a custom case + keycaps of the day for years as a daily. Im sure your will love your pok3r.

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>>56370926
I already do <3 it's heavier than I expected it to be

I got it with mx clears

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GUYS I FIXED 60%!

Designed for normal text editing, not for stuff like vim. Would also work equally for ANSI. What do you think?

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>>56370998

What are the up and down then under function id assume?

>>56371038
Yeah, most likely. The only problem I can see is line swapping in something like sublime text, but you could perhaps move function along one and drop in a control to do it more easily.

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>>56370998

Id rather use it like this full time

about to make an alps 60%. Using ALPS64 PCB, probably going to buy some blue alps instead of using my own, using ANSI english with Japanese kana PBT AEK keycaps, and a AEK plate along with an old black treble aluminum case.

>>56351662
gorgeous spacebar my dude

>>56360911
sieht klasse aus. Wo hast du die keycaps her?

>>56366697
are the legends 'engraved' into the plastic?

>>56370998
how was 60% broken?

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posting the gayman kb i got almost for free

>>56371812
what switches you got in there? And how much did you pay for it?

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Is this worth using?

>>56372200
Holy fuck YES
Nice double doubles btw

What are some Gateron Clear keyboards?

>>56372239

Not sure but you have to specify tactile or linear,

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>>56372044
payed 20 bucks (which 19 of went to shipping)
but i payed in linden dollars.
heres a pic of the switches, i think they are kailh blues

>>56372401

thats the old bw with cherry switches obv

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>>56372451
im retarded lol i didnt see the text on them

>>56372200
thats a 1000 dollar keyboard dawg

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>>56372585
No, it's more like a $150-$200 keyboard, desu.

>>56372585
that one no
more like $300-400

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>>56370998
Why stop at 60%?

>>56372636
where the hell do you buy your industrial model m's?

>>56372653
There's one right now on Japanese ebay for $100 but the shipping is expensive

>>56372653
I only have one. This is the first thing I ever bought with my own money. It was like $80 or $90 on eBay back in 2009 I think.

>>56372646
yeah, now go 10%

>>56359898
+1 for dt

Bought an mx black g80, and two alps clones

My Topre Realforce just arrived. Holy shit this feels beautiful to type on.

Now I just need to get the blank red esc key that seems to be unaquireable in the EU for less then £20... And wait for another run of PBT spacebars on massdrop...

Best £200 I ever wasted.

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>>56372646
Do they make %30 keyboards. I was only able to find %35

>>56372646
thats fuckin dumb

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>>56372819
>>56372923

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IBM Model M/Unicomp or HHKB Pro2?

Narrowed it down to these. If IBM, any year/month good in particular? Or to avoid? And are new Unicomps still true buckling spring?

>>56373253
If you want to get a buckling spring keyboard then go for a Model F since they are nearly indestructible. You need an adapter depending on the model you get, but they only cost 20 bucks

>>56372868
What weight? I'm really torn between all-45g and variable weighting - 55g would probably be too heavy for my long typing/coding sessions, and while I do play games sometimes, it's mostly casually.

>>56351566
The CM Quickfire has arrived and I am typing this on it right now. Jesus christ, even with brown switches that thing is unbearably loud! I'm going to get some rubber rings to put in there. Typing is alright with it, but my 20 EUR Cherry Evo wasn't really worse, didn't break my wrists due to lack of wristsupport and didn't sound like a typewriter.

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What do you people think of the acer 6310 series? I ran into a bunch of these in the late 90s (viglen badged - namely 6312s) and really liked the feel of them. Been thinking about trying to source one somewhere...

What's a good MK for an office with kind of open cubicles, so it needs to be quiet when I type.

>>56373927
Gateron blacks with o rings

>Budget
Approx 90~ GBP

>Location (continent at least)
Cornwall, UK

>Preferred switch type
Interested in Browns or Reds

>Layout
Indifferent, I'll get used to either

>Form factor
Full layout, bonus points for media keys (FN or not)

>Backlight
Would be very nice, lighting isn't the best (and out of my control)

>Previous/current keyboards
Current is HAVIT HV-KB366L
Had a Roswell Cherry G-3000

I've predominately used blues hence the tactile feedback being nice but I'd like a change. I'm leaving the HAVIT keyboard because it double-types letters often and it's oddly uncomfortable for some reason.

>>56374364
Oh and I forgot to mention, PS2 is also an option. Some reason my motherboard supports it so may as well use it.

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>>56373921
I've got a Viglen branded 6312 keyboard that I picked out of a bin while working at a refurbisher a while back.
>https://deskthority.net/wiki/Acer_switch

The main thing I notice about it, is that the folded little metal bit in the switch has varied alot over the keys, meaning some of the keys click, some dont and they generally all feel a little bit different. I guess I could take the whole thing apart and reshape all of them, but for a keyboard I dont use it would be way too much effort. (dont really use it much due to the noise.)

I guess if you want something with the same feel you could look for a more modern ALPS based switch keyboard.

>>56372923
What more do you want to get rid of?

>>56374364
GBP -> Good Boy Points?

Take a look at whatever keyboard is marketed towards gamers like some razor whateverthefuck.

>>56372819
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84i2Ly2acU

How autistic will I look if I plan on getting a 2 in 1 laptop so I can fold the keyboard away and use my Pok3r with it instead?

>>56375058
Keyboard layout doesn't have the pound sign so I used the shorthand term for the currency.

>Razor keyboards
Fuck man, it's the keyboard equivalent of telling me to step on a lego. Sorry if you got triggered by something so small.

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>>56375430
you look gey lmao.

I'm changing the connector in my Zalman keyboard so that I could connect it to Arduino instead of the original controller. However, I see 5 cables connected here instead of 4. These are labeled: VSS, G, V, D, C and I suppose the last 4 are actual USB pins. Any idea what VSS might be? Quick google said it's negative voltage, but what could it be used for when I already have +5V and GND?

>>56375570
Okay, checked the pins with a multimeter and the mysterious pin is connected to the metal sheath of the plug.

>>56375449
Anon why did you have to remind me ;_;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL9qGAQVSGY

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>>56375919
Calling it how I see it.

>>56375919
Man the PSG soundtrack is fucking awesome

test

icles

is /mkg/ familiar with qtan5370?

>>56376865
personally I never buy direct from china after what happened to me last time, but if you want to give it a try then go ahead

>>56376920
What happened?
I already did, and most likely wasted a month of my life..

>>56377049
Well it was a cheap adapter that only cost 10 bucks. The estimated shipping time was a month which I didn't really care. However after 30 days I never received it so I asked them. They gave me a tracking number and it says that it was in transit with no estimated delivery time. I waited two week so I asked them again. They said it was lost it transit so I asked them to send another or give me a refund. After two months of nothing I just gave up and let them keep my 10 dollars. If it was a something more expensive like a keyboard I'm sure I would have done everything I can to get my money back, but why give myself a headache over 10 dollars

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Pok3r reporting in. All who are present please report immediately.

>>56372868
I've got a spare set of the blank blue esc and red control if you're interested (UK).

Are mx reds really that bad for regular typing?
I've ordered a key tester and I like the reds the most, but I do understand that it's not the same as typing on a proper full keyboard.

>>56377763
you can use any switch for any task.it's just personal preference. i prefer blues for gaming and topre for typing.

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Ducky.

>>56377789
>you can use them but i don't use them

>>56377763
If you like them, then get a kb with them. I use reds for typing and gaming no problem. The reason people don't like reds for typing is that they are very light keys and don't have tactile feedback, which can result in typing errors or fatigue for prolonged use. But like I said I use them for just about everything without any issues.

>>56377988
what's the problem? i don't have every switch available to hand. i was just stating my personal preference.

>>56377789
>>56378079
Cool thanks, going for reds then.

>>56377763
The only thing about reds that is bad for typing is that if they are too light for you, you'll end up making typos because of accidental presses. As long as you don't have that problem and you bottom out when typing anyway, reds are as good or better than other kinds of switches for typing. I myself have gateron blacks, which have actuation only 5g heavier than cherry reds, and they don't cause any issues for me.

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Things that annoy me intensely:
* special snowflake colored key caps
* colors other than gray or black
* braided cords

>>56377985
Which model is that?

>>56378279
Ducky Shine 3 TKL obviously

>>56378097
I really wish they never marketed reds as gaymur switches, as I find them to be my preferred switch for typing.
Just do your best and DONT get a Corsair or Logitech, get a nice looking kb with reds for maximum comfy.

>>56378360
Ah. For some reason it being a Shine didn't click for me.

>>56357770
me for now, cant decide on what i want

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>>56357770
Stock (POM) keycaps on my choc mini are good enough that I'll probably keep using them forever, which was one of the reason I bought the board in the first place.

>>56361803
why avoid kaihl?

>>56367997
>sour graping this hard
the fuck is sour graping

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>>56371756
Danke. Keycaps are Round 5 SA sculpted from 7bit's groupbuy over at Deskthority. I purchased them around a month ago from another user on Deskthority.
Mein deutsch ist scheisse, bin niederländer.

>>56379107
All the chink switch brands have slight quality control issues, but Kaihl is the worst. Two keys on the same keyboard can feel and sound different and the molding is often sub-par.

They also make Razer's switches which means they deserve to die.

What's a good price to sell my acrylic case MX Blue no keycaps ErgoDox?

>>56379253
thanks for the ehads up

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>>56377985
Ducky one

>>56350891
should I get a wired or plastic keycap puller

does it matter?

right now I just need one for cleaning my keyboard

>>56379837
Wire, plastic ones (with a ring) can scratch caps.

>>56378171
Whats wrong with white and grey color scheme.
My IBM model M has one and its made in 1988

>>56379837
I use a paper clip shaped like a wire puller, though I don't know if that bad for the caps or not

I actually kinda like keycaps with fonts that aren't standard. Some of them, anyway.

Maybe its just my desire for a change of scenery.

>>56379844
Is there any difference between the 12€ and 2€ ones? Or is it all just kind of the same thing?

>>56379969
Then buy a comic sans set and use it to trigger people

>>56380025
That's a hilarious idea, but is there a place one can go to get specific font keycaps?

>>56380015
It's just a bit of wire. You can make one out of a (thin) clothes hanger in a pinch.

You might get a sturdier handle with a 12€ puller, but I have a thin plastic one I got free nearly seven years ago and it's still just fine today.

>>56372923
what caps are those?

>>56380044
Well I recommend you just get a cheap pad printed set. So try here http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keycap-set/104-key-cherry-mx-keycap-set.html

>>56380078
I'll get the cheaper one then
thanks anon

>>56380044
on wasdkeyboards you can upload your own layout file which gives you 'full control of what is printed on the keys'

They have a tutorial somewhere on how to make such a file

>>56377985
based shine 3 tkl

NEW THREAD:

>>56380360
>>56380360
>>56380360

>>56379315
Going price looks around $190-$230. Asking GH would probably be best.

Custom LED compatible keycaps?

>>56380553
massdrop.com

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noppoo nano 75s