/mkg/ - Mechanical Keyboard General

>New PBT keycaps aren't getting here for another 12 days
I've never tried them, but everyone keeps shilling them. What's the first thing you guys thought when you got to use them?

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2st

Sold my pok3r and minila.

Using mxboard 3

Wat now?

>>61602929
Buy another new keyboard after you get bored of that one, rinse and repeat. Nothing will ever satiate the existential dread that consumes you otherwise.

>>61602918
i got horny and went on to fuck my gf ;_;

>>61602929
tada68 and keep it forever
its endgame stuff

>>61602944
Think I'll just move to /fit/ instead

>>61602963
Does it come in iso?

>>61602986
it does
but kill yourself isofag

>>61603005
Sorry to hear about your disability

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>KP Hybrid Theory
>Cherry Profile Dyesub
>349CNY ($52)
Should I try this?

taobao/item/556128442605.htm

>>61603040
Yeah, those are fine. Many manufacturers have their own version of that set and they're all pretty much the same.

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>>61602890
So I got nowhere last thread, so I'm gonna try my luck again in this thread.

So the stabilizers on my keyboard are more unstable than my foreseeable future, is there any way of reducing the amount of play in a stabilizer or how to just replace it without desoldering everything?
>webm familiar

>>61602184
Depends on what you're after. It could be one of those new Model Fs, it could be an Ergodox with Matias clickies, it could be a Topre board, or it could be something completely different.

Or if you don't wanna go down any rabbit holes, and just want a good keyboard, and like compact form factors, then the tada68 is probably endgame.

>Budget - 80 pounds
>Location UK
>Preferred switch type - black / red
>Layout / ansi (yeh i know.. ansi in UK lul....)
>Form factor - tkl
>Backlight - not importand

Probably gonna order a tada68 from taobao today, which switch should I get?

I once tried a couple of keyboards in a store, liked how a linear switch felt, hated how (I think Logitech) tactile switches felt. I'm gonna use it for gamedev and slight gaymeng. I hear tactile switches are better for this,
but the shitty ones I tried felt very light and very membrane like.

Should I get a stiffer tactile switch (blue?), or just go with linear and get black?

>>61603498
>tada68
excellent choice

i personally have them with gateron blues, very good and not inconsistent at all, people who shittalk about that are retards

logitech has custom switches called romer g and they are indeed shitty, you cant compare them with gat blues

so yeah go with blues, or greens if you like heavier switches

>>61603498

How do you order from taobao? I tried navigating the site, but I wasn't even sure what I was ordering. I'm the anon from a couple of threads ago that got it from KBDfans on ali, with a bunch of missing screws scrambled all through the keyboard.

I'm looking to buy one with some black switches though cause blue is too loud (i'll use it at work).

>>61603040
The thing with every 65% (I think?) layout is that, in trying to resist putting one more column on the right, their Shift key is always tiny (1.0u), which one might or might not care.
Here, they decided to solve that problem by committing an even worse sin: Moving the / key to make space for a normal-sized Shift key.
No way in hell can I stand that. YMMV.

>>61603934
I googled some taobao guide, haven't bought anything yet

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>>61603040
>Hybrid Theory

Wouldn't buy it on principle.

Guys, what should i buy?
Ducky One or Logitech G413?

>>61604391
Ducky

Or tada68

>>61604391
Didn't you ask this last time? Buy the Logitech board just to realize what a big mistake you made.

Razer Blackwidow Chroma V2 vs Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum vs Corsair K95


who wins?

>>61603339
This is how I masturbate

>>61605272
The Jews.

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>>61605373
You forgot the (((triple parenthesis)))

>>61605308
loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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Got my chink braided sleeve from ali. 5 meters for 2 bucks. Gonna try sleeving a cable on the weekend. Hope it'll look good on miami dolch when they arrive.

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>>61605272

>>61605618
serious question.

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Which would you get and why?

>>61605785
>Greetech switches

None of them.

>>61605857
What's wrong with them?

Also hypothetically let's say you only choose from these, what would you pick?

>>61605869
Suicide.

>>61605879
No silly answers please.

>>61605883
I'm being completely serious.

>>61605891
you have to pick one of 3 and there's no other option. You can't walk away,you can't kill yourself, you can't stop breathing, you can't knock yourself out or anything, your consciousness only exists solely to pick one of those three and use it and also give a reason as to why you are picking the one you pick.

>>61605910
I turn 360° and fly away

>>61606085
You can't. You don't have wings or the means to even turn away.

>>61606098
You don't need wings to fly away now

>>61606191
You have absolutely no means of getting away and you must make a choice.

>>61606206
I choose to crush the switches

>>61606222
Why?

Total noob about mechanical keyboards here. So, let's say I bought a blue switch kb, can I replace them later by let's say black or red switches?

>>61606234
Depends on the keyboard you bought. If its plate mount you have to desolder all the switches, then replace them. If its PCB mount then you can simply open up the switches and replace them. Some high end keyboards come with custom plates that allow you to open them with out deslodering. And some keyboards have hot swapable switches.

>>61603339
Are you retarded? Just replace the stabilizer. You've got two types cherry and costar.

>>61605272
razer but all three are kinda pleb tier

>>61606340
What would you recommend?

>>61606231
I would pick green

>>61606269
So, it's possible but it also takes a lot of work to not fuck it up. Thanks for the answer, anon

>>61606350
Ducky, Cooler Master, Leopold, all the Costar boards in general, and Unicomp

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>>61606350
TADA68

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>>61602890
You forgot to include the official guide in the OP

What's a solid "silent" mechanical keyboard? I'll be in a college dorm with a roommate so I don't want a loud ass keyboard that'll distract him.

>>61606558
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMX6MUh0hHs

>>61606558
Its the other way around buddy. Get a model M and establish your dominance. If he gets pissy bum fuck him, but just use the tip. However if you get paired up with chad and end up taking all nine inches, then get a matias quiet click, cherry pink, or topres

>>61606641
What about the Cherry Clear/Outemu purple? How are these sound wise?

>>61605785
Razer Killyourself are the best razer switches

>>61606704
With O-rings they should be decent.
But you can't go quieter than Matias quiets or Topre silenced

>>61605785
green because tactile & clicky

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>>61606704
Those are still way too lound since the sound of bottoming out is louder then the actauting mechanism of the switch

>>61606932
>what are o-rings

>>61606932
>what is not slamming your keys like a retarded monkey

>>61606558
Anything with Cherry Silent Reds or Blacks is as quiet as you're gonna get.

>>61606704
Clears are pretty quiet, the only noise is gonna come from bottoming out your keycaps.

>>61606941
O-rings don't help all that much
>>61606953
And even if you don't mash them, mechanical keyboards are still about x2 as loud as a normal rubber dome.
https://www.eteknix.com/ocuk-cherry-mx-keycaps-rubber-o-ring-mod-review/3/

>>61606941
O-rings 1. don't do much and 2. only affect bottom out, not the clack of the stem hitting the upper housing on return.

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>>61607067
>>61607131
lol fuck off, then every keyboard is too loud by your reasoning. and thick pbt keycaps dampen the sound and make it lower pitched

yeah no difference at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJ0-ORL8DQ

fucking retards

>>61607283
>blues
>not bottoming out on purpose
>still twice as loud as rubber domes
Great chart moron

What can I do with a switch that gets stuck for a split second sometimes and is a bit harder to press than other switches and doesn't sound right?

>>61607381
Desolder it then solder in a new one

>>61607367
kill yourself retard you're a clueless fucking joke and you're absolutely sick in the head for posting those shitty unscientific pcworld measurements

>>61607386
Fuck. I actually have some spare switches but I don't have a good soldering iron and no desolder pump and I've heard desoldering is a pain in the ass in general.

>>61607283
The whole point was that o-rings aren't very good at making your keyboard silent compared to a switch that has both a dampened up and down stroke. Also
>blues
>>61607339
Are you retarded anon? We're talking about o-rings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJ0-ORL8DQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJ0-ORL8DQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJ0-ORL8DQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJ0-ORL8DQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJ0-ORL8DQ

you don't even have a single clue about how decibel measurements work. just look at this video and hear the difference for yourself

>>61607408
sorry can you say that again. Your keyboard is too loud

>>61607439
this is what mental illness looks like folks

>>61607424
Did you make that video yourself? Its a pretty shitty video and proves nothing.

>>61607339
>>61607424
>all three are very loud
>blues just have a higher-pitched clicking noise mixed in with the clacking of bottom out and return
What is this video supposed to prove?

>>61607452
i don't have to "prove" anything to you you worthless fucking sperglord

>>61607459
you're deaf

fuck off retards i'm leaving, and ok you "won" whatever that means to your retarded sperg brains, enjoy your deluded circlejerk

>>61607067
>And even if you don't mash them, mechanical keyboards are still about x2 as loud as a normal rubber dome.

My Matias quiet click is quieter than any rubber dome board I've ever had.

>>61607489
Take your flipped space bars and keyboard science XD back to >>>/r/mechanicalkeyboards

>>61607534
I know I have one, but I already mentioned those in my earlier post, we were talking about non dampened switches with o-rings

>>61605308
You best be careful with that, you could rip the skin
>>61606308
>"is there any way of ... Just replacing it without desoldering everything?"
>"Are you retarded? Just replace the stabilizer"

Nice reading comprehension there, champ.
Anyways, they don't seem to want to come out at all, after unlatching them, they feel like they're on the verge of bending or breaking when I try and force them.
I've found nothing on replacing stabilizers as when I try and look it up, I just get stuff on installing them while you make the board itself

>O-rings
When will you manlets learn, the only good sound dampening methods are internal. Get some Cherry silent blacks or Matias quiet clicks in your life.

>>61608086
>can't use google
just replace the stabilizer moron

>>61608101
there are clips that dampen the up and down stroke tho

>>61608308
They only work with certain keycaps, otherwise they'll only dampen the up stroke. Internally dampened always works regardless of keycap choice.

>>61603339
I've got bad news for you bub. Cherry stabilizer are supposed to wobble a bit like that. Its costar stabilizers that you want

>>61608329
>Doesn't work on high profile keycaps
wow its nothing

>>61608559
Or with low profile keycaps, or with boards that have north facing LEDs, or basically anything other than Cherry profile with south facing LEDs.

>>61608902
wrong

>>61608428
The ones on my Razer keyboard doesn't wobble nearly this much. It at least helps keep the spacebar relatively stiff horizontally.

What switch should I get if I don't want a mechanical switch?

>>61609296
Topres

>>61609328
I know Topres uses rubber domes but does it feel exactly like a regular membrane keyboard?

>>61605785
I honestly enjoy the greens

I want Outemu purple switches on my Tada68. Should I bother with desoldering all the switches and leds or just build a new one from a kit?
I've never done this before and a bit nervous about damaging the board somehow.

>>61605785
>Which would you get
None of them because those are all Razor switches.

If I'd get a keyboard with one of them thrown after me for free then I guess I'd take the orange switches because they seem the most like the mx browns. I really do like the mx brown switches with o-rings because they have the tactile bump for dat feel and they are pretty quiet. This being said, the "green" ones - which are cheap clones of mx blue's - are probably also nice if you enjoy that click click clicking sound. I do have a mx blue keyboard and I enjoy typing on it - but I only use that keyboard when I'm alone. I guess the yellow switches (like mx red) are the only one of those that I really wouldn't want, if you're not getting the tactile feel then you might as well just use a membrane keyboard.

>>61609447
Like rather nice ones with smooth sliders, but yes.

Are there any decent 90% keyboards for ~100 that are in production?

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What kind of color settings are you girls using on your RGB keyboards?

I'm playing around with my Duck Duck Shine 5 and I can't decide what to go with. I really do like that all green look but I also like to mix colors around. The picture related is the two color profiles I've created (it let's you store two custom profiles).

I'm not a fan of the animated effects, btw. I do prefer to have the keys be static and not randomly changing all the time.

Feel free to show pictures of the various color schemes you have to I can get some inspiration.

>>61609815
They all look retarded. Stop being a faggot. You're not in Fast and the Furious: Keyboard Edition.

>>61609719
Go onto aliexpress ans search for 96 key keyboards

>>61609815
>having an RGB keyboard

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>>61610117

U JELLY?

So I'm considering getting a noppoo choc mini 84. Is it worth it even if the space bar size is 5.5u and difficult to find a replacement for?

>>61609815
Should've bought a cooler master since you can browse designs and download them onto your keyboard like the creatively bankrupt fag you are.

>>61610165
>RGB
>can't get pure whites
>get beautiful whites from Tada's white LEDs

Call me when your whites aren't complete shit.

>>61610222
>Should've bought a cooler master

Downloading keyboard profiles onto the keyboard is fine in theory but the software only works with that Windows thing and I use GNU/Linux. That's partly why I went with the duck duck shine: You setup everything on the keyboard itself. It's a bit odd compared to using software but it works with any OS.

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First keyboard

How'd I do¿

>>61610613
>Clueboard PCB
>Alu FC660M case
>78g zeals
>caps speak for themselves

>>61610613
Also need help programming it
Here's my physical layout

I think I have a c file with everything I want in QMK but didn't have time to make "make" work

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>>61610647
Plz forgive been drinking
Also the code has been swapped for another
>_ key

>>61610165
>ISO
Lol no

Are Ajazz Ak33 keyboards still shit?

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>>61610697
You know the only countries using ANSI are the backwards ones who haven't even adopted the metric system, right?

Just admit that you're jelly of that big-ass ISO enter-key and our superior metric system.

>>61611006
Fuck off with your inaccurate map. Everyone knows Liberia and Myanmar use metric now.

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>>61610697
>>61611236
May I take this opportunity to impress you with my HyperX Alloy keyboard with brown switches which also has the superior ISO keyboard layout?

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Hey guys. I found a IBM Model F at a recycler and was wondering what kind of keyboard it is. My friend said /g/ is a good place to ask. I cleaned it using a hose, plan on power washing soon.

>>61611662
>I cleaned it using a hose

gr8 b8 m8

>>61611714
>implying it would even give a shit

>>61611662
looks like you've got yourself a 122, thats pretty awesome. Check out Unicomp's website if you need any replacement parts. I've ordered from them (in the US) all my stuff got to me in about 3 days.

>>61611662
With a bit of patience you can convert it on a ANSI keyboard.

>>61611746
>what is corrosion

It might still work, but you're fucking your keyboard.

>>61611321
>short left shift
>superior
Theres a reason why programmers prefer ansi over iso. Even the japanese ones prefer ansi

Just got a Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro S(brown) White LED. Never used a mechanical keyboard before. Did i fuck up.

>>61612079
See
>>61606455

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>>61611714
>>61611746
>>61611770
>>61611790

>>61612149
just make sure you do a really thorough job cleaning it. if you use any kind of soap you are in for trouble. you need to get some sort of solvent that wont corrode the PCB or PBT. I cleaned a board in iso before and it worked fine after. That thing will last you a long time I bet it still works ok.

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>>61612189
Only thing that is fucked up is the adjustable stand, help me please.

>>61612452
I actually can't see anything broken right there (been a reaaaal long time since i looked one) is the tooth on the other side of the spring broken? those are really hard to replace, even the new F's that douche released didn't even have them

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>>61612507
Fuqqqq

>>61612556
I am pretty sure there are .stl files out there for such things but I could be wrong. I would try searching for them though. If you have a friend with a 3d printer or you have one yourself perhaps you could simply make a replacement? it's unfortunate don't let it ruin your good time

>>61612629
Thanks, I'll be sure to look for something I can print.

>>61610613
key placement for stepmania too short for me. it's always zx./

>>61612629
I fixed it!

>>61613593
dude that is really great news, I'd count that as a win because those legs can often be in bad shape or really fragile after years of use. what'd you have to do? Once you've got her all cleaned up and ship-shape you should post us a picture of her in all her glory.

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Fresh cleaned magicforce.
Still can't over that I only paid $40 for it just last summer

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Doubleshot ABS by GMK... how long before this starts to shine? Also, what profile is this?!?

>>61614132
when I saw the nautilus set on assdrop I got excited, once I read ABS I decided they're all niggers and my Model M w/ fresh PBT caps is all I need.

>>61614286
I don't buy shit off assdrop either. But I missed this hype and saw it on Taobao (they always have some unsold stock).
I would never buy ABS caps no matter how good they look. 4 months after use and they look like shit. Someone in a thread some time ago told me that GMK ABS is the best and that it doesn't shine up but I think that anon was full of shit. GMK doesn't have some magical ABS plastic.

Also, that pic looks weird as fuck. I'm 99.9% sure that's a render and those caps definitely don't look like Cherry origin.

Anyway, GMK just can't into PBT.

>>61614132
GMK sets last about 1-2 years without shine. As for the profile its a custom one called SCMYD

>>61605613
Link, please?

>>61613793
I just pushed it all the way down and the teeth just work now. I will post a thread soon including before and after pictures, along with webms of the power washing.

>>61614363
>GMK sets last about 1-2 years without shine.
I find that hard to believe. ABS is ABS. there are no different grades of ABS... that's not how polymer chemistry works. They might be able to extend the non-shine phase by a more agressive texture but even that will wear off.

> As for the profile its a custom one called SCMYD
Thanks. Never heard of it. Looks like shit tho.

>>61614516
>there are no different grades of ABS
yes there are

>>61614363
GMK bought the original cherry tooling tard
They're cherry profile

I want to buy a TADA68 cause programability.
Do you know if someone does a Spherical keycap set who has a Caps of the same size of left ctrl?
I hate caps lock in the normal position, but also I hate mislabeled keycaps.

>>61614637
>They're cherry profile
Even the sales promo says they're Cherry. That anon is full of shit. The profile he named doesn't even show up on any search engine. That render was done by a fucking retard. None of the angles match the cherry profile rows.
Ignore everything he says.

>>61614637
>>61614758
SCMYD

>>61614132
I'll let you know when my terminal starts shining

>>61613074
Wut

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>>61614805
>I'll let you know when my terminal starts shining
This is GMK after 6 months.

>>61614869
SCMYD

>>61614882
>premium ABS

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>>61614885

>>61614912
SCMYD

>>61614894
kek'd.
premium shit is still shit.

>>61614885
>>61614912
>>61614920
s'good trollin' right there

>>61614882
The only keycap profile I don't mind shining is SA. I think it makes it look even more retro

>>61614976
SCMYD

>>61614977
well, many of those actually come shiny as fuck so it doesn't show up at all.

>>61612071
The fuck is wrong with left shift?
Only a degenerate would deny its superiority

>>61614882
Not even worried about it

Only small dicks define their value on keycap shine

>>61615513
I'm left handed, left shift is my shift. righties fear us for our creativity and the fact that we can emulate right-handedness easier than they can emulate left-handedness. one day all of you will burn

>>61615592
But I'm a righty lol
Fuck convention

>>61610165
>No I don't want to eat your literal shit burger.
>U JELLY of my shit burger nigger?

Nice piece of buyer's justification there.

>>61615771
my mind is fucking blown

>>61615771
>>61615801
actually no it's not, if you hold shift w/ left hand you can basically shitpost in caps forever if you've got a dvorak layout

>>61610201
Will you want to replace the caps? They're good POMs so a priori there's no reason to.

If you then end up spending $100+ on some meme colourway you'll probably also be able to afford a more standard keyboard to go with them.

Are old apple boards like m0116 and AEK good to use as-is? Decent condition ones hover around $60, plus add the cost of hasu's converter $40, would it even be worth it?

>>61616106
If its very nice, then yes. They have great caps and if it was stored in good conditions, then it will have good feeling switches as well.

>>61615817
Or just pivot the rest of your hands

>>61616106
Personally I would clean the switches with a ultrasonic bath, lube them and retrobright the plastic. But those are the best Apple keyboards ever made, so yes. They're good.

What foes /mkg/ think of the Corsair k65 rapidfire?, should I get it?

>Budget
300 Dollars
>Location
Arizona
>Preferred switch type
Brown
>Layout
ANSI
>Form factor
tkl
>Backlight
RGB

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Normally I'm not into novelty keycaps, but fuck me, this looks fun and neat as hell.
Should I?

>>61615540
>Only small dicks define their value on keycap shine
Only morons spend hundred dollars on caps that end up looking (and worse of all, FEELING) like shit after 6 months.
Stay cucked anon!

>>61616257
>Brown
>RGB
>300 Dollars!!!
you went beyond full retard, anon.

>>61615817
>Dvorak
But I QWERTY senpai

>>61616408
Well, to be fair, his budget being 300 bucks doesn't mean that he has to spend all 300 bucks on one board.

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>>61606932
>own that very Adesso. It's loud.
>after 3.5 years the shift key broke
>$13 for 5 cherry blue switches on Amazon
>that means enough spare switches for another 14 years
Always have the necessary tools handy! Switches, soldering iron, desoldering wick or sucker, and solder! Repairs can be done in minutes, but waiting for parts takes days!

>>61616321
w/e makes you happy

>>61616159
What are the switches to aim for?

>>61616321
that looks retarded. Just get a nazi Esc key like a normal person

>>61616321
wtf. You can just have my buddy's keyboard. It's filled with weed, looks just like that.

>>61616449
spending ever $100 on browns is stupid. browns are for idiots who think that a switch that sucks at everything is worth buying. RGB is also quite stupid.
but hey, it's his (parents') money.

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>>61616503
>Not a hammer and sickle keycap dedicated to comrade Lenin

>>61616498
Personally I would say look for orange or cream alps.
Making the orange alps clicky takes time, but holy shit is it a good mod to to.

>>61616589
(((Lenin)))

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>>61616701
The chinks got that cover for you. And in Dye-sub PBT too

>>61616556
Hey, RGB is fun and great for a change of aesthetics every now and then
The browns are dumb as hell though

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i really like my ducky shine 6. but im interested int he TKL/60% meme... maybe ill get a second, smaller keyboard. maybe the G Pro with non-cherry to change it up

>>61616556
>browns are for idiots who think that a switch that sucks at everything is worth buying.
What about gateron browns?

>>61617260
why brown hate?
they are comfy

>>61605404
>pre ordered the lillie nendo
feels nice

>>61605613
what caps are those?

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>>61603339
Remedied it.
Folded paper tabs inserted reduce the gap without adding much friction if any at all.
So much less noise and wobble.

>>61617367
>What about gateron browns?
"brown" anything is a synonym for shit. Pick red if you're a gaymer, blue if you care about typing and black/white if you're a fat whale with sausage fingers.

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>>61617367
I can't be the only one who prefers mx brown/brown clones to most switches. I've tried topre 45g, mx black blues and reds. Only switch I prefer to browns is matias quiet clicks, but those are plagued with key chatter.

I wanted mx reds with a light tactile bump, just enough to prevent accidental key presses, and browns are just that. Blues and topres were too stiff, topre 45g feels closer to 55g mx blacks which is too much for me.

>>61618479
>also i'm a decent touch typist, 120-150 wpm. A lot of switches feel more premium than browns but I'm fastest with them, followed by blues.

>>61618419
How does that not add that much friction? Seems like it would be awful.
But glad you got it fixed finally.

>>61618590
Probably the woobling was high enough to literally train his muscles to don't give a fuck to increased friction.
Also, it can be coated with graphite.

>>61618590
It's that the paper doesn't touch the stabilizer when it's centered, it just makes the gap in which the stem can move smaller, so it has less play, but still some.
I've been mashing on the key to type this and there's no texture that I can detect, still buttery smooth gateron girth.
Now I just need to lube the metal stabilization bar to fix the pinging sound from the rebound.

Thoughts on Cherry Speeds? My original K70 just died.

>>61616159
Is the Made in Japan AEK2 with Mitsumi switches any good compared to the Alps? I ran across one for cheap. I have a spare teensy to make an ADB to USB adapter, thinking about internally installing it after a good cleaning.

>>61618792
I guess I should elaborate. Are they good for bottoming out while typing? Can anyone confirm sound being louder than reds?

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Is Ducky Shine 5 a good keyboard for first mechanical?

>>61619025
Yes, its a good keyboard in general, mate.

>>61606455
This has to have been made by a fucking tro/g/lodyte

>>61619025
>>>/v/

>>61605785
Realistically Id avoid them because of Greetech switches, BUT If I were to choose one id go with a tactile switch.
Tactility is just something essential for a mech keyboard imo. Linears dont do it for me.

>>61619046
thanks!

>>61618827
Have not tried Mitsumi switches. But I have heard they are pretty rough. The board you came across is probably cheap for a reason.
Cleaning switches is not fun btw.

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Should I get some CMYK mods for this?

>>61602929
Wtf why sell poker 3

What's a good keyboard kit to solder by oneself?

>>61619201
Probably. The CMYK's blue and pink seem to be similar to your set.

>>61619025
My opinion is one should look into all the other layouts before getting a full-size board.
But otherwise, yeah, Ducky is solid.

>>61619487
What size do you looking for?
If you like the layout this Tada68 kit for 50$ is a good one imo.
You only have to buy the switches and leds separately.
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.1.ebb2eb2Sw5MtO&id=555446971866

looking for a board to buy in the UK with:
>cherry mx clears
>arrow keys as a minimum
>ISO preferably

this seems to literally narrow it down to 1 keyboard, the WASD code. looking at ANSI doesn't seem to give me much more choice, maybe 3 keyboards or so, none of which seem worth it over the WASD. am i missing something here?
inb4 isofag; spare me the ansi autism. just looking to see what options i have.

After using DSA for a while I love it. Feels like typing on worry stones, very relaxing.

>>61603339
L-lewd.