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>Keyboard recommendation template:
https://pastebin.com/n220xk9V

>Find vendors
https://www.alexotos.com/keyboard-vendor-list // Up-to-date list of reputable vendors with brief descriptions
https://keycaplendar.firebaseapp.com // Tracker for current and upcoming keycap group buys

>This keyboard stuff is so expensive!
https://aliexpress.com (or Taobao if you know how)

>Learn about Cherry MX switches
https://rentry.org/mkg_switches // Introductory guide
https://www.theremingoat.com // Switch reviews
https://www.switchesdb.com // Compare force curves

>Split and non-standard layout resources
https://compare.splitkb.com
https://keyboard-design.com

>What does ______ do to a keyboard's sound?
https://blacksimon.tv/science (Google sheet)

>Practice typing
https://monkeytype.com
https://www.keybr.com
https://thetypingcat.com
https://play.typeracer.com

>How Cherry switches do backlighting, and why it's not ideal
https://rentry.org/mkg_backlight

Those new Cherry switches aren't coming out anytime soon anymore are they

nth for booba U4

Are those 3D printed Cornes and Silakka54s on AliExpress good or bad?
I'm thinking of getting one and bringing my own keycaps and switches.
I just don't have a printer and don't want to do soldering.

>>105819187 (OP)
love me some glaceon

>>105820190
If last thread is anything to go by you are not the only one

>>105819187 (OP)

>>105820190
Glaceon has the fattest ass, she's objectively the best one.
>she
Yes, she.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/YFFPxr/das-keyboard-keyboard-dask4mkprosil
this is one of those keyboards that are technically ok but you shouldnt actually buy right?

>>105819187 (OP)
>>105820579
I bought it (and on finance)

>>105820863
>200+ dollars
why?

>>105820579
good
>>105820780
>she
this was never up for debate
>fattest ass
this is and it's Espeon, but Espeon is not for sexual
>>105820863
I wouldn't spend $199.99 on a keyboard but that's just me

>>105820863
Das has been mediocre from the beginning. Not even worth half that price to be honest.

>>105820863
>Das Keyboard
>$200+
Das some real bullshit, anon.

I often get the urge to buy a Model M, but this time that urge is justified considering the fact that I need my cheap-ass membrane is on its last legs--surprised it lasted this long, what with all the swinging it around by the cable and slamming my fist onto it like a gorilla 4 teh lolz.

I have the option of buying one for <$50, but I'd also need to consider the price associated with putting together a converter or buying one.

Unicomp's Mini M caught my eye since it's an affordable alternative to an SSK, but as I understand it, there are some issues with QC, and a few other miscellaneous issues related to the controller. Can anyone with a Mini M chime in with what their experience with their particular model has been like?

>>105823365
i thought it was the model f repros that had qc issues. those have been largely resolved (ellipse has been doing this for almost 10 years now) but as for the unicomps, they got new tooling a year or two back and the quality is significantly improved. but they jumped their prices up significantly, only thing i can think of would be trump's tariffs assuming they're still active.

Guys, wtf is wrong with akko's switches?

I have a keyboard that uses jelly back switches and they're quite comfy but holy fuck is the worst switch I've ever used regarding maintenance.

I'm not filthy or anything but if I don't clean this keyboard literally at least once a day with some compressed air on it, the switches begin to fail. If any microscopic bit of dust or cat hair goes anywhere near the switches, they stop working.

Never had this problem before, ever, not even with shitty redragon keyboards.

Looking for a budget wireless keyboard and came across the Epomaker Aura F99 Pro after a few hours of searching. Shortly after though I came to the realization that mechanical keyboards sound really fucking annoying? Are they just a meme, why the fuck do people like the extremely loud clicks of them? If I’m pressing these keys down for 6+ hours a day this would drive me insane

>>105820863
I think you can get comparable keyboards for a much better price. Filco or Leopold were always a better value proposition.

I will not consider anything other than full and TKL. Every other configuration loves to mess up the useful navigation buttons. If I have page up and down I also want home and end, yet so many have a strange combination like End and Del instead. Nobody seems to want to make the keyboard just taller to fit all these buttons even though for desktop use this extra height doesn't matter at all nor obstruct anything.

Anytime I want to buy a keyboard from anywhere other than Aliexpress or Amazon the shipping cost becomes giga stupid

>>105824515
>Aliexpress
>Free = Arrives 3 months later

>>105820863
Get a G80 second hand. Reasonably cheap and the go to no-nonsense MX mechanical. Good boards.

>>105824093
>I will not consider anything other than full and TKL
Based.

>>105824515
Ebay is pretty good, but yeah half of the time Aliexpress or Amazon are more economical on delivery alone (even if Amazon sellers upcharge)

>>105824093
>TKL
So you are jobless?

>>105824810
>his job is entering numbers
It's also redundant because the regular number keys are there. I can use two hands on the numbers instead of just one.

What are the absolute quietest switches available?

>>105824937
Foam and foil

>>105824937
Out of the ones currently available, either lichicx silent (lucy, raw silent, etc.), or gateron gecko.

>>105824844
You clearly never worked with IP addresses or Excel sheets you loony troon

>>105825337
>he has to TYPE IN ip addresses as part of his job

please tell me if I should get a keyboard that lacks arrow keys, I relied on those when I play certain games or coding. Will it be an issue?

>>105826180
Yes you will struggle. Just get a TKL or a 75%

>be me
>build a pc on pcpartpicker
>pick a random mechanical keyboard where i like the design
>turns out its overpriced + shit keycaps
i dont really care about the other features its missing, but damn
how do i cope?

>>105826180
no, fn+h, j, k, l seems ok but gets annoying very quick

>>105826519
stop looking at different keyboards, just accept that you got what you got and wait until youve used it a bit before making a judgement

>>105826519
You got a feel for what a mechanical is like and now you know better when you need to buy a new one in the future. Happens to most people starting out

there's not much option for keycaps with images than I thought.

>>105826871
It's expensive (for good quality ones). You are better off 3d prining your own with the image as a void and fill it in with resin or epoxy for DIY double/triple shots

>>105824093
>Every other configuration loves to mess up the useful navigation buttons.
they're right there

I've had a GMMK 80% since 2019, default gateron browns + added some chinesium SA keycaps in 2021. Now that I'm grown up, maybe it's time to settle with a 100%, linear switches, no rgb/gaming bs. Any suggestions?

thoughts about mecha-membrane?

>>105828739
>mecha-membrane
What?

>>105828754
It's a type of hybrid switch i think between membrane and mechanical

>>105828802
From what I can see "Mecha-Membrane" is glorified tactile membrane. I owned a chinesium tactile membrane for some years and they do work, but they suck compared to actual mechanical boards. There is no real advantage to them and you are often better off with a pure membrane instead because pure membrane is water resistant while membrane-mechanical is not. Topre, a true hybrid membrane-mechanical design with better feel than membrane, are very sensitive to water damage and unlike pure mechanical keyboards with MX you can't just replace a switch but instead you will likely need to replace the whole board if you spill something. With Mecha-Membrane you lose the modular repairability of mechanical or the office cubicle sturdiness of membrane.

Might be getting a new keyboard

>>105829118
Which one?

DK1-TKL pre-order period was supposed to be over but it's still available for purchase. I bought one.

>Budget
under €200
>location
Netherlands
>Switch type
I'm looking for a DIY kit
>formfactor
100% ANSI
>Backlight
none
>current keyboard
WASD V3, also had the WASD V1 and V2

Current keyboard is having issues and I want to build my own.
I'm looking for a kit that connects through USB-C and I don't need stuff like a volume dial or bluetooth.
What are some kits worth looking into, preferably from Aliexpress.

>>105830090
right now there's fucking nothing. 100% means pain...

>>105830003
>he bought?
>cancel it

>>105825596
not that anon but sometimes you work in a place that has some arcane program built like a house of cards and for some godforsaken reason it doesn't accept clipboard text (despite removing extra spaces etc.)

i got my first split ergo keyboard and its actually not that hard to type on. pretty excited about it.

>>105829422
Its in the mail might be here for this thread or next

>>105829090
Why does a membrane need additional tactility when the membrane material itself is typically shaped to have a defined buckling point anyway?

>>105832594
>mfw it's a split ergo sculpted 3d-printed 40% with gateron yellows and a grab-bag of mixed-and-matched keycaps

I've only been here for about a week, but once my keyboard arrives and is done that will be that. How unfortunate. Is this the nature of being a keyboard-enjoyer versus a keyboard-enthusiast?

I wish it was cost effective to get a blank slate and fit the switches myself but that's not happening. But if I could do that from scratch, is there even any reason to use all the same switches for every single key? I highly doubt having an expensive mech or analog switch for your caps lock is going to make a difference, might as well use something really heavy and clicky so you know you dun goofed and accidental presses are harder.

>>105833832
>is there even any reason to use all the same switches for every single key?
In theory no, but in practice it's generally better, with some limited exceptions. Mixing and matching switches usually sounds and feels wrong.

But it often feels and sounds better to use something different for the spacebar, because the spacebar necessarily sounds and feels so different from the other keys anyway. E.g., the spacebar is heavier than the other keys, so when the spring weight of the spacebar switch is identical to the other keys it will feel lighter than them—giving it a heavier switch will feel MORE uniform. Likewise spacebars have such a different keycap shape that they make a very different sound. Changing the switch might help you bring the spacebar sound closer to the alphas, or it might just sound different in a way that is more pleasant. Since the spacebar never sounds exactly like the alphas it doesn't hurt the uniformity to do this.

On backspace/enter/shift/etc., I am less confident that you can reap gains by changing the switch. But in theory you should be able to.

>>105833890
I said all that because my current spacebar has that dry metal chiiing from the spring returning that I enjoy / I'm going to miss it.

Put a little tape inside my spacebar and now I feel like a real ghetto aliexpress budget keeb guy

>>105833832
>I wish it was cost effective to get a blank slate and fit the switches myself but that's not happening.
I have literally never in my life seen anyone on 4chan admit that they can't afford something.

"I'd love X, but I can't afford it." Never.

But I do see a lot of "Of course I could buy X, if I were retarded and loved wasting money on things that don't matter." All the time.

What's going on?

>>105835435
"I can't afford it" is almost never literally a true statement with consumer electronics for anyone who has access to a computer to post on 4chan with
We're not talking about cars or houses or yachts here

>>105835939
>is almost never literally a true statement with consumer electronics
On the contrary, it is frequently true. By some kind of semantic drift many on 4chan now seem to believe that it's correct to say you "can afford" anything that you technically could purchase with available funds. That is not what it means to say that you can afford something.

If a $400 purchase for a relatively frivolous item like a keyboard would financially hurt you and force you to 'budget' elsewhere, making this an ill-advised decision for your household, then you cannot afford the expense, as you do not have enough money to be devoting a substantial portion of it to aesthetic things and fanciful pleasing trinkets and so on. To say that you technically could have skimped on the necessities of life to make a financially damaging purchase is just cope.

What these people want to say, and it's frequently true, is that the other anons they see indulging in these purchases cannot all be wealthy individuals, and almost certainly some of them cannot afford to be indulging themselves the way they are doing. "I can't afford it, and neither can you, idiot." Maybe they are afraid to be wrong about some particular case, to hear "actually I make $325,000/yr and this is not a serious expense", to which they would have nothing to say. That kind of acknowledgment, that some are entitled to enjoy luxuries that are denied to me, is very painful.

>opening image is a quirk chungus funko pop "artisan keycap", so unfamiliar anons will be repulsed
>no /mkg/ in thread title, so regular anons might not find it
never seen a mechanical keyboard general more doomed to early deletion

>>105832985
Because people want something that makes a noise without having to get an actual mechanical. Razer is trying to remarket cheap heyboard tech as a selling point.

>>105834369
>tape inside space bar
Ngmi

>>105838126
There hasn't been /mkg/ in the title for a few threads now and the image is meant to reference how fucking cursed last thread was, there is nothing "chungus" about it plebbit brain

>>105838777
It's a Swagkeys spacebar, so slightly thinner than keykobo/gmk/etc. and it was just sounding a little tinny. It's just a couple small pieces of hockey tape in there, I didn't stuff the whole thing full of tape.

>>105838777
>There hasn't been /mkg/ in the title for a few threads now
Last thread. The thread before last thread. The thread before that.

>and the image is meant to reference how fucking cursed last thread was
The observation was simply true no matter what the intent was.

Annoys the piss out of me that they ran this so briefly. It should be a continually repeating pre-order like the Neo boards.

>>105840371
My eyes

>>105840371
>why yes, I do like Marvel and the CCP, how can you tell?

>>105840502
>>105840913
Poorfags can be quiet, thanks

>dig pc122 out from storage
>was working fine when I stored it (was too large for my desk at the time)
>several keys don't work anymore
>squirt IPA into each key that doesn't work
>get all the non working keys functioning
>some new keys suddenly start ghosting themselves
>place the KB on the dehumidifier to get rid of all the excess IPA
>keys are borked again
>buy a new one even if it's $100 more than the old one 10 years ago
I feel dumb for both the IPA and buying the new one, but there again someone seems to be spending $500 on a key with a pokemon on it
I'll fix the old one maybe, someday, maybe I can get a PS/2 board for it

To those who actually use a fancy split keyboard like >>105820014, how long does it take to "get back" to normal keyboards?
I'm current work is 100% keyboard already, so i figured taking a look into splits due to my broad shoulders. Unfortunately most resources out there seem to focus on either conservative views or full meme on and leaving out something more in between like pic rel.

I just pulled the trigger on a Totem keyboard.

Did I feel for another /g/ meme ?

>>105842861
That's the neat part, you won't want to go back to row staggered boards after using a columnar stagger one.

ID this keeb

>>105843344
at best I could get you the model number, sadly there's not nearly enough info here to identify location on this chick, sorry bro

>>105843344
"yep, it's a keyboard"

I've been using linears for a week and I can't shake the feeling that something is missing from these weird smooth up-and-down keys

>>105845601
that's how i felt when i first tried them. i honestly prefer the cheap rubber domes one gets with random retail office store keyboards.
tried browns and thought they were a bit better but still liked my rubber dome keyboard that i still use at home. haven't tried blues though. waiting on my buckling spring board to arrive.

>>105845699
There's affordable rubber domes and there's cheap rubber domes. I will never have the temerity to claim the latter is preferable to a mechanical of any kind.

https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/

Why don't you have a Model F?

>>105846015
still waiting on mine ;-;
yes it will eventually come, estimated about a month left or so. but between this and waiting on shit for my car to arrive and really not much else to do on it, the wait is agony.
i see that you've got the extra function keys as media and volume keys, it's the same way i plan on setting mine up as well. left block i'll use for...something i guess. going to bind at least two of them to mouse scroll up and down because my mouse wheel is fucky and i have to blow hard into it to get it to work well temporarily lol.

>>105845919
i'm not gonna lie, i'm probably just too used to my current keyboard that i've used for yonks. i'm gonna keep using that till my model F arrives

>>105841609
>you're a poorfag if you have taste

>>105846015
I do, just not one made by fags

>>105840371
Seeing build streams of some screws looking a bit iffy on potentially causing shorts made me stay away from this. Real shame since some of the colors looks great.

Screw in or clip in stabilizers?

>>105846902
I don't think either makes much of difference but I like screw ins

Best rubberdome keyboard?

>>105847291
Topre. If you can get a JDL you are at rubberdome endgame

bump

>>105846902
Never had a problem with clip-ins, whereas I've had screws come loose on screw-ins

Just got my iqunix magi65, non-pro version after waiting two and a half weeks for it to ship from China. Easily my favorite OOTB keyboard I've touched and its not really close.

>>105847291
https://www.norbauer.co/pages/the-seneca

>>105849925
This is horrible but I would buy one.

>>105849925
>The Seneca is my middle finger to the aesthetic homogeneity and economic over-optimization of 21st century life.
>The Seneca fuses California industrial design with rigorous Danish engineering, building on a deep theoretical and empirical framework for understanding (and coaxing extreme performance from) electro-mechanical systems.
>*keyboard looks like generic custom no. 557839*

Sorry guys, this was the keyboard that I wanted to be identified.

https://www.mcmaster.com/6714n14/

>>105852113
>aesthetic homogeneity and economic over-optimization of 21st century life.
should've just gotten the model f

>>105842918
Yeah, that's the part that won't happen. Way too many regular keyboards i need to access outside my office.

>>105852120
That's a man.

>>105819187 (OP)
Cute Glaceon

>>105852113
imagine buying a $3600 keyboard and he didn't even invent a new switch for it

>>105852753
going down that page it seems like the guy has made some variant of the topre switch lol

>>105852753
oh geez you said 3600. it's actually 360 bucks. some of the colour options jump it up to 780

Is there such a thing as a keyboard with an increased size scale? Larger than normal with wider keycaps but using normal switches. Something at least +15% or higher spacing between switches. The average keeb sometimes feels really cramped from certain positions.

>>105853967
Yes, there's the optimus maximus. It's expensive & dogshit though.

Has someone managed to engineer a mech board with normal length keypresses but a low profile case

>>105854986
That kind of defies physics anon

>>105852457
ive been using an iris rev 2 for like 2+ years now i think. for me, going back to a normal keyboard feels weird, but i type pretty close to my normal speed. maybe like 20 minutes to get used swap back to the normal keyboard. but yes, i agree with >>105842918 you wont wanna go back to a normal one lol

>>105854986
I think some of the low profile switches are as deep as 3.5mm

>>105855307
It would have to be a switch that is actually suspended off the PCB's hole and when pressed all the way down can sink below it. That does mean this hypothetical lowpro keyboard will need permanently raised feet so there's space underneath to move.

>>105853926
No, that's a 360 dollar non-refundable deposit representing 10% of the full cost of the keyboard.

Imagine giving this dork even a single dollar

>>105856291
Ah yes, the venerable "Boing Boing"

>>105856191
oh shit wtf

>>105856463
to be fair boing boing has been around for fucken ages.

>>105856291
>the finest keyboards attainable
>it's just a metal TKL like 3 gorillion other metal TKLs
>$3600

>>105849925
>>105852113
>>105856291
He sells rusted FC660Cs for $3000 too.

>>105856618
>rusted
It says right there in the filename, the model is the "Heavy-6 Liberty (Waxed)", which implies that this is meant to be the colors of Lady Liberty. That is the fakest looking oxidized copper I have ever seen, it looks more like it was green to begin with and it had POO smeared on top of it. Fuck me it gets worse the longer I look at it.

>>105856618
please tell me they are not cherry mx switches at least...

>>105856618
>>105856766
>>105856789
It's actually a lot worse. This is not a listing for a keyboard, this is an after market case FOR leopold keyboards. You need to have your own or buy one seperately to complete the kit, which again costs around 3000 for just for the case

>>105856815
>The Heavy-6 is my answer to the inherent density and compact nature of Leopold's beautiful FC660C keyboard. This housing aims, quite simply, to be the ultimate after-market upgrade for that widely esteemed keyboard.

>>105856832
i'm both dumbfounded that people are buying these at these prices, and impressed that he's making a living (maybe even a killing) off people that are buying this. it kind of reminds me of the origins of haagen dazs ice cream, give it an air of sophistication and class and rich people, or at least, people wanting to appear rich, will open up their wallets

>>105857014
Once I have my workshop sorted I am planning on doing something similar with CNC engraved cases. Norbauer is a california guy and knows his market with the angel investment tech sector, that's why he talks about it a lot on his website and why he has advertised heavily on news sites adjacent with those demographics in silicone valley. If you look at his bio page he has a reccomended book reading list and one or two is about buisness and marketing. All he needs to do is make a handfull of cases or boards and make his money back 10 fold on the upcharge from a few sales.

>>105857905
yeah that'll do it. guy knows his shit.

Throwing out spitball ideas that may or may not already exist:
1. Umbrella keycaps. Stem for socket and top face but no skirt, akin to typewriter keys. Theoretically the nearly unobstructed RGB passthrough can be used for more artistic lighting if a board is specifically made just for it?

2. Chime switches. Tactile or not, has a small resonant piece of metal that continues to vibrate and produce a high pitched sound after a press, hence "chime". Maybe the vibration can even be used to give the finger a little buzzing feel but maybe its going to be way too small for that.

>>105858154
>Umbrella keycaps
They exist. You can get and 3d print type writer style key switches for Model Ms that are without a skirt iirc. For MX there is Lamé and FunkMonk which are both 3d printable low profile caps with little to no skirt
>Chime switches
Not a thing (yet) and the size required for feelable resonance wouldn't make them practical. However, there are buzzer/haptic systems you can add with QMK firmware compatible keyboards that can make the board vibrate in response to keys registering. Same sort of system as piston actuators like with beamsprings

>>105857014
>give it an air of sophistication and class
It's so transparently striving for this kind of vulgar "featured in GQ" prestige, though, that I can't imagine buying into his vision. I like the idea of "the $3600 keyboard guy" but I look at this pretender mediocrity and I am disappointed.

>>105859610
I'm no /gd/ fag, but when it comes to product or aesthetic design a lot of it is based off "vibes" when it comes to value or how supposedly good something is. Most styles happen organically and are referred to as a particular style posthumously, but modern design styles have become known for originating from specific studios with multiple artists contributing to a shared aesthetic which then becomes branded. That is why Bauhaus and MCM became so big and lorded over, the studios behind them were big, had many artists working under them and had the connections to show and advertise their product designs (very much like the guild art workshops of old).

A lot of people don't realize that, soas result you get people like this guy who does not actually understand why specific designs or aesthetics are so expensive, yet try to emulate it

He is trying to make his product show some kind of wide stretching design philosophy or fundamental theme when there is none. He may not understand that, or he may think it does, but all he is actually doing is copying the sterotypical marketing of modern design without any of the substance behind it or understanding why. To sound like a sterotypical art critic: it's derivative and shallow. His language is another red flag because of how comically verbose it all is. It is absurd. You can simplify 80 percent of his product descriptions and have them retain the exact same statement. But again he is trying to be designer brain so of course all descriptions about designs have to be over complicated. It's really fucking weird to look at as it is almost the perfect example of someone grifting with modern art...yet I can't tell whether he is actually serious or not.

But I suppose if he is making money that's on the dumb dumbs buying his stuff to begin with which I can't really fault. But still, he could tone it down a bit the level of pretentious over fucking keyboards.

>>105843344
that's a man

in Brazil, a country of 240 million people, only 2 people build and sell split keyboards
grim

>>105860858
Wtf I love brazil now???

>>105824937
Scissors.

bump30 is a nice manufacturer of mechanical keyboards

>>105828739
scam invented by gaming keyboard makers

>Budget
100-150 eurodollars
>location
Romania
>Switch type
Linear
>formfactor
100% ANSI
>Backlight
none
>current keyboard
GMMK TKL (the original, with microusb and gateron browns(

>>105862711
>Romania
Knew a Romanian girl when I was in school in Canada, very pretty, enormous tits. Frequently talked about Romania, she seemed to think it was the most beautiful place in the entire world. I wonder where she is now.

As for the keyboard, I don't know. Keychron.

>>105862711
>romania
I got you bro

Remains to be seen how they do with producing a proper dark black, especially since it's PBT, but the new thing Keyreative has for double-shot where they dye-sub the first shot legends before doing the second shot seems like it could be really cool, and they're significantly undercutting even Keykobo on price. I'm tempted to go in on this GB but I've bought too much shit recently and a few rumours that "Keyreative is actually good now" isn't quite enough for me. Their other double-shot KAP caps do look OK from what little I've seen.

I did buy the PBS MV Classic caps that they did, which were just dye-sub PBT, and they were very good. So I'm cautiously optimistic.

>>105863458
I am not really into keycaps beyond clones, but that set looks kino

>>105849925
>>105856618
>>105856815
What the fuck did i just deep dive into? Are all those meme about tech Bros with too much money actually based on these?

>>105849925
This entire page is some of the most blatant and disgusting self-dick-sucking you can find anywhere on the internet, holy shit. What's even worse is knowing retards will consoom it all the same and his ego will be stroked successfully.

>>105856618
was that one of the "bespoke" one-off cases?

>>105863918
you should get one set that's real GMK or Keykobo or something else 'top-tier' just because it's very hard to understand the visual effect of having such perfectly uniform, richly-colored, etc. keycaps until you actually see them in person. It seems like something you won't care about until you see it.

>>105857014
>maybe even a killing
Very much doubt he's making "a killing". If anything I'd suspect he's doing this for clout and the exorbitant prices are meant to cover his enormous development and production costs, and to get his name in newspapers. This guy shells out five figures to an engineering firm to get them to design the world's most elaborate stabilizers which take "one hour per stabilizer to assemble" and have to be machined to ridiculous tight tolerances to function correctly. You don't do that to make money.

I think he really did just stack up a series of huge costs and that the price tag to some extent reflects that. If I were to guess I'd say he's already got some money from a previous career (or some other source) and is just like any other hobbyist trying to spend their way into the big leagues, except he spends even bigger.

If I had to bet I'd say he's losing money on keyboards.

>>105865604
Ok norbauer, whatever you say.

>>105849925
>almost 4 fucking thousand bucks
>doesn't even have key remapping, despite its self-extolled productivity and efficiency focus

>>105866354
You think the crapple kiddy tier subhumans that buy this shit give a fuck about productivity? It's all about signalling how middle class you are to other creditards while larping as a richfag.

>>105867253
>signalling how middle class you are to other creditards while larping as a richfag.
So the one buying it is rich or not? Make up your mind.

Help how do I balance stabilizer wires

>>105867253
it's more for uber rich techbros to show off
>let's see paul allen's board

what are the most bang for your buck brands right now?
just want a basic keyboard with numpad and maybe a cheeky volume wheel.

>>105865919
I don't think he's lying about how much money he's wasted. Don't be one of those cucks who thinks every guy who owns a business is an ubermensch mastermind "making a killing" off the bovine credulous purchasing public. Businesses fail to make money all the time.

But I'm sure you think it's some defense of Norbauer when I say his costs are enormous, or that his products are priced to cover his expensive "research".

>>105868062
keychron v6 max

>>105868107
I'm just saying that $3600 for a regular ass TKL keyboard is fucking stupid no matter how much woo-woo bullshit is packed into it.

>current keyboard Keychron C3 Pro (hate it)
looking for a 100% size, some form of backlighting (doesn't matter which as long as it can be turned on and off), wired, yellow or black switches (any linear that is heavier than reds) and separate media buttons is a huge plus.

>>105868725
oh yeah europoor land and budget is 120euro or less

>>105862711
>>105868062
v6 max + a wristrest
>>105868725
why hate it?

>>105869196
>why hate
Several reasons (mostly petty) (not that it's a bad keyboard just very much not for me)
red switches are way too light
small shift key on left
extended enter key on right
generally a mushy feeling board
didn't think I would miss the number pad so much

>>105843344
Looks like the Akko M3 or M3W in silver.

>>105869348
key size issues sound like iso, should've went ansi

>>105869492
true! I had never used ISO before and didnt think it'd be this bad

>>105869400
That doesn't look remotely like it, notice the top of the case is not anywhere as tall.

love keychron, got like 3 of em
current is the keychron k5 pro, in love with it.
bought some blue switches for it but honestly the reds work better for low profile.
had a question, what's up with all the boards trending towards lower %? Do people really prefer paying the same or more for fewer buttons? is there a higher level reason for it?
I find my numpad and extra keys to be totally irreplaceable and I can't really wrap my head around why anyone wouldn't want those on a board, help me understand your thinking.

also, is there any slim platform or something I can stick my low profile keyboard on because my wrist rest is too high for a low profile and getting a slimmer rest is probably going to be more uncomfortable.

how is the new realforce mouse?

>>105849925
I got so many questions

>>105869348
I ordered my first numpadless board recently, posts like this worry me.

>>105870221
Remember: the price is "starting from"

>>105870009
mainly a manufacturer psyop to earn more from a cheaper BOM
then it's part zoomer ineptitude, soilennial minimalism and zogworld bugman podliving space saving

what the FUCK are banana switches Im visualizing wet squishy sounds.

>>105870009
>had a question, what's up with all the boards trending towards lower %?
An enormous number of computer users are troglodytes who will say things like "I don't use page up/down". Small boards take up less desk space, appeal to gamers who like more room for their mouse, are more portable for bringing to work/etc., and most importantly, they cost less money to produce. There are other reasons people like them, but I think those are the main reason you see so much 65%/75%.

I will say, however, a few words in defense of the sometimes-maligned 96%, also known as the incorrect 1800 layout. This is almost as compact as a TKL without losing a single key, because it makes use of the much-neglected Windows num lock functionality to have the numpad double as the nav cluster. This is an elegant solution, too often overlooked. For the rare cases where an application doesn't accept numpad nav inputs you can use function + numpad key to refer to the normal nav key, or if you use such a troublesome app regularly you could make function+ numlock a layer toggle.

True full-size is still a great layout though. Real Excel job havers get to have numpad for numbers and all the nav at the same time. And the sound of even the most scuffed full-size pwns the sound of most fancy little 65% boards.

>>105870009
I have the Keychron C3 Pro and 1000% going mad not having a numpad. For some reason all the full sized ones are massively overpriced in europoor land.

>>105872487
From what I hear, you WILL have to compile your own edit of the keyboard's QMK files to add a line about debounce timing, because they're a bit too tactile for the default settings.

It's not that hard to do, luckily

>>105872649
the lastest (keychron) firmware has a debounce method+slider in their web thing

>>105870009
The problem I have with custom keyboards is that that they seldom go beyond 100. I don't want less or the same amount of keys, I want more keys. I want a dedicated work station. I want keys for non-standard characters without having to jump through the hoops of going through modifier layers or alt modes, just give me ability to have a spare key assignable for ½ or † / ‡ / ⸸.

>what about hyper 7?
It's the only one on the market and does not suit my purposes. I need more keys and I do not like the amount of keys which are not 1u on there.

>>105873018
>I want more keys
me too. I feel like macro pads or similar are the only solution here. Having some kind of mongrel ortho pad specifically just for esoteric keys sounds like a valid use case, you could even get fancy caps if you want to make it pretty.

>>105872724
Nice, that's an improvement

All I want is a GMK-quality black on white double-shot with nav sublegends on the numpad that isn't made of ABS which turns yellow

With a 1.5u super and a 1.5u fn

Is that so much to ask?

>>105871383
It better aligns with the amount of blowjobs one gets

How does the redragon Devarajas k556 or Vata K580 Pro compare versus a chronkey C2 Pro as far as build and key quality?

Where do people buy those lube syringes

>>105867440
I'm sorry about your inability to understand simple English.
>>105867591
No, it's really just the middle class trying to signal how "wealthy" they are, same shit with "designer" clothing.

>>105875446
Middle class larping as rich with fucking keyboard? Lmao

>>105875446
>No, it's really just the middle class trying to signal how "wealthy" they are, same shit with "designer" clothing.
ehhh normies would do this with clothing as you say, but many don't give a shit about keyboards. it's either clothing or cars that do this with. keyboards are definitely more of a techbro thing

>>105873335
Except for the numpad part MTNU WoB checks those boxes.

>>105875440

you probably like smell of degreaser and use keyboard lube to fap

>>105875712
?

>>105875669
love my MTNU Rascals but I'm leaning Cherry on this one

In a perfect world where I get to ask the keyboard fairy for anything my heart desires, I'd like Signature Plastics DCS BoW with far better kitting, made from MTNU-quality double-shot PBT

Here's a moronic OCD setup I want to have, is there anything like the receiver/transmitter paired USB dongles I'm imagining in pink in the middle section here?

Alternatively I hear most tri mode keyboards can connect to two PC's at once via different input methods and switch between them via switch or keybind, is that true? Or would I need to look at specific models? Do any tri-mode keyboards have removable batteries or take normal AA batteries if I'm worried about lithium battery swelling?

>>105877013
Also I only have one pair of pink dongles here, but if I need to buy two, one for the keyboard, one for the mouse, that's fine, I just can't find ANYBODY selling anything like that

Bros how do I fix overlubed squelching switches (Mr Chang did it not me)

>>105878252
Take apart the switches and put them through an ultrasonic cleaning. Or take them apart and wipe off the excess lube as best you can with a brush and paper towel or something.

>>105875446
>it's really just the middle class trying to signal how "wealthy" they are
The "middle class" would not buy a 3000+ keyboard. Just to ignore the absurdity of that for a moment, the middle class would stoop to lower price goods at a higher connation of status than what you put in. It is often with the working or upper class where you see people spend at a loss in value for status symbols because for the working class they are willing to hurt themselves to claw out of their class bracket while the upper class have nothing to lose. The middle class however are in a more tenious position where they can fall back into the working class and it is hard for them to advance into the upprt class without spartan level resource management. Middle class people are the same sort of tech nerds who would buy Topres, Model Fs or Beamsprings for half a grand due to the status they provide as well as the idea of them not ever needing to be replaced or bested in typing quality. In other words they would go straight to "endgame".

>>105873018
that's why when i learnt that the model f122 repro was a thing i decided to buy it. the guy that makes them may have questionable business ethics but he does deliver on the keyboards. and well...he's the only one making them :\

>>105878659
Are you the anon who's waiting on his keyboard?

>>105878244
Fuck. Which manufacturer did that?

>>105878319
I think by middle class he means tech or tech-adjacent strivers who have come into more money than they're used to, but aren't "rich" either.

Obviously there are a lot of very different kinds of "middle class" people.

>>105880563
lol yes

>>105875624
>keyboards are definitely more of a techbro thing
Normies do actually enjoy getting keyboards as gifts and such, because they do use a keyboard; it would just never occur to them to "get into" this as "a hobby"

But that's partly because being a normie almost by definition precludes "having hobbies"

Do white keys with black symbols have more natural visibility in dark lighting than black keys? This is specifically for see-through caps. The keyboard I just got has somewhat disappointing clarity on the symbols, some like the backspace key are barely lit by the (north) LEDs. The backlight ends up much brighter than the symbols if I set it bright enough to actually light up the letters. It is really difficult to see them with the LEDs off and lights on.

So now I'm considering getting replacements, maybe even replacing only some of the keys so that it has a two-tone color scheme (precludes having fancy artistic caps though). Or should I just go for an all-white (or clear?) keycap set against the black body? If the transparent part of the plastic for the symbols tend to be of a darker shade then in theory light caps against dark symbols should be naturally more readable always...

>>105881304
>BLN gets his backlit shinethrough keyboard and STILL can't see his key legends
I hate BLNs

>>105881304
>If the transparent part of the plastic for the symbols tend to be of a darker shade
Interesting point. I might have an idea. If dark legends contrast best with the keycaps, what about a solid black legend with no light at all? That would be extra dark. And to increase the apparent brightness of the white keycaps, what if there was no bright backlight competing with it visually?

yeah whats up u stupid bitches
i got my kb last night and most of it is set up to how i like it, but im having some trouble with via
how do i make it so fn + pg dn = pg up?
also, how do i make it so when i press teh caps lock key, it stays lit until pressed again? via seems to offer only rgb functions for the whole keyboard and not just one key
kb is a luckky65 v2 if taht matters

How do you guys even tolerate these shit? I came from a decade using office keyboard. I tried buying a cheap budget mechanical keyboard and it hurts my finger and palms like hell. I dont think buying the low profile ones would help as well.

>>105870221
Remove the zeroes and ill bite.

>>105882599
What switches

>>105882611
Outemu red
>inb4 just change the switches and keycaps bro

>>105882622
Yeah, theres your solution. Change the keys or go back to membrane. Your choice.

>>105882644
What do you think of goldtouch? The only one i have in my turd world is the SKR 4200 U, and that's secondhand garbage even. Goldtouch Go 2 has really lower profile like a laptop, probably uses scissor switches as well, but they dont sell it here.

>>105881849
>what if there was no bright backlight competing with it visually?
Then it would be invisible with the lights off.

>>105882599
>>105882622
>red switches hurting your fingers
Why does this general have so many fragile hands?
>and palms
How does it hurt that? Does it come with some actively detrimental wrist rest? How are you even typing that a keyboard is the cause of your palm problems?

>>105883211
>I need all the lights off. Also I need all the objects around me to be lights, and to be on

>>105832078
the first week is the worst, then there's no going back

>>105882235
function key should be mo(1), and the page down key in layer 1 should be page up

>>105882599
the cheap ones aren't good... I can't believe it

>>105882599
>hurts my finger
in what way? if its because you started bottoming out maybe get some heavier switches if you want to get a different one

I fucking love my keyboard

>>105883870
There are small lights and there are big lights.

>>105880646
GMK

65G+ or bust

Its here. Doing a test now.

>>105883229
>Why does this general have so many fragile hands?
Don't forget fragile ears, with how much complaining there is about sound from even silent switches.

>>105883893
thanks, ill have a look and see what i can do

>>105885567
Just go the /pcbg/ every now and then and see how many people are adamant a few db is worth hundreds of dollars

i want to try topre but i'm unsure between the realforce r3 or r3s

>>105833473
They are clears btw. Feels okay to type on, still getting used to the switches.

Does anyone here use silent linears? Is it difficult to type when you have neither audio nor tactile feedback for your key presses?

>>105886548
Yes, no.

>>105886548
as long as you don't type insanely softly there will still be audio and tactile feedback from the keys hitting the board
or at least that's the case on my low profile silent linear board

>>105886195
dunno about the hundreds of dollars but iirc 3 db difference in sound will mean twice or half the sound energy/loudness

>>105886195
That's the thing about silencemaxxing. You just start noticing more and more hard-to-eradicate noises, and if you ever reach total silence the sound of your own joints and innards squelching and grinding etc will make you wish for your own annihilation

>>105882235
>yeah whats up u stupid bitches
What a pointlessly crude and hostile way to greet us. I have no desire to interact with the rest of your post. You should improve your manners.

>>105886774
>>105886776
It's more about the absolute amount of noise. Past a certain point the ambient noise overtakes what your shit is generating but according to some that isn't enough.

It's fascinating to me because I know most of these tards are probably living in an urban or suburban aera where there is more incidental noise.

Put some words down range and I am liking how these caps feel. Need more time to get used to them. I still kind of like the number bar button being on the right instead of on both the bottom buttons, but its fine. Both are better than having a number bar on top which I don't really like, but comes standard on steno machines.

Any recommendations for cases with the 2000s organic silver aesthetic? Gravastar stuff gets close but I dont like the feet or the printing they put on theirs.

>>105887521

>>105883229
>>105883978
I dont use palm rests but it still hurt somehow when i type on mechanical keyboards. It's just too high for my wrist i dont know.

The joints on my fingers seemingly cant tolerate these things. I used to have this cheap membrane gaymurr rgb keyboard back then and it was so heavy and i stopped using it after 4 years. Office keyboards never gave me any problems.

>>105883944
It's redragon btw.

>>105887684
Your wrists should be floating and level while typing, not laying on the desk in front of the board.

>>105886918
okay reddit

>>105887568
How does this make the keyboard round

>>105887703
Alternatively have the keyboard at the edge of a table, then your palm will be resting on that edge. Means your fingers are now curling more to reach the keys but this rather natural to me. And of course since keyboards are generally left sided my right hand will be floating regardless as it reaches over.

>>105887521
Keychron siver case of your choice with Lamé caps in smokey clear. That way you have a solid mechanical in metal silver with a smooth/organic/blob shape with actually comfortable keycaps.

>>105887881
Read the filename

>>105888936
>instructions not clear

Alright nerds.

I have a Maltron dual hand and a Maltron left hand keyboard in my collection. I have an oppertunity right now to grab a Maltron right hand and have a full set bar their rare head/mouth keyboard which is around £400/$500 brand new. I have decided that if I do get the right hand I want to be able to use all three as a daily driver with the dual hand in the centre and the single hands on either side of it. Only issue is of course is that there would be a lot of redundant keys and I would be using the dual hand far more than the singles due to the traditional QWERTY layout. So I want to know if there is any hardware key remappers out there that I could use for the single hand keyboards to make them non-redundant while not permanently altering them? Kind of like a box that a usb from a keyboard can plug into which then translates key presses into a different set of inputs before reaching the computer USB port. That way I could just change out the keycaps to whatever remap I want and if I need to downsize I can just put the originals back on and not need to worry about remapping to standard spec as it was done entirely by an adapter.

>>105889423
>Kind of like a box that a usb from a keyboard can plug into which then translates key presses into a different set of inputs before reaching the computer USB port.
This sounds like what you're after:
https://yaowei.dev/posts/usb-to-usb-converter/

>>105889423
https://yaowei.dev/posts/usb-to-usb-converter/

>>105889462
Also https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006481165921.html

>>105889457
>>105889462
>>105889475
Thanks anons

>>105887703
i'm always floating. it's just that i can't get my hand to be comfortable using mechanical keyboards. i can dump the same amount of money to get a slim office keyboard for low profile switches and keycaps, but i don't know if it's worth it. If it ended up still uncomfortable to use, then it's another pile of money being wasted and i have to endure typing on my laptop and having my neck continue to hunch.

>>105826180
Rebind caps lock to a second fn
Rebind right shift to caps lock
Turn fn + wasd into arrow keys
You can always make an alt profile that turns wasd into arrow keys without the need for fn if you can't rebind those in-game

i just found a discovery
if i sit on a chair with a high table, typing on mechanical keyboards doesnt hurt that bad
if i sit on the floor and work on a low table, typing on a mechanical keyboard hurts like a fucking bitch.

is there any science explanation to this>

>>105889549
Yes.
It's called the placebo effect.

I work a Software Engineer and had my Realforce R2 55g for nearly 7 years now as my daily driver at work. Keyboard is absolute joy to type on and looks the same since the day I got it.
I play video games as one of my hobbies and use a gaming keyboard (currently wooting 60he with gateron jades).
I always wanted to use my Realforce to game on, but the 55g topre felt too heavy for the games I play (Starcraft 2).
Recently I discovered there is actually a 30g variant so I ordered it instantly (I have never seen it in stock before). I can't wait to get it.

>>105890166
I wish I could just recommend topre to people and save them the whole 5 year keyboard enthusiast journey. Nothing comes even close.

How do people even stand metal cases?
Its cold, hard to touch usually with sharp edges.
It just not something I want my hands touching constantly.

>>105890175
>I wish I could just recommend topre to people
Thankfully you can't
>Nothing comes even close
LMAO

>>105890233
Most metal cases I know have rounded edges, otherwise you sound autistic with your sensory sensitivity

>>105890175
This. Just buy a Seneca and be done with it.

>>105884133
Nice.

>>105890613
>Most metal cases I know have rounded edges, otherwise you sound autistic with your sensory sensitivity

I had a metal case and I couldn't stand using it after two weeks. Not only is it impractical brick killing all portability. Not only does it get scratched. But due to the hardness of the material it just feels bad to touch.
Its a complete meme.

>>105890793
I told you to fuck off norbauer

>>105872629
As a programmer myself I disagree. In reality using key combinations is much easier then moving my hand out of its typing position.
Why would I lift my hand and move it to print screen when I can just press fn + p for example?
Smaller profile also allows you to keep your keyboard more towards the center allowing for better posture.

>>105890980
>impractical brick killing all portability
>get scratched
Whar are you doing with it? They are meant to be desk daily drivers where weight is a benefit

>>105891001
>As a programmer myself I disagree
Did you read the part where I said "there are other reasons"? Did you notice I was specifically talking about why 65% finds a very large market, and not about why some programmers like 60%/HHKB/etc?

What on earth are you disagreeing with? You think the consumers I described don't exist or aren't a large part of what's driving demand for e.g. 75% boards?

membrane is better, more responsive, lightweight, does not have the latency you posture about, quiet, cheaper to manufacture, maintinence costs less, equally as customizable,

>>105891078
>more responsive
>maintinence costs less
>equally as customizable

>>105891078
uses less power, more options, cheaper, much more better longevity (people are still using membrane keyboards from fifty years ago), you dont get faults with individual keys, springs dont break, membranes rarely fail, exactly the same circuit but with io contacts instead of actuator switches which are not as good and frankly are a gimmick and are not functioning at the same level.

>>105891096
i am using a mechanical keyboard as we speak, its my first and if i had a choice i would have used a membrane especially now i have experienced using one of these. i only kept it because it fits in my bag easier than the other keyboard i found because it was full size and my bag is not long enough and you cant get a full sized keyboard into your one bag carry on.

why isnt membrane keyboard custimizable? you cant manufacture keycaps or housing for membrane keyboard or you just dont want to?

>>105891125
>can't modify individual key perfomance characteristics
>can't use standard keycaps
>can't use own usb 7/10 times
>can't use your own keyboard firmware
>can't switch out case
I could go on. I used to use membrane for years too, then I switched to mechanical and never looked back.

The membrane defenders never single out a particular exceptional keyboard they'd go to bat for because
1. most of the time it's just a troll
2. when it isn't a troll, they still know that picking any actually-existing membrane board to face off against a Geon F1-8X/etc will be hugely embarrassing to their case and inmediately lose them the argument
3. it will be very clear they're lying about the strengths of membrane when they can't find a keyboard that lives up to all their hyperbole about the fully-customizable responsive cheap never-fails membrane board

>>105891153
>>can't modify individual key perfomance characteristics
try opening the device firmware
>>can't use standard keycaps
cant use keycaps manufactured for mechanical, can use keycaps manufactured for membrane, can produce third party keycaps its no different
>>can't use own usb 7/10 times
try updating your drivers, its not like you dont have entire programs to jack yourself off with your mechanical keyboard
>>can't use your own keyboard firmware
have you tried
>>can't switch out case
why not, people have done this, is it banned to make myself a light up resin housing for my keyboard because it uses membrane:io contact engineering?

>>105891165
Perixx PERIBOARD-505H PLUS US Keyboard with trackball --With 2 USB hubs ...

>>105891177
>try opening the device firmware
Which is likely propietry and can't be modified
>can use keycaps manufactured for membrane
Which is virtually non-existent as membrane keycaps are also propietry to the manufacturer
>try updating your drivers
When I say USB I am talking about USB cables anon
>why not, people have done this
If you commit to making one from the ground up and spend more money than you would have with a simple mechanical case swap, sure

this hobby is silly. most of the time you're better off buying a new one altogether than customizing your switches and keycaps

>>105891207
Only if you buy parts from drop shippers and amazon

>>105891203
>>try opening the device firmware
>Which is likely propietry and can't be modified
they can write it to chip at the factory youre just not good at using computers
>>can use keycaps manufactured for membrane
>Which is virtually non-existent as membrane keycaps are also propietry to the manufacturer
i dont see the issue anon, you dont care for your membrane keyboard the way you care for your gay lighting pokemon dota 2 gaming themed space lgbt keyboard ? is it because my keyboard is affordable that you dont believe in making new parts for it?
>>try updating your drivers
>When I say USB I am talking about USB cables anon
i am talking about updating your device drivers and firmware so that it works
>>why not, people have done this
>If you commit to making one from the ground up and spend more money than you would have with a simple mechanical case swap, sure
i dont know if you mean buying or produccing an aftermarket case from a third parts or buying a new case but buying two keyboards is still cheaper than buying goyshart for your space keyboard with gay lighting and if you wanted a product like third party aftermarekt case made for your membrane keyboard circuit
no doubt you would have one made

>>105891227
This is just bait at this point. Congrats anon you had me going

>>105891238
answering your questions is bait im sure
meanwhile i just hypothetically blew $5k on diamond response tier ultra fine mebranes and a carbon fibre housing for my perixx periboard 505 trackball with 2 usb hubs

>>105852120

https://youtu.be/3dkM5ALzYSg?si=vJlVtKlBbibxKAup
should i cop this bros

>>105891252
Sure buddy, of course you have

>>105891274
Wtf is that music?

>>105891277
if you learned to read instead of swapping out the triggers in your brand new mech deluxe you would see that i said hypothetically
but what seems unrealistic about doing such a thing? is it because membranes are already peak engineering and functioning totally and beautiful without cleaning and maintinencing more than that guitar you never learned to play
thats another benefit, low maintenence requirements and much more straightforward. you could disassemble your keyboard and wipe down the plastic sheet pretty fast anon if you felt the need to do such a thing.you might even swap out your decade old membranes for something a bit more suited to your preferences on userbility and tactile response.

>>105891165
Model Ms are an exceptional membrane keyboard

>>105891327
imagine being fourty years old product never needed to be taken to service once still works like new and has the coiled cable (lots of advantages actually)

>>105891322
>is it because membranes are already peak engineering and functioning totally and beautiful without cleaning
You're right. Nothing compares to IBM level engineering >>105891327

>>105891322
>>105891327
>>105891339
However, counterpoint:

>>105891339
would you buy her a carbon fibre housing and new membranes if she was ever hurt? i imagine she is pretty robust
have you considered updating the firmware with something special so you can put those extra 12 F keys to use?
i have never owned one of these retro pieces before whats it like using a keyboard with no brand key and no fn key?

>>105891370
>carbon fibre housing
No real point. The plastic is pretty durable and the metal barrel inside is the weight factor
>have you considered updating the firmware with something special so you can put those extra 12 F keys to use?
You can get firmware kits that swap out the control board for a qmk pcb board. Pretty good stuff
>i have never owned one of these retro pieces before whats it like using a keyboard with no brand key and no fn key?
Tolerable. They are pretty nice to use but if you can get an F it's better

>>105891370
With the old 122 keys you can often program the USB converter to make use of the extra keys.
On the new unicomps the extra keys act like a shift+f key or control+f key depending
>and new membranes if she was ever hurt?
I have one of the unicomps that needs a new membrane, not actually sure but if your going in you might as well replace it.

>>105891165
>can't find a keyboard that lives up to all their hyperbole about the fully-customizable responsive cheap never-fails membrane board
i see no response to my post anon >>105891197
the main clutch for me is being lightweight and lower need for care and maintinence. i know you like swapping components but i like how my keyboard doesnt weigh 500 grams and how i dont need to swap my actuators every time anything happens
maybe somebody will find an alternative for that metal bracket on the space bar and return key
thats my only real issue with membrane and its something which could have been improved a long time ago

>>105891431
Not good enough. You should have gone for the Model M and accept membrane is not the exclusive answer to your needs. Hybrid mechanical is the way (except topre thats gay)
>i like how my keyboard doesnt weigh 500 grams
Lift more

>>105891399
firmware anon not hardware, i mean the instructionsets in the devices board
you could make the keys do whatever you like with a bit of hackering

>>105891453
>>105891453
model m is outdated, i can get a microsoft from 2000 with special rubber buttons which play my music and open my browser
i imagine you could go inside those keyboards program them to anything without running extra proprietary software

>>105891469
>model m is outdated, i can get a microsoft from 2000 with special rubber buttons which play my music and open my browser
>whats a macro?

>>105891479
>>105891479
i dont want to run my system speeds down with 3rd party softwares for macros when i can easily change the information in my device derivers even change the macros inside of the keyboard itself

>>105891489
get moar ram

>>105891500
get moar outside the box i have enough ram i dont have enough thinkers on my team

>>105891509
get moar cpu

>>105891514
get more inside of your keyboards and outside of your comfort zone sheep
its not enough to use membrane you have to use your brains and you have to use your hands to type
you can have most power to write code to file inside of the keyboard hardware more even than the people in the factory who need to write specific company approved code to file inside of the keyboard hardware

>>105891533
get moar money and an actual keyboard by Cherry

>>105891514
at this point its clear that you only use membrane to feel subversive and cool and not for the actual benefits. you are being outdone by mechanical users who have gone so far as to produce musical instruments and alternative types of controllers with their mechanical keyboards. there is no reason your membrane keyboard could not do this.

This thread is very gay

>>105891553
I dont know who is membrane or who is mechanical anymore

>>105891259
Disgustin'

>>105891589
>>105891589
>>105891589
New thread, this one is dead and waiting for the limit anyway

>>105891579
>>105891579
its hard in these days
it seems like the whole world has crossed over
sometimes its only clear to see when its too late and it expects, it demands, that you go with it.

>>105891479
model F ftw >>105846015

>>105891431
>i see no response to my post anon
I'm at work right now.