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8/2/2025, 1:48:18 AM
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If noise isn't a problem for you, then the Model F switch (capacitive buckling spring) is indeed far and away better as a keyswitch. However, the benefits come more from the boards they're part of, as a whole package.
>inherent N-key rollover unlike the Model M, due to being capacitive (though this is less of a unique selling point because just about any MX board on offer these days has this too)
>fantastic build quality, more robust than the Model M
>much less susceptible to switch malfunctions than Model Ms and Beampsrings (the predecessor technology to the Model F), especially when it comes to dirt interfering with the mechanism
>switches don't need per-switch calibration to use on modern hardware unlike beamsprings
The downside is that you'll have to expect to pay a decent bit for a modern Model F or even a vintage AT-layout (which is much closer to a modern layout) board. XT-layout boards work with an adapter, but its layout is very tough to get used to (even with an adapter that allows remapping) since some of the physical key placements and shapes are simply pants-on-head retarded by modern standards.
If you don't like loud clacks, or want to spend less but still want a capacitive board, also consider a Topre-based board. They're rubber domes, but much nicer. A Realforce-branded one with uniform switch weighting is a good option (as opposed to older Realforces, which had different switch weightings for keys based on which finger is expected to land on them, which sounds cool in theory but kinda feels like crap and also conceptually falls apart if you think about it hard enough), since those are the most reasonably priced ones (except if you go wireless).
Do NOT fall for the Happy Hacking Keyboard meme. They're Topre boards too, but they're ludicrously overpriced for what you get.
If noise isn't a problem for you, then the Model F switch (capacitive buckling spring) is indeed far and away better as a keyswitch. However, the benefits come more from the boards they're part of, as a whole package.
>inherent N-key rollover unlike the Model M, due to being capacitive (though this is less of a unique selling point because just about any MX board on offer these days has this too)
>fantastic build quality, more robust than the Model M
>much less susceptible to switch malfunctions than Model Ms and Beampsrings (the predecessor technology to the Model F), especially when it comes to dirt interfering with the mechanism
>switches don't need per-switch calibration to use on modern hardware unlike beamsprings
The downside is that you'll have to expect to pay a decent bit for a modern Model F or even a vintage AT-layout (which is much closer to a modern layout) board. XT-layout boards work with an adapter, but its layout is very tough to get used to (even with an adapter that allows remapping) since some of the physical key placements and shapes are simply pants-on-head retarded by modern standards.
If you don't like loud clacks, or want to spend less but still want a capacitive board, also consider a Topre-based board. They're rubber domes, but much nicer. A Realforce-branded one with uniform switch weighting is a good option (as opposed to older Realforces, which had different switch weightings for keys based on which finger is expected to land on them, which sounds cool in theory but kinda feels like crap and also conceptually falls apart if you think about it hard enough), since those are the most reasonably priced ones (except if you go wireless).
Do NOT fall for the Happy Hacking Keyboard meme. They're Topre boards too, but they're ludicrously overpriced for what you get.
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