Mechanical keyboards

[kitewithfish]

I'm going down a mechanical keyboard rabbithole....

I really, really do not need to spend $250 human dollars on an ortholinear keyboard to play with. It's not a good idea. I don't need to do that. 

BUT I WANT TO 

Comments

[tropicsbear]

Every now and then I Google mechanical keyboards, "ooh" and "aah" over some customized designs I like, and then cry a little at the price without ordering anything. They're one of those, "I don't need you but I want you," things ;_;

[kitewithfish]

And the thing is, I have a mechanical keyboard! I was having shoulder troubles and I got a 60% keyboard to gain some space back on my desk so I wasn't always making lunging reaches to access my mouse past the numberpad on the side. (Which - HIGHLY RECOMMEND - The numberpad on a keyboard was just unnecessary to my life and I have so much more desk space without it.)

It's a Qisan Magicforce, so it's """entry level""" but it's hard to call something entry level when it cost $60 and is constructed to last 10+ years. So.

This all started with the damn Keyboardio crowdfunding video. Once I knew there were options....

[sineala]

Hello, new friend!

I am speaking to you as someone who paid $200 for a used mechanical keyboard -- because the MSRP on a new model was approximately $500, which was not a price I was willing to pay. It is a Maltron single-handed keyboard, so it commands that price mostly because the number of people who can only type with one hand is an extremely niche market. I haven't quite mastered the layout yet but I am working on it.

So I have to say that $250 new doesn't sound all that outrageous. :)

[kitewithfish]

Hello,new friend! I actually have been reading your fic for a bit - I just never thought to look for social media until today! More fool me.

ohhh, that's a swank set up - tho I hope there are some budget options in that field, as well!

I have largely been drooling over a kit by Drop to build your own oklb Preonic, a two handed ortholinear where you supply some of your own components - which is why I keep talking myself out of it-for a first experiment with building a keyboard, it seems a bit of on investment. But,so Shiney!