Mechanical Keyboard Appreciation

[SHOGUN]

I love Mechanical keyboards. Anyone love theirs?

I have been usually this one over a year and absolutely love it.

[Looch City]

You've memorized all of the key locations?

[Hack&Lube]

Razer Blackwidow Ultimate has been good over the years but I made the mistake of upgrading the firmware recently.

Now the damn thing sticks on the enter key whenever I log into to Windows.

[SHOGUN]

Originally Posted by Iggy City

You've memorized all of the key locations?

Somewhat.. it made me a faster typer, but playing MMOs with it is a bitch that's for sure.

[photon]

I wish there was an ergonomic one, I really like the ergonomic keyboards.

Hm, I wonder if this is any good: https://www.trulyergonomic.com/store/index.php
I don't think I could handle no numeric keypad though.

I use this right now:

[rbochan]

IBM Model M here.

[RW99]

I have a basic Razer mechanical, can't find the exact photo right now. The buttons are all weird where the primary function (ie 8) is at the top of the key and secondary function is at the bottom of the key (ie *). Makes it weird to look at. I would like to upgrade to a illuminated version with better markings on the keys, but hard to justify a $100 upgrade when mine works

[BlackArcher101]

After having decided on cherry brown switches, I picked this up today since it was cheap with the $20 rebate, also highly rated.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX49560

Can't wait to try it out. My wireless logitech has a spotty bluetooth connection which results in disconnects mid-game all the time.

[Hack&Lube]

I like blue switches myself. Reminds of IBM bucking springs.

[BloodFetish]

I have a CoolerMaster CMStorm at home, with the mx brown switches. Great keyboard, with my only complaints being the LEDs don't illuminate the 2nd characters and the symbols on the number keys are below the numbers. Otherwise a very solid keyboard.

At work I couldn't spend the same kind of $$$ so I got the cheapest mechanical I could find, the bare bones Monoprice with MX blues.

Having used both browns and blues I think I prefer the blues. I like the clicking sound, makes me think I'm typing faster than I am :P

[burn_this_city]

I like my steel series cherry switch keyboard but my wife hates the noise

[Hack&Lube]

I took my $100 mech keyboard to work and my cheap Dell work keyboard to home. Good switch since I do most of my typing at work! The only problem is that everybody makes fun of me for typing too fast because they can hear every keystroke from several offices away.

[Mazrim]

I think I would go nuts if anyone in cube land around me had a mechanical keyboard.

[BloodFetish]

Cube buddy has the blues?

Don't see red. Suggest they get black or brown instead!

[Tyler12]

Steel Series 6gv2 w/ Black Switches (also avl with Reds)

[Vulcan]

This is what I learned to type on. Are mechanical keyboards as loud as this?



Of course the changeover had some problems.

[cDnStealth]

I just picked up the Corsair K70 RGB with cherry brown switches yesterday and I can already see what I was missing. It feels a lot better than my Logitech G15 and with the keys raised above the board I think this thing is going to be much easier to keep clean. The software for the LEDs looks incredibly overwhelming but I think there are some interesting things that can be done with it once I figure it out.

[chemgear]

Bling bling!

[Rathji]

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX52879

In sale today, for $99.

Thoughts? Never had a mechanical keyboard before and the loud nature has kind of been keeping me away. From the looks of things, these switches are quieter, am I reading that right?

[cDnStealth]

Originally Posted by Rathji

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX52879

In sale today, for $99.

Thoughts? Never had a mechanical keyboard before and the loud nature has kind of been keeping me away. From the looks of things, these switches are quieter, am I reading that right?

As I mentioned above I have the new RGB Brown Switch version of the K70 but for all intents and purposes it's the same board. The older one has the USB passthrough which is a nice feature. The red switches have no audible "clack" nor do they have tactile feedback. So they are quieter than the blues but I find they still make a bit more noise than a membrane keyboard.

If you go to Memory Express (at least in the SE location) they have a small set of 6 keys with different colored switches that you can try out to see how they sound and feel. I am liking my K70 so far. It's much better than my old Logitech G15 and I don't find the brown switches to be distracting. I also like the aluminum construction of the board itself. The thing feels solid.