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URfavHO
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States514 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-05 20:19:31
April 04 2015 08:25 GMT
#1
A log of my experience with WASD Keyboards

After several years of using scissor switch keyboards, I switched to mechanical after spilling water on my old workhorse....

So I decided to go buy a WASD keyboard so that I could fit my picky preferences of being quiet-ish and classy. As such, I chose a tenkeyless, a simple neutral color scheme, Cherry MX Reds, a textured spacebar, and thick O-rings(because I don't want to figure out how to do that myself aintnobodygottimeforthat.gif).

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A close up of the textured spacebar, this feature costs an additional $5. It adds a nice feel to the spacebar, but I mainly purchased the feature for aesthetic purposes. The Korean stuff printed on the keycaps is a free feature, although you kind of pay for it due to the overall cost of the product.
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Ordering from the website

WASD's interface on their website was really solidly done. It allows you to customize all aspect of your keycaps which is super nice. From the website, it is possible to customize all your keycaps and even get ANYTHING printed on them. It's an awesome feature, but one that I do not l have the time or skill to take advantage of as i believe it requires a little bit of photoshop skill to fully utilize.

Picking up from the office

I decided to take advantage of WASD's free pickup at their office. After about a week and a half, they had prepared my order and I was able to pick it up directly from their office as it is on the way to my girlfriend's place. Upon entering the office you will be greeted somewhat awkwardly as there is no reception or lobby: you simply enter a tinted door and you are suddenly in the middle of the WASD's workplace. That said, the employee who greeted me was polite and quick to help. She aided me in installing the textured spacebar upon my request as I lack experience in removing keycaps and i didn't want to damage my new purchase.

Sidenote, lacking a lobby/reception is acceptable given the fact that it is a very small business, but I found it odd that WASD did not attempt to confirm my identity during the pickup process.

Experience with first mechanical keyboard

The total for the board and selected features came out to about $185 + tax. My first impression was rather poor and I was feeling a bit like I had bought too much into the prestige, hype, or marketing of mechanical keyboards. However, I recalled that it is not required to press down all the way to actuate the keyboard mechanisms, so I tried typing lightly. After going to work using a standard rubber dome keyboard for a few seconds, I recognized realized the pleasures of typing with a mechanical keyboard.

In regards to WASD, I found the keyboard to be of good quality.

Conclusion

I feel satisfied with what I have purchased. It was what I desired in a keyboard and was able to figure out some of the reasons that people rave about mechanical keyboards. I must reiterate that I personally am satisfied with my purchase; however, I do not think I would recommend spending as much as I did for this for first time buyers. I think there are perfectly fine alternatives at much lower price points.

PS apologies for my boring writing style and potato quality camera

Edit: I should also mention that Cherry Reds + O-rings made my keyboard about the noise level of a normal keyboard. This was one of my main concerns as I did not wish for the board to be a distraction to anybody.

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TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28085 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-04 08:43:11
April 04 2015 08:42 GMT
#2
Nice keyboard man

I love mechanical keyboards. Have a DAS with brown switches and I have custom keycaps from WASD as well. I had a Filco with blue switches but I recently lent it to my brother, so idk if I will see it ever again
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ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12355 Posts
April 04 2015 09:02 GMT
#3
Sick looking keyboard!
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
April 04 2015 10:03 GMT
#4
5/5 for reminding me to order my O-rings
Useless wet fish.
FO-nTTaX
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Johto4923 Posts
April 04 2015 10:22 GMT
#5
i have a WASD aswell, althought i have one with blue switches and tenkeys. The best thing about it is that you can choose your layout, so i could get a swiss layout, which is pretty rare (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/KB_Swiss.svg)
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y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
April 05 2015 16:10 GMT
#6
how do you like it?

I find my reds with Os still makes a lot of noise on rebound (unless I'm typing slower and can keep my fingers over the keys - probably cause it's a cheaper brand)
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10668 Posts
April 05 2015 18:13 GMT
#7
Interesting, the Keyboard doesn't look like what I would consider to be a normal mechanical keyboard, looks cool though. I am interested to see more WASD keyboards now.
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FO-nTTaX
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Johto4923 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#8
On April 06 2015 03:13 GGzerG wrote:
Interesting, the Keyboard doesn't look like what I would consider to be a normal mechanical keyboard, looks cool though. I am interested to see more WASD keyboards now.

This is mine with a german keycapset though, since i have multiple keycap sets:
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URfavHO
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States514 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-05 20:08:56
April 05 2015 20:05 GMT
#9
On April 06 2015 01:10 y0su wrote:
how do you like it?

I find my reds with Os still makes a lot of noise on rebound (unless I'm typing slower and can keep my fingers over the keys - probably cause it's a cheaper brand)

I love the keyboard, it feels significantly more pleasurable to type on compared to the standard rubber dome keyboard that I use at work. Also, I find it sexy as hell in its simple exterior.

Coming from my a background of scissor switch keyboards, all mechanical or standard keyboards are loud for me. As far as the rebound goes, I don't think the O's effect the rebound noise too in normal typing where I do not bottom out the switches. But my perspective means that I do not have a good understanding of how loud these mechanical keyboards are really supposed to sounds like.
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