EPTLike the ALPS Guide. Blue Complicated Clicky ALPS for example activates at 65g.
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ripster
United States64 Posts
Like the ALPS Guide. Blue Complicated Clicky ALPS for example activates at 65g. If there is particular content you want recreated just post a request at: http://www.reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards | ||
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sc_oldboy
Germany35 Posts
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
On August 12 2012 06:48 sc_oldboy wrote: Hello I read in the guidelines that I should post in this thread so here we go. I have never had a mechanical keyboard but I'm avid longtime player but I also need to use the keyboard for university. I have read the sources linked and I am not sure what to get especially since black switches aren't supposed to be so great for typing. Plus I'm from Germany so only more common keyboards are available. The ones I found are the Steelseries 6gv2, Thermaltake Meka g1 and the razer blackwidow. Can anybody help me with this? Unless you want to pay international shipping from a site like Elitekeyboards or qtan5370, Thermaltake is a good choice. | ||
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Kaitokid
Germany1327 Posts
On August 12 2012 06:48 sc_oldboy wrote: Hello I read in the guidelines that I should post in this thread so here we go. I have never had a mechanical keyboard but I'm avid longtime player but I also need to use the keyboard for university. I have read the sources linked and I am not sure what to get especially since black switches aren't supposed to be so great for typing. Plus I'm from Germany so only more common keyboards are available. The ones I found are the Steelseries 6gv2, Thermaltake Meka g1 and the razer blackwidow. Can anybody help me with this? I have a 6gv2 and a Blackwidow and I prefer the Blackwidow by far. They keys of the 6gv2 are way too hard to press in my opinion. You might also look into QPAD keyboards like the MK-50, its cheap (around 75€) and you can get it with any switch type you want. I have one with Red switches and I find it much better than the SS 6gv2 aswell, keys way easier to press and it has a palmrest which is removable, size and shape is about same like 6gv2. | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
On August 12 2012 06:48 sc_oldboy wrote: Hello I read in the guidelines that I should post in this thread so here we go. I have never had a mechanical keyboard but I'm avid longtime player but I also need to use the keyboard for university. I have read the sources linked and I am not sure what to get especially since black switches aren't supposed to be so great for typing. Plus I'm from Germany so only more common keyboards are available. The ones I found are the Steelseries 6gv2, Thermaltake Meka g1 and the razer blackwidow. Can anybody help me with this? There's also the Cherry G80-3000 in Germany. Look it up at amazon.de, it is only 52 €. You can get it with blue, black and clear MX switches. The clear switches you have to be careful with, the description of those keyboards sound like they would be using brown switches, but the keys are actually as hard to press as the black switches. | ||
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JerKy
Korea (South)3013 Posts
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Odeyuken
France94 Posts
So I guess posting here is better than starting a whole new keyboard thread. I am not specifically looking for a mechanical keyboard, in fact I am not sure what a mechanical keyboard really is. My old keyboard died a while ago, and it is no longer for sale at the local hardware shop I usually go to. So I thought that if I am going to buy a keyboard online, I might as well buy a good one and get some advice here. Basically I'm looking for that hard feeling when I am typing, for some kind of response from the keys ; in fact I want the opposite of a laptop keyboard, because I hate it when you don't even feel the keys beneath your fingers. The K260 combo I had was perfect for that, and it was really cheap too (20€ ~). I am ready to invest a little more money this time, but I don't feel like spending more than 50€ for that. I do not play that much SC2 anymore, but I still do, occasionally. Though the main purpose of this keyboard will be typing, and I do want a comfortable feeling and experience with that. Can anyone help me ? Thank you in advance ! | ||
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Blaec
Australia4289 Posts
On August 14 2012 19:34 Odeyuken wrote: Hello, So I guess posting here is better than starting a whole new keyboard thread. I am not specifically looking for a mechanical keyboard, in fact I am not sure what a mechanical keyboard really is. My old keyboard died a while ago, and it is no longer for sale at the local hardware shop I usually go to. So I thought that if I am going to buy a keyboard online, I might as well buy a good one and get some advice here. Basically I'm looking for that hard feeling when I am typing, for some kind of response from the keys ; in fact I want the opposite of a laptop keyboard, because I hate it when you don't even feel the keys beneath your fingers. The K260 combo I had was perfect for that, and it was really cheap too (20€ ~). I am ready to invest a little more money this time, but I don't feel like spending more than 50€ for that. I do not play that much SC2 anymore, but I still do, occasionally. Though the main purpose of this keyboard will be typing, and I do want a comfortable feeling and experience with that. Can anyone help me ? Thank you in advance ! Im not super sure what you mean by the hard feeling, but imo a blue MX switched keyboard cant be beat for typing. Though this is a subjective opinion so if you can, go to a store and try out a Razer Blackwidow. Don't buy a Blackwidow, there are better keyboards around. Im just recommending you look for it because its very common and has blue switches. | ||
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Odeyuken
France94 Posts
On August 14 2012 19:46 Blaec wrote: Im not super sure what you mean by the hard feeling, but imo a blue MX switched keyboard cant be beat for typing. Though this is a subjective opinion so if you can, go to a store and try out a Razer Blackwidow. Don't buy a Blackwidow, there are better keyboards around. Im just recommending you look for it because its very common and has blue switches. It's hard to put it in words... let's say I'm a piano player and I like it when the keys "bounce" under my fingers. As for the suggestion, it looks a bit expensive (100 USD ? ~)  Thanks though | ||
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Blaec
Australia4289 Posts
On August 14 2012 20:44 Odeyuken wrote: It's hard to put it in words... let's say I'm a piano player and I like it when the keys "bounce" under my fingers. As for the suggestion, it looks a bit expensive (100 USD ? ~) Thanks thoughWell a mechanical board should be good for that. Yeh the Blackwidow is expensive, but a decent amount of stores have them in stock and they have a little cutout so you can try the keys. So, go to a store and try out a blackwidow. Then if you like it go find a cherry in blues which should be roughly 50 euro I think. | ||
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tschecko
Andorra39 Posts
is probably your best choice... | ||
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Sovano
United States1503 Posts
On August 14 2012 20:44 Odeyuken wrote: It's hard to put it in words... let's say I'm a piano player and I like it when the keys "bounce" under my fingers. As for the suggestion, it looks a bit expensive (100 USD ? ~) Thanks thoughFrom what you described in your original post blue switches seem ideal for you. You'll have a clicky sound so you know when you're pressing keys and they are very enjoyable to type on; a typist's dream. Like others have said try and search for a store with the Razer BW. I actually did that my first time when testing out switches for the first time and man is it incredible for your first time, and there's even better keyboards than the Razer BW. Some even cheaper than it itself, and still better. | ||
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Odeyuken
France94 Posts
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m1rk3
Canada412 Posts
On August 14 2012 20:44 Odeyuken wrote: It's hard to put it in words... let's say I'm a piano player and I like it when the keys "bounce" under my fingers. As for the suggestion, it looks a bit expensive (100 USD ? ~) Thanks thoughAll of the boards have a bounce, the blues have a slower "bounce" because of the bump. Try the blacks. | ||
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Grimmyman123
Canada939 Posts
They fold actually quite easily. | ||
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Chrono000
Korea (South)358 Posts
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hoLyNtt
United States170 Posts
On August 15 2012 22:40 Chrono000 wrote: Why are red more expensive and harder to find? I just dont get it. I don't think they are much different or much harder to manufacture. I kind of get the vibe its a marketing thing, trying to sell them off as rare and more suited to the gamer. I've tried reds and they are very very much the same as blacks and only gamers that play for 8 hours would have any significant use out of the light touch. it might be some sort of marketing ploy you are right. I don't believe they are harder to manufacture so the fact the red swtich boards are scarce is kinda weird. On some sites they are priced higher than the other switches and lower on others. | ||
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theonemephisto
United States409 Posts
Tenkeyless or full-sized, with blue, brown, or red switches. $139 - 159 depending on the model and qualifies for Amazon Prime, which is a pretty amazing deal for such great keyboards. For reference, Tactile = Brown, Clicky = Blue, Linear = Red. I've had the Ninja Majestouch-2 Tenkeyless with Browns for a couple months now, and it's literally the perfect keyboard. | ||
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Adeeler
United Kingdom764 Posts
I kind of wish it still had the macro buttons on the left hand side so I could reassign some keys to them but the size advantage on the right side with the removal of the numpad is enough. | ||
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Odeyuken
France94 Posts
On August 14 2012 20:59 Blaec wrote: Well a mechanical board should be good for that. Yeh the Blackwidow is expensive, but a decent amount of stores have them in stock and they have a little cutout so you can try the keys. So, go to a store and try out a blackwidow. Then if you like it go find a cherry in blues which should be roughly 50 euro I think. I did do some research, and I can't find anything that is THAT cheap (50€). But then again maybe I'm looking at the wrong websites ! | ||
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