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Sovano
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1503 Posts
July 02 2013 22:59 GMT
#6021
Keycaps are expensive. I'd only dish out money for them if you have enough spare money to do so. I have the same set that Blaec posted. They're very nice, but it's hard for some people to justify spending $60+ on keycaps.
askmc70
Profile Joined March 2012
United States722 Posts
July 03 2013 04:27 GMT
#6022
what are the best red switch keyboards?
Blaec
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia4289 Posts
July 03 2013 05:25 GMT
#6023
On July 03 2013 13:27 askmc70 wrote:
what are the best red switch keyboards?


Depends what you want and where you are. All the switches themselves are standardised (all made by cherry) so you are just choosing featues, case quality, QA etc.
Nick!
Profile Joined March 2011
Scotland701 Posts
July 03 2013 11:59 GMT
#6024
So I finally caved in and made the switch to mechanical, got myself a CM Storm Quick Fire TK (Brown) for £50 with next day delivery from Amazon which is insane compared to the price it is on other sites. This a good general start for someone with no mechanical/switch experience?
Blaec
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia4289 Posts
July 03 2013 12:29 GMT
#6025
On July 03 2013 20:59 Nick! wrote:
So I finally caved in and made the switch to mechanical, got myself a CM Storm Quick Fire TK (Brown) for £50 with next day delivery from Amazon which is insane compared to the price it is on other sites. This a good general start for someone with no mechanical/switch experience?


Totally a good buy. Middle of the road switch on a cheap but still decent keyboard with a good company behind it.
Gumbi
Profile Joined June 2012
Ireland463 Posts
July 03 2013 14:04 GMT
#6026
On July 03 2013 21:29 Blaec wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 03 2013 20:59 Nick! wrote:
So I finally caved in and made the switch to mechanical, got myself a CM Storm Quick Fire TK (Brown) for £50 with next day delivery from Amazon which is insane compared to the price it is on other sites. This a good general start for someone with no mechanical/switch experience?


Totally a good buy. Middle of the road switch on a cheap but still decent keyboard with a good company behind it.

I got the same myself, arrived the other day, but won't be home to check it out 'til the weekend.

It's a quality keyboard. Backlighting too, which is a feature yo simply don't see on other mechanical keyboards even close to the price. Linus really liked this one, too. The build quality is really quite good.
askmc70
Profile Joined March 2012
United States722 Posts
July 03 2013 16:54 GMT
#6027
is there any good websites for coupons/discounts for the mechanical keyboards?
also how good is the cooler master quickfire storm tk?
Gumbi
Profile Joined June 2012
Ireland463 Posts
July 03 2013 17:41 GMT
#6028
On July 04 2013 01:54 askmc70 wrote:
is there any good websites for coupons/discounts for the mechanical keyboards?
also how good is the cooler master quickfire storm tk?

Define good.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-03 23:29:56
July 03 2013 23:24 GMT
#6029
Does anyone have any recommendations for a keyboard with the following:

-Full size (not TKL)
-Cherry brown
-Large flatter keys (I don't really like the keyboards with the narrow concaved keys)
-Black
-Standard keyboard, no extra macro keys
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-03 23:41:01
July 03 2013 23:38 GMT
#6030
If you're talking about low-profile keys like what you get on a notebook then the Cherry G80-3800: http://www.ebay.com/itm/160993807736

Well I guess it's not completely flat but it's probably your best option.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
July 04 2013 00:45 GMT
#6031
On July 04 2013 08:38 skyR wrote:
If you're talking about low-profile keys like what you get on a notebook then the Cherry G80-3800: http://www.ebay.com/itm/160993807736

Well I guess it's not completely flat but it's probably your best option.


Tanks!
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
July 04 2013 09:53 GMT
#6032
On July 04 2013 09:45 Chairman Ray wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2013 08:38 skyR wrote:
If you're talking about low-profile keys like what you get on a notebook then the Cherry G80-3800: http://www.ebay.com/itm/160993807736

Well I guess it's not completely flat but it's probably your best option.


Tanks!

Just be aware that those are still the same switches. The up and down movement will still have the exact same range as on a normal keyboard. It's just that slight curve in key height between the different rows missing.

The price is also definitely a rip off. It's built cheaply even more so than the G80-3000, and that one is perhaps $60 worth.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
Nick!
Profile Joined March 2011
Scotland701 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-04 13:25:17
July 04 2013 13:11 GMT
#6033
So my new keyboard is pretty awesome...but there is one slight problem, the backspace key tends to stick down, are the 2 black switches either side of the brown switch supposed to be relatively loose?

(CMStorm TK)

Problem Solved, it seemed like maybe the Black+ werent actually in the key and just resting underneath the mould ><
Blaec
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia4289 Posts
July 04 2013 13:25 GMT
#6034
On July 04 2013 22:11 Nick! wrote:
So my new keyboard is pretty awesome...but there is one slight problem, the backspace key tends to stick down, are the 2 black switches either side of the brown switch supposed to be relatively loose?

(CMStorm TK)


Here is Ripster's guide to lubing cherry stabilisers.
Nick!
Profile Joined March 2011
Scotland701 Posts
July 04 2013 13:35 GMT
#6035
On July 04 2013 22:25 Blaec wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2013 22:11 Nick! wrote:
So my new keyboard is pretty awesome...but there is one slight problem, the backspace key tends to stick down, are the 2 black switches either side of the brown switch supposed to be relatively loose?

(CMStorm TK)


Here is Ripster's guide to lubing cherry stabilisers.


Thanks for that, ill bookmark this incase something ever happens :p
Loving the feel so far, gonna take some getting used to but overall loving it so far :D
monx
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada1400 Posts
July 04 2013 13:52 GMT
#6036
is the 6gv2 with cherry red switches good?

need to replace my faulty blackwidow.
@ggmonx
Blaec
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia4289 Posts
July 04 2013 17:06 GMT
#6037
On July 04 2013 22:52 monx wrote:
is the 6gv2 with cherry red switches good?

need to replace my faulty blackwidow.


Its not bad if you get it cheap, but there is usually a better value pick. Have a look around for a Ducky zero or one of the CM keyboards.
inkfected
Profile Joined November 2012
England76 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-04 17:54:02
July 04 2013 17:45 GMT
#6038
I have been using recently a keyboard with red switches and I am really happy with. Typing is very enjoyable but when playing Starcraft I tend to mess up my keybinds costing me a game sometimes. When pressing a button I accidently touch a key next to it just a bit its still registered, messing up a lot.

And now is the dilemma. Should I stick with this keyboard and try to get more accurate? Kinda hard in high APM battles not to mess up anything, or go back to the keyboard with black switches where typing is reasonably pleasant and I do not screw any keybinds in Starcraft?

Anyone with similiar experience or any advices please?:D
RiSkysc2
Profile Joined September 2011
696 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-04 21:36:42
July 04 2013 21:33 GMT
#6039
What's the difference between:

CM storm quickfire TK - brown and
CM storm quickfire rapid - brown?
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
July 04 2013 21:38 GMT
#6040
On July 05 2013 06:33 RiSkysc2 wrote:
What's the difference between:

CM storm quickfire TK - brown and
CM storm quickfire rapid - brown?


Rapid is a tenkeyless keyboard (lacks the numpad)

Quickfire TK lacks the arrow keys and dedicated insert, home, page up/down, delete, and end keys but includes the numpad.

There may be other minor differences but that's the major one.
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