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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
On April 05 2014 12:06 itsjustatank wrote: I need a keyboard that feels like buckling spring supremacy but won't annoy an officemate. I would recommend cherry greens over topres if you want that heavy, clicky feel. Any clicky keyboard is gonna bother officemates anyway. MX linears and topres are your best bet for the office; Of course dampeners always help. | ||
itsjustatank
Hong Kong9153 Posts
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On March 30 2014 04:51 ThomasjServo wrote: There have been a few threads about this, but I was curious if anyone here knew of a place to buy keycaps with Hangul and English on them. I would love to just buy a set of stock, Korean Leopold keys as I love how they look on my FC200R but the best I have found is WASD, which I fear might be a bit either shoddy in quality, or shake up the simple, clean design of my Leopold board which I love. Any thoughts from TL on WASD key quality, other options for getting Hangul keycaps without using stickers from eBay, or do you have a set you are willing to part with? This image from /r/mechanical keyboards was what got me thinking. http://i.imgur.com/ktTmhGW.jpg Holy shit that looks nice :3 What are the options for keyboards in the 300+ range? All I know of is HHKB and that's not very interesting to me. | ||
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negativedge
4279 Posts
On April 08 2014 16:54 Blisse wrote: Holy shit that looks nice :3 What are the options for keyboards in the 300+ range? All I know of is HHKB and that's not very interesting to me. You can get an HHKB for under 300, easy. The only thing that could cost over that is a full custom build. Or maybe a mint condition IBM SSK. And Topre is the God switch anyway. HHKB should interest you. | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On April 08 2014 16:54 Blisse wrote: Holy shit that looks nice :3 What are the options for keyboards in the 300+ range? All I know of is HHKB and that's not very interesting to me. If you want to spend 300 you easily can, in fact the only keycaps I found or were found for me here were actually about 100 bucks for the 102 cap set which is a bit out of my budget. HHKB is probably the priciest board you'll find in general circulation, and it uses Topre switches, rather than Cherry MX or similar switches. While it isn't impossible to buy custom switches if you were to want to do a ton of customization it might take some work and searching on Geekhack. | ||
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JinDesu
United States3990 Posts
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MaRa17
Germany40 Posts
On February 13 2014 22:21 kinsky wrote: hi guys! right now i am using my 3rd mechanical keyboard. i had 2 steelseries 6gv2´s and i am using a leopold fc500r right now - and i have/had the same issue with all 3 of them! i use "4" as hotkey for my cc´s and after some months the "4" stopped working properly on all 3 keyboards. hitting the button once gives me "44","444" or "4444" as a result. does anybody share this experience?! can somebody tell me, what i am doing wrong or how to fix it?! yes, i play a lot of sc2 - therefore hitting that button very often. but it cant be normal, that this happens on 3 different (expensive mechanical) keyboards, right?! any help is appreciated. thank you. edit: typo I got the same problem with my 6gv2 maybe someone can help? But it's totaly random which keys are broke. like 4 on numpad which I use rarely | ||
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SonGoku
Germany152 Posts
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negativedge
4279 Posts
On April 09 2014 06:39 MaRa17 wrote: I got the same problem with my 6gv2 maybe someone can help? But it's totaly random which keys are broke. like 4 on numpad which I use rarely basically any switch that does that is borked. it's called chattering and the only way to fix it, to my knowledge, is to replace the switch entirely. you might want to see if your board is under warranty. | ||
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shin ken
Germany612 Posts
On April 05 2014 12:06 itsjustatank wrote: I need a keyboard that feels like buckling spring supremacy but won't annoy an officemate. Maybe something with Cherry MX Clears? Those can be very expensive keyboards in some parts of the world, but the regular cherry keyboard with mx clears is dirt cheap in europe (like 40€) so the best option would be to import it. https://www.cherry.de/cid/b2b_corded_keyboards_G80-3000.htm? on the models tab look for "clear switch" and then search for the model number e.g. G80-3000LQCEU-2 (US layout with € in black with clears) and try to find a cheap reseller who ships it around the world. | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On April 08 2014 22:31 JinDesu wrote: The korean custom keyboards (KMAC) are in the $300+ range if you are interested in those. How would you get a KMAC? Doesn't seem to be like, stores o: | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On April 10 2014 03:33 Blisse wrote: How would you get a KMAC? Doesn't seem to be like, stores o: I think the best would be if you knew/trusted someone there or found a reliable ebay shop, otherwise you might have to deal with a Korean website and that could be cumbersome in the event something went wrong. | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On April 10 2014 03:49 ThomasjServo wrote: I think the best would be if you knew/trusted someone there or found a reliable ebay shop, otherwise you might have to deal with a Korean website and that could be cumbersome in the event something went wrong.  don't know anyone in korea unfortunately. i think i'll either go stalk geekhack or ebay i guesss D: are there disadvantages to buying prebuilt kmacs? or is the whole point of it being you get to build it yourself? | ||
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DERPDERP
Kyrgyzstan189 Posts
On April 10 2014 23:58 Blisse wrote: don't know anyone in korea unfortunately. i think i'll either go stalk geekhack or ebay i guesss D: are there disadvantages to buying prebuilt kmacs? or is the whole point of it being you get to build it yourself? The price tag. There are quite a few vendors that sells kmacs which you can find from geekhack, some are located in korea, some in the US. GON sells some beautiful boards tho I'm not sure if he sells kmacs | ||
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JinDesu
United States3990 Posts
On April 11 2014 01:03 DERPDERP wrote: The price tag. There are quite a few vendors that sells kmacs which you can find from geekhack, some are located in korea, some in the US. GON sells some beautiful boards tho I'm not sure if he sells kmacs GON has his own site for his own custom kbs I think: http://www.gonskeyboardworks.com/ Originative is a vendor on GH for custom kbs like the KMAC and Lightsaver: http://www.originativeco.com/collections/keyboards The custom kbs are expensive mostly for the fact that they are very unique compared to the rest. They may not necessarily be ergonomically or functionally better (well, aluminum frame and LEDs are pretty expensive to implement the way they do them), so it's more of a fashion statement over a function statement. That being said, if I could afford one I would get one. | ||
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ebacho
United States193 Posts
On April 11 2014 05:25 JinDesu wrote: GON has his own site for his own custom kbs I think: http://www.gonskeyboardworks.com/ Originative is a vendor on GH for custom kbs like the KMAC and Lightsaver: http://www.originativeco.com/collections/keyboards The custom kbs are expensive mostly for the fact that they are very unique compared to the rest. They may not necessarily be ergonomically or functionally better (well, aluminum frame and LEDs are pretty expensive to implement the way they do them), so it's more of a fashion statement over a function statement. That being said, if I could afford one I would get one. Korean customs are more affordable than ever, with average prices going down at least 20% over the last few months if bought secondhand. If you were in the market for one a year or two ago a KMAC would run you around $400, shipping not included. Now they regularly sell for $320ish. The last KMAC I sold went at a ~$80 loss. If anyone has more questions about customs I'd be happy to answer them. I have first-hand experience with many different types of customs and am familiar with most major "brands" and variants of them (KMACs to Phantoms to handwired stuff), keycap materials and sets, vintage Cherry boards, IBM stuff, switch modding, and so on and so forth. I've spent way too much money on this hobby, but it could be a lot worse I'd imagine. | ||
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ETisME
12384 Posts
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
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SlatMan
29 Posts
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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