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First of all I would like to know how many people here use a mechanical keyboard.
Cause these things are outrageously expensive (imo). I've played 5 years of quake on a 5 euro keyboard that only now is starting to show signs of wear. I do need to mention I don't punch my keyboard in anger.
Anyway I bought a Ducky Zero thing recently, brown cherry switches, 90 euro / $100.
As the name implies, it's a no nonsense piece of kit. You barely recognise its gaming focus and that's a good thing.
It also weighs about 8 times more than my old membrane keyboard, so it doesn't slide around.
The feeling of the mechanical switches is really nice, though I think I would try red switches next time for a little more feedback. It's also good that I can spam a few keys at a time cause my old thing couldn't handle that and it resulted in some movement fails.
Still, I think I paid too much for this, it should be like 50 euro max. I tried to find something cheaper and failed. Anyone know of a mechanical keyboard that is affordable? Otherwise we should start ESR MECHANICAL KEYBOARD DEVELOPMENT topic a.s.a.p.
I hope this minimal review is useful to someone, I rarely see a keyboard topic here, whereas mice and pads are hot topic always.
Cheery'oh laddins.
Cause these things are outrageously expensive (imo). I've played 5 years of quake on a 5 euro keyboard that only now is starting to show signs of wear. I do need to mention I don't punch my keyboard in anger.
Anyway I bought a Ducky Zero thing recently, brown cherry switches, 90 euro / $100.
As the name implies, it's a no nonsense piece of kit. You barely recognise its gaming focus and that's a good thing.
It also weighs about 8 times more than my old membrane keyboard, so it doesn't slide around.
The feeling of the mechanical switches is really nice, though I think I would try red switches next time for a little more feedback. It's also good that I can spam a few keys at a time cause my old thing couldn't handle that and it resulted in some movement fails.
Still, I think I paid too much for this, it should be like 50 euro max. I tried to find something cheaper and failed. Anyone know of a mechanical keyboard that is affordable? Otherwise we should start ESR MECHANICAL KEYBOARD DEVELOPMENT topic a.s.a.p.
I hope this minimal review is useful to someone, I rarely see a keyboard topic here, whereas mice and pads are hot topic always.
Cheery'oh laddins.
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Edited by bolus major at 13:55 CST, 26 January 2016 - 4212 Hits
What you want is clear (similar to brown but with more pronounced bump - my wet dream, but impossible to get in Europe and hard/too expensive elsewhere) or blue (clicky but with the best tactile feedback).
Yes, you can get mechanical keyboards in your desired price range, using some Cherry clones, check out how many brands this guy got. Of course that means digging forums and Chinese sites ;) But even here in Europe you can get a Roccat for €70 on original Cherry, can't see how you failed to find that :)