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What's the best keyboard and mouse you owned?
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#2Apple Saratoga keyboard, FTW. :)
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#3So, among mechanical keyboards, years ago Corsair used to make almost hands down the best one for the average consumer looking for a solid Cherry MX Blue option some time ago called the K70 Vengeance, which sat alongside their other Vengeance products in their gaming product lineup.
As time went on, Corsair decided it would be a great idea to fuck up everything that they did that made their gaming product lineup perfect. This directly impacted the K70 Vengeance, and made them utterly worthless. So much to the point that you paid a premium for older versions of the K70.
Back in 2014, Corsair changed their Corsair Gaming logo to what was unaffectionately called the tramp stamp logo. https://kotaku.com/gaming-company-changes-logo-to-tramp-stam...
Then, a couple years later, they dropped the Vengeance moniker and called the new K70 the K70 LUX. Which was absolutely no improvement on an otherwise already, in my opinion, terrible game. In this revision, they replaced the keycaps with some godawful font chosen by the 12-year-old child of one of the product designers, further cementing the former K70 into irrelevance in an attempt to "differentiate" which in this context means "look like everyone else."
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=163538
To restore the keyboard to its former glory, you'd have to purchase the classic K70 keyset for another $30. Fuck 'em. https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessorie...
To this day, I've not found a suitable replacement for the K70 Vengeance which my wife spilt coke all over.
As for a mouse, I just bought the same best-selling Razer DeathAdder many other purchase. It was nice to not have to think so much about the latter.
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#4Keyboard: Advantage2 QD from Kinesis. Nicely curved, very ergonomic keyboard with all the bells and whistles; it has both Qwerty and Dvorak layouts at the start, and every key can be remapped, including to macros.
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#5my employer made us use the microsoft curved keyboard, as it was the only option we had: https://www.microsoft.com/accessories/en-my/products/keyboar...
I hated it very much at the beginning. But now I'm so used to it, I'm the most productive when using it. I worry that one day this keyboard is discontinued, I can't find it anymore.
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#6Custom mechanical keyboard from WASD Keyboards with the Neo2 keyboard layout printed on it and a Zowie FK1 mouse. The former because I love that it's unique to me and the latter because it's an excellent mouse that doesn't require drivers but still has a hardware DPI changer.
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#7Qisan Magicforce 108 keys GATERON red switch.
Clear momentum without joint wearing click.
All keys have adjustable lighting.
No favorite mouse.
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#8Keyboard: Advantage2 QD from Kinesis. Nicely curved, very ergonomic keyboard with all the bells and whistles; it has both Qwerty and Dvorak layouts at the start, and every key can be remapped, including to macros.
I had one at work and it's an extremely great keyboard. I combined it with a Logitech Expert Mouse (actually a trackball) and my shoulder/arm pain was better within a week.
I have an Ergodox EZ at my new job and it's good but I'd recommend the Kinesis Advantage 2 over it if someone asked. Same price.
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#9Keyboard: Kinesis Advantage (1 and 2)
Mouse: Still searching...
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#10I travel a lot, so my selections are made with this in mind.
Kebyoard: Logitech K380. Perfect travel size, excellent keys, lovely stylings and — from what I can tell — infinite battery life. (Mine has been running for a year on the same batteries with no complaints.) It also doesn't bend like the expensive Apple wireless keyboard if you chuck it in your backpack.
Mouse: Logitech G403 Wireless. (I think the G703 might be an updated model.) It's the perfect middle ground between an office and gaming mouse: G903 guts, IntelliMouse feel. (It even has the clicky side buttons!) I was worried that charging every 2-3 days would be annoying, but it just hasn't been a problem so far: the mouse charges in half an hour and you can use it with the cable in wired mode.
I also spent a lot of time with the Logitech MX Master[2], but the Bluetooth worked awfully on my Mac, and the latency while using the USB receiver (however small) was unsuitable for my FPS gaming needs. Boy, that scroll wheel was nice, though!
[2]: http://archagon.net/blog/2017/05/22/almost-winning-the-wirel...