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Why Are Topre Keyboards So Expensive?
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#202Give me Cherry MX mechanical key switches, or give me death.
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#203Re: Why Are Topre Keyboards So Expensive?
#204Earlier quoted context omitted.
To you and the parent poster and the grandparent poster, I wonder if you've ever tried a mechanical keyboard with low profile keys and keycaps? I enjoy mechanical keyboards myself, and even so, I found myself liking the low profile ones a lot better. Like you said, I love the tactile feel, and I also find regular sized mechanical keyboards too high. I currently use two: The Keychron K1 "Ultra thin" for work and the H…
So many people seem to rant and rave about mechanical keyboard that I'm still willing to give them a try! Could you recommend a model that's not too noisy and doesn't require too much force, but which also has the page up and page down keys on both sides of the up arrow? This seems a rarity for mechanical keyboards, while it's quite standard on laptops. Since I spend most of my time on laptops, I'd like to at least m…
Take a look over this Keychron brand. They've got a lot of different set ups.
I've got two with Gateron Browns, I rate them very, very high.
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#205For me, one nice thing about working from home all the time now is that I don't have to listen to everyone's annoyingly loud mechanical keyboards. I kinda hope this fad dies before I have to work in an office again...
Oh wow, do people really bring mechanical keyboards to the office? I thought that was generally considered a no-no.
I’ve got a keychron at the office. No one bats an eye and it’s not like I pound the thing.
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#206Can anyone recommend an entry level mechanical keyboard specifically for extended typing (as opposed to gaming)? Or, at least, specific features/qualities to seek out.
The Filco Majestouch 2 is a great keyboard. This is an older model, and it existed before the mech keyboard craze took off. Mine was sitting in the closet collecting dust having long ago been replaced by "fancier" keyboards with esoteric switches and other random features. Using it for the first time after a long hiatus was an "aha" moment. The typing experience was so much nicer. Upon reflection, here is why: 1. Pla…
> Filco Majestouch 2
Was this a Costar-manufactured keyboard? My experience with Costar across multiple brands has been so satisfying, it's been hard to trust that other sources would meet the same standard.
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#207Earlier quoted context omitted.
To you and the parent poster and the grandparent poster, I wonder if you've ever tried a mechanical keyboard with low profile keys and keycaps? I enjoy mechanical keyboards myself, and even so, I found myself liking the low profile ones a lot better. Like you said, I love the tactile feel, and I also find regular sized mechanical keyboards too high. I currently use two: The Keychron K1 "Ultra thin" for work and the H…
So many people seem to rant and rave about mechanical keyboard that I'm still willing to give them a try! Could you recommend a model that's not too noisy and doesn't require too much force, but which also has the page up and page down keys on both sides of the up arrow? This seems a rarity for mechanical keyboards, while it's quite standard on laptops. Since I spend most of my time on laptops, I'd like to at least m…
Your best bet for mechanical switches that aren't too noisy are probably Cherry MX Browns.
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#208Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree so much!! I've tried my best to like mechanical keyboards... but no, I hate them. The noise is distracting, they require too much strength on every key, and they are big and expansive! I thought I might have the wrong keytypes, so I even purchased key testers: the red keys are less noisy, but that doesn't solve the other problems. So I just can't find a reason to like them. My favorite keyboard is the Thinkpa…
You don't seem to understand that you don't need to bottom out your switches to actuate them. I have Kailh Copper switches which barely require me to push them down very far in order to actuate. Also they're pretty quiet. You can have your preferences, but blanketly saying that all mech keyboards "require too much strength" and are "loud" is wrong. The "expensive" part isn't even true in all cases.
> The "expensive" part isn't even true in all cases.
Being a cheapskate but wanting a mechanical keyboard with swappable switches, I bought a Redragon K552 off Amazon (88 key version) for $28. The Outemu reds are fine, but I swapped the alphabet and control keys for browns.
I have no regrets.
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#209Of all the keyboards I own, I most often use my 103ub (55g weighted keys) purchased from elitekeyboards way back in the day.
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#210I have the privilege of owning a Happy Hacking 2, it has topre keys. I used it for about a year. And I hated it! It's insanely noisy, to the point of distraction. It's so damn loud. But the dealbreaker for me is how heavy and deep the keys are. It's just too much energy and travel time for efficient typing IMO. After long sessions my fingertips felt sore from the blunt damage of pushing down the keys. But I'll recogn…
My HHKB Hybrid Type-S is definitely less noisy than MX-Brown (at least in WASD keyboards edition). It may be more silent than my typing on macbook air, but it's hard to compare because it produces lower frequencies, definitely nicer sound than macbook keyboard to me and never even thought about it as noisy.
That's the exact HHKB I have and trust me, it's a noisy rattly mess compared to a good mech.
Like just lightly glide your fingers across the keys and you should feel/hear the rattle. That same rattle continues as you type, it's just mixed in with the sound of bottoming out.
For comparison, my mech is a solid feeling piece of aluminum, the keys have 0 wobble, and there are no rattles at all.
It's night and day, I could never go back to a HHKB.