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Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by renw0rp »

ubertaco wrote: post #16

This looks like a non-hotswappable board with proprietary switches, and it's still tied to Logitech's wireless dongles (which are notoriously bad about both causing and being super-sensitive to 2.4Ghz-spectrum interference). I mean, I _think_ the switches are proprietary -- the page has no real information about the switches at all, which is a bit like selling a computer by showing you a picture of the case and telli…

Can you point me to multi device, Bluetooth enabled (and reliable) keyboards in $60 range?

I would see myself buying one of those if it was a bit cheaper (they will drop in price for sure) and if I didn't have enough keyboards.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by _ph_ »

xqcgrek2 wrote: post #14

I will never go back to fixed unsplit keyboard again. I much prefer split ergo keyboards, eg https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/edge/ or its non gaming version

That looks like my dream keyboard - except it isn't available with an ISO layout :(

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by pqdbr »

post_break wrote: post #99

If you're in the market the keychron brand has similar builds with hot swappable switches. I'm rocking a K6 with holy panda switches and absolutely love the buttery feel.

I also went with keychron a year ago and I’m very pleased. My only complaint is that battery is shitty if you use the wireless mode with the led backlight on all the time (it will last about 4-5 days max).

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by neogodless »

dsr_ wrote: post #87

Can someone explain to me the attraction of wireless keyboards? I get wireless mice: they're much easier to reposition - but my keyboard stays in one place all the time. Do other people move their keyboards repeatedly?

I'm familiar with the use case for this. I don't want to use the same keyboard for work (typing) all day that I'd use for gaming after work. I also don't want TWO wired keyboards. So if I can have a wireless gaming keyboard that I set off out of the way during work, and then can push my main keyboard (wired ergonomic membrane) out of the way and use the gaming keyboard (wireless mechanical), I have the ideal input device for each use case.

(If the Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard came in wireless, I'd get one - one less wire making it sub-optimal when I'm ready to swap keyboards.)

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by ProtoMathics »

ktross wrote: post #97

Logitech is no longer the great company it used to be, so I have decided to no longer purchase their products. I purchased a G Pro X Wireless Headset less than 2 years ago, and I'm already on my second warrranty replacement (3 total headsets.) Multiple parts on it seem designed to fail, and all of mine have failed in the same way. They use laughably small screws to connect the band to the arms that hold the earcups a…

JBL bluetooth headphones have "firmware feature" which lowers volume of left earpiece slowly over time. Happened on multiple different products, bought by schoolmates of mine and also on 3 different units of one product for me.

Pioneer SE-M531, M521 .... have similar problem with screws as you state.

logitech - i absolutely LOVE MX series of products they are innovative and provide absolutelly best functionality, keys look nice not really my style but they look nice as a unit.

so i am sad to see they jumped on mechanical keyboard bandwagon, i hate mechanical keyboards with all my life. always clicking, long travel, slow typing....

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by bayindirh »

Pet_Ant wrote: post #109
arinlen wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Me, or anybody who needs a no-fuss, one-shot, buy-and-use-it-till-it-dies type of consumer. You can get a cheaper no-fuss mechanical keyboard from reputable brands with respectable components for far less than this logitech keyboard is being sold. From the top of my mind, Akko keyboards are quite nice, and most of their products sell for $50 less. You'd need to be completely, utterly clueless to go to Logitech for…

I think that they don’t need to know or research or ask about other brands is the point. It’s like you know that Monster Cables will be sufficient. That said why would such a person want a mechanical keyboard but not want to out in the effort to learn about them? I’m guessing it’s for dabblers or people who’ve heard of mechanical keyboards and it’s more an impulse buy than an investment. (I’ve tuned my own springs by…

In my case, for the G710+ case especially, I did my research, understood what I want, did additional research and pulled the trigger.

Being happy with what I've ended with, I didn't dive deeper into that rabbit hole, because I have more important things to do than tweaking keyboards.

I'm like that. Do my research, pull the trigger once, consider the problem solved and move on.

Having many hats and ambitions limits one's time considerably. I for one only have tonight to be at home at dinner time, incl the weekend.

Sorry for not being able to live up to your standards in the mechanical keyboard realm, however being a sysadmin and programmer, I think I can want a dependable and semi-decent mechanical keyboard. Considering I've grown up with some of them. If you permit, of course.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by lwhi »

ubertaco wrote: post #16

This looks like a non-hotswappable board with proprietary switches, and it's still tied to Logitech's wireless dongles (which are notoriously bad about both causing and being super-sensitive to 2.4Ghz-spectrum interference). I mean, I _think_ the switches are proprietary -- the page has no real information about the switches at all, which is a bit like selling a computer by showing you a picture of the case and telli…

> I don't get who this product is for, other than maybe someone who has heard mechanical keyboards are cool but is daunted by doing any research into what mechanical keyboard options exist out there.

I agree. For this price you could buy a great keyboard from Vortex with swap able keys .. which click the way you like it.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by ProtoMathics »

mcdonje wrote: post #84

Compare with: https://www.keychron.com/collections/low-profile-keyboard-co...

do you have any low KEY TRAVEL silen keyboards ? waht i absolutelly hate about "mechanical" keyboards is that unnecessary long key travel which makes typing slower. and that constatn freaking noise is cancer.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne »

thefz wrote: post #106
arinlen wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Me, or anybody who needs a no-fuss, one-shot, buy-and-use-it-till-it-dies type of consumer. You can get a cheaper no-fuss mechanical keyboard from reputable brands with respectable components for far less than this logitech keyboard is being sold. From the top of my mind, Akko keyboards are quite nice, and most of their products sell for $50 less. You'd need to be completely, utterly clueless to go to Logitech for…

> From the top of my mind, Akko keyboards are quite nice, and most of their products sell for $50 less. Opened the website. Almost everything out of stock. No other layout besides us_US (most european languages use accented vowels like èòàù). Clown pink and RGB everywhere. Closed the website.

To be fair, their keyboards have line names like "Naruto" and "Doraemon", so.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by jansan »

post_break wrote: post #99

If you're in the market the keychron brand has similar builds with hot swappable switches. I'm rocking a K6 with holy panda switches and absolutely love the buttery feel.

We have a K2 and Q1 (more than 1.5kg!), both will yellow Gaterons, and they are just so great to work with. I don't know what Logitech's marketing was thinking, they seem to have stripped all that is fun about mechnical keyboards from the product and created something exceptionally lame.
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