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Blank Keyboards (Das)

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Re: Blank Keyboards (Das)

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Post by moistgorilla »

Mechanical keyboards are amazing. Typing on one is actually a pleasurable experience. I could go on about the benefits but other people have written guides that are much better than what I could post here. Here is one great guide. http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide

What I will say is that for anyone that has a job that involves massive amounts of typing I really recommend you invest in one.

I personally do not like Das because of the glossy finish which makes smudges and fingerprints very noticeable. I currently own a leopold tenkeyless with cherry brown switches, which I find to be great. The guide I posted goes into great detail over the different types of switches and the value of keyboards so you should read over it if you are interested.

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

A tip for typing one handed, shift your hand from it's correct position to its mirror opposite i.e. from jkl; to asdf or vice versa it's easier than you would think to translate key memory if you do it like that, though it's still not exactly ergonomic.

I believe you can get footswitches and/or software that flips the keyboard for you so you don't have to move the hand back and forth if it's a more permanant situation.

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Post by jb55 »

I have a blank Das keyboard and after a lot of typing I find the extra pressure very noticeable and even fatiguing. I eventually switched back to my mac keyboard because of this.

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Post by vitno »

Its a beautiful keyboard... perfect for us dvorak users. I unfortunately had to leave my das in rochester with my main desktop because it couldn't be fitted in to the car.

I am typing this on a scissor switch keyboard...

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Post by swah »

I wish they made tenkeyless. I'm trying to buy a Leopold but stuck in that "Paypal can't ship to a country that isn't the one you live" problem (I want to use a forwarding service).

Re: Blank Keyboards (Das)

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Post by swah »

moistgorilla wrote: post #3

Mechanical keyboards are amazing. Typing on one is actually a pleasurable experience. I could go on about the benefits but other people have written guides that are much better than what I could post here. Here is one great guide. http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide What I will say is that for anyone that has a job that involves massive amounts of typing I really recommend you invest in one. I…

How noisy is it? Can you type at midnight with someone sleeping near you?

Re: Blank Keyboards (Das)

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Post by tehwalrus »

I have been using the Das ultimate for a couple of years now. Typing IS much faster, although using the windows version on a Mac can be frustrating at times, especially if you've used it on Windows first.

I also noticed some wrist fatigue at first, although I put this down to the lack of wrist support (I'd been used to working with a high support integral to my keyboard before this, and laptops where the keys are the same height as the wrist rest). A £7 wrist gel thingy has served me fine from a week after the Das arrived, although it does now look a bit dirty.

I've used it in two offices, for years, noone has complained about the noise ever.

And finally, I really like the number pad, especially when the numbers across the top have no markings - I still mash the wrong symbol keys at the top fairly frequently.

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