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Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by epicide »

wnolens wrote: post #181
arinlen wrote: post #53

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> 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…

> You'd need to be completely, utterly clueless to go to Logitech for a mechanical keyboard. The faintest of Google searches would lead you to established products which are both cheaper and better. Not clueless, just not someone who would Google around for reviews or care to get the absolute best. They go to Best Buy. This is virtually every adult I know over age 40/50 outside of the industry. They'll roll up to Bes…

> This is virtually every adult I know over age 40/50 outside of the industry.

Or even a lot of people in their 20s and 30s inside the [programming/IT?] industry.

Some people are fine spending 20% of the time to get 80% of the features and are willing to spend a bit more money to do so.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by apocalyptic0n3 »

sebular wrote: post #192
apocalyptic0n3 wrote: post #163

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Have they improved the keycaps on the K3 since launch? I had one at launch and ended up returning it because the keycaps were so poor. Very rough with lots of imperfections.

I have the revised K3 and the keycaps don’t have any quality issues. You should be good to reorder.

Thanks! I actually did like the keyboard, but the keycaps were unbearable bad and I went back to my Magic Keyboard (which I don't mind at all, really; I just know I can do better and would like to explore a bit)

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by jazzythom »

Even though I use a mx master 2 I strongly dislike logitech product. It’s tacky and minimum acceptable quality. Like Dell laptops. Opening the box you cant tell where the shipping packaging ends and the product begins.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by epicide »

runamok wrote: post #141
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 like this one that seems similar to the logitech "mini" one. https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k3-wireless-mecha... It's low profile, has replaceable switches, can use a cable or bluetooth, is a fair price and has worked really well.

I've been using a similar one as well. Specifically, the RK68 Pro.

The Bluetooth is... okay. It takes a few seconds to wake up, but it doesn't turn off for about 30 minutes. Battery life has been fine with BT 5.0. I want to say somewhere in the range of a couple weeks? All with backlighting disabled.

USB wireless is a bit of a joke, honestly. I've had it lose signal even just a foot or so away with absolutely nothing (except air) between the dongle and keyboard. I have to have the dongle at about 8" or less to maintain a reliable connection.

Overall, I'd say the keyboard is fantastic for the money. I'm truly wowed by the mechanical keyboards you can get for comparatively very cheap prices these days.

That being said, I still generally trust a company like Logitech to get Bluetooth and RF USB to be less flakey. Sure, other smaller companies get it right too, but I've had to do way more experimentation and messing around in order to find that.

Though if you can do with a wired keyboard, then I wouldn't bother with the Logitech, personally.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by epicide »

apocalyptic0n3 wrote: post #163
runamok wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like this one that seems similar to the logitech "mini" one. https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k3-wireless-mecha... It's low profile, has replaceable switches, can use a cable or bluetooth, is a fair price and has worked really well.

Have they improved the keycaps on the K3 since launch? I had one at launch and ended up returning it because the keycaps were so poor. Very rough with lots of imperfections.

I've found it worth buying a set of keycaps that I know I like. Even amongst keycaps made of the same plastic (PBT), they don't always feel the same. And in my experience, the keycaps make as much or more of a difference in feeling as the switches themselves.

Specifically, I bought a set of the Granite DSA keycaps several years ago and always use them on my primary keyboard.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by wnolens »

epicide wrote: post #441
wnolens wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You'd need to be completely, utterly clueless to go to Logitech for a mechanical keyboard. The faintest of Google searches would lead you to established products which are both cheaper and better. Not clueless, just not someone who would Google around for reviews or care to get the absolute best. They go to Best Buy. This is virtually every adult I know over age 40/50 outside of the industry. They'll roll up to Bes…

> This is virtually every adult I know over age 40/50 outside of the industry. Or even a lot of people in their 20s and 30s inside the [programming/IT?] industry. Some people are fine spending 20% of the time to get 80% of the features and are willing to spend a bit more money to do so.

Yep, I'm in that bunch now. I used to be intense into research and DIY.

BUT now I've got more money than time.

So if it comes to my door in 2 days and/or can just be returned.. I don't flinch at $50- 100 premiums.

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by victorhooi »

Does anybody know if this Logitech keyboard supports custom keycaps?

I'm sorely tempted to replace my Keychron K6 with it * Battery life is apparently 10 months - the Keychron K6 I'm lucky to get a week or so (yes, this is with backlight off) * Keychron doesn't report battery life over BT * Keychron - takes 3-4 seconds to wake from sleep each time, which gets super annoying

Of course, I do love the Cherry MX Greens - wonder how the Clicky in the Logitech compares.

And yes I want my custom Granite keycaps on this - but it's some low-profile version - so will it work?

Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

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Post by leokennis »

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…

This is a known business idea right? Offer a watered down version of something that is cool but also uncertain, with the reassurance of a brand name so you know you’ll at least not regret it. Like Starbucks.

“No one ever got fired for buying IBM/Microsoft/”

Loss avoidance at its finest.

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