Peripherals Mechanical Keyboards

Take a look on Amazon, it's a surprisingly underrated source of hard to find keyboards in the UK. Corus Keyboards are possibly of interest

 

They look kinda weird, not sure if you can fit cherry keycaps on them?

I was thinking Corsair K65 - but don't know - can you fit cherry caps on those?

 

Guys, can I swap caps on CM TK? The one with backlit and numeric keys? Does it accept cherry caps? Any known issues?

Now I know K65 has funky bottom row so cannot use that one...

 

4/10 Must try harder

 

Margo Baggins may be the one to ask about TK caps - http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=268075

 

Darn it, another one out. Space bar is odd size


Ok guys, I really need a standard layout ANSI keyboard that will accept Sunshine caps. Anyone?

 

Filco, CM quick fire rapid/xt, cherry g80, WASD?

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Any brand, as long its ANSI... and cheapish
..and not mx blacks.

 

The keyboard company have ANSI filco models but they're not that cheap, about £120. Very solid no-frills boards though.

They also sold a G80-3494 which is an ANSI model with reds, I think I bought mine from them for about £75. It's a G80 though so big floppy plastic case, PCB mount etc. Advantage of being able to mod switches without desoldering is a plus.

As for the cooler master stuff they did tell me at one point ANSI layout would be sold through the EU store, but I don't think that ever happened?

Best bet might be the second hand market if none of the above appeal. I got a nice filco with browns for £70 on eBay.

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Filco also has costar stabilisers instead of cherry. Bit more fiddly putting caps on but IMO worth it for the better feel of stabilised keys.

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http://www.ebuyer.com/697251-element-gaming-beryllium-mechanical-red-switch-gaming-keyboard-elementsk52

Anyone tried this one, im on a budget about 60 - 70 ish and ill be gaming mainly on it

 

If that's the case then I'd suggest getting a board with Cherry MX switches - they are better quality than Kailh and you can get a board for around the same price.

One ebuyer there is the Gigabyte Aviva Osmium for just shy of £62.

I think the keyboard has Cherry MX Red switches (linear) but the description is confusing because it mentions tactile feedback... which means either Browns or Blues.

In any case it'll be a good board at a very respectable price.

 

Thanks guys. I'm finally getting one, here on our forum. Black full ANSI Filco on browns.
This will be perfct for my daughter, satrting her adventure with mechs

 

You gots to start them young

My 4 year old is rocking the Miami look:

 

Never could stand Miami... but aged 4 I probably would have loved it!

Actually it was 1991, so I probably had a shell suit in those colours...

Edit: Oh lord, they actually made one...

 

It's.... loud.

 

My Filco mj2 is having issues, so while the left hand is off trying to get it repaired, the right hand is already looking at replacements (it's payday on Friday!).

So, to replace a filco mj2 full size with browns, what are my options? Build quality counts over anything else to be honest, lighting would be nice but non-essential and additional keys/functions aren't much interest to me.

Is the answer going to be another filco mj2 with browns?


edit: This is the first thing i've typed on blacks in a few years; dear god it's weird.

 

Ducky Zero love mine with blue backlight (which is the DK2108S)

 

Having owned both a ducky (it was a shine 2 I think, technically) and a filco, both TKL with browns, I can say they're virtually identical experiences. The only difference is the backlighting and the stabilisers, both are a preference thing.

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