Peripherals Mechanical Keyboards

All I would say, is, it's not from the best oem. is just an i-one board. but, if it's your first mech, I don't really think that makes much difference.

 

I've settled on a Ducky Shine TKL (Brown switches, White LED's with those coloured covers) myself, for my first mech.. It'll only work out at about £120 all in!

 

Hey Mechanical Keyboard enthusiasts (is there a name for that i wonder?)

Anyway, can anyone reccomend the best place to source a Ducky 3 Shine from in the UK, i noticed overclokcers sell them but they're mostly out of stock and seem to charge differening amounts simply based on the LED backlight colour: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produ...atid=2705&sortby=nameAsc&subid=2706&mfrid=647

 

CCL (www.cclonline.com) sell Duckys - not sure if they have what you want in stock but might be worth a look

http://www.cclonline.com/category/6...list/1192001-1192002-1192003-1192004-1192005/

 

Still hesitating .. Alps / Cherry ? Alps are pretty cheap but caps are hard to find. Any cheap way to get a bag of Cherry MX switches ? planning a 60% layout

 

Kustom PCs do quite a few Ducky models as well, and the customer services are fantastic. Not that there's much wrong with CCL of course, but Kustom PCs is a smaller, more personal operation.

 

Only one left of these, and I haven't seen them as TKL anywhere! It'll deffo be gone by the time my pay package comes in, probably!



Does anyone have experience with Ducky keyboards? Is it possible to take apart the casing, spray it white and then assemble it again? Or are you limited to just replacing the caps? Because the white casing just looks so good!

 

you can take the case of any proper mech pretty easily, and you can do as you fancy to it.

Oopsie I got a realforce to pick up later.

 

Well in that case.. Might as well make life easier and go TKL! You'd never guess I havent had an expensive/high end keyboard before..

 

Taking the keyboard out of its housing is dead easy, although it will instantly void whatever warranty Ducky give (I have no idea).

Spraying is also easy, but the results will only be as good as a) your spraying skills, and b) the paint/dye you use.

Might be worth practising on an old generic rubberdome before you take the plunge!

 

This man speaks truth!

I tried to paint a case once, and, I'm fairly outgoing with wanting people to see the things I do with keyboards, which is why I plaster pictures all through this thread - but, no one has ever seen the outcome of that. And nor will they! photographic evidence and the case in question both no longer exist

While I'm decent with hand tools, i'm apparently not very decent with paint. Or my standards are too high.

 

Vinyl wrapping is another option, but three way corners are a bint!

You get a lovely finish (matte in this case):



But unless you have incredibly good wrapping skills this sort of thing is inevitable...

 

They only offer a years warranty, so i'd probably wait that out before playing about too much! Considering these things supposedly last decades.. It doesn't seem that bad to wait a year! Besides, thats plenty of time to perfect my spraying technique!

 

CCL also seem to charge varying amounts (difference of £40) just based on the backlight colour, how on earth is that justified?

 

Supply and demand? Less demand for certain colours means a higher price? I'm only guessing - I've never bought a backlit mech before...

Anyone else for a set of HHKB keycaps from Smart Imports before I order from them?

 

Here's my CM storm White Quickfire TK LE with Brown switches.



Stock.



And with Green, Yellow and Orange colour changers.

 

I wish someone had told me about those colour changers before I made the carnival Cougar

Just kidding, I love soldering and there's something epic about looking down and knowing that a) all those little lights were soldered by either myself or the one and only Margo Baggins, and b) the whole setup should not technically work, as the LEDs all have completely different ratings

That being said, the Leopold is on another level for usability, and there will only ever be two LEDs in this board.

 

no shirty your keyboard is one in a million, the little colour changers are cheating, like using a plate that lets you swap the innards of the switch.

I want my hhkb blanks! i'm so used to the waiting game, but that doesn't make the waiting go quicker.

 

Soldering everything is deliciously old skool. It also lends your masterpiece a semi-permanent state which means you need to give a little more thought to your layout

 

Haha - I only ordered them 2 hours ago