Peripherals Mechanical Keyboards

Got my Poker II the other day. I'm enjoying my feeling.

 

Nice shots. Can you resize your pics though? Some of us are stuck out in the arse end of nowhere whit this thing called "rural ASDL"

 

This, please!

 

Oh dear god I clicked the bar to resize to full, my poor little hudl nearly sploded!

 

Oops sorry guys. Resized them to something reasonable.

 

Out of curiosity, do mechanical keyboards make all the difference? Do they feel that much different?

 

When you say do they feel much different do you mean from one another or from membrane boards? Either way the answer is yes - MX Brown on one board can feel very different from MX Brown on another (different materials for the keycaps etc). As for the comparison with membrane boards - there's no comparison in my opinion - mechanical boards have a much more consistent feel and are much easier and quicker to type on than their membrane counterparts.

 

It's entirely subjective. I'm neither a hardcore gamer nor a particularly proficient typist. I mainly love mechanical keyboards for:

1) The noise
2) The "feel" of the keys (applicable to all types of mechanical switches tbh)
3) The variety of colours, customisation and modding options
4) The geek factor

However, I have used a number of good rubberdome keyboards in the past, and occasionally prefer the more spongy feel of the keypresses. Also, if you're into multi-coloured backlighting it's much cheaper on rubberdomes than on mechanical keyboards.

When are you next in the UK (or civilisation in general)? You could pop into the local PC retailer and see if you can press a few different mechs - they'll either grab you or they won't.

Be warned - it's not a cheap hobby, but then as you well know PC gaming and customisation rarely is!

 

Despite using them at college in the late 80's, and preferring them for Counter Strike matches (very serious business ) in the early noughties, I didn't know what a "mechanical" keyboard was until reading about them on here recently. We just used to call them "nice and clunky" keyboards.

 

Nice and clunky keyboards, perfect for my nice and clunky code

 

Im a little too excited to try my first board, I have a feeling this is going to be a new obsession :/

 

I want one again now but wow, I had no idea they were so expensive!

 

Hi Betty! It's all down to personal preference, but i found they made a big difference for me in terms of hand cramps and fatigue.

 

Did the math on what I've spent on this stuff this year... got kind of scared.

Just the list:
Gasmask Keycaps
Cherry Stabilizers
Black Model M Trackpoint II M13
Geekhack Keys Extras
Pexon Cables
Noko wristrest
Enabler PCBs
Geekhack Pack
Charcoal Grey spacebars
GMK Dolch
CMYW GMK
Novelty Cherry dyesub v2
GMK additional Esc
CMYW GMK
Shipping for WoB DS
Pexon Cables
Gasmask Keycaps
MX Switch cover shipping
Charred Orange
Raptor Gaming K1
MKC Keycap puller
GMK DS
GON Parts order
Gasmask Keycaps
Cherry G81-1800
Wax Seal Lion
SkiData Keyboard
Orion TKL kit
Custom Carrying case
Transparent MX cover
Stainless Steel keyboard plate
PBT Black US
PBT Dyesubs
Skull Squadron set
SP Grab/Crap bags
GMK RGBY
Raindrop
GMK Mini Pack
HUE Mechanical
Custom usb 3.0 cable
Gasmask Keycap
Techkeys order

 

Look in the marketplace - lots of good deals in there. Margo's got some goodies up for sale!

 

Cheers, I'll do that.

 

be careful, it's a very deep rabbit hole. Though if you've not yet spent £300 on a keyboard then you're doing alright haha.

 

Even worse when you spend that kind of money on a keyboard that you end up no longer using, but since you don't like the idea of selling it you kind of just give it to your brother to keep it in the family....

 

Got this little thing today.

EDIT: More pics here

 

He he, I made a good start, 2 boards in one day, G80 3000 with blues off a forumite I won't mention in case he'd prefer it that way and a G80 1800 with blacks off shirty, one new and the other practically new for £45 inc each, so doing pretty well so far.

Just from this week I owe a lot to this forums members with both information and great deals on hardware, already have some ideas on ways I can give a bit back

On a different note, is it possible to buy casings for the g80 1800? I don't hate the beige, but it doesn't go with anything else I own