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Peripherals Hall-Effect Keyboards

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Almightyrastus, 24 Mar 2026.

  1. Almightyrastus

    Almightyrastus On the jazz.

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    Hi everyone,

    As i posted in the purchases thread I have just replaced my Razer Blackwidow Ultimate keyboard with its clicky blue mechanical switch goodness with a much smaller Aula Win60 HE unit which uses magnetic, hall effect switches and it feels sooo nice. Very smooth keys, silent until fully pressed, no rattles, the rgb is ok I guess, take it or leave it sort of thing although I do like a bit of light there.

    My question for the masses is, does anyone know of a similarly priced (£40 up to ~£80 ideally) board that uses HE keys with an ergonomic or split layout?

    I don't do too much typing at home so the regular layout even at 60% is fine, but I would like to replace the Microsoft natural keyboard that I use for working as I do a LOT of typing and that layout is what I am used to and works for me.

    I have tried searching around for an alice layout, but they are all mechanical rather than HE. I certainly don't mind putting my own together if I can get the parts at a decent price and I am not too bothered about a keypad as that can be added separately. Function keys would be a nice inclusion as I do use a few of those for work as well.

    Ta
     

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