Peripherals Mechanical Keyboards

There are very cheap and it would be great if we could club together to get 10 or so to save on postage

 

I'm happy to organise that if people want?

Not quite the same group buy I was thinking of, presumably that one is still in development so to speak

My alu case from treble arrived today, love it, will post pics and more thoughts about it later today, the space has a slightly lower sound now, very satisfying

 

Ohhh looking forward to pics!

 

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?...mp-Sickle-amp-Pi-Double-Shot-Keycap-Group-Buy

Link to the Hammer and Sickle group buy.

Will be PMing all people who I think want some of the portal sets confirming, so get your PMs in soon, and if you don't get a PM once I've said I've sent them out then PM me since I probably missed your first one

 

So, I did look back through the thread, but other than the masses of logos, is the CM Storm much cop?

I notice there is finally a UK layout, and they aren't excessively expensive, but they use black switches when ultimately, I think I will prefer browns having spent some time playing with blues the other week.

 

The CM Storm is an awesome board, identical to a Filco in quality and design (i have been lead to believe) but the marketing logos and such ruin the 'elite feeling',

The font of the keycaps is pretty bad, and the logos everywhere are kinda annoying, but if that doesn't bother you then for the price the CM Storm is an absolute steal!

Only Blacks are available just now but they have promised more switches coming in the near future (reds by the end of this month apparently?)

 

i was considering getting a mechanical keyboard like a £100 one but i usually spill things all over my keyboard so i think i'd better stick to the cheap one i have now. besides the clacking would really piss my gf off lol

 

Not all mechs clack

 

I would get a board with browns and stop drinking over your keyboard

 

lol call me lazy

anyways i was just checking out the corsair vengance k90 keyboard. Can any1 tell me if the f1 - f12 keys on this board are mechanical?

(was looking at the k60 but put off because the function keys are not mechanical...and im playing tera)

thanks in advance

 

F row keys are rubber domes again on the K90.

 

ah ok. i wont bother then. thanks

 

Spit out some requirements and folks here will suggest some awesome keyboards for your precise needs!

 

Unicomp buckling spring keyboards are cheaper than I thought they were


Now if only I had the extra money laying around

 

Buckling spring or alps are my next conquest, I wish the HHKB2 had a windows and control button!

 

How much can you get one for shipped to the UK?

Always wanted to try a BS

 

No idea, I'm not bored of the cherry switches yet so I haven't looked into them

 

Just to update, I'm no PMing people yet, will update the thread here when I do.

I'm keeping an eye out for a HHKB, really want to try one, and I've got the cherry mx test boards on their way to me tomorrow, so I'll get to try quite a few less common switches, who knows, might find my new favourite

 

Oh awesome, I never visit deskthority as it is so slow! Didn't realise the board was coming to the Uk.

 

That's odd, I find deskthority fine, and geekhack a right pain due it being really slow/not
available at all.
And it's been to the UK already, after me it's going to Germany, and then coming back to the UK later, doesn't seem sensible to me, but I'm not going to argue with the order on the site, don't want to cause an issues.

If you want to try BS/alps, then getting an older from ebay or something similar is your best bet, new ones in the UK aren't that common, unicomp get's pricey when you add the shipping from what I remember, and ducky 1087xm or something similar is one of the only boards I know with alps you can buy new, think it comes with greens or something.