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first for pimpmykeyboard is way too god damn expensive
The only people who think Topre is any good at all are those who are desperately trying to validate their meme purchase after they realized that they overpaid for trash.
someone's gotta pay for the new tooling
Is that how they justify it? I'm considering paying the retarded markup anyway, just so I can get exactly what I want.
mfw i spent $70 on this set and didnt realize they arent even double shot
They're dyesubbed which is better
>tfw typing on any cherry switch
oh nice i just looked that up seems cool
>dyesub
>better
user...
mfw I spent $180 on a keyset
>$180 on plain grey and white oem(?) profile keycaps
there's something wrong with you.
but muh colors
What makes you think you can't have colored doubleshot caps?
>muh colors
>can't even have legends lighter than the base color
I wanna try new flavors, what cherry mount linears should I get lads
doubleshots are still better in that regard
can you link me to where you find the mod for the xt keyboard with long keys at the bottom?
oh nevermind I see someone just put a keyboard inside the casing
Yeah alright fuck it, I think I'm gonna get a 60% set from them.
I wanna do dark grey blank alphas with slightly darker modifiers. Or maybe the other way around. Either way, which is darker in person, GSF or GQT? They both look pretty close, so it's hard to tell.
how good are zealios? should i spend on them? or just stick to mx browns?
You should get literally anything that isn't browns, newfag.
jee thanks man
WHO LIKE THICC GIRLS HERE?
>dyesubbed
>Better than doubleshot
>dye-sub
more like dye-fuz
Enjoy having your keycaps shine
>PBT
>shine
What does shining have to do with legend type?
wee need to go THICCER
He doesn't know there's decent dobuleshot PBT caps now
>PBT doubleshot = shine
Currently have cherry browns, they’re shit.
What switches does /mkg/ recommend ?
topres
That are not Cherry*
Isn't the mechanical meme kinda dead? I don't hear anyone talk or care about this money sink anymore.
salmon alps
normies don't use computers and gamers just buy a corsair
Outemu blue vs Cherry blue ?
box navy
Nigga what are you looking fo? Tactile, clicky, or linear?
too busy typing on my new keyboards. It is not dead, but the hobby has always been niche.
I like tactile the best. Clicky is annoying and I don’t see myself spending money on linear.
What is your budget? Zealios is undoubtedly the most tactile cherry mx stem switch but they are overpriced as fuck. Topres are also fucking overpriced. At this point I would just get a cherry mx clear keyboard
if you want a long lasting durable switch get topres
if you want cheap switches get a keyboard with clears and mod them into ergo clears
I’d like to keep it below $150, and Zealios caught my eye. Topre is too expensive imo.
Never heard of ergo clears tho, gonna google it
Don't listen to the Topretards. It's a waste of money.
you can get a type heaven for around 140 if you wanna get a feel for topres, though the keycaps are ABS as opposed to the PBT you get on the realforces
I could've sworn reading somewhere that doubleshots can't do multi-colored legends
it's the other way around
The boards themselves are also cheap crap. Literally the only Topre boards worth the money on the market right now are the Leopold ones, and even then it's still overpriced shit.
What about ? Those are dye sub with multiple colors on the legends.
that's because the base has no color. with dye-subs you can have multiple colors with a darker base
I see.
meant can't
anyway you can only get this color scheme with doubleshot since the base is to dark of the orange
Honestly? The price premium of Cherry over Outemu is not really worth it, Outemu Blue for sure, provided it's one of the more recent batches. Outemus used to be really sandy in feel but they've gotten markedly better recently. Gaterons still are the best chink switches that aren't Kailh BOX and are more readily available as well.
You live in the US, there are tons of mx clear keyboards for cheap.
What's the worst sounding mainstream switch?
Cherry blue
how good are aliaz switches now that theyve been out for a whilw
razer green
Romer-g
Reposting since I posted this near the end of last thread.
Does anyone carry Cherry MX silent blacks for a half reasonable price? Specifically in the US.
Most places I find are usually selling silent blacks for around $0.75-$1 per switch.
That sounds way too high considering other more obscure switches can be had for around $0.50 or so per switch.
Someone recommended getting the switches from another board, but donor boards are non-existant and buying one new and taking the switches off of it would cost more than just buying the switches straight out, even at their ridiculous price.
>Have Cooler Master mechanical keyboard
>have shitty ABS keys that are already shining from the years of semen dissolving the plastic
>want PBT replacement caps for that premium grainy plastic feel
>too expensive, fuck
>get scotch tape
>carefully cut strips into keycap-sized squares and apply onto tops of keys like a phone screen protector
>feels bretty good
Is this a “life hack”?
No, it just looks ghetto as hell.
Congrats, you managed to make a shitty-looking keyboard even shittier-looking
Typingphiles are almost as bad as audiophiles.
HATERS GONNA HATE
PEANUT BUTTER AND JEALOUS FOR SINGLE-HANDEDLY DESTROYING THE OVERPRICED KEYCAP MARKET
What the fuck is is OP pic?
A keyboard.
It's a beamspring with what looks like the top case off a model m slapped on top.
>top case off a model m slapped on top.
>model m
Or model F, whatever. Either way you'd be putting the cost cutting board's case onto a beamspring, which I don't see the point of.
But the overpriced keycap market is mostly ABS. People pay big for looks, not for feel.
BOX Royals are, it's just that the tactility is different.
To save space
Duh
tada68 with gateron browns or reds?
box navy, pussy
Cherry's tactile switches are so meh compared to Zealios thou.
The bump is the same in clears, the only difference is the smoothness.
I'm getting it fully assembled from kbdfans so there's no such option famalam.
I'm sure you could probably just email them and ask for different switches.
the whole purpose of putting the tape on the keys is to preserve their letters so it looks cool
but in doing so, it ends up looking retarded
so you're just retarded.
Do you want linear or tactile?
I like my gat blacks more than I like my MX Browns but I have no experience with gat brown.
I am personally waiting for my Tada with reds I got from Assdrop.
does someone know where i can get a 100% mounting plate ?
i want to make my own keyboard but i cant find a mounting plate
everything i can find is 60%
Why do you want a 100% layout
It is not smooth, but at least it is tactile. Besides, the switches themselves for zealios will cost a fortune
Probably because it is the best layout
All I could find was this
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>65978915
i like it
tnx ill look at there store
should i buy this keyboard?
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>comfy layout
>hotswappable switches
>cheap
>OwO color options
I'm considering getting a mechanical keyboard. Are numpads common? This is kind of a deal breaker for me
There are plenty of options for boards with numpads m8. Ducky has a few, to start with.
They are not as common as they should be. Tenkeyless should not exist, they should remove the navigation cluster instead.
You can get a mechanical keyboard with a numpad no problem.
A traditional layout with all of the function keys at the top, the nav cluster (arrow keys, insert, delete, etc.), and a numpad is called a 100% keyboard.
If you want less than that, they go all the way down to a ridiculous 20% or some shit. 60-80% keyboards are pretty popular. But if you're just looking for a keyboard like you have now, with quality mechanical switches and good construction, there's tons of options. Leopold and ducky make some quite nice ones.
Most mechanical keyboards have a numpad
Are there any keyboards that don't hide special characters on their own layer?
Yes
Just got around to replacing most of the keys on this board with royals.
They're nice, especially on keys like enter and backspace. The huge bump at the top takes a little getting used to. I'm making a lot of mistypes where I don't actually push the key past the bump at all. I also wish they were springier, since you bottom out pretty easily after pushing past the bump. The weight of the spring really has nothing to do with that big bump from what I can tell, so really all a heavier spring would do is make the bottom of the stroke softer.