Last Thread... Fuck if I know. It got nuked too early.
>Fake News Massdrop comes out with a new typewriter keyboard based on an actual typewriter. A hotswappble 60%... except they are so cheap that they do not include the keycaps at that price. Fuck!
Geekhack was sold to massdrop. Now we can't call massdrop assdrop on the forums anymore. gg.
Box Royals are airight. Bretty good. Zealios are still better though.
Low profile switches are a thing now and optical switches are too.
>fn + number ... I mean it is not hard to remember.
Leo Morgan
Mechanical keyboards are a bullshit meme.
Stop wasting your time and money on this shit.
Dylan Taylor
Why?
Adam Robinson
>tfw just bought $76 worth of random switches It's testing time baby
Benjamin Kelly
okay /mkg/ I'm about to buy an IBM Model M off of craigslist. are they reddit or actually worth the hype?
Oliver Sullivan
Buckling springs are legitimately good. Just don't overpay for them.
Ryan Rodriguez
I'm agonizing over the springs to buy for my Matias quiet click. Worst thing is I'm not even sure if I want heavier or lighter. Is there anyone else with QCs on this board that could weigh in with an opinion on what you'd pick?
Noah Smith
I appreciate the advice, user. Is $50 with an included PS/2 to USB adapter reasonable. It's in good condition.
Jaxon Garcia
Better should have paid less than 70.
Cooper Russell
That is very reasonable. Why would you even get QC? They are scratchy as fuck.
Because I wanted a quiet switch and I didn't know how scratchy they were. Does lubing them help by the way, or is it irremediable?
Elijah Reyes
nah, the issue are with the stems and plastic used itself.
Chase Howard
And lube doesn't help the plastic? Damn. Lesson learned then I guess.
Tyler Wilson
>seller has a P70 listed for $200 or best offer on ebay >bongland taxes are gay so I offer lower ($125) since that also lowers the import tax I have to pay >seller completely ignores everything and lets my offers just expire - not just no counter, but not even a decline >nobody is buying his shit and he's just repeatedly relisting it, and continuously ignoring my offers which I resend every now and then in case he changes his mind - the fucker can always just decline if he wants me to lay off >check back now >it got relisted again, but this time for $150, and instantly sold What a fucking NIGGER. I was offering literally $25 less, he could have countered up to $150 if that was his lowest acceptable price and I'd have taken it, and he'd have had a sale weeks ago. No, instead he completely ignores my existence for weeks and then just randomly lowers the price to sell it to some random fuckhead.
Adam Wright
People ignoring shit is infuriating. Especially if they message first. >hey are X switches you're selling still available? I want them! >yes, here's the total with shipping included >silence afterwards I even have that my prices are negotiable, but niggas don't even try to bargain with me. Just annoying.
Tyler Evans
>that 30 year old boomer who buys $250 ABS sets
Easton Cox
Logitech G413 carbon yes or no? If no, pls give advice for a good mechanical keyboard around 100€. Thanks in advance.
Luis Perez
no user buyer's template for advice
Liam Barnes
Is there a 40% with bluetooth and preferably ortholinear that doesn't look like a fucking iPhone replica? Pic related is the kbdfans group buy in question that would be perfect for me if it didn't make me wanna barf every time I look at it
I mean by boomers you mean millennials who have way too much of daddy's money and is obsessed with aesthetics over practicality and reliability then sure.
Hunter Wilson
this picture hurts me... I accidentally left a burn mark on my pcb and nothing was damaged, yet even when it is covered up and now is inside a fully functioning keyboard, I feel pain from looking at the keyboard. It feels like it is taunting me from my past mistakes.
Landon Hughes
Hi This isn't even the worst, I now regret I didn't take a picture of the other fucked pad I've got
Eh I seen worse from chink keyboard diyers. Just careful with your solder next time so you don't burn the insertion socket.
Connor Diaz
>Have blue alps >Buy a pristine AEK II for like 40 usd so I can desolder the switches for blue alps >AEK II ends up being salmon switches >Now I don't want to desolder them I am happy and kinda sad at the same time.
This was towards the end of desoldering 68 leds over the course of about 4-5 hours (I suck at desoldering, and don't have anything better than a sucker because I don't expect to be doing any more of it now that pic related is finished). I got impatient and started being more reckless, in the "just hold the iron to the pads and yank at the LED until it pops out" way.
Eh it's not like it really matter, I have two fucked leds (and one other with fucked pads that miraculously still works perfectly - magic solder!) and since I have solid keycaps the fact that two don't have a led behind them is basically unnoticeable unless you look for it. I'll definitely be getting some kind of either desoldering iron or hot air thingy if I were to want to desolder another keyboard, because fuck doing it like that again.
Parker Evans
>AEK 2 >blue alps are you dumb?
Kevin Ross
never mind turns out i'm the dumbo
Aiden Morris
Any UK fags here that would be interested in a 1 year old tada68? Or should I just go post in mechmarket
Brayden Gomez
mechmarket... technically selling here on Jow Forums is a bannable offense.
Aaron Richardson
Oh no I will get banned from Jow Forums how horrible But yeah fair enough
Adrian Adams
Imagine getting b& from the 'ch0n
Cooper Martin
The best part is getting random ban pages while on a 4G IP I have gotten bans for everything from CP to shitposting on /mlp/ and posting "BLAME THE ANGLO" on Jow Forums
Planck Rev 6 doesn't have on board bluetooth but I believe it has the footprints you would need to add it.
Jeremiah Jackson
I think it's happened to me three times over ten years.
Mason Hughes
Oh nice What kind of bluetooth would I need to get for that
Jackson Thompson
Not sure, take a look at the product page it says what footprints it has.
Joshua Flores
Is maltron the only layout that actually takes into consideration the board being split & columnar staggered? All the autism with colemak (dh mod), workman, etc. assume a regular row staggered layout. Meaning a key layout which was optimized for a row staggered board might not be what's best for a columnar staggered board.
Workman is literally designed for a matrix keyboard. The other layouts aren't though
Lincoln Johnson
My TEAMWOLF Zhuque arrived today, I don't know with what switch I'll replace the stock ones with.
I think Gateron silent reds but I'm not sure.
Juan Myers
Close enough to columnar stagger I guess.
Josiah Robinson
Yeah, I don't think the columnar stagger would affect the layout much (if at all). Also, isn't the Maltron a non-staggered matrix anyway?
Ryder Ross
not gonna lie former mechanical enthusiast at first it was all luls and fun bet then i noticed that it drives you crazy in all seriousness we have to prevent this content leak out of this place and protect the normies.
The maltron is pretty odd. The columns are curved & at different heights, but it doesn't look like there's much of a stagger to the columns.
Anthony Sullivan
I don't think anyone has rejected the fact that topres are just expensive rubber domes. Most people do reject that topres are more durable and last longer then cherry MX, even after all the proof
Hunter Davis
Honestly my end-game board is a dactyl manuform, which sounds extremely similar to the maltron. I type on workman precisely because I planned to use a non-staggered keyboard (right now I use a Preonic until I can decide on a proper switch for the dactyl).
Yes, you, hello, stop sitting in this thread almost as autistically as me. I swear you pop up any time of day whenever I mention something about dactyls.
Jayden Edwards
I only lurk a few threads on Jow Forums to be honest familia.
Lincoln Phillips
But you're pretty dedicated to them.
Same though
Jason Baker
>my kbdfans orders in pic related Wow, either they had just changed or reset their online shopping system when I first bought from them, or that's one heck of a growth
the centred legends were part of what made the set, not having those brings it down a lot
William Hill
Is there any downside to hotswappable sockets? Like, are they less sturdy, more wobbly, prone to getting puller out (e.g. if you snag a keycap or something), or anything? Or is it literally the same except changing switches is easier
Jaxson Fisher
Wasn't there a guy that got banned a couple of threads back because he made fun of 40% keyboards or something. Then there was this whole shitstorm because mods were deleting people who even mentioned it.
Owen Long
Downside is after repeated use they become loose and short, and also they're a point of failure for corrosion in ten or twenty years.
So short term where people are just faffing about with them like legos and change switches two or three times before they get bored and move on to the next thing? No problems.
Mason White
Just got in my new Zhuque, this is my first mech so I never felt soldered-in ones but these seem sturdy enough by my standards.
I think it's in non-extreme use cases unnoticable.
Jace Watson
How do they become short?
Jace Young
Intermittent electrical short. Because the sockets aren't making good connection with the switch pins.
Elijah Nguyen
Do you really mean ten or twenty years when you say that, or is it more like five years or so? Because modern keyboards usually need a heckton of restoration after 20 years anyway, so having to solder in the switches after a decade or two of messing around is very acceptable, but having it fail after just a few years of use would be a completely different story.
Caleb Edwards
>fell for the mechanical keyboard meme >buy first mechanical keyboard, it's extremely impractical and weird >used it for 2 years at work because I didn't want to waste money on more keyboards >everyone makes fun of me for typing on such a tiny keyboard >user it looks like you're running a cash register! >I got used to it's unique keyset and layout, and the way the switches feel >mfw cucked by peripherals
Hi Friends, whats a good keyboard to be my first and last mechanical, I don't want to get too deep into the hobby but I want to enjoy typing. - Preference (silent rather than noisy) - Medium resistance when clicking down - Full keyboard, - Cream colour - Budget $200 - Back lit (don't mind) Perhaps just provide me with the industry standard similar to hd600 for headphones. Thanks
Colton Jones
inb4 it was a hhkb
Jaxon Wright
>Buying a mechanical that's not a proper old monster
It should like like it could control a spaceship.
Jackson Mitchell
Do you really need the numpad? Consider a kbd75. If you use the numpad occasionally (e.g. have to work with spreadsheets time to time, but it's not your daily job) strongly consider a separate numpad which you can then place wherever you want on your desk.
If that's not for you then someone else can recommend a good full board because I don't know the market. As for switches sounds like you want good tactilty so check out box royals or zealios (the latter being good but overpriced), or if you wanna get really silent then aliaz and gateron silent brown both have medium-low tactility and zilents have good tactility but again cost way too much (might still fit in your budget though).
Justin Nguyen
nope
Brody Murphy
The difference between cleaning out dirt and PCB failure is pretty major. You start dealing with awful chattering and dead keys instead of scratchy switches. But even then, a little washdown with contact cleaner and a small pipe cleaner would probably save the day.
But yeah to get that kind of corrosion, you're definitely talking 10+ years.
Xavier Brooks
Just get some old terminal keyboard with vintage blacks like a Wyse with a convertor. Then put some o-rings on it if it seems too loud. Cost you like $30 all told, though you'll probably have to give it a wash.
Lucas Foster
Wow o-rings feel like trash
Landon Kelly
>PCB failure It's not really a PCB failure if you just rip out the sockets and solder the switch in normally and you're good
Unless the hhotswwpa sockets can't be ripped out for some reason?
John Garcia
thanks, any terminal keyboards you recommend?
Christopher Rogers
Depends on if you soldered them in or not.
Brandon Davis
Any of the old classics are fine, vintage blacks, space invaders, linear alps. Hell, you can even get NOS IBM linear stuff for $35 shipped that are fantastic, though not very quiet.