It looks like the 'pincers' are used to pull out the switch. Weird.
Jayden Green
Oh, yes those are for removing switches from hotswap boards.
Evan Long
Stop me from buying an hhkb bros I know I don’t need it but I just want one so bad but I have a perfectly working custom Pok3r with fairly new keycaps and switches but the hhkb is so comfy and beautiful please help me
someone is selling an OG Blackwidow for like 17 USD, keyboard looks decent and rarely used too, should I get it? I assume It's a blue switch right? I hate the Outemu blue, will they feel just the same?
Samuel Rogers
What's the color code of a super heavy tactile switch? Maybe not clicky but tactile. Should be plate mount 3-pin that has the + switch form.
Ian Green
Are there any real differences between OG Cherry Doubleshots from the '80s vs. the newly manufactured GMK sets?
depends on the 'manufacturer' cherry doesn't make any, the closest would be the green one, which is clicky tactile 80cN actuation force zealios are tactile, come with different springs, very pricey but considered to be the 'best' by many then you have plenty of other stuff like the box burnt orange, box royal, hako clears, hako trues, the halo switches, holy pandas
a lot of gimmicks to choose from
Austin Wood
I was thinking about maybe changing every special key (ctrl, shift, alt, delete etc.) to a clicky tactile switch and letters into tactile-only because it's not as loud. I just want every key to feel firm and hard to press instead of loose limp nothingness that even rubber domes beat. I can't even picture in my mind a keyboard key that would feel too difficult to press due to force, so I figured I'll just go for the largest numbers.
Samuel Lee
the heaviest springs I know of are 150g, you can get them pretty cheap on aliexpress (like 10 bucks) if you buy those and put them in the switches with the fattest tactile bump, that would probably get you there also I forgot about the cherry mx tactile greys, they're probably one of the heaviest tactile switches around with a 110g bottom out
James Bailey
i wish they made a 96% with matias quiet click that would be an instant buy
I don't mean the size and fit. I'm mostly curious about the texture/feel. Maybe different quality ABS plastics are used?
Angel Taylor
she disappeared
Jose Bennett
I guess it doesn't have to go as far as 150g, the ones I have now are 45g unless I'm mistaken. I think I'll rather get some premade switches instead of opening them up and changing the spring inside, unless it's easy. I was thinking that maybe anything that's almost double the force (like 80g) would be enough, I should feel the difference then. That would make it easier to find.
Also can I go for ones that are box switches if I'm going to use O-ring, or will the key get stuck then?
Andrew Allen
I have actually no idea if o-rings will work, my guess is that it might depend on the o-rings, some are thicker than others though if you're getting heavy switches it might not even be necessary, as the idea is that the springs are heavy to the point where they kinda dampen the bottom out
Nathan Hernandez
Well some are pbt so that is quite sought after. The ones with the g8x-SXXX cherry keyboards are sought after for that reason alone. Otherwise not really. Having both, it feels like GMK cheaped out and shines more faster while the Doubleshot ABS one I got from a g81 didn't start shining until 2 years later.
Grayson Phillips
>OG blackwidow That is saying like my Walmart shoes are og.
Hudson Sullivan
They are overhyped. Stock topres are not that great. Although BKE modded ones are fucking amazing. They blow zeals out of the water.
Caleb Harris
If I buy a chinkshit KB and rip out a lot of its switches so I can make a button board for sim stuff out of what remains will this break the KB?
Sure if that chinkshit kb allows whatever buttons you put in them and that chinkshit kb is customizable to modify input buttons.
Carson Harris
...that depends if you break it
Ryan Rivera
Considering that you ask such a stupid question in the first place makes it quite obvious that you shouldn't do it.
Blake Gutierrez
that sounds retarded. I'd just buy a bare bones PCB in the fist place and put whatever switches and keycaps I want
Juan Taylor
do you have a concept of what you want? might be better off handwiring if you want something specific and not necessarily mx style switches
Cameron Carter
explain that super key ? how do you do tmux C-b-% for splitting screen ?
Dylan Jones
>Buy a clickety clackety mech keeb for use at home so I can bring my pretty good Lenovo rubber dome to work >Spend too much time at work so I rarely use my home PC
iktf. I use a nice mech with some bumpers on it at work to keep the sound down, thankfully I have my own office.
Kevin Gray
or the switch top, for changing the springs or lubing
Colton Richardson
Bought my first mechanical keyboard in february. It was a iKBC poker mini, a 60%. I bought it from aliexpress and I'm still waiting for it. I hope it was a good buy. I chose the blue switches.
Connor Wood
>meme keyboards gets really popular so tons of them are under normie hands >macacos eat and mistreat the keyboards so lots of them go bad >buy them for pennies, repair them, wich in most cases are just dusty or busted switches wich i fix in half an hour >sell them for 100 bucks
forgot to add >if a kb cant be fixed get the switches and keycaps and sell them anyway for 40
Lincoln Morgan
HHKB Pro 2's rattling loud spacebar. Dealbreaker?
Kayden Harris
I just bought a Bloody B930 with LK orange optical switches and holy shit it's amazing. Typing just... flows, it's like the keyboard likes me. As it's optical, it's water and dust resistant. Nice brushed aluminium plate, every key has individual rgb light, macros, and all that just for $67 (including 23% vat). I can only explain this price by the fact that the brand is very new and they're trying to build it.
Previously I had razer with orange switches, it was nice too but somehow worse, I started typing faster on b930 in the first minute. After 4 years the raze keyboard died from dust (key chattering) which is the main reason why I chose optical switches now.
Clicks are kind of loud though, I looked but apparently no silent tactile optical switch exists yet.
I was kinda underwhelmed by that keyboard when I tried my friends, but I'm just a filthy casual. I have a TADA68 that I like.
Jacob Ortiz
Not sure if this is the right thread to ask this, but are there any styles of keyboard which eliminate the need for downward movement of the middle and third fingers, or at least make that movement easier?
I find it an extremely awkward motion to make, and on a normal staggered keyboard layout I find my my third fingers naturally want to come down in between the z+x/,+. keys and my middle fingers naturally want to come down in between the x+c/m+, keys.
handwired dactyl manuform or something like the iris split if you want to keep it simple
Carter Morales
Columnar board, strongly consider a split ortholinear board like an ergodox.
Alexander Watson
I think I'm going to go mad waiting for my gergo kit to get here. Every day that goes by I get more and more frustrated. I'd have paid extra for tracking.
Oliver Ross
Where exactly are you supposed to buy these columnar keyboards? Neither Amazon or eBay have them, neither do any of the buying links from the OP for my country.
Jason Ortiz
They're niche boards, mostly DIY. It's why they're usually pretty expensive, save for a few exceptions.
Brandon Wood
Fug. Guess I'm stuck with this awful default layout then.
This is why we don't fucking by ABS jimmy. WHAT THE FUCK
Dylan Scott
>by what's wrong with anti-lock brakes? don't tell me you're one of those retards.
Robert Richardson
BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDN'T NEED NONE O' THEM ELECTRONICAL NANNIES, WE JUST DIED LIKE REAL MEN
Ryan Taylor
you could get some ortholinear boards too. not as good as columnar stagger, but do pretty much what you're asking for. try the xd75re from kprepublic (you can get it on aliexpress); it has hotswap sockets. if you can solder, try the xd75am from the same seller or bfo-9000 from keebio.
If you go cheap on the switches & keycaps, then the iris, gergo & probably some other DIY boards too
Wyatt Williams
Its actually pretty straightforward user, i dont know shit about electronics and its easy to fix most of the stuff.
switches chattering: clean the switch > update firmware > resolder the switch or change it switch doesn't activate unless pressed hard: same as above And thats it, if its about a keyboard being bricked just lurk moar on forums, never stop lurking
Carson Bailey
what are some good split keyboards that don't require assembly?
i have a mistel or whatever, it kindof irritates me
Carter Kelly
>what are some good split keyboards that don't require assembly? Ultimate hacking keyboard?
Alexander Morris
>at computer store >type on a membrane keeb >dat tactility
Henry Sanchez
Is there a cheap options for custom keyboards input? >got a job at hospital >need to type the prescriptions >most of the medications are repeated about 95% of the time I currently using AHK, to modify the input from the numpad and the SHFIT/Alt/Ctrl keys, but was wondering if there are better and possibly cheaper options.
sup, reddit here. Oh and if you buy a prebuilt keyboard you're an absolute retard who deserves to be killed. Hotswap is a thing now. 100% of all linear and tactile MX compatible switches are SHIT with out lube and or spring swaps. Don't waste your fucking money and end up with a pile of garbage like me.
lmao dude I was trying out my old ass stack of membrane boards the tactility is truly unmatched, which kinda makes me want to get topre, I've never tried a topre board for a decent amount of time desu only autists obsess over switches it's nice to have a wide range of switches but at the end of the day it doesn't really make a huge difference when it comes to typing I'd rather have a wide range of keyboards with different layouts (and I don't mean all 60-75% staggered shit) get some splits get some orthos, get some staggered shits
imo the most important thing about a keyboard is that it has a nice solid metal case, the feel of HEAVY METAL can't be beat
Jack James
If you do get topres make sure you also get BKE domes
Wyatt Roberts
What caps?
Levi Flores
It has nothing to do with a wide range of switches and everything to do with lube. All you really need to care about are MX black, ergoclesrs, click bar. It is an inexcusable mistake to buy a prebuilt without planning to immediately desolder it, you'd be better off with a $27 "diy blue switch" amazon special. There are 4 or 5 hotswap 60% PCBs, gmmk full size tkl 60, outemu hotswap, etc etc. Using MX linears or tactiles without lube is inexcusable even if its your first board. All click jacket switches are also shit hence box kailh.
Angel Carter
BKE light was way worse than leopold topre domes. Sold mine. In addition I've spoken to legitimately 12 different people who have bought BKE and topre. All of them ended up going back to the stock domes. BKE sucks stop listening to that chryorosan faggot.
Charles Sanchez
>get a friend or uni or local hackerspace to pring you a dactyl manuform for $50-ish >gateron or box switches for $30-ish >chink PBT caps for $20-ish >diodes and wires from chinks for pennies Give or take about $20, if you can get a good price on the 3D printing this will get you a dactyl manuform for around $100. If you don't have soldering equipment budget about $30 for a very decent set, which will also serve you in the future.
Or get a gergo or iris like the other user said
Angel Kelly
GMK carbon
Ethan Cooper
Are Topres any good? I heard the old Realforce keyboards are discontinued. I want a Topre but on the fence about whether to buy a discontinued model or the new R2 model sold by Fujitsu.
Here's my considerations for both:
Old model: -Hi-Pro model, this is the one I would be getting -I like the shaped keys, and uniform 55g weights (not sure if I would like the graded weight version) -6KRO -PBT keys with dye sub label
New model: -NKRO with USB -New sleeker case -Still PBT keys with dye sub label -No Hi-Pro version yet -Choice between 55g and graded
Do you guys think graded weight keys would be good, or uniform 55g?
Carson Hughes
To each his own. I love my heavies
Dylan Cruz
I got my Iris prebuilt off mechmarket, check there.
I prefer the older model just cause it is currently cheaper than the R2 unit because of the "new" hype and the
Older model just looks better. It is obvious that Realfoce cheaped out on the material for the R2. There is a reason why all promotional pics for the R2 don't show the bottom side. Look at the pic, it is fucking ugly.
What is wrong with the v80? I gutted mine and put blue alps on it and a metal tex case. Works like a charm. I think it is one of the few alps boards that have a seperate light indicator for caps and shit.
Ian Wright
Does it support NKRO? My Levinson does not. The only feature I miss from the Planck.
Kevin Carter
Curves >>>>>> Sharp edges
They ruined the aesthetics of the R2s. Now it just looks like some standard keyboard. R1 had a very distinctive look.
Parker King
nothing really, user is talking out of his ass. Just remember to switch and lube the stabilizer and you are golden.
Cameron Gonzalez
Yeah, in theory, but I only get 6 key thanks to the limitations of USB
Samuel Allen
Can you run "two pressed shifts" test, please?
Sebastian Cook
bought one on craiglist for 60 . and am still using it . try find a used one. more cheaper.