[Nsybouts]

latin_geek posted:

I still have an old Model M. I lost the cable, though.

Would you be looking into buying a cable if so I have many.

[Shadaez]

Odellus posted:

you guys suck

(tskilla)
117 wpm
16 minutes ago ?? That you?

[wlzshroom]

reading razer's blackwidow page, it says the switch depression "simulates a mouse click", is this accurate, as in the sound it makes?
(sorry about all the questions, i REALLY want one but i want to see if i should toss the ~30$ more in to get browns if blues are really loud)

[Odellus]

Shadaez posted:

(tskilla)
117 wpm
16 minutes ago ?? That you?

I'm not registered.



what the fuck

never tested my speed on my G110 before, it is a lot smoother to type on than the shitty Dells at school, travel time is much less also

[Nsybouts]

wlzshroom posted:

reading razer's blackwidow page, it says the switch depression "simulates a mouse click", is this accurate, as in the sound it makes?
(sorry about all the questions, i REALLY want one but i want to see if i should toss the ~30$ more in to get browns if blues are really loud)

I have typed on basically all the kinds of mechanical switches that are available and the sound of the Cherry MX blues are nothing lets say compared to the Model M but they are still noisy but nothing that will have your neighbors calling the cops at 3am because they think someone is getting shot.

And that mouse click thing is bullshit feels nothing like that

[wlzshroom]

Nsybouts posted:

I have typed on basically all the kinds of mechanical switches that are available and the sound of the Cherry MX blues are nothing lets say compared to the Model M but they are still noisy but nothing that will have your neighbors calling the cops at 3am because they think someone is getting shot.

And that mouse click thing is bullshit feels nothing like that

i didn't mean feel, i meant sound

Edited:

i wasn't really expecting it to feel like a mouse click because that would feel really shitty

[Nsybouts]

wlzshroom posted:

i didn't mean feel, i meant sound

Here's a video of someone typing on Cherry MX Blues

Both are Cherry MX Blues (keep in mind that the camera is really close)

[wlzshroom]

Nsybouts posted:

Here's a video of someone typing on Cherry MX Blues

Both are Cherry MX Blues (keep in mind that the camera is really close)

thanks i was looking for something like this

Edited:

they seem quiet enough, razer blackwidow here i come!

[benjgvps]

wlzshroom posted:

reading razer's blackwidow page, it says the switch depression "simulates a mouse click", is this accurate, as in the sound it makes?
(sorry about all the questions, i REALLY want one but i want to see if i should toss the ~30$ more in to get browns if blues are really loud)

It's a relatively close sound, though slightly louder and ever so slightly higher pitched.

[wlzshroom]

benjgvps posted:

It's a relatively close sound, though slightly louder and ever so slightly higher pitched.

thanks, i just wanted to make sure it wouldn't wake up my parents/sister (i had a REALLY FUCKING LOUD dell keyboard that woke everyone in the house up.. it was a rubber dome though, kinda weird.)

[Eudoxia]

The model M sounds like a typewriter, I heard. True fact? I would LOVE a keyboard that was both mechanical and sounded heavy. I love everything mechanical :3

[wlzshroom]

Eudoxia posted:

The model M sounds like a typewriter, I heard. True fact? I would LOVE a keyboard that was both mechanical and sounded heavy. I love everything mechanical :3

i would imagine the sound would be similar, because it's metal hitting metal

[Nsybouts]

Eudoxia posted:

The model M sounds like a typewriter, I heard. True fact? I would LOVE a keyboard that was both mechanical and sounded heavy. I love everything mechanical :3

Its very much like the sound of typewriter and for that reason is why I use one personally.

Edited:

Also my friend just picked up a Industrial Model M space saver



And this is what he had to say about it

[butre]

I might be crazy but I don't like the way buckling springs sound. they feel wonderful but that springy sound isn't fun

same with MX Blues, the switches just don't sound right to me.

Edited:

Dr. Deeps posted:

Got myself a Dell AT101W from a Rescue Mission place near my town. $1.99. I told them they didn't know what they had. Best purchase I've ever made.

was it an AT101W or a Quietkey? if the latter it's still a nice keyboard but so common they got the price right

[Oicani Gonzales]

is that keyboard made of steel

[Shadaez]

You guys are making me want to go searching for mechanicals again. I really want one.

Edited:

Nsybouts posted:

Its very much like the sound of typewriter and for that reason is why I use one personally.

Edited:

Also my friend just picked up a Industrial Model M space saver



And this is what he had to say about it

That thing's beautiful.

[flandre]

Anyone got any information on a M0118 keyboard?

[benjgvps]

Yay, I finally got a new BlackWidow in the mail! It feels godly after having to use crappy scissor switches and rubber dome keyboards for the past month and a half...

[Shadaez]

I'm out to go looking for mechanical keyboards. Hope I can find one. I really would love one of those slim model M's, they're beautiful and tiny.

[4RT1LL3RY]

I have now realized my hatred for cherry blues. It took while but I can't take it any more. In a college dorm room with your roommate they are not cool. How the hell am I supposed to sleep when someone is typing at 100wpm across the room on cherry blues, and bottoming out. I can't remember the last time I got to bed before 4 AM. I am looking forward to summer and being back home in a single room.

[butre]

why is he bottoming out cherry blues?

[wlzshroom]

ButtsexV2 posted:

why is he bottoming out cherry blues?

maybe his room mate just got his keyboard? that's prolly what i'll do when i get enough for a mechanical keyboard until i realize i can type faster when i only go half way

Edited:

because i couldnt find any fucking browns for a reasonable price

[4RT1LL3RY]

Nope, he's had it a while. But the thing is if its not the keyboard its his arcade sticks. I'm guessing that when you get used to bottoming out those you just don't let off on the blues. He kind of rapes at fighting games, but the amount of clicking is just as bad as the keyboard.

[robmaister12]

I don't have a Model M, but the mechanical keyboard I do have for the old desktop I'm using as a server is so much nicer to type on than my G15. And it's a 10-15 year old keyboard I found in the back of my garage in pretty good condition

[butre]

I bet it's secretly a dome board

[4RT1LL3RY]

Good dome keyboards do exist. The main thing that makes them better is that the sliders they use a squares instead of circles, so the keys are more stable. The mats are just a different level of build quality, like old dell keyboards to new ones. Thicker plastics on the case made them more solid.

[Killerelf12]

The old dome keyboard I'm using now is pretty good. Never used an actual mechanical, but it's at least got a bit of feel to it as compared to the newer ones I use around campus.

[robmaister12]

ButtsexV2 posted:

I bet it's secretly a dome board

Well I actually opened it up to see what type of keyboard it was... and there wasn't a rubber dome, each key had it's own part.

[Itszutak]

4RT1LL3RY posted:

I have now realized my hatred for cherry blues. It took while but I can't take it any more. In a college dorm room with your roommate they are not cool. How the hell am I supposed to sleep when someone is typing at 100wpm across the room on cherry blues, and bottoming out. I can't remember the last time I got to bed before 4 AM. I am looking forward to summer and being back home in a single room.

I just recently got a cherry MX blue (which I still bottom out out of habit) but I kept around my rubber dome keyboard just for the sake of my roommate.

...Granted he snores loud enough that I can't sleep, but whatever

[Justice]

Reposting this here from an old thread. This is my review of my Das Model S Professional:

Absolutely wonderful in every single way. I've used and owned many keyboards in the past, including but not limited to the NEC APC-H412, Unicomp Customizer, Model M, Saitek Eclipse II, Razer Lycosa, Rosewill RK-9000, and a menagerie of cheap Dell keyboards, and absolutely none of them come even close to this keyboard in feel, looks, and usability (except maybe the APC-H412, since it has full NKRO.) It's in a class of its own.

My Rosewill RK-9000 started randomly making me typee liike thiiss so I had to RMA it. My Lycosa's shift key broke after about four months when I was trying to clean the thing (fragile keys they are) and generally the build quality was absolutely abysmal (the built-in headphone and mic jacks were so horrible they caused distortion everywhere they went, the keyboard felt extremely flimsy, and the media keys were terrible to use.) My Eclipse II's spacebar broke after about a year of normal use, both of the hinges on one side broke (again, cheap build quality, China plastic) and half of the keycaps were worn off to the point you couldn't even recognize what letter was what. The NEC APC-H412 is a good keyboard that's very well built, but it's very unsightly and the keyswitches are very strange, only clicking when the key is bottomed out. The Customizer 104 has the best feel out of all of the other keyboards listed and also has excellent build quality, but it has abysmal NKRO (press three keys at once and the entire keyboard locks up.) Same goes for the Model M since they're pretty much the same keyboard.

My Das pretty much rectifies every single problem I've had with past keyboards and goes above and beyond everything else I've ever used. It has wonderful feel to type on, full NKRO, extremely solidly built (this isn't an understatement), and is probably the best looking keyboard I've ever seen save for maybe the Filco Majestouch (which looks simpler and doesn't have a Piano Black gloss finish.) The only thing I'd change on it is the inclusion of media keys, but I already have other keybinds for those at this point anyway, so it doesn't matter.

Also, browns are always a viable option for people who don't like the sound of blues, but that's a given.

[butre]

robmaister12 posted:

Well I actually opened it up to see what type of keyboard it was... and there wasn't a rubber dome, each key had it's own part.

http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/files/attach/images/32774/086/730/001/%ED%81%AC%EA%B8%B0%EB%B3%80%ED%99%98_S8000280.JPG
if it looks like that it's a rubber dome with a plunger

[GunTotingBastar]

I just ordered my first mechanical keyboard, a Filco Majestouch 2 Brown Switches swedish version. It should arrive sometime next week.
Does anyone know its durability? Say, if I spill a beer all over it, will it break?
How do I clean it? I tend to clean the caps on my keyboards every few months by pulling them off and cleaning them. Can I do this withouth breaking it?

Any tips on how to get used to mechanical keyboards?

[Sir Colton]

I ordered my DAS Ultimate a while ago, I love it.

[Night-Eagle]

Found some NKRO over PS/2 (6-key roll over on USB) keyboards for $110 + $13-$16 shipping.
Deviations from standard layout: There are four additional keys where the caps-lock, number-lock, and scroll-lock are. The lights for indicating these modes are inside the keycaps for the respective keys - looks awesome.


Mode light inside keycap

Chipp posted:

DK 9008-G2 | Overclock.net Edition (Cherry MX Brown switches) - ABS Keycaps
$110 + SH
Link
DK 9008-G2 | Overclock.net Edition (Cherry MX Blue switches) - ABS Keycaps
$110 + SH
Link
DK 9008-G2 | Overclock.net Edition (Cherry MX Black switches) - ABS Keycaps
$110 + SH
Link
DK 9008-G2 | Overclock.net Edition (Cherry MX Black switches) - PBT Keycaps
$140 + SH
Link
DK 9008-G2 | Overclock.net Edition (Cherry MX Brown switches) - PBT Keycaps
$140 + SH
Link

The only caveat is that it looks like they don't play too nice with Macs.
This looks like an excellent deal. It's cheaper than the NKRO Filco Majestouch that elitekeyboards hasn't had in stock for awhile, too.

Also, it appears there is an e-tailer in the UK that sells Filco keyboards. I've had the NKRO w/blue switches for awhile; it works great. I can't find a seller in the U.S. for the life of me.

Edited:

Oh, wait; they replaced the context menu key with a function key that's used to access media keys on F1-F4.

[chipset]

What's a good mechanical around $100?
Never used em before, currently sitting on a sidewinder x4.

[.ediT]

Got a Leopold Tenkeyless a few weeks ago - absolutely love it. cherry mx browns



Took the lavender wasd off after a few days...got old fast.

[spawn camp3r]

.ediT posted:

Got a Leopold Tenkeyless a few weeks ago - absolutely love it. cherry mx browns



Took the lavender wasd off after a few days...got old fast.

bet the red escape key never gets old though.

[chipset]

.ediT posted:

Got a Leopold Tenkeyless a few weeks ago - absolutely love it. cherry mx browns



Took the lavender wasd off after a few days...got old fast.

You should put a sign next to that red escape button saying "Do not press!"

[Arachnidus]

I love my BlackWidow. Only thing I miss from my G19 is the dedicated media buttons(scroll wheel for the audio, mostly).

[Night-Eagle]

Map the left windows key + Q for increase volume, left windows key + A for decrease volume.
Depress your left windows key with left thumb and it will all make sense. I actually use this so much, I use it on computers that I haven't installed the software on (and then complain about volume control being broken).

Auto(Hotkey/It?) script:

#q::Volume_Up
#a::Volume_Down