Mechanical Keyboards

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Are you addicted to the clicking sounds of your beautiful and impressive mechanical keyboard?
If so, this community is for you!

Here you can discuss everything about mechanical keyboards (and only mechanical keyboards).

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Newbie Looking for Solid Keyboard $200 or Less (self.mechanicalkeyboards)

submitted 1 year ago by GhostCowboy76 to c/[email protected]

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Ummmm so wow how have I never discovered this before??? This is the perfect place for me and it just so happens my keyboard died and I need a new one! I run a Mac and am not picky about Bluetooth or hardwired. Everything else you will have to explain it to me like I’ve 5 haha. Thanks I’m advance. Oh and I did read through the post from a bit ago about good budget keyboards and that was useful.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Keychron. They even ship with MacOS keycaps as a default.

Sorry if I sound like a broken record, but Keychron in general is too good at their price points to not recommend for many people.

[–] GhostCowboy76 2 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Haha no no, I get it. I gathered they might be a good place to start but wanted to put out feelers. What’s the deal with Switch Type and Switch Option?

[–] Khtkiller 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you're looking to start messing with switches, and modifying things seems intriguing, you can always look at building a board. I really like the Meletrix Zoom line. You have to wait for group buys, but you get a highly customizabled device.

[–] GhostCowboy76 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmmmm that sounds pretty cool. I’ll give them a hard look over and see if anything catches my eye. Thank you!

[–] Khtkiller 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its an investment in time, energy, and money l, but you truly get something one of a kind. They only open up the group buy about twice a year, so patience is key. So this might now work for you considering you need something soon, but the group buy keyboard world has some really cool options.

[–] GhostCowboy76 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does group buy mean? Like you have more liberty to select the parts that come with it? Thanks for all the help!

[–] Khtkiller 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Group buy means a group of people all order their board at the same time (usually through a vendor in whichever region you're in. Zoom keyboards group buy for North America takes place through Cannonkeys.com) so enough quantity can be produced to interest factories to actually take on the order. Nice keyboards are certainly a niche product. Group buys are risky business. I like Meletrix keyboards because they are relatively affordable, good sturdy heavy build, and they have shipped very close to on time for the 2 orders I've placed so far. But it's not uncommon to hear horror stories of products never shipping or delays on top of delays. But it is a journey. I kind of treat the experience like a large Lego set or a model. It takes time and patience but the results are great.