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Title: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: absyrd on Wed, 12 February 2020, 19:37:19: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N4D7PMJ/?coliid=I3HWELEKHBM5RL&colid=CSJH9160G943&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
Title: Re: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: gipetto on Wed, 12 February 2020, 20:13:23: no qmk support.
Title: Re: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: Mr.Elli0t on Wed, 12 February 2020, 20:20:28: https://drop.com/mechanical-keyboards/drops

If you want a tkl go with the CTRL if you are okay with a 65% go with the ALT, both have hotswap PCBs, which will let you experiment with different switches.

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Title: Re: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: rxc92 on Wed, 12 February 2020, 20:22:20: It's not using Cherry switches but still costs $100 with only basic RGB as its defining feature.
You can get a $50 keyboard generic Chinese board with the exact same quality and switches. If the money isn't a big deal then just buy something more expensive and better.
Title: Re: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: Maledicted on Thu, 13 February 2020, 21:07:19: Quote from: rxc92 on Wed, 12 February 2020, 20:22:20
It's not using Cherry switches but still costs $100 with only basic RGB as its defining feature.
You can get a $50 keyboard generic Chinese board with the exact same quality and switches. If the money isn't a big deal then just buy something more expensive and better.

^ and it isn't a hot-swap board, and the cable isn't removable, and the caps are lasered ABS. Pretty poor value for the price.
Title: Re: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 14 February 2020, 01:11:06: I think it looks ugly and thick. Get a Leopold!
Title: Re: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 14 February 2020, 08:35:06: It's not an Ergodox = No Buy

Tp4 recommends

ERGODOX.
Title: Re: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: Sintpinty on Fri, 14 February 2020, 08:53:03: Quote from: absyrd on Wed, 12 February 2020, 19:37:19
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N4D7PMJ/?coliid=I3HWELEKHBM5RL&colid=CSJH9160G943&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

context?

You could argue that there are better options like the glorious gmmk or gergo
Title: Re: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: Mr.Elli0t on Fri, 14 February 2020, 09:02:06: Quote from: Sintpinty on Fri, 14 February 2020, 08:53:03
Quote from: absyrd on Wed, 12 February 2020, 19:37:19
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N4D7PMJ/?coliid=I3HWELEKHBM5RL&colid=CSJH9160G943&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

context?

You could argue that there are better options like the glorious gmmk or gergo
Nice call on the GMMK, I completely forgot about that one as a good starting point, with RGB lighting and hotswap PCB.

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Title: Re: Quick! Talk me out of this keyboard and recommend something else!
Post by: Maledicted on Fri, 14 February 2020, 09:57:20: Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 14 February 2020, 08:35:06
It's not an Ergodox = No Buy

Tp4 recommends

ERGODOX.

I could have grabbed one of those for a song (comparatively) on an auction website not too long ago. The only ergo keyboard I have ever tried is the old beige M$ ones. I didn't mind it, but I didn't particularly like it either. I owned at least one for years. I might, still, maybe. I can't say I used it more than once, just to see what it was like.