Hi geekhack,
I finally bit the hook after years of one of my friends trying to get me into mechanical keyboards. A mix of trying to improve in osu, having too much time to fill, and some youtube recommended videos was all it took for me to fall down the hole. I have a Drop CTRL with mx browns and have now bought several bunches of switches to test. I'm trying to find out what will be best for the keys I use for osu as well as the rest of the keys for typing. Not sure if it's conventional to mix switches in one board, but with my z and x keys I have just started using gateron clears that I lubed and filmed and I'm enjoying them a lot, but maybe something superior exists (this mentality will be expensive, huh?).
A couple questions I have so far:
Why are some stabs so much better than others? I understand lubing, but how are third-party stabs so much better than the ones provided stock?
From the posts I've seen from lurking, everyone seems to prefer ~62-67g with some people preferring even heavier switches, and while I know its just preference, I haven't seen a single person run anything below 50g. Is there something I'm not considering?
And finally I'm looking for a good set of plain looking SA keycaps and despite going thru probably 10 sites recommended by the reddit, and looking thru over 200 sets, I have seen maybe 2-3 that I don't hate the look of and of course they are >$100. Any recommendations on that front?
Thanks for reading and excited to get into this hobby.