I'm waiting for two black with white LED first gen Ducky One's, one for home and one for work.
Home: MX Green's
Work: MX Clears (and will be adding O-Rings for silence)
I ordered them after testing the ONe 2, and being very positively surprised by its build quality. I opted for the first gen One for a couple of reasons:
1.) The first gen comes with the switches I want (MX Green for home. MX Clears for work. I would have preferred tactile whites though)
2.) Single color scheme. The One 2 looks a little crazy with the dual tones and big colorful lettering
I ordered them on Thursday Jan 10th, but after more than a week of hearing nothing from Mechanicalkeyboards.com I contacted them. Apparently they were backordered, and will ship at the end of the month. (the order page said nothing about this)
I'm excitedly looking forward to testing them though. I consider buckling springs to be the ideal key feel, and have used nothing but Model M type keyboards (either original IBM or Lexmark/Unicomp) at home for almost 20 years, but apart from a short 2 year stint at work when I had my own office and could get away with making noise, I've used rubber domes at work, which is dissatisfying.
Time will tell if I like them. Certainly the MX Clears with O-Rings will be an upgrade over the ****ty Logitech rubber dome I have at work, but for home we will have to see. Time will tell if the MX Greens will make me happy. If they don't I don't think any Cherry MX switch or 3rd party clone could.
It was time to try something new though. I've been hoping that Unicomp would either themselves design a modern buckling spring keyboard, or partner with someone in industry with the money to do so. You know, modern sleek industrial design, backlighting, NKRO, good build quality (my Unicomps have worse fit and finish than a Tesla) a functional USB controller (with Unicomps currently it's a gamble if they will initialize in time for me to press DEL to enter bios).
I'd go with a classic Model M ( love that solid feel) but I hate the old beige/grey color schemes, and for me a windows key is a must. I use it every few minutes when launching programs. (press windows key, start typing program name, hit enter)
I know the black Model M13's exist (I have one), but no windows key, nad having to use a PS2 to USB adapter is a bummer.
I love the feel of Model F switches, but the layout just doesn't work for me. I want the full size layout started by the IBM AT Enhanced keyboard on anything I use.
If I ever win the lottery, or come into some unexpected mega inheritance from a relative I didn't know I had, first thing I would do as a passion project is to contact Unicomp and try to either license the buckling spring switch and build my own keyboard company, or invest in them, and start a project to create this new modern buckling spring board.
Until that happens, I guess I'll try the MX Greens?