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Offline wakko

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hello everyone
« on: Thu, 23 April 2015, 02:02:26 »
hi,

my day job is a programmer, so i spent most of my time clicking away on a keyboard. i recently started looking into better keyboards than my apple wireless. so i bought a kul, should've discovered it earlier. i stumbled onto keypuller and saw pictures of the solarized sa set. wow... which lead me here.

so hello everyone...
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Offline fknraiden

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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 23 April 2015, 02:09:06 »
welcome! how do you like the KUL? i only hear good about it.
watch out for your wallet when it comes to those keysets, can be dangerous with all that beautiful plastic out there.
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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 23 April 2015, 05:55:11 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Which switches have you got in the KUL?  Whichever ones you have, it would definitely be a huge difference to the Apple keyboard.

I went from an Apple aluminium keyboard to a Ducky Shine with MX blues, and I haven't looked back!  Well, maybe once or twice, to try to remember what it was like when I still had some money :))
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Offline wakko

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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 23 April 2015, 13:25:11 »
i got the kul with reds. Wanted blues but i thought about my coworkers sanity. it's not a whole lot quieter but there is no click. and yes it's gonna hurt by wallet. already thinking of getting one with blues and more keycaps....  :-[

kul is pretty awesome. love it. then again i've only used standard keyboards before, mostly apple ones. the reason i ended up on KUL was partly because of the dip switches and otherwise familiar layout. if anyone has recommendations for other mac compatible keyboards, i'd love to hear them. i do want the media keys etc. working at the keyboard level...

can i get in on the group buys as a new member? i read the rules and it said i can't start "topics" but wasn't sure about joining group buys. i'm very familiar with group buys because of my other interests.
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Offline rowdy

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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 02:09:09 »
The blues do have a high-pitches tick tick sound that can annoy some.

You can try O-rings under the keycaps which should deaden the bottoming out sound a bit, if your co-workers are still not happy.

You can certainly join a GB as a new member.  You can even host one, if you REALLY want, although most would recommend against it ;)
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Offline wakko

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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 19:47:18 »
After some googling settled on a poker 3 with clears. Will have to wait to try the blues/greens later. Did order some o-rings just in case.

Geez, already joined like 3 group buys.
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Offline wakko

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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 19:48:35 »
So reds and clears for now. Both are linear non-tactile. Will see how that goes.
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Offline jerue

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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 29 April 2015, 08:41:25 »
Welcome!

And wow, 3 group buys! A hot start! That's awesome  :D

I think you'll find that reds and clears are quite different (if you appreciate feedback while typing, you'll like the clears). I prefer heavier switches, and could easily see myself rotating mx blacks and clears out often.
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Offline wakko

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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 29 April 2015, 14:19:25 »
Does anyone know if gateron clear tops will fit the cherry reds and maybe reduce the wobble?
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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 02 May 2015, 13:45:43 »
Hello human being
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Offline rowdy

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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 03 May 2015, 05:41:59 »
Quote from: wakko on Sun, 26 April 2015, 19:48:35
So reds and clears for now. Both are linear non-tactile. Will see how that goes.

MX clears are tactile ;)
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Offline LXXXIX

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Re: hello everyone
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 04 May 2015, 07:25:48 »
Welcome to GH! I love my KUL I'm thinking about swapping the switches though. Be careful not to get too wallethack'd!
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