Good morning everyone:
I'm m00n and I'm a budding keyboard enthusiast. I was a teacher of English as a Second Language in Cambodia for five years, spent my free time travelling around other countries in SEA. Now I've returned back to the United States and am going to school to get my Master's Degree in Education. I also work as a tehnical support representative for a major cable company in the interim.
I built a computer in mid 2011 that was pretty nice but I always felt that I had cut corners on certain aspects of it and I wasn't satisifed with it as a result. I purchased an SSD later on and my mb didn't support sata 6.0. I started looking for a new mb. Instead of just buying a new mb, I built a whole new system, this time trying to make everything as perfect as possible. Sometime along the way, I can't remember where or how, I found out about mechanical keyboards, and was automatically interested.
I got a Mionix Zibol 60 in used but excellent condition from Amazon but when it arrived, some of the keys didn't work, so I ended up returning it. Then I got a Das Ultimate. I really enjoyed it and I actually liked the glossy finish but the keys started getting shiny after two weeks so I ended up returning it. I didn't know that much about ABS vs PBT keycaps at the time.
Now I've got two keyboards and a third on the way. I own a Coolermaster QuickFire Rapid w/ Blue Cherry MX, but I'm going to return it because I don't like ten keyless. Although I touch type, I use the number pad for typing in numbers and I really couldn't get used to not having it anymore. I've also got a Monoprice non-back lit mech w/ black cherry mx for work. I've read that people don't really like the blacks for typing but I have no problems with it at all. I type with it all day and I don't get any finger fatigue. I also have a Filco Ninja w/ Blue Cherry MX on the way. This is the keyboard I will replace the Coolermaster with. I really like the clickiness of the blues so I didn't want anything else.
I've just ordered a couple of key cap sets from the classies here. I hope to get a Clack Factory key next time they go on sale or if I can ever find anyone here to sell me one.
Anyways, apart from keyboards and computers, I also like running, bicycling, electronic cigarettes (check me out on Electronic Cigarette Forums), android smartphones (root, rom, apps, etc.), cooking (mostly Asian), live music, reading books.
It's nice being here... I look forward to being part of the GH community.
