Hello guys! Im new to the forum although im not new to mechanical keyboards, i must say i really love the forums and all of the community seems very nice and helpful.
First of all i want to share my experiences with mechanical keyboards and then proceed to my current budget and choices and what troubles me about every one of them.
Well some time ago i purchased a black widow (blue switch) my very first mechanical keyboard, although i liked it the build quality the glossy finish was terrible for me along with dealing with some angry gf which i always woke up and annoyed during my night time gaming sessions due to blue switches. I ended up selling it very quickly.
After that i bought a CMSTORM QFR with brown switches, after some time i didnt really like the "bump" on the switch because i needed to double tap quickly as i mainly play SC2 and SCBW and occasionally some other RTS and FPS, so i also sold it to a friend.
Now im in need of another keyboard and i have to say because i live in Chile (^^) my options are quite narrowed down. I plan to spend around 90-110 bucks on this.
I must say my top priorities are :
Build and keycap quality (i dont want to buy another keyboard for as long as possible)
Most straight up key layout (hopefully , i can ignore minor things tho) also by this i mean just key placement TKL and full numberpad are not a problem.
Hopefully a linear switch for gaming (i might consider non linear if build quality and other stuff good enough)
Ok so lets go straight to my options (order is at random)
1) Steelseries 6gv2 red and black switch available ~110$ - Layout seems good , solid build quality
no braided cord or gold plated usb which i dont care very much really , keycap printings appear to fade off quickly according to some people which is really bad (possibly a deal breaker).
2) Ttesports meka, only black switch available (
http://www.ttesports.com/productPage.aspx?p=19&g=ftr) ~ 90$ - I really like this one but the layout seems off and gimmicky not something i cant get used to though, and i dont know much of the build quality ,features a nice 2 port usb port which comes really handy to a laptop user like me and i like the desing
, it also has a thick braided cable and gold plated usb connector. (maybe black switches are a little bit too stiff for me? dunno.)
3) Ttesports meka g1 black switch ~ 120$ - This one goes beyond my budget but it seems good according to some reviews , looks a little bit too big for my desk .
4)CMSTORM QF TK red switch only available - Solid option , layout seems off , switch between num.pad mode and function may interfere with my SC2 key settings (deal breaker) , backlight is welcome but not needed, nice build quality and keycaps (i think.) .
I have 2 other options but i discarted them due to switch type , these are the razer bw tournament edition (blue switch) and cmstorm QFR (brown switch)
So i know my options are very limited
sadly there are few stores that sell these products in my country since gaming its a growing "thing" here yet.
I would like to thanks so much all help and replies to this thread i must say all prices listed above are as they appear on my country.
I would also like to apologize for any spelling and redaction errors that may have been writen since English is not my primary language ^^!.
Thank you guys very much in advance.