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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: koishi39 on Fri, 03 September 2021, 07:43:27
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I was going to buy the idobao id80 just cuz everything else is like 80 dollars shipping but are there some other good ones in stock?
thank you
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I haven't heard anything bad about the Idobao but also not really anything at all. However their OEM (or they may be the OEM) seems to make a few other boards which have decent reputations.
Here's the thing places like here and other sites kind of ignore... Keyboards are shockingly simple, unlike everything else in a computer.
They all use the same switches, can (almost) all use the same stabs, the pcb layout is actually pretty simple electronically and most are made in only a few factories so if it's mass produced odds are it will be fine. The rest is just a box it all sits in Get nice switches, put some better stabs add a little lube and even a budget board is going to do well. So if you like it, go for it. There's really very few BAD boards it's just some are a little better but really once you get beyond switches and housing material it's just fine tuning things to your precise specs.
As for alternatives.
The Nk65 (https://novelkeys.com/collections/keyboards) will be restocking soon (expect Dec, not Sept).
And if you're in Asia/Australia region check out KBDfans (https://kbdfans.com/) and Krepublublic (https://kprepublic.com/).
I'd also look at YMDK on Ali Express/Amazon and pretty much anything on Mechanicalkeyboards.com.