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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: halfsouthpaw on Tue, 03 May 2011, 03:35:35

Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: halfsouthpaw on Tue, 03 May 2011, 03:35:35: Hi, first I'd like to say I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place, I'm new here. I bought a razer black widow and I really love it. I love the way the mechanical keys feel. I'm wanting to buy another mech keyboard and I'm wondering which keyboards, if any, you would recommend in the sub $100 price range. I was thinking maybe getting the noppoo choc mini, I've seen some reviews on here of it that look pretty good. Another question is how would I go about getting a choc mini or similar keyboard. It seems like you have to order most of them from china, and from what I can tell, they don't ship to the US. Thanks for your time.
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: agor on Tue, 03 May 2011, 03:42:54: If you decide to buy the Noppoo Choc you can buy them via Obook Agents or the agent named "Michael" often referred in this boars by now.
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: Orphagn on Tue, 03 May 2011, 03:43:05: Welcome to Geekhack!
Ebay has Choc Minis for sale, but they're a little over $100. A KBC Poker is also nice if you're looking for small form factor.
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: halfsouthpaw on Tue, 03 May 2011, 04:03:32: thank you for the quick relies. I like the choc because it actually had dedicated f-keys, I play a lot of sc2 and I'd like to use my f keys more for hotkeying locations, but I have kinda small hands so it's a really far stretch on a standard size keyboard.
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: halfsouthpaw on Tue, 03 May 2011, 05:27:17: hey I was also wondering, why are the happy hacking keyboards so expensive?
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: What is X? on Tue, 03 May 2011, 06:15:25: cause topre switches sound high class and therefore attract a high price tag
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: keyboardlover on Tue, 03 May 2011, 06:55:17: Quote from: What is X?;340882
cause topre switches sound high class and therefore attract a high price tag

I knew you were a troll...
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: trievalot on Tue, 03 May 2011, 07:00:05: its a status thing, same reason people would rather buy a 5 year old BMW than a new Holden (thats like GM to you Americans)
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: halfsouthpaw on Wed, 04 May 2011, 01:13:28: I've been looking around and I really like this keyboard http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=leopold,tenkeyless&pid=fc200rtabn do you guys think this is a good quality board?
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: British on Wed, 04 May 2011, 01:27:00: Quote from: halfsouthpaw;341381
I've been looking around and I really like this keyboard http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=leopold,tenkeyless&pid=fc200rtabn do you guys think this is a good quality board?

Hmmm, you could probably do your looking-around-thing on those forums prior to asking some question ^^
Forums netiquette 101.
Title: Question about mechanical keyboards
Post by: slueth on Wed, 04 May 2011, 01:33:18: TBH I prefer the Noppoo Choco Mini if your into Starcraft then the Leopold. It feels a lot better, more compact and also the f keys as you mentioned are closer(asian hands ftl). The Noppoo has crummy printing and will wear off with use. It is lasered but can be hard to read in the dark. Not a problem if your a touch typist and you feel for those nubs at the F and J. Definitely hit up Michael on MSN(yjp523@hotmail.com), an a Obook agent of your choice, or ebay.