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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: mkawa on Wed, 18 January 2012, 02:45:32
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let's face it, buckling spring is the best switch. it makes the best noise, has the best tactile feedback and is the most durable. basically, it feels a bit like you're parting the waters with every key you hit. it makes being a nerd awesome.
however, Ms and unicomps are just too damned big. i don't use a numpad, and their useless protuberance is an ergonomic nightmare. as a compromise, i bought a filco with blues about a year ago. i like it (except for the keys, which are already like tiny black mirrors), but i can't stop wishing i had more resistance and a more pronounced tactile bump.
looking at the wiki, it seems my best options right now are either an alps variant or spring modding cherry blues to make a ghetto green board. if i went with ghetto greens, i would almost certainly mod a poker; the choc mini is out because i primarily use a mac. if i went with tactile alps, it seems like my best bet is the ducky green? naturally i'm open to other suggestions (except for an M SSK. i'm not made of money, dudes).
can any other super heavy typers weigh in? other than my blue filco, i've only used Ms and apple extendeds (sadly, i had a number of perfect apple minis, but we gave them all away sometime after the USB transition, as ADB adapters were pretty expensive, and i was completely in love with my first M at the time).
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booooo
have i mentioned that i hate spending money? :)
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Very good question my friend. I am using the ducky XM's on a daily basis. This is a loud as hell, clicky clacky pingy keyboard. I sometimes cannot hear whats going on in the house over the sound of my own typing. In short, it rocks. Travel is a little shorter than 4mm of the cherries. I would highly recommend this keyboard to anyone who loves clicks and noise, it's pretty darn cheap too.
Ghetto green board? That's a great idea I actually have a Poker with blues going unused, you've inspired me to turn it into a ghetto green board to see what would happen. Creation of such a board would cost you some time, a little money and effort.
I don't think that the ghetto green would produce a more pronounced bump however, it would be more of a heavy linear spring with the same click and minimal tactile bump before clicking. I think the alps will have more of a tactile click.
I'll let you know when I do this mod.
let's face it, buckling spring is the best switch. it makes the best noise, has the best tactile feedback and is the most durable. basically, it feels a bit like you're parting the waters with every key you hit. it makes being a nerd awesome.
however, Ms and unicomps are just too damned big. i don't use a numpad, and their useless protuberance is an ergonomic nightmare. as a compromise, i bought a filco with blues about a year ago. i like it (except for the keys, which are already like tiny black mirrors), but i can't stop wishing i had more resistance and a more pronounced tactile bump.
looking at the wiki, it seems my best options right now are either an alps variant or spring modding cherry blues to make a ghetto green board. if i went with ghetto greens, i would almost certainly mod a poker; the choc mini is out because i primarily use a mac. if i went with tactile alps, it seems like my best bet is the ducky green? naturally i'm open to other suggestions (except for an M SSK. i'm not made of money, dudes).
can any other super heavy typers weigh in? other than my blue filco, i've only used Ms and apple extendeds (sadly, i had a number of perfect apple minis, but we gave them all away sometime after the USB transition, as ADB adapters were pretty expensive, and i was completely in love with my first M at the time).
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Yep, green is just a blue with more force. Still a nice switch. I've got blue stems on the way to do a ghetto green 11900. Total cost: $31 for both board and extra stems. Cherry brand MX boards are not small by any means, but a cheaper way to try it.
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And consider using a hacksaw to get rid of the useless touchpad / numpad part of the 11900 (see my sig compaq 84u for details). It's still my daily work driver.
Yep, green is just a blue with more force. Still a nice switch. I've got blue stems on the way to do a ghetto green 11900. Total cost: $31 for both board and extra stems. Cherry brand MX boards are not small by any means, but a cheaper way to try it.
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The poker pcb does flex and feel uneven (on clears) so I don't know if the same would happen with "ghetto greens".
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RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE
has anyone tried swapping clear springs into blues? from the wiki they look a bit higher force than even blacks (6 vs like 8-10 winds)