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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: osxoep on Thu, 13 September 2012, 16:36:36

Title: Hi GeekHack
Post by: osxoep on Thu, 13 September 2012, 16:36:36
Hey guys.

I've just started to consider a mechanical KB for my rig, this crappy membrane keyboard I found laying around is starting to really annoy me :P

I was looking at getting the Ducky Shine 2 from the Reddit group buy (if the shipped to the UK) but it looks like that's probably not happening, so I'm looking for a decent Brown(?) switch KB, maybe the KBT Pure or Race - too bad there isn't a UK layout of most keyboards.

That's it for my intro, time to get back to reading about keyboards ;)
Title: Re: Hi GeekHack
Post by: i3oilermaker on Thu, 13 September 2012, 16:43:42
Welcome to GH - You will probably hear a lot of votes for Blue or Brown switches.

I have 2 Brown boards, a Rosewill and a Filco.  Between those I would stick with the Filco.

Can't speak to duckys

Goodluck! You came to the right place!
Title: Re: Hi GeekHack
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 13 September 2012, 16:49:14
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Title: Re: Hi GeekHack
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 13 September 2012, 19:24:12
Welcome to Geekhack!

If you do mostly typing, then either MX blues (clicky/tactile) or browns (silent/tactile) would be best.

I have a couple of Ducky Shines (both version 1) with MX bules, and both are solid keyboards.
Title: Re: Hi GeekHack
Post by: absyrd on Fri, 14 September 2012, 12:54:09
Welcome to GH.

Seems like you are on the right track already. Do as much reading as you can before you end up buying 10 keyboards in a "try them all" attempt. Perhaps you can knock it down to 5 that way. ;)
Title: Re: Hi GeekHack
Post by: osxoep on Sat, 15 September 2012, 04:49:26
Haha,  I wish I had enough money to try out 2 keyboards,  let alone 5 or 10  :eek:
Title: Re: Hi GeekHack
Post by: hazeluff on Sat, 15 September 2012, 05:06:44
Quote from: osxoep on Thu, 13 September 2012, 16:36:36
Hey guys.

I've just started to consider a mechanical KB for my rig, this crappy membrane keyboard I found laying around is starting to really annoy me :P

I was looking at getting the Ducky Shine 2 from the Reddit group buy (if the shipped to the UK) but it looks like that's probably not happening, so I'm looking for a decent Brown(?) switch KB, maybe the KBT Pure or Race - too bad there isn't a UK layout of most keyboards.

That's it for my intro, time to get back to reading about keyboards ;)

You'll find that the US ANSI layout is much better than the UK ISO layout.

Ahahahahahaha.

Welcome to GeekHack. Theres KeyboardCo who have Filcos in the UK layout. and WASDKeyboards who just got those ISO layouts. And Im guessing there exists a quickfire with ISO layout too.