Thanks for the reply's so far, really helpful! I've been lurking for a while but didn't want to post in fear of asking what maybe silly questions (at least to more experienced people).
Comfort do a keyboard with 20g activation - but the ergonomics are shot.
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For even lighter keys - take a look at
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The comfort board looks... yer. 20g activation and a short throw is good but that setup and the ergonomics I may have to pass. I think the other one is out of my league but defiantly an interesting read :)
while it might be blasphemy to some people on this forum, I am thinking that perhaps you should consider a chiclet.
that's low, silent, tactile, inexpensive, compact.
I don't like mechanical keyboard just because of the noise they makes, although I like the touch and the response of the keys. I also think the keys are very high. Also, I like compact keyboards, like the HHKB2, and not the tenkeyless keyboards.
With all that characteristics, I was thinking to change to a scissor switch keyboards.
Is there any keyboard that can be silent, with the keys not very high, compact, with reasonable price and have good response to touch like the Cherry MX brown or blue?
I agree with berserkfan, I have not been able to find anything more quiet, less key travel and ergonomic (very little for my taste, just a little curve) keyboards than membrane type, and cheapest (of course). My all day user is the Microsoft Arc: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/p/arc-keyboard/J5D-00001
The only drawback for me is the small arrow keys (in a single key no less) and hard to see greyed out lettering for both the black and white versions (but that's an easy fix just buy yellow large keyboard stickers $5 on EBay and done).
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The ark looks good. Anything with a low activation force and a short throw is what im after. Are there any "laptop" style keyboard about? I know Logitech do a lot of scissor keyboards but they have a longer stroke than a typical laptop (3.2mm instead of 2mm or whatever). Thanks very much for everything so far again!