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Title: Help finding a mx red/black keyboard!
Post by: jam3s121 on Fri, 01 August 2014, 16:34:37

I've had cherry mx reds, blacks, and currently blues. Someone I live with most definitly spilled something into about 1/3 of the CM Storm Quickfire Rapid TK mx blue keyboard i have.

I tried looking for a replacement, same keyboard and its going for insanely high, like $125+ in places where it is in stock, but I paid like $70 for it at microcenter (I live 2 hours from there..).

I can't type on this keyboard anymore, a lot of the keys do not click and feel "sticky", I've tried taking it apart, tried cleaning it to really no avail.

Can anyone recommend a red/black keyboard that is AVAILABLE in the USA, and won't take 1-2 weeks to arrive? I really have no preference.. I just need something. I kind of want to buy a WASDv2 88key but need to see if there is anything cheaper available first..

I'd prefer something that can at least accept a wide variety of keycaps, my steelsergies 6gv2 and cm storm couldn't really take a full set of cherry keycaps due to them having some minor differences.

Title: Re: Help finding a mx red/black keyboard!
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 02 August 2014, 04:52:20

Rosewill RK-9000BL (MX black) $87 http://www.mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=27

MX blues (and greens) are probably the worst to spill liquid in - gets into the clicky bit inside the switch and gums it up.  You can try cleaning it, but some switches will usually stay sticky forever.  You can desolder and replace the switches - it depends how much time and effort you want to put into it.

Title: Re: Help finding a mx red/black keyboard!
Post by: jam3s121 on Sat, 02 August 2014, 14:03:35

thanks for the link, you are definitely right. These blues that got something under them no longer have that tactile clicky feel. I'm not really sure what to buy, I want something that I could eventually buy keycaps for and know a full set will fit. I doubt rosewill will fit the bill. I have no patience or time to really desolder this keyboard, its a great keyboard for $75 but what I'm seeing it asked for online is not worth it.

Thinking about the WASD v2 88 keyboard, is there product pretty reliable?

Title: Re: Help finding a mx red/black keyboard!
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 02 August 2014, 19:35:46

WASD keyboards are pretty good, although their keycaps sometimes leave a little to be desired.

Someone asked recently about WASD, and the suggestion was to buy a barebones WASD (i.e. keyboard without keycaps) and source some keycaps from elsewhere.