I'm on my way to buy a new keyboard as my old one is starting to fail. What I'm basically looking for is something that's really nice to use and will last me a long long time. I both game and work with this (work ofc more important) and it struck me - I have only ever seen claims HE last longer, but have they been out long enough to have been tested if they actually do?

How long do you expect a keyboard to last?
I have Model M's that are 30+ years old, others have 40 year old models. I have multiple 15-25 year old MX switched, it didn't matter if it was tens of dollars or several hundred.  Of all my keyboards I have owned (many passed on to family and friends) I think only one is kinda iffy and that's due to a electrical spike.  What are the odds you will still be using it 10 years from now? 20 years? 30?

Buy the one you like, by the time it wears out, you will probably have long ago moved on to something else.

Currently using my Drop ALT

Tape Mod, band aid mod, modded and lubbed stabs, and hand lubbed Gateron North Pole switches.

My first and only forray into mechanical keyboards so far. One of the LEDs burnt out. I might try to replace it, but it will probably be too much of a pain to be worth it.

Looking to make my next board! Wanting to go with a barebones kit this time and struggling to figure out which one I want to go with.

oh man.. this had a china GB only? we need our GB as well.. come on guys bring it over.

Keyspensory was the vendor who is shipping to the US. There's still some extras on the site. I'm US and got in on the GB

Quote from: noisyturtle on Sat, 13 June 2026, 21:14:45

This trend of teenagers and 20 somethings growing disgusting mustaches that make them look like 40 year old pedos.

hahah:) I did not notice, at least here in Scotland. Is that popular in US?

yeah, tons of kids trying to speedrun dadmaxxing