How to stop buying more keyboards?!

[486]

spend all your money on keycaps instead!

DONE

That what dangwang did. Didn't think it solved his keyboard buying issue though.

[The_Beast]

Limit yourself to 3 keyboards. That's what I'm trying very hard to do but failing

[kaiserreich]

Limiting the amount of keyboards is one thing.
After you limit them, you found out you can buy a ton of keycaps with the extra money, and every add-on kit and novelty keycaps that you THINK you will use. And when you have so much keys, you figured you don't have enough keyboards to put them on. It's a vicious cycle.

None of my novelty keys ever stay on the keyboard for more than a day. And yet I don't want to sell them either.

[The_Beast]

Limiting the amount of keyboards is one thing.
After you limit them, you found out you can buy a ton of keycaps with the extra money, and every add-on kit and novelty keycaps that you THINK you will use. And when you have so much keys, you figured you don't have enough keyboards to put them on. It's a vicious cycle.

None of my novelty keys ever stay on the keyboard for more than a day. And yet I don't want to sell them either.

I have mine in a tackle box, it's kinda a shame but I'm trying to cut back on those too


I'm thinking of having a sale to clear some space

[Larken]

Its like crack for your fingers. I don't have it as bad as most people here; I only have 3 boards, which I use constantly. 2 on different PCs and 1 more for random connections when I need to work on another person's system.

The thing is, till date, I have only tried 2 different switches for extended periods - browns and reds. I actually wouldn't mind blues but I figured I'd go for browns first as a safety measure as I wasn't sure I'd like the clicking sound of the blues as a daily board.

Now.... I'm lusting for a Unicomp (who needs blues when you have BS?).  The shipping costs to my country is putting me off though - the only way I'm getting it cheap enough is to ship 3 unicomps over at the same time. It's my current excuse to not buy another keyboard It's also my excuse that I don't need a cherry blue (A unicomp would come first, and I'm really hoping for the SSK version to come true before I actually buy one - fat hope, I know).

Now..... topres are simple to resist. I can't justify spending 300 bucks on a keyboard. My filco was about my limit.

[JaccoW]

Pick a "hard to find" switch you like. (Clears)
Look for keyboards that have them. (A few)
Add some unnecessary features you want (backlight)
Lust after the possibilities (Déck or build your own)
Only spend big money once.

Actually I am really happy with my Keycool with clears and 40Nm o-rings. I only wish my Déck's backlight wouldn't turn pink whenever I put them on there.

[zzAaron]

When this is your only hobby, you spend all your money on it. What I did was start a bike hobby. It helps you balance your money and most of the time it will give you that.. "i definitely cannot afford this feel" its actually good for you.
 

P.S. find a keyboard that you will be 100% content with. That way everything else wont seem as cool and great. Less urge to buy stuff.

my 2 cents.

[mars-bar-man]

Move to a mountain, where it takes a small boy and a goat a week to climb and handles your mail only slightly worse than UPS. Should stop the craze soon enough.

[tjcaustin]

Do like me and start planning to build your own?

[1391401]

For me just latch on to some soon-to-be-released keyboard and say that you're waiting for that one.  Although I caved and bought a Unicomp recently I narrowly avoided two keyboards by telling myself "WASD TKL is on the way".

[dorkvader]

Do like me and start planning to build your own?

No, 'cause then you'll end up like me and build a bunch of your own.

[IvanIvanovich]

Build your own, oh no... thats terrible advice if you are like me... then you keep buying cheap parts keyboards because you f*cked it up. I actually gave up on that route... it's fun to tinker, but some things are beyond my skill level and I don't have the time to master them.

[OrangeJewce]

My recommendation is get involved with a DIY keyboard project. That's what I have done and I haven't bought any boards since June because of that. I have acquired a few caps (and have several of Sanctuary waiting to be purchased), so everything is aligning itself. If you're a hacker I'd say find a DIY project to get involved with and that will curb costs.

GoGo ERGODOX!

Cheers,

[mmmty]

I stopped buying keyboards when I started buying guns.

[Appeac]

My recommendation is get involved with a DIY keyboard project. That's what I have done and I haven't bought any boards since June because of that. I have acquired a few caps (and have several of Sanctuary waiting to be purchased), so everything is aligning itself. If you're a hacker I'd say find a DIY project to get involved with and that will curb costs.

GoGo ERGODOX!

Cheers,

How to save money, order $400 keyboard.

I loove the Ergodox, but definitely not in my budget right now...

[OrangeJewce]

My recommendation is get involved with a DIY keyboard project. That's what I have done and I haven't bought any boards since June because of that. I have acquired a few caps (and have several of Sanctuary waiting to be purchased), so everything is aligning itself. If you're a hacker I'd say find a DIY project to get involved with and that will curb costs.

GoGo ERGODOX!

Cheers,

How to save money, order $400 keyboard.

I loove the Ergodox, but definitely not in my budget right now...

You're nitpicking...my point was to get involved in something on a level that is deeper than just: "Shuttup and take my money!" style. I chose to integrate my two passions and get involved with the ErgoDox. I hope this clarifies my meta-point.

Cheers,

[Appeac]

My recommendation is get involved with a DIY keyboard project. That's what I have done and I haven't bought any boards since June because of that. I have acquired a few caps (and have several of Sanctuary waiting to be purchased), so everything is aligning itself. If you're a hacker I'd say find a DIY project to get involved with and that will curb costs.

GoGo ERGODOX!

Cheers,

How to save money, order $400 keyboard.

I loove the Ergodox, but definitely not in my budget right now...

You're nitpicking...my point was to get involved in something on a level that is deeper than just: "Shuttup and take my money!" style. I chose to integrate my two passions and get involved with the ErgoDox. I hope this clarifies my meta-point.

Cheers,

Lol, just joking with you. If I had the disposable income, I'd be in that GB so fast...

[OrangeJewce]

My recommendation is get involved with a DIY keyboard project. That's what I have done and I haven't bought any boards since June because of that. I have acquired a few caps (and have several of Sanctuary waiting to be purchased), so everything is aligning itself. If you're a hacker I'd say find a DIY project to get involved with and that will curb costs.

GoGo ERGODOX!

Cheers,

How to save money, order $400 keyboard.

I loove the Ergodox, but definitely not in my budget right now...

You're nitpicking...my point was to get involved in something on a level that is deeper than just: "Shuttup and take my money!" style. I chose to integrate my two passions and get involved with the ErgoDox. I hope this clarifies my meta-point.

Cheers,

Lol, just joking with you. If I had the disposable income, I'd be in that GB so fast...

My bad! Yeah I'm super excited for it. It's going to exhaust my budget for keyboards this year since I want to get two!

Cheers,

[TheProfosist]

Turn to Topre.

Truth. My Cherry boards haven't seen use in a looooooooong time since I got my Topres

same for me until i started builing custom cherry keyboards. If only i could buil custom topre ones!

[hoggy]

How about learning a different layout so you pay more attention to the keyboard you use?

Dvorak, colemak, workman or maltron?  How about tinkering with one of them before starting?

Run a group buy of keycaps?