Topre vs ALPS vs MX Brown vs Red vs Filco vs Realforce vs USB3 v clicky v Matias

[Emospence]

"ergonomic" is a very personalized thing. everyone is different.

I agree with this.

[joel96]

I added five more to the list because I went to deskthority and they gave recommendations. I like the idea of having shorter travel time to my mouse. I also like the idea of macro keys, which I don't have on my Eclipse. I figure scripts activated by key combinations can handle anything macro keys would be able to handle. The cheapest MX Brown board with macro keys is the G710+, and the cheapest brown TKL is the qfr (), which domoaligato said would enable remapping keys. I don't see why I couldn't remap on a software level with JoyToKey or GlovePIE, though; maybe introduction of lag.

[Pacifist]

just make your own custom board instead of trying to find a pre manufactuered one yourself. it will fit your personal needs better than that of a mass market

and it looks like you have enough cash to have that done if you are willing to consider the overpriced g710+

[joel96]

You're saying I can have a custom board made for $89. Well, okay, link me to the person who will make a brown switch TKL with macro keys and NKRO for $89.
Here's the spreadsheet in case anyone missed it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApzIz1YSh_e7dFRnb2ZTWl9LbkNtTDd0UmxzUVlGenc&usp=sharing
I'm leaning towards the qfr brown because it's supported by modders and several users in the thread; the majestouch 2 tkl brown is $90 more than the qfr--don't know enough about the features and build quality to determine what drives that price.

[joel96]

I've narrowed it down to the qfr (

$84.29)

, the qf stealth (

$94.99)

, and the qf tk (

$91.98 on newegg)

. Seems like the TK would be a bit better because I'd get a full number pad cluster and NKRO over USB 2.0, at the cost of one key of increased wideness. I doubt that the mods meant for the qfr will work with the TK, which maybe means less recommendation from the forums. They're close enough that the price really isn't that big of a deciding factor.

[Pacifist]

You're saying I can have a custom board made for $89. Well, okay, link me to the person who will make a brown switch TKL with macro keys and NKRO for $89.
Here's the spreadsheet in case anyone missed it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApzIz1YSh_e7dFRnb2ZTWl9LbkNtTDd0UmxzUVlGenc&usp=sharing
I'm leaning towards the qfr brown because it's supported by modders and several users in the thread; the majestouch 2 tkl brown is $90 more than the qfr--don't know enough about the features and build quality to determine what drives that price.

Don't know any of those PCBs off the top of my head, but designing one doesn't seem out of your bounds due to how much effort you've put into picking a board.

But if you get a bunch of people to help you and get the price down when buying PCBs, you can prob spend ~15 on PCB, ~30 on case, ~20 on teensy, then buy this: Cherry G80-3000 Basically NIB ISO 105 key brown switch AT connection, custom dyed purple Portuguese PBT and purple lock lights - $45 from http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52322.0 for cheap switches. So about $110, but u get a really customized board with a really good controller.

[joel96]

Maybe someday. If I could pay someone to do it for me, I'd rather go that route. Right now I'm at the "I don't stinking care, let me just throw money around and get it over with" stage. So yeah, probably going to be the qfr, stealth, or TK. Or a custom that I don't have to be that involved with if it's cheap enough (but it's probably not--the kind of hours you're talking about, someone's going to want to put at least a $100 premium for labor on top of parts).

[joel96]

I was just about to buy a TK but the rebate caused all of newegg's stock to get sold out...next cheapest qftk is around $105.99 with taxes and shipping.