What was your most ridiculous keyboard related purchase?

[exitfire401]

I'm just curious as to what others have to say on this subject. I just spent more getting a plate made for my Race 2 than I did on the keyboard itself XD.

[Belfong]

Mine would be the Hack Orange and Orangesicle Clack that I bought last week. I am out of my mind! 

[dorkvader]

Titanium spacebar. It's as ridiculous as it is awesome.

[sth]

definitely my realforce case. can't decide if i really want to sell it or buy another RF to put in it. it's just so ****ing badass i dont know what to do with it.

[exitfire401]

definitely my realforce case. can't decide if i really want to sell it or buy another RF to put in it. it's just so ****ing badass i dont know what to do with it.

Yeah, I'd say my digilog case was definitely the one before this, but hell, at least that did more than support switches haha.

[exitfire401]

Titanium spacebar. It's as ridiculous as it is awesome.

Yeah, I'm still hoping to acquire one someday.

[dorkvader]

it's just so ****ing badass i dont know what to do with it.

I know! I don't even have it on a Keyboard right now, partly because I don't know what keyboard to put it on.

Maybe I'll build a keyboard exclusively to showcase it, and then put it on display.

[Beca]

realforce 55g. my 8th keyboard overall (not much compared to you folks) but it's only 1 of 2 that I own right now. easily one of my favorites, if not my favorite, keyboard.

[sth]

um no im talking about the guillotine case, not the ebay case.

i sold my realforce to buy my friend a typeheaven (he wanted a full size and didnt care about PBT) so thats why i dont have a keyboard for it. ive tried selling it but nobody can handle how ridiculous it is.

[jacobolus]

Non-working Toshiba HX-10, bought only for the sweet sweet spherical-ish Alps keycaps (generic picture from Wikipedia)


Everyone needs “CODE”, “GRAPH”, “BS”, “£”, and “STOP” keys though, right?

[exitfire401]

realforce 55g. my 8th keyboard overall (not much compared to you folks) but it's only 1 of 2 that I own right now. easily one of my favorites, if not my favorite, keyboard.

Great choice! My 55g Realforce is my absolute favorite keyboard that I own.

um no im talking about the guillotine case, not the ebay case.

i sold my realforce to buy my friend a typeheaven (he wanted a full size and didnt care about PBT) so thats why i dont have a keyboard for it. ive tried selling it but nobody can handle how ridiculous it is.

Ah, ok. Also a beautiful case. Definitely worth every penny.

[mougrim]

Oh, Toshiba MSX... Pity it wasn't a working one

[Razor Lotus]

My first meck heyboard...

I got a KBT pure. Immediately bought some O-rings for it, a metal case and I'm planning a new set of keycaps+pouch+cable for it... and it's just my first mech kb!

I'm just trying to reach my "endgame" sooner then I can move on! haha... though I plan for another full sized mech kb in the future when I finish studying

EDIT: Oh and did I mention, 2 switch tester sets and 2 keycap pullers even though I only needed one?

And i'm still thinking of a unicomp too...

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

$200 for a single keycap.

It was a 4:20 CC, but still, $200...

[HPE1000]

I can't think of any crazy purchase I have made relating to keyboards so far, and I have had about 7 boards in the past year or so. 

[SpAmRaY]

I once bought a poker 2 off a promo techkeys was running just to get a hapster key. :/

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

I need to begin making more ridiculous keyboard purchases. Something Topre, perhaps...

[HPE1000]

I need to begin making more ridiculous keyboard purchases. Something Topre, perhaps...

Novatouchhhhh

[whiskytango]

I once paid about $900 for a lot of WYSE keyboards from eBay.... I did manage to make my money back parting them out, but still...  Can't believe I convinced the wife to let me do it.

[CPTBadAss]

I'm not sure any of my purchases have been too ridiculous...but my favorite story related to the OP is that I know a couple of Geekhackers who bought a pallet of Model Ms.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

I need to begin making more ridiculous keyboard purchases. Something Topre, perhaps...

Novatouchhhhh

Perhaps...

Depends on how long it takes me to gather the necessary monetary resources to make such a purchase. Hoping that by the time the Novatouch is released I'll have enough...

[mougrim]

I once paid about $900 for a lot of WYSE keyboards from eBay.... I did manage to make my money back parting them out, but still...  Can't believe I convinced the wife to let me do it.

And how many it was? Like 20?

[berserkfan]

I have way too many, and they're all losers. Such as having my space bar on my F AT drop out on me.

[tribade]

definitely my realforce case. can't decide if i really want to sell it or buy another RF to put in it. it's just so ****ing badass i dont know what to do with it.

ditto.  I mean, I love it, and it makes it so my KMAC mini and RF look similar enough that others that live with me don't realize I've purchased yet ANOTHER keyboard.  So I guess it wasn't too terrible a purchase 

[Puddsy]

One of the big tree ALPS keyboards. It's so much bigger than all of my other keyboards, and it doesn't even work over USB.

[riotonthebay]

I bought an entire working T5200 Toshiba Laptop so that I could have the 7x Alps spacebar to match my alphas…

[Sifo]

$200 before shipping sterling silver marine keycap from girldc that I don't even have yet.

[irendulic]

Came to US for an internship, returning with 3 keyboards. If they'll fit somehow in my bag.

[IPT]

I once bought a poker 2 off a promo techkeys was running just to get a hapster key. :/

i still don't have a hapster

[JaccoW]

My first keyboard. The Déck Legend. Had to convince a webshop to import it for me from the U.S... Cost me around €250, so that's $340 in today's money.
Though I think I topped that with the Orion TKL Korean custom that I ordered last week... that I am quickly sourcing parts for, such as a SkiData.

Maybe also the time I had made up my mind that the Matias Mini Tactile pro was going to be my new board so I bought some old Alps KB's off e-bay for the caps... Never bought one.

EDIT: Damnit, I might be addicted.

[whiskytango]

I once paid about $900 for a lot of WYSE keyboards from eBay.... I did manage to make my money back parting them out, but still...  Can't believe I convinced the wife to let me do it.

And how many it was? Like 20?

No it was more like 50.

[rowdy]

Ducky Shine Yellow Edition.

Didn't need it.  Don't really use it.

But it's YELLOW!

[Pacifist]

$110 for 3 XTs

[exitfire401]

$200 before shipping sterling silver marine keycap from girldc that I don't even have yet.

Can't lie, I HIGHLY debated getting one, but a new keyboard won the battle.

[Sifo]

$200 before shipping sterling silver marine keycap from girldc that I don't even have yet.

Can't lie, I HIGHLY debated getting one, but a new keyboard won the battle.

I didn't even think

[do_Og@n]

I don't know if I would say most ridiculous but the one I remember the most.

An 87 IBM SSK for $25. It was dirty but after a bath it worked just fine.

[Pacifist]

I don't know if I would say most ridiculous but the one I remember the most.

An 87 IBM SSK for $25. It was dirty but after a bath it worked just fine.

i presume not recently

[Parak]

Does it count that keyboards started my electronics and in particular, soldering addiction? Some buy keycaps... I buy soldering stations and related equipment.. up to $1k to date at least, I think

[do_Og@n]

I don't know if I would say most ridiculous but the one I remember the most.

An 87 IBM SSK for $25. It was dirty but after a bath it worked just fine.

i presume not recently

I had three and kept the 91 SSK. No point in having three of them IMO.

[whiskytango]

Does it count that keyboards started my electronics and in particular, soldering addiction? Some buy keycaps... I buy soldering stations and related equipment.. up to $1k to date at least, I think

Yes. I bought a Hakko 808 and now I realize how cool nice soldering stuff is. I have convinced myself I need a hot air station now.

[SpAmRaY]

Does it count that keyboards started my electronics and in particular, soldering addiction? Some buy keycaps... I buy soldering stations and related equipment.. up to $1k to date at least, I think

Yes. I bought a Hakko 808 and now I realize how cool nice soldering stuff is. I have convinced myself I need a hot air station now.

The 808 makes desoldering most things too easy.

[whiskytango]

Does it count that keyboards started my electronics and in particular, soldering addiction? Some buy keycaps... I buy soldering stations and related equipment.. up to $1k to date at least, I think

Yes. I bought a Hakko 808 and now I realize how cool nice soldering stuff is. I have convinced myself I need a hot air station now.

The 808 makes desoldering most things too easy.

how many switches do you think you have done with yours? I estimate I've done about 4,000. Plus I did another 1200 or so with the RadioShak bulb iron. Using the bulb iron blows hard.

[Pacifist]

Does it count that keyboards started my electronics and in particular, soldering addiction? Some buy keycaps... I buy soldering stations and related equipment.. up to $1k to date at least, I think

Yes. I bought a Hakko 808 and now I realize how cool nice soldering stuff is. I have convinced myself I need a hot air station now.

The 808 makes desoldering most things too easy.

how many switches do you think you have done with yours? I estimate I've done about 4,000. Plus I did another 1200 or so with the RadioShak bulb iron. Using the bulb iron blows hard.

i've burnt too many holes with that radioshack iron. No propper holder for it

[whiskytango]

Does it count that keyboards started my electronics and in particular, soldering addiction? Some buy keycaps... I buy soldering stations and related equipment.. up to $1k to date at least, I think

Yes. I bought a Hakko 808 and now I realize how cool nice soldering stuff is. I have convinced myself I need a hot air station now.

The 808 makes desoldering most things too easy.

how many switches do you think you have done with yours? I estimate I've done about 4,000. Plus I did another 1200 or so with the RadioShak bulb iron. Using the bulb iron blows hard.

i've burnt too many holes with that radioshack iron. No propper holder for it

lol, true. also, the tips only last through about 1-2 keyboards worth of switches. I bet I spent $30 on tips...

[divito]

Nothing ridiculous at this point, but I'm sure I won't last much longer.

[whiskytango]

To follow up on my earlier post about buying $900 worth of ebay WYSE, this is what part of it looked like:

[Badwrench]

Nothing ridiculous at this point, but I'm sure I won't last much longer.

The fact that you are looking at this thread is proof.  Any true geekhacker is always looking at their next purchase. 

For me, nothing truly significant, $90 for my Pure is the most I have spent on a single item.

[samwisekoi]

Non-working Toshiba HX-10, bought only for the sweet sweet spherical-ish Alps keycaps (generic picture from Wikipedia)

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Everyone needs “CODE”, “GRAPH”, “BS”, “£”, and “STOP” keys though, right?

That is beautiful and in no way ridiculous.

The thing to avoid is...

...determining the total cost of your keyboards and keyboard related items.

THAT would be worth ridicule.

(At least mine would be,)

But this keyboard? It is a thing of beauty!

 - Ron | samwisekoi

[demik]

i think i paid like 400+ for a dk saver

[Sifo]

i think i paid like 400+ for a dk saver

bro that was the **** back then I still want one now for the sake of collecting