So today I came here to type my story in sort of a rant form. I have owned owned 5 keyboards before and gone through Reds, Blues and Brown switches. Some of which I owned are the Ducky Shine 3 TKL Red Switch, Filco Majestouch 2 Blue and Red switch, Poker 2 Brown switch. The shine 3 I sold because I was not really fond of the backlighting, the Filco I sold the blue one because I didn't liek blues and the Red switch had problems with the stabilizers and I got it refunded. Sold my Poker II because I already had a Brown switch keyboard which is the Ducky Premier I'm using right now.
I have since now think that the Browns and the Reds are my favorite switch and I have not came to like the clicky blues that much and the sounds just annoy me. Now I am using my Ducky premier with PBT dyesub keycaps brown switches to type this thread. I am pretty happy with this board itself and I have no major complaints. But there is just this weird feeling that I need to have more keyboards, maybe its just me hanging out on GH too much.
So now I am looking at a Cherry MX Red board. I already have a full sized Cherry MX brown board for serious work and for typing. Now I need a keyboard that is linear and smooth. I also wouldn't need good keycaps out of the box as I have 2 sets of PBT keycaps just lying around which are waiting to be used. I also wouldn't mind backlighting but it isn't a must. I do not have any prefered form factor for my keyboard as long as it looks nice on my desk. I have looked into the Cherry MX Red boards and I don't think I'm having a good time with Costar stabilizers as they have issues fitting with my thick PBT keycaps even after sanding the keycaps down and also I just can't stand hearing the sound of the wire every time I press down on my switch.
So that narrows down to a few choices, the KUL ES-87, Ducky Shine 3, Poker II or another Ducky Premier, all with red switches. I have also considered getting a Novatouch as topre seems like what I need, linear with fast response. I have tried a realforce and a novatouch in retail stores before and I think I like it pretty much, especially the purple ones of the novatouch, and I also have one 2 sets of PBT keycaps lying around so yea I think its a pretty good choice. I do not really have a budget but still I would like to get the best bang out of my buck so I'm not sure whether the Novatouch is worth my money. And I think the maximum I can spend is around the price of the novatouch, which rules out the Realforce and the HHKB.
Sooo any input guys?
