« previous next »
Pages:  [1]     Go Down

Author Topic: New Here, Not New To Forums!  (Read 2155 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline NewToKeyboards

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 42
  • Location: Ontario,Canada
New Here, Not New To Forums!
« on: Sun, 07 August 2016, 09:00:27 »
Hello Everyone on GeekHack,

     I am new to this forum, but as I said in the title, I am not new to forums  :p Most of the time I have spent on forums has been digging deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole of "DIY Speakers and Subs"  :eek: So, once I was finally free of that little hobby for a second i decided to look to the setup that I use the most. After, I build my gaming computer and I finally killed the Logitech K120 that I had and used for many 15+ double sided page reports, I began looking into gaming peripherals. I found the corsair k70 line and it instantly caught my eye. Getting into the Mechanical Keyboard market was the K70 original with the red back-lights and the Cherry MX Brown switches. After I got the keyboard I was originally terribly disappointed with it. The keys were a lot lighter than what i was used to as well as the amount of typos that I made directly after the purchase of the board was ridiculous. Then after the first couple of 20+ page reports I began to really get into the board and appreciated the keys. That is when it all started, I began researching what the best switches are for typing and I found the Cherry MX Blue switches which I was astounded by the amount of people behind that switch. So I thought, "Hey, What the heck!?", and bought a board with them. Now onto finding that board I looked and looked and finally decided, I know that I like the K70 looks and feel, so why not go with that again but this time with RGB back-lighting. At first, I hated the board, the keys were to heavy this time and that clicking was going to take some getting used to. So, I practiced and practiced and now that I have used it so much my typing speed increased from the low 70's to the 85-88WPM mark, at which I am stuck and sometimes peaking at about 91WPM (10FastFingers.com and Typeracer.com). By no stretch am I saying that I am the fastest typing member on this forum  :)) I have seen the amount of threads where there are members in the plus 150WPM area! Now here I am, Cherry MX Blues Corsair K70, so deeply enthralled with the mechanical keyboard market that I have found myself reading too many threads on this forum, enough for me to want to join in on it  :cool: 

Logged

Offline Gajible

  • Posts: 252
  • Location: north
Re: New Here, Not New To Forums!
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 08 August 2016, 22:20:48 »
Welcome welcome, fellow Canadian!  getoutwhileyoucan

I mean, what? Welcome!

You'll find that the more you look into this hobby, the more your wallet will hate you, especially after that lovely USD to CAD conversion.

I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the K70 though! I had one at one point, until the spell of Topre took me over.. pretty solid board.

Logged

Offline 27

  • Posts: 752
  • Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canadeh
  • The Maple Man
Re: New Here, Not New To Forums!
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 11 August 2016, 20:39:51 »
Welcome fellow Canada person!  Enjoy your stay.
Logged
IG: https://www.instagram.com/27mechs/                                        Website: http://www.mech27.com/

Offline rowdy

  • HHKB Hapster
  • * Erudite Elder
  • Posts: 21175
  • Location: melbourne.vic.au
  • Missed another sale.
Re: New Here, Not New To Forums!
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 14 August 2016, 01:57:18 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Many people have found that they type significantly better on one particular switch.  There is a possibility that you haven't found your perfect switch yes, as there are dozens of common switches now.  Even the same switch in different keyboards can feel different.

But you have started well - although reading threads won't help your typing speed, you need to respond :p
Logged
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

Ị̸͚̯̲́ͤ̃͑̇̑ͯ̊̂͟ͅs̞͚̩͉̝̪̲͗͊ͪ̽̚̚ ̭̦͖͕̑́͌ͬͩ͟t̷̻͔̙̑͟h̹̠̼͋ͤ͋i̤̜̣̦̱̫͈͔̞ͭ͑ͥ̌̔s̬͔͎̍̈ͥͫ̐̾ͣ̔̇͘ͅ ̩̘̼͆̐̕e̞̰͓̲̺̎͐̏ͬ̓̅̾͠͝ͅv̶̰͕̱̞̥̍ͣ̄̕e͕͙͖̬̜͓͎̤̊ͭ͐͝ṇ̰͎̱̤̟̭ͫ͌̌͢͠ͅ ̳̥̦ͮ̐ͤ̎̊ͣ͡͡n̤̜̙̺̪̒͜e̶̻̦̿ͮ̂̀c̝̘̝͖̠̖͐ͨͪ̈̐͌ͩ̀e̷̥͇̋ͦs̢̡̤ͤͤͯ͜s͈̠̉̑͘a̱͕̗͖̳̥̺ͬͦͧ͆̌̑͡r̶̟̖̈͘ỷ̮̦̩͙͔ͫ̾ͬ̔ͬͮ̌?̵̘͇͔͙ͥͪ͞ͅ

Offline NewToKeyboards

  • Thread Starter
  • Posts: 42
  • Location: Ontario,Canada
Re: New Here, Not New To Forums!
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 10 October 2016, 13:12:19 »
Quote from: Gajible on Mon, 08 August 2016, 22:20:48
Welcome welcome, fellow Canadian!  getoutwhileyoucan

I mean, what? Welcome!

You'll find that the more you look into this hobby, the more your wallet will hate you, especially after that lovely USD to CAD conversion.

I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the K70 though! I had one at one point, until the spell of Topre took me over.. pretty solid board.



LOL! After being on here for a little while longer my wallet already hates me, and I think that amazon does as well with all of the returns that I have been doing!

Quote from: 27 on Thu, 11 August 2016, 20:39:51
Welcome fellow Canada person!  Enjoy your stay.

Why thank you!

Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 14 August 2016, 01:57:18
Welcome to Geekhack!

Many people have found that they type significantly better on one particular switch.  There is a possibility that you haven't found your perfect switch yes, as there are dozens of common switches now.  Even the same switch in different keyboards can feel different.

But you have started well - although reading threads won't help your typing speed, you need to respond :p

"You need to respond" This reply was only a few months after  :p

Anywho, I have seem to found that the best switch for me right now is still the browns. That being said I have not ventured too far out of the mainstream   :cool: With the browns I have been able to hit a pretty consistent 105 peaking around 113 so that has been fun getting there lol it is funny that you said that even the same switch in different keyboards can feel different as the cherry mx blues that I have tried on the Das were miles ahead of the cherry mx blues on my Corsair K70, that being said they both went back :P (the K70 since it was far too loud and I hated the feel of the switches on that board, and the Das since it was too early for me to go to the blank keys :P ) I am still thinking of getting another Das but this time not the Ultimate and actually getting legends on the keys! But then again I would like to try one of the smaller boards that are out there like the HHKB's or the Pok3r's. So we shall see how that goes, right now I am looking at making my desk into an L-shaped that way I have one side with my massive K95 that I use for gaming and my logitech G502, and the other side for my yet to be acquired MX master and a keyboard that will continue with that productivity theme :P That way I will also not have to try and drive my LG 34" 3440*1440 ultrawide for gaming but instead I can go back to my 27" 1080p gaming monitor, from the way that I am looking at it a win-win :P
Logged

Offline pinkizhip

  • Posts: 97
  • Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
  • No, you're a towel.
    • Prime Caps
Re: New Here, Not New To Forums!
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 10 October 2016, 13:45:11 »
Quote from: Gajible on Mon, 08 August 2016, 22:20:48
Welcome welcome, fellow Canadian!  getoutwhileyoucan

I mean, what? Welcome!

You'll find that the more you look into this hobby, the more your wallet will hate you, especially after that lovely USD to CAD conversion.

I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the K70 though! I had one at one point, until the spell of Topre took me over.. pretty solid board.



but the more of us that there are the more we can help each other out. I have a dream to provide artisan keycaps to Canadian enthusiasts for reasonable Canadian prices. Less (possibly free) shipping, no duties. mmm sounds sexy. If there are enough of us then maybe we can get some other things becoming more available in Canada. SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT

Quote from: NewToKeyboards on Sun, 07 August 2016, 09:00:27


Hello Everyone on GeekHack,

     I am new to this forum, but as I said in the title, I am not new to forums  :p Most of the time I have spent on forums has been digging deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole of "DIY Speakers and Subs"  :eek: So, once I was finally free of that little hobby for a second i decided to look to the setup that I use the most. After, I build my gaming computer and I finally killed the Logitech K120 that I had and used for many 15+ double sided page reports, I began looking into gaming peripherals. I found the corsair k70 line and it instantly caught my eye. Getting into the Mechanical Keyboard market was the K70 original with the red back-lights and the Cherry MX Brown switches. After I got the keyboard I was originally terribly disappointed with it. The keys were a lot lighter than what i was used to as well as the amount of typos that I made directly after the purchase of the board was ridiculous. Then after the first couple of 20+ page reports I began to really get into the board and appreciated the keys. That is when it all started, I began researching what the best switches are for typing and I found the Cherry MX Blue switches which I was astounded by the amount of people behind that switch. So I thought, "Hey, What the heck!?", and bought a board with them. Now onto finding that board I looked and looked and finally decided, I know that I like the K70 looks and feel, so why not go with that again but this time with RGB back-lighting. At first, I hated the board, the keys were to heavy this time and that clicking was going to take some getting used to. So, I practiced and practiced and now that I have used it so much my typing speed increased from the low 70's to the 85-88WPM mark, at which I am stuck and sometimes peaking at about 91WPM (10FastFingers.com and Typeracer.com). By no stretch am I saying that I am the fastest typing member on this forum  :)) I have seen the amount of threads where there are members in the plus 150WPM area! Now here I am, Cherry MX Blues Corsair K70, so deeply enthralled with the mechanical keyboard market that I have found myself reading too many threads on this forum, enough for me to want to join in on it  :cool: 



Welcome! See ya around  ;D

Logged
Check out our Artisan keys at Primecaps.ca

Offline itbesandrodoe

  • Posts: 27
  • Location: PA
Re: New Here, Not New To Forums!
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 12 October 2016, 20:53:09 »
I 100% type better on topre! I had to go through a-lot of different types of switches to find what I really was good with!
Logged
Pages:  [1]     Go Up
« previous next »