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Offline koishi39

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New to this hobby what budget 75% or 65% do u guys recommend
« on: Fri, 03 September 2021, 07:43:27 »
I was going to buy the idobao id80 just cuz everything else is like 80 dollars shipping but are there some other good ones in stock?

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Offline Leslieann

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Re: New to this hobby what budget 75% or 65% do u guys recommend
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 03 September 2021, 21:10:22 »
I haven't heard anything bad about the Idobao but also not really anything at all. However their OEM (or they may be the OEM) seems to make a few other boards which have decent reputations.

Here's the thing places like here and other sites kind of ignore... Keyboards are shockingly simple, unlike everything else in a computer.
They all use the same switches, can (almost) all use the same stabs, the pcb layout is actually pretty simple electronically and most are made in only a few factories so if it's mass produced odds are it will be fine. The rest is just a box it all sits in  Get nice switches, put some better stabs add a little lube and even a budget board is going to do well.  So if you like it, go for it. There's really very few BAD boards it's just some are a little better but really once you get beyond switches and housing material it's just fine tuning things to your precise specs.

As for alternatives.
The Nk65 will be restocking soon (expect Dec, not Sept).
And if you're in Asia/Australia region check out KBDfans and Krepublublic.
I'd also look at YMDK on Ali Express/Amazon and pretty much anything on Mechanicalkeyboards.com.
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