already need a second keyboard, please help!!!

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Hi all,

I am a long time admirer of mech. keyboards, and last month I just got my very first filco nkro brown switches. I had tried black widow and SS 6gv2 before on my friends' computer, and honestly I think I really miss the clicky thingy on the blue switches. So I guess I will either get a mx blue or buckling springs.


Things I hate about my Filco:

overall its been a very solid keyboard, however the lack of media keys ( i.e. volume and play pause etc) can really be inconvenient for me sometimes, and also although backlit makes the keyboard be a poser, but it would be nice to have it.

Therefore, things I would like to have on my next board:

clicky sound
media keys
macros are optional
backlit(not a must)

and honestly I am thinking of a smaller keybaord as well, like a tenkeyless or even those HHK alike.

I heard that blues from different companies can be harder/softer to hit, if that's the case, I would like it to be harder.

I know if I chose the buckling spring way, then a unicomp spacesaver will most likely be my only route, and giving up most of my requirement, so I will take this route if buckling spring is really for me and there is really no good other choice.

I am considering XARMOR ub9l(s), don't know how solid they are.

Thanks to you all in advance.

[RiGS]

The best bet would be the Noppoo with mx blues.

[keyboardlover]

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[canon.tk]

I have a Black Widow Ultimate and it's not as bad as some people make it out to be.

[jdreamer]

I personally tried the BW and even though I liked the click of Blue switch, I didn't like the keys layout.

[Noregrebt]

I have the BWU. While I don't have anything to compare it to, I really like it. I don't seem to have any of the issues i've heard about so far. I think it's a great buy. Especially considering the price.

[canon.tk]

I'll never recommend a Deck to someone.  I ordered one and returned it the same day, I despised it that much.

[Noregrebt]

Yeah, Razer got an earful about that Function row disaster.  Surprised that made it through their vaunted "Industry Gamers Beta" program.

But then, I don't really touchtype the Function row anyway.

Are you talking about how they aren't spaced as much as a 'normal' layout? I Don't get what the big deal is. I rarely need to use those keys and they still are grouped in 4's. Doesn't bother me at all.

[jdreamer]

Are you talking about how they aren't spaced as much as a 'normal' layout? I Don't get what the big deal is. I rarely need to use those keys and they still are grouped in 4's. Doesn't bother me at all.

Well, it bothers me when I try to play games like Sc2 with it. I always miss the F1 for idle workers and when I try to relocate it, I'm already messed up my other key strokes.

Probably takes time to get used to it. Once you're used to the layout, its fine.

[Mr. Perfect]

I'll never recommend a Deck to someone.  I ordered one and returned it the same day, I despised it that much.

Why's that?

[arc2]

Get the backlit Black Widow.   Not fully NKRO but good enough and the macro programming is quite slick.[/url]

Good enough for you maybe but certainly not good enough for playing BF2 online for example.

[canon.tk]

Why's that?

I know there are people out there that think Decks are the best made keyboard in the world and you could use it as a weapon and all that crap, I hardly think so.

The keyboard looked and felt so cheaply made and the look of the key caps was so awful that I couldn't see using it.  

The jacked up space bar is what pushed me over to returning it.  I was just really lucky one of the LEDs was dead, otherwise I'd have to pay the restocking fee.  Wasted $30 on shipping it to and from.

[What is X?]

Blackwidow Ultimate... really your only choice.