Hello geekhack!
I'm pretty new to these boards but I've learned enough already to not be that naive and think that there's THE ONE, but I'm currently looking to get another keyboard and I want to make sure I did the research. I'm currently typing on a Cherry G80 with MX Clear, my gateway drug so to speak
I've only gotten into mechanical keyboards a few months ago and I'm slowly starting to realize there's quite a lot of stuff out there beyond the mainstream Razer & Steelseries stuff.
It's main purpose will be playing SC2 and some chatting, let me try to put it in a list:
must:-solid build quality - I want something sturdy, something that could save my life in a zombie apocalypse
-Cherry MX brown
should:-tenkeyless
-look subtle
(-F keys not too far away, not all that important but would be nice)
don't care much about:-backlighting (slight pro I guess)
-colour
-nkro - nice to have I guess but never missed it so far
-layout - don't mind having a second keyboard on my desk for writing longer stuff/working, so I'm fine with a non-german layout
should not:-cost me (much) more than 150€ incl shipping to germany and some extra keycaps
must not:-be glossy (hate that development in consumer electronics over the last ~5 years)
As you probably got the hint from the "should not" point, I'm looking to customise it a bit. I want to put on some new caps for better contrast, so it's easier to recognise where stuff is at from peripheral glancing. Also I was wondering if there's keycaps made from different types of materials, a difference I could tell just from touching?
So I hope you can answer my questions:
Which keyboards match my requirements? (aka which manufacturers should I look into?)
What keycaps would fit those?
Where can I possibly buy both to save shipping costs?
