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Offline loiphin

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What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 03:11:18 »
I have always liked keyboards and mice, and over the years have bought split keyboards (ala Microsoft) and 3D mice (3D Connexion Space Navigator).

Then in July 2012 I bought myself my first mech keyboard, a Razer Blackwidow Ultimate, after lusting after an IBM Model M as a kid when playing with a friends PS/2. I always knew the Model M was a special keyboard, but didn't really understand or research the difference between a mech and rubber membrane until now (July 2012).

Fast forward one year to today... and I have just bought three four keyboards in the space of as many 3 days  :eek:

Ducky Shine 2 - MX Brown with White keycaps
ADDED: Ducky G2Pro - MX Brown Dyesub PBT Blue/Grey keycaps
Das Model S Ultimate - MX Blue
Corsair K95 - MX Red

O-Rings and Keycaps to tart up my keyboards

and thinking about switching to Colemak...

I am now almost £450 £600 poorer... my god, what have I become! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

« Last Edit: Fri, 21 June 2013, 07:53:48 by loiphin »
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Offline affect656

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 03:14:15 »
You've only just begun
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Offline tp4tissue

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 03:57:12 »
Quote from: affect656 on Fri, 21 June 2013, 03:14:15
You've only just begun


Buy an ergodox, it will cure your current affliction...

You will not look at another keyboard for as long as they don't make a better ergodox... which would be hard since the ergodox has everything already.
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Offline rowdy

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 05:40:23 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

That is a nice start to your collection.

No Topre?

No ErgoDox?

No Model M?

Your journey is just beginning ...
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"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

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Offline llovro

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 05:52:06 »
Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 21 June 2013, 05:40:23
Welcome to Geekhack!

That is a nice start to your collection.

No Topre?

No ErgoDox?

No Model M?

Your journey is just beginning ...
You should add korean customs and phantom, gh60 etc.
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Offline tp4tissue

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 06:11:20 »
Quote from: llovro on Fri, 21 June 2013, 05:52:06
Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 21 June 2013, 05:40:23
Welcome to Geekhack!

That is a nice start to your collection.

No Topre?

No ErgoDox?

No Model M?

Your journey is just beginning ...
You should add korean customs and phantom, gh60 etc.

Staggered Qwerty is obsolete..

Doesn't matter how much aluminum you slap onto it... obsolete is obsolete...
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Offline bazemk1979

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 07:32:52 »
you know OP there are people here with pics showing their keyboard collection, and all I see is industrial IBM's, M15's, SSK's, SSK industrial AT Model F's all of this new in box, then they have 7-8 custom Korean boards. That my friend is close to 10.000 in keyboards maeby even more LOL
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Offline Jack Karneval

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 09:35:19 »
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Offline agodinhost

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 14:11:11 »
Quote from: loiphin on Fri, 21 June 2013, 03:11:18
I am now almost £450 £600 poorer... my god, what have I become! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
Get used to it man ...
8-))
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Offline knotra

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 14:22:41 »
Quote from: agodinhost on Fri, 21 June 2013, 14:11:11
Quote from: loiphin on Fri, 21 June 2013, 03:11:18
I am now almost £450 £600 poorer... my god, what have I become! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
Get used to it man ...
8-))

Couldn't agree more.
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Offline phx

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 21 June 2013, 15:23:52 »
yeah the other day a friend asked me how much I've spent on keyboards, I replied "meh not that much".

then I decided to do a quick calculation, and it came up to over 1k... :-|

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Offline noisyturtle

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 22 June 2013, 06:16:32 »
That Model M(F in my case) benchmark is the one where that keyboard world opens itself up revealing how little you actually know vs what you thought you knew, and sets the watermark for how much more money you will be spending in the future. God speed my friend.
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Offline actionbastard

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 22 June 2013, 07:19:35 »
I feel you.

This week: Ducky with greens, ErgoDox GB, 100~ Soldering station + 40~ all the essentials

Ahhhhh my bank account.. :-X


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Offline ARod

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Re: What have I done... I have unleashed a monster
« Reply #13 on: Sat, 22 June 2013, 08:40:39 »
It's natural to go through a splurge like that at least once.  Eventually after using all the boards for a while you'll develop a sense for what you do and don't like.  I did the same thing and I've settled on 3 boards; 2 for work & play and one for travel.  But, those bastards at Ducky had to come out with a Shine 3!  So, it will be 4 boards I permanently have.  Can't shake the sickness.
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