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Nice choices for your first boards. Hopefully the new Ducky Mini suits you better. If the stabilizers still feel horrible, you can try some lube on them, or if you are really ambitious, you could mod them by clipping.
Thank you. Yes I am surprised now that I know what's on the market I still made some pretty good choices that I would probably make again if I was as informed then as I am now.(which is still relatively not really informed
humble me)
I have received another ducky mini and now the stabilisers feel different than the first ducky mini I had, but still not how I like them. Will investigate this lubing business in the future if the feeling persists in a few months. Because the first board they sent me already feels a bit better on the stabilised keys after 2 weeks of use, is this possible? It is mx reds.
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You definitely seem pretty interested in upgrading or trying out different boards, you should look into Korean customs!! or don't since it'll hurt your wallet lol
Yes indeed I love trying new boards and stuff but I try to keep the costs sane by always selling the previous board. I don't think I shall venture out to the korean costums because I am a college student so my cashflow is limited
I saw some amazing costum boards already though, don't know if they're Korean or not. One with beautiful RGB lighting in the bottom of the case shining through matte plastic. Gorgeous.
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Well doe for trying different switches - that's really the only way to find one that you really like.
Do you prefer any of the switches you have tried?
Oh, and go QFR MX black team!!
Yes indeed I found that out for myself after reading so much on the fora online everyone contradicting eachother in opinion in 'best' switch. So I said F that let's spend some dough and try them out for myself
In retrospect I think I liked the QFR more than the ducky shine 3. I really liked the matte gray aesthetic of the QFR and even the rubberized coating which many seem to loathe. And the blacks were delicious for games though which was the reason I built the pc. The meaty spacebar was awesome too, gave jumping in games a real weighty feel. My fingers got tired from typing though(not that I had proper typing skills so that could have been a factor too) which is one of the reasons I tried something new. That and the praise that browns got on the fora and the smacktalk that blacks got made me think I was missing out big time.
Turns out not so much. The browns felt awesome the first few days but when the novelty wore off all that remained whas the annoyance in FPS games. I was strafing to the sides all the time because my fingers unknowingly pushed the keys to their actuation point. Probably because of the blacks who were more forgiving in that department. And the gritty point that you had to get through wasn't amazing for games. For typing I actually liked the grittyness but over time they smoothed out and I began to ike em less.
So I thought why not try out reds because I like gaming so much and all the praise it got here on geekhack because 'cherry is inherently linear, making them tactile is devils practice and should be banned' followed by a plead to buy HHKB
And wanted to try out that sweet looking 60% keyboard factor too so my eye gazed over to the ducky mini. Because of the backlighting wish I think is nice to have even though it doesn't need to be on all the time. And because I liked the look of the bezels, gave something unique against the rest of the similar looking 60% boards.
So here I am typing this on my mx red ducky mini with grey case, it looks absolutely awesome. More 'badass' (sorry for using that word but it kind of describes how the dark gray black bezel looks) than the rather classy look(besides the little ducks all over the board) silver one that they first sent me by mistake. I'm glad I traded for the color I wanted in the first place. The silver should look nice with all apple hardware though.
For the feeling of the reds: I like em. I really like the spacebar and typing goes the smoothest out of all 3 switches I tried so far without getting tired fingers. Gaming is great too but I feel like the blacks were even better for it. The stabilisers definitely need some work still though, hopefully wear and tear will take care of it but if not I shall look into lubing or clipping.
Now all that is left for me is a nice aftermarket keycap set cause these ducky stock keycaps S U C K. I already ordered a vortex PBT set from massdrop for a good price 40 euro. But they are kind of plain so I am joining in the groupbuy PBT keycap set round 4, 80 euro but look a lot nicer. Now only if I could decide what color... I see myself endng up buying two sets because the choices are tearing me apart!! And then there are these nice black on blak PBT caps that would look awesome on my ducky mini dark grey case! Missed the boat though. Maybe next time or buy it from someone else. I see myself spending a lot o this keycap business
It's an illusion to think you'll spend no more when you've found a keyboard that you like apparently.
Thanks all for the warm welcome