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Offline Stargorn

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My Ducky Mini YoTH
« on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 01:53:59 »
I recently started learning to code and so to touch type and my researching led me to mechanical keyboards. My current board is a Ducky Mini YoTH edition with white translucent PBT key caps and clear 1.5mm o rings.




I am programming in EMACS, so I got a 60% to rid me of the temptation to stray too far from the home row. I love the look and feel of the keyboard, though I am still up in the air about the o rings. They seem to make my typing more accurate but they take away the lovely clack I used to hear and it's very mushy when I bottom out. My wife programmed in some custom lighting modes...




I have a model M incoming but no idea what condition it's going to be in. Hopefully good:





My next endeavour is to get an artisan keycap and a PBT DSA set. I also think that a HHKB may lie in my future.
« Last Edit: Fri, 05 June 2015, 01:58:03 by Stargorn »
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Offline rowdy

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Re: My Ducky Mini YoTH
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 02:11:30 »
Nice, clean and simple :)

The Model M, whatever condition it is in, should almost certainly be revived to be almost as good as new.
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Re: My Ducky Mini YoTH
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 07:20:28 »
Heart lightning mode is the best lighting mode
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Offline Neo.X

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Re: My Ducky Mini YoTH
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 08:11:27 »
Really clean looking YOTH, the heart-shape lighting is awesome. Nice work.  :thumb:
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Re: My Ducky Mini YoTH
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 08:30:30 »
YOTH looks sweet with white blanks! I may have to swap out my current set for some blanks :)
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Re: My Ducky Mini YoTH
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 05 June 2015, 23:49:27 »
Ugh...where can I get this with MX Clears?
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Offline Coreda

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Re: My Ducky Mini YoTH
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 06 June 2015, 00:04:55 »
What an adorable board, and lighting config :) First time seeing the Ducky Mini, or else I mustn't have been paying attention to Ducky's offerings. Neat little 60%, and looks so much better with the blank white caps.
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Offline Stargorn

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Re: My Ducky Mini YoTH
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 06 June 2015, 01:53:08 »
Glad you guys like the Ducky. It was exactly how I wanted a keyboard to look but after looking around these forums some more, I have the keyboard purchasing fever good and proper. It reminds me a bit of catching pokemon, except there are far more keyboards for me to catch. That doesn't even take into account key sets and artisan caps. I have a feeling I am gonna be hooked for life now.
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