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Offline MajorMajor

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Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« on: Tue, 04 August 2015, 10:55:55 »
Hi everyone,
I put together this mechanical keyboard survey to gather everyone's opinion, and I'll share the results next week! It'll be fun to see the most favorite switches, manufacturers, etc. No login required, it should only take 2-3 minutes to complete, only one page. Thanks!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EAemzAZF1Gp2mo-ydn66kuzFEo6A6Mz7qq72W59GOp4/viewform
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Offline Shaussman

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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 04 August 2015, 12:11:44 »
On a slight note, when you listed switches they seemed to be in a random order that wasn't consistent all the way through, so it was a little annoying to search for the answer I was looking for each time. Also, you asked for the most overrated brand twice
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 04 August 2015, 12:55:08 »
Quote from: Shaussman on Tue, 04 August 2015, 12:11:44
On a slight note, when you listed switches they seemed to be in a random order that wasn't consistent all the way through, so it was a little annoying to search for the answer I was looking for each time. Also, you asked for the most overrated brand twice

I just set it to randomize the order, I'll switch it so it's consistent. I also removed the dupe, thanks!
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Offline Charger

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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 04 August 2015, 18:44:33 »
nice little survey.

The 3 name brand mechanical keyboards I have owned they have all been used for parts lol
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 04 August 2015, 19:45:05 »
btw Happy Hacking isn't the name of the manufacturer / brand, it's PFU.
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 00:17:45 »
A few brands missing but fun survey, results might be interesting
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 00:31:32 »
Kappakaps in there but not Punks? K
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 00:39:45 »
Quote from: hwood34 on Wed, 05 August 2015, 00:31:32
Kappakaps in there but not Punks? K

Indeed sad.

Punks got my vote :D
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 00:40:06 »
Quote from: hwood34 on Wed, 05 August 2015, 00:31:32
Kappakaps in there but not Punks? K
I'm missing punks in there too. He would have had my vote.
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Offline chyros

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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 02:13:24 »
On 10 out of 12 questions with "other:" in it, I went for that option xD . I must be a deviant xD .
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Offline Oobly

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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 06:17:01 »
The flipped spacebar question doesn't have enough options. The only spacebars that need flipping are DCS and some OEM, SA and Cherry profile don't. So I sometimes do, and I sometimes don't.

"huh?" doesn't seem to be an appropriate response for this situation.
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Offline Findecanor

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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 14:35:11 »
Hmm... "How much have you spent on mechanical keyboards in the past year?".
Do I really want to go through my PayPal history and find out? ...

BTW, I did not consider Topre mechanical when answering this survey.
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 14:41:32 »
I was other on almost everything and my total spent may be a bit low but I'm not sure, it'd take me a while to get that number.


Edit: If you want better answers you should add more options. Like the artisan section was pretty limiting. Missing booper, nubb, and punks to name a few.
« Last Edit: Wed, 05 August 2015, 14:43:49 by Joey Quinn »
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 19:04:15 »
Thanks for all the responses, almost 500 so far! This is going to be a great survey!

I know there's no way I could have gotten everyone's favorite brands, but for the next round I'll be sure to include all the most popular from the write-ins I get.
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 19:32:27 »
wow, 500 responses? You must have asked r/mk too :P

Only thing with this survey that really irked me was the inability to make multiple selections. I don't have a "favorite" switch, I assess my favorites based on environment and/or task at hand. (i.e. I prefer MX Greens at home, but at work I'm all about Topre).

I'm looking forward to seeing the responses for the "overrated manufacturer". Personally, I think DasKeyboard is the most overrated out of all of those mentioned, followed by WASD in a close 2nd due to their CODE keyboard. Edit: I wonder who put "custom build" for that one. Maybe someone who is a little salty about a GON purchase? idk.
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 19:44:59 »
Quote from: MajorMajor on Wed, 05 August 2015, 19:04:15
Thanks for all the responses, almost 500 so far! This is going to be a great survey!

I know there's no way I could have gotten everyone's favorite brands, but for the next round I'll be sure to include all the most popular from the write-ins I get.
Let's see if we can get more than the 840 responses from the last survey. :p

Good luck!
« Last Edit: Fri, 07 August 2015, 04:28:36 by wlhlm »
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 19:56:32 »
Filco seemed conspicuous in its absence.

And Alps don't exist.
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 06 August 2015, 02:14:31 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 05 August 2015, 19:56:32
And Alps don't exist.
Yeah they took up several "other" slots for me xD . Then again, nowadays most people only know about/think in terms of Cherry anyway :P .
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #18 on: Thu, 06 August 2015, 02:54:07 »
Quote from: Oobly on Wed, 05 August 2015, 06:17:01
The flipped spacebar question doesn't have enough options. The only spacebars that need flipping are DCS and some OEM, SA and Cherry profile don't. So I sometimes do, and I sometimes don't.

"huh?" doesn't seem to be an appropriate response for this situation.

This
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Offline Leslieann

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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #19 on: Thu, 06 August 2015, 20:40:38 »
I didn't spend much last year, but the year before that, I don't even want to know.
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Re: Mechanical Keyboard Summer Survey!
« Reply #20 on: Thu, 06 August 2015, 20:51:43 »
I spent a lot this year. And it is not even over yet :( I hope it winds down, but at the end of the year I am going to go through my PP and see how much I actually earned/lost.
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