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Offline Diokhan

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Looking for barebone or not too expensive keyboard
« on: Wed, 27 January 2016, 13:47:26 »
Hey guys,

My brother is interested in a mechanical keyboard.
His birthday is in 2 months and I want to get him one.
He tried my switch tester and he would like to have mx blacks.

I was thinking to get him a barebone wasd.. but the shipping to the Netherlands is almost half the price of the keyboard.
And then I would need to pay customs on top of the product & shipping.
Does anyone know anyhing else I could go for around the same price, but in europe?

Thanks!

EDIT:
He is looking for a full sized board :)
« Last Edit: Wed, 27 January 2016, 13:49:51 by Diokhan »

Offline 3K

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Re: Looking for barebone or not too expensive keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 27 January 2016, 14:06:11 »
Hey, you could check ebay for Cherry MX boards! Most of the boards do have Blacks.

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Offline jacobolus

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Re: Looking for barebone or not too expensive keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 27 January 2016, 14:11:02 »
You might try the marketplace section of Deskthority, https://deskthority.net/for-sale-f55/
« Last Edit: Wed, 27 January 2016, 14:13:18 by jacobolus »

Offline Diokhan

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Re: Looking for barebone or not too expensive keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 27 January 2016, 14:13:48 »
Hey, you could check ebay for Cherry MX boards! Most of the boards do have Blacks.

You might try the marketplace section of Deskthority, https://deskthority.net/for-sale-f55/

Thanks! will check.
More suggestions are welcome :)

Offline arrowM

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Re: Looking for barebone or not too expensive keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 28 January 2016, 01:31:33 »
This is a pretty barebones, but good keyboard:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UBQZKFS/

I would also recommend the CM Storm Quickfire Rapid w/ MX Blacks if you can find it.

Offline tronbeaver

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Re: Looking for barebone or not too expensive keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 28 January 2016, 09:25:58 »
Just get whatever cheap MX Black keyboard you can find in Europe and pull the caps.

Offline klennkellon

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Re: Looking for barebone or not too expensive keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 28 January 2016, 19:25:01 »
I fancy the Keycool 108, simple design, standard layout, and ships with moderately thick PBT keycaps! https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=932

It uses Kailh Blacks, but from my experience they feel just as good as MX Blacks, but they do take longer to smooth out.

Offline Leslieann

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Re: Looking for barebone or not too expensive keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 28 January 2016, 20:27:57 »
http://www.keyboardco.com is based in the UK, you might be able to get something there for less shipping and import fees.

I know they carry Filco, it may be a bit overkill for what you want, but it will start him off well.  They also carry Matias, Unicomp and Cherry, again, none are bad.
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