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Intrinsic

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Oops meant Corsair, it is a K70 variant that definitely has a tactile / audible click prior to bottoming out but I'll check for sure when I get home.

Damn this new job for blocking this site and having to do this crap on my phone.

Was just leaning towards a DAS MX brown to try out.
 
Lanx

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Intrinsic said:
Oops meant Corsair, it is a K70 variant that definitely has a tactile / audible click prior to bottoming out but I'll check for sure when I get home.

Damn this new job for blocking this site and having to do this crap on my phone.

Was just leaning towards a DAS MX brown to try out.
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If you get a mx brown anything, it'll be quite. Board build quality is subjective, if it's either plate or board mounted, has never really shown to be a difference. You literally have to HULK SMASH each key in a mx brown to make it loud/audible, and if that's happening, go put on rubber dampeners for 5bucks.
 
Crone

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So have MS Ergo4k at work, and I'm getting pissed I don't have my mechanical at work as well. I'm still bottoming out keys, but mechanical is just tits in comparison after you use it for a while you really really start to tell the difference.

Now I'm trying to figure a way I can get another one for work, and make them pay for it... but being as I'm a contractor, at a non-permanent desk, I don't think it'd work. :(
 
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Crone said:
So have MS Ergo4k at work, and I'm getting pissed I don't have my mechanical at work as well. I'm still bottoming out keys, but mechanical is just tits in comparison after you use it for a while you really really start to tell the difference.

Now I'm trying to figure a way I can get another one for work, and make them pay for it... but being as I'm a contractor, at a non-permanent desk, I don't think it'd work. :(
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Thats why a lotta ppl just get a ten key less mech board so they take it from home to work.

speak to the tech guys to see if theres an ergo clause for regular employees, there usually is, no one wants to deal with Carpal tunnel, then see if you qualify as a contractor, i mean if you know they make contractors badge out for a pencil or a roll of tape, you know you're fucked.
 
Pyksel

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Intrinsic said:
I think we had this question on the old board but I'll trust it here:

What mech keyboard are people using at work? My Logitech at home would probably be too loud for the cube setting (it is eerily quiet, I'm against the windows with only 1 person on the side of me), so a decent build with a quieter switch. I'll probably just get another G500 mouse or similar. I'm not doing development work but still a lot of document, spreadsheet, visio, CAD, path loss, etc... work.
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http://www.corsair.com/en-us/strafe-rgb-mechanical-gaming-keyboard-cherry-mx-silent

The Cherry MX silent switches are definitely less noisy than Cherry MX Browns + O-ring dampeners, if you're looking for a comparison. Typing on the silent switches feels very nice too.
 
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I've been cleaning out some of my school's random piles of donated equipment, and I found an odd (and unlisted on the Internet) version of this Honeywell Keypad. It was probably meant for some sort of industrial control, but not sure what else one could do with it. (catalog #26SD1-13-S) Dunno if there is such a thing as keyboard porn or not, LOL.

This keypad is similar, except the one I'm looking at right now only has the number keys labeled, everything else is blank and instead of the QTY and SUB TOTAL keys there are instead just 2 additional horizontal double-wide keys. All the larger keys have double plungers as well.

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[Photos] Honeywell 26SD1-2-H • deskthority
Honeywell Hall Effect - Deskthority wiki
 
Deathwing

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Anyone have something negative to say about cooler master keyboards? Thinking about getting a quickfire xt, don't need any fancy back lighting nor USB ports. Considering getting a ducky model of similar features and price but lack of availability in the US has me concerned.
 
Deathwing

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Read some more reviews, people complained about the key caps wearing out and the lettering fading off, so screw that.

Ordered one of these as my first mechanical keyboard. Well, first since IBM Model M's were still common.

DuckyChannel - Ducky One Mechanical Keyboard Features

Don't care about backlighting one bit but the nonbacklight model was the same price and had orange lettering(wut?) so, whatever. $118 is cheap enough that if I end up liking it, buying another for work won't be too hard pill to swallow. Similar brands without looking like something you'd be embarrassed to use at work were in the $150 range at least.

I kinda want that blue or green one for home...

Anyway, thanks to this thread and the previous for recommendations.
 
Lanx

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enjoy, i still take out my ModelM once in a blue moon when i feel like being a real typist.
 
Deathwing

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Something I haven't seen discussed much: what's the difference between ABS and PBT plastics used for key caps? From what I understand, ABS is required for backlighting, so it's pretty ubiquitous?
 
Lanx

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Deathwing said:
Something I haven't seen discussed much: what's the difference between ABS and PBT plastics used for key caps? From what I understand, ABS is required for backlighting, so it's pretty ubiquitous?
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PBT is actually in the ModelM, PBT is the harder plastic, but harder to work w/ so most everyone just uses ABS really. It's also the reason doubleshots re ABS and for partial clear keycaps too. They both sound and feel different cuz of their properties, most all everything uses ABS anyway.
 
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They gave me an MX Black board at work and holy shit these switches suck. I'm bringing in my MX Brown board I can't deal with how utterly shitty this switch is.
 
Deathwing

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Been loving my new mechanical keyboard, not sure how I got by on rubber domes all these years. Well, actually, I didn't, I could feel my typing degrading over time, especially as my keyboard(from 2001) got older and older.

Anyway, that aside, time to upgrade my ancient MX518 mouse. I'm assuming sensor quality has improved in the last 10 years and there's something substantial to gain. Any recommendations for a mouse that is NOT showy? Would like to use at home and work if possible.
 
gogusrl

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I can't wait for the Logitech G Pro to be released, looks to be exactly what I've wanted. Might the one to dethrone my old G9x.
 
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Deathwing said:
Anyone have something negative to say about cooler master keyboards? Thinking about getting a quickfire xt, don't need any fancy back lighting nor USB ports. Considering getting a ducky model of similar features and price but lack of availability in the US has me concerned.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EHBECAW/

This thing is amazing to type on.

The ducky one is probably similar but this is great for 99 dollars.
 
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I got a quickfire and it's 2 year old. I think it's a brown switch and was too noisy for home but liked the size. I added red rubber ring but was still too noisy for home. The only big negative are that the led are dying on it one by one. I use it at work.

I eventually tried the cooler Master Novatouch with hybrid switch and I really liked it for home. I have been using it for about 1 year now. It cost more but It came with the rubber ring. It's an hybrid between switch and membrane. You can be very quiet or noisy with it. The click feeling is not the same but it does work when your wife and kid sleeping in the room next to you. They are expensive, you can custom it and they don't have back light. I understand why not everyone like it but it work really well for me.

Cooler Master: NovaTouch TKL

The hybrid switch are called Topre. These are the one on the coolmaster I have. Gonna admit that Razer Keyboard is kinda interesting because of the lighting and different height BUT I really don't like Razer's drivers in general.

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Topre-made switch exclusive to the Cooler Master NovaTouch TKL. Cooler Master collaborated with Topre to produce the first Topre switch compatible with keycaps for the popular Cherry MX line of switches.

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No idea why they listed that high on Amazon but I paid mine about 180$ (Canadian)

Cooler Master Storm NovaTouch TKL - Premium Keyboard with Exclusive Hybrid Capacitive Switches: Amazon.ca: Computers & Tablets
 
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