[Recommend] Good Mechanical Keyboard

[ragnarok95]

Arh, side printed keycaps.

 

[SerSiTiv]

Most keyboards will do south-facing these days anyways, south-facing prevents interference with Cherry profile switches as mentioned by ragnarok95. But if you cannot tell, you cannot tell, it's just when the keycap hits the switch.

Your keyboard coming?

 

[hyperfuse]

Most keyboards will do south-facing these days anyways, south-facing prevents interference with Cherry profile switches as mentioned by ragnarok95. But if you cannot tell, you cannot tell, it's just when the keycap hits the switch.

Your keyboard coming?

Ordered 3 diff colorways with 3 diff switches.

One is coming tommorow, another 2 probably end of this week or following.

 

[SerSiTiv]

Ordered 3 diff colorways with 3 diff switches.

One is coming tommorow, another 2 probably end of this week or following.

3 colors? Oh wow, steady sia, I cannot say so much cause I also have quite a few boards. LOL

 

[hyperfuse]

Most keyboards will do south-facing these days anyways, south-facing prevents interference with Cherry profile switches as mentioned by ragnarok95. But if you cannot tell, you cannot tell, it's just when the keycap hits the switch.

Your keyboard coming?

Received 1 set.

Comes with leobog graywood switches. Sounds thocky out of the box. nicer than my keychron q3 for sure.

stabilisers not rattly at all. i guess its all prelubed. My keychron q3 at $200+ has rattly stabilzers out of the box

rgb is pretty strong. the keyboard though is plastic has some weight to it, i believe due to the prebuilt foam and silicon etc in it.

i am typing this via bluetooth mode to my phone

 

[hyperfuse]

plastic keyboards really thocky sounding especially the backspace and enter button. i just swap it out to my OSA keycaps from my keychron q3, but on the stock keycaps also really nice sounding.

no rattle at all from the stabs. really value for money~

$30 to $40+ for a wireless, wired and bluetooth keyboard that dont need any modding. damn good value.

looking forward to the black reef version, realise i accidentally chose sea shipping on taobao for that color...delivery gonna be longer.

 

[matchalatte23]

guys, I want to get my younger brother this Logitech keyboard.. can anyone tell me if this is a good model and if it's a good deal also? Can recommend other brands/ retailers that sell affordable and good mechanical keyboards also thanks

 

[SerSiTiv]

guys, I want to get my younger brother this Logitech keyboard.. can anyone tell me if this is a good model and if it's a good deal also? Can recommend other brands/ retailers that sell affordable and good mechanical keyboards also thanks

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If you want to get this, should support HWZ Deals, you can go to their telegram channel @HWZdeals

This is the link they shared to the exact same board bit.ly/3KihKDk but at $88

 

[SerSiTiv]

plastic keyboards really thocky sounding especially the backspace and enter button. i just swap it out to my OSA keycaps from my keychron q3, but on the stock keycaps also really nice sounding.

no rattle at all from the stabs. really value for money~

$30 to $40+ for a wireless, wired and bluetooth keyboard that dont need any modding. damn good value.

looking forward to the black reef version, realise i accidentally chose sea shipping on taobao for that color...delivery gonna be longer.

Looks good, the China factories probably cracked the code to prevent stab rattle. I would say the current China board is also very good out of the box. So you bought wooden spacebar, R shift and Backspace? Or they just look like wood?

 

[matchalatte23]

If you want to get this, should support HWZ Deals, you can go to their telegram channel @HWZdeals

This is the link they shared to the exact same board bit.ly/3KihKDk but at $88

wahh nice lah thanks for the rec

 

[hyperfuse]

Looks good, the China factories probably cracked the code to prevent stab rattle. I would say the current China board is also very good out of the box. So you bought wooden spacebar, R shift and Backspace? Or they just look like wood?

its actual wood. bought this long ago when i had my keychron q3. one key cost about $10 to $12 sgd. i only bought 4 keys but i do it in such a way, i only pay about $2 to $4 for a key.

Because back then when u create a new aliexpress account, they were running some promo. new account gets $6 to $8 discount code, something like that. so i just create 4 accounts hahaha.. each account just buy 1 item.

yes the keyboard really got zero rattle. literally zero. as though it is well modded keyboard.

i kinda like how plastic boards are with the acoustic that it brings, i might not get aluminum boards anymore as they require modding to take away that ping and hollow sound. the price also cost way more, and i kinda like the weight of this board, its not too light as well and its easy for me to move it around if i wanna clean my desk etc.

this board only thing i mod is only switch or keycaps thats all. in fact the graywood switches are good on its own, pretty thocky. i ordered SA keycaps from taobao as well, hoping it gives an even more thocky sound lol..

 

[SerSiTiv]

its actual wood. bought this long ago when i had my keychron q3. one key cost about $10 to $12 sgd. i only bought 4 keys but i do it in such a way, i only pay about $2 to $4 for a key.

Because back then when u create a new aliexpress account, they were running some promo. new account gets $6 to $8 discount code, something like that. so i just create 4 accounts hahaha.. each account just buy 1 item.

yes the keyboard really got zero rattle. literally zero. as though it is well modded keyboard.

i kinda like how plastic boards are with the acoustic that it brings, i might not get aluminum boards anymore as they require modding to take away that ping and hollow sound. the price also cost way more, and i kinda like the weight of this board, its not too light as well and its easy for me to move it around if i wanna clean my desk etc.

this board only thing i mod is only switch or keycaps thats all. in fact the graywood switches are good on its own, pretty thocky. i ordered SA keycaps from taobao as well, hoping it gives an even more thocky sound lol..

If you have a chance to drop by Ktechs you can go check out the Rainy 75, it is the board I got from them. it's an aluminium board that is thocky without the ping and rattle you mentioned. They should be moving their outlet soon to Aljunied, so more assessable in my opinion. But of course, it all depends on where you live hahah.

I don't have access to the board you bought so I would not be able to know how thocky yours sound, unless you drop a sound test into the chat here.

 

[ragnarok95]

If you have a chance to drop by Ktechs you can go check out the Rainy 75, it is the board I got from them. it's an aluminium board that is thocky without the ping and rattle you mentioned. They should be moving their outlet soon to Aljunied, so more assessable in my opinion. But of course, it all depends on where you live hahah.

I don't have access to the board you bought so I would not be able to know how thocky yours sound, unless you drop a sound test into the chat here.

Time to hoot Rainy.

 

[hyperfuse]

If you have a chance to drop by Ktechs you can go check out the Rainy 75, it is the board I got from them. it's an aluminium board that is thocky without the ping and rattle you mentioned. They should be moving their outlet soon to Aljunied, so more assessable in my opinion. But of course, it all depends on where you live hahah.

I don't have access to the board you bought so I would not be able to know how thocky yours sound, unless you drop a sound test into the chat here.

i realize most sound test dont do proper justice to how a board actually sounds. esp if one using phone to record. phone recorded sound test always make it sound more clackier than it sounds real life. actually just go check out youtube videos of the Aula F75. alot of sound tests, some recorded using professional microphones.

haha i dont want to fall so much in the rabbit hole of custom keyboards. now i have 3 liao, its more than enough. to have it not rattle and thocky and best of all, dirt cheap..i am contented liao hehe

and yes i heard of the rainy 75, leobog hi75, monsgeek m1w when i did some research to buy prebuilt boards.

last time didnt know, went to buy keychron.. cuz looks nice...end up alot of rattly stabilizers. not sure hows their current models fair.

But price wise, which keyboard can beat the Aula F75 with its prebuilt acoustics with the layers of different foam in it, gasket mounted and still tri mode connectivity? All for $30+ if one know how to buy from taobao with coupons haha..

i even went to carousel to look for ppl that had modded custom keyboards to sell so i can just buy them off the bat, no need to self mod since i pretty lazy.. until chance upon this Aula F75.

 

[SerSiTiv]

i realize most sound test dont do proper justice to how a board actually sounds. esp if one using phone to record. phone recorded sound test always make it sound more clackier than it sounds real life. actually just go check out youtube videos of the Aula F75. alot of sound tests, some recorded using professional microphones.

haha i dont want to fall so much in the rabbit hole of custom keyboards. now i have 3 liao, its more than enough. to have it not rattle and thocky and best of all, dirt cheap..i am contented liao hehe

It's always good to try out new stuff, you never know what you really like until you try it.

It's like going to the ice cream store, you never always just buy one flavour, you will try different flavours.

 

[hyperfuse]

It's always good to try out new stuff, you never know what you really like until you try it.

It's like going to the ice cream store, you never always just buy one flavour, you will try different flavours.

true, but right now i like my F75 haha.. and its enough for me liao.

 

[ragnarok95]

Go to discord and buy.

 

[artyboy]

Have been crazy about mechanical keyboards all these years but have never tried a custom keyboards (my arsenal consists of Razer/Corsair/Asus). What do you guys think of the Wooting 60HE and Keychron Q5/Pro as a starter custom keyboard? A bit comprehensive of the 60HE due to lack of arrow keys though lol. And I was told Youtube videos their sound tests may not represent how they actually sound when you are typing on it.

 

[hyperfuse]

Have been crazy about mechanical keyboards all these years but have never tried a custom keyboards (my arsenal consists of Razer/Corsair/Asus). What do you guys think of the Wooting 60HE and Keychron Q5/Pro as a starter custom keyboard? A bit comprehensive of the 60HE due to lack of arrow keys though lol. And I was told Youtube videos their sound tests may not represent how they actually sound when you are typing on it.

Keychron...always have stabilizer sounds prebuilt, though I quite like their designs.

 

[artyboy]

Keychron...always have stabilizer sounds prebuilt, though I quite like their designs.

Thanks bro! I've seen some pre-built ones as I don't think I'm comfortable pulling out keycaps and messing with the keyboard's internals.