[Recommend] Good Mechanical Keyboard

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good = can type nia ah
i like the color scheme (asus) - the spring shld be good cos so closely knitted

Yeah, naturally mainstream brands have more equipment when comes to precision manufacturing.

Anyway wooting 80he coming soon end of year, buy the plastic version, go taobao buy some scrap metal.. can assemble half metal full metal kb :)

 

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Yeah, naturally mainstream brands have more equipment when comes to precision manufacturing.

Anyway wooting 80he coming soon end of year, buy the plastic version, go taobao buy some scrap metal.. can assemble half metal full metal kb :)


Low profile should get this bah cos professional. Nuphy is crap la v1 and V2 same
 

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Just my own opinion. No need agree with me ah.

A good keyboard to me is simply have decent latency, switches don't rattle, no rattling of stabilizers, hot swappable.

Doesn't mean a keyboard cost thousands means it's better as well.

Material wise really to be honest is just either for aesthetics or acoustics. Those custom keyboard enthusiasts will blabber on and on with many minute reasonings to defend their hobby.

The performance of a keyboard also doesn't come from the finishing of its material use either.

A keyboard sole purpose is to be use to type or for gaming. Go ask gaming professionals for the matter and if performance of a keyboard matters, it's about latency and never about materials or finishing.

If performance of keyboard is use as a debating reason, like I say, a pro gamer using a cheap keyboard will still win hands down vs a casual gamer on a thousand dollar custom mechanical keyboard that can snap tap, program custom key with its complex softwares and other nerdy little nitty gritty unimportant stuff haha.

If durability of a keyboard is use as another debating reason, cheap office keyboards can last decades as well. Plastic or aluminium of a keyboard does not mean anything about durability of a keyboard.

Most of the times is all about aesthetics, but enthusiasts will exaggerate it until saying cheap keyboards are bad just to justify pricier ones.
agreed. using cheapo ajazz ak33, i like it, good enough for me

end up buying another for use in office also

i chose red switch, so not so noisy in office. suspect a colleague using a blue switch keyboard in office, can hear it from far away, lol
 

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Don't just based on online reviews la. Go and actually use it then u will know it's really not as bad.
You mean the hi75? I didn't comment on the performance. I just comment that the casing finishing on her Hi75 is rubbish from her video.
 

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You mean the hi75? I didn't comment on the performance. I just comment that the casing finishing on her Hi75 is rubbish from her video.
i see. i have 3 of it now. one in front of me. This cheap $40+ keyboard looks the same as my keychron $250 aluminium keyboard as well. (Though Keychron to me is not a good keyboard at all, durability issues on the motherboard, usb connection etc)

The Hi75 has rounded edges at the exposed corners so no sharp edges. Paint job is uniform as well. Changed out the knob and remove that ugly silver magnet. looks and feel way more than a $40 keyboard hehe
 

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agreed. using cheapo ajazz ak33, i like it, good enough for me

end up buying another for use in office also

i chose red switch, so not so noisy in office. suspect a colleague using a blue switch keyboard in office, can hear it from far away, lol
yea nothing could go wrong with the recent outpouring of custom mech keyboards. Once it comes with no rattle stabilizers, just fit it with your own preferred switch and keycaps and majority will enjoy the keyboard already. Its almost a given that most keyboards already come with decent latency and are hot swappable. Recent ones all also have the common sound dampening layers unlike years ago where people need to mod themselves. But then just because prebuilt boards now come with all these dampening layers, the custom community now needs to find other reasons to justify customisation. They will say, oh these all sound the same, bla bla.. But back then, these same ppl want their boards to sound just like how the current prebuilt sounds. The irony.

Unless one is nitpicking on aesthetics and material, then that opens up a whole new can of worms.
 

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Low profile should get this bah cos professional. Nuphy is crap la v1 and V2 same

Wow, someone already got it wtf o_O


If there's tri-mode connectivity i would have ordered, but sadly not.

I need to use it for my couch gaming also :ROFLMAO:
 

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i add tape to my spacebar de

Oh.. this is mine. The pre-installed foams on both kb.

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I changed the switch on the space bar of the second pic to NX Snow Switch because it's just a very good switch, one of the least wobbly, firm and smoothest out there.
 

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Oh.. this is mine. The pre-installed foams on both kb.

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I changed the switch on the space bar of the second pic to NX Snow Switch because it's just a very good switch, one of the least wobbly, firm and smoothest out there.
my one cannot take out le cos is my new kb. doublesided taped is foam glue
 

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My new caps just come so cute :love:

Where did you buy the keycaps?

I am looking for some keycaps that are nice looking and good quality with shine through.

I cannot see any of the letters in a dimmed room without shine-through keycap, the backlit is useless like that.

:ROFLMAO:

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Where did you buy the keycaps?

I am looking for some keycaps that are nice looking and good quality with shine through.

I cannot see any of the letters in a dimmed room without shine-through keycap, the backlit is useless like that.

:ROFLMAO:

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Shopee shop name usagicustomisation many beautiful keycaps selling at there local seller.
 

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This one just came in today. Currently i'm out trying different board, switches and keycaps profile.

Switch: MMD Princess 38g Linear switches

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I really like the Mahjong sound (damn shiok) coming out from the MMD princess switch but personally feel the 38g switches are too light for me. Made alot of typing error on MonkeyType but typing on light switches can be super fast if you are precise in typing and soft typing kinda guy (not me). Just ordered KTT風信子 53g switches to replace ( trying out the hype switches in taobao).

Thanks for reviewing the MMD princess linear switches as I also have them currently. MMD princess linear switches if you buy from the official MMD brand Taobao platform, got different actuation forces and even factory or hand-lubed options.

A good keyboard to me is simply have decent latency, switches don't rattle, no rattling of stabilizers, hot swappable.

Doesn't mean a keyboard cost thousands means it's better as well.


Material wise really to be honest is just either for aesthetics or acoustics. Those custom keyboard enthusiasts will blabber on and on with many minute reasonings to defend their hobby.

The performance of a keyboard also doesn't come from the finishing of its material use either.

A keyboard sole purpose is to be use to type or for gaming. Go ask gaming professionals for the matter and if performance of a keyboard matters, it's about latency and never about materials or finishing.

If performance of keyboard is use as a debating reason, like I say, a pro gamer using a cheap keyboard will still win hands down vs a casual gamer on a thousand dollar custom mechanical keyboard that can snap tap, program custom key with its complex softwares and other nerdy little nitty gritty unimportant stuff haha.

If durability of a keyboard is use as another debating reason, cheap office keyboards can last decades as well. Plastic or aluminium of a keyboard does not mean anything about durability of a keyboard.

Most of the times is all about aesthetics, but enthusiasts will exaggerate it until saying cheap keyboards are bad just to justify pricier ones.
Fully agree with your comments.

My current keebs (one silent, one alum keeb and one Alice keeb) are all budget boards doing very well.

Of course budget boards need to do some mods to make them good/ "fake premium" (replace stabs, replace plate, force break mod for alum keeb, tape mod,hand-lubed switches from Taobao, good keycaps etc.).

It also helps if one cleans the keyboard keycaps and vacuum the keyboard regularly.
 
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After spending a few days with the Ajazz 820 Pro, here's my mini-review. I have verified these concerns through my own experience along with others, and by contacting after-sales support.
  • None of the knob's functionality can be rebinded in the software.
  • When rebinding the FN layer on the software, it doesn’t do a thing as in reality, nothing changes. (This is important as the keyboard only has 4 additional keys available)
  • The bottom feet don’t grip well, so you would want to use this on a desk mat, not a hard flat surface.
  • The keycaps have sharp, unpolished edges at the bottom, similar to those found on the Monsgeek M1W. Of course, the printing isn't great either because for the price you just get what you paid for.
  • If you turn off the Screen and RGB lighting, they automatically turn back on when the keyboard wakes up, requiring manual switching off again which is kind of annoying as I just want to use my PC when I return from being idle.
  • Both variants of switches that came with the keyboard have poor housing quality. The material isn’t dense, and some switch housings may show early signs of bending when pulled.
  • Using the 2.4GHz wireless connection, I experienced a random set of inputs once or twice while typing, although this has occurred only twice in the past couple of days.
Overall, much like other budget keyboards, the AJazz 820 Pro is extremely hyped up by users who love aesthetics and sound that disregard functionality and refinement, which makes them an easy target. Unsurprisingly, it shares several common issues with a lot of other budget keyboards. For SGD 47.03, I would still consider it a good value to buy this budget keyboard. Lastly, it's not much different from the other budget keyboards, you get what you paid for, and at this price, it is more about being able to tolerate the flaws due to the low price paid, but be aware that websites like Epomaker can easily charge double the price which makes them completely overpriced.
 

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After spending a few days with the Ajazz 820 Pro, here's my mini-review. I have verified these concerns through my own experience along with others, and by contacting after-sales support.
  • None of the knob's functionality can be rebinded in the software.
  • When rebinding the FN layer on the software, it doesn’t do a thing as in reality, nothing changes. (This is important as the keyboard only has 4 additional keys available)
  • The bottom feet don’t grip well, so you would want to use this on a desk mat, not a hard flat surface.
  • The keycaps have sharp, unpolished edges at the bottom, similar to those found on the Monsgeek M1W. Of course, the printing isn't great either because for the price you just get what you paid for.
  • If you turn off the Screen and RGB lighting, they automatically turn back on when the keyboard wakes up, requiring manual switching off again which is kind of annoying as I just want to use my PC when I return from being idle.
  • Both variants of switches that came with the keyboard have poor housing quality. The material isn’t dense, and some switch housings may show early signs of bending when pulled.
  • Using the 2.4GHz wireless connection, I experienced a random set of inputs once or twice while typing, although this has occurred only twice in the past couple of days.
Overall, much like other budget keyboards, the AJazz 820 Pro is extremely hyped up by users who love aesthetics and sound that disregard functionality and refinement, which makes them an easy target. Unsurprisingly, it shares several common issues with a lot of other budget keyboards. For SGD 47.03, I would still consider it a good value to buy this budget keyboard. Lastly, it's not much different from the other budget keyboards, you get what you paid for, and at this price, it is more about being able to tolerate the flaws due to the low price paid, but be aware that websites like Epomaker can easily charge double the price which makes them completely overpriced.
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