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I cannot speak for their recent keyswitches, but I bought a Logitech mechanical keyboard a few years back and the switches started failing after a couple of yea
by II2II 4y ago
I cannot speak for their recent keyswitches, but I bought a Logitech mechanical keyboard a few years back and the switches started failing after a couple of years. Being able to replace keyswitches kept the thing running for a few months longer. Eventually I gave up and replaced the entire keyboard since it became clear this was a design issue rather than a manufacturer defect. Still, the ability to replace a broken keyswitch is a feature when paying anywhere from 5 to 10 times more for a keyboard.
Long story short: that mechanical keyboard was not the modern incarnation the tanks of years gone by. I am using one based upon Cherry switches at the moment. I don't have enough experience to judge the long term outcome, but my initial research suggests a similar outcome. Most of the hype around modern mechanicals seem to focus upon sound and feel (and, more justifiably, the ability to build your own), rather than quality. If that's the case, I feel that the gradual degradation of cheap keyboards is a more desirable outcome.
- bayindirh 4y agoI'm running a G710+ at home for five years at least (I bought when it was just discontinued for a steep discount), and written my Ph.D. on that, incl. the code and the manuscript, I can say that they're not bad. Nothing is broken, no led is burnt off or no key has faded. Being said that the G710+ uses CherryMX Browns which do not tend to die that easily.
- II2II 4y agoIt was a G413 in my case, with Romer-G switches if I recall correctly.
- httpsterio 4y agoI also have the 710 but with blue switches. My volume scroll wheel died in a year or two but it's also 8 years old now and apart from the volume wheel, it works just as well as the day I bought it. I just clean it twice a year. Sturdy as heck for a keyboard that cost me 60 euros and I've used thousands of hours.
- gambiting 4y agoI'm on my 5th Corsair keyboard with Cherry switches - they eventually always start double clicking, Corsair replaces the keyboard under warranty, rinse and repeat. It's awful from electronics waste point of view, but I just don't see those as very reliable products.
- bayindirh 4y agoMaybe the keyboard has a bad debouncer [0] design rather than bad switches? [0]: https://www.eejournal.com/article/ultimate-guide-to-switch-debounce-part-1/ https://www.eejournal.com/article/ultimate-guide-to-switch-d...
- samplatt 4y agoCurious. I'm on my 1st Corsair with Cherry switches. Bought it second-hand in as-new condition from a mate about 5 years ago, gave it its second clean last night, removed 1.5kg of cat fur, and it's as-new again. It's an absolute tank and the ONLY thing I'd give it up for is a mint-condition Model M.