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From a reliability standpoint, rubberdome keys seems to be a superior technology. Each and every mechanical keyboard I used developed key chattering after sever
by ThePhysicist 4y ago
From a reliability standpoint, rubberdome keys seems to be a superior technology. Each and every mechanical keyboard I used developed key chattering after several years (sometimes months) and had to be thrown out eventually. On the other hand I have various rubberdome keyboards that type away without issue after almost a decade of use. Maybe it's just that most modern switches are rubbish, as I've seen people type on old model M keyboards that must have had decades of use, so it might just be a manufacturing issue.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoI can kill a rubberdome keyboard in 3 days. No bullshit. Name brands including Logitech. Never looked back since going with a mechanical keyboard I can quickly swap switches out on. I have a very light touch, I just do a lot of typing.
- samatman 4y agoI've never had a Cherry or Kailh switch go bad on me and I'm hard on gear generally. Are you talking about generic switches, if not, how do you do it? Wreck them I mean, I've never heard this complaint before. I'd had the circuit board fail, two months out of warranty, and the ErgoDoxEZ guy refused to replace it. But that's on his factory's shoddy workmanship, not mechanical keyboards generally.
- Latty 4y agoIn stark contrast, I've never had a switch fail, but I've had rubber domes wear out and stop registering key presses multiple times when I was younger.