4 ms·
Yes! I don't really understand the appeal of mechanical keyboards. I mean sure, they're a step up from cheap-ass rubber-dome defaults, so it's worth people disc
by AceJohnny2 2y ago
Yes! I don't really understand the appeal of mechanical keyboards. I mean sure, they're a step up from cheap-ass rubber-dome defaults, so it's worth people discovering there are options.
But for me, most mechanical keyboards are downright painful to use. The standard rectangular layout is bad for my wrists, the keypress depth is bad for my fingers, clicks are just plain annoying.
Perhaps decades of keyboard use has worn my wrists and fingers down or helped me define what I wanted, but it's split low-profile or bust.
And there's a dearth of such options on the market. Slowly rising, but a paltry fraction of the overall "mechanical"/custom keyboard market, especially as it comes to keycaps!
Maybe I should just grab the bull by the horns and mod a Microsoft Sculpt to be wired, whose only downside is unreliable wireless.
/rant
- layer8 2y agoI share your experience. I can recommend the discontinued Microsoft LXM-00001 (the Sculpt wasn’t quite for me), which is wired, if you can find leftover stock, or if Incase finally manages to resurrect it [0]. [0] https://www.zdnet.com/article/fan-of-microsofts-windows-pc-accessories-theyve-been-resurrected-by-another-brand/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/fan-of-microsofts-windows-pc-a...
- eviks 2y agoThere are non-clicky keys!
- AceJohnny2 2y agooh yeah, in fact I find it hilarious that clicky keys just have an extra lever just for the click sound. It's not part of the actuation mechanism! I have a Giant Kailh from Novelkeys which is interesting to see the construction of a switch.
- eviks 2y agoindeed, of all the things to preserve from the bad designs of the past...
- fernmyth 2y agoI’m quite happy with my Perixx Periboard 335 replacing the Microsoft Ergo Sculpt. Standard layout, semi-split, tented, low (-ish) profile, mechanical switches, wired. Took me a lot of searches to find something meeting my requirements
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- motorest 2y ago> But for me, most mechanical keyboards are downright painful to use. The standard rectangular layout is bad for my wrists, the keypress depth is bad for my fingers, clicks are just plain annoying. I think you're conflating things. The "mechanical" in "mechanical keyboard" refers to the key switches. That's it. Then you have unrelated traits such as customization,which can express in using fancy/functional keycaps, feel/keypress experience, and whatever you can imagine and throw at a keyboard. None of your complains refer to mechanical keyboards in particular.
- AceJohnny2 2y agoMy point is that the majority of the mechanical keyboard scene/market is occupied by very traditional (if cut down, in the case of the Any% ones) layout and key types. For a scene that is so into customization, it's disappointing how much it sticks to bad choices.
- motorest 2y ago> My point is that the majority of the mechanical keyboard scene/market is occupied by very traditional (if cut down, in the case of the Any% ones) layout and key types. You need to pay attention to what you're saying, because you're referring to different things with unrelated words. If you look at what you're saying, you're talking about custom keyboards. Not mechanical keyboards. Custom keyboards. You even called it a "scene". You're talking about people who buy gear and assemble/modify it to fit their taste. What choice of switches they use is irrelevant. Heck, are you still talking about mechanics keyboards if someone switches cherry MX switches with Topre ones?