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> I Like Small Keyboards I like quiet keyboards but finding non-laptop / non-membrane keyboards that do strip the leather from your wallet, is a almost impossi
by benjiro29 3mo ago
> I Like Small Keyboards
I like quiet keyboards but finding non-laptop / non-membrane keyboards that do strip the leather from your wallet, is a almost impossible task. Let alone one that does not grow in noise level over time!
There is way too much focus on a entire enthusiastic click click keyboards, but everything that i keep finding, sounds like absolute horrible loud, in a quiet room, where your partner is sleeping in.
And when you find something, its often a import, not in stock, and you get presented with like a $300 bill and no guarantee about quietness after a long time using. Or worse, they changed the keys in between production runs, and its now more louder.
Why am i writing this? Don't know, maybe tired of often wasting hours seeing youtube videos and reviews, and posts about keyboards to just feeling burned out.
- mghackerlady 3mo agoHave you tried making your own? Get a board, some switches, some caps, and a soldering iron. Keyboards are great beginner projects
- FacelessJim 3mo agoI’ve recently built a GeistGeist Totem. 36 keys, splayed, low profile. With silent kalhi switches. It’s more silent than membrane keyboards, completely customizable and super lightweight. (Got a carry box that is the size of a small paperback) You can download all the schematics (also the board) and case files to print them. The assembly requires a bit of soldering. All in all it costed me ~150€ but I printed some extra stuff to try out. There are also places that sell kits directly so you don’t have to source all bits and pieces yourself
- ndiddy 3mo agoTopre keyboards feel nice to type on and are quiet. They're rubber dome but they have the thing most mechanical keyboards have where you don't have to have a key pushed all the way down for it to count as "pressed".
- kccqzy 3mo agoQuiet keyboards are basically a solved problem. Go get something like a Varmilo Minilo75 or a NuPhy with silent switches, if you don’t want to build your own.
- Ancapistani 3mo agoI’m using a Keychron K2 HE these days. It has Hall effect switches, so there is absolutely no clicky noise at all.