Buying a new mechanical keyboard & confused

[belveder]

I'm buying a new mechanical keyboard next week and totally confused what to buy with market growing so much.

So far I have cut it down to either the Cougar 700K Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Cherry Red or Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard or Das Keyboard 4 Professional Mechanical Keyboard Cherry Blue.

This is as far as I get cause they all have good reviews etc.

I can't afford to just jump in hence asking here. Any help appreciated

 

[iamlegend]

If you saw it in the internet I would highly suggest to visit a shop and look and feel those keyboards.

After doing this, choose which one will satisfy you.

 

[belveder]

Can't do that here, shops don't stock them here except for the Logitech and that's not for looking at

 

[synphul]

It would be really hard to make a suggestion. Keyboards and mice are really about personal preference and no telling which you'd prefer better in terms of which cherry mx switch. The color codes are all to distinguish key pressure/resistance and level of 'clickiness'. The beauty of a mechanical keyboard with varying switch options is to get a more personalized piece of hardware best suited to you. Otherwise it's a big gamble for the price of those things. It would be disappointing to invest the price of a mechanical keyboard and get something that you're not happy with. Not sure how to make any suggestions for something you can't test out in person.

 

[-HH-]

Okay so here comes the long one.

Let's describe switches.

Ones I have tried

Cherry MX Red

They are smoother switches which you cant really feel the actuation point for which are better at double tapping with (apparently) however they felt pretty foreign to me, I kinda like a little tatile 'bump' to know I've activated the key

Cherry MX Blue (personal favourite)

These are the classic mech switch which has the clicky sound which to this day I cannot get enough of (sounds especially awesome with metal key caps might I add). They have a tactile bump and a very audible click and seem feel a little bit more like membrane compared to reds but feel like an actual upgrade. You can get 'o' rings to soften the sound but I'd suggest dental bands instead.

Cherry MX Browns (Kinda like membrane/Rubber Dome)

So these feel just like a better version of your probably normal keyboard you have

Then you have Black&Green switches which I believe are just 'stiffer' versions of Blue and Red.

Leaving Cherry switches behind lets look at topre switches

From what I know the only keyboard to come with Topre as standard is the Nova Touch TKL.

I personally don't know how they feel or ANYTHING but I know that they CAN fit Cherry key caps on them so props to them for that clever design idea.

Finally (from what I mainly know)

The Logitech G910 Orion Spark incorporates Romer-G Switches which are currently unique to this keyboard currently, from what I know.

The Orion Sparks' switches feel the most like membrane but nicer, which is hard to describe but it's not a bad all round alternitive/

 

[belveder]

Thankyou to all, appreciated