Indiegogo Project Offers ErgoDox Mechanical Keyboard Already Assembled

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This quirky mechanical keyboard is called the ErgoDox EZ, and it does not require assembly on the end-user's part.

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[Guest]

Wow, only 225$ for a keyboard? What a deal! Idk why people spend hundred of dollars on mechanical switches, custom keycaps, and so on.

With time, keyboards get dirty. I prefer to replace mine. Sure, you can try to clean, use pressured air and so on. But after a solid year of use, it's time to change it. Unless you like to remove every cap, clean them, take the whole board apart and dust the inside. It's just not worth the trouble.

 

[Referbo]

Wow, only 225$ for a keyboard? What a deal! Idk why people spend hundred of dollars on mechanical switches, custom keycaps, and so on.

With time, keyboards get dirty. I prefer to replace mine. Sure, you can try to clean, use pressured air and so on. But after a solid year of use, it's time to change it. Unless you like to remove every cap, clean them, take the whole board apart and dust the inside. It's just not worth the trouble.

Clean your hands and stop being a slob.

Anyways, you can either buy a quality product and treat it well and have a high end product for a long time, or be a slob and buy cheap <mod edit> and get cheeto dust stuck in it and have to replace for another garbage keyboard ever year

 

[biggestinsect]

I have a mechanical keyboard, KB Race with Cherry blues. Take it apart about once a year and clean everything. Takes a little over an hour. So worth it.

 

[marthisdil]

Wow, only 225$ for a keyboard? What a deal! Idk why people spend hundred of dollars on mechanical switches, custom keycaps, and so on.

With time, keyboards get dirty. I prefer to replace mine. Sure, you can try to clean, use pressured air and so on. But after a solid year of use, it's time to change it. Unless you like to remove every cap, clean them, take the whole board apart and dust the inside. It's just not worth the trouble.

Clean your hands and stop being a slob.

Anyways, you can either buy a quality product and treat it well and have a high end product for a long time, or be a slob and buy cheap sh*t and get cheeto dust stuck in it and have to replace for another garbage keyboard ever year

So...I could buy new, cheap, keyboards for $10/ea per year, and it take me over 22 years to equal the price of one of these.

fair tradeoff

 

[beoza]

I just got a Mechanical KB (Corsair K70 w/Cherry reds) in February, best investment I've made by far; my hands and wrists feel much better after hours of using it. I will never buy a cheap keyboard again! Cleaning is a breeze, pop the key caps off and just wipe with a cloth for normal cleaning. Only issue I had was the o-ring mod but it only took 30min. There's more to Mechanical keyboards than just the fancy switches and replaceable key caps, they tend to be easier to type on. After 2hrs of using my cheap Logitech K120 my hands and wrists would ache; since getting my mech keyboard I can type/game all day with no pain.

 

[Referbo]

Wow, only 225$ for a keyboard? What a deal! Idk why people spend hundred of dollars on mechanical switches, custom keycaps, and so on.

With time, keyboards get dirty. I prefer to replace mine. Sure, you can try to clean, use pressured air and so on. But after a solid year of use, it's time to change it. Unless you like to remove every cap, clean them, take the whole board apart and dust the inside. It's just not worth the trouble.

Clean your hands and stop being a slob.

Anyways, you can either buy a quality product and treat it well and have a high end product for a long time, or be a slob and buy cheap sh*t and get cheeto dust stuck in it and have to replace for another garbage keyboard ever year

So...I could buy new, cheap, keyboards for $10/ea per year, and it take me over 22 years to equal the price of one of these.

fair tradeoff

Right but the issue here is you're using a $10 keyboard which doesn't feel as good as a proper one... you can get a mech for $50 on fleabay SHIPPED that will last 5 years +

 

[PaulBags]

You lost me at split keyboard, yuck.

 

[sykozis]

While I'll agree that the price is insane, I don't agree that mechanical keyboards are so superior to the "cheap" keyboards. My father has been using the same "cheap" keyboard for almost 15 years now with no issues. Just because the keyboard has a low price, doesn't mean it is low quality. Just because a keyboard has "mechanical" switches, doesn't mean it's going to outlast a "cheap" keyboard.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Wow, only 225$ for a keyboard? What a deal! Idk why people spend hundred of dollars on mechanical switches, custom keycaps, and so on.

With time, keyboards get dirty. I prefer to replace mine. Sure, you can try to clean, use pressured air and so on. But after a solid year of use, it's time to change it. Unless you like to remove every cap, clean them, take the whole board apart and dust the inside. It's just not worth the trouble.

Wow, only 225$ for a keyboard? What a deal! Idk why people spend hundred of dollars on mechanical switches, custom keycaps, and so on.

With time, keyboards get dirty. I prefer to replace mine. Sure, you can try to clean, use pressured air and so on. But after a solid year of use, it's time to change it. Unless you like to remove every cap, clean them, take the whole board apart and dust the inside. It's just not worth the trouble.

The funny part is that if you say, spend 100 bucks on a keyboard, you will waste 500 bucks in five years and we will spend 100-225 in a year, keep the keyboard clean, and save a lot of money. I've had this keyboard for nine year. A POS, Bargain Bin type of thing, membrane keys and all. Why has it lasted so long? I keep if clean. Meanwhile, you waste money. So guess what, you end up losing.

 

[kuhchuk]

Jesus Christ, this is a niche product. Niche products are almost invariably more expensive than their broad-market counterparts. Stop complaining about it. If you don't think it's worth spending more than $20 on a keyboard, keep on doing that. I'm 100% confident in my ErgoDox because I built it myself. I also know exactly how it's constructed and how it works, so I know for a fact that I can fix it if anything breaks (short of busting a PCB).

 

[kuhchuk]

I have a mechanical keyboard, KB Race with Cherry blues. Take it apart about once a year and clean everything. Takes a little over an hour. So worth it.

I've got a Poker II with Blues. Love this thing. Need to switch my Ergodox from Browns to Blues (or maybe greens).