Mechanical Keyboards are a waste of money?

[sg4rb0]

Hi,

I've never used a mechanical keyboard and I'm definitely unlikely too given the price of them. Why is everyone using them and saying they use it for "gaming". I've been using the most bog standard keyboards for years on end competing in games at the highest possible competitive levels, as well as touch typing for most of my life. I don't get RSI, and I don't ever recall breaking a keyboard - even after years of spilling coffee and all sorts of sh1t on them. So what possible benefits can it give me to spend like £110, getting a Cherry MX Red keyboard?

 

[P1nnacle]

Honestly, there aren't many benefits over the standard keyboard, however, they are much higher quality, and in the case of MX Red switches, you don't have to hit them as hard as a normal keyboard to actuate the key mechanism, which means that once you get used to them you can type faster. I'm a two finger typer and my speed has improved a lot since i changed to a mechanical keyboard. A lot of people just like the way they feel overall. When it comes to peripherals, none of them really help to improve your gaming performance. They do make you slightly more accurate or slightly quicker, but if you've used the same keyboard or mouse for years and know how it feels and how much force you have to exert to get from a to b, then you'll have to retrain yourself when you upgrade.

So there aren't many benefits, but you do get a really high quality (in most cases) keyboard that feels great to use.

 

[swifty_morgan]

you don't need to spend a lot of money or buy any of those "MX" keyboards. go to your local pc shop and rummage the used parts bin for an old HP keyboard. ten bucks will get you a really well constructed mechanical board.

 

[wanderer11]

I went to Best Buy to type on a couple to see how they felt and honestly didn't see anything worth over $100. Maybe for games that require fast tapping a key it would be useful, but besides that I don't see how.

 

[P1nnacle]

I went to Best Buy to type on a couple to see how they felt and honestly didn't see anything worth over $100. Maybe for games that require fast tapping a key it would be useful, but besides that I don't see how.

Its all personal preference, personally, I love my k70, I think it's the bestest keyboard in the whole world. That said I don't believe that it necessarily helps me in any way (except making my two finger typing faster).

 

[thdarkshadow]

Its all personal preference. I like mechanical because it takes less force and feels a lot better. Its also way easier for me to type on. Do I game better with it? Not at all. I'll still say my g710+ is the best keyboard I've ever touched though. Worth $100? Eh I'd say for me yes.

 

[ram1009]

Hi,

I've never used a mechanical keyboard and I'm definitely unlikely too given the price of them. Why is everyone using them and saying they use it for "gaming". I've been using the most bog standard keyboards for years on end competing in games at the highest possible competitive levels, as well as touch typing for most of my life. I don't get RSI, and I don't ever recall breaking a keyboard - even after years of spilling coffee and all sorts of sh1t on them. So what possible benefits can it give me to spend like £110, getting a Cherry MX Red keyboard?

How can you be so adamantly against something you've never tried especially when it's so easy to try one? As much as you like what you've been using do you want to go through life asking the same question you're asking here. GO TRY ONE and then come back here and tell everybody how stupid they are.

 

[sg4rb0]

You got one I can try have you?

 

[P1nnacle]

Hi,

I've never used a mechanical keyboard and I'm definitely unlikely too given the price of them. Why is everyone using them and saying they use it for "gaming". I've been using the most bog standard keyboards for years on end competing in games at the highest possible competitive levels, as well as touch typing for most of my life. I don't get RSI, and I don't ever recall breaking a keyboard - even after years of spilling coffee and all sorts of sh1t on them. So what possible benefits can it give me to spend like £110, getting a Cherry MX Red keyboard?

How can you be so adamantly against something you've never tried especially when it's so easy to try one? As much as you like what you've been using do you want to go through life asking the same question you're asking here. GO TRY ONE and then come back here and tell everybody how stupid they are.

I don't think he's calling them stupid, he just doesn't understand why people would pay so much. Don't get worked up over his ideas.

 

[ram1009]

Hi,

I've never used a mechanical keyboard and I'm definitely unlikely too given the price of them. Why is everyone using them and saying they use it for "gaming". I've been using the most bog standard keyboards for years on end competing in games at the highest possible competitive levels, as well as touch typing for most of my life. I don't get RSI, and I don't ever recall breaking a keyboard - even after years of spilling coffee and all sorts of sh1t on them. So what possible benefits can it give me to spend like £110, getting a Cherry MX Red keyboard?

How can you be so adamantly against something you've never tried especially when it's so easy to try one? As much as you like what you've been using do you want to go through life asking the same question you're asking here. GO TRY ONE and then come back here and tell everybody how stupid they are.

I don't think he's calling them stupid, he just doesn't understand why people would pay so much. Don't get worked up over his ideas.

Interesting. You feel the need to tell me not to get "worked up" and yet condone the OP. I think maybe you're both trolls.

 

[P1nnacle]

Interesting. You feel the need to tell me not to get "worked up" and yet condone the OP. I think maybe you're both trolls.

Um... Sorry you feel that way? My point was that nowhere in the original post does the OP say that they are stupid, he has a legitimate question about the benefits (or lack thereof) of owning a mechanical keyboard.

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Troll:
One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.

How can you be so adamantly against something you've never tried especially when it's so easy to try one? As much as you like what you've been using do you want to go through life asking the same question you're asking here. GO TRY ONE and then come back here and tell everybody how stupid they are.

Just because I defend someone, I don't automatically side with him. The only troll here is you, sir.

 

[sg4rb0]

Hi,

I've never used a mechanical keyboard and I'm definitely unlikely too given the price of them. Why is everyone using them and saying they use it for "gaming". I've been using the most bog standard keyboards for years on end competing in games at the highest possible competitive levels, as well as touch typing for most of my life. I don't get RSI, and I don't ever recall breaking a keyboard - even after years of spilling coffee and all sorts of sh1t on them. So what possible benefits can it give me to spend like £110, getting a Cherry MX Red keyboard?

How can you be so adamantly against something you've never tried especially when it's so easy to try one? As much as you like what you've been using do you want to go through life asking the same question you're asking here. GO TRY ONE and then come back here and tell everybody how stupid they are.

I don't think he's calling them stupid, he just doesn't understand why people would pay so much. Don't get worked up over his ideas.

Interesting. You feel the need to tell me not to get "worked up" and yet condone the OP. I think maybe you're both trolls.

Interesting. You feel the need to tell me not to get "worked up" and yet condone the OP. I think maybe you're both trolls.

Um... Sorry you feel that way? My point was that nowhere in the original post does the OP say that they are stupid, he has a legitimate question about the benefits (or lack thereof) of owning a mechanical keyboard.

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Troll:
One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.

How can you be so adamantly against something you've never tried especially when it's so easy to try one? As much as you like what you've been using do you want to go through life asking the same question you're asking here. GO TRY ONE and then come back here and tell everybody how stupid they are.

Just because I defend someone, I don't automatically side with him. The only troll here is you, sir.

Never seen someone own a troll so hard lol.

 

[manofchalk]

Keep things civil guys, wouldnt ban anything to happen over a small argument like this.

Quite simply mechanicals feel different to the standard membrane keyboard, and many (myself included) find that it feels better. Its pretty much that simple.