Mechanical vs Membrane Keyboard for Gaming?

[Agera One]

I'm using a membrane keyboard for over an year now.. I don't game much, but when I do I make sure it's serious gaming that needs pressing the keys for prolonged time (racing games) or pressing multiple times for some arcade/action games.. It's really frustrating that the right arrow key went in-sensitive so that I have to provide more force to register it than for the other keys..
So, my question is, for full-time gaming, is mechanical keyboard worth the money? (no budget).. What will be the average life of a basic 6 KRO mechanical gaming keyboard?
P.S. I don't need any keyboard suggestions, just want to know about the worth of buying them as I never had any experience with them.. I know they're louder, heavier, costlier than those membrane ones..

 

[legend001523]

mechnical keyboard last longer, like the razer ones are 15million presses for each button I think, if I were you, I would wait, corsair are releasing the new rgb mechanical ones and razer the chroma series where they all have the full colour spectrum on their keyboards

 

[CraigN]

I play a lot of MMOs, a few MOBAs, and first person shooters.

I press the shit out of my keys when I know a cooldown is about to come up while playing an MMO or League. I got a good few years out of my old Razer Blackwidow before it finally quit on me, and not because of anything with the keys, but because someone spilled something on it -.- A few years into owning it, I had no issues with keys not responding, or being more/less sensitive to keypresses than they were when I bought it. You won't have that issue because of the mechanical switch design, and they're designed for some upwards of milllions of keypresses. IMO, mechanical keyboards are far more reliable than anything you'll get out of a membrane keyboard.

 

[Agera One]

What would be the no. of keystrokes life differences between a membrane (rubber-dome) and mechanical keyboards? Any avg. statistics?

 

[V0RTEX]

What would be the no. of keystrokes life differences between a membrane (rubber-dome) and mechanical keyboards? Any avg. statistics?

Hey Agera One, I would highly suggest a mechanical keyboard if you have any doubt still about them. They are great ( I have one myself! ) To answer your question, according to multiple sources I have found, standard membrane keyboards usually last around 1 million keystrokes before breaking down (Of course higher end ones will last longer). However, most mechanical keyboards are rated at 50 million keystrokes before breaking down. That is quite a difference. Anyways, hopefully you choose to buy a mechanical keyboard and hopefully I helped a bit. Anyways, if you have any other questions please feel free to reply to this post or tag me in another post.

Main Source: http://www.ergopedia.ca/ergonomic_concepts/Mechanical_Keyswitches_Membrane_Keyswitches_and_Scissor_Switch_Membrane_Keyswitches_Ergonomic_Considerations.html

 

[Agera One]

What would be the no. of keystrokes life differences between a membrane (rubber-dome) and mechanical keyboards? Any avg. statistics?

Hey Agera One, I would highly suggest a mechanical keyboard if you have any doubt still about them. They are great ( I have one myself! ) To answer your question, according to multiple sources I have found, standard membrane keyboards usually last around 1 million keystrokes before breaking down (Of course higher end ones will last longer). However, most mechanical keyboards are rated at 50 million keystrokes before breaking down. That is quite a difference. Anyways, hopefully you choose to buy a mechanical keyboard and hopefully I helped a bit. Anyways, if you have any other questions please feel free to reply to this post or tag me in another post.

Main Source: http://www.ergopedia.ca/ergonomic_concepts/Mechanical_Keyswitches_Membrane_Keyswitches_and_Scissor_Switch_Membrane_Keyswitches_Ergonomic_Considerations.html

So the better (probably best) color MX Switch for heavy and prolonged gaming?

 

[legend001523]

yes, the cherry mx switches or razer's own are very good

 

[Agera One]

yes, the cherry mx switches or razer's own are very good

I mean which is the best among RED, BROWN & BLUE Cherry MX keys for gaming?

 

[legend001523]

blue cherry

 

[V0RTEX]

The Cherry MX Blues are the best in your situation also they are very nice. ( I have them as well. )

 

[Agera One]

But I've heard the RED ones needs lesser actuation force than the other switches.?

 

[CraigN]

Agera One - this is correct. RED ones require the lowest actuation force, and are also the quietest. My current Corsair K95 has Cherry Reds and I love them, though they do feel "mushy" compared to Blues or Browns. If you're coming from a Membrane keyboard though, you might like that. Blues are loud, Browns are somewhere between Blues and Reds.