Can't do the mechanical keyboard thing...
😉 I don't really think my hands are all that large--maybe medium largish, possibly. The mech keyboards I've tried--even bought a couple to try, $35 and $75--are simply too small for my hands to navigate comfortably. (I didn't see much difference between the $35 version and the $75 version, either.) For many years I was a rabid Logitech Illuminated keyboard K790(?) (wired--I won't do wireless, either) fan--
loved the feel of the keys. Problem was they sold for ~$70+ and I bought two back to back once for the simple reason that
the period key (underneath the > sign) wore through on each, cracking in half on one of them--and amazingly, I scoured the Internet for replacement keys and couldn't find a single one--not from AMZN and not from Logitech--the Logitech site (pretty poor to navigate, imo) said "No replacement parts available." Yet the Illuminated Keyboards are still being sold new, apparently!
Also, the "clackety clack" sound of the mechanicals I do not in any way find to be some kind of advantage--I know if I've hit a key or missed it immediately and audible feedback like this is of no help. I find all of that clacking very distracting at first, becoming annoying rather quickly. There are/were gazillions of typewriters made, both good and horrible--and all in between--so "Types like a typewriter" need not be a positive comment at all, imo!
So now...I've tried just for fun a cheap, $37.95 RGB/Illuminated, wired, 'Gaming" keyboard from
Red Dragon, of all brands to pick for a keyboard (although their mice seem about the best buys available for laser mice, imo) ...
😉 I am keeping it! The keyboard is closer to the Logitech keyboards I had than the mechanicals--a lot closer, actually in terms of size and comfort for my hands--but it's a compromise! The Logitech keyboard was very quiet when I typed, which I liked a lot--and even though this RD kbd is much noisier it is still noticeably quieter in operation than the loud, clacking mechanicals I had.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NLZUM36/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
(Included mouse went to the spare parts drawer.)
I thought your review here was fine--you are far more of a professional typist than I am--on a good day I might average 50-60 wpm with a key error rate of 10%-15%, so, yea, I am a lame typist! I'm not sure what it is, really, that turns me off most about mechanical keys--other than the annoying sound and what seems like a tiny keyboard to me. I also
enjoy keyboard reviews--always looking for something better, of course. But the one thing that turns me off quickly is when I encounter a spate of cookie-cutter, mechanical keyboard product reviews! (Not the case here) I'd like to see keyboard reviews that center around the qualities I look for--quiet operation, a spacious keyboard for medium-large hands, decent keyboard illumination which doesn't have to be "RGB", IE, a little bit different set of desirable qualities!
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