[SOLVED] Now now keyboards ....

[OrdJk]

I am starting to get into keyboards and I think I want a 60% keyboard that has nice switches and isn't too expensive (by that I mean under £200/$249)

Also can you just put any key switch into any keyboard or what are the requirements

If you people have any recommendations be sure to shoot them my way

I have the anne pro 2 in mind

 

[nub_nub]

The Drop Alt is pretty nice around $200.

 

[OrdJk]

The Drop Alt is pretty nice around $200.

Thanks for the suggestion

 

[hang-the-9]

Have you tried one of those compact keyboards? For me those are too small, missing the arrow and function keys is a bit much. They look fun, but for usability I think a TKL (87, 84 key) keyboard is better to get. I was actually trying to find a good compact layout with a full numpad like this, it will be my next keyboard layout to get. I guess if you know you won't ever miss the keys a 60% layout takes out then it's fine, but just something to consider before you spend 100,200 on a keyboard.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

What is a 60% keyboard?

 

[OrdJk]

What is a 60% keyboard?

TO make a long story short it is a keyboard that is only 60% of the keys of a normal keyboard
https://www.google.com/search?q=60%...ECGcQBA&biw=1600&bih=799#imgrc=zeJCeknz-aI-yM

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Ahh. Mechanical or non-mechanical preferred?

 

[OrdJk]

Ahh. Mechanical or non-mechanical preferred?

I prefer mechanical, something like the Anne pro 2 for example

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Since you lije the Anne Pro check this out. Even less expensive

https://www.buyburg.com/index.php?i...=gk61-hot-swappable-mechan&controller=product

honestly I would get the Anne Pro

 

[hang-the-9]

Since you lije the Anne Pro check this out. Even less expensive

https://www.buyburg.com/index.php?i...=gk61-hot-swappable-mechan&controller=product

honestly I would get the Anne Pro

That gk61 model is pretty popular, the build seems nice and the cost of it allows people to buy custom keycaps and still stay about $100 for the full keyboard.

Same thing with Dierya models, and you can get those with optical switches as well, for $60.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

yeah, I might pick up the gk61 for myself. I need an rgb at home, though I do love my cherry mx brown mech switches

 

[hang-the-9]

yeah, I might pick up the gk61 for myself. I need an rgb at home, though I do love my cherry mx brown mech switches

I got mine, it's a bit eh.. hardware is good, construction, typing feel, key steadiness is solid. But a lot of bad things. It came set for bluetooth out of the box, I though it was broken since it would not type over USB. I had to go through a bunch of searching and almost returned it, till I read the manual a bit and wanted to see if bluetooth worked. So I hit the buttons to turn it on, and it started to work on USB. It also does not seem to have any internal memory to store settings, if you configure a light pattern, then swap to bluetooth, then back to USB, that light pattern resets until you open the software and apply it again. Also keys like ?/ are set to the secondary functions out of the box, there is no DEL key so hitting CTRL ALT DEL is tricky, the secondary function stencils on the keys are useless to see in most light and angles.

It's like someone took a very nice $150 keyboard and gave it to some 14 year olds to put together and program.