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"Inspired by the traditional Chinese craftsmanship of "gold with embedded jade," ") hall effect keyboards, DrunkDeer (possibly the greatest branding ever) has a sale on.
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I have a K6 and one of their low-profile boards and they're both totally fine. I have read bad reviews of the LemoKey keyboards for being overly flimsy. If you want it to be your forever keyboard, then spending a bit more and getting something heavier would seem to make sense.
I bought V6 Max few months back, comes with Gateron Brown switches. It feels pretty nice to type on compared to what I used before. It feels sturdy, though according to the internet battery has a high chance to turn into a spicy pillow. I don't use RGBT so it lasts for about a month on charge. haven't bothered to keep track of when was the last time it was plugged in.
Keycap profile makes typing a pleasure, not too loud. Wouldn't recommend for vidya though, key reset is a bit funky, I can't describe it, takes some time to get used to it at first. I do touch typing.
I'm not a big fan of USB over internet for configuring stuff, but hey. I'll eventually get the vial working, though this whole QMK shit feels like one big security hole waiting to be exploited.
Keychron is great theyre lower end boards are a bit plasticky for me, Q series are really nice. You get a Q series and put your own switches and keycaps and it makes a really nice higher end board. I'd say a keychron q series with something like gateron milky yellow switches and it'll be better than anything you've used before imagine.
Thanks for the input mates. I just now saw my post has been answered, sorry.
A few days after I posted I just went ahead and bought 2 of the V3 MAX TKL with the volume knob. It's indeed a bit plasticky but I like that it's relatively lightweight. It came with the Gateron jupiter red switches and I love the feel. It sounds and feels amazing, especially the one I got for the office. It makes almost no noise and doesn't disturb anyone. Typing is a blast, feels so much more comfy than the Logitech G Pro. Having some buyer's remorse, maybe I should've bought the Q series. The difference in price is really negligible and I guess it would feel more...non-plasticky. Other than that I have no complaints. BUT I should buy some keycaps. I don't really like the default ones. From what I read I guess all MX-compatible keycaps will work. Can't decide on what exactly I want. Maybe I should put some white keycaps, not sure.
Also should I change the switches? You suggested the milky yellow and from what I read people love them overall. I'm not that much into gaming these days, only game I play is Marvel's Rivals for 30minutes 3 times a week or so. Maybe I should experiment with them and new keycaps. See how it looks and feels.
Also, does the battery turn into a spicy pillow if you keep it in the USB all the time? Doesn't it have that thing modern batteries have, where it stops charging it at some point and it basically keeps it all nice and cool? Mine's been plugged in non-stop. The cable is so non-intrusive that I forget it's there.
Another also, are the Cherry MX switches that much better than the Gateron? Should I buy the Cherry yellows? 50million actuations means nothing to me. The Logitech had Logitech switches with "70 million actuations lifespan" and I used it for 2 years and all of them are still top-notch, the motherboard is failing before the switches. I also did lots of Valorant and Overwatch in that time, so I expected the WASD to be failing at some point but they held their own. A colleague of mine bought some really good looking, cheap keyboard with Outemu red switches. They were supposed to be "just as good as Gateron, 50mil clicks, only cheaper" and half of them had to be replaced in 2 months. I won't need to replace the gaterons every 2 months, right? Do I need to get the Cherry MX? Are they the best of the best and actually last for years?
And as someone really new to the custom keeb thing, I found there's literally endless choices when it comes to keycaps. Can I put lower-profile keycaps on this keyboard? Do they need to be exactly like the stock ones in terms of height, or is the MX compatability all I need to look for? Do I need to look out for the space bar/shift/enter sizes?
I can put 3 pin and 5 pin switches, right?
Sorry for too many questions but I'm perma banned from reddit and thinking about making a new account there makes me feel dirty, and there's no other place I can ask. I don't wanna go over to 4chan's /g/ because I know how these questions turn into shitfling fests about what's good and what's not, and in the end there's still no answer.
