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by Fullofkittens 10/21/2022, 10:34am PDT |
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I have no reason to trust the user who goes by "blackwater" in any way but I had no other basis to choose a keyboard so I got one of those Ducky keyboards with the cherry mx clear switches (thanks for the recommendation!). It looks nice and it's fun to type on and it fits in my backpack so it's going pretty well overall.
My only note (!) is that every time I press any key there is a quiet metallic resonant "ping" sound, the same sound for every key, like there's a tiny spring reverb inside the thing. 20-ish minutes of internet research has offered me two competing theories:
- This is the only bad thing about this keyboard but in 45 easy steps you can completely take apart the keyboard and lube a bunch of things and add foam insulation and it will fix it.
- This is a mechanical keyboard thing, just get used to it.
It's not really bothering me very much, if I were not using it in a silent glass cubicle I probably wouldn't notice it. But it does make me wonder if this is the expected experience. I also don't know if I should be perceiving this thing as a "premium" mechanical keyboard, is a $150 mechanical keyboard a fancy one or a not-fancy one? They seem like analog synths in that you can really spend an unlimited amount of money if you want to go into super-premium territory. |
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Ducky Keyboards, I like them. by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/23/2022, 7:22pm PDT 
People really need to branch out from cherry blue and cherry brown switches by blackwater 09/24/2022, 12:10pm PDT
I have to buy a new keyboard, but I have no idea wtf you two are talking about NT by Fullofkittens 09/24/2022, 2:17pm PDT
Do you want a keyboard that feels kind of like an Apple ][ or C64 kb? NT by then you might want a mechanical kb 09/24/2022, 6:22pm PDT
Re: I have to buy a new keyboard, but I have no idea wtf you two are by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/25/2022, 11:35pm PDT
I've been rocking a Microsoft Natural keyboard for a decade. by Fullofkittens 09/26/2022, 6:49am PDT
I remember the Microsft Natural having big pillowy keys with long travel by blackwater 09/26/2022, 2:22pm PDT
"Ergonomics is a myth" NT by a fucking retard 10/10/2022, 5:32pm PDT
let's calm down just caaalm down NT by Mischief Queller II 10/11/2022, 7:21pm PDT
My wrist is fucked and I'm salty by Entropy Stew 10/14/2022, 2:52pm PDT
That wasn't me. Emit away! NT by MM 10/14/2022, 3:14pm PDT
I too, had RSI, friend. by blackwater 10/14/2022, 3:28pm PDT
Yeah the wrist angle thing in that first post of yours had me *TRIGGERED* by Entropy Stew 10/15/2022, 1:05pm PDT
Re: Yeah the wrist angle thing in that first post of yours had me *TRIGGERED* by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/20/2022, 2:48pm PDT
are your Ducky keyboards "pingy"? by Fullofkittens 10/21/2022, 10:34am PDT
I will now listen for a "ping" sound. by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/21/2022, 8:42pm PDT
They do ping. by The Happiness Engine 10/22/2022, 9:38am PDT
At that price point, they CAN ping. by Judge Barry 03/21/2023, 8:45pm PDT
That is the sound I'm talking about. by Fullofkittens 10/23/2022, 7:52am PDT
We are on the same page. by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/23/2022, 9:19am PDT
it is amazing how fast we go from "hmm mechanical?" to "NEED THOCC" NT by Entropy Stew 10/22/2022, 10:52pm PDT
Thanks, I'm glad you liked the MX Clear switches by blackwater 10/23/2022, 2:28pm PDT
You need a buckling spring keyboard, like the IBM Model M by Entropy Stew 11/28/2022, 5:57pm PST
I had a Model M. by blackwater 11/29/2022, 11:05am PST
chonk keys NT by gruman 11/29/2022, 1:19pm PST
Bitches love my VT100 NT by (this is why RMS was cancelled) 12/09/2022, 3:07pm PST
People are really talking up these KeyChron keyboards. by Kirahu Nagasawa 06/17/2023, 9:13am PDT
I got one with K Pro Banannas. Type gud, can beat a man to death with NT by Entropy Stew 07/16/2023, 10:33pm PDT
Don't go! What made you pick the Bananas? NT by Kirahu Nagasawa 07/17/2023, 7:41am PDT
Early tactile bump + medium keypress = split diff between typing and gaming by Entropy Stew 07/26/2023, 12:38pm PDT
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