Anyone got experience with Ducky keyboards? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by boonhet@sopuli.xyz to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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For some reason or another, a whole third of all mechanical keyboards in the biggest local computer retailer's online store, are Ducky. Probably because they have ISO and ANSI layouts, a lot of colors, different sizes, and different switches. And they're ordered from abroad when bought, not stocked locally. So loads of choice and no cost showing them as available.

So since my only real options here if I want a full keyboard or TKL with blue switches are a couple of different Ducky models (one 3, Shine 7) in various colors, I'm wondering if anyone has personal experience with Ducky? I've read both praise and hate online, so can't really make heads or tails of the quality.

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[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I have a Ducky One Mini, so a 60%.

Likes: Better build quality than most plastic-case boards. Genuine Cherry switches, while not quite the selling point they used to be, are better than commodity clones. Convenient DIP switches for a few common settings. Everything just generally feels decent and solid.

Dislikes: Not hot-swap, though I think the One 3 might be?. Kinda pricy at MSRP, but if selection is limited then it is what it is. I do thoroughly dislike that for my board the complicated and obtuse on-board remapping/macro functionality is the only way to do it. If either of the ones you're looking at supports on-PC software, even Windows, do it. This may be less of an issue if this will be your primary board and you won't have to change things up often.

Along with Filco, they sort of are what they are: high quality but non-hobbyist Taiwan-designed boards with design philosophies that are just now creeping out of the 2010s. That's not strictly meant to be a criticism. I often use boards that are literally from early 90s, but it does sort of describe a certain set of expectations about materials, performance, programmability, etc.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Looks like the Ducky 3 switches can be swapped out without soldering!

I'm not TOO worried about the price, it's a bit hefty, but I'll chuck it as a company expense because 90% of the time what I'm doing with my keyboard IS some form of work (okay, 30% of that work is browsing Lemmy), so I get to skip the ~42% payroll taxes and get the 24% VAT refunded. I did the math once (you can't just add percentages together, as they're off different stages of the sum) and buying equipment for the company was like 60 or 70% cheaper than paying myself a salary and buying as a private individual. So now anything I use for work is automatically a company expense even if I don't use it exclusively for work.

Seems like it'll be a good entry-level mechanical keyboard, hope I don't become too addicted lol

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