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[-] cthonctic@kbin.social 45 points 1 year ago

Tell me you are a psychopath without telling me you are a psychopath.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

It's the sound of productivity, my bro/sis.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Can't hear you. Model M.

[-] Dylan@lemdro.id 29 points 1 year ago

My wife LOVES her Kailh Box Navy switches but good lord she starts writing an email I need to leave the room lol.

[-] Amilo159@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Maybe that's exactly why she loves them. Every thought about that?

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Am I the only person who doesn't like that clickety clack sound of mechanical keyboards?

Im fine with the sound but I largely prefer membrane keyboards to the touch. Low key travel, soft touch

Nope, I don't like the sound either. I didn't like it on the model M on the IBM PS/2 either.

[-] fsr1967@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm right there with you.

[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are mechanical keyboard people an evolutionary offshoot of dice goblins? They're both drawn to the clickyclack at the heart of it.

[-] victron@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Better go with browns, same clicky feeling, less noise. I'm using red switches right now, but I like browns better.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Team brown checking in ⌨️🤎

[-] 4z01235@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] randombullet@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Zeal Zilent v2 62g are like MX Browns but better.

Brown's tactile is a little too little for me. Wanted blue's tactile but with the silent of browns. So I went Zilents.

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Came to say the same. Thockety thock.

[-] dankm@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a green sadist. If my co-workers aren't complaining then my keyboard's not loud enough.

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Time to get a keeb with a solenoid

[-] Necromnomicon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I use box jades at work, and just ignore all the dirty looks.

[-] aard@kyu.de 6 points 1 year ago

I switched from an IBM M13 to a Tex Shinobi with box navy a few months ago. It is not as good as buckling spring, but good enough - and the more compact keyboard, full programmability and the better trackpoint make up for it.

I initially tried Cherry MX Blues, but they're horrible. Never understood the Cherry hype in the 90s, and still don't understand it now.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

My wife made me get rid of my IBM Model M clone because it was making just a bit too much of a racket.

Could literally hear it from across the house.

[-] aard@kyu.de 1 points 1 year ago

IBM Model M clone

Want to try with an original?

Also, surprising you kept the wife, not the keyboard.

[-] PerCarita@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Apparently there are some Cherry MX sets from 30 years ago that are still working today. So I guess part of it is longevity, part nostalgia.

[-] aard@kyu.de 2 points 1 year ago

My m13 is from 1994, and I have non-trackpoint Model Ms going back to the late 80s, all working perfectly fine.

[-] 4z01235@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ayy, another Tex Shinobi user. Sweet.

[-] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I love box jades. The perfect click.

[-] zib@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I started out with blue switches years ago and they were obnoxiously loud, so I switched to reds and used those for a long time. Though, I kinda got tired of them and decided to give the Keychron banana switches a try several months ago and I'm absolutely loving them. They have a light tactile feeling, but they're much quieter than Cherry browns. And a huge bonus is that Keychron keys are hotswappable, so if I get any bad keys or feel like switching to a new type, no having to deal with soldering to replace them.

[-] fiah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you know what I do like me some mechanical keyboards but I recently switched back to a run of the mill scissor switch keyboard because I think I like low profile keys more. Now I know there are some low profile mechanicals out there but I'm not sure I care enough to spend the money to get one. I think I'll give this one a go for a while, maybe I'll switch back later

[-] AaronMaria@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I couldn't warm up with mechanical keyboards for that reason, even the low profile ones were way too much travel for my taste. Cherry has recently released mechanical scissor switches, but the keyboards with them are very expensive.

[-] Amilo159@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'll never forget my Logitech UltraX that served me for 8 years before getting it's space bar support broken.

[-] dankm@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

The second rule of mechanical keyboards is you don't spend money to buy a mechanical keyboard. You spend more money to build a mechanical keyboard.

[-] cassetti@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

The more tactile, the better I say. The clickity clack is just an added bonus.

[-] DigitalFrank@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I learned to type on a manual typewriter (quite a long time ago) . I've never been able to type on those membrane keyboard that only depress, like, a nanometer. Mechanical with a long keystroke all the way.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Membrane keyboards also just feel mushy. Add to that the general poor quality of most of them makes a very poor keyboard experience.

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

I love my model M

[-] Rescuer6394@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

i have red and still got told to mute while writing

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Angry upvote!

[-] twotone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Is the image not loading for anyone else?

[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 3 points 1 year ago

Check your ad-blocker, some blocklists have blocked files.catbox.moe for some reason unknown to me.

[-] Reil@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Kailh box royals baby! Get the beefiest tactile feedback and avoid the high pitched noise.

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Browns represent

[-] KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Cherry MX reds baby, been using them since they came with my Corsair k95 and absolutely love the feel

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