That looks good. Friend at work had a red dragon brand. Although some other anonymous co worker complained about the noise and he had to remove it. Back in like Sept 2019, pre pandemic.
I have a Corsair at home and love it for both work and gaming.
If you had a keyboard in the late 80s or early 90s you had a mechanical keyboard. And then companies got cheap and there were just crap keyboards for like a decade that failed all the time. Thankfully some sensible companies gave us an option again.
I have a Redragon mechanical (different model), and it's fine. TBH, the main reason I got it is because I don't have much room on my desk, and I needed a 60% so I could have more than four inches of space for my mouse. I'm sorry if this sounds like sacrilege, but I think a quality membrane keyboard is good enough for most people and uses. I have to admit the mechanicals tend to be way more aesthetically pleasing, though.
The loudness and "clicky-ness" of a mechanical is going to depend on what color of switch you decide to go with. I have reds, and they make no noise unless I'm mashing down on the keys.
I have two Redragons both with brown switches. One at home (Devarajas), and one at work (Vata). Bought the one for work because I hated their Dell keyboards and I have to type a lot. With the same switches and an aluminum deck in both, the two Redragons feel the same.
The key caps they come with are chintzy and make them a bit louder. I've replaced the ones at home. Plan on doing the same at work.
I've never had a real mechanical keyboard, but a friend of mine has the above one. I tried it out. It feels ok? I didn't notice a huge difference in the keys besides them being louder and "clacky". Maybe I literally don't get the point of a mechanical keyboard, or I've never used a good one to have that epiphany.
It's one of those things that's subtle when you're not familiar with it, then after you've typed with mechanicals for a while and use a membrane keyboard again, you find it disgusting and unsatisfying.
Have I been singing the praises of the Cherry Red Silent switches here yet? I got them on my WFH keyboard and they're amazing - soooo much quieter than the Browns I've got on my gaming board.
Have I been singing the praises of the Cherry Red Silent switches here yet? I got them on my WFH keyboard and they're amazing - soooo much quieter than the Browns I've got on my gaming board.
If they're quieter that has nothing to do with the actual physical switches themselves and everything to do with silencing of some form either with bands on the switch stems or in the construction of the board itself.
Browns do not inherently make any more noise than reds.
If they're the stock cherry silents, they literally just put a thin silicon pad in two spots on the switch to soften bottoming out.
You can accomplish the same thing on any not-clicky switch for about $5-$10 and some of your time.
Basically what I'm telling you is there's multiple ways to quiet down your gaming board too, if it's using standard MX stem switches.
I really liked standard cherry reds for typing. It made it feel like my fingers were just floating over the keys and words were coming out. Switching to silent reds turned that feeling into a fluffy cloud.
I just bought a Kinesis split keyboard a couple months ago, and today they announced this new ergo split keeb that is exactly what I was looking for before I settled on my current one
Look at this lovely monstrosity.
There's a fine line between ergonomic device and instrument of torture.
I think they aren’t expected to actually be available until near the end of 2022, so don’t feel too bad.
I just bought a Kinesis split keyboard a couple months ago, and today they announced this new ergo split keeb that is exactly what I was looking for before I settled on my current one
This is entirely my kind of keyboard. $399 apparently.
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