not liking mechanical keyboards?
Granted, I haven't tried all of them. But after some testing on a friend's BlackWidow (Blue) a while ago and a CM Quickfire XT (Brown) today, I'm not a fan of the feel of the keyboards. The clicking noises are fine and dandy, but the touch feels uncomfortable and the keys felt pretty narrow (despite being a full keyboard).
I had the Logitech's mechanical G710 (brown) for an hour before I returned it. I actually didn't mind the switches, but it was also narrow. Like every key was a millimeter or two narrower than in every other keyboard I'd used over the years. Plus I decided right then I'll never get a keyboard that looks like a gaming keyboard. That is, a toy. No doubt any visitor would think you can do nothing but game all night long. I'd actually need a new keyboard to replace my current 15 years old pos, but I don't seem to be able to choose a replacement.Originally Posted by enkoujin
My Logitech Illuminated Keyboard serves me very nicely. I'm sure some design changes here and there could increase my typing speed, but for the most part it works great.
The fact that it looks like something from batman's batcave is a bonus.
There's plenty of reasons to hate mechanical keyboards, noise being one of them. I don't particularly gravitate towards one type or the other.
Just give me a keyboard that is illuminated, quiet and good looking and I'll take it.
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Buff, is that the K740? I don't know if I can spend $60-70 for a keyboard, considering how often I smash them in frustration when playing games. I'm currently using a $10 Microsoft generic dealy.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
I thought mechanical keyboards were smash proof?
Peace.
Yeah, you would think a 100+ dollars device is tougher than a 10 dollars one. Built of higher quality material, including metal sometimes. Still, they aren't generally designed to be used as punching bags but input devices for computers. I seem to remember some manufacturers might have tried to make their devices suitable for people with anger management issues, but I don't see a single reason to pay extra for such a feature, considering mechanical keyboards are so expensive to begin with. Hit a concrete wall, not the keyboard, and you can be sure you won't break anything (other than your hand, of course, but it's just a hand and will regenerate).
Yes. I don't smash them so that's an alright price for me. I don't think it's as spill resistant as mechanical keyboards though.
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I don't tend to drink around my computer desk so that's not a concern. Do the keys illuminate or the entire strip around the edge of the kb?
edit: do you like the illumination function because you tend to use the PC in the dark?
Last edited by Animeniax; Wed, 08-06-2014 at 11:15 PM.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
The Edge of the board doesn't illuminate. If you set the brightness on lower settings only the letters light up. On brighter settings you can see light escaping between the keys.
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I don't really game and I'm not too passionate about maximizing my typing speed anymore. I expected instantaneous comfort with a mechanical keyboard, but it just didn't work out for me. I guess I'll be sticking with rubber domes for a while to come until I can get my hands on a buckling spring keyboard.
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