Midnight Pub

what's your favorite keyboard?

~davidvkimball

I just got a Ultimate Hacking Keyboard V2 and I'm loving it so far!

What's your favorite one you've used?


sun0

Currently I'm using Razer Ornata V2 after using some random 10$ keyboard for 10 years I just wish I could find a really really quiet mechanical keyboard

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morgan

Oh, hey, I thought it was just me with the Keyboardio 100. Amazing keyboard :)

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ew

Yupp. I'm not looking back to any other. Amazing.

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walk

I have one of these:

https://stenokeyboards.com/products/the-uni-v4

I would love to have time to learn it, it is fun and very configurable.

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davidvkimball

Wow, that's so cool. I haven't seen one like that before. Thanks for sharing.

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ew

A model 100 from keyboard.io.

https://shop.keyboard.io/products/model-100
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davidvkimball

This looks awesome. How long have you used it so far?

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ew

How long? Hmmm, let me think ... October 2022. And I did have the model 01 before, but I somehow didn't like the switches.

keyboard.io currently has a special offer with cherry wood and (you guessed it) Cherry MX switches ...

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bravotic

Just under 10 years ago, I needed a keyboard for my new computer I built from salvaged parts. The entire computer cost only $300, and of that, $100 was just the harddrive so you can imagine I was on a tight budget for everything. I needed a keyboard so I went to my local office supply store and picked up their cheapest keyboard, a Logitech K120 for $15. Flash forward to now, and I'm still using that exact same keyboard. I've since upgraded computers, a few times actually, but the one constant is that keyboard. Its been through some abuse, and man is it starting to squeak on some keys, but as far as key feel and overall build quality, I haven't even seen a $100 keyboard that can come close.

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davidvkimball

That's really funny. I had an HP Keyboard that came with my 2009 PC and I got so used to it I was overjoyed to find one in outstanding condition at my local Good Will so I was able to keep using it until I switched to a WASD keyboard in 2019. Five years later I did switch to what I'm using now.

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immy

Embarrassingly I've always found mechanical keyboards too be too large for me so I'd have to say that something like the ThinkPad X220, Freewrite or even Apple Magic Keyboard is my favourite keyboard. I would be interested in trying a low profile mechanical keyboard though

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ew

You might like the standalone keyboard from MNT Research. It is not cheap. And trying it out before is recommended. I do not have a standalone one, but the same thin built into the MNT Reform notebook.

https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform-keyboard-30
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davidvkimball

Looks nice and compact!

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