Mech keyboards

[Santilli]

Amazon has wholesale sets of so many Kailh BOX switches -- I think they're genuine, there's a link to visit the Kailh store on the listing -- I got a box of 110 BOX Navy switches to replace the Gateron Reds on my K4 Pro with as I'm tired of fat fingering every switch and no longer care about making noise, and with a 10% off coupon, I paid about 45 bucks for it. I also grabbed a set of cheap pudding doubleshot PBT caps to show the backlighting through the lettering as I'm really tired of these front shine-through ones, they're difficult to read. I figure at 13 bucks if they suck I don't miss out on much, and the lettering is clear and not gamer-y which I like, though usually I prefer SA or DSA profile caps these say they're "XDA profile" whatever that means. I can't find what I did with my old DSA kit, and this will tide me over until I can find them I guess.

Hi Thank you to Handruin and Sedrosken for your suggestions. I'm delighted with both setups.
Sedrosken would you be kind enought to link me to the Caps you decided to use?
Also kind of wondering about how to run this thing wireless.
I gather I plug the 2.4ghz receiver into my motherboard...

 

[sedrosken]

Mine don't seem to be available anymore, but they weren't relevant to your interests anyway -- they're just a DSA blue and white set, the lettering is neither particularly big nor particularly contrasty, especially with black text on dark blue caps.

You plug the receiver in and I'm assuming there's a switch you toggle or a keycombination you hit to put it into wireless mode.

 

[Santilli]

I LOVE these switches, and the keyboard!! Great choices. I make hardly any mistakes now, if a little bit slower. Thank you for the suggestions, and Handurin as well. Only thing is I wish it was completely quiet.

 

[Santilli]

Second Keyboard is this: with mint 37 switches, that feel REALLY soft, after the Box Navy switches. Still, for RM, she likes them, and I put the Canopus Shine caps on the board, which is what she liked about my board, so she's happy.

 

[Santilli]

Two shots of the RM's keyboard.

 

[Santilli]

Two shots of the RM's keyboard.

 

[Santilli]

Hi
Anyone have a 100% keyboard with hot swap switches, that will take the Kalih Box Navy Switches?
Not a fan of the 96%, even after using it for awhile.

 

[Santilli]

SteelSeries Apex Pro Gen 3 OmniPoint 3.0 HyperMagnetic Switches​

Anyone tried this one?

 

[Santilli]

Found the F8 and F10 switches either were 2 prong, and didn't fit, or came out, and one of the prongs was bent. Fixed that. Helped big time in reinstall.
Appears a third part driver is causing problems, but, so far the WhoCrashed log is limited, and doesn't name the crashed driver. Changed the windows setting to active, hoping that will give me more information, without having to save 96 gigs, due to the memory size, with a full crash save. setting.

 

[Santilli]

Anyone ever tried these switches?

CORSAIR OPX Switch​

 

[Santilli]

Or
MGX Hyperdrive switches
???
Corsair is coming up with all kinds of fun switches.

 

[Santilli]

Anyone ever tried these switches?

CORSAIR OPX Switch​

Going to try these.

 

[Santilli]

Another light switch.
Tried this one: another light switch backup keyboard. Prices are going up faster then the stock market. Custom build is looking better all the time, and may just stay with th NuPhy 96.

K70 RGB PRO Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with PBT DOUBLE SHOT PRO Keycaps — CHERRY® MX Red

<ul><li>Durable aluminum frame with per-key RGB lighting</li><li>8x faster responsiveness</li><li>Performance you can feel</li><li>Upgrade your keyboard game with double-shot keycaps</li><li>Tournament switch for distraction-free gameplay</li></ul>

www.corsair.com

 

[Santilli]

CORSAIR Custom Lab | Keyboards, Mice & Mouse Pads

Design a battle station as unique as you are. Create your own customized mouse, keyboard, or mouse mat with CORSAIR Custom Lab.

www.corsair.com

????

 

[Santilli]

My corsairs strafe is gone. Del and a couple other important keys died.
Been using the Unicomp

Unicomp GA LLC: New Model M

Bought it before it went up 80 dollars, a long time ago. ctrl key is a little sticky, and really miss being able to change the lighting like I can on the NuPhy 96, and just generally wish it had a lit keyboard, since most of my work is done in the dark, or watching stuff on Disney/Hulu.
Still have the 104, and it's going strong.

Unicomp GA LLC: Classic 104 White Buckling Spring USB

But same thing. Get spoiled with the NUPHY 96.
Thanks for all the suggestions on how to set it up....

I do have a small USB light I could shine over the Unicomps, but, since I'm working off my laptop, it's not that easy to set it up. Should have thought of that...;-(