I want to buy a new mech board but not looking to drop a lot of money on it. What’s the best pre-built budget mech keyboard you’ve ever tried? ~$100 or less.

  • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
    6·
    11 months ago

    Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron Keychron.

    • HidingCat@kbin.social
      3·
      11 months ago

      Keychrons are nice at the US$100 budget, but if you go really cheap there are some bargains to be had. Akko makes some nice stuff, and the Chinese ecommerce sites are swamped with decent stuff that goes on sale at various times.

      • nottheengineer@feddit.de
        1·
        11 months ago

        Akko boards are nice too, but keychron has consistently been better at the same price for all the ones I tried.

  • ISOmorph@feddit.de
    51·
    11 months ago

    If you’re not against buying chinese products, Redragon has a good reputation and I’m satisfied with my keyboard from them

    • ItsamelemmyEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I’ve only tried keychron and redragon, but the keychrons feel quite a bit better. The C2 is budget friendly. Only issue I had was the white keys with white back light. But I’m pretty sure they come in different colors or rgb for under $100.

  • sudo pacman -Syu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    It depends on where you live. A quick rerview with local seller to get what in stock first. I live in third world country. The entry level usually: Akko, Keychron, NJ

  • JBloodthorn@kbin.social
    2·
    11 months ago

    If you want ULTRA budget, I’ve used this cheap ass keyboard daily for 4 years now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CLYNW78/

    I’ve beat the crap out of it, but it’s still good as new. Some of the switches I’ve swapped out for Silent Black since my newborn was sleeping next to me at the time, but the original switches all work fine. It’s got all the RGB bells and whistles, but I leave it on white.

  • Eitan Tarkovski@infosec.pub
    2·
    11 months ago

    If you do not mind 60% keyboards, some of the Dierya products might be the way to go, e.g.:

    Both are available with brown, red or blue switches. Comes in nice packaging for budget keyboard (here some unpacking, testing and review).

    I have the Dierya DK61SE. It is nicely built, and I can take in my work laptop case, if I am traveling and working away from office, but wanna use a mechanical keyboard instead of my laptop built-in keyboard.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I looked into getting these, too! I ended up being gifted a keychron C1. I really like it. Then I got GSA caps and Fekker switches, and now I love it.

  • cassetti@kbin.social
    1·
    11 months ago

    I am a big TLK fan so I opted to get a Keychron K8 - it’s got bluetooth, solderless replaceable switches, VIA keymapping, RGB LED lighting etc.

    Overall I’m very pleased with the keyboard for the price

  • milkytoast@kbin.social
    1·
    11 months ago

    I’m super happy with my keychain c1, though it is my first so I’ve got nothing to compare to. dunno how much I paid, wasn’t much tho

  • N3Cr0@lemmy.world
    11·
    11 months ago

    Sharkoon Skiller Mech SGK3. It’s a full size keyboard, if that doesn’t put you off. Featuring a heavy sheet of metal for the surface, and you can choose from linear, tactile and clicky switches (non-swappable). For 60-80 €, that’s a real steal.

  • anon6789@beehaw.org
    01·
    11 months ago

    We have 2 Tecware Phantom RGB at home that have been great. They have a decent number of options and we’ll under $100.

    I just use the RGB for backlighting, but SO had the pudding caps and they look great if you’re into that. The software hasn’t been too bad for us either.