I believe that it “thocks,” from what I understand. It sounds also like it’s kinda sandy, if you know what I mean. Not sure how to describe it. But yeah, I love this thing to death already.
Anyone else has one? And if so, which one? Which type?
I got a Nuphy 75 v2, for the record, just yesterday.
Keychron c2 brown switches
I love a number pad folks
No pinyin on those keycaps
Where did you get the WRMFW keycaps I need them please
I got that one on Etsy I believe, let me see if I can find the listing
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I done been down this rabbit hole for years :)
I always liked Ducky’s keyboards, and I like tactile switches. Started with a One w/MX Brown switches, then progressed to a One 3, also with Browns - but this board had hotswap sockets so I got to play around with different switches without soldering hassle. I found I liked the heavier weight of Clear switches, but I wanted to experiment with smaller form factors, so I got a One 3 SF (65% layout) with factory clears. I loved this thing until I started to develop tendonopathy in both wrists.
I type for a living so I had to figure something else out, and wound up going full enthusiast with a 5x6 dactyl manuform:
(Not my picture)
These things look bizarre but god damn, they’re ergonomic as FUCK. Form and function are unified. It took me a solid 6 weeks to re-learn how to type but my wrists thank me every day.
I just recently kitted it out with 78g Zilent V2 (silent tactile) switches and low profile DSA keycaps - feels like I’ve found the holy grail. It’s bonkers how much better my typing experience is now.
This is literally a tool of my trade, so fuck it I’m using the best tool I can get. Plus I just love how fucking weird it looks on my desk!
I have a friend that has something like that. Amazing.
I may one day get something like that, but for now, I’ll just stick to my current one, which I’m already in love with.
No wrong answers when it comes to THOCK
The Nuphy looks great, kudos! What color switches are you running?
It looks kinda like an NES controller except the space bar is yellow.
Rad. If you pop one of the keycaps off, what color is the stem on the switch?
I think… yellow? Brown? I can’t tell from where I’m looking.
Groovy. Hope you enjoy, and welcome to the chock club!
Chockity thockity
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It just says Slava (Glory). On here I guess that has a different connotation but considering it’s accompanied by a hammer and sickle and sputnik I think it’s clearly not supporting ukrainian fascists
That theme is hella cool
That’s awesome!
I have one. It’s called an Atrix and it goes CLACK CLACK CLACK.
LOVE THAT SHIT
Clackity clack
I use a Vortex Race 3 with mx-silvers (linear and super light keys) very compact keyboard but it has all the keys I need. I have been using mechanical keyboards since like 2010. I got a couple and I sold/bought various ones over the years. I have tried cherry mx reds/browns/blues and blacks over the years but of the standard switches I like red the most. I do enjoy browns as well.
I do think topre is really cool stuff as well.
My current keyboard below
Looks like an NES controller (which I like, tbh).
CLACK CLACK CLACK CLICK CLACK CLICK CLICK CLACK
THOCK THOCK THICK THOCK
Nice! The world of mechanical keyboards has a lot of interesting subcultures and niches for different varieties and styles. There are so many more switch types now it’s hard to keep up.
I love me some good subcultures.
My favorite subculture (although it’s becoming increasingly less niche) is anything revolving around the world of analog.
Analog objects are my favorite.
Did you know there was an attempt to make a keyboard with ‘analog’ switches? Like each switch has the ability to measure how far it was pushed or something like that, it was a gamer thing iirc. Don’t think it sold well though.
I’ve become pretty partial to Topre keyboards or other electro-capacitive boards. They have a unique tech and feel that also has a quieter ‘thock’ sound.
Analog keyboards are a whole thing. They caused a controversy in the Trackmania community because the game is balanced for controllers and keyboard to be fairly equal, but analog keyboards gain the best of both worlds so they were far better than any other option for certain races, meaning competitive players were forced to switch to very expensive hardware. The devs had to come up with some complicated rules to deal with that kind of input device.
I used to play Trackmania on keyboard, it worked pretty well. Now I play Rocket League using only keyboard. Those analog keyboards are still around? I thought it was for sure a fad, but I guess online anything can have a niche long tail eventually.
They definitely are still around. I’m sure there are other games where they’re relevant, racing is probably the clearest usecase but I wouldn’t be surprised if they also could be used for shooters or platformers that have controller support.
self-ASMR
Oh, absolutely.
I got a black one with a white backlight a while back when I was purging my desktop of all tacky RGB peripherals. That must have been like 2018 or so, still works great especially after I pulled all the keycaps off and deep cleaned it a year ish ago. Feels great but the clicks can get in the way when I’m in a Teams meeting or a Discord call, lol.
Ah, fair enough when it comes to the meetings; I haven’t experienced that problem (yet).
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Should be nice typing my stories and doing world-building and making notes with this thing.
Good stuff.
Welcome to the the club.
I’ve got a Keychron Q2 with Gateron Pro Red switches. It’s a quite and smooth switch and the brass plate provides such a nice thock sound. I honestly don’t type on it enough lol.
That’s good to know. Good stuff all around.
I have an Epomaker RT 100 and I love it.
My man!
depending on whether you like that “sandy” feeling, it’s possible to lubricate the switches to give them a smoother feeling.
Lubricate? How?
here’s a tutorial, but the idea is you open the switches up and apply a very small amount of lubricant with a paintbrush to all the friction points inside.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Nice, I’ve looked into that keyboard and it looks awesome. The one I have is basically a cheaper knockoff of that one by redragon. The compact 75% layout is the best.
Yeah, I love the layout of mine and it’s quite light.
witness this
Also, try out 20-25 g. Choc switches. MX switches don’t go that light. It’s pure bliss.
It’s beautiful! What’s that called?
I’m running 78g switches myself… wild to imagine taking it to the other extreme. Just whispering across the board.
This particular keeb is called Helix. There’s also Sofle, Lily58, and other, and they are only different in whether the encoders are included and key layouts.
78g?
Sweet, thanks. When I decided I needed a split keeb the Lily58 made it on my short list. Ultimately went with a manuform instead though. Split keebs for life! How do you like the displays on yours? Always wondered if that was worth the spend.
Haha yeah I’ve always been a real brutish typer when I get into a flow and unleash the monke meat sticks
I actually didn’t do anything fancy with displays, just what layer I’m currently on, but I am using the keeb in a way that I almost never even look at them. They do tell me if the keyboard is stuck (happens because of my soldering skill issue). The displays are very, very cheap, so it’s hard to regret buying them.
monke meat sticks
“His typing power is immense, reading his comments makes you feel each keypress, each creak of the plastic, in the voices of ten…”
“His typing power is immense, reading his comments makes you feel each keypress, each creak of the plastic, in the voices of ten…”
I raise you my Ferris Sweep with custom PCB and hand-dyed key caps, using Kailh Sunsets chocs. It’s my daily driver. I use it for gaming, typing, and even writing code.
I actually designed my keyboard’s PCB myself (very easy, just steal things from other keebs and follow manufacturer’s constraints), so I won’t show it here, but it’s so cool, and it fits in the box in which the components were shipped in so I don’t need to buy one lol
Keycaps are default Kailh, they are flat and allow Choc spacing, it is possible to glide the finger over the keys (haven’t come up with cool ideas on how to use this tho), and switches are 25g., which really is bliss that I recommend to everyone
I have some 35?gram linears I eventually wanna stuff into an a.dux if I ever get around to making it. I might eventually make a clone of my Sweep and put 25g in it for longer session typing unless I end up liking splay, then the next logical path is designing something between an a.dux and a Sweep lol.
I’d like to make one of the sub 35% boards like the hummingbird some day but idk how I’d go about using it and honestly soldering diodes scares me rofl .
Small keyboards are cramped, and require more complex layouts, so I have 64 keys and zero issues :)
Soldering diodes - you need tweezers, which are by default closed. Grab a diode with tweezers (you won’t need to put pressure on it because normally-closed tweezers), orient it (it’ll have some indication of the direction, as should the footprint where it’ll go), solder one pad, solder the other one. Test the diodes afterwards. A bit of practice with desoldering and resoldering some junk PCBs will help to understand how it feels. The soldering issues I had were primarily with pins on the controller disconnecting sporadically (but that is because the pins were shit and so would work properly only if I initially did everything correctly, and I didn’t, so I had to resolder that two times) and LEDs, for which I have learned that I needed to fully convince the solder to cover the pad. Diodes are much more robust than LEDs.
Through-hole is very easy, put them in, bend the legs a bit, solder them, cut the excess off. Again, a bit of practice will be good. There’s even training kits available online, but I dunno how it’s for other countries.
I can def handle through-hole. It’s the SMD ones I feel like would be my downfall. At this point I’d probably rather pay someoe to build anything that requires diodes, for me. Part of why I gravitated towards Ferris Sweep and other small no frills boards is because they are really simple to build. I’d like something like a Lily58 some day for gaming through. I can game on 34 keys but I have to get creative lol.
