Mechanical Keyboards

For my daily drivers I have a pair of Kinesis Advantage 2's, purchased in 2007, still kicking.

A couple of years ago I hit up their email support with what I thought was a stuck key. They (correctly) diagnosed it as a failing switch, helped me identify another that was failing, they figured out that I'm handy with a soldering iron, and mailed me a handful of new switches and other swag free of charge.

$370/ea 18 years ago, and I'm pretty sure they MSRP for the same price today.

Nearly all of the labels have worn off of the keys. I never mounted the fabric palm pads, and the plastic palm areas are now mirror polished from use. I also modded them both with a Thinkpad style nub mouse.

Things I'd change, but given I'm pretty good at modding and haven't done them they are relatively minor:

• Less clicky switches for the one I take to work. I already tend to pound the keys, and I make a noticable racket on the rare occasions I'm in the office.
• USB-C connections, including PD on the built in hub
• Qi2 wireless charging in the blank gap in the middle
• A smarter programmable controller like the the nice!nanos on my corne

I'm seriously considering a DataHand-like keeb like the Svalboard

Keycron Q10 Max. I paid 180€. Still new to me but nice so far.

$250 realforce r2 topre switches 55g

60 or 70€. Cherry MX Board 1.0 with browns

I got mine for $3 (I bought it at the thrift store)

At the moment 369USD and 379USD I have two Kinesis Advantage2 LF one with cherry browns and one for work in office with cherry quiet red

$40, Red Dragon, and it came with a mouse pad, mouse, and headset.

The mouse is super basic and the headset was garbage, but the keyboard is the same quality and tactile-ness as the Corsair K70 I used to have, and that thing was like close to $200.

$120 keyboard from HyperX (before they got bought by HP).

$120 is the limit of my budget for a keyboard. That being said, I am never going to membrane keyboards (if I can help it).

I spent roughly 300 EUR. Self built.

• Bluetooth
• Split
• Concave
• Ortho

$120, Wireless Varmilo. Superb keyboard, except that the super key is waaaay too difficult to reach.

Currently using a Keychron Q5, paid about $230.

At the time? The Sol 3 cost me a good $250.

It's a Varmilo keyboard that I paid about $100 for, got a good black friday deal on it.

$35. Got one for home and one for work.

$80. It's that 8bitdo C64-style one. I am a big fan. Love the feel of the box white v2 switches combined with spherical keycaps.

Ducky 10keyless. Bought over 10 years ago for like $150

Keychron K3 (130,- EUR) - the one with Keychron switches plus all kinds of Keychron switches - ended up with the Mint switches (it has a high bump, making it not feel squishy like browns - didn't like reds and blacks because I couldn't rest my fingers on the keys without pressing them).

Nuphy Air75 v2 (179,- EUR) - another 75%, because my other K3 burned through after 3 years (because I used those shitty magnetic connectors and I tried to connect it and shorted it ;_; )

Also have the Nuphy Air75 HE (168.96 USD - HE=Hall Effect switches) coming, and the K3 Max (which is programmable, as is the Air75, but the original K3 isn't :c )

Piantor, $269

Custom built crkbd. I think it cost me about $200, but I can’t honestly remember I’ve had it for so long. It would be cheaper if I “rebought” it now because I found out that I like printing my own case cause it just works better.

About €500, but it's a self built charybdis paid for by work :D