Snagged a hybrid role in commercial lending and my old Das Keyboard I was using at home had some broken switches (including the numpad + which I need frequently). Used some of my cashed out vacation time from leaving my old job to make the upgrade.
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Keychron Q5 Pro
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Gateron Milky Yellow Pro Switches
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KBDiy GMK Shoko Clones (going to upgrade when the time is right but needed something for now) - Been eyeing some Osume Dusks but they’re out of stock.
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Bell’s Oberon Eclipse beer which oddly ended up matching the caps that came today.
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Great. I’m tired of watching useless mini kerboards for gamers. This one looks very cool and mos important, functional
I can’t go TKL. I need the numpad but don’t want a separate one. Working in commercial lending in type a lot of numbers doing financial analysis. I was between the Q5 Pro and the Zoom 98 but that wouldn’t ship until Q1 and I can’t wait that long.
Nothing wrong with a full-size keyboard, but “mini keyboards” didn’t really target “gamers” at all at first. Most of the OG 60% keyboards like the KNC Poker weren’t marketed towards gamers, and most still aren’t (though they certainly work well for gaming use).
Not sure how they are “useless”, you can be as productive or more productive compared to a full-size keyboard if it suits you.
Although i like the numpad, the wasd + mouse position (which i use even in work a lot) hurts my arms because of my small build. So its either separate numpad or none at all
Man those keycaps are so neat.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_msFKZTe - Here’s the link if interested. They do have some slight flaws where the right arrow seems slightly off. I can post a close up if wanted. But for under $20. They got here in 10 days too.
Doesn’t look off so much as all the arrows look like they’re biased to the left side of the keys. Unless you mean something else?
Good looking keyboard though!
The right key just seems to be sitting up higher or it doesn’t come down as low.
Oh I see it. Yea that’s weird.
Yeah. It’s not perfect but is it the end of the world? Nope. Especially at $18 and change for the set just to have something to have the board up and running. Now I can be patient when looking for keycaps and find the ones that I want. I really like the looks of the Osume Dusk keys but also really digging the blue color scheme here so we’ll see.
That’s such good value. ISO keys and split spacebar keys that I would need too. Thanks.
Yeah. That was my thinking. Since a lot of keycaps are group buys or out of stock, I wanted something that looks good and is serviceable for now until I can figure out the true end game.
Been using my endgame Keychron Q10 Alice keyboard for a while now. Glorious Panda switches and MT3 Dusk keycaps round out what feels like perfection to me lol.
Keychron has been doing incredibly well lately with their QMK based keyboards.
How does the QMK firmware on keychron work with wireless mode? I thought QMK doesn’t work over Bluetooth.
How is the wireless range of your keychron?
Mine isn’t wireless. The Q13 Pro is, and several others are too.
Looking at their site, they don’t seem to use ZMK for the wireless so I guess it’s their own firmware? I’m not sure, they don’t explain it on the product page.
Got it. Yeah, even the k2 pro is listed as wireless, I just don’t understand how it’s possible to use QMK wirelessly.
Maybe they’ve ported the ZMK wireless stuff?
I admit I’ve only used Via with this keyboard. I use QMK for my mouse (layers FTW) but the keyboard I’ve been lazy lol
How’s the Oberon Eclipse? I was deciding between that and the Lager of Lakes today and went with the latter but I’m curious!
I like it more than the lager of lakes, but I’m not a fan of lagers. It tastes kinda like a blue moon
I have the K10 Pro. The K series are great keyboards. Right now mine is mostly stock (red switches, and I changed out WASD even though I don’t really do computer gaming because it reminds me of my misspent youth) because every week I decide on a different switch and keycap combination. Last week I wanted black and purple with super loud clickity clacks. The week before I wanted something silent in light grey, dark grey, and red. Today I was thinking about getting vintage looking typewriter caps.
I think those keycaps look fantastic. Enjoy the new job and keyboard! Congrats on both!
I want this keyboard so bad but its just out of my price range… for now
I’m a big fan of the Keychron K series keyboards. Nobody else in the business is putting that kind of build quality into a ~$100 keyboard.
Its the compact 1800 layout + knob that I want. Theres no other boards like it
It’s clearly a step down, but I was hunting on Amazon and found an open-box RK96 for my daughter for under $50. Some AliExpress Pokemon XDAs will be going into it. I don’t think she actually uses the numpad much, but the 2u “plus” and “enter” keys have Sylveon on them, so whatchagonna do?
Keychron K17 is a really nice compromise and very compact for what you get. It isn’t every key, but really close. I just set mine up and remapped the pause, end, scroll lock, etc to function enabled keys. Works great!
The Zoom98 might be cheaper if you can wait. I debated between this, the Zoom98 and the James Donkey RS2 v2 but decided against the James Donkey because I wanted a metal case. I’m spending more than I would on the keyboard, I wanted a durable build.
It’s beautiful
