[Discuss] Higher-end keyboards to try?

[jack at coats.org (Jack Coats)]

http://www.amazon.com/Das-Keyboard-Professional-Quiet-DASK3MKPRORED/dp/B00COQTY7S

Das Keyboard has some louder and softer keyboards (both sound and
force).  Saving my nickles for one :-)

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 04:44:23PM -0500, Daniel Barrett wrote:
>> I'm interested in getting a better keyboard, like a Cherry MX type,
>> but would like to try out a few first to compare them. Is there a
>> computer store in the Boston area where this is possible? That is,
>> they've got Cherry red, blue, brown, etc., available to try out?
>>
>> I tried a friend's Cherry MX Blue at work at it was quite awesome,
>> though loud.
>
> I suspect you want a brown, which has about the same tension in the key
> switch as a blue but without the click.  The trouble is, so does
> everyone else... they're generally the hardest variant to get.  I
> recently went though this exercise, and went to Microcenter since I
> figured they would have the biggest selection of keyboards in the
> store compared to any other retailer I could think of.  And they do...
> but they did not have a single MX brown keyboard on the shelf, from
> any maker.  Lots of reds, blacks, and blues... no brown.  Not one.
>
> Hopefully that was a temporary problem, and you'll have better luck.
>
> I actually have several mechanical keyboards, and I would recommend
> you look at the Corsair Vengeance K90 with MX Brown switches.  And, if
> you'd be interested in something with a slightly smaller form factor,
> I'd also suggest the CM Storm Quickfire TK, or one of the other boards
> in that line.  Good luck finding one you can try though; and if you do
> want brown switches you can order on Amazon and it generally takes
> about 1-3 months to get, because they're always out of stock.
>
> I would recommend you stay away from Ducky, unless the main reason
> you're considering them is price.  They are cheaper, but... you get
> what you pay for.  They're not terrible--still better than a standard
> membrane keyboard--but the build quality isn't on par with any other
> mechanical keyboard I've tried.
>
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