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#5901576 Posted on: 04/01/2021 07:26 PM
I bought into the mech hype and although I liked it, I'd rather save the money and buy a high quality membrane keyboard. I can see the appeal of blue switches for a strictly typing environment, and I can see the appeal for black or red switches for a strictly gaming environment, but I personally have grown to like scissor keys the most. They're quiet, they can be very tactile, they have a short travel to actuate, and they're cheaper.
Sure, being able to press more than 3 keys at a time would be nice, but that very rarely was a problem for me before I went mech.
I can't remember the last time I typed on a membrane keyboard. I guess they make sense in an office environment to keep noise down, but when you can get a mech for less than this membrane, that's what I'd go for. The cheapo mechs you can get off Amazon are surprisingly decent.
I bought into the mech hype and although I liked it, I'd rather save the money and buy a high quality membrane keyboard. I can see the appeal of blue switches for a strictly typing environment, and I can see the appeal for black or red switches for a strictly gaming environment, but I personally have grown to like scissor keys the most. They're quiet, they can be very tactile, they have a short travel to actuate, and they're cheaper.
Sure, being able to press more than 3 keys at a time would be nice, but that very rarely was a problem for me before I went mech.
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#5901580 Posted on: 04/01/2021 07:44 PM
Im also another one who likes high quality membrane keyboards, already using K55 which is just the same with no per key rgb thing but i really like it more than cheaper mech with no volume control or programable keys
Im also another one who likes high quality membrane keyboards, already using K55 which is just the same with no per key rgb thing but i really like it more than cheaper mech with no volume control or programable keys
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#5901605 Posted on: 04/01/2021 08:39 PM
I bought into the mech hype and although I liked it, I'd rather save the money and buy a high quality membrane keyboard. I can see the appeal of blue switches for a strictly typing environment, and I can see the appeal for black or red switches for a strictly gaming environment, but I personally have grown to like scissor keys the most. They're quiet, they can be very tactile, they have a short travel to actuate, and they're cheaper.
Sure, being able to press more than 3 keys at a time would be nice, but that very rarely was a problem for me before I went mech.
Hype? Hype implies something new being promoted. Cost, pretty much the same. For some reason you've decided the only appeal for mechanical is 'strictly gaming'. Every thing you claimed you liked about membrane switches can be found in mechanical switches at higher quality. Of course everyone has preferences, they should at least be based on reality.
I bought into the mech hype and although I liked it, I'd rather save the money and buy a high quality membrane keyboard. I can see the appeal of blue switches for a strictly typing environment, and I can see the appeal for black or red switches for a strictly gaming environment, but I personally have grown to like scissor keys the most. They're quiet, they can be very tactile, they have a short travel to actuate, and they're cheaper.
Sure, being able to press more than 3 keys at a time would be nice, but that very rarely was a problem for me before I went mech.
Hype? Hype implies something new being promoted. Cost, pretty much the same. For some reason you've decided the only appeal for mechanical is 'strictly gaming'. Every thing you claimed you liked about membrane switches can be found in mechanical switches at higher quality. Of course everyone has preferences, they should at least be based on reality.
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#5901606 Posted on: 04/01/2021 08:48 PM
I bought into the mech hype and although I liked it, I'd rather save the money and buy a high quality membrane keyboard. I can see the appeal of blue switches for a strictly typing environment, and I can see the appeal for black or red switches for a strictly gaming environment, but I personally have grown to like scissor keys the most. They're quiet, they can be very tactile, they have a short travel to actuate, and they're cheaper.
Sure, being able to press more than 3 keys at a time would be nice, but that very rarely was a problem for me before I went mech.
Nothing wrong with liking membrane. I wish my gaming friends that don't have their mic sensitivity dialed in would use membrane instead. For work, I gotta have those blues though. I type much more accurately with them. I use brown for gaming duty.
I bought into the mech hype and although I liked it, I'd rather save the money and buy a high quality membrane keyboard. I can see the appeal of blue switches for a strictly typing environment, and I can see the appeal for black or red switches for a strictly gaming environment, but I personally have grown to like scissor keys the most. They're quiet, they can be very tactile, they have a short travel to actuate, and they're cheaper.
Sure, being able to press more than 3 keys at a time would be nice, but that very rarely was a problem for me before I went mech.
Nothing wrong with liking membrane. I wish my gaming friends that don't have their mic sensitivity dialed in would use membrane instead
. For work, I gotta have those blues though. I type much more accurately with them. I use brown for gaming duty.
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I can't remember the last time I typed on a membrane keyboard. I guess they make sense in an office environment to keep noise down, but when you can get a mech for less than this membrane, that's what I'd go for. The cheapo mechs you can get off Amazon are surprisingly decent.