Kensington releases "Pro Fit washable keyboard", can be washed with water and detergent
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cryohellinc
aaannnd it's rubber dome.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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cryohellinc
Fox2232
slyphnier
https://www.realforce.co.jp/products/R2A-JP4G-BK/
default travel still 4mm (you can custom with key-spacer, for 2mm or 3mm) but APC (actuation point) can be set to 1.5mm (or 2.2mm / 3mm)
topre realforce for gaming i think u should check their gaming line-up
like : wavetrex
This is a special purpose product for special cases (library, internet cafe, public computer etc., which happen to be quite common in Asia).
Mechanical switches have no relevance in this use case, nobody cares about what kind of contacts the keys have when only using the computer for a few hours or less.
Fox2232
CronoGraal
i used to wash my old rubber dome in a similar fashion 🙂
schmidtbag
I don't think it's possible to make a washable keyboard with mechanical switches. It's not hard to make the membrane water-tight, but there's no cost effective way to make mechanical switches water-tight.
This is a good kind of product to have, regardless of COVID.
Unpopular opinion:
I don't see the fuss over mechanical keyboards. Yes, the old clacky IBM keyboards were satisfying to type on and I'm sure the Cherry MX blue switches are too, but otherwise they're a lot more money without a lot more of an advantage. People talk about mechanical keyboards like it's the only way to type or play games. I bought into the hype and although it is better, it's not much better. The feel isn't as special as people make it out to be, the loudness can be distracting, and it didn't improve any skills. I do not see myself buying another mechanical keyboard again, except maybe a blue switch keyboard for non-gaming purposes. I don't regret the brown switch keyboard I bought but I'd rather save myself the money and get a decent membrane keyboard.
I'm a touch-typist. On average, I operate 3 completely different keyboards on a daily basis (not always the same keyboards either) and I hardly notice when I switch keyboards, even if the layout is different. I just don't get how someone can be so fussy about such a thing.
Reminds me a lot of people who rave about driving a manual transmission. Yeah, it is more fun and engaging, but people make driving a manual out to be "the only way to have fun driving" or "the most connected you can be with the machine" and that's just nonsense.
Sometimes it seems like people just use these less-common products as an excuse to feel more special. There's nothing wrong with having a preference - you do you, but it's really obnoxious when people act like the common product is so inferior.
RyuzakiL
CPC_RedDawn
cryohellinc
This is mine, for example, price is still the same.
That's some scam - they are expensive, but not so much.
CronoGraal
Halulam
What with people on this website ? bringing everythings to their gaming hobby...
This is a simple and practical keyboard, not everyone need to constantly game with their PC for them to get something like an expensive mech keyboard, I hate when people start patronizing on tech websites and start questioning the relevance of everythings not gaming related..
Tech hardware are not only for gaming !
schmidtbag
slyphnier
https://www.pc-koubou.jp/magazine/1533), 3mm keyspacer can only be use with 1.5mm apc, setting it with 2.2mm apc will giving no-input issue
so imo it is related to software/switch - pressure tolerance
think like, when set to 2.2mm then it need to up to 2.2mm to actuate, but the switch should not actuate above it
as when without key-spacer by bottoming a key, it will always definitely actuate the key despite the APC settings, right?
yeah i thought the same at first, like when using 3mm keyspacer with 1.5mm apc, it should causing no-input issue, but so far i am not hearing something like that
from review (MonstroMart
Backstabak
I used to have a washable keyboard a few years ago. Didn't buy it for the feature, but tried it once. It does work and all, but it just dries a couple of hours and it was better and faster to just pop the keys, clean them and underneath them with alcohol and reassemble it again. Not sure about disinfectant either, since you would really have to wash it with detergent and water, while alcohol based solutions would work on any keyboard anyway.