Mechanical Keyboards

Hello! I’ve recently began my rabbit-hole-into-mechanical-keyboard world* and I got an Epomaker LUMA 100. I didn’t like the switches that came with it, so I got a pack of gateron ks33 banana & ks33 red. Turns out the pins on these don’t fit (left pin is lower than the right). So, any recommendations? Office has open floorplan so I’m hoping for as quiet as possible while still being able to feel the keys.

This may be a slightly off topic rant…

I took a break from mechanical keyboards because I had a keyboard I was happy with. Now I need another for a second desk and it seems like all the keyboards people recommend now are fully pre-built.

So I need some recommendations. I have two 75% boards with gatearon reds and cherry mx blues. I really like these keyboards, but they are obviously not quiet. My issue arises because my desk shares a wall with my daughter’s bedroom, so while she is napping or asleep I am stuck using a Logitech G213. The G213 is much quieter but not as fun.

I hope this is not against the rules - I tried with multiple frontends to find the list of rules but failed.

hi guys do you know if I by any chance could add my Keychron V1 knob to my K4 HE keyboard? I saw a mod for another keyboard (don’t know where, maybe github?) with some rotary encoder, but idk if it works with the K4 HE.

Hello! I just received my beautiful Neo60 Core. It’s my first 60% keyboard so I hoped that the Fn-Key can compensate the “missing” keys. But I can’t really find any documentation on how to use the Fn-Key on the Neo60 Core.

When I first brought it year ago as it the first Mechanical keyboard I own, I only just notice it’s a US Layout when I tried to use it which I assume because I got it on Amazon UK, it would be in UK Layout. Note to myself, do few minutes of research before buying it online again.

I do really think the smaller keyboards are cool, and i like that they wouldn’t run into my mouse as much. But all my life I’ve had a numpad. I tried a keyboard without a numpad and lasted about 5 minutes before raging. How did you guys get used to it? Maybe I just need to get better at “top row numbering”.

So I finally got these switches intalled in my Rainy75 that I posted about the other day (YushaKobo), and I haven’t seena lot posted online about these yet, so I thought I’d add my 10p.

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I have been hearing about this keyboard recently. And man do I look stupid how I underestimated the low-profile mech keebs.

Hi fediverse.

Aside from the increased stem wobble compared to my original Womier Full POM switches, the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro V2’s that I just purchased from amazon have been incredible. They’re comfortable to type on for long periods, they made my RGB look even better, and they made my keyboard sound significantly deeper and “creamier”.

I have an old Steelseries 6Gv2 keyboard. It’s a great keyboard but I’m tired of not having a left super-key, so I want to find a replacement.

I finally have my Chouchou keyboard (partly) put together, and now i’m trying to set up the firmware for the Taipo layout. This is my first mechanical keyboard so I’m pretty new to QMK.

For some reason or another, a whole third of all mechanical keyboards in the biggest local computer retailer’s online store, are Ducky. Probably because they have ISO and ANSI layouts, a lot of colors, different sizes, and different switches. And they’re ordered from abroad when bought, not stocked locally. So loads of choice and no cost showing them as available.

Hello everyone, I’ve managed to burn up three keyboards in the last week or so. All of them were kinda old, so its not that surprising, but still kinda annoying. Two of them died gracefully, specific keys just stopped working. I could fix them, but I don’t feel like those boards are worth the effort. They aren’t swappable keys, so I’d have to solder new keys on.

I’ve built a Lily58 pro with helios controllers and have been tinkering with it for the last month.

I bought a cheap Durgod Hades with the intention of sticking the QMK/VIA firmware on it.

Someday I look forward to having the tools and knowledge to custom build my own, but in the meantime I’ve been enjoying the feel and form factor of the RK series.

I’ve been into custom keyboard layouts for a couple years now, and from there it makes sense to try different shaped keyboards instead of just different key arrangements. I decided i want a Chouchou keyboard with Taipo and i have questions before i go buy a bunch of parts i don’t know how to use.

Hey guys, in the last few days my current one has started having some ghosting / unresponsive key issues and I am looking for a replacement.

I am looking for an open hardware PCB Ready to send files for oshpark, seedstudio or jlcpcb like places

Many years ago I got the KBD75v2 and I love that keyboard, it’s still my main keyboard for my home office. I now need another keyboard and was shocked to find that KBDFans doesn’t sell it or anything like it anymore. I also cannot seem to find a keyboard that is 75% and has the possibility of split-space and QMK/VIA. Is there one available out there? Closest I can find is some Keychron Alice boards but I would like a non-split board and just have the space split into multiple keys. I’ve seen on some sites that the Wobkey Rainy 75 has an add-on for split-space but I cannot find that add-on anywhere and from youtube videos it doesn’t seem to be included in the box(?). I’m also totally fine with soldering and piecing together parts. I just can’t seem to find anywhere to start with that. I feel like the custom scene has reduced and the prebuilts have gotten better but with less customizations like split-space.

Has anyone ported, or recreated, urob’s timeless homerow configuration for ZMK to Vial, or to vial-qmk?

I have an Alice Keyboard (space split in two). I remap left space to the Super key (windows key for nerds) but when I want to play some games I have to remap again with the VIA gui.