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I've been using Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000s for basically my whole life, and I still love it, but I figure that I should probably actually upgrade to a more "proper" (mechanical) keyboard someday. So, I've been idly looking for upgrade options, but I can't seem to find anything comparable. I use the numpad, the back/forward buttons near the bottom, I like having a proper function row as well as having separate media control keys (I'd love to have skip forward/skip back keys too), I even use the "home" and "calculator" keys relatively often, as well as stuff like print screen and page down. Obviously, it being ergonomic is a very key feature, but I don't want a fully separated in the middle keyboard, just the gentler curves like my current one would be best, along with the cushions of course. My budget isn't hard-capped, but I'd really rather not spend hundreds of dollars on a keyboard, especially since my current one is still working just fine. Honestly, mostly the goal is to find something as comparable to the Ergo 4000 as I can so if/when this one eventually does die I can get a new keyboard rather than scrounging eBay for a new used Ergo 4000 for too much money anyway. I don't care much about RGB outside of the fact that I'd love to be able to turn it off as much as possible at will, including even indicator lights if possible, since I find them distracting if I'm trying to properly watch something. I'd rather it not be wireless, but as long as it's rechargeable it's not a dealbreaker ig. To be honest, I don't mind the "membraneness" of my current keyboard, but that's probably because I'm so used to it, I'm sure going back would suck someday once I'm used to what actually modern keyboards feel like lol. So far everything I've found from my own searching has been missing at least some of the features I use on my current keyboard, often while being over $200, if not significantly higher. Thanks in advance for any advice or recommendations!

What if lttstore made and sold special LTT keycaps? They'd be something that would be fairly easy (at least, I think) for Creator Warehouse to make, and it would take advantage of one of lttstore's big advantages: design. Plus, (when the LTT community is taken into consideration) they'd probably sell pretty well.

Which of the these keycaps would be better? These look exactly the same, they are both cherry profile, but the akko is abs and EPOMAKER is PBT, wouldn't the abs caps not last long or something because of the weird feel after a while? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Akko-Keyboard-Double-Shot-Mechanical-modifiers/dp/B0BW4497ML/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pdt_img_top?ie=UTF8 https://www.amazon.co.uk/EPOMAKER-Mechanical-Keyboard-Compatible-MX-Clone-Marrs/dp/B0BXWWCKPN/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pdt_img_top?ie=UTF8

I was thinking about buying a new keyboard since i have an old office keyboard. It works perfectly fine but it's a little bit too big, it looks bad and it can be uncomfortable after a few hours. I was looking into other keyboards and i found the Logitech G PRO. it has the exact layout that i want, i love the ghub program and i would like to have it on a keyboard and it will also complement my logitech hero mouse and it fits my budget but i don't know a lot about keyboards. Is it a good and reliable keyboard, are there any things i should know about it and should i consider getting a different keyboard?

Before I start, quick note here: This product is a Kickstarter that started several years ago and raised well over its target amount. However, the product is still in development but is very close to general release. Some customers who backed the Kickstarter campaign have been selected to be part of the TREG group (Test Release Engineering Group) and receive engineering samples of the product to test before general release. This review is based on a TREG sample, and may not fully reflect the finished product, but only very minor changes are expected to be made before general release. So, now that's over a quick overview of what a TextBlade is: The WayTools TextBlade is a small, compact Bluetooth keyboard aimed towards power users, typists and people who do productivity work (you can't really game on it). It has 5 Bluetooth 'jumps' (meaning 5 devices can be paired to it) and a wireless USB dongle. It is not like your typical keyboard as it separates into 3 pieces and collapses down into something very easily pocketable. This is something I am sure LTT's king of macros and their writing team and @jakkuh_t may be keen to look into I think. Anyway, the story and full review are as follows if that has whetted your appetite... So when I received my unit, opening up the TextBlade was like digging into some a birthday present you know the latest phone of your dreams is inside. First, the FedEx envelope, then the bubble mailer, the WayTools box and 3D printed plastic trusses that help stop the box from getting crushed, getting smaller and smaller until you finally reach the little package inside that is the TextBlade itself (I forgot to take pictures unboxing my unit, so here is one from another TREG user and I have attached them). Nothing can really hammer home the size of this thing until you see it right there in front of you, lift it off that steel plate in the box that helps keep it in place, and realize that this is a keyboard. Ten minutes after first using the TextBlade I was ready to commit. The sound and feel of typing on the TextBlade are delightful. It’s quieter than rubber dome and laptop keyboards. The keys have a nice soft tactile bump. Playing with the KeyBlades is kind of like popping bubble wrap, though with much less effort. And typing itself is effortless. I thought about writing a review right then but decided to wait a week to make sure my evaluation was not based on the excitement of receiving the thing I had waited nearly 4 years to get. The term layout is often used to refer to both the physical arrangement of keys on a keyboard and the logical assignment of alphanumeric and modifier functions to the keys. I will be discussing both so, in order to prevent confusion, I will use the term "layout" to refer to the physical layout and the term "keymap" to refer to the logical key arrangement (e.g. QWERTY, Dvorak, etc.). I use Colemak keymap. It took me about 10 minutes to acclimate to the TextBlade. I occasionally make mistakes due to improper hand positioning but I have not needed to adjust key boundaries. The two most common mistakes I make (maybe once or twice a day) relate to trying to strike the “o” key. Either I overextend my pinky and hit the return key or I misposition my right hand and hit the slash key that is below the “o” key. If you have a Windows computer and want to get a feel for the functionality that the TextBlade offers or get a headstart on the transition to replacing your keyboard with the TextBlade, try an application named TouchCursor. It maps nav cluster keys around your right-hand home row. This secondary layer is activated by pressing and holding the spacebar down, just like with the TextBlade. You can customize the key mappings to make it more like the TextBlade’s green layer. Or, you can create a keymap that is more suitable to your needs and, later on, edit the TextBlade’s green layer to match your preferred keymap. If you're reading this on your desktop or laptop monitor, put your hands on the home row of your keyboard. Look at how many keys your pinkies are responsible for. Look at how many keys your thumbs are responsible for. The pinkies are overloaded and both thumbs are squandered on a single key. Assigning more work to the thumbs is just smart design. Doing it in a manner that doubles the amount of work you can do without moving your hands away from home row is a great design. That is what the TextBlade accomplishes. Using the nav keys without having to take your hand off home row is an amazing time saver. Some keyboard manufacturers map the arrow keys to an alternate layer on the home row, but the fact that most manufacturers do not indicate to me how stagnant and lazy the industry is. Many of the few manufacturers who do provide home row navigation place with the layer switching key in a location that requires you to move your hand away from its natural position on the keyboard, thus negating most of the benefits of having the home row nav cluster in the first place. WayTools absolutely nailed this feature. They put the layer switching key in a location that does not require you to move your hands away from their natural position. Even better, numbers and symbols are on the same layer, so you don't have to use your pinkies to activate symbols with the shift key. The symbols are mapped to the same fingers as they are on a standard keyboard, but one row lower than numbers, so there is no additional cognitive load to typing an asterisk on the TextBlade, compared to typing on a standard keyboard. With the TextBlade, your hand is occupied only as long as it takes to tap the shift key. Even better, there are no dedicated caps lock key taking up space on the TextBlade. Caps lock is activated by double-tapping a shift key and deactivated by tapping a shift key one more time. The TextBlade gives you every feature that a full-size keyboard gives you in a fraction of the space and then gives you more (I know I sound like a commercial). Hand and finger travel is vastly reduced. Features that require you to move your hands to the far ends of a full-size keyboard can be activated without moving your hands on the TextBlade. Even better, the TextBlade gives you a consistent experience across all devices. The commands to cut, copy, and paste text; or adjust the media player volume, or navigate to the next page, or switch focus to another open application will be the same, regardless of which OS your device has. Switching between devices is quick and effortless with jumps. And the TextBlade’s uniform function keymaps eliminate the reduction of productivity caused by the need to acclimate to another OS’s keymap. But you always have the option to customize your maps to suit specific use cases on specific devices. I haven’t even begun to explore creating my own chords on the function layer to give me extra time and work saving functions. Are you a Linux admin? Imagine carrying some diagnostic scripts on your TextBlade. Plug the dongle into a machine, open vim, then execute a macro to automatically write the entire script into the text editor. Then, save and execute the script. Or execute a macro to automatically type out a call to the package manager to install commonly missing programs/commands you need to do your work. That is the sort of thing I said when I was referring to this thing is great for power users. Anyway, if you are now wondering what I was meaning by layers and jumps, I would recommend looking at the following website which explains how to use the TextBlade and explains all of its functions: http://waytools.rocks/keyboards/start as well as looking at WayTools own website and forum: https://forum.waytools.com/

Recently, my ducky mini one 2 has had a very high latency especially in games. Sometimes if I tap W once It'll register almost a second later and keep going for a second or 2 before stopping. Can anyone help me? I've already updated the firmware and I don't really wanna buy a new one.. I wanna note that I have spilled a small bit of ketchup on it 2 days ago. It wasnt in the middle or anything, and seemed to pass the circuit board. After opening the keyboard the ketchup passed by everything and didn't seem to have touched the PCB. help please T.T

Hi, I need a new keyboard : Right now I use a cheap 100% CSL keyboard I got with my dad's prebuilt PC (that I replaced most parts of by now), it's a membrande keyboard with a 1,5 or 2mm key travel, I'm not cerain. I like that, I like tactile and low profile keycaps and especially low key travel and it has, lighting. The problem is, it felt cheap compared to laptop keyboards(what I am used to) from the get go and after about 7 months of use, some keys feel really mushy, which I have never experienced on a laptop keyboard. It's pretty annoying so I'd like to get a new, better quality keyboard and I might need it for school too. My laptop broke down(there is no way I can afford a new one) so I have to use my moms laptop in class, the problem is it's AZERTY, that's slightly annoying for writing, but definitely very annoying for math and physiks and it doesn't have a num-pad. After getting used to QWERTY, AZERTY and QWERTZ I've come to realise QWERTY is really good for writing basic text in multiple languages, same for QWERTZ but you can easily write more complex text and symbols, for math and stuff. At least in my opinion. So basically my requirements are 100%, QWERTZ (I'll send a pic because there a few QWERTZ keyboards use the QWERTY layout for symbols which makes it useless), low profile and very low key travel, tactile if possible but I guess linear is fine, with key lighting if possible and it'd be great if I can easily transport it to use it in school. It should also be relatively silent. Do you have any ideas? if possible under 50€. I'm from France btw, but I can buy stuff from Germany without any trouble. That is basically the layout I need but 60% istead of 100%. That is the standard German QWERTZ keyboard layout. You can quickly recognize it by looking at left-shift, it's cut in half for the <>| key. The bottom row can vary, but that usually doesn't matter.

I want to build it myself I do not ming buying stuff from different places Budget: I do not really know how much these things cost Keycaps: Type tactile or linear I do not care about RGB but it needs to look good Hot spot I will be happy to answer any question

I've just built a mech board for the very first time today! I mean, I've used tons of mechanical keyboards over the years but all prebuilts from Razer and Corsair. Not bad boards mind you but holy cow custom boards are just...different! I'm rolling a Keychron V1 TKL that has amazing RGB, using the TTC Bluish-White switches and smoky quartz Tai-Hao keycaps. I've never had a typing experience that one could actually describe with "incredible" before. These switches feel so good it's like my fingies are gettin a little massage with every keypress. I was honestly expecting the Keychron V1 to make a little more noise given that it's a plastic chassis, but the steel plate and silicone sound insulation make it whisper-quiet. Absolutely NO deck flex either. This is going to be like how it was when I first got some premium headphones (Sennheiser HD556), I can't go back to commodity products anymore. This is going to be an expensive hobby, I can feel it in my bones but boy it'll be worth it. Now I just want to start collecting switches! I've even got my spare TTC switches in a lil' glass jar Sorry, just wanted an excuse to type more. Thanks for reading, king.

I am looking for keyboard recommendation! I am not keyboard geek so pls forgive my ignorance concerning terminology and the like. I like the key profile of the compaq keyboard shown in the attached pic. I like the feeling of a Dell Latitude 2120 keyboard's keys. I want RGB. I would like standard media keys somewhere (play/pause, next, previous, volume up down mute, etc.) whether on function keys or separate. I am used to size keyboard from Dell Latitude 3160 to standard odm dell keyboard. I prefer not to spend a whole lot – preferably under $40-50. Must have numpad with numlock, function keys, and arrow keys in normal position. Also I'd prefer a little bit smaller than normal size (referrig to the compaq and dell key oard as normal here). Thanks in advance!

I currently have an ROG Flare and I'm not really happy with how it feels, the keys are too wobbly. I want a real mech because I don't think a new mainstream keyboard will be much better than my current one, but there aren't any that have all the features I want. Here's the list of options I have so far, all 4 mainstream ones are on display at my local Micro Center but the other 2 I don't think are available for demo anywhere. Features I want: Fullsize with numpad - the extra space would be nice but the numpad is really handy in some games and for unlocking the PC Volume knob and media keys Style Good lighting that works with SignalRGB USB passthrough Under $200 Does the Ducky, the Keychron, or any mech board have good enough feel to justify giving up so many features?

I currently have a GMMK (usb c version) and I really like it and really have no complaints, but im curious if there is an upgrade out there for a TKL (or 75%) aluminum hot swap board with nice RGB. I was looking at the Drop CTRL, but then saw the Hexgears Gemini which looks like the same thing (also based on the k-type) but cheaper. https://kono.store/products/gemini-dusk https://www.hexgears.org/products/gemini-dusk-mechanical-keyboard Does anyone have experience with the Hexgears Gemini? It seems like the same as the CTRL but cheaper. I understand it comes with different software that is a pain but I usually like to leave my LEDs on mostly static blue. Any other suggestions for the same price or cheaper with the same features is welcome.

So im looking to get a new Keyboard, because my old Logitech Keyboard died recently. The Cynosa light is currently on sale for 35€ (40$) and im wondering if its worth the price. I kinda like Membrane switches actually, so its no problem that it is Membrane. I also really like Razers Rgb Software, so thats another thing that sounds good about it. Do you guys know any other good Keyboards for around 30$ to 45$?

Hey everyone, I’ve been thinking about getting a TKL mechanical keyboard under $50, and I came across the Tecware Phantom 87 key keyboard and the Dierya GK63 Wireless Keyboard, both use Outemu switches and both look similar. Is there any difference except for connectivity between the two keyboards? Please reply if you have something to say. Cheers!

Hello, I need help in buying a keyboard. Which one of the three should I chose? One of them has Outemu red switches and also full layout but isn't hot-swappable: Hator Rockfall - gaming keyboard | Hator official website official website. One of them has Gateron clear swithes and its bluetooth, TKL, USB-C connection, multimedia keys and it's hot-swappable: Skyfall TKL - Hator official website The last one has Kailh black optical switches and its TKL and it's hot-swappable: Rockfall EVO TKL - Hator official website PS: The outemu red is the cheapest, the kailh one is a little more expensive and the gateron one is the most expensive.

so i have €160 and i need to get a mouse and a keyboard (mechanical if possible) and im not sure what one to get i have done some research and still un sure if anyone can help me thta would be great also i shop on amazon.de if your going to post links,thank you

kb : GMMKPRO 75% (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09966HJT6/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A1DYE0JBXZTW6W&th=1) switches : Drop + Invyr Holy Pandas (https://www.amazon.com/Drop-Invyr-Panda-Mechanical-Switches/dp/B08HPMYG4T) i don't have a budget, just tryna get myself something for Christmas open to any suggestions ^^

I post this ( in the Past, but I have not received any help or feedback. So it work on some local account, but some account doesn't work, but now after I click Shit+F10, 5 times, it doesn't work after i click turn on Sticky Keys where I try to install Windows 11 VirtualBox. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thansk

i am looking to upgrade my keyboard, i know i want to do Logitech, but i cannot decide between the g413 and the g 213, i game in an average capacity, but also use my machine for productivity, so could you pls suggest which one of these keyboards would be better?

I was wondering, I do some speed cubing and I have cube lube. would this be a good replacement for switch lube?

I've been looking for a new cordless soldering iron. I've had the same $30 Adafruit soldering iron for 3 or so years now, works great, but I'm sick of the cord. Hakko Soldering Irons are generally considered some of the best(from what I've seen based on the community) but they're corded and I'm looking for something a little less tethered. Here and there I have seen all sorts of cordless soldering irons whether they be rechargeable by usb-c or micro usb, but I'm unsure of the quality. There have been complaints about not reaching the specified temps the soldering irons claim or the batteries dying far too quickly. If anyone has any recommendations from personal experience, I'm all ears.

I still can barely understand how it happened but i managed to snap the plastic piece from the "ESC" key switch itself, leaving it stuck inside the key. I've read that it should be simple to replace the key itself but the switch is what worries me. It's a brand new keyboard and the damage is clearly my own fault, i don't trust the warranty would cover this. I've also read plenty of horror stories regarding the use of glue to fix keys and switches and I'm definitely not savy enough to even attempt to replace the switch. I'm out of options, I feel. Any ideas? Perhaps glue could do the trick here after all...

I recently updated my computer on windows 10 and my keyboard keys a-z and the number keys have stopped working including the on screen keyboard also unresponsive. I have tried unplugging and putting into different usb ports and still no response. The weird thing is that caps alt and shift all are working and the mouse is fine too. Have tried for hours to fix and still nothing, any solutions to this would be greatly appreciated. cheers

So im looking for either 60 to 65 percent keyboards can be wireless with a wired option or just wired Wanting brown switches because i think reds are too sensitive, not sure what the best one is but i want to realise the tactile bumb and to not be scratchy Im going to use it for gaming and normal use/typing And finally at least dedicated buttons for the arrows or use a function key with other keys id prefer dedicated buttons but im fine with both Country: Australia My budget is 145 aud max/ around 108 usd

Hi does anyone know how long the Magma will last? I contacted the company and said it's "approximately" 5 million keystrokes which I think is a bit short even for a membrane like I've seen membrane keyboards that are rated 10 million for £10-£15. I really want this keyboard due to it's amazing latency for a membrane, wristrest, keycaps & form-factor but I'm now hesitant to buy it as £50 seems ridiculous for something that lasts "approximately" that long?