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My budget is at most $200 and I was just going to buy from any vendor, Amazon or MechanicalKeyboard.com. I'm thinking about getting a Ducky since many seem to really like them. Now it's probably a choice between the Shine 4 or the Legend, unless anyone have any better suggestions.

Can't go wrong with Ducky keyboards. Although if you do plan to get PBT keycaps I don't know how it will look on a Shine 4 with LEDs on :S

I'm looking for a new mechanical keyboard and I was just hoping to get some suggestions for some of the best built keyboards on the market. I mostly prefer cherry mx blue/clear switches and I will probably switch the keycaps out for some more durable PBT caps.

 

~KyleJScott

 

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I've heard that Corsair, Das Keyboard, Ducky, and WASD make great keyboards. Which one out of these companies do you think make the best in terms of quality?

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I haven't used a DAS and I haven't received the WASD I ordered yet, which I only ordered yesterday, but Corsair's keyboards are solid and Ducky's, at least the Shines as I haven't used a Zero or Legend, are incredibly well built, I can't think of a much more solid board short of an IBM Model M. 

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I'm looking for a new mechanical keyboard and I was just hoping to get some suggestions for some of the best built keyboards on the market. I mostly prefer cherry mx blue/clear switches and I will probably switch the keycaps out for some more durable PBT caps.

 

~KyleJScott

 

P.S.

I've heard that Corsair, Das Keyboard, Ducky, and WASD make great keyboards. Which one out of these companies do you think make the best in terms of quality?

 

Got a budget? And where do you plan to make the purchase?

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Got a budget? And where do you plan to make the purchase?

 

My budget is at most $200 and I was just going to buy from any vendor, Amazon or MechanicalKeyboard.com. I'm thinking about getting a Ducky since many seem to really like them. Now it's probably a choice between the Shine 4 or the Legend, unless anyone have any better suggestions.

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My budget is at most $200 and I was just going to buy from any vendor, Amazon or MechanicalKeyboard.com. I'm thinking about getting a Ducky since many seem to really like them. Now it's probably a choice between the Shine 4 or the Legend, unless anyone have any better suggestions.

Can't go wrong with Ducky keyboards. Although if you do plan to get PBT keycaps I don't know how it will look on a Shine 4 with LEDs on :S

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Cherry G80-3000 (blue) | Ducky 9008 Shine 2 (black/blue LED) | Ducky 9087 Shine 2 Year of the Dragon (brown/yellow LED)

Ducky Mini Year of the Horse (white/blue+red LED) | Steelseries 6Gv2 (black) | Leopold FC660M (red) | Vortex Race 3 (blue)

 

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Can't go wrong with Ducky keyboards. Although if you do plan to get PBT keycaps I don't know how it will look on a Shine 4 with LEDs on :S

Vortex makes backlit compatible, double-shot molded PBT keycaps. Massdrop had a set on sale and I managed to snag one of the white sets. Overall, I think i'll go with a Ducky with Cherry MX Blue switches.

 

Thanks everyone for helping me out.  :)

 

~KyleJScott

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Get the wasdkeyboards Code with MX Clears, and buy the back-lit compatible vortex pbt caps. It's what I want to do to my Code once I get it. Those keycaps come in black or white.

 

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