Bringing your own mechanical keyboard to school

[IMPERIUS]

I own a mechanical keyboard which I love and I thought about bringing it to school for the it lessons.

There we use those standard hp keyboards, the ones with the gray plastic on top and black keys. I kinda like it since its surprisingly clean and I like its sound even though its a membrane kb.

But still, I want to use my own gear but that would be a bit show-offy since its backlit and all shiny and new, wouldn't it? It would also be a bit louder since it uses cherry mx blues. I'm only 15 and I imagine looking like a weirdo in my classmate's eyes, even the teacher would probablly look at me weird.

Would you still do it or nah?

[ERSCreeper]

I take mine to work.

[Godlygamer23]

Who cares if other people look at you weird? Although, that keyboard will probably be louder than the other keyboards and may annoy people.

[Wickens]

I wouldn't. Not only is there damage or theft risk, but also the sheer "Dude, you brought in your OWN keyboard? And it's got such an ANNOYING SOUND! What a freak!"

 

But if you're able to put up with that, go do it with the honour of us behind you!

[othertomperson]

Why? What would you gain from it? What are you even doing that would warrant you bringing in your own keyboard?

 

 

I take mine to work.

 

 

Work is different to a 15 year old taking theirs to school.

[SuperPug]

Bringing your mechanical keyboard to calss will make you look like a douche...

[samcool55]

Depends on what keyboard it is, i would not do it if it had blue switches tbh. And ask your teacher first if you are allowed to even use it. In my school for example it's not always allowed to use your own stuff...

Also, mechanical keyboard are quite heavy and bulky, just keep that in mind when you take it with you.

[ERSCreeper]

Work is different to a 15 year old taking theirs to school.

I have been taking my own keyboard to school for the last 3 years and now that I am done with school I continue taking it to work which is at the school I matriculated at...

[Nuluvius]

Well I take my Das Keyboard to work with me. It's so large I have to take it wrapped in a towel inside another backpack. I get strange looks from the other developers but I just don't care. My opinion might be jaded due to a very unpleasant childhood but I wouldn't risk taking such a valuable item into a high school? situation; a. children single out difference i.e. you'll become a target instantly and b. it will likely get stolen/destroyed/damaged (the school will very likely have a policy that exempts them from being responsible - it's your property, you are responsible for it).

[samcool55]

Bringing your mechanical keyboard to calss will make you look like a douche...

Not always actually In my class it's normal and no one cares about it. But that's probably we are all nerds and about 1 in 3 brings their mechanical keyboard.

[jayctech]

Not for school for one class.

[Bogica]

It's gonna make you look like a bragging douche and you will get picked on. (school scenario)
On the other hand it's good to use different keyboards, it will make you adapt to different ones faster and different keyboard sizes. I mean on college I use 2 types of keyboards (different sizes), at my apartment a larger one (gaming), at my house on my dad's PC a close to 10 year old classic white keyboard, on my laptop a 15.6" a small one, on my brothers 12" notebook a different one and I'm capable of blind typing on all of them easily, it's good.

[minibois]

I wouldn't. I would have to put it in my back pack and risk damaging it

[The Pi]

While people might find it weird at first if you let them type on it a little they likely will see why you prefer it.

 

You also need to consider the balance of issue how much you use it verses the annoyance of carring a mechanical around with you, I guess a tenkeyless or 60% wouldn't be as bad though

[DIV1D3]

In my situation, hell no, bringing a $230 RGB backlit, mechanical keyboard with a wrist rest and dedicated media keys, looks would be made. 

The chance of theft, even though it'd be slim, is too much for me at least to bring any expensive item I own to school. 

 

Sure it's be awesome to here that rumbling bass of the star system in Science by bringing your audiophile headphones, but the amount of criticism would be unreal. 

[DigitalHermit]

I bring my own keyboard and mouse to class... Then again, most of us prefer to use our personal machines (laptop or not) because they're faster than the school machines...

 

That is until we roll out the i5-4440 based rigs this month...

 

Edit: I might grab a second DragonWar Dark Sector keyboard for this purpose since I'm bringing only an A4Tech Natural A...

[ERSCreeper]

Not always actually In my class it's normal and no one cares about it. But that's probably we are all nerds and about 1 in 3 brings their mechanical keyboard.

My friends and I use to bring our Keyboard, Mouse and headphones w/ portable amps.

[samcool55]

My friends and I use to bring our Keyboard, Mouse and headphones w/ portable amps.

We do the same! But we don't bring amps, we aren't audio freaks. But oh well it's nice

[ERSCreeper]

We do the same! But we don't bring amps, we aren't audio freaks. But oh well it's nice

Little FiiO E06 since the school MacBooks are a little weak on the audio side

[alby800]

I wouldn't unless it is either 60% or ten-keyless, and it didn't have blues and maybe o-rings because people would be pissed off about blues

[samcool55]

Little FiiO E06 since the school MacBooks are a little weak on the audio side

We just use the on-board audio of the motherboard, we have full dekstops with a cheap msi motherboard, 8gb ram and an i5 2500 i think But most of the time i just use my phone for music

[ERSCreeper]

We just use the on-board audio of the motherboard, we have full dekstops with a cheap msi motherboard, 8gb ram and an i5 2500 i think But most of the time i just use my phone for music

Better than our 2009 MacBooks

[Paralectic]

I wouldn't. Not only is there damage or theft risk, but also the sheer "Dude, you brought in your OWN keyboard? And it's got such an ANNOYING SOUND! What a freak!"

 

But if you're able to put up with that, go do it with the honour of us behind you!

You seem to care what others think about you too much.

 

I do it once in a while, no one cares.

[KemoKa]

I find that I type a lot faster on my mechanical keyboard than on a nasty mushy membrane keyboard (that's kind of the point of mechanical keyboards), especially those horrible Apple ones that have the scissor-switch chiclet keys... Urgh, I can't stand them. There's no click, there's no feedback, it feels like I'm typing on a calculator.

I have a Quickfire TK, it's exactly the width of my laptop. When I was in the US, I would just take it to school, perch it on my laptop's keyboard and use it there. I can't go on long trips without bringing it with me, because I won't use any other keyboard. Why on earth would I use someone elses when I can use mine? Okay, people give me looks, people single me out for being different. Do I care? Hell no, that's the story of my freaking life, is being criticised for being different. I'm gonna get my work done before anyone else and I'm going to particularly enjoy it, because typing on MX blues is a treat, and anyone who is bothered that much by my typing can ask me to go away and I will go and type somewhere else that same second.

I don't mind taking it wherever. It's a Quickfire, it's built like a tank, it's meant to be USED. It's also ANSI, whereas all of the keyboards here in Japan are a heavily modified version of ISO, which is even more of an incentive to use my own. I like my wide backspace key and my linear Enter key.

[KemoKa]

There's also the added benefit that if the school meth head comes in and tries to murder everyone, you've got yourself a nice weapon there. Mine has a steel backplate, but there are some out there made entirely of metal. Go team.