How I felt the first time I used a mechanical keyboard

[MrPete1985]

The first mechanical keyboard I used I bought last year and had Cherry MX Blues

[HirgaLTTki]

I was actually surprised at how light the actuation is on my blues, coming from membrane

[Art Vandelay]

I was actually surprised at how light the actuation is on my blues, coming from membrane

Yeah, blues are surprisingly light. I like my IBM Model M better than my CM storm quickfire, for that reason.  

[techswede]

Dropped a cup of coffee on my black widow ultimate (blue switch) after the first day i was over the "OH MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME" phase
But now that im back to using a membrane again i'll just say. i miss it ALOT..

[Snickerzz]

ive never used mechanical.. :(

[cafe]

Uhmm hmm

Well my schools as a child has those old ibm boards so I have always had some sort of mech in my life

but I remember when they replaced all the school boards with membrane I started bringing my own keyboard to school lol

I was like oooh new keyboards! *hits key*

 

OWWW WTF why am a mashing on hard boogers
lol

[cafe]

ive never used mechanical.. :(

*slap*

wtf man, get one! -_-

[Snickerzz]

*slap*

wtf man, get one! -_-

there expensive when you 15! D:

[Vitalius]

there expensive when you 15! D:

$58 Still relatively expensive, but that doesn't mean it's not possible.

[911^NEmeSis]

ive never used mechanical.. :(

Sorry to hear that man...

[bob756]

Just bough myself a cm quickfire tk with blue switches. As my first mechanical keyboard it does feel much better then anything i have ever typed on before. I love the clicking sound and light actuation force. I literally spend a day typing random things because it feels so nice. 

[Samdb]

I want the Ducky YOTS, but I'm not sure whether I want to stick with blues or go with browns this time around, but I don't want to waste a tonne of money on it if it turns out that I don't like the switches and end up stuck with a piece of aluminium.

[nicholaswillems]

I "tried" them once in a shop, one of those razer boxes where you could press one button to feel how a mechanical keyboard is :P

[Mo5]

I used a mechanical keyboard when I was younger (back then all keyboards were mechanical)... now I'm so sad I don't have it anymore :(

 

P.S. I got really mad/sad when my dad told me that where he worked they throwed out a bunch of old Cherry mech. keyboards because they were too loud

[LDX]

I still cant get used too

I miss my Reclusa

[Agons]

I used to game on a membrane keyboard for years since at the time i had moved from a laptop to a desktop the membrane seemed really nice. Then about a year ago i got a corsair K-90 thinking okay its not all mech. switches maybe this would be a good transition for me coming from old membranes. no i had no idea that mechs were so nice, i used to type on a typewriter so i should have known better. Now every time i hit the esc key or and function key i get this horrible *thud* my god it drives me insane, im looking at getting the k-75 since its 100% mech switches and i can get blues instead of reds which will be a nice reminder when i used to drag me typewriter to school just to piss off my teachers.

[DTV998]

there expensive when you 15! D:

Yap. I fell you bro  -_-

[Cif]

I recently got a ducky shine 2 ten keyless with cherry browns its amazing!

[Lamb]

I have never actually typed on a mechanical keyboard. I have tried out blue switches on a Razer keyboard, but it was only the arrow keys in Staples. I really liked how the switches are light. I have always typed on membrane keyboards and a Model M (once) so I am used to typing on a keyboard with heavier switches. The switches were much lighter than I expected and I really liked it.

[nsyedhasan]

What switch would be best when coming from a chicklet keyboard? Because I can't really try any.

[Str_Mape]

Dropped a cup of coffee on my black widow ultimate (blue switch) after the first day i was over the "OH MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME" phase

But now that im back to using a membrane again i'll just say. i miss it ALOT..

I did that with a cup of soup a week into having mine just over a year ago (BF3 edition but pretty much the same) unplugged it cleaned it out waited a week and it worked. at the time i was freaking out so much because I thought i had destroyed it.

[MdX MaxX]

What switch would be best when coming from a chicklet keyboard? Because I can't really try any.

It's hard to recommend a switch; my favorite could be your least favorite.

 

If you really can't try any of them, Cherry MX Brown switches are generally the safest option.

[techswede]

I did that with a cup of soup a week into having mine just over a year ago (BF3 edition but pretty much the same) unplugged it cleaned it out waited a week and it worked. at the time i was freaking out so much because I thought i had destroyed it.

nice to hear a success story^^

mine was definately beyond repair :(

234f?+0 where the only keys that worked and the E key bugged out like this "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" forcing me to unplug it if i touched the key XD. atleast i can try cherry mx browns or blacks^^

[brownninja97]

I didnt like the first time i sed mechanical, it was tha cm quickfire thing. I still dont like them and after trying a few switches i may never like them. Dont rage on me, people have their ways, i have mine and let me live how i wish to. I guess im quite lucky as the membrane keyboards are cheap so well yay for me.

[TechTheWorld]

I have never touched a mechanical:(