Sub £50 mechanical keyboard possible?

[Tieox]

After a new gaming keyboard, limited to a £50 budget with also having to replace my PSU unit aswell!.  

 

I'm moving from a Logitech G11 which I love however the num pad and up arrow has packed in, and the death seems to be spreading slowly. 

 

For £50 what are my options? Scan and OCUK have membrane keyboards for that range, but not much in the way of mechanical and what keyboards I do see, I have little experience what is worth buying, and what is not.

 

All opinions appreciated. 

 

 

[Megah3rtz]

Not anything CherryMX for sure. Unless you find some meme deal.  

[Aereldor]

There's a dirt-cheap Kailh Red Zalman keyboard for  £37. I would not recommend buying it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00A53LCQ8/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

Instead, this keyboard comes from Cherry themselves, and features superior Cherry MX Red switches and a numpad. It's also just £5 over your budget, and I think it looks nice too.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CITN98G/?tag=pcp0f-21

[Aereldor]

3 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

Not anything CherryMX for sure. Unless you find some meme deal.  

There's one from Cherry themselves, actually.

 

3 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Instead, this keyboard comes from Cherry themselves, and features superior Cherry MX Red switches and a numpad. It's also just £5 over your budget, and I think it looks nice too.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CITN98G/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

[Megah3rtz]

1 minute ago, Aereldor said:

There's one from Cherry themselves, actually.

 

 

Interesting, I did not actually know cherry made their own keyboards. 

[Aereldor]

Just now, Megah3rtz said:

Interesting, I did not actually know cherry made their own keyboards. 

They even make mice. When I'm trying to find dirt-cheap keyboard-and-mouse bundle recommendations, I usually look to Cherry stuff. Sure, the cheap bundles feature membrane keyboards, but I trust Cherry enough to recommend their keyboards without the switch types they're known for.

[Tieox]

Thanks, will quite likely grab that one from Amazon.