Trying to get a more comfortable keyboard experience

[P4r4gr4ph]

Hey,

 

So I'm a poor-ass PC gamer. To give you an idea of how poor I am, my mouse, keyboard, headphones, and mic probably cost about 1/6th or 1/7th of what my PC costed. I'm looking for a better experience with my current keyboard without having to spend more than $5. I am saving up for a mechanical keyboard, but I don't really think it's worth spending more than my $30 mouse, but the cheapest Cherry MX keyboards I see are $50 and I don't think I can get any for cheaper, even if I get one on sale or from buying from a friend or something. I have gone window shopping on mechanical keyboards a few time, and although flashy lights and clicky noises are nice, what I especially loved was how easy to press the keys are. I do plan on deeply cleaning my keyboard of dust, even going inside the keyholes, but I wonder what else I could possibly do to make the keys any easier to press. Is there any ideas on what I can do? Here's a link to a short imgur album of my keyboard: https://imgur.com/a/YSkllzs

 

Thanks,

P4r4rgr4ph

 

Edit: Yeah, I know the only real way to get a better experience is to get a new one, but I'd still like to hear if there's any sort of way to improve my experience with just the current one I have. For example, I've been thinking of taking a thin paintbrush dipped in oil or whatever liquid that could make surfaces more slippery and whatnot and brushing the insides of the keyholes and maybe the insides of the keys themselves.

[dizmo]

There isn't really anything you can do besides perhaps buying a different membrane keyboard.

Check out the Corsair refurbished sales. Sometimes they go quite cheap. Or Black Friday.

[Shyam Ganapathy]

for 5 dollars you arnt gonna be getting much. Maybe check craigslist, or other used sites for deals on used keyboards. You could also go with something like otemu or gateron switches.

[powerplayer75]

35 minutes ago, P4r4gr4ph said:

Hey,

 

So I'm a poor-ass PC gamer. To give you an idea of how poor I am, my mouse, keyboard, headphones, and mic probably cost about 1/6th or 1/7th of what my PC costed. I'm looking for a better experience with my current keyboard without having to spend more than $5. I am saving up for a mechanical keyboard, but I don't really think it's worth spending more than my $30 mouse, but the cheapest Cherry MX keyboards I see are $50 and I don't think I can get any for cheaper, even if I get one on sale or from buying from a friend or something. I have gone window shopping on mechanical keyboards a few time, and although flashy lights and clicky noises are nice, what I especially loved was how easy to press the keys are. I do plan on deeply cleaning my keyboard of dust, even going inside the keyholes, but I wonder what else I could possibly do to make the keys any easier to press. Is there any ideas on what I can do? Here's a link to a short imgur album of my keyboard: https://imgur.com/a/YSkllzs

 

Thanks,

P4r4rgr4ph

all I can suggest is periodically check for deals on the used market sites (ebay, mercari, offerup, etc)

[geo3]

15 hours ago, P4r4gr4ph said:

but I don't really think it's worth spending more than my $30 mouse, but the cheapest Cherry MX keyboards I see are $50 and I don't think I can get any for cheaper,

This one is less than $30 and highly rated.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXD7TP9/ref=twister_B0754LGLFP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

[P4r4gr4ph]

On 7/25/2018 at 2:43 PM, geo3 said:

This one is less than $30 and highly rated.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXD7TP9/ref=twister_B0754LGLFP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Seems nice. I know beggars can't be choosers, but please tell me those are real Cherry MX Blue switches.

[geo3]

Just now, P4r4gr4ph said:

but please tell me those are real Cherry MX Blue switches.

No. But Cherry are not any better then the knock offs at this point. In fact many enthusiasts believe they've been surpassed. It's not the same situation as 5 years ago.  Personally, given the choice I'd take Gateron, Kailh or Outemu switches over Cherry.