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Blooded_Wine t1_j5qyppc wrote

Reply to comment by AymcHD in My son’s first custom keyboard by olderbutcromulent

I built one for my sister, stabs suck; even modded. Changing the stabs $10, adding a set of $50 akko keycaps, tester68 itself $20, switches $?? (some random kalih tactiles I had bought from one of the mystery sales)

The wireless performance is fine, Bluetooth works, but unless you want either to go ultra cheap (salvaged keycaps, gat yellows), or if you want a different colorscheme, something like the keychron K2 is a nicer board for less money.

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olderbutcromulent OP t1_j5qx2f6 wrote

Reply to comment by AymcHD in My son’s first custom keyboard by olderbutcromulent

It’s a decent no soldering, plug and play keyboard.

Pros:

  • Easy to assemble out of the box (hot swappable)
  • Very affordable
  • Fun colors
  • the stock stabilizers are surprisingly great
  • Dongle + storage spot for the dongle

Cons:

  • Hollow sound (easily fixed if you don’t like the sound
  • No wired option
  • AAA Batteries required
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hotsn0 OP t1_j5qnuo8 wrote

Reply to comment by its_james_t in Still looking for a wrist rest for my first build by hotsn0

I currently don't float my hands, I just have my wrists on the mousepad. I also have my keyboard pretty deep into my desk. It's honestly a pretty weird position but I have no problems with it currently. When I bring the keyboard closer to me I feel the need to float/feel that a wrist rest would be useful, so I think I'll experiment with one just to try (and yeah they do look nice!)

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