What kinda logic is that though? tell someone, who has no clue, to ask ultra specific questions.. you can only ask as specific questions as you understand yourself.

Unfortunately, I had no idea how the feel of switches compare to the feel of a rubberdome keyboard, and that is where my problem was and why I asked. I needed some information maybe from a former rubberdome user who switched to mechanical and might give me an insight how they compare.

My question was specifically: What switch would be better suited for a former rubberdome user: Kailh Box red or White. I gave specific information that I wanted as close to rubberdome feel as possible, but need a noticeable feedback. that's it. I don't know if red switches maybe do have a feedback that simply nobody mentions because "duh everybody knows they got feedback" or the other way round..

It's quite hard as a newbie to find this kinda information online when 99% of the articles just.. compare the switches feels to those of another mechanical keyboards switches..

Dumb questions are usually a result of lack of knowledge. How do you get knowledge? by experience. Online articles aren't always the solution and just buying a random keyboard "on good luck" is also a bad idea.

Dayummmmmmmmm that's sexy

>The group buy business model is stupid as fuck. If designers don’t believe in their set enough to sell it outright, then maybe it isn’t good enough to sell period.

So I take it if GMK keycaps were in stock, you'd be buying loads of them, right?

> Take a fucking business loan out, run your set, sell it when it’s done.

Another clueless idiot.

Thank you so much! :)

When it comes to the shipping price, deskpads are just really heavy :( (2kg in your case to ship from abroad)

I did $17k in 2 years. It can be worse. You either are about the life, or you aren’t. People can rip on the group buy model all they want, but the simple fact is it’s what’s allowed people’s ideas to come to life. Vendors are taking on a ton of risk with stock nowadays. We are now seeing more in stock products than ever before. GMK sets aren’t being “flipped” anymore because most of the sets ran in the last couple years are sitting in inventory as extras. There are growing pains, but the reality is group buys now function on a principle of MOQ and getting a discount. We’ve seen plenty of sets gets cancelled in the last year because no one wanted them. However, geekhack and interest check exist for a reason. If you don’t want to wait, then just wait for the set to be ran as “extras”. You’ll easily be able to snag whatever you want in a year or so’s time. Having a peek behind the curtain of what it actually takes to bring a product to the shelves and getting a significant preorder discount because of it isn’t a reason to say it’s stupid.

man this guy has no clue...

Dam, my jwk blacks totally have as much thock as my oil kings and ink blacks. /s

/s

Yes.. I'll give you that :)

I wonder which switches you compared to come to this conclusion?

I am no fan of linear switches myself, but most of them are pretty distinct in feel, sound or both. I mean unless you fill them up with lube to the brim...

Well, they are all linear...

>downvoted on my comment asking in the megathread what switches to choose.

Because that's the dumbest question ever, that's why. It's like posting to ask what brand of peanut butter to buy. All you will get is people recommending what THEY like, so you end up with a massive list. What do you do then, go and buy them all? Very few switches are actually "bad" and there's no such thing as the "best" switch.

Beyond advising you on linear or tactile based on what you are currently used to... and possible how heavy or light you want them to be, there's not much else anyone can advise you about. Even if you do that, the remaining list is still massive.

Unless you actually get specific, and ask "What is the best switch with a POM stem, nylon housing, progressive spring and no more than 50g actuation force" it would be really difficult to be specific, and let's be honest, if you had done enough research to know enough to ask such a detailed question, you don't really need help buying a switch.

Ultimately, with switches, you don't really know if you will like it, until you try it. This is why I always smile when switches are named after foods - it's appropriate.

This is my first as well! I've clipped and relubed the stabilizers and got new keycaps. I also made the mistake of getting the brown switches, so i just swapped them out for lubed akko silvers. So far I absolutely love it!

Yeah sure... all linear switches are the same.... (roll eyes). LOL

Laughs in Logitech

to be honest i dont think this sub is a good representation of the hobby, ive found insanly amazing ppl in discords tbh, things like the r.mechkeys discord has a dcently welcoming community and my local mech scene is amazing

but yeah tbh i wouldnt actually interact with this sub with a 10 foot pole, i just look at the pictures :3

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It’s 100% worse on Discord servers

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Basically me when I modded a cheap keyboard with almost every mod haha

Issack

The point is that every normal business ever FIRST produces stuff THEN sells it. Make them take a loan, get money, do whatever they have to to produce the set if they feel like it's worth it.

If the sets they produce are good, they will sell well, period and then they will get the funds to keep producing them till there is a need for them. It's not rocket science. Good products sell well, if you're confident you have a good product, get the funds, make the product and then sell it.

I also code for work. Though I’m still using the full 42 keys on my Corne, I have a very similar keymap to the one described here.

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