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IAlwaysReplyLate t1_iycsc35 wrote

Reply to Low profile opinion? by naturtok

I hope low-profile will stay around and hopefully get better - but the situation at the moment isn't inspiring. Virtually no interchangeability is the big problem here, so instead of the competitive development we see in MX we have several manufacturers all trying to protect their own IP.

Couple that with the inherent difficulty in getting short-travel switches to feel good, the years of development time low-profile is behind standard-profile, and the involvement of the big keyboard manufacturers with their interest in an unchanging pinout and cap mount, and the picture isn't bright. If some manufacturers would get together and co-develop a switch, pooling the royalties, things might improve. But it doesn't seem likely at the moment.

The big prize for us enthusiasts would be a switch fully compatible (in footprint anyway) with standard MX. Then we might get more widespread take-up of low-profile, when it's easy to just swap in LP switches to try. There's probably a technical reason why someone hasn't done it already... but these problems are there to be solved ;)

This will all be sorted out in 20 years or so when the patents run out. But the question is whether any low-profile switch (apart from ML) will survive that long... we could end up in a Romer-G situation, where the bad name gained by the early attempts hinders take-up of the later versions.

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yohanskee OP t1_iycq35d wrote

Reply to Endgame worthy? by yohanskee

Keyboard : TGR 910 x GAF
Switch : Vintage Black from G80-3000HAD
Keyset : GMK Perestroika
Artisan : Mad Marx Geekpora by Alpha Keycaps
Deskmat : Brocaps Deskmat by KLC

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Catch_022 t1_iyco4gs wrote

Reply to comment by Somegeezer in New Keyboard Day. My First Mech. [Royal Kludge RK918] by Somegeezer

No worries, each to their own.

My experience of tactile is redragon browns which are pretty budget and I find them unsatisfying to use, my Outemu blues are much nicer because they are crisp and give you a loud click. I much prefer the reds in my rk71. I have just ordered a board with gateron yellow pros and one with akko pinks.

It's pretty simple, you open up the case and put foam in there to reduce the echo (you can just use packing foam), then you apply a few layers (I did 3) of painters tape to the back of the PCB and then screw it all back together.

The idea is that it reduces echoes and helps the acoustics, especially for empty plastic cases.

It is an easy and cheap mod to do, I did it on all my boards. You can easily just take the foam and tape out if you don't like it.

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Somegeezer OP t1_iyclvdn wrote

Reply to comment by Catch_022 in New Keyboard Day. My First Mech. [Royal Kludge RK918] by Somegeezer

Linear has never interested me. I grew up on the ones with the buckling springs, and really wanted some real tactile feedback again, after so long with mushy rubber nonsense. I think the Clears were always on my mind as a maybe one day kind of thing. Especially with how noisy I've heard blues can be, and now get to experience. But the noise is worth the feel, so far.

What's the foam and tape mod? Not something I've come across. But I've also not followed a lot of the mech lore for a few years.

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Somegeezer OP t1_iycld2u wrote

Reply to comment by sixfivezerofive in New Keyboard Day. My First Mech. [Royal Kludge RK918] by Somegeezer

Thank you kindly, and good to hear you came in on a similar board. Yeah, thin and light. Also the legends on them are odd, with their huge gaps made for the double shot process, I assume. But I've definitely seen it done better. I'd also not say no to a darker set. Got it in the white, as that's what was best price. But one of the great things about all this is just being able to swap out to taste and mood. Looking forwards to losing all my money to this in time. =D As if my photography and music don't already drain my bank account.

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