Hi everybody! I type a lot since i am a programmer and a student but i also play videogames (like minecraft and various indies) and since my setup is pratically just a laptop and a mouse it sometimes is just not very comfortable so i want to buy for my first time a keyboard
I was looking for a keyboard that is not smaller than a 75% and the XDA profile is my preferred, for switches…well i don’t really know much but something not very noisy would be good
there are any mechanic keyboard under 25€? I am very low budget and i may even consider to buy from second hand markets and I can build it myself if that mean that i can save money;
thank you for using your time to answer!
I think the only real option you have for a mechanical keyboard at that price point is hunting for good deals on the second hand market.
There are mechanical keyboards available for that price but I think they are all pretty bad. You are probably better off going with a decent rubber dome rather than something mechanical if your main goal is just being more comfortable using your laptop.
Another option would be building your own board. Depending on how cheaply you can get parts, that is.
I understand money is tight and things are getting ever more expensive. But is it not an option to save up a little more and get something decent rather than the aboslute cheapest board?
Yeah i think i will buy a rubber dome or something similiar since they are cheaper and i am searching on second hand market too, i think Ebay should be a good place(?);
Anyway yeah i could save up but the fact is that i either save for a keyboard or other pieces for my setup and for the keyboard i don’t feel like to spend as much as i would do for other upgrades (like a good SSD since cheaper ones usually fail too soon) so yeah can’t do much and probably i am going to buy a rubber dome
For good second hand deals its hard to say what platforms are good, as that heavily depends on where you are. But yeah, eBay is probably a good place to start.
Good idea spending more of your budget on parts IMO. Mechanical keyboards are nice, but it’s definitely not necessary.
In China you’d get one for that price. My Royal Kludge keyboard cost me around 100 RMB, I believe (although as usual they don’t show all the models, for export; mine has got blank tops with side markings for the keys). Unfortunately most importers would convert that to $100 :/ Maybe you get lucky and find someone nicking the trend, or selling you one second hand?
Yeah that’s a good idea!
I’ve come to the hard truth that a good keyboard costs a minimum of $350 (or equivalent in invested time/work), and worse still… they are “consumables”, in that they don’t really last that long.
350?! There is no way 😭, it’s like 1/4 of the avarage wage in my country. But anyway i saw some videos and there are a lot of people who actually reccomand keyboards between 50 and 100…
I want to add that i don’t really need that much quality i can mod it in future if i need more things too
350 is only for absolute top of the line stuff. There is some decent stuff that absolutely blows most laptop keyboards out of the park for 50-100
Buy a second-hand one and you can always purchase new keycaps for a fresh feeling, but 25€ will be a tight budget anyway
Yeah i am going to check ebay and similiar marketsz any particular suggestion for some specific model or switch?
If you prefer something quiet, keyboards with red silent switches are often available in pre-built options
Thank you for the info, so from what i understood red switches are the most silent ones right? I tried to do some research to understand better what i want to buy
This was about all I could find new that was 75% or larger. I can’t speak to the quality.
That keyboard look good, i am going to keep that one noted down, thank you!
